The New York Herald Newspaper, July 30, 1873, Page 5

“SANITARY STATISTICS. Important Meeting of the Board of Health Yesterday. DUMPING GROUNDS. Condition of the Booths and Stalls at Fulton Market. MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. Ten Thousand Cases of Tainted Tea Discovered in Preparation for the Market. FRIGHTFUL: SWINDLE. | a eee Resolutions Passed and Or- ders Made. Reports were received yesterday by the Commis- sioners of Health from their inspectors in the Thirty-eighth street district, but they contained no allusion whatever to the most abominable nuisance in tne neighborhood, the hog business. Every other little matter the inspectors could smell out they sentin, but the tog difficulty was not noticed. A few weeks ago the Board of Health made a tremendous fuss about this business and the filthy manner in which it is carried on; but lately the subject has so completely fallen out oi their miemory, for some Yeason or other, thut not even the minor inspec- ‘ors can afford to give it a passing snill. These same guardians of the public health in the Thirty- eighth street district informed the Board at its regu- lar meeting yesterday that the New York Rendering Company has given up melting filth at the dock on the North River, and were now ip the habit of going daily three miles outside of Sandy Hook and pitching all the offal and dead animals into the sea. The company, the inspectors were pained to say, had forbidden them to go on board the boat, and they were, thereiore, not only deprived | Of the opportunity of examining and inspecting the workings of the crait, but of little excur- Sions to the ocean that might be pleasant and ®conomical, not to say sometimes advantageous. The Board received a deputation of gentlemen, who called upon them to complain of the dumping ground at the foot of Washington Market. President Chandler informed the deputation that Dr. Day, the Sanitary Superintendent, had caused @report to be made on the place, and the following | document was then read in order that the commit- tee might hear it. Dr. Day detailed Dr. Judson for the work, and he made the iolowing report :— THE VESEY STREET DUMPING GROUND. it the dumping ground at the foot of Vescy street is condition dangerous to lit id detrimental to health, ior the following reason: id aumping ground 4s used tor the dumping of ashes ‘eet manure, cellar dirt und garbage received from the First, Second, Third and Fourth wards, and amounting to an dverage of 2,000 Joads a week; sad dumping ground adjoins West Wash- parton Market and 1s so situated, in respect to the mar- that every load oi re.use passes direcily ‘through the’ markat, “and the produce arriving’ at the market by water asses, & portion of it, through the cam vis, ground, aud other poruons of it are, of nec Fried in close proximity to the dumping und. ‘the smell which inevitably attends the tran Poriation and dumping of retuse is thus a:lowed to per- vade the marker, waich ig said to do more business than all the other markets in the city together, and the foul dust which inevitably rises trom a dumping ground in windy weather is biown through the avenues and stalls of the market, defiling the tood exposed for sale, and the business of the marget, which should be proiected trom every source ot uncleanness, 1x thus exposed to con- ign which necessarily attends such close prox- THE OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS which are carried on at a dumping ground. The con- dition herein complained of is one of long standing, and ld theretore be the more promptly abated. On page of the “Annual Report tor 180y" it is stated that this market is in the immediate vicinity ofa dumping ground, which furmshes offensive odors ii wet weather, and in dry weather clouds of dust, which are blown through the market, dentiug tue food exposed for sale. tna report ad- dressed to Clty Sanitary Luspector Morris in vugust, 1871, bv Inspectors . tyles and Juasou, it is stated thavthis mar: cannot be piaced in good sanitary condition witis behind the compust heaps of a large und, where :housands of loads of street_ma ked Over and exposed to the sun and re are are For the above reasons 1 respectiully recommend ¢ e fess of dumping Le removed trom the dl of Vest stenet ‘vnd the vicinity of West Washingt yf Marke! 4. t e . B. SUDSON, M. D. A deputation from <6 owners of stalis and booths in the viciy: cipicy “Gl Fulton Market was then received, and thé retort of Dr. Jones was read to them, detailing 4 them the reasons and results of the recent r: DECIDE) ACTION ON THE MARKET STANDS, The 19%owing resolution was tuen passed by the ved, That the report of the Assistant Sanitary ja) erinendent on the condition of the booths, he placed on file, and the vourd hereby declares the afore- said booths, stalls dnd stands abouc Fulton Market to be a public nuisance, dangerous:to lite and Lealth, which, in view of r danger now existing from impend: pestilence, should be immediately removed— solved, Tht the booths, stalls and stands around Ful- ton Market and in the neiguboring sireeis be at once re- moved and the owners and occupants thereo!, and such parties representing them as can be conveniently found, shull be notified of this order of the Buard, and Resolved, That in case the owners and occupants of the aforesaid booths, stails and stunds shal not have moved the saine ‘belore twelve o'clock, noon, Saturd August 2 1874, the | amtary, Superiniengent and apector, John V. Gridley, be charged with ‘he exe of this Order, and be authorized to incur the n expense, with the approvai of the Finance Dr. Day, Sanitary Superintendent, who had been + gent to Hackensack by the Board to collect iacts in relation to the night soil business, presented the jollowing report :— THE NIGHT SOIL BUSINESS, Thereby certify that on the 26th of July, 1873, I visited is dumping grounds tor might soll, situaicd on ihe prem- of the Lodi Manwiacturing Company. on the Hac quack River, in ihe state of Jersey, und beg to ke the following report: — Mine dock at wheel tue night soll is delivered is only about six vet wide between the water and a long store- house, some twenty jeet wide by perhaps two hundred feet long. Back ot this store or Warehouse, which isonly one story high, 4s an excavation, say wenty leet wide, wo hundred’ feet long any eral ‘eet deep, which | w:s miormed ‘the night soil trom the boat is Fequired to be piaced. Thais shed above spoken be.ween the water aid (he excavation. At th a side of the dock isa scoot which has become so out of Fepair as to be useless. ‘The night soil runs in every di- rection, from # vast heap, and has so filled up the river that between the boat and me aoce there is only about t and a halt ot water at high ide. ey fot PAL IER De DAY, sanitary superintendent. BThe following resolution was then passed :— Resolved, That the necessiry arrangements to receive and take away the c under the Gallagher contr id Dey refuse to pi able piace tor and to receive, be at once ma A report upon the condition of the streets in the Wicinity of Washington Markec and ail over the city ‘was then received aud placed on file. THE STREETS OF NEW YORK. Saxtrany Bureau, New Youk, J Dr, Starnex Suir, Chairman Sanitary Committe Sin—I have the ‘honor to suomic the toliowing report ‘pon the condition of the streets and avenues ot this city, gs Fegards cleanliness jor