New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-21

mspi strate ana con mit'ed fcr exsm nation Cook
seo. 10 the Eew-York Hospital, where his leg grew
worse and amputatou vss resorted to. He continued
70 f.i and died Yesterday morning. Coroner Connery
Wa notified ard wi. bod an inqnest to-day if the
necessary witnesses ce, be procured. The boy Hart
alleged at the tint Of the aray that he stabbed Cook
in self-defense.
Cr.rpu HoMEoSsIHIc DIsPEssARY-Ths Trus-
,aAs of this Institution have Just seued their fourth
annual report for the year ending April 1873. BY
the ,enort we shosh not judge that homeopathy was
in ts decline nor do the results os the treatment cor
oborae the statements Of the opponents Of the prac-
,ice,hat The labering classes could not he affected by
the small, doses Of the homeopathst Notwithstanding
most ofthe patients those who live in the midst of
dr ard vretchedness under the influences OF miasms
eanatpe FROM their vile surroundings suffering from
Elects Of poorly.ventilsted apartments and starva-
tion diet. the results most satisfactory only
deaths having occurred out Of ,467 cases. The ex.
perse Of the system, also in comparison with that
Of the old is small, as find from the report 1914
prescriptions have been given out at cost including
rent fuel &C., Of s2S IS. For pee 1niary aid, the
Dspensary is dependent On private transcription and
this years expenditures have exceeded the receipts
s23 IS. The Directors have enieavored each year
to enlarge their sphere Of usefulness, and have atey
increased the list Of attending physicians The rooms
are open for patients from IL to l. and from
10 D. NJ daily and Sundays from II to p. IN.
Within short time tue Association has been regularly
Incorporated and is now under charge OF Board of
Trustees. who intend as early as possible, establishing
, Homeopathic Hospital, where peisous can gra-
tui,ousy receive the benefits of this treatment without
the Disadvantages mentioned above.
Srrctnr ny CUTTING His THROAT WITH A RAZOR.
-Coron.- Connery held an inquest at the house No.
1913 Greenwich street on the body Of james Ferguson,
a Young man % years Of age, who committed suicide
by cutting his throat with razor. He was formerly
in store downtown but for the last few months ne
had been out of employment. For reasons best known
10 himself. Ferguson had become incorporate in his
habits and no other cause except partial deirium eau
Ia attributed for taking bis own life Drs. Wee aud
Ferguson examined the body, and found an messed
wound across the threat penetrating the middle oil the
thyroid body. and another entering the wndppe i'm
media.ely below the inferior thyroid artery was also
severed. The Jury rendered verdict OF death by
suicide by cutting his throat with razor. Ferguson
was native Of Scotland. He had no relatives on this
side of the Atlantic, except q brother in Canada Fer
guson was engaged to be married to young lady al
this city, and between them there was perfect uoder
standing A gold watch, clothing, books, and other
yauables belonging to the unfortunate were taken
possession Of by Coroner Conney, and will be plsced
in the hands Of the Public Administrator till claimed
BY his the aecea4d's) relatives Ferguson was re-
uo,ted TO be man of considerable means, bat where
or in what il consists could not he asceltaned.
Look Orr FOR CNwHoLFsoNE MEAT.-Yesteriay
morning, about O'Clock, Officer Charles B. Albertson
of the Ninth Precinct, while patrolng his beat, saw
three men placing quantity Of meat 10 wagon IN
Troy street near West evidently with the intention OF
Offering the same for sale in the public streets. The
oicer srspectng that the meat bad from the fact
that he had frequently known unwhOesome meat TO be
offered for sale from the place. at onea arrested two OF
the men. ard conveyed them to the Ninth Precinct
Station House. where they gave their names as John
Smith" and John Brown" The third fellow, seeing
the officer approach the cant took to his heels and es
csped. subsequently, however, he made his appear
ance at the jefferson Market Police Court and gave
his name AZ Owen Rev nolds and confessed that he
the owner of the wagon and meat found IN possession
of Smith and Drown, but stated that hs had nten-
ton Of ceiling the meat in the City of New-York The
prsoners Smith and Brown together with the wagon
and meat were conveyed to the Court, and created no
tts excitement.
AT the request Of Justice Quackenbush, several
btobe,s belonging in Jefferson Market examined the
meat and all united in pronOuncipg it unwhoesone.
Heath Warden Demarest Of the Ninth Ward tssti-
fed that the meat was unwholesOme, stuffed and
blown. The magistrate discharged Smith and Brown
from custody in consequence of their acting under the
direction of REYNOLDS the owner OF the property
was held TO bail in the Sf $500 to answer
the charge.
caw J.ys 400 n Dutcbman was arrested in the
Twentieth Ward oT having in his possession dusntfy
Of blown yea. and the csrcases of several sheep that
were absolutely pu1id. he was subsequently ar
ragIed be fore the Court Of Sessions and fined 80.
No calculation can be made as to the amount OF tn
wholesome uea. disposed Of IN this city every day
reary all of which purchased by the keepers OF
cheap tosrdiug g-houses, at q very low price. The
Health Wardens are continually the alert, yet the
dealers frequently succeed in eluding their vigilance
The meat s generally prepared at night aud carted
away before day to remote psce where 1t is
retailed from wagons. Sometimes it Is taken 10 tie
butcher shops located in densey populated nelghbor
hoods, and there disposed Of TO people who, II they
know the difference care but little, they probably
do not eat of il Themselves.
BURGLARY II INFRoNI.STREET-CoNFLtoT BETWEEN
A PoLICTNAs AND THE BU RGLARs.-Some time DUNG
Monday night the wholesale grocery establishment ol
Messrs. Daters & Co. No. 6l Frontsreet, corner OF
Fletcher, burglarously entered by four thieves
who, from the appearance of the premises yesterday
morning had coed time among themselves, though
ii did not that they were very indolent HOW tue
fellows gained access to The pace has not yet trans
pired. Nore Of the doors or windows were any way
dsmsped or ont Some snpuose that one OF the gang