New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-13
STATEN ISLAND POLITICS.

~. p,I:pg sorly TO ne sdv.-.see % - gNte;
n.reiy, choice o. D.isssss - the sy-sclse ST..
Convention. We Icw ..y before OR readers tie e.
I,yiu. cis aecuIsnf, wai,s ,,nr,.:ee from Ser-
Brighten yesterjsy i,i oefJre tie Boxd # Hs.th Of
his city, from which body, i s;3 be hopsd, rs.:sr
Of sucn Importance vii receive due s,ien:.oa. Ie
.dii,ion to the, We have before s,a..nsa, tom
TIE Dock Ksep.r at Nav Brighton, 70 with lie "a
ready Il called upop, 70 nske osh 20 ne efec: u :,
a: ssoa. 81 O'Clock on SsuIisy evening SO. number
a ,1sp app s-epty ss~rs or perso1s employed sooat
slips, came 70 him 20 r1ske inquiry ss 70 how ,oey
ocaH &c: 70 Ner-Yoik; that they ioforned I'm taey
we're brough: from Qa.-an-ne 10y Dr.. Thompson 20
take p.r: in Primary Meeting; srd tAE: 10 re
decorent, the Dock-Keepe-, who knows everybody s.
New Brighton, there we're entire strangers. O.aer
evidence to THE lss.-nsmed fac: can sso be esslly
obtained from sone OF the olies and moe. respectable
residents 81 New Brighton.
II ia quite unIec. sssIy that We should GI.:e upon
inch statement % facts s here brought = the al
tsption Of the Board Of Heath by publ, meeting
eubrscir tie most respectable and bsstsnc VIE czsns
OF New. Bryhton. Crest outrsges are BEST DESCENDED
in simple terms and there reeds 10 s;emp. 20 rouse
against them the indigestion Of wropged and nsutsi
CON nnuny j. erly airs TO sd, 70 thorough aud
perfect understanding Of this whole Transaction, tas
the meeting from which the signers o; the sieJonsd
docuen: ard their constituents seeded. srd which
was left under the control CT the iellow-Fever mer
from Qusrantme, chose for Chairman VI ehae Wlisns,
Port Warder, and then proceeded 10 elect Is dee
gates 10 the Convention ct Richmond, Taos BFluir,
an employee q. Qusrartine; Jscob Egbert, nephew
Of the Hon joe +. Egbert, WHO Is at this moment
working under valuable contract with the Heath Or
6cer: John Swain tinmsn FOR the Quarantine en- an
other person wi ose name is not remembered but who
is also an employee under Dr.. Thompson. Tue votes
Of such men may be implicitly relied on st Rehmoni
as secure for men OF certain stamp and bound TO
certain interest for delegates to the Syracuse Conyen
ton. The Syracuse Convention nomnates the Repu5-
Ecan candidate FOR Governor to be choseI ir Noven
Der and the Governor chosen has the sppolntuen. Of
Health Officer for the next two year,. Tue office is
worth in round NUMBER Fly thousand dolsrs year
ard on the supposton that the Republican ticket is
successful in the ensuing cton, the Enjoyment o. tbs,
comfortable berth nsy depend upon who shall receive
tie Gubernatorsl nomination. Is any further explains
ton needed Are there amorg our readers any such
beginners il Botany that they need further instruction
az to the milk in this cocoa-nut
To ne Board II Health II the Cay Of NeH-l York.
The following preamble and resolutions having been
passed at Republican primary meeting held at New
Brighton, in the Town Of Castleon Richmond County:
Wh-ea, The Rep of the Town Of Css;eton ,ve this
n,ht been OvIIGn At primary mesas y hin. s1 So,s
Quarantine and urder the immediate direction OF r. d. ihomf
R.osed, Tbs; the Health authorities Of the Town of Castle
tor requested frame and ont rlc laws and egiaons
tber communication with hi. establishment be !, further
S Thu 1s f,s in ts. "a. y Ss* YoI An. .nd
be published in the county papers and also the paoe press
ARD the undersigned, having been appointed a
Committee to prepare and present the statement pro-
vded for by the last resolution, do respectfully PIE
sent to your honorable body the following statement:
AZ primary meeting Of the Republicans of the
Town Of Castleton, called at the Assembly Rooms New
Brighton on the evening OF August Z, looo, there
appeared BODY OF between forty and htty men,
stevedores and Eghtermen, employed inside of the
Quarantine establishment IN dischargng cargo from
infected and other vessels arriving from sckly ports
Thee forty fifty men were persons not residing 10
the Town of Castleton or County of Richmond, but
were gepgs belonging to New.York or Brooklyn, and
only ten poraIily employed at the Quarantine. rhey
came to the primary meeting in body, led by one OF
the Health Officers bsrgemen, having been passed
out of the back gate of the Enclosure by this sane
bsreeman. In addition 10 this, all the other sieve
doIts boamen and other persons employed 10 the
Quarantine establishment, and having residence ID
Richmond County, were permitted to leave the walls
on that evening and repair to the primary
meeting The Health Officer, X. III. Thompson, va;
present hinsef at that meeting, and saw there the
men employed in the Quarantine. DE was tnere when
his bar emsn led in the crowd OF sevedores non resi-
do nj il the county and it unquest.onaby not only
with his knowledge and PERMISSION but by MS pro
curement ard under his direction, that these men
were brought TO that meeting, TO carry Dy tneI nun
bers the points which he r. III. lno"Psoni oeshou"
effect. &c.. ..o.,a ~.
public officer whose duty il is to guard the publc
health ard prevent any unnecessary communication
hstv the persons employ ed at Quarantine 10 con-
tact with infected matter and the ctHsLs i.'seb
pouring out upon primary meeting IN tne miust OF
dense population, all the stevedores, ignteihen alo
. I1ilo Afrc no
permitted TO approach the City OF New-fork not
pniv those who resided in the county and had hight
uI der other circumstances TO participate ID the meet
ing but also number not residing IN or IN any way
COIL c,ed with Staten Island, who had no nght 10
vote there, and who were sent there by the Heslth
Officer solely to overslaugh and crus out the voice
of the Re publicsns OF the town, and by suosttunx
his will for theirs to effect his own dishonest purposes
Ii is proper TO state that of the stevedores
who were permitted to leave the incloeure Tor INC
purpose Of attending the primary meeting, avsieo
themselves of their liberty, when once outside 10 20
TO the City OF New York by the public terry ooats
and apy others expressed their intention Of remain
irg out during the whole Of the following day. which
was Sunday. and not returning within the walls Until
Monday morning.
In view OF the above facts the undersigned IN be-
half of themselves and their fellow citizens OF RIch
u opd County and in behalf also OF the citizens OF
New-York, charge upon X. II. thompson, heana
Officer Of the Port of New York, gross Violalv.o y.
his official duties as guardian OF the neslh VI 1u0
Poit of New. York. and q corrupt and disoonea a..
tempt to control for bis own ends, Rspuo ican pm
mary meeting in the Town of Css;leton; they stigma
tie his conduct as disgrsceful to his public position,
and unworthy Of an honest man, and they deem uae
10 the interests and honor well OF the CITY oil Ne"
York a. of the Town Of Csstletop 10 sy these iec1
before your honorable body and before the public acd
they beg leave respectfully TO suggest the poPre5
ana the necessity OF some action in the premises.
HFSRY CRABTRrE RICHARD 6. SMITH,
T6SFkISs sE WEssTERvELr, josEra EsrERsSooK-
NEw-GRAsADA-THE CA.s-HERRAs lREAtf'-A