the week ending July 26 Compiled from the reportsot the Luspectors and Assistant Inspectors of this Department, Inspector Judson (First, Third and Fifth wards) re- Ports that, with the exception of West and Greenwich ins if streets, Wich contain about taeir usual filth, the streets his district are more filthy than for the last six weeks. ¢ following block: payements in fair condition, with ordinary care and industry, inight be Kept per- fectly clean. At present they are flithy with street dirt, which in dry times fils the air with ofensive and irritat- Se cust, and in wet weather, or alter the passage of @ sprinkling cart, plasters the Whole street wi Park place, ifom College place to Church street ; White- hall sireet, irom Bridge to Pearl street; Pearl’ street, from Whitehall to Broad street; Beaver street, irom William to Hanover street; Wall street, irom Nassau street to Broadway ; Broadway, trom Wail to Pine Bireet. In two places he noticed that fresh retuse had been Geposited, tor which the occupants of the respective umbers, and not the street cleaners, are responsible. At 42 Park lace was a quantity of packing straw on the enue and in the gutter, and in jront of @ tenement eon the southwest corner of Whitehill and Pearl streets there very offensive garbage. ‘Assistant. In Lockwood ‘(second “and Fourth wards) reports his streets as Kenerally cleanly, with the exception ot Front street, between Burling sip and Beck- "wan street—very filthy with street dirt in places. The . ts of the Fourth ward generally throw. their gar- fe into the street. The tenants of . 99 New Cham- bers street siill throw their garbage into the gutters. fant Inspector Emerson (Seventh ward) found + mothing in his streets worth remarking, hake ng that Saturday rubbish and garbage were freshly thrown fate the streets in the western section of East Broadway, nd L3 a streets, between Bi ee 3 (Eighth ward) reports his eis clean, excepting Watts street and Chari ton stree tween Varick and West streets, and Greenwich stree and South Fifth avenue, between Grand and Broome ctor Morris (Ninth and Fifteenth wards) reports isfrict ag being in very good condition, ‘tor Munde, Kleventh ward, finds some improve- gent in the condition of both streets and gutters during Beate Hoare ats COMB cath tet nc jouses are conten! ol 8.isy, , {te recommends that the police should make Keep them clean. Assistant Inspector Atwater, Seventeenth ward, reports his streets comparatively clean and well swept. Assistant Inspector Hamilton, Sixteenth ward, finds his clean, excepting Twenty-first street, between nth and Lighth avenues, where the pavement 1s bad. Inspector Renssel, Eighteenth ward, finds his strects, qithout exception, remarkably clean, considering the i and sands around fulton Market, and | in the neighboring streets, dated July 29 wil u exuibits annexed thereto, be NEW YORK HERALD, W generany, bad condition of the pavements tm the nant house portions of the wi Assista) Twentieth ward, zeponte his streets in a very tair state’ of cleanliness, though the strects already complained of aggpt of repair have not "nape Rg wana, wand) reper 3] 2 reports his streets ne mn Tok mania ‘Sonditions excepting such as trom lack of epee paving cannot be properly cleaned. Assistant Lnspecw: Strong (upper part of Twenty- second ward) reports his paved. streets as without a par- ticle of anything offensive. Tenth avenue, at its junc- tion with ‘Sixteth street, is parilally obstructed -b; earth and stones thrown from an unfinished sewer, ani water trom @ lei hydrant accumulates at the north- West corner of Ten and sixtieth street, ang as far as the hydrant aveni along the gutter on the west side mice to the block. The unfinished sewer, in'which as been di a Sanat re ane en done recently, 13 open ,and is danger- ‘he condition of the unpaved streets has not been im- Proved since last week. The gutter on the north side of Bixty-secend street, between Ninth Tenth avenues, ig fi'thy with ashes, garbage and w water. North: West Corner of Sixty-seyenth street and Minth avenue and Sixty-fifth street for 200 feet west of Tepth are still filthy with gar “ghey an inal . Com. plaints are generally inact At garbage carts never trave the following streets, viz:—Ninth avenue, be- tween Sixtieth and Sixty-chird streets; West Fitty-ninth street, trom Tenth avenue to river: Tenth avenue, be- tween Sixty-fourth and Seventieth streets; Boulevard, between Sixt enth and Sixty-ninth streets; Sixty: seventh and Sixty-eighth streets, between Boulevard and Tenth avenue, Inspector Post- dower part of Nineteenth ward) re is streets in a very fair condition of cleanliness, except- ing all the unpaved streets and tle following paved sl 18, viz. -~Forty-etghth street, between First and Sec- Fifty third street, between First and Sec- Fiity-tth street, ‘between First and third th street, between First and Second jue, between Forty-first and Forty. ond avenue, between Forty-sixth aiid << se) os? Firat a ih streets ; Sec ‘oriy-ninth streets, between Matty-first Fitty-fitth streets and between Fifty-sixth and Futy-cighth streets; Third avenue, between Ping fifth and rite sixth streets. AU of which is respectfully’ submitted. W. D. F. DAY. M. D. Sanitary Supermtendent. OTHER DIRTY STREET DISTRICTS. Dr. Strong sent in the folowing report on some frightful districts up town. It was read and adopted :— W, D, Forest Day, M. D, Prat have the honor to teprésent the following report on @ portion of my district, comprising @ block and a ball, and bounded on the cast by what will be Tenth avenue, on the west by the Boulevard, on the north by @ line running through the middie of the block bounded by 1th and Ith strects, and on the south by 10%h ‘Street. Within this area are the dwell- ings of over fifty tamilies, built on a portion of land, ‘which, for impertect drainage an is Without @ parallel in the whole dis a result of these local disadvantages every cellar is flood- ed, and nearly every yard has its stagnant water, im- pregnated in some instances with closet filth and other impurities “In the vacant lets too, is to. be found stag: nant water charged with Nttle impurities, and without any proper drains tor its remoyal. Twenty to twenty- tive vaulls are full to overflowing, and all so" badly con- structed that with each successive rainiall they are com- pletely flooded. ‘ihe water used by the people here comes rom Wells distributed throughout the block, and where so uch filth abounds and where the drainage isso bad it hardly possible to think such water can escape con- tamination. ILis theretore plain to see how the lives of over fifty families are imperilied and what steps should be taken to save them. Already four cases of cholera morbus have occurred, two of which: were fatal, and the cases of intermittent fever are numerous. Kespecttully submitted. ALEXANDER STRONG, A statement of the work done during the past week in the several bureaus of the Health Depart- ment was then made, DIARRHOEAL DISEASES, The following communication was received from the oftice of tue Registrar of Records 4 Bureau o7 Virat Sraristics, July 29, 1873, To the SkoneTaRy OF Tux BoaRD or Hxaurn :~ Sin—The number of deaths reported to the Bureau of Vital Statistics m the week ending July 26 was 860. In the preceding week the act number amounted to 917. ‘The greatest number of deaths occurred on the 15th in- stant, when 