The New York Herald Newspaper, August 20, 1854, Page 3

oo Le : 5 ; H E abst ti en H 8 i SF fisen te cr 4 & 4 ze H Hi 3 a2 3 foreb: 8. Trae, the crope ged aad twisted ‘about, but an interval 2 Fa H 2: Py f B prove auspicious we might good average pe in which — range of Boo! would undoubtedly be mach “Jower during the next twelve months than it has autumn of 1853. We peinted out last week, when forcea. sales were being made, that it ‘was somewhat prematare toconclude that all ‘was over before reaping had well beon commenced; the altered tone of the trade this shows that our opinion was not ill founded. At several of the provincial markets, prices have risen 4. to 58. per quarter within the week, and buyers bave shown as much anxiety to purchase as selle:s did last woek te realize. Fluctuations about this period are not unusual, but all ong are this season rendered more sensitive in ordinary times, “in .con- sequence of the acknowledged shortness of stocks. That a lage quantity of forei, wheat and flour is fensioing ea sg iverpool » is an era hold? How are the ‘all parts of the kingdom situated in regard to stocks? and what are our ex- pectations as to foreign supplies forthe next two menths? Those who know anything about the trade can bave no difficulty in answering these ques- tions. Asa guice to those who vave not exam into these matters, we wouli draw atteation to the sales of Eogtish wheat dari lesnediabt ts gh Bebed officially on Thursday: the quantity sold at e towns returning the averages was 41,558 gear 8, againet 87,469 quarters in the correspouding week of last year. This, it must be recollected, was the week of the finest weather we have had, when there could be no inducements to hold back supplies. Next, as to the state ef the stocks millers’ and bakers’ hande, wes oa, ght ve own ees db oe ipstge en prices have gradually given wa: a pe- ol two or months, and when it hae been ind an advan’ to buy only sufficient for imme- diate use, as bas been thu case during the whole of the period pamed, it ia, to say the least, not ve: probable that on the eve of a harvest, whieh, uot ‘within the last few days, promised tobe highly fa- worable, those who the choice in their own bands, which the millers and bakers have unques- had, would be large holders. We next cone probable extent of the future arrivals ; here ‘we must again look to bilities. Starting with the knowledge that the last crop was not an abun- dant ene on the continent, and that the ship- ments have, neverth under the induce- ment of very prices in the British markets, been , We may, we think, give sre al but exhuusied, and thet_‘no farther exports are auated, no of moment can tike place uatil the new produce eball have becume ai . We have no disposi- ‘tion to encourage speculgtion; but, on the consider carwileys bound to gfford in our r against ground- ice. A fallfrom the high rates current for the twelve months was to be eS yeep ten a quotations may be too high if the cropa be moderately well secured; but we are re think that = eee en near consequent on the exceedingly defici harvest of 1853 cannot be ail at onse remedied; hence we do not expect the value of wheat to re- ac to what may be considered the free trade ve The wheat trade on the continent has natarally Deen influenced by the state of effairs here, and the a which took ac in the mer. in the early part of week was not without effect, more ¢s) 98 the weather at that time has taken place there 4m the weather, to that unfortunately experienced here, some mischief may be done to that of ‘the corn still out. In the more for depart- ments, the great bulk has, however, been safely se- ured; and though the accounts are not so unifurm- Jy favorable as from Italy and Spain, still the pre- Sg i mnen appears to be that France will Dave full average crops of wheat and rye, and we have heard of no serious complaiats in regard to other articles. In Holland the seasons are not much more forward than in this country, and throughout Germany reap- ing is usually commenced absut the same d ag im England. The result of the barvest over the northern and eastern parts of Europe may, there- fore, be said 10 be as yet doubtful, and dependent on the weather. injured by the fly, and where this has been ‘the case wheat bas fallenshort of expectation, but om the whole the reports of a ‘auable nature pre- @ominate over thore of av opposite character;.and re is reason to believe that the United States and mada will have a conside:able surplus of bread- stuffs for export. Meanwhile there are uo available stocks, the immense shipments made during tne Spring. and summer haviog exhausted all that ‘was held at the perts on and no of the new produce of mome supplies world, ‘we ate informed, reach the coast mach pee September. sghough the tone of the * Eng advicés was regarded as rather discourag- * Hog, she. tendency of prises had continued upwaras at New York, and the other ark markets, the autity of wheat aud flour brought forward having ly sufficed to supply the local demand. The letters from the Baltic repeat what has been ly asserted as to the almost total exbaustion Of stocks; so little vyheat bed been brought ferward at the lower ports that quotatioss bad bevome quite momiva). Hardly anytuing was being s sipped, nor ‘Was it expected that any further exports would take place until : upplies of the new crop should have be- gan to come iorward. Reaping had bee prett; payee ‘commen ¢d,and up to the period to whi ar advices reach, the weatner had continued favor- Letters from Danzig of the Ist inst. inform us Mat some quantity of wheat had been cut, and that the cts for the harvest were considered pro- mising. Business ia wheat had been brought to a stand, the export demand having wholly ceased. At Hambarg, oa Tuesday, a heavy was expe- rienced, whi.h had the effect of checking tbe tall in prices, and sellers were less urgent to realize than they hai been the week before; still good 60 Ib. wead wheat free on board. In spring corn there bad been little eke 200 Od-aed, tb ibe ona at Hanaee cone ly 294, 6d. am oata at 21s. per quar- wee on board, in the Danish is}; 5 ae in the ads. tices of wheat has been considerable of late; at French morkets the decline in ‘aris on Wednesday, the fall was 4 to 5 franos per half heo- tolitre, ard the best branda of flour were offered 82 to 83 francs per 159 kiloes, though the . aad article has been redaced From Italy we learn that the weather haa been wery hot ano dry, and it was feared that the Indian crop might o¢ injured by drought. This fear eorn has imported rather more firmness to the qhsat | trade; still fine samples of new might have been | bought at equal to 45s. per quarter free on board. As, however, the decree prohibiting the export of Ee still remains in force, prices iu that quarter, bd ever low, can have no ioflaence on quotations e. Markets, Loxvox Mowry Market, AvG 8—1 P. M.