The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-09

in the street or avenue which the house or build
ing fer which the sink Ia constructed shAli be
located. and that every cesspool shall be removed
on the ist Of May, 1860, not previously connected
with the sewer. This important paper was referred
70 the Committee on Ordinances The Board con-
cure with the Aldermen in permitting the Eighth
Avenue Railroad Company to lay turnout switch
in Canal street for the use of the Eighth and Ninth
Avenue Railroad companies.
A meeting Of the citizens Of Baltimore, to devise
measures for resoung that city from rowdyism,
was held yesterday. Resolutions were adopted
providing for committee to call on the Mayor and
demand the appointment ofrcliable mon rs judges
at the next election. and the appointment ofa spe-
ciaI police force to keep the polls clear. They cn.
phaticslly disavow party. and empower special
committee to nominate, irrespective Of party. the
most respectable and reliable men for tho officers
shortly 70 be elected. During the meeting gangs
of rowdies endeavored to stop the proceedings. but
they were promptly put down; and at the adjourn
ment body of desperadoes took possession Of the
speakers stand when the police arrested the ring
leaders and marched them of to prison, amid the
cheering Of the citizens and the waving Of handker
chiefs by the ladies.
Mr.. Alfred Freeman, proprietor Of the lnterna-
icnal Hotel in this city committed suicide yester-
day in the above mentioned house. by cutting his
broat He had been i'll for week OF slow fever
and nervous attack. which doubtless caused abe
ration of mind, and led to the suicide. Anna Cos.
he,cer of No. 76 Cannon street. had been afflicted
with rheumatism in one of her feet, and yesterday
,ooL three ounces of laudanum, which put Pc
Rod to her existence.
An additional panel Of petit jurors was sum.
moned yesterday in the General Sessions, but no
prisoners were tried in consequence Of the non-at
tendance of witnesses. VIM. Thompson, colored
man pleaded guilty to an attempt at grand larce-
nv, having stolen $3.50 worth of cloth from the
store of VIM. H. Hurlbut, and was sent to the State
prison for two years.
In the Supreme Court yesterday Judge Ingraham
rendered decision in the case Of John A. Under
wood against the New Haven Railroad Company,
in which an application was made to enjoin the
company from paying q dividend, recently de-
clared until it shall have been ascertained who are
the genuine stockholders entitled TO such dividend
The Judge holds that there is no good reason to
strain the disbursement upon stock now held by
persons who owned it prior to 1850 and have not
transferred ii since that time The injunction is
continued against the other stockholders, and the
directors of the company are enjoined from declar
ing any future dividend till the adjudication OF
some court shall separate the genuine issues from
the fraudulent ones.
The Mozart Hall Democratic Assembly District
Convention to select delegates to attend the State
Convention at Syracuse was held last evening A
list of the delegates selected may be found in
another column.
On Sunday evening last, young man named
Fraud Duchamp, Of Fort Tompkins, Staten Island,
was attacked by gang Of villains while on his
way home from the house Of the Rev. Mr.. Lewis
of Clifton, Staten Island, and severely beaten on
the head by q slung shot or bludgeon, besides re-
ceiving bruises ON his body. He was attended by
Dr. Boardman, Of Stapleton, Staten Island, and
DR.. Mott, of this city. BE fingered until Wednes
day last, when he died. No clue to the villains
who perpetrated the murder has been discovered.
The cotton market quite steady yesterday, with
sales of about 900 700 bales closing the basis Of
quotations given in another column The -four marke,
was somewhat less active, while prices we're without
change Of importance; Southern brands in fair
demand while prices without alteration OF moment
Wheat was somewhat rmer especially for good prime
OTIS Of new Kentucky; white sold at 81 40 81 so,
red State at 81 ID, and white Canadian the first Of
the season, at 81 p. Corn steady, with sales Of
old mixed from store at SOc., and ditto, with
high mixed, at sec. a S3c Rye firm with sales ut
$50 Sc Barley was nominal. commission
house Of this city has taken some pains, by
correspondence and other means, to obtain in
formation regarding the barley crop, and has arrived
at the conclusion far this State is concerned tina.
he crop will be nearly an average in quantity and very
superior in quality. Pork held with frmncss, which
checked operations; the sales moderate including
new mess at sl4 S71s SIS and prime at $40 IS Beef
was dull, while lard steady. Sugars were steady
and active the sales embraced about 900 hhds 10000
bags Bahia and 1000 boxes Of Havana at prices given
another column Coffee was quiet, but firmly held which
tended to check sales. There rather doing in
frcgh,s which were Grm though without change Of
ment in quotations,