The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-13
Oty Intelligence.

Olty Intelligence.
GAKBAGE GursAE0 The following appeared in f.aA "a
por. Of Captain Halpn Of the First ward to Tn Chiey
Of Police
lam induced, from feeling of aut-. ...,,.uu =,
can your stsnon ~ IN, ~. no the following
distric have expere" ri consderable dna eu,ty Il
enforcing General osde ass relating TO the ordinsnc,
conc nar sss Of grOsss 10 the street In u.
possible 20 arrest the actual delinquent though the
officer has Witnessed the commission Of the offence,
generally speskngin fact almost without exception In
this dstrcta such substances reach the street fro
what are generally termed tenement houses
and Ss dss h get N, to the sna
concealed and out Of The numerous tenants il
would be vain TO expect the officer ascertain the real
occupants Of the premises, bat this pre-supposes that
the officer has knowledge Of The premises out of which
the garbage was cast but all know that partiey
about violating law viii rarely do SO in presence Of
the officer whose duty It that they punished
There u.s. certainly much hardship in reporting party
as violating an or nance in this respect merely because
neighbor bas cast garbage the street. and in
order to themselves have deposited 1t before
person when he finds garbage in the street.
unlikely in many reports the wrong person and
emousI ins sgn. party ne
Of Enforcing the ordinance presents many other OBJ
ectionabe features especially regards this district.
Iheinhabtnfs chiefly reside in large houses which con.
tain perhaps from twenty TO thirty fami.
lies, huddled ogt Their in single building, with little
yard ROOM the landlord building every inch OF
ground forming his os, that his income may De aug
mented And YET those poor people, under pain OF
violating the nance must keep this often.
the garbage cart pays them visit; and indeed, but
little reliance be- reposed that, it frequent
for two three days. in fact during the week just
elapsed, u ha not pad gle visit to Trinity place.
During this timo those families could not keep the often
sve matter in their apartments could the united
garbage Of twenty fsils remain in back entry await
ing the tardy coming Of the garbage cart to be allowed
10 rot and infect the neiehbnhood with pesten
tal disease 1t would certainly ter to allow it to
be cast into the street. <here the action the cool air
would retard its corruption Nor would it remain in
the street so long aa In the private premises for the
chances that the streets would be cleaned before the
garbage cart would make its appearance may judge
from the present condition OF the Streets which the
west side OF the ward far cleaner than they have
been for several past owing to the efforts Of tho
street inspector Of this district The culyerts in th9
district have been for some ime back in a most depo-
rable condition. most Of them have been completely
stopped so AZ to entirely prevent the water from tho
side cutters escaping through them, and the stagnant
water that Is allowed to ossk in the sunshine becomes
very offensive and detrimental to the public health.
TESTIMONIAL TO CAPTAIN CARPENTER, OF THE FIFTH WARD
day evening highly respectable meeting Of the citizens
of the Fifth ward held at aarriss HOTEL 34 Green.
penter Of the Fifth ward police rich Silver tes service,
consisting Of four pieces, beautifully embossed and
graved, together with dozen tea spsss and hand
SON cream ladle The presentation of the plate was
made by Mr.. Charles NcAusy of 1l6 Hudson street, in
the Of the citizens of the ward He stated to Cap
tain CARY enter the present intended mark Of
the esteem, totally irrespective of party, Of his fellow
citizens Of the ward and III appreciation Of his conduct
whilst filing the Office of Captain Of Police, and concluded
by coBgratuatipg him in his and that Of the
other citizens OF the ward upon his late reappontment
to the Office by the Commissioners OF Police. Captain
Carpenter then In brief spes ch rendered his thanks
his fellow citizens Of the ward for their kind consdera-
ton Of his services and said that he valued their gift
not mnch for its intrinsic value for the occasion OF
the presentment. Tho following inscription the
silver
Presented to Captain Carpenter the Fifth ward police
by the citizens Of the ward for hs faithful discharge Of
duty July il 1864 On shield the eide wAa
the word worth
TIE FoURTH ARnIJ ERy-DEATH OF A SOLDER By
DRowNNG.-About six O'Clock last evening, United
States soldier staggered down theer between Roosevelt
and James Streets used by the city authorities for Dump
ing dirt, &c. He laid d wn on the manure heap sd
afterwards got up and in Conversation with the aborer
he said he soldier OF the 4th artillery, and
toned the name Of Major Sprague his commander he
acknowledged that his name WAS Maggie, and person
the dock knew him. The corporation officer turned to
20 up and get officer when he heard the shouts Of
the that the soldier had jumped overheard saying
that he going home" After struggling in the
ter for some minutes he sank to rise In few
moments three boats were ON tie spot He grossly
ntoxcate and said that he had wife in Brooklyn and
spoke Of her in very afectonate He dressed
In the undress uniform Of the regiment
THE IES GOVERNORS The regular meeting of this
Board was held on Tue-dAy afternoon, at the Lunatic
Asylum, Blackwell's Island. Present-Govcrnors ORA
per, Drake, ugro, Pnkney West, Henry and Conorer.
Number Remaining julius 1854.