157 were certified, 122 being children under five years of age and 77 being charged to common diar- rhaal diseases. ‘| Last week 493 of the 860 deaths were of children under 2 years ot age and 567 were under five years, The total, a weil as the infantile, mortulity was slightly above, thé ndinj Week. The death rate last. week was equal to 4473 per 1,00) inhabitants annually and in the previous week it was 47. Conitiidh diarrhoal diseases caused nearly one-third of this mortality, and of the 3 dies last w average of the past five years for the corres ‘he 389 who died from these mala- only 27 were adulis; the latter were lids and their average age at death ex- ars each. A map Of the city is herewith submitted, with the loca- tion of each fatal Case ot diarrheal disease indicated In the street and block where it occurred. Though itis in- fant mortality that thus dots the map, these dots plainly indicate certain unhealthtul districts and_ bloc! may projeriy be termed diarrheal ficlds, These are tre- quendy the most sickly districts in the city, and are chietly occupied by clayses quite aboye the poorest and debased kinds. They are populous with tamilies of the artisun and laboring classe Beginning on Greenwich and Washington streets, where obvious conditions account for such mortality, we find a marked district, on BE eo ee and Twenty- wove Ninth and Tenth avenues. Again, to Forty-econd street, trom in between the same venth street, There x ked, where ‘obvious local causes conspire with the carelesss habits of families to produce the kind oi fatality which has occurred, mn the east side of the city the seventh and Fourteenth wards are strikingly ed. Butitisin the districts bounded by Delancey and Houston, Forsyth and Lewis streets, Second to Eighteenth streets, First avenue. to enue D, and again, a district extending along First ang Second avenues, and having several tatally-marked centres from Thirty-third to Bighty-seventh streets, that We complete the chart gi’these places where infants per, ished last week zz. ‘The numerous fara {hat make up the great eMiiae of tality in the insalubriots quarters of cessive imiani mn the city in the rot season are not wholly beyond the ‘the Boara of Teach of pregentive measure ly. But, without waiting for Health ise adBavoring to ap) auch Deachts, all tamilies,, however’ poor, could, cleanse nd Keep cle mises where they live, und Kéep clean the pre ; ecpectally might they avail themselves ot the shade and fuvigoraung air of the Central Park tor their y oung children, that now perizh needlessly by, thousands, specttully, SLISHA HARRIS, M. D., Registrar. THE THIRTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT. The inspectors of the Thirty-eighth district re- ported that they found a tallow rendering estab- lishment in a stable; that on Saturday the Algon- quin attempted to receive or discharge some bags, samples of which they have declined to give jor analysis; that Davis & Harrington, West Forty- third street, were sending oifal to the rendering dock in an open cart; that the Gas Company was throwing dust imto Forty-first street. They calied attention to the sewers at the toot of Fortieth and Forty-first streets, where the stranded offal, they say, is in a horrible condition. THE BOARD OF HEALTH RESOLVES. Resolved, That the Board of Police be and are hereby equested to cause telegraph communication to be estab- ished between the Iwentieth precinct station house and the offal dock, at the fot of ‘Thirty-eighth street and North River, tor the purpose of facilitating the convey ance of inidrmation to the Rendering Company in re- gard to dead animals in different paris of the city. Resolved, ‘that the arrest and prosecution of the officers of the Kendering Company, or their boat, who have retuged admission and an inspection to the inspec- tors and officers of this Board, are ordered, and the Attorney is charged with the du ng the execu- tion of this order, and is also di re the arrest and prosecution of any one offending agdinst the provi- sion of the Health laws and Sanitary code giving the Tight of entrance and inspection to the inspectors. solved, That in the opinion of this Board the use of the Vesey street pier asa dumping ground for xarbage and street dirt is dangerous to te and detrimental to the public health, as the odors and dust emanating trom it penetrate the market and injure the meats exposed there; jurther id, That the Department of Docks be urgently by tis Board to provide a pier for this pur- where between piers | and 1 North River. ved, That the word “irwit’ be and is hereby inserted in’the sixty-sixth section of the Sanitary Code, atter the word vegetables in the second line, and that the amended section be then advertised acvording to Resol. aw. : Resorved, That the Sanitary Superintendent be and th hereby is requested to investigate the manner i Wich closets are how empticd, aud to report. to. thud Board. The following additional ordinance was passed :— That no adulterated or deleterious coffees, teas or other preparations from which drinks are made, shail be bought, sold, held, or offered tor gale, The following is a comparative statement of con- tagious diseases reported to this Bureau for the two weeks ending July 26, 1873.— Diph- Smaul- —— Fevers. — Typhus. Typhoid. Scarlet. Measler. theta. pox. suty 19.2" 5 48 12 5 pata Tuy 85.0. 8 re 16 FY 2 Respectfully submitted, Dr F. DAY, M. D., Sanitary Superintendent. The house on the southeast corner of Fifty-third street and Madison avenue was ordered tu be vacated, and the Board adjourned to meet on Friday next. FATAL FALL FROM A CHURCH SPIRE, Between one and two o’ciock yesterday after- noon, while a large number of persons were gazing at the spire of the new Presbyterian church, now nearly completed, at Noble and Lorimer streets, Greenpoint, a sudden cry of alarm was heard, and in an instant a workman on the scaffolding of the spire was seen to fall. The numerous spectators stood breathless until after the unfortunate man fell, almost in their midst, when the utmost ex- citement prevailed among them, the women giv- ing expression to their grief by lond lamentations. When examined by the lookers-on the man was pulseless, but warm. His body was not so badly injured as ae be supposed from a fall of 100 feet, an his remains were tenderly laced on a stretcher and Sant to the Union avenue police station. Some of his fellow- workmen informed the police that they only knew him by the name of “Louis,” and believed that he was a single man. twenty-six years of age, residin, in Seventh avenue, New York. By direction of Coroner Whitehill the body was last evening con- veyed to Parker's undertaking een oe een Union avenue and North First street, to await identification and an inquest. ANOTHER KEROSENE ACCIDENT, At an early hour yesterday morning a kerosene lamp suddenly exploded in the hands of a young woman named Catherine Morrts, at her residence, 195 Scholes street, eee ee The flames completely envelopsd the body of the unfortunate woman, but, no been promptly assisted by her Amu, it is believed @iat her burns will not prove fat ORUSHED TO DEATH BY BAIL, An inquest was yesterday heid in the case of Kate Donovan, the child nearly three years of age, whose death resulted from injuries received on the 23 instant by being run over by car No. 11 of the Third Avenue Railroad Company, near