—The spacula- tors and the public are alike very quiet operators ia the English Funded securities: they appear geterally anxions for ths anival of news from the Eust regarding the contemplated warlike operations in the Crimea. Console opened at 3 to ty for money, and 93 to jg for tho ac- qount, brt are now 92% to 93’and 98 to }; respeo aveiy. Reduced Three per Cents 43 to }<, Naw Three-and-a.quar- ter pet Cents, 9535 to §;. Exchequer billa are flattish, being pow 1s. diseaunt to 26. premium. Money continnes in good deman4 in Lombard streo! and the rates have not been lowered to the standard bac pet of the Benk of « a. int r @ Foreige Securi'irs are, generally, the same - fore, but Spanish have improv od. 14 Three oh het: B80 Dow 8955 t9 4087, Aitto Deferrey I°% to 22, Russian had been offered at 60s. per quarter, | at, the stock of | to, 8,681 metr. | THE LATEST COMMERCIAL REPORT. TELEGRAPHIO FROM LONDON TO LIVERPOOL. [From London Times, Aug. 9.) ‘Taunspay Evewna, August 8, 1854, ‘The demand for mcney observable during the past two or three days still continnes, and has caused the English funds to recede an +; from the prices of yesterdsy, al- igh the weather, and the general confidence felt in the progresa of foreign affairs were calculated to render them frm, In the Foreign Exchange this afternoon the rates genere lly were the same as last post, while the business ‘was net extensive. The last accounts from the Paris Bourse this evening show a further improvement of about 3; or 34 per cent. At Vienna and Amsterdam the markcts are firm. ‘The advices from St. Petersburg to the Ist inst., state that the rate ef exchange was a Bittle higher in conse- quence probably of increased despatch of produce from Archangel before the commencement of the blockade. tor shipment, and more expected. HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC The City Inspector’s Communication to the Common Council. Milk Manufactures im the City. DISEASED MEATS. ~~ EXTENT OF THE FOUL TRAFFIC, he, &., &o, Ciry Ixspucror’s OrricE, New York, Aug. 16, 1854. Tar Honorasie tras Common Councit: GEnrLEMEN—Havang upon several former occa- sions directed the attention of the City Corporation to the somewbat cognate subjects of “spurious milk” and “diseased meat,” soliciting their ous efforts in the removal of these long-continued evils, have anxiously awaited for the adoption of some efficient measures for the prompt accomplishment of so desirable an object. ‘A multi ty of matters, imm te interest, and perbaps of more preso: more vigorously urged by your constituents, has, dou! the consideration that other- wise would have long since been given towards sup- pressing & trafic, and an undonbted nuisance, that for) sears Wer sion pemens pis the sanitary character of our «ity, and signal evidences of the growth and extent of , vir Interference from fhe correcting haad of thorosgtiy from the correcting hand ot thoroughly executed ye During the present season numerens have been id peeps of tne eceuehnne it rd 9¢- ! ceneltign of 8 ats. Jonnson's and cow. stables. The inhabitants of the vicinity, and in- deed, for many blocks distant, describe the nature of the efflovia arising from these noisome establish- mente as co offevsive and deleterious that bee ine longer can endore its disastrous effests; many have been ot liged.to remove away enti:ely, avd hundreds te! nly vacate their premises until a more con- rs season partially mitigates the poisonous con: taminations that must mingle with the sur- atmospbere, and vitiate every breath of air within the misrate’ influence of that unfortunate and dispusting locatity, Com; its sgaisat its condition, however often made, this department never permite to pass un- beeded; and it is nat Jessica ta say, that, so far as lies in the of the proprietors, they have not teen une: to my directions enéeavoring to alleviate, in son. im: ident to their obnoxious 9: it ible to pursue a busines midst of a denso nlation, : carefully it may be conducted, witout the 1.0\."\vorhood being eerefously affected in its severai r-l...ons of health, val » OCcupa:icus fer residence, or ; pr ive improvemert? Ybre any occasional | it on their part of avails: means to render | in occasiona-ly legree, the evils ‘a’. Bat how is kind, in the business as little objectionable aa ble, | comes within the autiurity of this offi:e, is daly exercised. Be: this, however, the Common Coun- cil will perceive that tté layrs do not sanction any farther advances; the necessary pcwrr to arrest the operation of az ent.rpvise of thie magnitude is wise- eferred to the legislatir capacity of the City | Corporat r the Pad ot Health. | — And that 1 purpose should meet with no far- | ther delsy will be readily apparent when I present to you in detail some facta and proofs which the importance of the matter has induced me to gather for the object of instituting immediate efforts to the just and unjust complaints of a suffering tyr Oe] the mandatory process of |. effective la vfu! authority. The knowledge I possees of these establishments, | both from the representation of the complaining Fo py id and the reports of the Health Warden, as | Well sa from my own personal visitations, admon- | ished me that it constituted an evil of the most for- | midable character. Its very existence seemed prolific | of the worst effects upon the health of that portion | of the city, and that its longer ocntinnance could | Not be otherwise than seriously detrimental to the | welfare of the public—the misebievous tendéncy of | 80 pernicious a pursuit appearing, in my estimation, | to rob the unfortunate citizens cf that pestilential | Vicinity of their