The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-12


with pretty high hand He has led his armada
to Seguine's Point on Staten Island, and has
planted the corner stone Of his yellow fever de-
pot in the heart of . thriving, happy, and simple
community. He staid there we hear, through
out the day, listening with calm sheer to the
despairing appeals OF the poor people whose
families are likely to be decimated by the disease
he is planting in their midst He made no ae-
rests, gave no jibe for ibe; but went steadily on
with the work he bad to do, leaving hts police
men behind him to guard il when he was gone.
For Mayor Hail is man not easily frightened
or indeed convinced; he has one fixed object in
view, namely: the prevention Of yellow fever in
bis own city. which ia Brooklyn; so long as he
eau achieve this purpose, it is OF no sort of con-
sequence to him what other people he iniects, or
how many oystermen or oystcrmen's children ne
is the means of laying under the sod.
Mayor Hall of Brooklyn ought, we think, to
be taught that the city of which he was Mayor is
not the whole State, and that the people of
Brooklyn are not the only people who have
lives to be saved. He should be made to see
that bull dog tenacity, and local patriotism, are
sometimes closely akin to headstrong folly and
narrow selfishness and that i,ain the reckless
pursuit of his darling object-the exclusion of
yellow fever from Brooklyn-he brings it upon
New York, and causes an ARRAY with severe less
of life and possibly the burning of wretched yell
low fever patients ia their beds, hc-Mayor Hsll
of Brooklyn--wDl 60 down to his grave with an
unreasonable load of ignominy, execrations, and
remorse.
We do not envy the heart or the head Of any
man who, with the known facts before him, could
either deliberately persist in planting fever de-
pot on Seguine's Point, or could oppose the es-
tablishment of hospital ship in the lower bay
Perhaps such a course tells more against mans
head than his heart, though there must be
Iottenness in both, where the error is perse-
vered in.
1t is as certain as the revolution of the
spheres that any new hospital Oh Seguine's Point
will be burnt down by the exasperated Jersey
men and oystermen. Mayor Hall of Brooklyn
tells us that he does not apprehend further riot !!
A precious prophet, forsoothl Any child living
told him that the buildings would be burnt
down not once, but twenty times, if
necessary. Aud Mayor Hall of Brooklyn
deems it sufficient to take down TWEEN
ty.fvc policemen, with clubs We con-
graduate Captain Walling on the gallant service
in which he is engaged; we hope he and his men
are lightly shod, 80 that they may run fast; and
we trust that they sleep with their goods and
chattels near hand, so as to carry them away
readily. Moore, we know, made his reputation
by the retreat to Corunna; Wellington's retreat
to Torres yedras was his greatest exploit, while
Washington retreat through Jersey was perhaps
the best proof of his strategical genius: Captain
Walling we doubt not, will mmortalize himself
by his retreat from Seguines Point. We arc
confident it will be a most mastery manGuvre;
and that Captain Walling will have cause to re-
member the bivalves OF Princes Bay.
II will take two thousand men with complete
appointments for field service to guard fever
hospital at Scguincs Point; and these men will
have a good deal of active service during the
summer. The fishermen and Jersey boys will
not yield even to two thousand men until they
have been beaten once or twice.
Whereas, fever ship, after the medel Of the
Liverpool and London hospital ships one of
which is described in a communication printed
elsewhere, could he got ready for service ia fort
night, without trouble or opposition from any one,
and would accommodate, in safe, cleaniy and
healthy manner from one to two or two hundred
and fifty patients. There is no reason a. all why
this common sense plan of fever ship should not
be tried except that Mayor Hall of Brooklyn
has made up his mind to plant yellow fever on
Staten Island, and that he Is onc OF those men
who will not change their opinions, until they
are rudely awakened 10 sense OF their faltscy.
the PRINCESS RoYAI's MiREIAGE.--About the
most interesting item OF foreign news is the vote
in the British Parliament for the endowment Of
the Princess Royal. She is to have $500, 900
down and $40 900 year: dowry which is
valued at the round sum Of Sl,000,000. This
will support her and her Prussian husband in a
very comfortable manner at Berlin, where their
lodging costs them nothing, and the State pays
for servants, &c.
The European Princcs ,of this generation are
quite fortunate in having so many English
Princesses TO marry. 10 the time of the Georges,
there was somehow prejudice against the ex-
ceediBgly unamiable family of Brunswick, and
several Princcsses Of the house went to their
graves in single blessedbess, or endowed their
family with subjects born in delightful sin. The
excellent character OF Queen Victoria seems to
have removed the prejudice, while the gradual
lmpovcrishment Of the European nobility has i'm
parted new charm TO the English Princcsscs,
who are always treated with uncommon lbcrality
by the faithful Commons. 1t is not doubtful but
the remaining Princesses will have a multitude
of suitors
The English papers say that the revenues Of
the Duchies Of Cornwall and Lancaster, which