New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-09-21

directed by Mr.. Tallmsdge the Deputy Snperin,en-
dent teeeraphcd 20 some hal: dozen Station. House
or more 10 have the men in readiness until further
orders th., was little past O'Clock len them no
requisition was made upon me for men, only 10 hold
the men in readiness til II O'Clock. when order
came to dismiss the reserve think II from the
Deputy Superintendent; | was no. at the General
Otics IN the morning: the General Superintendent
said nothing to me OF the danger of sending men %
Quarantine have stated all tia, occurred.
Cross nired-i wa. not at headquarters AZ al
that day; the officer from Quarantine said they tie
mob had fired al the buildings, except one or two,
when he came away don't remember that he said
anything about what mischief might be done By day
light think the General said, from the DESCRIPTION
all the m,cAie! had been done that could be- The Gen
cral and supposed that the mob would dsperse at
daylight: Nj. Boge said the Hamilton icrry-b0at ran
all night and We might charter that We concluded,
howelc or, thai o'clock was the earliest moment ai
which the men could be got together / Understood
Boyle to gay tia, the mob began to fire the buildings
soon after Q O'Clock NJ night; il was somewhere after
3 O'Clock when We left the General Superintendent
house; could not LAY how long We stayed there; we
returned a once to the Deputys Office: think that
was little after f. ri, the police force were on duty
with the procession the preceding day and evening,
till the hremens procession was over IT was hard
dgy, duty; whether the General had been on duty or
moi. | don't know did not see him; | saw him once
in the Park in the middle Of the afternoon; Boyle sup
posed there was from one to two thousand
men in the mob. he said they had firearms;
Deputy Superintendent Carpenter, being sworn
covery Of the fire. and their suppositiOn that il was
the Quarantine fire. He added-We found two
officers here who sad the buildings had been fired by
a very excited mob; that several shots had been
changed and one man killed they had been forced TO
leave the Island and got into their boat and rowcd mp
here; ] directed Capt. Weed to take these men and
90 at once to the General Superintendent Office aud
say TO him that | should telegraph to the different
forces to hold their men in readiness ut moments
warning; teegraphed | think to the first six Wards
and told him to say that should wait at the office for
the orders Of the General superintendent that Is all
that transpred there; Capt. Weed went out the
Wards were teegraphed at once, and again after
Capt Weed returned Capt. Weed returned and told
me that was TO have % or 100 men IN readiness to
60 to the Island early in the morning and that he the
General would be down early; ] don't recoect that
any hour specified Iteegraphed subsequently to
the Wards To hold their sunrise section IN readiness;
/ remained here till between and O'Clock IN the
morning when went to breakfast; il little after
10 O'Clock when first saw the General Superntend-
ent in the morning. he had not been here before went
to breakfast; think met him in the hall coming to-
wards my room he asked If ! had heard ANYTHING
further from Quarantine and think he asked then,
very after if knew Of any requisltlon having
from the Commissioners of Emigration or the
Health Officer; told him had heard nothing; l
think the General AXE me If had force in readiness
and told him L had; | think | saw the General
several times subsequently,; after ! saw him
Some Of the Wards telegraphed to know whether they
should dismiss their reserve. My answer was yes.
This answer was predcated upon the fact that there
would be a reserve section Of Twelve men in each
house al that time. l frequently asked the General
during the day il he had received any requisition and
he asked me once or twice up to the time eit, at
2p. III. About quarter to 4 O'Clock got back, hay
ing been telegraphed for, and found note my
table directed to myself Gen. Tallmadge. The pur
port was to send as many men To Quarantine the
Commissioners of Emigration might call for. While
reading the note, found the General was N his room
and took it to him. My impression is that the General
asked if had reqnisitiUn with the note. said no.
NV impression is he sad he could not send the men
down without n reDuisltOn. 1 abOut 10 ont of
town; but said would wait to sec if any requiston
for men came; then left the Generals room; IT was
just O'Clock. left here at O'Clock 10 90 home TO
dress, shave, &c. don't know if the General Su-
peiintendent was here when left know he Wa in
after o'clock; the General Superintendent did not, to
my knowledge, confer on that day with any at the
police courts about the intelligence he had received
that day from QUARANTINE; did not do so particularly
/ saw Messrs. Nye, Bowen and Stranahan, who rec
commended that two or three detectives be sent down
to Quarantine do not recollect telling the Commits
sloners that men had been held in reserve to go to
Quarantine and dismissed, nor do know that the Gen
eral Superintendent. did so; do not rccolect telling
tho Commissioners that Capt. Weed had been sent to
the General Superintendent house; / know II was
talked about the buildings / Am not positive that
conferred with the General Superintendent about dis
missing the reserve force left the General Super
intendent that afternoon with the impression
that he could not or would moi send men down
without a requsition from the Commission
ers OF Emigration my impression Is, he
said he would not; / first that note from Gen.
NYe between hd!f-past three ana Tour; don l KNOW
what conclusion the General Superintendent and
came o previous to receiving that note about sending
down men; We came TO no conclusion Whatever
either one way another, before that note was re-
ceiyed about sending men down; my impression Is
that the General was waiting for requison, be-
cause he asked me frequently through the day II l
had received requisition he did not suggest during
the day that he or should go down to Quarantine to
see what was the condition Of affairs, nor that we
should send any one down to inquire and report.
Cross eramined-I thiu. the report Of the rioting
was very meager in the papers of Thursday morning;
the papers are taken in this office but when they are
distributed cannot say; | know that the Commits
sioners of Emigration have now steamer plying
from Castle Garden to Quarantine, but did not know
it then; understand il sas running there 'hen the
Commissioners Of Emigration have an office ON An
thony street: up to the time left at , p M, saw
Mr.. Tallnadge in the building frequently went to his
room five or six times and he came to mine once or
twice after dismissed the force reserved at sunrise
knew that 100 or 100 men Were stlli IN reserve IA the
Station-Houses; | Mr. Commissioner Bowen
in the neighborhood Of 10 O'Clock; | saw Mr..
Stranahan and Gen. Nye, and my impression is
that saw Mr.. Stllman; did not receive any orders
from them individually or collectively except Gen.
Nye's note the only suggestion the Police Commits
soners made to personally about Quarantine was,
that two three detectives be sent down. did not
and did not know Capt Crabtree that day the last
time | saw any of the Commissioners here was be-
tween and clock, when left. The General Su-
perinendeni came in soon after got the note from
Gen. Nye. the General asked If had any requisiton
with II; Sald no. ne s"ld ne Had NOT ne t"iu me, n
wanted 10 20 to see my wife who was ont ot town
sick, to go aud lac would stay and attend to the mat
ter if the General had been absent aud had re-
ceived requisiton should have sent the men; if he
had been away cant answer il should have sent
the men without requSition, | did not come 10
any conclusion that point; the General SuIerin-
tendent and might have talked this question
previously with the General the 27th OF
August; had requsition from the Health
Officer for ten men; | got il in the evening
in the absence of the General telegraphed for them
and told them TO meet at the O'Clock
| boat they did 50, and | met them and