The New York Herald Newspaper, January 9, 1874, Page 11

QUARANTINE, Report of Health Officer Vanderpoel to the Commissioners of Quarantine. Improvements Introduced During the Past Season—The Yellow Fever and Cholera Ves- sels—Sanitary Inspection and Its Pow- ers—The Value of Quarantine— Condition of the Various Quarantine Establishments. Mr. W. L. B. Streams, President of the Commissioners of Quarantine — Stk—The past year has been one of tranquillity in this department. Not only has the community, on the one hand, been relieved of all anxiety from the introduction of contagious diseases, but those whose interests it was necessary to contravene, whether in persons, vessels or cargo, have most cheerfully acquiesced in the measures directed. Tnis was not owing to the absence of sickness or few occasions to.interpose the sanitary power. Quite the average amount hasentered the port, brought in by above the average number of vessels. The large area over which yellow fever has prevailed as an epidemic during the year—extending from Buenos Ayres and Rio Janeiro on the south, trom most of the principal ports on the coast of South America north of these places, from the three principal ports of Cuba and from portions of our Southwestern coast—has called for continued vigilance on the partof those entrusied with the duty of limiting its progress. With @ proportion above the average of cases of yellow fever entering the port; with a large number of vessels from infected ports, and with many where sickness and death had occurred upon the passage, but none on their arrival, the number of vessels subjected to lighterage was necessarily large. Even by the iarge number whose rights and privileges were thas contravened not a word of complaint has been made. The method of throwing open the lighterage to all, and allowing the merchant to control and regulate all which pertained to the commercial relations of the passengers and cargo, and which last season was neces_ sarily an experiment, has been a confirmed success. Not @ clashing of interest has occurred among the different owners of a cargo, while the rivalry of trade among the differept stevedores and lightermen has avoided any extravagant or exorbitant charges. Nor were the sani- tary interests any less closely guarded. I venture the assertion that never was there @ stricter observation maintained than during the past season. The police patrol was never relaxed by night or day, while the visits of the Health officers were made at all stages of the discharge of the vessel. An. other practice which has been wholly abolished is that of detention of vessels infected or supposed to be infected with the formives of yellow fever. The gener- ally accepted principle that the individual in no way conveys the disease, but that it is transmitted by cloth- ing, certain articles of merchandise, and, above all, by conditions in the vessel itself, relieves passengers wholly from observation as soon as the period of incubation has elapsed after the last case since leaving an infected port. It, then, we have only to deal with the cargo and vessel common sense and reasoning tell us that the sooner the vessel is relieved of her cargo the less danger is there of its becoming infected, and the sooner can all parts of the vessel Le reached for thorough cleaning and disinfection. The action of the formites of yellow fever assimilates in its features to that of ferments. Let ever so little be in- troduced into the hold ot a vessel, and the vessel remain closed, its bilge water unremoved, a tropical heat bear- ing upon it, and it requires but a short time to render such noid @ deadly pest place, The longer such a vessel is detained for “observation” the greater is ‘the intensity of the danger; the cargoes of sugar or melado with which such vessels are usuallv freighted are, by such processes, induced to fermentative action, and become active vehicles for the Propagation of the acourge, whereas ii eee tly removed, swung in the open air upon lighters, allowed to remain some hours exposed he t reezes of the bay, any trace of infection which t clings to them diffused as to loose all contagious- ness. Sanitary and commercial interests are mutually davored. The germ of the formites is not fostered by con- tined air, heat and filth, while the vessel is returned to commerce, in most cages, sooner than if she ha charged by the usual process at the wharves of the city. The clause in the law permitting such almost indefinite observation by the Health Officer could not have been in- werted for any good sanitary reasons, avd been one ot the chiet causes of controversy which have so long existed between the sanitary authorities and the ship- ping interests. Asa resultant of the above action the Course of the Heaith Officer is very much simplitied. He has had to apply his knowledge of the history, method of proerees, period ot incubation, of yellow fever to the particular case before him to decide upon his course. Nor is he indifferent to the condition ot the vessel and cargo themselves and the precautionary measures adopted by the Captain, not only while lyin port, but also on the voyage thither if the Captain chanzes his bilge water daily, even pumpin: in additional water, until the bilge returns clean ani free from smell; if he causes crew to bathe at the close ot each day's labor, and put on clean dannel, in Exe ot that saturated by perspiration and animal ef- uv events their [ving at night upon the open it he maintains cleanlipess in their quarters, and the voyage thither the hatches are lett as much le open and every opportunity taken to air the hold; in fine, it he pursues as far as possible all local hygienic precautio: the health authorities are war- ranted, on his arrival at port, in subjecting him to the least possibie detention. The truths which pertain to all precautionary measures which the study of hygiene prevents to avert pestileuce trom any locality and which are summed up in the two axioms of tree in- terchange of air and cleanliness in its fullest sense, have their application even more striking on vessels than on land. e experience even of the earliest recorded pesti- Jence at Athens, accumulated from that day to the pres- ent shows that all the exotic pestilences almost always make their entrance into any community by way ot the wea. Vessels in an openal manner form their favorite nests of refuge. in the dark recesses of the hold, with its stifling air; in the fetid water of the bilge, in the crowded quarters and foul air from animal cfiavia and detective Ud pene resulting from crowding passen- gers in limited space, pestilence gathers an intensity and virulence never wituessed except in the most degraded haunts on land, . When reaching port, falls like a pall, to decimate @ population. Shall not hygieuic pre- Cautions be urged as well upon those who live upon the sea as wellas those who dwell upon the land? Nay, is itnot rather toa much greater degree incumbent upon them? I firmly believe the day is not tar distant when the terror which now attaches to the two exotic scourges, yellow fever and cholera, will, to great extent, be arrested; for when the populations who live m the na wgones of these pestilences can be compelled or instructed to employ the nation either measures how accepted to Nao bag their ‘development, and when vessels at such places or én ¢ransitu theretrom shall also do their full work—when eaci municipality shall learn to do its whole duty to prevent their findi: 4 resting place—then will there be no fostering element for the malignant germ, no nidus to facilitate its tcar- fully reproductive elements. From the diflerent manner of its transmission, a somewhat diferent rule Legal 4 to vessals arriving with cholera. While in vessels wi yellow tever the germ is conveyed almost wholly by th ‘Vveuse! cholera the vessel v8 little or no part, the disease being transmitted wholly by the passengers.’ The vessel aud even baggage are only implicated when, fr. want of cleanliness, the dejections are allowed main or the clothing to be stained. It is, therefore, the duty of the sanitary authority to remove at the earliest movement all persons, sick and well, from the ship—| former to be conveyed to their appro- priate hospital and the latter to be placed unger observation until it can be determined that occur. This mustextend about page, for experience rhovs is quite as flemic as the fully developed cholera. In Aa soon as we can be assured he Asse: ere Ci Sleansed and disinfected, nnd when’ the pe bation has passed and no new cases inating the epi- the meantime, that the apartments in thoronghly eriod of ae ave appeare among the crew, the vessel and cargo have pratique to a Fiee S erat ere is @ certain responsibility resting upon captains of vessels coming from yellow fever port in. taking precautionary measures to prevent infection of the vessel, this sibility is greatly increased upon those bringing ith them cholera, In the former the measures are toa certain extent indirect and precau- jh a Ca Wahab Hag acl ves if sl conveyin cholera are tuliy ailve to their due they have power to eradicate the disease almost fore their ie inport They have but a to rm. It is no longer a mysterious, intangible fomites, lurking in the hold and bilge of the vessel, bat the immediate disinfection and reiwoval of the excre- tons of the cholera patient. It the person at the first remonition is promptly isolated, the dejections disin- lected, every of solied linen ‘destroyed, the atten. dants wash frequently their hands—indeed, 1) everything w which these aejecions can po nh a be promptly cleansed, the disease may be juguiated on the passage, Cholera, no more than yellow tever, strictly speaking, 1s contagious froin the persons of the sick; in the one case itis the exoretion, trom which, directly or indirectly, the poison is transmitied; in the other the clothing or some other accessory, in which the gerin haa found a, nidus. It may be usetul to cnow that tne cholera dejec- tion, at the time of its [aon = 4s Not contagious, and only after the lapse of an appreciable time does it become 80, It, then, absolute cleanliness is observed, with prompt disintection, Sprvdanes nd nurses can, with almost im- 10 at th -side. outbreak of cholera on shipboard, ‘k to be done by those jad welfare of the passengers, it they supinely down and allow the eptdemic full force in its ravages they must not feel aggrieved if on their arrival the authorities take SP Treg Bee ete ahty a Manta ol TO" eI respon: Patt ‘of oMcers ft) this matters and it has been in m; power daring the past season to allow three steainers to RG a only 2 hours of detention each, after bein, ily Satisfied that at the time of the cholel are content to aii on boa had be every rational measure to prevent its sp n adopted; while in two instances the period of incuba- tion elapsed without the appearance of any new cases. independent, then, of its general sanitary beat ing towards the community, the vessels themselves na’ personal interest in jugilating the disease at ite in- 6 name Auarantine is hardly, then, an a late term to to the meseures of sani spéction wrhich ogualtate one of the chief duties of warhee rt woly associated with its it it is dificult for tate it with some ho more expresses ordin: expression, it comprises not nied ali tion of the partic a it transters to vessels and cargo 30 essen ‘a community on lal 1 the present quarantine. entebitaesieen and equipment of the p ty ment at the port ot Now York it without 1 e. such that it sh meet ate Smergency, and be able to cope with the Wireste bath Fellow fever ond cholera at the same tii yet the experience of tho past, has shown qeun waite make this exteided provision. With the aon A Dos Whe lagwest, gommerc 0 of (he Word, ime. with'sit ‘that tt wan-| detention to the voor! NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. tte location time of traverse of the period of Epecueee desea tos Garett been the case durmg the the one would be transferred to the hospital i anchored duri the summer nearly two Ww Island. Hospi tal pro: Ly ne would not complete the establish. meat. It must make provision for those who are well, but who have to contagious: eD68s, ntil we can no more cases of sickness ap- pear. Thet en a.quarantine of observation, 1 ct ith its substan- asked, Could nol observa! efficiently performed by allowing the well to remain the vessel after removing the ‘sick? For two reasons Rot:—First—The contaminated vessel would continue to act a8 # tostering element to the contagion, constantly renewing it to the uutortaneten compelled tw remain on boa a be rd. ond—The more EA it he vessel can cleared the sooner it can be cleansed and restored to ita commercial relations. Nor docs this recital complete the establishment. The duty of sanitary inspection upon all foreign, veusels com. ing into porteequires a station, where this can be done with the least possible detention, and this, Tam happy to 18 about completed, the State now owning ity own station, after renting one tor some years ‘The distance between the diffe lishment, the carrying of ‘paves, th 1 1 thi several charitable institutions located on different parts of the bay. All this is readily and easily pertormed by new mmboat Nelson K. bebe nay built during the past summer to replace the Andrew Fletcher, burned about @ year since. It is, therefore, cause for conxratujation that the Governor and Legisia- ire may be assured thatatter long and Libera! dona- tions the quarantine establishment of the port 6 now complete, and that hereafter appropriatious are only necessary to keep in repair this expensive ci sarily perishable property ‘and the ordinar: penises of the institation. Compared with to or Ss years since, or before the organization of the present system, these are large, buteven with the expenditure they are in no way commensurate with protection afforded to fis great community, and through them to every, hau. let im the State; for the slightest reflection will show that with the routes of travel radiating from this point to everv bartof the State, an epidemic gaining foothold here would follow with the speed of the locomotive bi 5 a and hamlet ide Phd inne Litt agit however, necessary I should be more specific in the recital of the workings of the department. iio SICKNESS, During the year 97 patients have beon admitted to Dix Island. fiospita 34 cases sent to Blackwell's Island and 17 to Ward’s Island, making a total of 148 persons sent to the respective hospitals. Of tho 97 sent to Vix Island, 62 were yellow fever. Of this number 13 died: 6 were mori- bund ‘at the time of admission. One of the tatal cases sickened on board the brig Maurice while lying in Upper uarantine. It will be seen by reference to fable A” that, with the exception of 1365, this is the largest number ot any year for the past 10 years, These cases arrived on 37 different vessels. Nine of the cases sent to Dix Island had cholera. Ot this number three were distinctly marked and the re- mainder nad choleraic diarrhea ou the vessels and were in the same hospitals where the cases of cholera were lying. There was one death from the disease, The above were taken from four different vessels, upon two of which cases had sickened and died during the passage. ‘The vessels were dewained only, suiliciently long to Ne thoroughly conversaut with all the circumstances of the outbreak and of the precautionary measures adopted to prevent the spread of the contagion. Sutistied, after rigid inquiry, thatthe medical officers of the vessels had tagen prompt and full measures to prevent others being attacked; that the cases in question had undoubtedly contracted the disease before coming on board of haat that the dejections had been promptly removed, the linen destroyed, and that a full period of incubation had passed without the appearance ot new cases, the vessels were allowed pratique. In the cases removed a rigid isolation and sequestration had been maintained on the vessels, in connection With all the precautions of gleanliee ‘so that in this case also detention was only for % hours, Indeed, to those conversant with its practical work- ings the value of quarantine in