New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-07

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! NEW SoRK, August l, 1865.
There is nothing new of importance to write
about. New York is duller than ever before, and
/ fewer people are in town than in any summer for
years past In addition to those who leave the
city every summer, thousands have been driven
away, fearing the cholera. Our city press, or at
least portion Of it, has published very unneces-
sarily) reports of supposed cholera, and then
added comments as to its great increase, until
/ people have become positively frightened, simply
| because they cannot find ont the truth. We are
having now few more cases than we have had for
a month although the majority of them are ordin-
| airy cholera morbus in very severe FORMS causing
death very after attack 1t is quite true that
number Of cases Of genuine Asiatic cholera have
occurred but nothing like the number that people
out of the city suppose. MOstal the deaths far
have occurred in bad localities where it is no won
der diseases of all kinds are not contracted every
| summer.
The Board of Health is now considering the ne
cessity Of removing poor families from the tene-
ments in the city 10 places the outskirts, while
the houses are thoroughly Cleansed and purified.
The board deserve very great credit for the man
ner in which they look after the public health and
TO them we undoubtedly owe the stoppage of an
| epidemic which threatened our city some weeks
| since. We have at last found Judge who con
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health of the city, and assisting the board in their
endeayors to abate nuisances. Judge Brady dis
solved the injunction obtained by the fat-bOiIing
establishments against the board for shutting them
up, consequently we have got rid of one of the
most Infamous Outrages and uncomfortable uuisanCes
which any large community has ever experienced.
The cholera Is now abating on the islands in the
harbor among the United States troops, and if we
have steady, pleasant weather, as at present, il
will not increase, as it is the changeable weather.
first extremely warm, then rainy, then cool, ana SO
on-that brings on summer complaints, and that
soon runs into cholera.
John Taylor's International hotel and restaurant
in broadway was sold at auction last week for
the sum of S450,000 for the building and property
alone. He had just rehtted aud redecorated the
estaolishmeuttort the coming season but accepted
this very fine offer to 80 out of business.
+. Martinez, late proprietor of the famous Mai
son Doree, fell dead Of apoplexy last night. He
was in usual health up to the moment OF his death.
VIZ are soon TO have here geological garden in
| connection with Barnums museum cOmbina-
ton has just been formed by uniting Van Am
burgh's menagerie and the museum, and charter
has been granted by the State of Connecticut to
an association with S2,000,000 capital and thirty
acres of land have been purchased at Bridgeport,
in that State, on which are being erected suitable
buildings glass edhces ETC., for breeding and ac-
climating animals, birds, etc, and for training
some OF them for public performances The COM
blnaton is to be known as the Barnum and Van
Amburgh Museum and Menagere Company" 1t
IS proposed, at a future day, to obtain au entire
square somewhere up town, but for the present a
building has been purchased next to the present
museum building for the purpose Of establishing
TINS enterprise. All descriptions of animals wild
and tame will be secured for exhibition as well as
all descriptions Of creatures of the deep in large
aquariums. large and interesting portion Of
this establishment is to be thrown open to the
public Tree of charge, under proper restrictions
saeh as is observed in similar concerns in Europe
Mr.. Barnum is now in Europe securing curosi.
ties, ETC., for this enterprise and among his latest
purchases is the collection of the late Gordon
Cumming, consisting Of heads, horns, etc. etc. of
African animals slain by this great hunter This
collection cost, so | understand $4,000 at public
auction in London.
Amusements are doing very well while the cool
weather continues. At Wallack's, Moss brought
out new Irish comedy Monday night, and the
house was filled, as it was also last night The
piece was well put on and willhave run, weather
permitting. At Winter Garden Brougham is play
ing still, in g Columbus Reconstructed" which has
already had run of over fifty nights.
Wall street is dull. Money abundant and no ex-
citement in stocks.
There is not much excitement over the success
tul laying of the cable. Everybody received the
news without much comment except :" thew were
glad it was accomplished" The rates Of tele-
graphing have been published and the line is in
working order, ready to transmit messages for all
who like to pay the price, which is of no moment
when such great interests are al stake as nave been
always communicated from here by steamer No
body says anything about celebration. | sup
pose we must be satisfied with what we have had.