The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-06


The DeARD OF HEALrn AND TINE EncRAEr lvrslLi-
crrcs OFFICE CANAL SnEr.-SOme time ego tho
Commissioners Of Emigration established In Canal strse
between Broadway and Kim street oRcs where newly
arrived emsTants could obtain employment and whore
persons antiDg help could find it, Connected with the
Offices were sleeping apartments where the destitute
emigrsnts sheltered from the storm and provided
with decent cot upon which repose The apartments
we're in two sutsonc for the males and another for fe
males and proper officers detailed to that decorum
was observed among dodgers Cleanliness enforced
az rule Of the establishment and lime freely used In
all parts Of the building where whitewash could be applied
toadyantage Many poor emgrant who arrived in this
city destitute and without other friends to care for them,
has found good employ by using the facilities which
this Office afforded; and hundreds, Yes, thousands, Of
them, having learned the Of the country and
the requirements of the places for which they
gagged have become good servants, and are in fair way
TO take respectable position In society when but for
this institution, they would have fallen into dssolute
habits among evil companions In the city and become the
victims ofcty vices. II housekeeper wanted female
servant and was willing to take the trouble OF initiating
her into the mysteries Of housework good but un-
taught girl could always be found at the Canal
street Office Ii farmer wanted boy or q nun,
or set of hands line addressed to the Commissioners
personal application ut the Office, all that was ne
cessary 10 procure them the Commissioners paying their
passage and furn hing them money for food while the
way, If they were destitute If railroad or canal
contractor wanted ffGy an hundred men, they could
always get them by proper application Every day might
he good looking rosy checked lasses following away
respectable bousekeepers who had employed them. The
grant girls wardrobe always scant, and bundle
generally all the baggage she mad to move but II she
20, sessed such treasure trunk there always
good naiured boys her own countrymen who would
help her with it and wish her good lucK of the sarvce
sle about to begin Again, 1t was an every day
ieb 10 ELK OF eight scores of hearty looking men,
led ~ their employer. mafchiug oil III the afternoon
take the steamboat railroad train that to convey
then, to their work. IL did ones heart good to see
the stout chaps look good natured as they babe good
bye their companions, who awaited their turn to be
employed. As many as thousand persons ut a time
have thus sheltered and cared for But the thing
all changed now.
The Board OF Health at late meeting in their wis
concluded that The emgran offices ia Canal street
constituted eyil that must be forthwith abated. Ac
cordipgy steps taken 10 prevant the Commission
ers by legal process from using the emgaut lodging
any longer Tor the purposes to which they had
| ior time, been devoted They DID not visit
the and order ventistors aud other purifiers OF
The atmosphere preventive against stagnaut air
an antidoe bad atmosphere but they procured the
rooms be closed and the consequence Is that there
are now nightly in cur city, hundreds of these emf
grants actually houeless with place to shelter them
selves from the inciemency OF the weather, If storms
! should prevail
ing The open in Canal street and reporter
mentioning this fact to the kind hearted mt the next
day. that officer replied. with considerable emotion
'.Why bless yor sir you might have hundred Of
them If you hadlooked around little. shore converse
tou sufficient to induce the agent to speak III glowing
Terms the benefits of the Office, and in condemnation
Of the i'll advised scheme of the Board OF Health.
They used be obliged to keep themselves clean tue
poor creatures eaa he. 'and their morals looked
after well they could be. sur hoF mus It be uow
You al Of them abou. the doors Vel when it comes
night. not let them go in, although there are
vacant where they might be comfortable They
will go unwashed and, besides too what rutinsm viii
be performed and what disgrncefU must takepace
where both allowed to herd together In this
manner"
selected another better location for the lateisenc
| Office. 1t certainly not very agreeable sight to
Greet the view of the Easter passengers as they arrived
continually by the New Haven the office being next
door to the railroad depot But instead of mendug the
cyi break up the we'll advised plans Of the Commits,
nf all nf
the blockhead school OF philosophy to which the
the Board OF Health belong
i PaosrEcr AsIArIc CHOLERA WEST Twenty
! STREET, BETWEEN fTrH AND SIXTH AVENUES
There is mass of gangrene 9Th in the above named
locality that should the City Inspector to blush
and the existence of which would warrant the inct
ment by the Grand Jury of the officer whose duty it is
to see removed About three months since the sweep
ers came along aud hoed and swept the oal from
aristocratc the to the side
in front of the humble habitations aud there left
it. to contaminae the atmosphere for blocks around
Such remisspess deserves apprehension II the
commander of the gang OF street sweepers who perpe
tated this act, supposes that the tenants in the inc
houses, the pavcmens in front Of which swept
clean, AT all obliged TO him he Is vastly mistaken.
