The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-13


'as, evening exhibits gratifying decrease 10 the
sen., al and in the cholera mortality "a com pared
w the week preceding. The comparative O.
turbe OF Zach week, 3on these two items, are a.
hlIcws:--
IciAi deaths from MI causes for the week ending
Uo, DO week ending ,u; l2........, ...... Lon"
General decrease. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 80
From cholera, geek ending Aug 5.............. s02
DO, week nlng Aug I.......-....... 27s
ChSIera decrease. ~
ii the dea hs Inc last week there we're 22O men,
3os ~emep, 3S7 boys, add 2s5 girls. VI the chill
drsn there were 81 under one year old, leo under
$50 years, "a from two TO five years old, and AZ
from five to ten-makng an Aggregate mortality
20 org the children under ten years of age Of 597
THE exceeds the total mortality of all ages from
oil causes, for any week vi the summer Of 1858
BAD air, filthy lodgings, green fruit, and swil
milk existed then they do now and to greater
extent. The Invisible pestience taking the shape
of iniaBtile disc Alone account for this
uss's increased fatality am ng the children.
Have a care. The mortality from other causes than
Aslatic cholera was, from cholera iofan.um,
ls4; cholera morbus, 81; disrrh9a, 65 dy-
ssstery, A convulsioDs, So marasmns, So;
congestion Il the brain, Is. In the First ward Ian
so,igrant district) there we're 40 deaths; Second
ward (mercantile) 8; Third ward (merc autile) S;
lourih ward Uhickly populated) 81; Fifth ward
livery thicky populated and fightfny filthy in some
ssreet SO; Sixth ward Tin ,luding the Five Poiuts)
80; it il o very small ward, aud they have bsea
slesniog Up there lttie;) tie Eleventh. ward
ts>eretook.d with people and dirty GA; Twelfth
vsrd (still vone) H. Bat the extreme upper sunur
bAa wards OF the city among the butcheres soap fac
tories, scav-r g.r DIP sits, T., show m ,st striking
b the work ng o. ouse and effect. In the Nine
ssenth ward there W, 90 0eatlS this last week in
NE Twentieth, 81 in the Twen,, first % tie. ar)
90 in the Tweniy--econd {bad agan) so. The
PNeenfh ward Zone II the ry Ia oest in the city,
Aad the cleanest Of al best, TOO with the lungs OF
Washington square,) shows m r5tityo onl- IL,
while the Sixteenth 50 d join NJ ON what d
ter than it ought to te,) zoos ~ the u,favorable
es,trast Of Al. T,ese comp so > IRE me an ;hols;
bat they sfrd the keg to de 4ths do q among us,
ard ~e refer them to the earneu consideration o.
Mr. Glazier AID our city fathers, and oar fellow.
citizens.
BRITISH WEST NpIRs.
Our fles from Bermuda and the letter OF our n
yesponaent are dated to ths 3lst Of July TIE pa
;ers do not contain much news OF Interest. Upon
tao occasions within about fortnight the vote OF
enc If the msmbers OF the House OF Asse mbly ha5
Aeen thalleDgod aud SIT aside, the ouad Of his
having personal interest in the questions then
snoer consideration The fact Of depriving ncm-
ber OF the Legislature Of his right Of voting, had
caused mnch excitement amongst the local po'itl-
eaAns. The Advertiser, Of July 18th, says: "Some
spns of a Governor for Bermuda sre at last appa-
s-st; the last Halifax mail brought private letters,
sporting that Bermuda vas likely soon to have a
Governor. Col. freeman Murray, Of the 72d, Duke
Of Abany's Own Hil hlandera, has been met toned.
Captain Eswar3s, OF the Royal Navy, has also been
spoken Of for ths colony. We undsrst and the prize
s0sred last year by the agricultural committee for
che best treatise the agriculture Of Bermuda, had
been awarded TO Dr. T. L. Godet. The Rev. j. B.
Bsowne lately Wesleyan missionary at the islands,
bad been appointed TO Nova Scotia.
A bill making new sanitary regulations has passed
she Legislature Of Bhtsh Guiana. vesss Is arriving
= Demarsra from Barbadoes are compelled t. per.
Ib-n quarantine forty days.
We copy from the st. Thomas Time, tie full 70.
port Of Captain Thomas Francis, Of the English
ssAsoDer Sea Flower re- alive 60 the appea ance and
move neBts Of q suspicious looking craft which be
{ u In with In the Mona Pass, on 2ssh June. The
Bermuda Royal Gazette Of July 18th, prefaces the
publication Of the affair thus Captain Webb, of
Voc brigantipe Daphne, who rived on Sunday last
Eom Porto Rico, handed m = statement 90 rob ret
hg the following, waicn We copy from ths 81. tho
mas Times of the 10Th inst. Captain W., ho ~-ver,
sdds hat tie Sarch Of the captains trunk Wa
aiscontinued immediately On .be privatee rsmen
meeting with so1e Masonic em,'ems. H. NJ
Steam biP Devastation, Captain DHor-@y, arrived
- Porto Rico on the morning of the l4th, and i'm
nesistey AFTER departed 10 search Of the Suspicious
vessel
PUBLIC MEETINGS..
A meeting was held in 5arat5g. yesterday, and
eight delegates appointed TO attend the AnstNc-
baeka Ssate Convention 10 be hed IN that place on
che 10th In slant
Th. Hamilton County (Onio) Democratic Con
v.nticn met at Carthage yesterday ~ nomiaste
sanoidetes fo Cchgfessiorsl and unity Offices L.
tte course o. the proceedings the Know Nothing
quest on ~as In reduced, when a fight ensaed, aoo
shr convention broke DO wi.hou. either passing re-
sotutous or making nom, nations.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tie article published IN 10 d,y' paper In re,a,ior
" ne island u Tarassy or Sal hal en- in "a. Moth
Pc &c, prepared by Aaron II. Palmer for the us,
w we h'nts"*o e&PofHR eApeoiti n, viii bc foun
Gtrs sting.
The riot- at 81. Louis bad not subsidized yests rday
and our despatch states that much excitemen wa
prevsiling In that city.
Hon. Joseph Whitman, formerly distinguished
Methodist preacher. and lately a menb.r of tie
Senate, died suddenly a. his resi-
ben r 10 Hopknton, on the 10th last.
TIE landlord u the Me- ket Hotel, 10 Cambridge
Mass, ras arrested On he 18th instant, and 6aed