homes, their happiness, and their natoral rights and vested privileges, the truth of | which is too obvious to deny. Viewing the subject in this serious but truthful | Hight, Iwas not long in arriving at the conclasion | that there was but one course to pursue. It was evicent that simply to guard their cay practices and prosecute them for a few false steps in violation of the laws of ordinary nuisances, would effect no ales benefit, and hence would.avail nothio wards the restitution of a healthful condition. ; therefore directed the Superiatendent of Sanitary | Inspection to proceed at once, with some Health | Wardecs, to make an off isl survey of the whole premires, and to furnish this department with a written statement of all that was essential for a faithiul representation of the Messta. Johnson’; aatery and stables, and also to mare for chem: examination samples of the milk the product of the cows confined in their enclosures. The report of tbat official visitation, the Sanitary Inepector bas transmitted to me, and acodmpanics this communication, to which the Common Conncil are respectfuliy referred for much valuable informa | tion—it will be sufticient to remark thereop, that if ever any doubt existed as tothe necessity of abat ing the nuisance created by the existence of these twin avo-ations, to wit:—Manufactaring poisonous milk, and raisivg diseased heef—the perusal of this | report must for ever banish every dubious iaclina- tion, and fasten the inevitable proof. No chemical analyeis was needed to teach those officers the true character ofthe so called milk that such animals could nce; but #8 all the public could not be permitted to examine for themselves the internal Taackinery of this mammoth manufactory, the aid | of ecience is engaged to exhibit ita characteristic | utility im revealing the component materials of the fluid under the name of “pure milk,” whieh these bene; of the human 1ace are permitted to far- niah La rica ‘fa hte, vi yey xen consideration @ profits a tic | but unholy enterprise. ‘ ek » however, is but one establishment of the kind, others of much smailer dimensions, and of less | sonata among ua, and although we have | no ince bey: nd the limite of this county, we are in rome rerpccts, none the less satferers from the several similar concerns on Long Island nd in | New Jersey. Tre vile contaminations of their of | fensive presenge, it is trae, do not disturb us at this distance. Our unfortunate sistercities.are thus in: volved with ourselves, but that their lawa offer no obstacles to their existence, is no argument in be belf of the health-deetroying dungeons of the metro- polis; by the fuetliciency of her governments we aro the victims of a eapidity, a8 reprehensible a3 that of Messrs. Johnsons’ en4 others within our awn bor- | Gere. A large portion of sais city receives its daily eupply of milk from similar places of manufacture | | in our vicinit, identical with that of our own. | , While-thus remarking upon the svbject of milk | furnjehed for our nse by those living within and near the city—ae i! is somewhat vt tothe question presenied ty your at !, Coubtiess, be , the character of which is nearly | ’ # B i [i HH : i t idua: : i | E ! | a¥ 1 il i | F #8 “| 5 as et F i [ 2 f t 4 Rg & i i ; d i i i bg a i Ey st zee 8 4 as 4 i? eer 3 att country milk. ere are, it is true, exceptions—some of our citizens are indeed fortunate enough to luxuriate in Seis be ine pool agiatee orke of a con- as it ie, e arance of a Comat identified It will readily be ply of good milk ig not adequate to the deman ‘and 80 undou isthe ft “Tn 1838,” Mr. R. M. Hartlay, who isthe able author of a valuable treatise on the cubject, informs us that ‘it was computed that 760; — per day were con epmedin thecities of New York and Brodk! with a) daily of 10,000 quart: ch could not be supplied, even with the aid water, ae the dilution was already cirried as far as\ the mixture, if it bore ap; of milk, would. var- raut;” and thus I ve it has ever ‘been, to the present period, with all the facilities afforded by the nuwerous railroads that enter far into the. \¢- cesses of the most juctive agricultaral region, An sncient truth evidently applies here—the mote ‘we bave, the more we want. From a very comprehensive little work on the milk tra de, by Mr. John Mullaly, I am enabled te extract a few — that will give something of an insight into the extent and tion of this im- ortant item of the business of the city. It is ea- Emated, upon a relisble basis, that some 750 per- sons and companies are eng, in serving milk around this city, about 250 of whom claim espe cially to cell pure milk—that is, free from all extra- Heous substances, except water and salt,a small vantity of each, to improve liquidity and flavor. ‘is admixture, of course, is innoxious, and is Seals, submitted to by all; the necessity having been ma: apperent many years ago but few are to qpestion, the propriety of the practice, and hence e brand of pure is thus established. The larger pew Lasagne some mod pr Fy * - disposed members milk-gerv! raternity, furnish us with an article which, if the va: rious wagons employed in ite transmission through the city, convey to the public trathful repi othe eas ven a not com for in we From ‘ Hin the several it bails the finest grazing lands counties contignous to our own— every drop is ‘pure country milk;” but those who have some knowledge of tee elabor ping pg ated both station- yy and on wheels, for and conveyance their euphopiously pamed milk, much deceived as the dealers 3a a also cg bya indifferent fe ie 20 as the appearance seems to justi an obedient reliant faith In the purity of the Buch are, in ty the submissive acts followed out by thousands of our inhabitants. Trad, they Tins tae haeoed teas ote shah ce il mR a compliance “Carros oF Pg ee oeeen ot appl: cable law, our ‘ have settled tute laws themselves, unwritten, but as binding 9s the stereo typed letter—yet how essential, in a thfal point weal it be for all to acquaict themselves of the true nature of the so ealled milk served at their doors, and thus, doubtiees, save almost an in- finity of infantile diseases, a well as protect the morals ef a trading intercourse from the despoiling agency of corruption and criminality. Thus, then, ‘we observe