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In reply to our remark that "if lager bier or tobacco were half so pernicious in their effects as Dr.

Dixon would have his readers believe, the American race would become extinct within a few years," the

the presence of these establishments has a very beneficial effect on the trade and prosperity of the city

have some men in our public bodies who would drive every vestige of commercial prosperity out of the city

as to the comparative philo-progenitiveness—to use a Phrenologic term—of the native and emigrant population

The total population of the State is given as 1,132,369, of whom about one-sixth are foreign born.

The total number of marriages which took place during that year are stated at 12,829, of which 6,918 were

The native five-sixths of the population have only 15,947 children during the year, while the foreign-born

It should be remembered that it is only in the vicinity of large cities that such fertilizers can be

Those who compalain so seriously of this alleged nuisance, doubtless were aware of its existence before

The two last vessels he was employed on were the barque Abrahams and the brig Sears, of New York.

.— In 1857, no less than 149 deaths from congestion of the lungs were reported in this city.

The year before there were 105, and in no former year more than half as many as last year.

Plainly, then, either pulmonary disease has gained ground in the city, or the Health Officer this year

Gross worked were the ship Benares , the schooner Passport , and the brig Abrams .

of these vessels brought contagious diseases into port, nor did they come from sickly places, nor were

Were it not for others, would that my horn had been sounded—so easy, so delightful I may say, was the

Although the stalls were partially cleaned, they were filthy enough; and the cows were also.

There they were, slaves for life—worse than that, prisoners for life.

At the fire last Tuesday morning, when the cows were hurried out, before daylight, they filled the whole

The animals were frightened—they ran to and fro, jumped over people's fences, &c.

If one or two cases like the following were only pursued with inflexible determination, by the Board

excellent, and the athletic and agile performances of about sixty adults, and thirty lads, who took part, were

According to an official rgport report there were, in 1828, in the empire, 828 centenarians, of whom

40 had exceeded 120 years; fifteen, 130; nine, 136; and three, 138 years.

Henry Anders, of this city. It is a reply to an article from the pen of Dr.

The report of Alderman Scholes, in relation to cow-stables and swill-milk depots in the city, a brief

authority goes on to say that cholera infantum itself, which is such a terrible scourge in our large cities

It is an absolute fact that in the large cities of Europe where other causes of disease with the exception

It remains to be seen whether or not our city is to suffer any longer the presence of these abominations

Hope Chapel in March last, and with which the reports in the newspapers at the time, abridged as they were

He is quite as severe on the American for his tobacco chewing and spirit drinking.

Eckford Club, at the Manor House, between the "Eckfords" and the Atlantic Club, in which the latter were

There were a large number of spectators on the ground and great interest was manifested.

Manly Exercises Manly Exercises On looking over a list of the Base-Ball Clubs, a few days since, we were

The winter season admits of little out-door exercises in cities, but substitutes are provided in the

The great majority of our readers are probably unaware that we have in this city a gymnasium, completely

York, and that it well deserves the support and assistance of the inhabitants of this part of the city

Health of the City The Health of the City. The annual report of Dr.

their minor duties, and ought now to devote more time to the sanitary and social conditions of the city

prove abortive unless and effectual check is place upon the systematic habits of a portion of our population

putrifying animal and vegetable matter mingle with the atmosphere, to the injury of all sections of the city

s report, we were about to repeat the eulogy which we had already bestowed on it, as a careful and valuable

The poor cows were driven out of the stables, up South 2d street yesterday morning, and the drivers were

milk is concerned, I think it can be demonstrated beyond a doubt that, by taking any district in the city

hard to find), that there is less mortality among the children than in any similar district in the city

For some years a notion had grown into a belief that certain manufactories were prejudicial to health

months, confining themselves to factories in which sulphuric acid, soda, copperas, and chloride of lime were

animals, the commission find the proportion of deaths per cent. to be lower now in the surrounding population

than before the factories were established: from 1 in 58 it has fallen to 1 in 66.

wherefrom we scizzorise the following: Many consumptives are quacked to the verge of the grave in our cities

The odds were decidedly in favor of the Excelsiors in the opinion of most the spectators, and they felt

Their friends were out in full force and the crowd of spectators was probably larger that was ever seen

The pitcher, too, is hard to beat, as some of the strong batters of the Excelsiors were compelled to

Kalbfleisch all lightermen were prohibited from entering the city except to discharge their cargoes.

establishment, foot of Division avenue, and the varnish manufactory in the 8th ward as nuisances, were

At least we have noticed that most total-abstinents were great imbibers of strong Java and the Chinese

BLACKWOOD for June has been received from the American publishers, Leonard Scott &Co.