Seventy. sixth street, The jury, on the evideace preseuted, rendered @ verdict of accidental death. The parents of the child lived at 1,399 Third avenue, L THE HEALTH CRUSADE. Surrender of the Renderers, and the Belliger- ent Position of the Board of Health. Fulton Market Fabrics Must Fall by the Axe and Hammer. ‘COLLARING THE CHOLERA. Assailed at every point, the nuisances of the metropolis are slowly disappearing, It is not im- probable that new ones will grow up to curse quiet neighborhoods, but as fast as the objects of offence appear the Health Board, by. its actions during the past twe weeks, has committed itself to take up arms, The attacks upon the wretched booths around Washington Market, which have elicited 80 much praise from the public and so much vile vituperation from the owners of the nuisances, have taught all rebellious parties that resistance to the orders of the Board is useless, The Commission is one of the greatest importance, and upon the iaithful performance of Its duties de- pends THE GOOD HEALTA OF THOUSANDS. The people now tuily realize, for the first time in years, the great power for good or evil of this body of men. It is only now that it has been fully un- -derstood by the poorer axd more wretched portion of the community that the duties of public officials should warrant them protection to health as well as from bodily injury. Another class, whose lives from youth to old age are intimately associated with vice and squalor, have been taught thateven their wortniess existences are worthy the care of the city which they disgrace. They have had it forcibly expounded to them, in a manner which is easily understood, that they cannot take the lives oftheir wives and children by immuring them in cel- lars and dark attics, These lessons and many others the Health Board are inculcating into minds which never reason and to whom all theories regarding the moral accountability of humanity would be to- tally lost. They have, in a meagure, atmed to in- augurate an age of reason where there has hereto- fore existed only a sense of living because the poor wretches found themselves in the world. ‘ THE WAR AGAINST SMELLS, Single handed and alene the Board assailed the odors which for years past have emanated trom the wharf of the Rendering Company, at the foot of West Thirty-cighth strect, and which rendered the upper portion of the west side almost uninhabit- able. The company regarded their position as im- Pregnable, and, retirmg behind the sickening jumes of rotting offal, the officers defied the approach oi the outside world, with its treacherous stomach and sensitive nostrils. Sometimes when the wind was blowing from tue Jersey store, to cool the heated walls of the large tenements on Tenth and Ninth avenues, the resi- dents of THIS UNFORTUNATE QUARTER Were compelled to close their windows, because tne air came jreighted with the nauseating stench of the rendering boat. The more fortunate dwell erg up on the streets in the vicipity of Sixth ave- nue frequently detected the same disgusting odors, With an assumed inditference, which appeared to say “What are you going to do about it,” the con- fident renderers of dead horses seated themselves in their office and smoked their cigars. Their subor- dinates, as they have done lor years past, produced their lunch-buckets at meal time and devoured |.their bread and coifee seated astride of bioated carcasses or by the side o1 awful offal. A PLEASING CONFIDENCE, Taken altogether t e renderers of odnes con- cluded that they were sale. Indated by what reasons Heaven only knows, the Waterside popu- lation, all at onde, became blatant with praises tor the excellent atmospherg 6f their neighboruood | and the periect health in“which they ana theirs at that moment found themselves. One oid barnacie declared that if the cholera should break out in the city be wdiid betake himself with his family to “that, gery same rendering dock.” zoe: “AN ENDORSEMENT WORTH SOMETHING. ‘pwenty years in this ‘ere place has never con- vinced me that there are smells eminaun’ from them bones," said the proprietor of a dirty grog- shop in the neighborhood, as he looked around at his companions to be sure of their support in the assertion. He certainly had the weight oi testi- mony in tus favor, fur in his vile den it would be impossible to smell anything from outside, NICE DISCRIMINATION, Assured by his first speech o1 his ability to pro- ceed, the tap-room philosopher went on to say: “4 come down were in the morning when thi gettin’ up the fires; I do distinguisa an odor in t air, Do I say au unpleasant odor’ No, not by any means; but I just snuffs my nose ana I say to Bill—that’s Bill—*Vead horse to-day.’ ‘The odor changes ‘sligutly towards evening. I don’t say smell, but | says odor. It changes and ft snuis my nose and says to Bill, “that’s offal.’ You sin} Tdon't mean awlul, 1 ean guts. here prec seae jor nothing ; of that tank 1 “1 guess you are cor odors. What's ‘ou’ man. hen ft get a snuit 9 ent the man confidently, “Right,”? said the reporter. ALAS! TOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED. ‘These were the halcyon days 01 the bone-boilets and the condensers oi viood. The Health Board first succeeded in driving the boat trom the wharf out into the middle of the river. The odor still remained on account of tne fact that the boat was brought in beiore the cauldrons had cooieu, and the fires out unacr the argand furnace, the odors irom the melting pot were unconsumed, Yesterday the health oficers notified the company that the boat must be removed down the bay. The company expostulated im vain. ‘The enemies of the coming pestilence were inexorable. GONE DOWN THE BAY. The renderers oi bones finaily surrendered, and ordered their boat to get ready to go this morning into the Lower Bay, about two miies beiow the Narrows. If this terrible agent oi disease is an an- tidote, on the ground that “like cures like,” the yellow fever and ciole: a wili have a formidable an- tagonist at the gates of the city. ‘This victory is a matter of congratulation, not only to the Health Board, but to the HERALD, Which has persistently Wwarred against this outrageous assault upon healta, The company have a covered wharf boat, on which all the offal wall hereatter be received during the night, and in the morning it will be towed down to the rendering vessel in the Lower Bay. This is what the company promise, and the | health officers are determined to see that this con- tract is executed, FULTON MARKET NEXT, The obstruction to Fulton street in the vicinity of the market has become so intolerable to ali who have to cross the ferry that complaints aimost without number have been sent to the Depart- ment. ft 1s now decided, although none of the } | officers will admit the fact, that tne wretched and obnoxious booths about Fulton Market must alt be destroyed. Some of these nights the squad will come, and paint, old dishes und oyster stews, careiessly commingled, will form an object tor the owner’s visual organs: when lhe comes in the morning. Tne wretched rookeries are beyond ail endurance, and in many respects worse than Washington Market. THE MARKET BOOTHS. An Anxious Pause in the Reformation at Fulton Market—What Will the Health Board Decide? There is still much excitement among the mar- ket men, At Washington Market the sidewalk dealers grow! about the Health