that sbout two-thirds of the milk con- sumed in the city of New York is not what it pur- ports to be. De ely of by the larger culable injury deed, is this vicious medley composed of? Has it been analyzed? It has, and often; stopping at this jancture to insert the several of avalyais rendered by the chemists, reser that matter for future all tt need not be withheld that it isa well known to intermix with the diseased secretion of the will and rie @n0- Jogies for cows contained in the milk stables of this city and its vicinity, magnesia and chalk to disguise ite’ biueness, stale eggs, flour, &c., to get up a de- cent consistency,snd molasses and burat sagar {:arame)) to supply the desideratum of @ creamy and yellow color. And thus “armed and equipped,” the various wagons are Joaded with their cans, and in a few hours the multitudes have their tables plenteously furnisbed with rich and beautiful “ pure Orange county or Westchester county milk.’ ‘No fault being found, the routine of aay supply is pursued, the copsumer is satisfied, and the dealer not very etrangely is eo alao, and adding to his rapidly accu- wulating competence, and, peradventure, enviable wealth. But at length disease utters its plaintive notes. The skill of the physician is required. Of- ter, from the respectability of the family, he fails to suspect the cause; and not unfrequently does it entirely escape even the remotest suspicion. In other instances, and in other less favorable condi- tions cf life, the infant’s food is at once charged with the production of sickness; because it is u ally supyoved that among the poorer classes t! £pusious compound is principally us: d; which, ho ever true in the main, is not by any means so en- tirely, for very many of our most reputab.e families sze the constant su; rs of these deceptive deat ers in milk; apd 9s ignorance, in many cases, cannot be offered in ¢xeuse for this culpable delinqueacy, we are left to conjecture the cause of such serious omission of the plainest dictates of humanity, aud of the simplest family prudence. In 1852, the supply of milk by the several railroads reached the sum of 92,000 quarte caily, while the quontity e+timated to have been produced by the nu- merous e+tabl.ehmente in and about the city amount- ed to paweide of 185,000 quarts daily, The maxi- mum daily quantity known to have boen distributed during that year was about 300,000 quarts; at the present time, from the best sources within my know- ledge, Ihave no doubt that the daily consumption of milk reaches, upon an average, fully that quanti- ty—two-thirds, at laast, of which is of the manufac- tured description, and hence totally unfit for the perpie it is used. It possibly might be urged here 6t if it were not for these impure sources weshould be under the necessity of doing without this import- avt dietetic Juxury. Par better would it be indeed to never taste the superior stuff, than to sanction its use as an alit entary necessity. Bat it isnot trne that pure milk in abundance cannot be procured for the daily usage of the city. Discountenance at oxce the vile traffic—refuse absolutely to be any longer the willing victims to this inbuman srecies of aicating, and an ample supply of pure milk will soon supplant the mingled megs of poisonous finid 20 long tolerated by ® defrauded community. ‘The profita arising from the manufactare and sale of falre milk are, perhaps, at least 49 per cent greater than con be obtained from the supply of that procured frem legitimate sources; hence the reason is obvious Leal why we fail to procure in our families that which natare designed to be of. such important utility as an article of food. Laws are pewerless unless the people for whose benefit bee are enacted are willing to be governed by em. . Submit no longer to imposition. Compel, by stern means, the mill dealers to furnish what is paid for—that is, no longer countenance the fraud, and in @ short period every ‘house in the city would receive a fair equivalent for ita money, aod the health of the Household, partisnlarly the invocent jnveniles, would experien: ¢ am improvement of fully ove hondred per cent. When aa important end can ‘be 80 easily accomplished, it is much to be regretted that the public do not at once achieve so paramount @ congnest. The Common Oonncil have the power toaid the undertaking, by such ordinances as cin- Dot fail of succegs. if pasced and enforced, having for their direct and specific aim the thorough anni hilation of every filthy source of milk within the county limits, with the positive prohibition of the coptominated flaid from being d through- out the cisy. It is estimated by Mr. Mullaly that the capital employed in the milk busivess in th's city and vick nity, is rising of $5,900,000, tons sonimed up:— Total valne of horses employed in the distribution of both kinds of milk..... $125,000 Value of carts and cans, and other uten- Ped 4.096 500s vote dev eved My ay 184,000 Value of cows ip the countyy and city... | 445,000 Total atrount of movable property,.... $754,000 Add to this anrna} amount Fecetved for @ pure country milk........,.. reves 1,359,000 1 Ansual amount received for Tota. is sonia Gig 200 the impoattions of the milk team reach to Serer, sum of $3 of meney co viniorar egar eater oer be capable of hulding, carrying destruction wherever bap , i more disturbed; but for this monitor humsn ecunomy, the vilest would escape the pub- lic complaint. The to this sense, the existence of cow stables, ps, more than anything else, contributed to the examination and ige of milk. Its destroying effeota upon the infa: have; belese, been made known the ry of ita offensive source of supply, at h the com- meni clamor of commanity has Serena Ha bea to 9a. et siguiticant § Boe at no wi remain quiescent } linger io the of an evil submaiasion. and listlessly The time has arrived for andl rare ‘as an officer of the Health Pepertmint, alt in my efforts to remove all cause of complaint. iterated the condition of things, and oy vested in the Common , lition, if fe be, of oper'y ol sctionablo jon, may be, hy ol al feuture in the sanitary character of thin oty. The number of fed cows émploye: seme establisbmenta in and about our city— that ness,” by t! plication knife, PA the last ae life — away from their