We were invited to accompany a party who set out on Tuesday to view the facilities of our Island for

But very few strawberries were sent to market from Long Island, and they had that day seen as handsome

increase in the whortleberry business, and the commencement of cultivating cranberries last year, were

Several of the farmers present stated that there was a general complaint that there were no accommodations

"To the pure all things are pure," and I will venture the assertion that there were very few at that

Morrissey is an Irish American, in the full flush of early manhood, stout as a bull, with muscles of

He is then rubbed down by his trainers, as if he were a horse, after which he tumbles into bed and takes

behold death and destruction, contagion and cholera, and a thousand other evils, threatened to the city

from the existence of a sunken lot away at Bushwick or somewhere else beyond the line of population;

but a great, reeking, stinking canal, extending right up into the centre center of the city, escapes

receptacle of all the sewage, distillery swill, and other abominations, of the central part of the city

It was the move of a zealous partisan, and not of a sensible man, Mayor of a city of two hundred thousand

Nevertheless, in so vital a matter as the sanitary condition of the city, I do not think proper to separate

governing power in Brooklyn, after all) with the Fernando Wood and Bill Wilson democracy of New York city

Is it not disgraceful that this vast and populous city, with all that belong to it—wealth, improvements

Annual Celebration of the American H. Society–Addresses, Toasts, &c.

The viands were plentiful and good. Fully three hundred sat down to the supper.

Among the toasts were the following : The Healing Art. This was briefly responded to by Mr.

The American Homœopathic Institute. This was followed by some happy remarks from the Rev. Dr.

—Professor Take said that the Homœopathists, above all, were especially indebted to woman.

In one house, we were assured that a child was ill of this loathsome disease, but on enquiry we found

North, of this city, answers in the affirmative, in a pamphlet just published.

If we were disposed to be hypercritical, we should add, that this remark is too general to apply to the

This is the general practice in great cities. —[Exchange.

Thus the clothes should have reference to the night air also—especially as most city residents live late

If girls were taught the general principles of medical science, they would not only be free from the

Even in ordinary traveling and every-day promenade, our American ladies affect a luxury of costume which

Many of our fashionable ladies here dress as if they were never to go out except to tread on carpets

Lecturers, too, on the same important topic occasionally edify country and city audiences, and reap both

their action, complete inflation taking place only on the other side, affords a sufficient reason, were

consideration of a matter of this kind would be to elicit truth—to get at the facts wherever facts were

It only needs to be considered, for a moment, what a proportion of the parents, in great cities, bear

Then again—same source as above— "Of the deaths in New York City last year, 14,948, more than half of

the whole number, were of children under five years.

It is a proportion of infant mortality that is scarcely paralleled in any other Christian city; but its

The wretched poverty of the newly-arrived emigrant population, the damp, mouldy cellars in which they

Ever since the present quarantine laws have been rigidly put in force, the city has been comparatively

But inside of a city, through the houses and streets, are the most important requisites for safety.

should be a regular weekly course of disinfectants applied to the gutters of all the old streets in the city

We recollect examining our City Hospital in Raymond street, some years ago, when it was just finished

Architects and builders, note this: "There is not a solitary public or private building in this city

A few weeks ago we were requested by the District Attorney of King's county to visit an unfortunate youth

not more than five feet wide by ten deep, and eight high, with a narrow window tightly closed; there were

has invariably a turbid and sleepy look, while its muscles are so much relaxed as to make it, as it were

whatever is proffered him, with assurances of benefit; and thus the ninety-nine quacks of New York city

in the summer, as if there was no danger to public health from any cause but epidemics—as if there were

regular and constant sanitary reforms and obligations to be introduced and enforced throughout the city

There are practices carried on, which are destructive to the salubrity of the city—there is a general

below those of almost every city of similar size on earth.

What then does Brooklyn need, in order to guarantee, that in her limits, density of population shall

been formed for the purpose of providing gratuitous and safe public baths for the residents of that city

In all the great cities of the Old World, say they, these wants of the people are much better cared for

than in the Metropolitan cities of the new and the free world.

Besides, no city is better situated to afford its inhabitants the refreshing and healthful pleasures

In the earlier periods of our city, the many secluded places along the shores of these streams of themselves

Persons accustomed to well-drained towns and cities, where these exhalations are less perilous than in

Our city has been healthy beyond a parallel, and, as yet, none of the diseases of summer have been developed

There is plenty of time yet next month for disease to make its appearance in our midst, and our city

Some of our streets, especially in this section of the city, are disgracefully filthy, and in the hot

in time, if we would not be criminally negligent of the interests of the sanitary interests of our city

May the present good heaith health of our city long continue—and in expressing this wish, we respectfully

was one of the best that has ever been given in Williamsburgh, for in addition to the members there were

Pierce and Burnham of this city, each one of whom is a host in himself.

Ryder, Burnham and Halsted formed a very beautiful tableau on the parallel bars and were loudly applauded

Messrs Brady, Burnham, Halsted and Ryder's performances in the swinging rings were beautiful and daring

; where all were so excellent it may be presumptuous to particularize, but to our own mind Mr.