warding off disease cun- not be estimated from the number of cases in the quarat tine hospitals, but often by the absence of them. TI dread of detention with vessels bringtng sickness il duces the officers to take precautionary measures against its spread, and thus the moral effect of a rigid execution of quarantine 1aw preserves health and wards off dan- ger r than if the access of sickness filled the hospi als. That this is not a theory, but a practical fact, is ane out by the slight cholera experience ot the past Most of the remaining 26 cases sent to Dix Island had Southern malarial fever of an intense type. This dis- ease in many of its features so much resembles yellow fever as to be often mistaken for it. Expertence has us that allowing these cases to pass to the city has in- duced alarm, under the supposition that it was yellow fever, and, to protect ourselves against the possibility of mistake, thoy were sent to the quarantine hospital. This can now be done without injustice to any perso: for early in the season an arrangement was irfectes with the United States Treasury Department, by which patients sent to the quarantine hospital are paid tor, it they are entitled from the United ner current ex- States ‘hospital fund, to the Staie. Great com- plaints were formerly made by. those who had paid their hospi tax at they were entitled to entrance in hospital free, unless they were detained in quarantin, in which case they derived no benefit trom the money thoy had already paid. By the arrangement how inade they derive the same’ benedite from the hospital fund when sent to quarantine hospital as to ther, and th ¢ Treasury Department, in view of the nature of the diseases treated, pay & higher price per day than in ordinary hospitals. ‘While a satistactory arrangement for the State it is a relief to all vessels hav- ng quarantinable diseases on board. ‘may not be ineppropriate in this connection to de- tail a typical case of yellow fever, with the plan of treat- ment usually adopted :— Avausr 17—Anarew Jansen, second mate of the prig Acacia, aged 15 years, was received, being in the thir stage of the fever, No. history of his case could be ob- tained, except that he had been sick for some days, He was unable togive the name of the vesse1, being delir- tous. There was slight perspiration, urine suppressed, Bulse slow. some bemorrhage frou 'the gums aud offen. sive breath. Was treated yapor bath, spirits of tur- pentine snternally, alternated With small doses af dilute carbolic acid; iced champagne freely given, and acidu. lated drinks. ‘Avcusr 18—~Pulse regular (0); hemorrhage from mouth more copious; 4 small quantity of urine loaded with albamen: perspiration was diftidult to induc Avucust 19—Less delirium; no other change; hands and feet cold. This condition continued until the 27th, the only eae worthy of note being the aj pearance of ulcers on the legs and chest on the 24th. mi bad almost entirely ceased on the 23d, and at this time he is ‘svired more treely upon the application of the hot air ath and bottles of hot water. The extremities became warm on the 27th, and he was rational, so as to give an account of himself op the 78th, il days after admission. His convalescence was tardy, from the size of the ulcers on many parts of his body, Which were slow to heal. He seemed’ much benefited in the early treatment by the carbolic acid and turpentine, but the main reliance in ee most of the cases, was champagne and the hot air bath. As illustrating the versistency as well as intensity with which the infection clings to vessels the following in- stances are appengted + ‘The schooner J. M. arrived at Havana, May 6, with a cargo of ay, and was moored at the quay. On the 18th of the month Frank M, Kelly, seaman, was taken sick and died of yellow tever. ‘The schooner sailed for Matanzas June 2, arriving there on the 5th. The steward, who was taken sick on the 28th, died at sea June 4, as did also Charles Winters. The mate, Eaton, ‘was sent to hospital in Matanzas with the same disease and recovered. Captain Coflin was taken sick on the 18th of June und died on the dist. On the 19th S. Schur- Dersen was taken to boat | and died on the 22a. David Parkman died on the 2th. The schooner sailed for New York from Matanzas on the 26th, and on the Ist of July T. Bordel was taken sick and died on the 3J, three days b fore reaching here. Here, then, were eight cases and one recovery. One of the men who was the second cook, who was engaged the brig John Swan, a healthy veasel. He died three days after coming on board. At the time of arrivai the Riley was in command ot Eaton, the mate, who had been in hospital at Matanzas and re- covered. Atter arrival here the vessel was carefully venulated, disintected and pumped, and, although an in- fected vessel in the tullest sense of the word, was dis- charged, without apy new cases occurring, even among the unaccllmated stevedores who discharged the cargo. May 2.—Brig Nornen arrived trom Rio Janeiro with a Yellow tever was prevalent at Rio at ing there, ‘New York, cargo of coffee. the time, and cases occurred on board while |, She sailed from Rio on the 2d of Febrnary for and afterwaras returned to that port with Captam C. Abraham and the mate, N. Beggemann, both sick with yellow tever, trom which both died. She sailed a second time, on the Ith of February, with a new crew, and on the of March returned again to Rio. At this time the new captain, re cook and one sailor were sick with the fever and all'three died, A third time the 1 Lert Re tor New York on the 2th of March, and the sailor was taken sick and died on the 23d. of this case is interesting; first, trom the excessive mor- tality which almost always marks cases on board of an intected vessel. That it was infected 13 shown by the long period over which the cases extended, far beyond any possible incubation of the disease irom the shor and second, as showing the tallacy ot ald ye ‘thi cargo. even if ot non-infectious character, is te asevidence of the non-infection of the vesrel. case the infection, solar as could be determined from examination of the crew and the vessel, seemed to be in the deckhouse, tn which there was much rotten wood. ‘The coffee was in good condition, well dunnaged, and the vessel very dry. ‘veupr ah he bark H. T, Routh, from, New Orleans at im! iew York in eas, havi Scuow fever on beard. ‘they sailed on the lith of Aut the second mate was Ristasc yas’ ‘maniteaily’ contracted” on. the v 4 vessel was freighted with what was considered s non- Infectious cargo, but differed from the Nornen in being leaky, and thus damaging it. RXAMINATION FROM SUSPECTED PORTS AND LIGHTERAGE, During the quarantine season, 1,391 vessels afrived and were examined from ports suspected or known to be in- yellow fever, 90 were detained & day for observation. Of these, 112 were quired to discharge the whole or & part of cary ore being permit Koes to quarantine. These vessels were from Havana, Sagua 1a Grande, Matanzas, New Orleans and one from iio Janeiro. As inquiry comes to me very frequenti: information concerning the measures adopted an charge in quarantine, it bas seemed proper that «re * . etter the principal measures would tot be iappro- Vessels arriving from suspected or ports known to. be id ne War Senet hace Be Island, and used duri ng arantine boarding station for suc from ports o! has had no sic her hatches, c! below Dix ponmbie sense, Water comes uj} person: yr, the hold closed ai fected. When she is wholly discha: sere he Seome, and clean Watery and ‘tinaly® wi and * _ when all this hi heen dome, and she Ys aps thor ously ae ta given to the vessel. recautlonary moasares, no act he form most instances sh had at once Utile, apd ia, ‘om tknown to be infec! are adopted, and she roseeds tthe tach: lig by confinement. “Here tha romel are ired live on a hulk moot or towed to “3 vessel ieaired ‘the bt! 6 the | bilge in} yaflowea pratique and proceeds at r Quarantine anchor: to by te to Olt be oe bE any, Reston onboard i sea {no intercourse ts held with any person of quarantine. coopers and whoever has anything to do