New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-09


collection il vauees to the scientific visitor, aud
comparatively unnterestiIg TO the general pubic.
SASGEE FFsT.-The annual festival Of the New
York Sangerbunden was celebrated yesterday at Elm
Park, foot OF Ninetetb street, North River The day
was fre, and the place was thronged. Tue different
singing societies turned out in greater numbers than
on ary previous occasion. At o'clock, they CON-
menced to assemble Hester street. near the Metro
poltan Rooms and at the procession, consisting OF
81 societies with different bodies Of Turner'S, moved,
preceded by various brass bands. The lne of march
was through Bowery, Chatham, City Hall Park,
Broadway, and Canal street, TO the foot OF Spring
street where they embarked on two steamers and
proceeded to Elm Park. An immense throng had
been assembled, and the day passed in accord
ance with the usual habits Of the GerInans. TIE
Turner's performed their feats in gymnastics ana the
ferent societies participated in grand concert at
O'Clock. The day was passed without any unpleasant
features to mar the erjoyments of the people.
New RRFRIGERAToR-THE ISyESIoR REFRIGERA
TEp-On Sunday night, at late hour a sailor rep
resenting himself a. having just newly returned
from long voyage, met by officer OF tine Fourth
Ward who observing that Jack was rather fat tor a
man of bis SIZE asked bin rs to the method pursued
to attain such enormous bulk. The extreme heat OF
the weather was referred to by Jack and he intimsted
that he had invented improved cooler or reingera-
tor for the better preservation of the body. The
officer full with Yankee curiosity, took him to the
Station House where upon examination into the merits
of the new refrigerator, the component parts were
discovered charcoal being absent from the interim
ngs. For the better preservation of his carcase JACK
had on two pairs Of pantaooDs five vests three coats,
three cravsis, and sundry other preventative articles
which are now in the possession of the Property Clerk
Mr. Warren Jack is being refrigerated in the great
! cooler in Centre street.
NJ II. Nathan esq, Chief Engineer of the Charles
ton S. c. Fire Department is now in the city guest
of the Board of Engineers. The object Of his visit is
TO examine into the utility Of stesm treengnes.
On Thursday afternoon next, Manhattan Company
No. g. will give public exhibition of the power Of
! their Lew steamer in Essex Market-place large
number of leading citizens viii be present, including
! the Preside nts of the several insurance companies
| CONTINUATION Of TIE Hoo WAR.-Saniary In
! spector Downing, accompanied by about twenty OF
| his men and half dozen of the Twenty Ward
| Police yesterday made another onslaught on the pig
| geries. At o'clock the company started along the
western boundaries of the Central Park, intending,
| during the day, to visit neighborhood ensconced
among the rocks along the course Of dirty ditch
called the " Bush and side issue of the same along
another and narrower valley, extending westward,
called "Bull.frog Town" These, and similar petty
villages of barbarous huts, spread over the whole
of our northern suburbs from the North to the East
| River principally along depressons sheltered by
rocks and along the sides of unsightly pools of mud.
Beside Major Hall, Eugene White, and others OF the
I n
sisted by Health Wardens StOkely of the First, Rice
| of the Fourth, Lawrence of the Fifth, Lsycratt OF
the Eighth, Walsh of the Twelfth, Abbott of the
Eleventh, Glssater of the Sixteenth, Coles of the
Eighteenth, Chsppsl Of the Twenty first, and Murray
of the Twenty second Wards Six of Mr.. Downings
men were sturdy veterans and chosen men, set aside to
perorm the offices Of sappers aud miners, aud hog
cofehers. A large double team and lmecart were
likewise proyidedthe former to convey hogs to the
pound and the latter to annlhilste the insutferabe
stencil that arose from the hog pens aud ofa reser-
yoirs, on being torn down.
Most of the hog men had already complied with the
notices distributed to them BY Mr.. Henry Mury
| Health Warden Of that District, and had sent away
their pigs. some across the High Bridge, but the ma
iorty through IIelgate in the direction of Flabush
and Flushing leaving only the shanties to be de mol
|
lies were visited during the forenoon nearly every
one Of which had sent away from 100 to 800 hogs
early in the morning. In most cases nothing remained
Of hogdom but the shanties the indescrbably ofen-
sve boiled offal, and the dogs, either chained or
cooped up beneath barrels and boxes. Numbers OF
dirty children peered out from every vacant stove
pipe hole dilaplated opening in the walls of the
! huts.
Guslelmo Omphaleus probably of classical de-
scent was first called five remaining pigs were
! caught. and an offal boiler and chimney destroyed
| Pat Carberry had eight young hogs, rather wild,
and three sows in pen. BY the vigilance OF sap
per six more were found under the house. Extraor-
binary pedestrian fests were here exhibited by al
hands, of the hogs darling desperately against
clubs and upsetng every body 10 ther way refusing
| to be caught until they swamped IN nud-hole,
or overtaken and caught by unfortunately having
long tails. Twopens were torn down, and an immense
ofal-boier taken out of it, stone inca,ement aud
| upset.
Terence Gilbride had two pen, which were torn
| down.
| Mrs. Muhoand very fat, energetic and powerful
widow, had two pigs, both Of which had successfully
aspred to the dignifed temperament OF ther ms-
| tress. They were sent TO the pound
/ John Russell and Michael Brein, IN company a.
the business, had sent herd Of over two hundred to
/ Long Island. Their pens were demolished
! Thomas McMsnus had box eight fee, long and
four fee. deep filed to the oIim with ooAea onI.'
and three or four barrels partially so, and had sent
three hundred pigs to Long leland Boxes oalre4s
and shsntie. were smashed, and lime was 'prinkled
/ pIofusely.
De Rowland had just sent of three hundred hogs.
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