foul and feted carcases! Tis humane inter position claims to save tre animal fron dying a patural death,” and sanctions, in the phi'anthropic poraias of the and disinterested slayers of beef, e use of the flesh upon the tables of the public. This is irdeed nofancy sketch. Ocular demonstra- tion provides me the evidence of its truthful- nese, and the matter is placed beyond cavil or dis- ute. I am bappy to add that no respectable itcher in this as may well be believed, pol- Jutes his hands with these bloated masses of feater- ‘3 Sater ie in f ks thi h fut a » in one of my walks throug! the Mesers. ‘Johnson's stables wih some members of the ration, I ted out an snimal or two would soon the s'and of some lawless dealer in promiscuonsly and clandestinely gathered meate. at once directed the vigilance of the Health Warden of the 16th ward to the subject. Night and day he faithfully watched the stealthy mevements of the interested parties, until at length, a8 { predicted, s stand in‘ Washington market had expored for eale the identical beef whose destiny waapointed out, But time and again has this been dont—the offensive beef seized and destroyed—and the lenient law or failing to arrest e 8, ever and anon,I am called upon to revent the sale of this poisonous food. Much of it, however, must necessarily be caten by the poorer ‘to whose scanty means its price is generally graduated, by way of accommodation with the lax- tries.of.a sustaining aliment. Now, can it be fang weeny that no measures should be omitted to drive sinfal charnal bosses out of existence? Can ay, lengthened Ma jb fy tong necessary to consequences of a law! - terferenoawith me daily avocations of their unscru- pulous proprietors? Surely not. Let the foul stain Fad a body politic be wiped away and let the in- ive. The official representation of tho Sanitary Saper- intendent reveals much relating to the internal ar- rangemente of theee stables, an acquaintance with which cannot fail to clearly show the criminal reck- Jegeness exhibited in the construction and mana; ment of this vast brute » The la xg of yentila- tion are indeed totally disre; neither air nor room has been deemed of any cons:quence, #0 long as, for the time being, space was procured for the boxing of the poor, unfortunate animals. Nor can it be denled, in the entire prosecution of this immense and graceless business, not 9 spark of the faintest humunity glimmers within the carceral chambers of the and filthy dungeons that. constitute the theatre of its action. And from such source the public receive their daily food in the counterfeit form of milk and meat! ‘The attention of the Common Council may well be invoked to the condition here presented. No patra sowieie — be ‘avenge td to — Sg ui nowle: ie way for the sate it extermination otis hideous evil. A transitory g:ance will demonstrate the necessity, and tke achievement of the act, even in the face of its ha been so long permitted to pollute the reighborhood and lj n the people, will affix a lasting Jaorel to honored aut of 50 com- mendable a conquest. ‘These cows—the term is scarcely appropriate, for they seem to be transformed iuto come, as yet, pt, species of a sickly and distorted quad- ruped race—] pant and labor for a breath of alr, and when, by some error in the economy of their management, they succeed in getting it, it is laden with the reeking miasm of the foul spot of their incarceration. Scrofula, in its direst aspect, infests the whole hurd; pustulous sorea, swelled limba, bloated bodies, wasted flesh, ard exhausted forms, represent the condition to be witnessed upon & survey of extensive manufacture of dietetic necessities, - Bat let us inquire for s moment into the food—if indeed it be worthy the name—that is partaken of by theee animals, in order to produce the fluidob- tained and sold for milk. On opposite side of the way, huge distillery isin constant operation, toaid in the benevolent porpose of feeding the fam- ished maltitude. It has a fold mode in its hn- msntarian action, and hence must be’a valusble auxiary in supplying the necessities of life, and ameliorating the evils of a scanty alimentary fare. Its first lactis gem ga utility of which to 80‘icty, thia age of the world is too far advatice’ to need any atory observationa, The secoad production is swill, which serves, after having re- ceived ite proper dijuent condition, to moisten the ferched lipa of the poor tottering cows, and when ‘within sts destined living factory, the worn owt pow- ers of theanimal economy deign, by the dint of mach autre, to transform the rt hiess slops iato ® pséndo lactescent fluid, that still smells apd tastes of the al it source of its: formation. “Is it in- deed apy marvel that these animals have the coz sumption ? that tubercles pervade their whol sy3- tem, and that occasionally tuberculous globules ure readily discernable by the micro:cope in tre emana- tion from their udders ? Milk from such foun‘ains, and meat from euch sources, we are thus apprised, abourd in our midst. From time to time theso facts tave been communicated to the public. Phy- sicians have signed circulars warning the public from patronizing these onscrapulovs tratfickers in human destruct! but the admonition is forgetten with the trivial cccurrenozs of the day. To instruct on unsibing community is a thankless task; thea, thécrJy resource Jeftis the stroug arm of lawfal authority, the cpmeasured exercise of which can alone arrest the noxious trade, and its train of cou- sequences, by directing the blow at the root of tho ice, ond €ffectoally suppreasing any future attempts cf its invasion. The quantity of Flop or will daily consumed by each cow is about twenty-five or thirty ga'lons, which, when converted into milk, wil afford a variant smount of from’ five to twenty-five quarts, a the product of each anima’. The liquor supplied to them, while it contains but a modicum of nu: trimer, isa stimulant of considereble power, aod affecting ite doomed recepients with almost unceas- ing inebriation. The milk, of course, given forth In ex: hange for'this pretended allimeat must necessa- IL too well ste principles tutte rom is too wel a e fa! the parent affecta the nu: child. Tho solo-, the odor, the taste, and medict m the morbid fluid of the cow stables, remain