in the hi the ve Y they hare yay rare to the city, unten Aye ioe decals, ary Imeagures are, constany at ual perrecthy clear w and daily, eine ech spec t Js returned to commerce than i she Bresseded W the Wascs Wo GMschacge. Vesy many instances uo additional expense is incurred, when ry ‘at the a ey tere expenses incidental to discharge wu eae ie Seas seven years of comate ry large sum of ‘that after geart ‘expenditure’ ra Broper condition s neceass to defray its current expenses. A ood deal of embar1 was darin, the summer ‘the on the part of the abip cat: the hull of the. steamboat, and from the lack of pro) These the boat as completed is all the requirements of the de- partment demand, while the arrangements have been #0 planned as to meet all the exigencie or its representatives require in visiting the diferent institutions in the bay ‘eto. at to their vrovince, DIX ISLAND. By & unanimous vote of the Commissioners of Quaran- tine the island heretofore known as West Bank was directed to be called Dix Isiand, in recognition of the Executive of the State. as islands were pre-emi- nently State works, constructed at large expense, and they are the first objects almost which meet the eye of a stranger entering the harbor, it seemed but they should be called after gentlemen woo hav honored with the high trust of Executive officers of the State, Indeed, it wus but following the precedent ot last ear in naming the apper island Hoffnan Island, ihe mpertect construction of Dix Island is already entailing marked expense. The sand was loosely thrown into the cribs, so Unat the water has free access to it, and the con- sequence is the ground and structures are being con- stantly undermined. This season places 40 and 5v ivet in length have been so undermined and fallen in. The boilers were discovered, fortunately, settling, and when examined their whole foundation had been carried away, Nearly $1,000 nave been expended during the past summer in remedying these detects. HOFFMAN ISLAND. It ls gratitying to announce that the island structures and all the appliances pertaining are now complete. ‘The large buildings are afl heated by steam, lighted by kas, have exteusive bathing and washing appliances, cooking Apparatus, to accommodate a crowd suddenly thrown upon it. The precautions taken in sheathiug with ted plank and still inside erecting a beton wall to prevent the sand from being washed out, uave stood the test of the last summer Without in any place showing an inch of settling. A firm riprap has been completed about the whole structure. There are still problems about the permanence ot these islands which time alone can solve. During the two seasons I have heen here { have ‘noticed frequent changes of the channels and currents in their immediate proximity. In one place, on the south side of Hotman Island, the whole riprap sunk nearly two ject. On examination and sounding it was found a channel 12 feet deep had been cut at its base, while 25 feet turther the water suddenly shoaled to five or six feet, ould this action continue it would involve either a large addition to the riprap or serious damage to the cribs sustaining the island. HOSPITAL SHIP ILLINOIS. This ship has been moored in its usual position in the lower bay and used asa bording stauon for vessels trom suspected or intected ports At the same time it was heid in readiness as a hospital should cholera aud yellow tever be in the bay at the same time. THK NEW BOARDING STATION Will be ready for occupancy in the spring. Acrib dock, 200 teet long and 30 feet wide at the top, running paral- lel to the shore, with 1s feet at low water on the outside and over tou’ the inside, has been compleied. This is connecied with the stone bulkhead, 6 feet thick on the shore, by # pile bridge, forming @ secure harbor tor the bouts in the severest storms. The whole structure 13 regarded as one of the most substantia! in the harbor of New York. ‘The Illinois is now and has been tor some time moored at the doc! here she can remain, except for a short part ot the winter, thus already saving’ several hundred of dollars annually ‘paid tor dock hire at Brook- lyn. The houses are fast drawing to completion. While litde has beeu expended for show, it has been the desire to make every part durable, und I thivk that for o years very little will be required for repairs. Yhe arrangements tor providing the steamboats with tresh water and tor subduing fire are also about com- ete. A reservoir is constructed on the hill which holds PRO gallons giving ‘© head of nearly fifty teot to the boats, while by the attachment of a hose the pump can throw water over any portion of the dwelling houses. ‘The supply of water will be ample for all purposes. The boiler and pumps are all in position and work satis!ac- torily.. New fences are also erected about the whole en clogure. ‘The contractor for the grading has not progressed as Esolily a8 was to be hoped; the work is hoover halt done, though (Rave his oiten repeated promise it shall ull thine, Scarcely Gay has passed since the com- mencement of the work butt have spent some hours in personal supervision, and have endeavored to the best of my ability to carry, out the wishes of those who had entrusted me with this supervision, In- deed, in addition to my duties as a member of the Board of Health, which tor @ part of the season were almost dai ys my sanitary, duties on the bay, I have superin- tended daily since last spring either the construction of the steamboat at Bull’s forry, the works ut Hofman Island, employing at times 50 men, or those at the board- ing station. Tu conclusion, let me thank you as President, and the gentleman composing the Cominiasion for the ‘courtesy and Kind cooperation affordea in the discharge of the varied duties. “It needs no endorsement of mine to as- sure you that you have been the faithiul custodians of the interests committed to you. I wish also to bear testimony to my taithful and gen- tlemanly assistants, Drs, Mosher, Thompson and Macart- ney. Dr. Mosher, as executive officer, has tully sustained the conndence which the shipping interests bore to his integrity upon my entering upon the duties of the office. And finally, in every decision which seemed to contra- vene the privileges of the shipping interests, [have met 8 cordial acquiescence on their part and # disposition to aid by every just manner to protect the health and real interests of this great pty 8. OAKLEY VANDERPOKL, M., D., Health Officer. il 2 A.] ” Number of cases of yellow fever occurring in New Yorn. harbor ior lv years + THE HEALTH OF BROOKLYN. Defective Sub-Seil Draining—Excessive Mortality Last Ycear=—Death Lurking in Made Land—37,000 Houses Without Sewer Connections—Intcresting Sani- tary Report. A lengthy report touching the cause of the high rate of deaths in Brooklyn was made by Dr. Hutch- inson, Chairman of the Sanitary Commmittee of that city, yesterday. The great sanitary fault of Brooklyn arises from its location and its detective drainage. Its great need 1s a comprehensive system of sub-sol! drainage, The total number of deaths last year was 12,648, which exceeded that of any other Northern city. On the imperfect sewerage system in vogue the report says:— In our own Fitteenth ward we find a striking and feartul example, where the mouths of sewers empty thelr polluted streams upon low lands that are destined ere long to be built upon; while in the Sixteenth Ward there isu back tlow of ‘sewerage with every rain, flooding the cellars and fiiJing the houses with sewer gases, A glance at @ topographical map of the city records the tact thatthe surtace of its territory is very irregular. It has numerous low hills, interspersed with “wans” or low lands, and {s seamed on three points with sluggish natural water courses, the borgers of which are low and marshy. This conformati®u has many disadvantages as a site for a city; tor as its streets have extended they have crossed, intersected and dam- med up the natural water courses, and the water backs up and becomes ponded. In the low lands the already supersaturated soil is converted by the