The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-30
back into the old system viii be visited by the
just indignation Of the public.


just Indignation Of the public
The Eruption OF vesuvius-Thundcr
and Lightning I'm Concert with the
Violence or the Volcano.
The subsistence of the volcanic action Of
Vesuvius, which was reported to us on Sunday
evening and in our earliest dispatches yester-
day morning, was Of a merely temporary en-
durance-a short breathing time during which
the force Of the intra- montana fire was concen-
trated and arranged for fresh and still
more serious discharges through the vent
holes Of the crater. This fact is made
patent by our telegram reports from Naples
this morning Stones, sand, cinders and
burning scoriae have been just sent forth by
the convulsion. The streets of the Neapolitan
city are covered with the heated debris Of this
great forge Of nature. The afflicted people
entertained some hopes that the violence of
the visitation would subside soon after par
tial fall Of rain which they experienced, but
the anticipation was rendered vain by the
almost immediate return of the terrible erup-
ton, attended by the concomitant appearance
of most extraordinary atmospheric phenomena
and grandly terrific accompaniment concert
given in peals Of thunder and with flashes Of
lightning which played around the sum-
NIT of the furnace Then again the
heavens were darkened for time and
the stricken agriculturists became still more
terrified. We have also an account Of the sad
consequences which followed from the recent
earthquake at Antioch-a desolating herald Of
the approach Of the agony of vesuvius. The
natural warnings which have been given by
the Almighty to man, from the moment
of the burning bush mentioned in Scrip
ture to that Of the missionary labors Of St
Paul. and thence to the present effort Of
the volcano mountain, appear to have been
sent In vain for the elevation Of humanity
from Its first debasement, in very many in
stances, at least, for we are told to-day that
thievery on q most extended and preconcerted
scale has just been practised against the prop
erty of the Italians who have been driven
from their homes by vesuvius. If the pre-
monihons of the Lord are Intellectual can we
blame our police for some failures in their
efforts against rascalityp
Our Filthy streets-sowing the Seeds
OF Cholera.
The Augean stables were formerly consid-
Hercules to make them at oil presentable.
What would neurological writer's think Of the
unsavory subject as illustrated In the streets of
New York to-day? From the Battery and the
lower wards, where not only in the reeking
alleys but even in the most crowded thorough
fares street cleaning commissioner is utterly
unknown, to the neighborhood Of Central
Park, where the atmosphere is but whirlwind
Of dust all day long, the suffering citizens of
the American metropolis, the centre Of business
and commerce, cry out In vain for q friendly
broom or sympathizing water cart. In its
worst days before New York never presented
such pitiable spectacle, even when the Ring
heretofore faint show, at least, made every
spring to remove the accumulated filth of the
winter but this year it seems as if there
was deliberate design on the part Of our
rulers to introduce epidemics Of oil kinds into
this city by keeping the streets In condition
rivalling those Of the Asiatic cities which
the cholera claims as its own. The COM
monest principles of health are trampled
under foot daily, and the refuse of tenement
houses is permitted to tester in the sun, breed
ing disease and contagion. In the vicinity of
the Park building contractors are allowed to
do what they please with the public thorough
fares, and the air is filed with clouds of dust
L.. L.
away on the voracious vultures, who care only
for gorging themselves at the expense of the
CITY, and are oblivious to the vital importance
of putting it In fit condition to resist the
host of epidemical diseases which the summer
months bring forth. Nothing short of
the most strenuous efforts on the part of
the Board of Health has spared us from
the frightful scourge of cholera for some
years past. What may we expect this summer
if such lamentable state of affairs is permit
ted to continue? Unreasonable cant is in
dulged in under the name of reform, and rigid
Investigations are the order Of the day. Yet
here is q subject affecting the very lives Of our
citizens, and the Albany Solons viii not even
discuss il. It seems there Is a mythical, ire
sponsible individual rejoicing in the name Of
"Street Cleaning Contractor; but his sole
business appears to be confined to the draining
Of money from the City Treasury. The re-
sponsibility has been shifted from one official
to another until the name of Street Cleaning
Department has become farce and q laughing
stock. Now the subject has become too Sc
rious to laugh at any longer, and the summer
is advancing with rapid strides. Every one
must shudder at the possible consequences
should the seeds Of cholera now being indus
triously sown ripen. into harvest Of DEATH
Can nothing ever move the powers that be to a
serious consideration of this portentous SUBJ
ject?