but a brief period the unconscious patrora of their unholy destre Divséase and death waft them to an enrly destiny—the victims to a destructive crusade to amass weolth For the purpose of placing this subject fairly be- fcre your honorable bod: you a view of ail its Nights and shades, I body hands of Profes- sor Lawrence Reid, of this city, a very thorough and correct analytical chemist, several sampies of miik, sivisg him nd information of either their source or character, destring bim to furnish, for the use of the cepartment, a fair and carefal analysis of each EA provided. The result of his Jabors is here | inser te: No.1. No 2. No.3. Water. ¢ Batter Obeese and Sogar.. i Chioides an 0 Phos; hates of lime and iron 6.0 1000 1000 1000 “The last two bene ell says Mr. Reid, “were * mace up with eggs an ay, as near determine by cnemical #. Ithad the appnar. auce of having » fae frothy cream on the suriace 22 1,000 1.000 To make these analyses more explicit, and within the comprehension of all, I shall pisses the compa- ith the ich I have deemed plainly enough public eviden that there can exist any 9] jatinction, at any rate, that the variation can be of muc h moment. Dist milk ex in its proportion of water, @ 9) neatly four cae a tillery milk exceeds, in ite proportion of sugar, (17.1) over seventeen per cent, . istiliery milk exceeds, in its proportion of c, of p. and s.. (86.8) over thirty six Ly cent. Distillery milk exceeds, in its proportious of p. of I. i. and m., (88.7) nearly thirty-three and three-fourths per cen’ Westchester county exceeds, in its proportion of but. ter, (365.0) over three hundred and sixty-five and » halt per cert. Westchester county exceeds, iu its th of cheese at ‘albumen, (a 3) nearly forty-one ead. a third per cent. “Thus, it is manifest which description of milk containg the essential principle of nutrition, out of which the system is to obtain ita growth and sustenence. The excess of sugar in the cow stable cane is, ct conte, one of Pe of adul- eration. main r) resent & color. try of Ife, however, ag In the chemist ver, according to Ba- ron Liebig, others, of eqaal note in Enrope, it mostly, if not entirely, acts as an ‘' element of respiration,” not nutrition, that function derivin, its materials for sasimilation from the albumen an caseine or curd contained on the cream, the promi- nent constituents of which are the butter and | cheese, of which important articles, it will be no- ticed how exceedingly great is the preponderance in the sample of “Westchester county milk.” ‘The simple assertion of this fact scarcely any would credit, but the demonstration by the uverring haad of the skilfal chemist affixes the incontestible proof of the auperior value of the pure specimen, and the utter wortblessness of the factitious complex fluid. The undue quantity of earthy and suliva matter exhibited inthe false tells us not only of the adulterations, but it is a clear evidence of the diseased source of its production. -The calcareous (lime of hates), Dr. Pereira, in his admirable scientific teatise on “Food and Diet,” deems cona- clusive proof of tubucular disease of the lungs and the very malady that destroys the cows of the milk stables. Hence the existence of these earths and salires, in quantities exceeding theirdue sbare, in impure sample, the deleterious character of Too marhedly apparent, thes the experienced pec? so markedly ut, ni > ticion has but little difficulty in detecting the cane of the mischief, when professionally eodeavoring to alleviate ind{sposition in much of his practice. Another very important difference exists between the two kinds of milk, well known to the medical profession, and to others whose habits of observa- tion lead them to think, as well as to eat and drink. Pure milk readily forms a consistent coagulum in the stomach, and thus is at once. prepared for the process.of digestion. The distillery milk, on the other hand, is often houra before the gastric juices are capable of mastering its obstinate indigestibili- ty; and when a curd is found at all, its ap ce scarcely justifies the appellation, and its it upon the whole track of the alimentary canal is moat in- jurious and unnatural. Hence the innume:able in- testinal uifficulties that prove so disastrous to many children, plague the cm on physician, and recder Jonely and melancholy the former happy househo'd cf the million—an apt application of “man’s inhumanity to man.” It is certainly unnecessary for me to here dilate vpon the neceasity of milk for alimentary purp »ses; but I may be allowed to infer that, because of its lesding eseentiality, it is the more requisite that none but the pure commodity should be permitted toenter into domestic consumption. Far better is it, inmy bumble opinion, that we dispense with the use of is entirely, auless we can procure that whieh 18 euited for oar purpose. To banish, therefore, the false mixture from our tables and thus preserve the health of our families, is a duty which should not be allowed to sumber. The course to pursue, then, the Common Council in their wisdom must neces. sarily perceive, Is to remove the evil sources of its supply ‘yom the city, and free the community from any farther icfliction of its calamitous eff:cts and tendencies. -It needs no herealean effort to ac- complish this desirable measure. Tn the removal of these great obstacles to the health and happiness of onr citizens, I do not doubt that interested parties will oppose a strong arm to the successful termination of your labors. It has ever been a character of those whose road to fortane is over the heads of an ingulzent community, to for- tify themselves, as if they hat deliberately “ counted the cost” of thelr adventures. They who rely upon the creation of offensive nuisanoos to lead them inte the lap of Inxury, are not unwilling to battle witn ai] opposition, and to “ fight their way, ” shie'ded’by the pliancy of the legal quibbling, tothe end of all disputation. Our courta assume a just Pride in the Jaithful administration of the laws, but all sices must be heard: proceedings are entered upon, postpoved, reserved, sent from one court to another, and decision after decision is made, and yet the incorrigible defendanta scarcely yield an inch, until at Jength, asa lastrezort, some