New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-08
BOARD OF TEN GOVERNORS.

The regular weekly meeting Of the Goverzsn IA.
Aims-Hou wss held on rueedsy sfsrpoo.. :, -.
rooms, in The RotundA Preeent Gov. Towx,~~
President Cows. Draper. Smith, Taylr p,l.'
West, Dugro, Temsnn, and Smith. Nv
communication was received from N, O.
Tsylor, Secretary to the Medical Board At Bs,.-S.
Hospital with recommends ATOMS Of Medical Nss,s -
appointment Of Junior Assistants and Alec % 49,
poip'u.nt Of Committee TO confer sitA the ~,
OF Governors on ventilation Of the nsY h,,ls,e
being erected. Referred TO Committee --s
A Communication was received from tia Ra.,s~..
Ply sicsn Of the LuDsc Asylrm calling ths -.
ton of the Board TO the crowded state of Tie Ia,,s
ton under HE charge. He says the Asylum I ~
- benz oiled, If not nov considered FAM Nv -.
A" tents from the other sp,rsmensso Of the s,ap6s -.
year about ore-third Of all the patients aimnss,
"csme from those Institutions and duriag the n,,,
week. nine were admitted from this sourra W,A.
patients were insane before having been ,en, ~
4" The Islsrd, q sad mistake Gas made by the chx.;
" clans under whose supervision they cana n nn,
directly committing them TO this plsce n ths,
became ipssne while at the Island, there eertsal,
must BE- serious fault in the oryaniz x,io, !.
Management nj Of Institutions so productive of jns.
city TIE Doctor thin ks that many OF tho.e h "a
Lunaic As, um are not proper jects foe rsstsct
in that Institution, they being foolish" Heipscrr.
the Board that accident, which NAV ter niuass r..
tally, occurred at the ASYLUM recently. 10 e,nss.
queIce of the over crowded stse Of the baiLiin,s
and asks If something cannot De done inms a,ay 4,
lesson the crowded condition Of the house. and thu,
diminish the fearful risk Of fatal sceideas which e.
lists 81 present The communication referred with
power, 10 the Committee on the Lunstc Asylum.
Gov DuGRo offered resolution 70 sppolnt sshe.
Tbouss Brady Chspain at The Alms. House on Black.
Wells IslsLd, to fli vacancy. NJ
The RESOLUTION of Gov. Taylor, laid over from tas
Lest meeting in reference 10 ryng the minister
from these Institutions and owing volunteers to o.
fca'e, Ess declared in order
Gov. TAYLOR said, IS it now is, the Chspl,ins al.
minister religious consolation twice week, the saQs
the doctors administer medicine in tho ho'pl,ls %
the patierts.
Gov WEST was not disposed to dispense with the
Chspl.ius.
Gov DIXIE said, there are a number Of volunteers
and missionaries who VISIT and are wiling 20 continue
10 visit the Institutions and hold religious services.
He wss opposed TO paying any ministers, and DO
leved thai IL those now employ ed were discharged,
there would be a sufficient nu noer OF volunteers
Gov. TrENASS had ccDversed with Catholic and
Protestant miUis'ers since the last meeting, and vac
convinced that u ere soule be sufficient number cf
volunteers to visit the Institutions aud hold religious
services.
Gov. DRAPER thought that these po,r people
should be PROVIDED with spiritual advisers who ~
sSe on the i-lsuds in order that they may be CALEB
upon AT spy time in cases of sickness and desth. Tia
vote vas then taken upon Gov. Taylors resolution
and lost.
Yr.s- Cows. r.yor .pd Duke.
Ekys-Gov. Townsend Draper. Smith, West, pasro, re.
msn ard henry II, .
A C, mmupicstion was received rom the secretary
of ia. Board Of Emgratoo transmitting tbs resola'
lions passed BY TIA, Board ia reference 10 the nan.
cial differences existing between the tso Boards.
After some remarks by Gov Drsoer and others, 6ovs
Draper, T,msnD and Duke were appointed special
con miee TO report at the next meeting Id reference
TO this matter
The acquisitions show the folio wing namber OF per-
sons ,emsiIing in the several instituto ms under the
charge of the Governors for the week endiog Feb u
Bel Hospital ISL Lnnste Asylum se,' A,ms a1se
tsry $50; Pepitentiuy Hospital from Wor. Howe M Psst
iebiisry Bosp,s fiom Alan. House WORK hoa's ~
small pox III su,sl Randsrs fslsod s75 Rsndslrs Hoe
pra lsa; City PRISON SEA; second District Prison Is; Third
bi.uic, Pf,on Coored Home 3l5 Folored Orphta Asy
lun Children Nurse in the CITY. let-rosl $50 IL
cres.e H. Number remaining Jan p. 1885 1913; admitted
2s2-rotsl sSe Died. 49, DISCHARGED slS; sent to rsn
t.utiury z76rotal, 2ls Whole number remaining 1t&