intersecting eets and avenues into a sort of checker board of stug- Dant pools, ae to receive a plentitul supply of water by rainiall “Tu order to make these undrained, sunken lots available tor building purposes they must be filied in; but it should be remembered that filling in with earth does not make such lots dry and heaitutul. No more damaging expedient could be desired, The water is not removed ; itis only covered up. The filling becomes saturated, the soil becowes soured and chilled by the moisture brought to the surtace by capillary attraction aud evaporation in the form of mist, and cellars are made wet with soil water. Aga consequence of this un- sanitary practice we have malarial fever, typhoid tever, tuberculo: nd other common and futal maiadies, or depressed condition of the system, which wakes on Hable to the development of any form of disease, occur- ring in houses built over these neglected water courses, The Committee on Hygiene of the kings County Medical Society estimates that 60 percent ot the deaths irom zymotic diseases in the county of Kings are due to the Want of proper drainage. Your commitice take pleasure in stating that the Consulting Engineer ot the Board, Colonel J. W, Adams, is now engaged in preparing a re- port on the nature and necessity o1 a sysiem of drainage for sanitary purposes in the city of Brooklyn, which they trust will awaken public interest on this important sub- ject. In Brooklyn the catastrophe to the general health augmented by the character of the material used for niling. Anything, that will sink in water or absorb it has a value for filing in lots, Street refuse, house gar- bage, the waste of factories and a variety of putrescibie substances are here depusited. Ostensibly to serve asa foundation for houses, but in reality to become fetid cesspools and fever nests for those whe should dwell therein. That this is an, important agent in producing the large death rate ot Brookiyn there can be no doubt. The danger trom this practice is owing to decomposi- sition of the organic matter so deposited giving rise to poisonous emanations, which permeate houses built on such grounds for years afterwards. Ro’ bouses in this city are built on just such foundations, the unfortunate ocoupants attesting by their bianches ttacks ot diphtheria, spotted fever, typhoid tever id other peg df diseases, the dire effects of the insidious poison generated by the rotting of the filthy organic matter tn which their cellars are dug and over which their living and sleeping rooms are situated. [t is no exaggeration to say that this unwise and culpable policy and practice has annually cost the city of Brook iyn hundreds of lives. The interest of public health demands that every street be thoroughiy cleaned at least three times each week, and the great thoroughfares every night. At present Brookiyn ranks with the most il cities in the civilized world. The contract system is at fault. Contracts tor street cleaning are often taken at a price which makes It impos- sible for the bidder to perform the work wituout pecuntary loss. Another permanent source of disease and death in the city of Brooklyn is the privy puisanc here are in tl city three ways in which buman excreta are dispo: ‘ot t—First, by water closets; second, by vaults connected with the sewer; third, by vaults not connected with the sewer, these unconnected vaults, og ong | simply ot an excavation in the ground, xaryis in apen trom three or four to 10 or more teet, walled on the sides, like a well, with loose stones, By the first two methods the ex- creta are conveyed immed! rely into the sewer by water, By the third meth solid contents are retained in these vaults, and a fonl ana decomposing 1 CU mutates, which is removed only as itis carried away by the scavengers In extensive districts of the city origi- pally jow and marshy, and in other sections where there is no surtace drainage, these vaults or wells receive to a varying dept e sur and soil water, depending on the supply of rain water, and 4s the rain ialisand soaks into the Vaults it dissolves ail the soluble and 1oxious parts of the excreta, and th only emits the stench of decomposition, but is alive with any disease germs conveyed to itin the evacuations o1 persons sick . Es nenreery. Sr puE baa ho D or F diseases of this type. estimated re are in'Brookiy houses.” Of these 40,00) are connected ‘with the yaulta, with pi houses have no sewer connection. Ghote, and’ Vary iafge number of ule houses with water creta, and @ 0) . Clonets in the hovse uiso have vault in the yard," shows the enormous extent of the privy nul city. These must opened and emptied @ year. ‘The sotl and ihe atmosphere will n ft a} pollution whfle this state ot thin In & report m: to the rd mn after its orgat tion June 3, 1873), the lors! expressed the opinior that privies pwnd closeta unconnected with sewers were amo Most serious of the unhealthtal niges of tie city of Brooklyn. Further observation and reriection ha ne vi ve confirmed jews thas expressed. SBe RECKON, Of agronne thin evil the following to the Sanitary Code and the accompanying resolution are roapostiaily submitted to the ‘Board for adoption .— a tesolved, That the Sauttary Superintendent report to all premises unconnected with sewer, In order that orders of the Board may be made for sewer con nection of privies, Cesspools, 4c., im every case where sewers are provided. REIGN NOTES. A Challenge. The Irish Rifle Association has sent a challenge to the rifemen Of America to engage in a friendly contest im the United States next autumn. Baker Pacha. The recent address of Sir Samuel Baker on “My Experience in Savage Warfare’ would have been mere timely before the government took its final steps in the Ashantee expedition. The Duc d’Aumale. ‘The stock of the Duc d’Aumale is rising, and on every hand there seems to be a desire to push his fortunes as being the leading statesman and soldier of France. The Duc de brogiie has offered to create the office of Inspector General for him, so that ne will hold a rank analogous to that of Moltke in the German army. Imperial Grief, The Emperor William is deeply affected by tne loss of his sister-in-law, the Queen Dowager Eliza- beth, for whom he had as much esteem as affection. He still keeps his room, and was unable to receive tue President of the Chamber of Deputies, wuo Was commissioned to express to his Majesty, in the name of the Assembly, how much it felt the joss the Royal tamily had just sustained, Dr. Kenealy. There seems to be a conviction abroad that Dr, Kenealy will be disbarred after the conclusion of the Tichborne case, the defence of which he has conducted with a pertinacity andimpudence never equalled in @ British court of justice. His frequent violent controversies with the Bench ana the angry demeanor of the Lord Chief Justice are not very creditable to any of the professional gentle- men concerned, A High Toned Hindoo Lady. One of those infallibies, a London correspondent, Writes:—A young Hindoo lady, trom Madras, who, although belonging to a high caste, has ventured not only to cross the ocean, but also to mix freely in London society and to conform generally to the social customs of the country. This young and attractive lady, accompanied by her husband, has visited the chief objects of mterest in the metro- polis, and in several of our provincial cities. Sie is the first Hindoo lady who has broken through the barriers of prejudice aud caste in order to visit England, aud tuis fact has excited no littie admiration among those who knew how great must have been the strength of will which alone could have enabled ber to periorm her unprece- dented achievement, Charles Dickens the Second. The London Globe is not at all satisfied with the genius who kindly agreed to Anish “Edwin Drood.” It says:— It has long been known that an American com- positor was engaged in completing “Tne Mystery of Edwin Drood,” under tue direct dictation of the spirit of Charles Dickens. After the labor of many moaths, during which the amanuensis wrote in a State of trance for an hour or two a day, the work