The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-07-12

Il QUARANTlN4 MATTH1s.-We hav,
said very little in reference to Quar-
ansine mat.sn. during the war. No,
that It is sboat to draw to . close, i
is . dsty incumbent upon u.-to b.
heard and felt, on this interesting sub
ject. Il looks like madness for one
man to raise himself the full measure
Of his stature, without boots. and con.
front the worlds practice for the pas
ten centuries, Ind declare it wrong
Tut nothing is to be lost. when there q
nothing to loose, " and A. our reputa.
ton for foresight and wisdom does not
run very high, We feel an indepen.
dence that makes US bold to declare
all Quarantine Laws. "barbarisru. be.
longing to the dark ages; imperative
absurdities that should be sent down
to the shades, to keep company with
similar things that have become obso.
lete with age. The three several
counts upon which We base our opio.
ion are as follows: First, the expense
direct and indirect. Second, the in
jury done commerce. Third, tb-
con6ict-direct with Christian prin.
ciples, and Fourth, the absolute ten.
dency the Law has, to increase instead
Of diminish the disease. We presume
there is no man who eau honestly
claim that cholera, is contagious and
yellow fever is only 90, through
fright. which Quarantine regulations,
has more to do with. than anything |
else. We look to the following para. |
graph from the Picayuue of the 10th
inst. as-in its narration of facts
a death blow to Quarantine
Ibis season:
The Prometheus came up to the city
IN Sunday evening, after q detention
# nearly two days at tho quarantine
ground. 1t Is stated that she vas re.
eased on IN order from Gov. Hebert
Possibly the Governor may have I'd.
Used the Board Of Health to revise
heir own proceedings and permit the
esseI to come up without obstruction I
-sioce the recent very clear demon.
trations that there was no lawful .
lght to stop her at all. But the Go.
ernor has no authority to interfere Z
18th or suspend the term of quaran. I
ne for any vessel. His functions un. q
or the law are confined to the issu. 8
g Of = proclamation, At the instance
the Board Of Health. designating
hich places are to be considered :" in. y
cted. The Board may then fix G
'e number Of days for Which quar-. !
'tine shall be required of vessels b
ming from the infected place, which Il
70 law says shall not be less than ten d
'ys. Ii there were any lawful pow b
to detain this vessel at all, there is b
me to reduce the term of detention o
less than ten days. If she came ],
ON place lawfully declared to be L
infected, she must stay ten days. h
ID the only grounds upon which she v
uld be permitted to come up. is that b
e was not lawfully subjected to l.
at first, and that the Co.
'rnor and the Board of Health have
und out the mistake. The release al
the Prometheus is accordingly "
~ favorable indication of change
views in these particulars, and for IL
j the revocation Of the existing proc "
nation, and the suspension Of all the "a
0ceedings and practices under it. g
Great excitement has been caused &,
San Francisco, among large class 1,
by the confirmation of what nc
known as the Bolton and Barron DE-
Iim, embracing . valuable tract of lii
ID already settled upon, three
mare leagues in extent. Several
'etings of the settlers have been held lie
1 resolutions adopted toappesl from p
, decision If tho Land Comm;as;or IN