hitherto un- foreseen fact has escaped tre a tute perception of former courts, connsel and jury-—-another trial is al- loxe¢, and, if the purties ia defence have not auc- ceeded tn gaining a verdict, they have obtained what for them is just as. goot—that is, the delay oc- casioned by anon-concurrent jury. And thus have the most palpable nuisances been ever aud anon submitted to, until some fuvorable oppo:tunity has arisxen to overthrow all falae objections to removal, and thus abate the gricvous ofience. But Ido not apprehend that your honorable body will have any euch perplexivg difficulties to surmount in pursuing the recommendation I have no hesitation ia sab mitting—viz., that withont any unnecessary waste of time, these cow stables be, by your peremptory amhoity and direction, immediately stopped in their career of ruin and rankness, to the end that the public may no longer be trampled upon by the injurious operation of individual interests, and ren- dered, as it were, homeless and healthleas, by a pda ity whore sphere is a pestiferous siuk of cor- raption. ite corporate authorities have ample power, I conceive, to carry into immediate effect this lauda- ble prrpese. Ithasnot been reserved for an an- enstained o:dinarce, simply to vest them with the Tight to fntercede in behslf of a justly complaiai: public. The Legislature of this State has embodie in i18 proceediggs plenary provision forthe modit- cation and correct om of ail offences that are too palpatly onerous to be borne, and it affurde me much giatification to invite your attention to set tion 2, article 1, title 3,of** An act relative to the Public Health of the CK New York,” passed April 10, 1450, which epenks a language not to be mataken, and not capable of misconstruction, viz: The Mayor, \idermen, and Commoualty of the city of New York, shall bave fall power sad authority to make and pers alisuch by-laws and ordinances as they shall from time to time deem neevrsary and proper for the n of the public health of said city, and alyo hatement and removal of all azd every nuisanco ity, and for compelliag the proprietors orowners of the jot or Jots upon which the same may be, to abate aml remove the same, To be clothed with more authority than is couched and conveyed in this opportune section, would {n- deed be an act of supercrogation. Under this statute, the rule of extermination, by your direc tion, cannot be avoided or compromised. The clear and indisrutable let‘er, as well as the entire spirit aud intention, form an impenetrable barrier to all opposing resorts, Toe question submitted for your lepislative action is one of an exceedingly simple character—nothing but the enforcement ef the above act; and while, perhaps, it may be essential, pro forma, to pase through toe deliberative council of a Committee of the Board, I apprehend that the Cermmon Council are so wellaware of both the pro priety and feasibility of the proposed object, that nearly, if not quite, a unanimons reaponee will soon seal the merited fate of joint distilleries, cow sta bles, and milch factories, howeve: situated. ra sbem submitted, Tnomas K.Downra, City laspector. Borrav ov Sanrrary Insrrcrrox,) New Youx, Jaly 7th, 1854. § To Trowas K. Downrno, Esq,, Orr Insracton— In pursnence of your directions to me, and ac- companied by the Health Wardens of the Sixteenth snd Ten’h wards, in the latter part of the month of May last, madea thorough examination and ivestigation of the celebrated cow slablea sitnated between the Tenth and Kleveoth avenues, acd Fif- teenth and Six.eenth etseots, ia tue Sixteonth ward and herewith, to the resiltor sees Op meee These cow stables are built in three rows 01 ta block bounded by Tenth and Eleventh aveanes, a1 Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, aod they ext from the Tenth nearly to the Eleventh aveours ta logis. One row is on Fifteenta street, one on block, with an all = ie of th 4 , with an alle: on 2 centre of the row, the alley we are h, and far suverior im every way to be ich are shede, but one ciory high, Tn each of these sheds two cowa are placed in double rows, the width of the shed, and there i4 a sight descent made from the brad of each stall to the centre of each of the double rows, for the ox filth from the cows to run of anda the lower and outside of each e said excrement and filth from ither answer the purposs well; cient, mor the trough pro- the cows’ excremen's were ucter, the troughs, &., usel bese cow sheds, on the day I viritet by 1,638 eeareareed ore horsey besides goats, tur! geese, ns, &0, Sh roth frkegtrerray > auffi¢ient; each cow is fastened to her limited Space by a short rope. The ceilings of sll these are yery low, doors, ane they’ ae very few and marsow, ait the , and are and air in them is parcels. 4 foul, filthy and sekentoy; and, although it was a coolish day, the poor cows. Were panting for breath aud ajr, and apparently te @ feverish condition; and indeed how could i$ he otherwise, confined as they are im their close, hot and unventilated sheds, surronoded with anoxiou, filthy and sinking atmos here, not a ray of (God's sunlight to shine on them, nor a breath of pnre a'r allowed to pass through their nostrils? Inéeod, 20 foul is te air in these stables that ww Health Wardens who aco»mpanied me were 6) a pelled te suspend the inspection for a time ve- cover from its sickenicg eff ct upon them. The cows kept in these sheds are fed upon + ¥:'1 and slops made at the distille'y of Messrs, Joho4o. & Co., which is situated on tie block west of these remises, aud the swill is brought nndor the st ert. 3 means coe to the awill reservoirs in the yayrts 74 a & of the cow sheds, aud from thence it is forve tT iit the troughs placed in the stadles, and from which it is eaten. This swill is given to each cow th ve times daily. The Mesere. Jobnson & Co. own these sheds, a4 supply the swill to the cows; the owners of iho cows pay them for rent and swill for cach cow the sum of nine cents per day. I was told that some of the owners of the cows geve them hay and meal, but I saw no evidence cf such fact. The cows are milked twice eachday. Thero are about forty-three owners of cows stabléd there; they own from six to two hundrels cowa each. ‘hey all sell milk, beside others who purchase milk there