has been at last finished, published at a place called Brattieboro aud noticed at some length’ in the New York Times. The reviewer is chiefly struck by the contrast between the power of the corporeal Charles Dickens and the miserabie i capacity of the spiritual Charles Dicken: He thinks it quite clear that men’s minds a by no means improved by being freed from the body, and tvat thus the bad spelling and general ignorance of the citizens of spirit land are tully ac- counted for, In one oi the choice extracts quoted from the volume while in manuscript mention was made of a tradesman who used to open his “store"’ in Chancery lane at five o’clock in the morning, so ‘we must conclude that departed Englishmen use the American language, and that the man who of all others knew London best has carrted with nim @ very confused recollection of its ways and hours, ‘There is probably no country but the United States in which such a fight of impadence would have found a publisher; but it is iair to the publisher to add that the pretensions of the medium have been supported and encouraged by hundreds of edu- cated people, who are, no doubt, pleased to find in death a levelier bringing down genius to an equality with their own wisdom. French Recreation During the London Fog. The impecunious Gauls of Soho have been tn- dulging in manifesto making, while they ought to be earning their bread. We have before us a long manifesto of a “group of revolutionists of the 18th of March, 1871,” appealing to the French people on the subject of the prolongation of the powers of Marshal MacMahon. The manifesto, addressed to the “Freres et amis,” recalls in violent and blood- thirsty terms the events o! the last two years, and in its savage language emulates the worst pass- ages of the Pére Duchesne of the Commune. Nothing can exceed the ferocity of the passionate jargon which is levelled at the head of the govern- ment in France. The Marshal is called the faux bless’ de Sedan, the “smoker of Arabs,” the “shooter of women,” while the Prime Minister is treated as a “thief who guides him with leading strings, who owes to the country of his ancestors his double enius of Harlequin ‘and Borgia—half clown, half jesuit—who ought to cal! himself Jocrisse de Lo- yola, and who signs Albert de Broglie.” If abuse alone formed the staple of the manitesto, it would not much signify, but a summons to insurrection is issued to a country which ought surely to rest for @ space, and the perturbed spirits, who are only too ready to display a dangerous activity after such trials as France has recently passed through, are egged on to crime of the most abom- inapie type. They are told that there now remain to them “the dagger of Brutus, the pistol of Bere- zowski aud the bombshells of Orsini”? “Freres et Amis,” the proclamation concludes, “the hour ts come to remember that the lives of tyrants and traitors belong to whomsoever chooses to take them.’ Such are the sentiments and intentions of the dangerous men who throng the neighborhood of Leicester square. a TERETE THE BALL SEASON. NOC FRANCAIS DE L'HARMONIE. ANNUAL MASKED AND FANCY DRESS BALL. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15. A Proscenium Box tor the above Ball tor sale, Apply in office, 12 East Thirteenth street AT E BALLS—EVERY 8. TURDAY AFTE, NOON at 4, evening at 8, at BEETHOVEN HALL, 20 and Fitth street. Hat checks 50e. Mika! SECOND ANNUAL GRAND BALL 4 maid NEW YORK INFANT ASYLUM ACADEM TUESDAY 3. 3 and at the following convenient pl: x. Garrison, 40 Park avenue. Mrs, F. H. Tows, Gilsey House. Mrs. James M. Black, 91 Fitth avenue. Miss Alice Sandford,’ 462 West Twenty second street. Mrs, Joseph Wooster, 115 Rast shirtieth street Mrs. B. H. Yan Auken, 421 Fifth avenue. Mrs, Amos Tenney. 213 West Fitty-ninth street. Mr. 1. M. Rates, 41 Broadway. Mr. Jos. Case, OL Wail street, nee of Mrs. Jobn McGinms, Jr., 37 West Forty-second reet. HE “WALLACE HOPS" (SIXTH), SATURDAY evening. January 10, 1374, Ferrero’s Assembly Rooins (Tammany Building). Kast fourieenth street, commenc- Ing at and closing at 2 P.M. “Come one, come all.” GEORGE H. WALLACE & SON, is dangerous solution not | 99” INFA TRY, N. G8. RECEPTION, ACADEMY OF MUSIC MONDAY sven JANUARY 12, 1874. OXES may be obtained ot CAPTAIN T. TATE, Jr., 854 Broadway. SERGEANT T. L. MILLER, 1,125 Broadway. H. E. JONES, 162 Broadway. __._ DANCING ACADEMIES. _ A J. SAUSE'S DANCING ACADEMIES,—CLASSES + at Masonic Hall, 114 and 116 East Thirteenth street, and Brevoort Hall, 154 and 166 Kast Fitty-fourth street. PRIVATS LESSONS at any hour, ey or evening. CIRCULARS at Private Acadew: 2 Kast Eleventh street, "AT TRENOR'S ACADEMY OF DANCING, LYRIC Hall, Sixth avenue (Reservoir, Park).—A Reception Dausante this (Friday) eveniny DODWORTH’S PRIVATE CLASSES FOR DAN A. ing, No. 22 Firth avenue, corner Twenty sixth street, are Now open tor the season. Send tor a circular, & acs - tan ewe AT TREXORS ACADEMY OF DANCING Lyric Hall, Sixth avenue (Reservoir Park), pupils can attend at their convenience and receive indi- vidual instreetion in wal ac. See circulars. Reception Dansante day) Evening, at 8. ROOKES’ DANCING ACADEMY, 361 BROOME ST. dances in one course of lessons, ai Fridays, 335 UM Mi. ‘nesdays and Frid: OHILDREN—Wednesdaya, 344; » + ane SOIREE DANSANTE, IRVING BALL, EVERY SATURDAY EVENING, from 8 to 12. BILLIARDS. A GOOD CHANCE FOR BARGAINS IN BILLIARD Gouna ete at 40 ankk street. Shad OE eos trom edb idhaen We URIFFITE & CO. Al “STANDARD AMERICAN BEVEL TABLES AND + the Phe & Collender_Vombination Cushions, for sale only by patentee, H. “ean KNDER, suc: comor to Phelan & Collendor, 738 Bro A A LARGB ASSORTMENT OF NEW AND SR nD » hand Billiard Tables constantly on hand at GEORGE I. PUBUAN'S. No, 7 Barclay gggh Now York SAL! AT AUCTION. J. BLEECKER, 80N_ € WHITE, AUCTIONEERS. THURSDAY, January elegant brown stone Louse at auction, at i2 M., at gonange Salesroom, 111 Brosdwa; East Twenty-uinth street, four story brown stone Hoase, Noo a7, north side, between Fourth and Madison avenues: eSatains the modern Lmprovements and is in tine order: erms liberal RCH, JOHNSTON, AUCTION Office and salesroom 37 Nassau sireet, opposite Post Office: Horse Auction Branch, 19 to 2d Tlurwenth street, near University place. Large sale of Household Furniture, Pier, Mantel and Toilet Mirrors. ARCH. JOBNSTON will sell on Saturday, January 10, 104) o'clock, at his salesroom, 37 Nassau street, a fine wortment of Household Furniture. For the benefit of whom it may concern, about 150 handsome Mirrors, pler, mantel and dressing, in every description and style. ys 40. ‘Two superb Bedroom Suits. UCTION SALE every day, at 244 o'clock, to close business, of the targe and extensive manufacturing jewelry Extablishinent 611 Broadway, corner Houston street, New York, JOHN H. FRENOD, Aucti ALBERT B, WALDRON, AUCTIONEER By DW. IVES, Salesrooms 105 Liberty and lil Cedar street, THIS DAY, at II o'clock, Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Yankee’ Notions, Wines, Liquors and Cigars: Groceries, Jewelry, Crockery, Glass, Baking Vowders, Milk, Perfumery, 260 Books, Baskets, Plate, Cutlery, Chromos, Engravings, Toys, &c. OLEARANCE SALE—AT 75 WEST BROADWAY, on Saturday next, at ll, of a superior lot of Furnt ture, Bedding, large quantity Pillows, Liguer Store Fit~ LLOYD, Auctione DOWELL, AUCTIONZER.—ELEGANT HOUSE- Furniture, this day (Friday), at 104 o'clock. 262 Fourteenth street, uear . gan unasually large assortment uber and diran g Furniture ;inciading tine notorte, Mirrors, Paintings, Carpets, Beds Extraordinary chance for house- cl via rose Wood and Bedding, &. keepers. E ucTiON, AUCTION. AUCTION, THIS (Friday) MORNING, January % AL 10% o'clock. worth and 450 lots d Furniture, 0) yard amily, at their révidenc , near Fourth avenue. Parlors—Mag- jowtit grand square 7% octave Pianoforte: five eleqant latest style Parlor Suits, in satin brocade and reps; rose- wood and walnut Bedsteads, Bureaus, Washstands, Com- 0 i modes, Wardrobes, Mavtresses, Bedding, Sofas, Chairs, Lounges, Etageres, Tables, Mirrors, Curtains, Vaintings, uses. Bronzes, Clocks, Sideboard, Extension Tat) Glass, China, Silver Ware, Cutlery, &c. Goods packed aud delivered (or purchasers, Clty, oF 604 ni uctioneer. | HAZELL, AUCTIONEER, UVOTION NOTICE. VHIs DAY ( y), January 9 at 1's o’cloe! at our sulesroou, 118 Chambers strect, heavy and shelt Hardware, table and pocket Cutlery, &c., in lows to suit city and couniry trade. Also Froach ‘Tinned Ware; a full assortiuent. Rope, &c.