Board, and curse it as @ despotism worse than that which tried to humbug our grandfathers witn stamp acts and | simular exactions which led to the Boston tea party and the Declaration of Independence. At Fulton Market the Board is spoken of “with bated breath” by men who fear its fiat may dry up the source of their revenue and sweep away what represents to them the earnings of years. In the morning the coffee and cake the half-raised stands advised each other to wait patiently till the meeting of the Health Board in the afternoon, when they might know their fate. fo meet and perchance successfally re- sist the shock of the expected adverse report of Dr. Janes some of the popular purveyors of the offending booths attended the session. When they returned, late in the afternoon, their story was anxiously heard by their associates. As they could tell of no decision, in spite of their eloquent ap- peal to the sanitarians to spare the sheds, there Were long {aces and dubious looks along the row. of stands, whose fires, like their ag are out, and whose tempting odors of alluring cOffee have iven place to the damp exhalations of the un- Sovered gutter and the sloppy pavement, * THE QUANDARY. To rebuild their stands, according to the plan of Colonel De Voe, a yard above the stones, so that all can see beneath them, and with loose floo: so that the sanitary broom may circulate and effectively, or to stop in their [- done improvement till the Board should either order their lumber to the Cor- poration yard or consent to their remaining after the reformation, was the question which gave the anxious caterers pause. A little tinkering at freely | 1 haven't lived | “Horse and blood from the butchers’ shops,” said | merchants of EDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. the raised roof bya few men was the net indos- trial result, while talk was carried on in the wrecked st and along the walk by scores of men at full femaie speed. Hundreds of the foot whose homeward path che itis narrow defile remarked ss in Commendatory terms upon the added daylight and the improved air, many Ante being heard to hope that the Board would muke a clean sweep of it and open the sidewalk right through to the street all along the market side. Of course, the coffee sellers see no necessity for the sud- den sanitary raid. As their stands do not actually make fit they are not willing to admit that they can’ in any way dam- age the publié health, They are willing to do what 18 in their power to reform their stands, and can now but wait and seuvaialy: hope that they may be lentently deat with by the Board, whose decision they expect trom hour to hour. Mean- while the outside public anticipate that the doom of removal will be the ena of the discussion in the Board of Health, THE SCHOONER YACHT CALYPSO. The Old Pleasure Craft Entircly Recon= structed—Her Dimensions and Accom= modations—A Feat in Yacht Building. A new schooner yacht, butlt for Mr. William B, Astor, of the New York Yacht Club, was launched , from David Carll’s yard, at City Isiand, on Satur- day last, About six weeks ago Mr. Astor sent his vessel, the Calypso, to Caril’s for extensive repairs, intending to have her bow and stem rebuilt, but as the midship section proved to be rotten it was determined to reconstruct “the old love” through- out, The new craft is a perfect model of beauty; | her lines are laid upon the most approved princi- ples, and to the eye of the practised nautical man | nothing presents itself that can possibly retard her speed, Tne Calypso is built of chestnut, hackmatack, red cedar, live oak, white oak and locust, She is celled with yellow pine and clamped with’ Ohio oak. Her deck frame is of yellow.pine, and deck planking—three by three inches—whica is clear,of knots, is of white pine, while her outside covering is of the best Ohio oak, She is copper-fastencd | throughout and the following are her dimensions :— Length, over all, 100 feet; length of keel, 84 feet 6 inches; beam, 24 feet 4 incles; depth of hola, 9 feet. The vessel carries a centre- board and her spars are exactly the “sticks” suited to a craft of her size. The Mainmast ig 77 feet 6 inches; foremast, 75 leet; mainboom, 61 feet; foreboom, 27 feet 10 inch bowsprit (outboard), 22 feet, and jibboom 16 fee in lengta. Hoagland, of Newport, is tue maker of the stwangal that will drive the pretty seabird over the sparkling waves. Althougu Caril has accom- phshed the feat 01 building the yacht in so short a Space of time as forty-seven days, yet she is no less strong than any of hcr sister scnooners, and it is high! probavle that she wall put all the abilities of the niost noted schdoiers of the club to which she belongs to @ severe test ere they will be able to slip abead of her. The interior tttings of the new crait are extremely hpndsomg and cost- ly; the main saloon 18 Spacious and richly upholstered, while the polished woodwork and ornate surroundings indicate that no expense has been sparedto make the Calfpso a queen in her class, ‘he berths are beautifully turnished and the retiring rooms are fitted with Bishop & Grady’s admirably arrauged conveniences, popular with yacht owners, From truck to keelsou the | elegant vessel rettects the greatest credit upon her | buiders and testifies to the good taste of her owner, She will be reddy togo in commission on Friday next and will take part in the annual cruise of the New will eee Club, eins which it 18 | robable she will show many of her sister crait a | Sian pair of heels, ~ 4 ~ Caril has another yacht npon the stocks in his yard at City island. She is asioop of forty-five tons and is being built jor Mr. William Buchanan, of Perth Amboy, N. J. ATLANTIC YACHT CLUB. {whe Annual CruiscmGeneral Orders Is- sucd by Commodore Maxwell. The fleet of the Brooklyn Yacut Club 1s about dis- persing, and the members and guests unite in the declaration that they have had a very pleasant cruise. Next in order comes the cruise of the At- lantic Yacht Club, Quite a number of the owners of the Jairy cratt belonging to this club have signi- fied their intention to appear at the rendezvous on the day named, and, as the ports which the fleet will enter are notable an account of the hospitality of the residents, all hands may saiely antictpate “a \ jolly good time.’ The following general orders have been issued:— GENERAL ORDERS NO. 2. Amtantic Yacut Oven, July 19, 1873, ANNUAL CRUISE. Virst—The fleet will rendezvous at Whitestone Saturday, August 2, at one o'clock P. M., and, aiter arrival of one o'ciuck n New York, wt signal trom flagship will vlton Vock, Cold ng August 3, divin: serv , under di r oard of a yacht lereaiter | odore. usta, the elab will remain in the ‘a ar Ys | harbor to give tho: 18 of the club desirous of sailing Jor the prizes ollered bythe citizens of Cold Spring and | uyster nay an opportunity to do so. | Fourth—tuesday, August & upon signal from flagshin, | the tle Karvo | will get under way for diorris Cove, New haven | Fiin—Wednesday, August 6, upon sivnal from flag ship the eet will get under way for } s thursday, August 7, upo way’ tor G ust 8, special pport orders will be given } Sestive of inquiry as to the eficie | Mechan, as toliows :— signals, the fleet will get under | wv where orders for the | iuture inoveiiet Ibe given ; Nik —Beiore coming to anchor, eact day, the Captain | of the leading Will abpouit some competent person | | | to take the tive of hisand ea h subsequent arrival, and ¢ satne to the Commodore the next day, as'soon | tung as practicable. signals tor starting will be as follow gun, to prepare; nve tint ter, second gun, to By order ot t joe MAXWE. Joun B. Moncan, Record r. A GERMAN-AMERICAN CELEGRATION. = Celebration of the German-American Socicty at Terrace Garden—Letters from Longfellow, Roscoe Conkling and Others. The German-American Society held their celebra- tion and Summer festival at Terrace Garden last night. The attendance was large despite the heavy rain, and in an artistic point of*view the celebration was @ complete saccess, The grand | orchestra of the Philharmonic ‘Society, M’ile, | Henrietta Corradi, soprano; Herr Reichel, basso | | profundo, and the Marschner Maecnnerchor, all contributed to the enjoyment of the concert: | | Alter tue concert Dr. Siegfried Ehrenberg, the | President, delivered a brief address, in which he gave all who were present a hearty welcome. He laid particular stress upon the importance of unit- | ing the German and American nationalities, both | | Saxon races, and, a8 such, in decided antagonism to the Latin race. Dr, Ehrenberg then read letters froma pumber of distinguished persons anneuncing their in- ability to attend the celebration. He read, among others, letters Irom Governor Washburn, of Mas- | sachusetts; Governor Carpenter, of lowa; Gov- ernor Ingersoll, of Connecticut; Governor Howard, | of Rhode Isiand. Admiral Porter said, in alengihy | letter, ‘It was a laudable object of the Society to amalgamate itsel! with Americans,” and ‘he con- sidered the Germans among the best citizens that come to tnis lavored land, Henry W. Longieliow wrote from Nahant:—“Be assured that it would give me great pleasure to show my #yinpathy for the object of your Society by attending tuis meeting, but my arrangements | for the Summer render it impossible. 1 must, therefore, beg you to accept, tustead of my attend- ance, my good wishes tor the success of your cele- bration and the prosperity of your Society, whose purposes seem so truly patriotic.” ‘A. W. Holmes and John G, Whittier nad also sent letters highly dattering to Germans. Roscoe Conk- ling, writing trom Utica, said :—*No portion of our people deserve more good will or esteem than Ger- many’s children Who have cast their jot in Amer- ica, When our institations were founded Germans | and German ideas left upon them a lasting and useful impress, and from that time to this the growth and wealth and greatness of America have been largely augmented by the sons and daughters of the Fatherland.” Hon. Charles Francts Adams said in his letter :— “No better object could be imagined than this. The safety of the country depends upon the hearty con- | solidation of our people in one common object of maintaining the great institutions which secure our freedom and our prosperity, If 1 were many years younger I would very cheerfully take an ac- tive part ia this undertaking. But the time ts past for me to do more than devote the rest of my life to the completion 0: labors already assumed and by no means executed,”” ‘The reading of the letters elicited great applause. Mr, Mandel and otaers delivered orations, and then there was dancing, Which lasted until an early hour this morning. TOMBS POLICE COURT. i Sullivan the Sneak Swamped. During the absence of Louis Getz, of 69 Bayard street, from his apartments yesterday morning, they were entered by a sneak thief, and a quantity of wearing apparel, valued at $50, and $165 in cur rency, were stolen. Aman named Michael Sulll- van, residing at 92 Henry street, who had been seen lounging around the house during the morning, arrested on suspicion of being the thief, When Searched in the police station Tost Of the stolen roperty was found in his ssion. Justice oda Zommitted him in dejault o: 000 bail. 5 THE COULSON MYSTERY. What Was the Fate of James W. Coulson? FOUL PLAY OR ACCIDENT? How Coroners’ Inquests Fail to Enlighten. FINDING A VERDICT IN A HURRY. Eleven ‘Cases’ Disposed Of in One Day— An Attempt to Solve the ‘“Mystery’’— Identified by Accident. One of the strangest mysteries that have puzzled the brains of New York for many a day ts tnat at- tending the disappearance of James W, Coulson, late a reporter of the HekaLp, The investigation of this case will lead every serious-minded resident of our city to inquire how far life is safe, and to | what extent the hundreds of mysterious disap- pearances which cumber the columns of the daily Papers or remain forever unreported, except in the little les they may have rendered desolate— how many of these mysteries are murders or ac- cidents. The case of Mr, Coulson is one of the most Suggestive of these, and it is furthermore sug- cy of our Coro- hers’ service. It will be well to briefly recapitulate the circumstances under which he disappeared, THE DISAPPEARANCE, On Wednesday, the 23d inst., Mr. Coulson was de- tailed in the line of his regular duty to reporta re- ception given by the officers of the new Inman steamer City of Cnester, then lying at her dock, toot of Spring street, North River. At three o’clock a triend met him at the reception and remained in his company during the festivities, and the two departed together at five o'clock in the after- noon, At half-past five the two parted in Canal strect, Mr. Coulson moving away to catch a Univer- sity place car and his companion turning in an op- posite direction. That was THE LAST that was seen of him alive by friend or acquaint- ance, so jar ag known. From one of the most populous centres of the city, at an-hour when it is more populous thau at any other time, he sinks out of Iife, to be recovered three days alterward, a bloated, almost unrecogniz- able semblance of humanity—that dark mystery, an “unknown corpse.’”’” What were the steps that led him to his dismai grave in the East River? What chain of events forced his young life out in such black horror? These are questions to which no answer js given. THE DISCOVERY OF THE BODY. On Saturday morning, at a few minutes to cight o’clock, sixty hours aiter he is last seen, Officer Bernard Mechan, stationed on First ayenue, ia in- formed by some boys that a drowned man ts laying the toot ol Forty-fourth strect, Kast River. Lie re- pairs to the place and takes a description of the dead man, The Morgue wagon comes and hauls the body to that horrible resting place of the un- known dead, The regular superintendent of the Morgue, Mr. White, 1s absent, but Mr. Moon, the assistant, takes charge of tie vody, and finds upon , it nothing by which to iWentily it except a large | number of tickets for a benefit base ball matcn and a letter, so wet as to be illegible. The tickets were pulpy with their long soaking in the water, and the letter was glued to the pulpy mass so effectually that only the greatest care could dis- entangle its leaves without tearing them. A couple of shirt studs and a coliar button were ulso found upon him. THE INQUEST. Coroner Kessler and his deputy, Dr. Leo, being notified at once, held an inquest, Moned six vi the Bellevue Hospital patients as a jury. (rat testimony taken was that of Oficer TESTIMONY OF THE OFFICER. Officer Bernard Mechan, v¢ing duiy sworn, says:— Tam attached to the Nimeteenth precinct station house; on’ Saturday moruing, at ten minutes to eight A. M., 1 was on post at First avenue, when