to sell again. In the course of my inspection. I found one Pa- trick Winne,*who owns or keeps :ows on the )1- mises, in the act of mixing the milk from these heated, feverish and swillfed cows, with acectain mixture which he called burnt sugar, put in tho milk, as he coolly told me, for the pu f giving it a proper, rich,creamy and natural ooler, it baviog been watered tothat extent that it became neccs- sery to give it proper color; as if the from those poor, poisoned, grass-forsaken cows, without supshine and without pure air, fed on elops and swill, was too good, too pure, too rich to eeil to his. customers without bigae it toa proper degree of strepgth, and then sugar it to a proper cglor. ‘Arouad these stables, painted in glowing colo are the wagons of these persons to fourth aud retail this rich, pure, and euger colored milk; an? many of these wagons are not orly emblazoned wit’: the owner’s name, but have also painted on therm conspicuously, in letters of gold, ‘“Westahestor County Milk,” “Pure Country Milk,” 'Morrisania Milk,” &e. &e.; and with thee false signe paim of their sugar, chalk, and RB, ewiil and siop mixture, as “Pure Country’ Milk;” sending death o7 disease wherever it is used. Is it not fol time that something was done to stop: this businees? : Ihave obtained two samples of the best hind of milk they bad at those stables, and for which I paid their highest prices; and I also obtained a sample of common country milk, from @ farme:’s eg fod cows, who have had pure air and free fields; Jet the report of Professor Reei, who has analy: the three Hos ag) speak of the relative difference of their quality. If peceasrry, i can furnish the names of tho par ties from whom I ob‘ained the samples of m I trust that this rapaes will prove satiefa you, ard that it may desire and ambition to preserve t'e public which is paramount to nearly every other ¢ ation. Very :eapectfally, yours, Ac., C. Downtne, Superintendent of Sanitary fospectiom viy to aome d- gree ald you i yvur id, dee Cana Tox1s.—The following statement shows the smount of tolls collected on all the Ssate cists ing the second week in August, in 1853 avi Shine vee STEAD) 1S » 8S,TAY 1S 000 ovine wale ceeee $3,307 407 The aggregate amount collected during 195 cay from the opening of navigation this year, oom pare with the By ter period last year, ia as follows :—~ 1854—106 days... . $1-413,281 62 1853-106 days. 1,318,056 44 Trivrease in 1854... 4 $37,217 18 Average receipts per day in 1854.... $13,332 s4 “ 6 * area se Y, 1853... 12,958 4 —Albany Argus, Aug. 19. Hover Burxt—Menaxcnory Dyart ov a Youxe Lary.--On Wednerday Jast, about 6 o’elop FP. M., the boarding house of Jenney, situated Dear the river, onthe Ohio and Mississippi Ko + road, caught fire, and resulted in the most lament; - ble occurrence our usually quiet town hos ¢ been called upon to witness. Whilo the fic@was rut ing, Mrs. Jenney’s daoghter, for some -purpo-, ron down through the hatchway inthe po-ch four into the cellar under the kitoben. She hod hardly disoppeared when she was followed by tho falllox timbena of the porch, cut or burned loose from a>ove and precipitated into the cellar, filling the only en- trarce init. The excitement was now intensa tor the safely of the lady- The flames wets raging over ber head, while the rushing smoke choked evo: y avenue of the premises, An apertuse was tora to the brick foundation at the surface of the growid, onthe outsice. Efforts were then mode fo induce some one t9 go into the cellar end bring her out; bus none would venture tue hazerdons natertaking, untilat Jength a oun man (Mr. Willie Grahaca,, rushed in, groped hls way through the smoky darkness until be foand the gir) sftting fo one coe ner, drew her to the opening, and, with the aa'* tence of thoee without, reecued her, al:hough io am speechless and senseless condition. Ehe Lnygerca in this state until about 10 o'clock nex? mer when she expired. The heroic vondnct of youu, Graham ia deserving of the bighest praine, Ho por- formed a noble deed at the imminent, peal of bus own life, which drew forth the eommenda>io% of all who witnessed it.—Vincennes Sun. dug. 12, A Jam AND Prisoner Bunsev.— A gen! from Leonidas informed ue last evening, 1 jailof St. Joseph county, was burned to he gro Sunday night. It was buils of logs and locutd in Centicvile. There were at the time conted ta tee jail four prisoners—th:ee of whom aia awaitlog tilal for the terrible murder of Ras*br ok, eourt of which has beeu extensively publ the Tyilune ard other Statepapers. The ot’ confined ou a charge of burglary end larceny, avd ig suppored to be one of the conviety who a from the Lenawe county jail io June Inst. fite 10 the building, as he had repeatedly do that he would never be hong to tial, . W fire was destroying the building, be admit’ he fired it. The jailor in the burty dn: of attempting to extricate the prisoners and atte same time provide for them a secare re fon, fost the key and the three murderers were ouly retoase t by chopping @ way into theic cella while the ‘wretch who set the building on fire was burne? to death before be could be reached! His mane our vr ca could not recollect Chicago T dune, . ug. 17. Expiosron or « Cavern Lawr.—Parar Ac pent.-~About half-past eight o’clook on Weda night, a young man named Bambart Ruff at* to pour campuene into a Batted Jatap sp: to the ceiling of Tobias Miller’s batcter she Wertern row, near Liberty street. Tne resuls w ss, that the eamphene ignited with the lighted hioip, end an expiosion took place, The baraloyg luck spread in every direction, and ia a faw 2 the fire com d to the furaiture in tre & and to the clothing of Mr. Miller and: wife of two years old, and a girl of thirteon yo vs ¢ Before the fire could he subdned, the boy was so badly that he died in tro bonrs after; wh and Mr. Ruff were aleo so seriously burned thot th are not expecred to recover, Mr. Midet and w were only slightly burned. The damage to tha shop is only alight. P. S.--Since writing ¥ above, we unders‘and that t were three ohildten burcot. Beside thove mentioned above, there was a fitite boy named Valentino Bauey, All threg 0 are dead, and the may Ruf, ot eleven o'ule evening, wae not expsoted to jivethrongh ty» The ether tye will recov te —-O¥e cinnati Aug. 18.