The wind of persons and the breezes carry
the auyia arising from the putrid into the richly
furnished parlors through dlmask curtains. just i'm
pernepy the foul odor is intruded upon theo fa,-
tories of the humble tenements the opposite side Of
the street The residents of the vicinity think would
be highly proper TO have the offensive removed
| PRfPARATIoss RAISE TIE Revenue CUTTER TAvEy.-
! Two schooners now lying the Taney--ene
either side The preparations for raising her are
nearly complete the necessary chains have been passed
around and her hull and the work OF the derrick
will soon be commenced. capt Miller is of great
energy and will lose time unnecessarily to got his
sci aaoat. He desires this not only for the
interest Of the department in whose he Is but also
for the Of recovering the bodies Of the three persons
who sill board the cutter The squall streak
of wind which struck the fancy is lde the subject II
Oft repeated remark at the barge Office, and among Old
pilots and sea captains down town They all agree that
they narrow I" streaki in any latitude.
One OF their number who the bay in steamboat at
the time, said nc could distinctly it afcer it struck
the cutter take its in straight line the bay
| and up the Hudson river
PASSENGERS SAsrp Henry CLAy.-
In ADDITION the heretofore published OF passen
gers saved from board the ill fated steamer Henry
Clay may be mcnion the following Mrs. j Pease of
| Williamsburg, Mrs. b u. Webb and Mrs. Boughman,
(wifc Of Rev. ]. 9. Boughman) of Detroit. Michigan
follows THAT of Mrs Pease at 500 that OF Mrs
Webb at $500, and that of Mrs Boughman at 500.
ACCIDENT New HAVEN RAILROAD Yesterday
morning. at about seven o'clock, accident occurred
the New Haven Railroad betwean New Haven aud
Milford by which one life was lost. mans leg broken
and considerable property destroyed The train was
coming along at its usual speed, when unforu
nntey got upon the track and before the engine could be
stopped, the locomotive was thrown from the track.
This OF course brought up suddenly the whole train.
The baggage car running upon the tender, the
front part of it literally mashed to pieces
baggage master. named Ephraim Dennis, was, ut
the time, standing in the front part OF his cur and
when the crash took place was instantly killed
pedler named Miles Tor Myles) had his leg broken The
other personal injuries were slight but no small des-
tructon OF property resulted from the accident The
baggage car was nearly demolished and the first passcn
ger considerably broken up The ''smlsh up y
occurred about four miles this side of New Haven The
body Of Mr. Dennis taken back TO New Haven where
he resided and where he very shortly to be married
to young lady TO whom he had for some time been
under ma rimonal eng agemenr We could not
tain whether suitable look out kept up fiom the
locomotive not. If such the case, the engineer
ought TO state !; in his own yindication.
Fms "A FIRE broke out at about o'clock Thurs
day morning. in the store No 321 BoweIy, occupied by
J. J. Drew pepper hanging establishment Tue fire
confined to the store by active exertion The da
mage IL about 5000 Captains Scatlf and VOORHEES, and
Assistant Captain Stanford with men from tue Four
teenth Fifteenth and Seventeenth districts pre-
cent. A fire occurred Wednesday night, in shoe
maker shop No 55s Greenwich street IL was caused
BY the bursting Of camphene lamp. Damage triaing
Police Intelligence.
Important .7rrest Of Burglars Expert Policemen OH
GERS Ncalis, Mclaughlin, and Gaugham, Of the Sixth
ward police succeeded early yesterday morning in cap