some boys came and toid me that there was a man drowned at the joot of Forty-fourth street, Last went right off to the Gock and took his hair, River. description, Which Was as lollows:—Light stuali ligit mustache, uelgat about five mches, uge thirty years, dark-brown ¢ pants, ao vest, striped shirt, brown nec White spots and low elasuc side shoes. the i to tue station low ward removed to the Morgue TESTIMONY OF THE DEPUTY CORONER. Dr. Simeon W. Leo, Deputy Coroner, was nexc sworn, ‘The following 1s wis téstimony:—He had mad deceased and found no marks of violence; the body, judging from its appearance, bas been in the Water some ve or six Guys, and is Now i a some- What advanced stage of decomposition. During this ¢Xaminauon the letver and base ball tickets jound on tue body of Mr. Coulson were placed Coroner's hand, and, Wet as the letter was, ms he was able vo read a few lines of it, ior remarked to Dr. Leo that the writer was ev dently @ man of higher intelligence than was usu- ally to be lound on the cold slabs of tué Morgu and the one to Whom it Was aduressed very prob- ably was of a corresponding character in THE CAST OF CULTURE. A word or two about “seuding your next letter by Atlantic cable’ was especiaily noted by the Doctor, and he thifks he mentioned those words to Dr. Leo, in Wiustration of his belief that the body now uuder investigation might be that uf some one sufficiently proimineat and respectable to di mand @ wore searching investigation into catise of his death, Just what graue ol respecta- Wilty is requisite to insure the politest attentions 01 @ Coroner is @ problem that may be solved by close study of the present case. At any rate Cor- oner Kessler was enabied to read enough of the letter to assure lumseli that this body could not be thrust aside without closer investigation, and Dr. Leo was seat again to make close search ior any SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY, * The examination was a very close one, especially about the head and neck; but no abrasion or bruise whatever was di ‘able, It gvyus subse- quently stated that a severe cut across the tore- head was noticed, but Deputy Coroner Leo says nothing of the sort was visible at that time, and that it might have appeared after the inquest by reason of w pressure of the top of the comin on the head, or by reason of the undue swelling of the head against the lid. The name of ‘Kelly’? and of “Williamsburg” were also plainly legibie on THE TICKETS, Lreported + ‘The vody was after- of which Coroner Kessler says there were several | hundred, He was interested enough, however, in the mystery to take letter and tickets home to dry them out, in order that he might find the clew lying secreted in the pulpy mas, On the testi- mony herewith given the six jurymen came to THEIR VERDICT, a very simpie and uncomplicated one, of “Death by supposed drowning, time and place not kuown.”’ ‘The record of the inquest, which should coutain the names o1 the jurors, Was misiaid at the Coro- ners’ Ofice, and the HERALD investigator Was un- able yesterday to see it. Deputy Coroner Leo stated that it was made out in the regular torm, however, and he filled in a form to correspond with it, though he could not remember the names of the jury ‘to add them. The same jury, he thought, had sat upon the other drowning case, and the names on the record of that might be the me, but he could not say 80 positively, A RATHER BUSY DAY, “How many inquests did you have that day?’ asked the HERALD man. The Deputy summed up @ short list in his Memorandum book and counted “eleven,” “How many of these were held at the Morgue?” “Five!” “Was it an unusually busy day?’ “Weil, it was What you might call rather busy.’? Eieven inquests a day for one coroner were sug- gestive of a ratuer busy day to whe Henaup re- porter, and a profitable one. too. At the rate, (usual, we believe) of $36 each an income of $335 for that day’s work is due the Coroner, As the in- quests are usually divided equally among the four reapers of this charnel house harvest it would ap- pear that $1,500 will hardiy cover the expense which ‘violent deaths’ occasioned to the city on that rich Saturday, and the more terrible-estimate will appear of nearly forty-five deaths by supposed violence, ali in a heap. THE CORONER'S STATEMENT. Coroner Kessler states that he eeeay, knew Mr. Couison, haviug seen and conversed with him at a number of inquests, to report which Mr. Coul- son had been detailed, but the body was so decom. osed and swollen that had even known Joulson was mi he could never have recognized his atures §=in = those of the man. Mr. Slater, a friend of the deceased, ‘who identified the boay, was also unable to dis: tinguish the jeatures, and succeeded only in recognizing the shirt, studs and letters, Mr. having sum- | nh external examination of the body of the | | | Teporter; Monda Kessler, having taken the letter and tickets nome and dried them out, Was enabled on Sunday to Tread the letter, in which he said he became very much interested. He failed, however, to remember the name of “Thomas Coulson” signed to it or to connect it in any way with say one he had known or with any attaché 0! the HexaLp office. The letter and tickets were taken to his office on Monday, and the former was shown to Mr. slate Who at once recognized the name of Coulson’s brother at the end, and also the ball tickets, of Which he knew Coulson essed a number, He @t once proceded to the lorgue to IDENTIFY HIS DEAD FRIEND. In the meantime Mr. White had made a farther examination of the body, and had foundin a pocket another bunch of tickets, which he laid away to dry. ‘They were now dry, and, in shuiling them together, @ piece o! envelope was detached, om wiich Were the words “James Cou—, Herald,” the rest being torn oi, and @ portion of an Irish postmark was visible at ihe top. Mr, White came to the conclusion at once that the deceased was a HERALD man, and was about sending iniormation to that effect, when Mr. Slater and a gentieman trom the HkRALD, Who had been despatched to see about it, walked in, IFICATION COMPLETE, tion was then rendered complete, aud it was known that, in the bloated, buiging corpse that lay there belore them on the dripping stones, a8 an uniriended, homeless outcast might have lain, was all that remained of a blitne, hearty, cultured aud industrious journalist, but & few days ago overttowing with heaith and hope, ADDITIONAL TESTJMONY. The Coroner, hearing of tnése tacts, proceeded to take additional testimony in the case, and yese terday received the following deposition of Mr. George Slater : DEPOSITION OF MR. SLATER, George Slater, being duly sworn, deposes and says:—t1 reside $25 Kast Eleventh street; am @ morning, the 2sth of Juiy, 1873, wuile at the Coroners’ Oiice, I was shown @ letier by Coroner Kessler, evidently irom Mr, Thomas Coulson, trom Cootenhill, Ireland ; having heard that Mr, James Coulson, of the HERALD, had been miss- ing-for several days and that tnis letter had been found on & man drowned at the toot of East Forty-fourth street, I telt convinced that he had been drowned and that this letter was from his brother; Lwent down to the HERALD office and, accompanied by Mr. Wilson, proceeded to the Morgue and examined the body found at the foot of hust Forty-lourti street, which was so decom- posed that I failed to recognize the features or identify