The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-21

ardent rp,rits, were rxamned before MAJOR Conrad
YESTERDAY. An immense crowd as embled to wit
ress the proceed ngs. The deinq, ants were d.
rscted TO give bail in one thou and dollars to on-
swer.
A large cotton mill in Philadelphia was totally
sestioyed by fire yesterday. It was rumo Ell that
several persons had persisted in the flames By
this csamity, some three hundred persons, mostly
females, are '5srown out Of employment
The Massachusetts, State Temperance Convention
assembled ct Lowell yesterday. About fifteen hun
dred persons attended.
COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS,
The fGur market for common State brands was
easier yesterday, and closed at 81 IL 81 So Fan
cy straight to good closed at 81 SO SO rs. There
was more doing for export, and some 3,Ooe or 1000
barrels common were sold tor shipment at 81 l2s.
There no change of moment to notice in quota
tons for wheat or corn. The new Sosth Caroline
wheat, of 800 to 400 bushels previously noticed as
sold on Monday at 50 Is, was purchased by Messrs
Hecker & Brother, owners of the Croton Mills, of
this city, who lad it ground into very handsome
flour, sample of which they had en- Change yes
terday, and hold it at S. per barrel To Messrs H.
& b. belongs the credit Of being the first exhibitors
Of new -four from new wheat the present year, and
probably the earliest period at which new flour has
ever before been offered for sale i'm this market.
The remainder Of the sour -four imported from
San Francisco in the Bald Eagle, Il 800 barrels,
has been sold this week at So sac, which left ne.
profit of about 50 per barrel. The same -four, few
weeks since, could have been sold at 81 H. but i.
was held for better prices.
The paleyS Of cotfnu waro Gyhf ond yr;cao J,Iy ~
Mondays quotations.
Freights for Liverpool were frmer, with more Of.
fering. The quotations ranged as follows Fer
grain, 3d. asked -four, L. Cd. and firm, and cotton,
3-l6d for compressed.
Prospects OF Cholera--Nsglect OF the Munich
pal Authorities.
Notwithstanding the fifty seven deaths from
cholera reported in last weeks bill of morta-
lily, the Board of Health have held no meet
ing, and, SO far as the public is aware, have
taken no steps to arrestthe pestilence. In Bos-
ton, like discovery led to prompt and ener-
getic measures Of precaution. The authorities
assembled forthwith, and the most stringent
orders for the cleansing Of the city were issued
at once. More than this--mere surprising still
to New Yorker-these orders were faithfully
obeyed. The city was cleansed, and in conse-
quence the epidemic was stayed at least for
time. Here, on the contrary, the announce
ment was received with characteristic apathy.
No one was startled by statement which at
another time or in another place might have
created an absolute panic. Dirt and reckless
ness were not troubled in their way. On the
contrary determination to brave the danger,
and defy it, seems to have pervaded the munich
pal mind On the corner of Hammond street
and Greenwich avenue unusual deposits of filth
have been openly laid in the carriage way, and
left to purify in the heat no one Directing IN
less tardy remonstrance from captain of po-
lice be taken into account Garbage lies in al
most every gutter in the Ninth ward-the i'm
beetle requirements of the law being satisfied
by the barrellng of the filth, to be left in that
state exposed to the midday sun. Nor are
these occurrences without their fruits. Two
fresh deaths from cholera were reported
in our columns yesterday; and in one of the
two, the Doctor who visited the sick man de-
clared that lit would be charity to remove
him from the filth by which he was surround
ed" Messengers were sent to rescue the poor
| creature, but before they reached him he was
dead. The heat yesterday and the day before
has probably added many more deaths to these;
and so long as the close hot weather continues,
they are likely to occur.
These things are almost unnoticed by the
authorities. A resolution passed the Board of
Councilmen on Monday evening calling upon
the Mayor to direct the Captains of Police to
enforce strictly the ordinance in relation to
throwing coal ashes, garbage and rubbish into
the streets and cutters but what are the
chances of its being executed? Ifthe existence
OF the ordinance and the general instructions
under which the police act were not sufficient
to ensure the execution of the Law, why should
we expect a special resolution to effect that
result What higher potency does vote of
the Board Of Councilmen possess over written
and registered ordinance of the city of New
York?
We anticipate no benefit from any new vigil
lance or energy on the part of the city authori-
ties. We do not expect any thing of the kind
from them They have now sunk into such
universal contempt that they can have little or
no stimulus to the proper discharge of their du
ties. If any reform is to take place, it must
come from the individual efforts of private cit-
zens; and to them do we now look for some at
tempt to defend us against the cholera
The course they can pursue is very simple.
Laws prohibiting the throwing of filth into the
streets exist in our municipal statute book
Those laws have always been violated, because
neither the police nor the street inspector have
ever cared about enforcing them. 1t would be
waste OF breath to ask them to do anything of
the kind now. But they, like all other officers,
are responsible in certain measure for the full
himent Of their duty. Any private citizen who
is annoyed by the presence of nth in his street,
can easily find ont who Ia tho ,,ol;oor,oo - L.,