—1,175 Ibs. new Rope; i tm bales Corks and Sponges. 50, Shovels and Spades, Spok Skates, Guns, do. Catalogues on morning of sale. R. 1. HAZELL & CO., Auctioneers. Handles, RARE CHANCE AT AUCTION—THIS DAY, AT private residence, 21 East 20th at., near Broad wa: commencing at 1034 o'clock, over 250 lots elegant Hou: hold Furniture— viz, rosewood Pianoforte, cost $9: elezant Parlor Suits, Mirrors, Brussels Carpets, Oil Paint- ings, Lace Curtains, Etageres, Bookcases, Bedsteads, Bu- reaus, Wardrobes, spring and hair Mattresses, Lounges, Bedding; also dining room, basement and kitchen Furai- ture. HENRY ZINN, Auctioneer, UGUSTE MARTINES, AUCTIONEER, Magnificent Household Furniture, Pianoforte, Bronzes, Paintings, Parlor Public auction on THIS DAY (Frida 36 West 15th st.. between Sth and 6th avs, 1014 A.M. Magnificent rosewood Pianoforte, ceiebrated maker; Parlor Suits, Grand Duchess, Marie Antoinette styles, covered silk brocade; velvet, ‘Brussols Carpets, Mirrots, Clocks. Ornaments: rosewood. walnut cham- r Furniture, Mattresses, Extension Table, Chinaware, Glassware, Silverware, Cutlery, &c,; also Furniture servants’ apartments. ‘Sale peremptory. Per order M. Chapman, Esq. parton, SALE THIS ( commencin) CK at private residence 120 West street, comprising Chickering & Son Pianoforte ; Carpets, Mirrors, Curtains, 8 Parlor Suits, latest styles, brocatel and rep; Bronaes, Centre Tables, Bookcases, Chamber Suits, Bedsteads, Bureaus, spring Beds, hair Mattresses, Buffet, Extension Tables, Chairs: also basement and kitchen Furniture; oe 300 Lota by catalogue. LUKE FITZGERALD, Auc- tioneer, Pte iaal SALE—AUCTION SALE. THIS DAY (Friday), commencing at 101¢ o'clock, the entire handsome Household Furniture, private resi nits, mencing ence, 210 West Twenty-first street, near Seventh avenue, consisting two elegant 7% octave rosewood Pianofortes, three Parlor Suits, satin, plush and cotelaine coverings: Basy Chairs, Cabinets, Centre Tables, French plate Mir- rors, Curtains, fine Paintings, Paris bronze Figures, Clocks, three ‘Bookcases, Books, Library Tables, rose: wood and walnut Bedsteads, Dressing Cases, Bureaus, Wardrobes, Washstands, Lounges, 29 hair and spring Mattresses, rep and haircloth Suita, Extension Table, Sideboard, Dining Chairs, Silverware, Crockery, hall variety of useful “House- and kitcnen Furniture, and hold Articles. B.—Sale positive. Eighth avenue cars * ROBERT ©. CASHIN, Auctioneer. Bai; W. DAUCHY, AUCTIONEER.—DAUCHY & JOHNSON sell this day, at 2 o'clock, at 45t Canal street, a large assortment of Household Furniture, con- sisting of Parlor aud Bedroom Sus, black walnut and other Bedsteads, Mattresses, feather Keds, Blankets, Pillows, Wardrobes, Bureaus, Washstands, Chairs, tension Tabies, Rockers, Sideboards, Bookcases, Piano- forte, one elegant Dinner Set, Silver Plated and Glass Wal s Fixtures, Clocks. Vases, Faney Goods, Parior and ing Stoves, Counters, Otce Furniture, Tin and iron Ware, &c.; also one Feather Dressing Machine for renovating feathers; also Carpets and Oilcloths. Y JOHN A. DU AUCTIONRER--OFFICE AND salesroom 396 Third avenue—Will seil this day, at 10 o'clock sharp, at No. 175 Allen street, one black walnut punter and Back Bar, black wainut 4 Stove and ¢, Mirror, lee Boxes, Arm Chairs, dc. Sale positive, without reserve. ‘ake Seventh or TES & HERTS, AveTION EER. SPECIAL PEREMPTORY SALE OF RIBBONS, TRIMMING: 3, FA’ CY GOODS, BUTTONs, ELEGANT STORE FIXTURES, COUNTERS, SHELY- ING, STOOLS, GAS FIXTURES, GLASS CASES, [RON SAFES, &c., mae 3 ON FRIDAY, JAN, 9 AT 10 O'CLOCK, AT No. 737 BROADWAY, opposite Astor place. By order of Mr. Rudolph Liebmana, on account of retiring from business. The goods will be sold in lots to suit the trade, Cata- logues ready carly 00 morning ot sale. KR, AU io, a k, at 15h: Bower for account of a ioviner pure! large quantity of ‘etl Merchan tise, and c. P, TRAVER, AUCTIONEER, TRAVER & WRIGHT will sell this day, at 10g s street, to pay» * and ad: » Carpets, two At U o'clock Marshal's sale of large lot of ready made Clothing, ladies’ and gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, ladies’ Cloaks, Vioths, Gloves, Hosiery, Underclothing, &c. Also, at [2 o'clock, Marshal’s saie of ladies’, gentlemen's and children’s rub- ber Boots and Shoes, Buckled Arctics, & Ss: ‘ARSHAL'S SALE.—JOHN A. DUNN, AUCTION. eer.—By virtue of an execution I will seil at public January 10, atl o’elock A. M, he Contents of a lager bier saloon, “BERT WEAVER, City Marshal SALE.—J. P. TRAVER, AUCTIONKER.— & WRIGHT will sell this day, by virtue Horses, fit for any business; one Express Wagon, one coal box Road Wagon, two sets Harness, &c. L. ANSBACHER, Attorney for morigage Moats. AGE SALE. RSDORFER, AUC tioneer, sells, 3 o'clock, 329 Kast Fourteenth stre a first class Fiano, all improvements: removed for con> venience of sale. COUNELIUS FARLEY, Attorney for Mortgagee. TOTICE.—AUCTION SALB.—BY VIRTUE OF A chattel mortgage I will expose for sale at public due on Friday, the 9h day of January, 1874, at IL o'clock noon, at No. 214 Ninth avenue, New York city, the Furniture and Fixtures of a first class Liquor Store, consisting of @ large new four handle silver mounted Beer Pump and Ginss, handsome black wainut Bar bronze Chandeliers aud Giobes, Shelving, \d everything necessary for the ouedt of a first J. FE) BATE RSON ; Auctionee: JAMES GILL & CO Mortg: 96 Pearl street, Ne E.JAMES AGAR, AUC. , at 50 New Bowery, 500 iots Men's ‘and Women’s Ciothing, Blankets, Quilts, Sheets, Remnants, Boots, Shoes, &c. By order 8. Good: stein, Brooklyn. ICHARD WALTERS, AUCTIONEBR. y First class Bakery, Horses, Wagons, &c. Mortgage sale.—Will sell, this day (Friday), o'clock, at the corner of ‘Twenty-seventh Fourth avenue, the Stock and Fixtures ot first class Bakery, viz. :—Marble top Counters, Glass Case: ing, Soda Water Fountain; 3 Horses, 3 Wagons, Harness, Sivigh, dc. Sale positive. JOHN Ff. 'EWART, Attorney for Mortgagee. G, HERMAN, AUCTIONEER, » Marshal's sale of Groceries, Liquors, saloon and office Furniture this day (Friday), January 9% at this o'clock, No. 18 Bowery, 8 general assortment ot Liquors and Rhine Wines, in casks and cases; Teas, Coffee, Spices, Pickles, Twines; also Chairs, Tables. Desks, Press, tee Box, Ac, . REINEMAN, Marshal. G, HERMAN, AvOTIONEE SS. Mortgage ‘sale, this day, No. 3 Wooster street, the en sils of a French con! Sugar, Candies, &c.; also al Moulds, Utensils, &c., for the wholesale candies, &e. 8: lous Desks, te. Marshal a TRAVER of a chattel mortgaze, at 10 o'clock, two black, AWNBROKER’S SALI tioneer, will sell this di sal ive; dealers invited. TN ROR Attorney for Mortgages, 3 HERMAN, AUCTIONEER. Wines, Liquors and Cigars, This day, Friday, Janu. ary 9, at 104 Pelee! $5 Lede og Sana te « neral riment jrandies, Gin, un Seoveh and Trish Whisk va, Portand Sherry Wines acy in casks, barrels and cases, being the entire stock ot @ dealer. "Sale positive, Al Sherif's sale. Saturday, Jani W. at 1 160 Bast Fifty-sixth street, the Stock aad first class saioon. By order 7 B, Garpiqas. Deugy Sherif. o'clock, No. ixtures ot & Thirtieth streets: rent irom $1,000 to $1,500, IL SALES AT AUCTION. nxpprapeelimnaiaetenrsarsaperdea garnet opabnatiandats S HEEMAN, A00rI0N a ia i o'clock, at No, 13 Bowery, 8 lot Cars. en By order of te”? Winsitake ©: GONME, Shortt _* Aawonn, Deputy Sheriff. I BBOTT, AUCTIONEE! Wee 00 Rew Bowe Administratrix’s sale. I wil sell, at 10 oleloek, the gt the liquor ghtavanue’ and corner Thirty eighth atrects alsa, Horse, Wagon and Harness; Gravel ani rial. By order of Mary Rooney, Adwinistrauix. pd ys a one ate THE LECTURE SEASON. _ © UNION.