them, but was satisfied from the shirt, waich I had seen belore; studs, sleeve buttons, &c¢., that this was the missing James Coulson, The body was at once taken care of by the friends of deceased and will be buried to-day, A REVIEW OF THE WHOLE CASE points, to, & possibly general system of too much hurry in the Coroners’ Oitice. The mere accident of the discovery of the torn envelope by Mr. White or of the letter by Mr, Slater alone saved the boay of Mr, Coulson from burial in Potter's Field, For years and years to come his friends might’ have searched in vain for a clew to his disappearance; his relatives might never have known his fate, and, terrible as it was, there are many more terrible deaths that would have suggested themselves to their thoughts, aud bis end would have been classed among the mysteries that are never solved. As to WHAT HIS FATE WAS, whether he wandered so far away from his home and tell into the river or whether he was inveigied into the dark slums that infest the river sides and Murdered are matters that are now in as deep Mystery as if the six jurymen of Bellevue had never listened to that exhaustive testimony or rendered their convincing verdict. A Complaint Regarding Mysterious Dis appearances, New York, July 29, 1873, | To THE Epiror OF THE HERALD:— As people of distinction frequently disappear in the neighborhood of Broadway fand Canal street late at mght; and highway robbery by drug- ging being comparatively safe, it would be well to ascertain by a post-mortem whether or not the late member of the HERALD stall, Mr. James Coulson, was. first drugged and then thrown into the river, as this mode of assas- sination very irequently turns up at the Morgue. I myseli very frequently—the last time yesterday alternoon—was upproacied by strangers to take & drink. I, 0 cannot fall into that wap in consequence ot iny teetotalism. If in the stomach and bowels of Mr, James Coulson can- not be found any.poison, he may have been knocked. down in the street and then carried to the ri The idea of bathing and getting cramps is racher doubutul, Anyhow, you should try by a post- mortem to unveil the mystery. That he, as a young man with such brilliant prospects and buoy- ant spirits, should have committed suicide 1s, to my mind, highly improbabie. Yours, respectiuily, PROFESSOR WIENER. THE VALTER HOMICIDE, The Affidavit of Dr. Schmidt—Valter Still in Danger of His Lite—The Pichls L charged from Custody—Not the Persons Supposed. On the 20th inst., it will be remembered John and Ferdinand Piehl, residents of Foster's Mead- ows, town of Heinpstead, were arrested upon come plaint of one Heury Smith, backed by the affidavit of Dr. Charles Schmidt, charged with feloniously beating and kicking one Lawrence Valter, a Ger- man farmer, also a resident ol the town or Hemp. stead, so that his life was despaired of, Pending an examination the parties were locked up inthe celis he atidavit of Dr. schmidt, the char- precluded she possivitity of the Jus- tice admitting the accused to bail, is a8 tollows:— AFFIDAVIT OF DR, SCHMIDT. Mr. Vaiter, of Valiey Stream, suffers from concussion of the brain, contusion of the seal § @ contused Wo over the right also @ severe fusion on his chi the result of a Kick: also has the litte flager of lus right. hand broken, and it is dowvttul whether he will recover, his life being yet in danger, CHARLES SCHMIDT, M, D. The Piehls so strongly protested their innocence of the charge, alleging that the whole thing was & conspiracy ugainst them, and rumors corrobora- Uve OL their statements coming to the ears of the justice he deemed it advisable to send Dr, Willam VY. Wood, & reputavie physician of Jamaica, to make an examination of the injured man, and upon Dr, Wood's statement the justice admitted the prisoners to bail. Yesterday the examination of the prisoners took place vefore Justice Snedeker, at Jamaica, when Vaiter swore roundly that the prisoners beat and kicked hun in the woods near his residence, teav- ing him on the ground insensibie, with the blood running trom his mouth, hose and ears, and that he was confined to his bed several days in conse- quence of nis injuries. Beyond a slight discolora- ton under his right eve, however, the complainant appeared yesterday to be in the best bodily cone dition, ‘The statement of Valter in regard to his alleged injuries was corroborated by Dr. schmidt, who reiterated the allegations ot his aMdavit, and also by a workman in Valter’s employ, On the part of the defendants Dr. Wood testified | to having visited the complainant at the request of Justice Snedeker, and made the tollowing state- ment:—Upon my visit to the complainant t1ound him lying in bed; he did not appear to be suffering at all; there were no marks of violence upon him, nor bruises, with the exception of a slight dis- coloration under the rigut eye; in fact there was no injury about him to amount to anything at the time I saw him on the 21st inst.; 1 examined his bruises particularly; there were two pastebeard splints, with a muslin bandage, on the bruises of the right hand; removed the bandage and found that the fngers were not [ractured, al- though they were dressed as though they had been; did not discover any contusion of the scalp nor compression of tne brain, and there was no contusion*on the chest, The Piehis proved conclusively that they were not the aggressors in the encounter; that they were first attacked by Valter and only deiended themselves, and that at most the affair amounted to no more than a simple assanit, The deiendants were accordingly discharged. They declared their determination to bring civil suits for damages against both Valter aud Dr, Schmidt for false im- prisoument. JUSTIFIABLE ASSAULT. The Law Expounded by Judge Coul- ter—Boisterous Scene at the Yorkville Police Court. John Bersan, of 627 West Fifty-nintn street, was yesterday arraigned at the Yorkville Police Court to answer @ charge of assauit and battery pre- ferred by Fréderick Einberg, of 623 West Fifty- ninth street. Both complainant and defendant were neighbors, and of the same nationality—Ger- man, At first the case excited bur little interest; but when, during the examination, it began to ap- eat that very close intimacy existed between Hinberg and Mrs. Bersan, and that the assault was the consequence, the attention of the Judge and the spectators was ex- cited to an eager pitch. The complainant pretended he could speak no Bnglish and denied the intimacy; but when recalled and cross-ex- amined by the defendant’s counset-he became con- tused and admitted the truth of the charge. He also coniessed that he nad given Mrs. Bersan small sums of money from time to time. He then lad & relapse into the “dismais,”’ and began to cry, pro- testing that he was a much abused individu: He Bersan, regardless of the orders of the Court and the officers. then began to exult over the mortifl- cation of hfs opponent, forgetting in his joy the deep disgrace which had overtaken his spouse. Judge Coulter said the accused was pgessany justified in committing the assault, and dismiss ‘the complaint. DEATH FROM STRANGULATION, Coroner Herrman yesterday held an inquest at 146 West Thirtieth street, On the body of Benjamin Lewis, a child three years of age, who died from tion, caused bys piece of meat lod sear ibe. The meat deceased Dad obterned from _ wer, two or three years older than bimse