The New York herald., 1877-10-25
FIRE DEPARTMENT CLERKS.


appear aud Judge Van Brunt still has the matter
consideration.
FIRE DEPARTMENT CLERKS.
Some weeks since the Board OF Fro Commissioners
evidently wanted q number OF vacancies Tor clerks
aud looking over their rolls selected eight victims to
bc dismissed, many OF whom had served Tor years,
some since tho organization OF the department IN
1860 These officials d,d take all kindly to the
summary action OF the Supervisors their rcason but
thought there was not cause enough Tor them 10 be
tnizcd merely because majority oil the Commission
thought They would lik. TO nave some others take
their salary The ccr~ sought counsel aud determined
TO make stand Tor wnat tAsy conceived to DO their
rights In the matter, under the charter which de-
clarcs no regular clerk snail bu deprived OF his posi-
without oeng informed oil the cause Of his dis
missal. The were argued yesterday at General
Term, Mr. Roswell Hatch being heard behalf
clerks Assistant rporation Counsel Dean for the
Comm mssioners rhe papers disclosed tne lact that
the Comm issioners majority OF them, ieit
strained 10 remove the parties III question, owing 10
what one OF them designated AS pressure." The Com
missioner guest on iet very sorry grieved him
exceedingly u dismiss any one, but the ''pressure'
strong he was Obliged to do il, and thought
the clerks would have vacate early the next morn
ing, but they must attribute II TO pressure entirely,
though he did not s,y, as Chief Justice Davis re-
was to accom- psh IT, The Court took the papers, re.
serving It's decision
JEWELRY, LACES AND FANS.
A verdict rendered yesterday for the govern
Port OF Nov York. The case. which tried before
Juage Shipman, IN the United States Circuit Court,
involved The rate OF duty upon rubber vulcan zed
Jewelry, which the government claimed should be
madc dutlable as imitation jet jowelry The plaintiff
CLAIMED that it not imitation OF Jet jcwory In
the also decided the rate Of duty upon
fans, tho handles OF which were made OF bone and
the tan OF silk or satin. The paintn claimed
that tbe bone was ot chief value, and that,
therefore, he entitled u reduction OF ten
per tho duty. Tho govern ment, Oh the other
hand, claimed that tho satin the chici value
The trial lasted our days. and the jury returned ver
dict for tIe government in both cases The practical
effect oil lhis decision is that the rubber jcwery
importers must pay thirty live per cent ins,ead of
twenty hvc. and that the ans are not entsed 10 ten
per cent reduction In another case before the
Courl-that VI Fleginhein the Iullector-it was
claimed tnat upon galioons and braids, OF winch silk
was me chief value hty per should paid and
sixty. verdict Was rendered IN favor o. tho
Collector. similar verdict was Obtained III the Case
OF Swami vs. the Collector, IN winch The same ques
ton occurred In reference to SILK IN Imported iuces
The above were in charge OF Mr.. H. 4. Tremain
special counsel Tor the government.
EMBRYO METROPOLITAN BURGLARS.
Carefully guarded by the court officers
desperate burglars arraigned by Assistant DIS
trict Attorney Russell before Jadge Gderseeye yes
,erday, and sentence asked 10 be passed upon them
These hardened runians were boys, whose nanos and
ages gwen as follows - Robert j. Burke aged
nine; John warren, eleven; John Lever ana Thomas
Priniz, ten; william Cooney twelve, and Joseph
Lawrence, nine-all under the orders Of the rubber
chieitain, william Jannon, whose years OF
uuphcity had extended to Y hardened maturity or
fifteen. They were charged with breaking irto the
cave or cellar OF thu store No. u Abatt0lr
place. and, alter dry orsie, decamping WIN all
the booty thcy could carry-to vii, number o
empty bottles and some pickles Uicor Frederick, Of
The twentieth precinct, alter . desperate 0nsisught
captured the rccDoOters and botiers with his liitic
club and carried them with all The dcxtcrty
lager beer wsiter juggling with order TO
tue station house. The youngsters seemed to think
the whole recital an enormous Joke, laughed uncon-
cernedy while the District Attornc recoaned their
predatory excursion and its FRUITS and seemed
tn nix themselves heroes oi the deepest dycd Ciaudo
Duva type Like well drilled chorus oil schoolDoys
with shining morning lsccs, they scknow lodged the
capture OF the cave Lbc entrance, the orgie,
and she booty which Lhcy lifted.
.Dd you think IT was wrong!p raid HIS Honor.
.Yes, sir, responded the secretary 0. the ward
organzaton ''put We thought the bottles OF no usc
ana went Tor them whom The cop caught us !"
.sWere you arrested bcforc9" inquired the
Judge
mo, SIR y answered the chorus OF the wc!itrainod
sunday school going. good boys In protesting mayor
key
The burglars were given some exceedingly good
ADVICE Ny Ju1ge, the Nervousness of their CRIME
us probable results IN the future ana the wickedncss
Of IN ngling empty bottles and PICKLES poinoa out sud
tbon those desperate ruhans were discharged.
chorus of praise died the air and the cItIscns to
whom Incarceration terror departed under the
of thor respective mothers