The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-08-04
CITY Intelligence.

Co,r,sox-The propeller Chesapeake, In pas sng up
sns NS, NTH aim yev At the foot Of Dew s.s.t ana
made fast to the dock. The ships cutwater aud bow
spirit carried away shile the propeller dis
masted As the ship stationary the cause Of the
collision must have been carccssness the part the
hslmsman Of the propeller
A DESTITUTE LiTTLr WAspEnrR.A day or two ago.
little fellow named George Baker on asking ride to
Harlem taken there by Of the conductors who
believed that his family resided there His home how
ever, could not be found, and yesterday morning he
the open air He weak from starvation, that he
was unable to walk Food having been given him, hs
,.,nsa mnS,sno,srsa Tt,i. Longer he vonis IN an
probability have perished
scuoLAssmr, vou rnu Sous Fssxry -Myndert
Van scbsck has given two sums Of 800 for the pur
pose OF erecting two free scholarships In the Dublin
University for the Of meritorious remen either
now in the Department exempt from service. This
10 highly pIsisewoIthy act IN this deed Of gin,
to he preferred who most dstipg shed for good
natural parts intellectual cultivation, purity Of person
al character, aud large endowments Of mindn In the
event ct non-user for any two years after the date
the deed Of convey the transfer to revert TO Mr.
Van schaek.
VALUABLE IIonsr KnLrp.--A horse attached to the
Street Commissioners wagon (not the city Inspectors
as reported taking night Thursday Ia Grand street.
ssay and coming into coiision with one Of Mack
rel. and simpsons Stages drove the shaft Of the wagon
into the body Of valuable horse which dropped dead
instantly
CoSrr Is.,p Wc uouli like to AK the pilot Of the
Nicholas what object he has treating
John Hart % he does Both lsud at the Fort Hamilton
dock tho St. Nicholas remain. at II long after che
has discharged Der freight aud passengers thus detsln
stance. cam. In collision With the John Hart Now
thi, should notee tolerated aud any accident occurs
tt. will be held amenAble Is not the bay
vide enough for both
UsHSowN Mas Dso~Srp.-Thc Coroner held an In
auest yesterday OF the Aims House yard on the body
OF an uni aged about forty years, found in
the dock foot CT Liberty street lie dressed In
grey fsek cost. email Tlaid pants and white muslin
,hrt He had been possibly two or three months In the
water. Verdict accordingly.
RiunoAp Accmrrr--A laboring man, by the name
of Richsrd esnard aged twenty live years. native q
ireland VAS brought TO the City Hospital yesterday
Jan med between the lie died In ab )ut hour
after reaching the hospital An inquest will be held
by the coroner this forenoon
THr Soar. Boui-e EsrlaLisnsrSrs.-lf these trades
be really injurious TO the health Of the city, ask,
why they not put on the same level-wby are the
Weather ffartd In true sretocratc style aud one
two OF the unpretending and poorer establishments
singled out IL this ,yenhsnded justice. There are
bfty soar. boiling establishments In New Ncrx-rs DO
not End that any Of thes. be abstcd nuisanc
except two. Are there tive more offensive than any
other they more deletercus to heslth' DO they
usr different materials from the restf Or, all soap
boilers etiopsbe' II the latter be the case then
why make dttiuction. u the former, then let the
public have the facts but let not scape goats be bln
iy made for the mere purpose OF showins that the
Hoard a Health doing tomcthipe BY closing o
single sstsbshmsnt not only is injustce done to an
upon the establishment, ere deprived Of the means of
their bread at the most stagnsnt II the
year Iuftsd u saving the inhabitants from cholera,
such step may actually increase the disease for IL IL
wei, known that desttuisn u OF the most exciting
causes 81 cholera That soap.bong Embellishments,
though offensive 60 the oliactofy nerves not Ia
iutcs 10 ht ath proved trial reported Ia the
Iie,ciS in Octcb.r, 1872, by Professors Smith aud
hilton On The contrary. some Of our most scientific
men are OF opinion that the stem arising from the
boiling Of soap has ssubiious eject upon the atmas-
ph,rs one strong fact has not been dcuied namely,
HAT none fl the employ ell In these establishments
have ever fa.n victims to cholera Surely this speaks
Vrluues But. ~ the Board of Health think that the
tfode Of soap boil IL ptrnciuue 10 public health let
tl.r. no d.tinction In the spirit OF lair play 20
udiyduals ana Of justice to the pubic let them oil be
laid loo with one indiscrimpatiug stroke Before that
stem bosever T. taken would commsnd Liebrg =
Jettrs On ChcIuifryn 20 the study Of the Board *
Health IL II unnecessary to tell them that he ~ the
sr.st.,t chemist in the W-fld he saye - fhe quan.
tlty If eoap conumed by nation would be no mae
enfste psasure whereby To estimate it, wealth snt civil
Vsation OF two countries with equal amount Of po-
p0iAtion the w,sthest and most htshly civilized VIII
J sorsume the greatest wight Of SOAP The intabi.
tsbts IL New Nufk have long enjoyed The reputation
~ binr In their persons among the eancst people IN
the world Let not the City FATHERS adept any stsp %
baujsh an ard reduce us 20 che position OF the bi-
thi,tt In the crYatiru Health and cl aulne7s are -
,lcf,y allied thst IL they should be divorced By The
poatd ~ V,alth fear they will only give evidepce
that they have mistake their mission Let tbsm ioOs
TO the hug. dups .hcsps and the pizgeries uptown