ENGINE NO. 4.This energetic Company, under the command of WM. BRADSHAW, as Foreman, have now in their Engine House, the new machine furnished them by the Trustees. It is a beautiful specimen of workmanship, from the Manufactory of Mr. Button of Waterford, built upon the piano plan, and is warranted to thrown a stream of water 90 feet high through 1000 feet of hose. There is no tower upon the box, and the hose is attached to the front end of the machine. Her cylinders are seven inches in diameter, and her arms so adjusted that the men who work at them can get two good purchases. She is a powerful engine, and we should think, judging from her size, that at least thirty men could "man the brakes" at the same time.—As yet it has not been tried since its arrival, but we understand the Company have set apart the first Monday of March, should the weather prove favorable, for their experiments, when our citizens will probably have a chance to judge of its powers. We can but congratulate the Company upon their new possession, and our citizens that they have added to their defences so powerful an agent for the extinguishment of fires. The men who compose this fire company are all "sons of toil," and can endure fatigue like good soldiers, asking only in return that our citizens should appreciate their services, and cheer them on in the discharge of their duties. Upon their banner they have raised the ennobling motto, "EXCELSIOR," and whether they are combatting the devouring element, or mingling with their fellow citizens in the social walks of life, they have resolved never to tarnish the bright escutcheon upon their standard. As firemen, they are always prompt in the discharge of their duties—as citizens, there are none better Lansingburgh may well be proud of her fire Department, and especially of so noble a Company as No. 4.Lansingburgh Democrat. March 2, 1848: 2 col 3.Our Firemen.Soon after the fire broke out in Troy on Monday night, our "Excelsior" boys started with their powerful machine for the scene of conflagration. They made the distance between their engine house and Congress street in Troy, in just 28 minutes; indeed, so fast did they travel, that our Chief Engineer, who parented them on horseback, did not overtake them until they had got a stream upon the fire, and were playing a regular Virginia break down upon the arms. It takes the boys of No. 4 to do it. Well it does. In their behalf we return thanks to the citizens of Troy for the bountiful supply of refreshments furnished on the occasion.Lansingburgh Democrat. May 4, 1848: 2 col 1.