—PREE LECTU: people, tn the great hall, at 8 January 10. The le OWA D 9 he lecture will be delivered by Professor of join College, Mat “articulates” Deitig die third Of @ series of fo0F Oa Nate ural History office of the it be had gratis at the at the bookstore of A. Bi aad D, Van Nosiraud, No. BRA Cooper tano. Union sqnare,, ——— a BWIRE\Gatiers REE LECTURE. OR! ‘BOS, Will lecture before St Maite Aciemey nd cockat in the lecture roout in the 1 ’ chure Friday evening, at So'clock. Subject Shanice ne Murri MS. ‘A Poetical, Comical, All Comical, Allegorical and Philosophical Lecture ou Uh “House that Jack Butlt,” with the disclosure of a great secret of “Solomon's Temple wil. be delivered by A. J. ReQUIERER, Keq., Friday evening, January % ate o'clock, at the Church ef the New Jerusalem, Thirty-Atth street. between Hark and Lexing:on ay. Tickets, 75c. Can be had at 20 Cooper Union and at door on the evening of the lecture, em, the _ HOUSES, ROOMS, &C., WANTED. {nu this City and Brooklyn. NICELY FURNISHED FRONT ROOM W. For single gentlemen; location bet nd Wiftieth ‘streets. ibird’ and sixth ave : price: ao other noticed, Address 0. W., box 150 He office. A GENTLEMAN AND WIFE DESIRE A SE sire front Room and Bedroom, in a strictly pri- vate family; location above Twenty-ninth street, case side, Address, giving full particulars, J. M., box 21h Post off yi possession immediately, by # family of three per- sons: @ medium sized house, in nice repair, betweem Kighth and Twenty-fourth streets, not east of Second avenue nor west of sixth; wil! rent until May L, 1575, and will pay one year's rent in advance tor’ a desirable house. “Address, stating fuil parucalars, box 95 sta tion ©. ED OR UNFURNISHED, OOM WANTED—FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED, for an elderly widow lady; terms moderate; Wil- hamsburg preferred. address box 200 New Youk Post ollice f V JANTED—UNFURMISHED, A PLEASAN'LY SITU. ated Flat of five to seven roonts, or Floor in private house, for gentleman and wife; floor with garpets pre ferred. Address, stating location and terms, box S013 Post offive, PANTED—BY A PRIVATE FAMILY, AN UNBUR- nished House, contaiving all improvements, be— tween Lexington and sixih avenues, Fourteenth and Address B. B., box 4,588 Post office. 7 ANTED—AN UNTURNISHED FRENCH FDA’ pertect order and in good locality; references and required as regards present tenants ip the bull vem ng. Address, stating rent expected, 4c., A. 1.» box 1 Post office. ANTED IMMEDIATELY-iN OR NEAR BROAD- 2 uare and ‘Thirty-fourtt ce small Rooms, ‘on frat ror fear preferred, with permission to put sien; moderate rent, Apply dt 5L West Sixteenth st., basement. W ANTED-SMALL HOUSE, OF SEVEN OR BIGHT roms, with modern conveniences, furnished or uniurnished; rent must be moderate; within an hour's ride of Cooper Union. Address M. K., box 4183 New York ‘ost office WANTEDITHE | FIR iT FLOOR AND CELLAR OF Store in vicinity of Washington Market. Addreas. MERCHANT, box 163 Herald Uptown Branch office, 1,265 Broaaway. D EYES AND EARS. RTIFICLAL HUMAN EYES MADE TO ORDER AND. inserted without pain, by BAUCH & GOUGLEMANN, 36 Bleecker street, New York city; established 2 years, ‘We supply the leading oculists and hospitals of tho city. A LADY HAVING FURNITURE (NEARLY NEW} tor large house, including Carpets, Beddings, 4c... would rent it to responsible party, or sell it on easy tern Particulars 421 Sixth avenue, denial offies -WEEKLY AND MONTHLY PAYMENTS FOR «Furniture, Carpets and Bedding, at B. M. COW. PERTHWAIT & CO.'S, 155 and 167 Chatham street Am immense stock and low prices. LARGE ASSORTMENT Of CARPETS, FURNITURE ‘and Bedding at lowest cash prices, by weekly instal- at Oo FARRELL'S warehouse, 4i0 Eighth avenus, on Thirtieth and Thirty-tirst strects. RARE CHANCE FOR CASH AT PRIVATE residence 21 East 20th st. near Broadway.— lor Suits, $75; rep, $35; Bedroom, $2 and 30a our Jess than half cost. Call Friday, Saturday oc junday. RARE CHANCE FOR HOUSEREEPERS—MAQY nifcent Parlor Sui nd Duchess style, cov= Seed IK brocade, cost. $900, for $20); do. $100, do. $0; Pi anotor! ast $1 for $250; Etagere, Bookcai Bronzes, Paintings, Carpets; chamber, dining Furniture, hati cor for $200; do., $125; 74 < octave rosewood Pianoforte, 520; reps and plush Suits, $35, library and dining Furniture; haircloth Suit, $30; Carpets 0c. per yard: tine Bedding. Paintin es, Silverware, &¢. (family leaving id examine; no trouble to show city) dence 21) West Zist st. good GRHAT SACRIFICE FOR ANY REASONABLE offer—Magniticen! latest style satin brocade Parlor A , coat $800. tor $200; one do., $150; brocatel and rep uits, $65, $5) and $35; Paintiigs, Mirrors, 7% octave grand square rosewood Pianoiorte, chamber, Kibrary, dining Furniture, Carpets; bargains for ashe leaving city. Residence 10t Kast Twenty-tti t, one door east of Fourth avenue. i LOWEST Qanrers AND FURNITURE AT TE cash prices; weekly or monthly payments take cast prices; weekly ur monthly payme i, 396 Third a) 23uh streets, PURNITURE.—WANTED TO PUR A LOT OP new Furniture, suitable for ceplig; will pay in desirable Lotg adioining Brooklyn city line.’ Address JACKSON, dox 202 Herald office. LOAN OFFICES 80 NASSAU STREET, BETWE ZTON AND John streets NEWMAN LEOPOLD continues the buying, selling of advancing on Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Pianos, Merchandise, Lite Policies tor any amount T WOLF BRUS.', 895 BROADWAY.—PARTIES DE- siring to get Loans on Diamonds. Watches, Jewelry, Silverware and Silks will be more liberally dealt with than at any other house, T JACKSON'S, 806 BROADWAY, OP’ enth street—Mon liberally monds, Wate Jewelry, Silks, Dry Goods and Personat Froperty of every description. ' Private euteance tor la- dies. T 631 BROADWA’ TR Diamonds, Wat te | iry, Silverware, Pianos, camel's hair Shawls, Sul te office for. fadies', business confidential. y. 8. PFURUSKL, T HYMAN'’S, 710 BROADWAY—LIBERAL | AD- vances made on Diamonds and Watches, Stlver- ware, &c., or will pay the highest market price ior the same. AMERICAN | OFFIOE.—875.000 | ON | DIAMONDS, Watches, Jewelry, Silver, camel's hair shawls, Laces, Valuables, &c. ; utmost value loaned; or will buy. Estahished 1804. J. H. BARRINGER, 755 Broadway. DVANCES MADE ON DIAMONDS, WATCHES, Jewoiry, five Laces, India Shawls, &.. at the Jewelry store aad auction rooms oi JOSEPH SOLOMON 4 CO.,134 Fulton sweet; private offices. Aucuon sales every Wednesday. Se Habia Espanol, T S] THIRTEENTH STREET, NEAR BROADWAY Money foaned on Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, or the same bought. ISAACS, 57 Thirteenth street. N. b.— No busine: red on saturda: ‘ONEY LOANE! elry and Silverware, and the same bought C. ALLEN, Sit Broadway, near Fourteenth street. 4.033 SIXTH AVENUE, BETWEEN TWENTY FOURTH and Twonty-firth streets —Liberal advances made on Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Siiks, Laces ind shawls, Same bought at full val SSN AMD. Jaw. GEO. __ MARBLE MANTELS. AN AROHTMENT OF MANTELS, UNSURE ASSED 1. for Beauty of design ant quality of workmanship, ate WOK OF al MW ENHH ES SLATE COMPANY, Fourth avenue and sevenwenth street. Union square. ARBLE AND |ARBLEIZED MANTELS AND Tulg. Wainscoting, Counters, Furniture Slabs, &c. Slabs tor plumbers a specialty. Improved mand t= ting machine in operation at >. KLABER & CO.'S steam Marble Works, Nos, 217 to 223 West Fitty-tirst street, be- tween Broadway and Kigbth avenue. TEWARTS SLATE MANTELS, MARBLE AND wet econ Nesy tad $2 West remy-tint tect: ee prices, 22) aie a i tween Aiventa and Eighth avenues. = o ICAL. MMK, VAN BUSKIRK, PHYSICIAN, 14 EAST + twenty-eighth street, between ihird and Lexing- ion ‘avenue AWE, MAW Etabe PHYSICIAN, RESIDENGB + U4 Kast Tenth street, near Third avenue. AO AND. Oe: GRINDLE, PHYSICIANS (5 «years practice). 12) West Twenty-sixth strect. , =MME, RESTELL, PHYSICIAN SINCE 190— A. = joy first door from oth a res FRANKLIN, LATE 1 Consultation free. Private office. 16 a A M. MAURICKAU, M. D,—OFFICE 129 LIBERTY + street, near Greenwich street. a beh ‘VO! ‘T DR. OR MME, WEST. COMPLAINTS, C Ra vice tree. 8 Bioccker stre Broadway: R. KING CAN BE CONSULTED CONFIDENTIALLY, D person or by letter. 6 Amity at, near Broadway. ©. CONNER, Sherid., Ds MORRIBON, “sis PEARL STRRET, ON DOOM