New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-29

poriant feature Of the transaction; cousd.
cred that had 10 authority to issue such an order.
consider The powers Of this Board 10 be- cxbau.t-i 4
when .he general orders or rules are issued on tie
I'd after came back, at about ~ o'cluck Link |
saw TIE General Superintendent; perhaps some time
after returned; he came IN, and said there had been
.oMetlHg sad about sending 10 Quarantine, but
he did not think il prudent 10 send men there fof Il
they should get the yellow fever and bring II 10 the
city the consequence would be awful or il they should
bee guaranteed IT wOuh also be bad; ! asked If lac
lad secn the Mayor. be- said ie had not; recoI-ct
was disappointed when he said be had not seen the
Mayor; had sent up for hun 30 tell him the Mayor
whhedtO see him bot he was not in, aud being told
by the messenger he had gone 20 the Mayors. sup
posed all right did not know at that time that
the Quarantine was in the sole charge f the Com
mssiouers of Emigration; heard nothing that day
about the Commissioners desiring auy men sent down;
saw the Mayor about O'Clock, shortly before left
the CITY Hell.
Mr. Bowen was then sworn. He stated l came to
the cfice between 10 and II O'Clock had seen in the
papers that the mob had burned down some of the
Hospitals during the night; either met or sent for
the deputy Superintendent, aud told him he ought Ia
send down forthwith some detectives to the Quarau-
tine ground 10 ascertain who the rngeaders were aud
all the facts in the case. then either sent for
Capt. Walliug, and asked him if the Deputy Super
inendent had given him instructions 70 20 down or
told him be could 90 and get such orders; paid
more attention to II till about O clock, when Gen.
Nye came; he suggested il would be well 10 write TO
the Governor, which he did, submitting the letter to
after O'Clock: the following morning, az entered
the building saw the General Superintendent in the
hail. and said: "WLy did you not have men at the
Quarantine last night! ?" lie replied; IL could not
send men down there and expose them 10 the yellow
fever. for they would have come up and spread
pestence through the city, or words to that effect
at ia received u note from the Governor, inviting
the Comms ssiOners 10 meet him at the office Of the
Commissioners of Emigration; ] communicated the
invitation TO Messrs. StillInau aud Stranaian Gen.
Nye not here; / requested M, Stllman
to inform him Mr. Stranahan and myself
went down, and Gen. Nye soon came with Mr. Still
man; Capt. CrabTee made report that he had called
on Gen. Nye the proceeding afternoon and made
QUESTION for police to 60 and protect the Quarantine,
which, he said, had not been answered; inquired,
after it had been stated that the walls would be de-
strOyed and the shipping fired that night, how many
men would be required think the reply was 90 10
80: on conferrng with Mr.. Stranahan drew up a re-
quison the General Superintendent for 60 patrol
men and the whole Of the Harbor Police (iS) to b.
sent TO Quarantine, which the General Superintendent
carried into effect that afternoon; did not receive
any communication from the General Superintendent
or from Gen. Nye Capt. Crabtrees report was made
before Gen. Nye came in; when he came and learned
that such a report had been made, he stated he had
made such requisiton the General Superinten-
dent; did see the General Superintendent during the
day of the ID did not send for him make any effort
to him on the subject Of Quarantine at the time
of the conversation with the General Superintendent
nothing said about the requsition | first heard
of the letter of Gen. Nye at the meeting of the
Commissioners Of Emigration; j do not understand
that letter To be legal order; because think the
Commissioners individually have executive power;
/ supposed that the Commissioners of Emigration
had ful control of Quarantine, and have regard
ed i as perhaps their duty to lock after the
whole district though not without heard
of some difficulty; should rely on the Com
missOners of Emgration the Board of Com
missoDers have never sent men down without
requsition from the Health Officer Of the Commission
ers of Emigration; the County of Richmond has not
complied with the Metropolitan Police law in any
respect this Board had portion of its force except
some Harbor Police, stationed at Quarantine on the
lst OF I'd Of September.
MIR. Commissioner Stranahan WAS then called and
testified that he to this Office at about III o'clock
on the I'd inst, and asked what had been done,
and was told by Mr.. Bowen that some detectives had
been sent over to Staten Island; he met Mayor Tie
mann at the dinner; he said he had sent and tele-
prapbed 10 Gen. Nye and the General superintendent,
but could get answer; the Mayor said he had pro-
cured rifles for the force to be sent down, he told the
Mayor il he would write requiston he would see 1t
attended to; the Mayor said he had of writ
ing such requistoD, but wished something
DONE he saw the General Superintendent, who said
he would immediately see the Mayor. The rest of
Mr.. Stranahans testimony was merely confrmatory.
Gen. Nyc was then sworn, and testified that he
came to tie Office early the ID. and again about III
O'Clock; he found Mr.. Bown and MIR. Stranahan; they
had some conversation about the fire; he suggested
the propriety of informing the Governor; after some
corrObOrating testimony, he spoke of his interview
with Capt Crabtree said he thought in case like
right to send men without requsitiou he inme.
dately sent TO the Superintendent Office, but found
no one; atterward he found Mr.. Bliss, who told him
the Deputy going to Long Island to see his family;
Gen. Nye old him to intercept the Deputy and bring
him TO The office he then asked Mr.. Dusenbery go
and see the General Superintendent; but the SuPerln
tendent not in; he then sat down and wrote this
line directed to the General and Deputy Superinten-
dent and left it in charge of Mr. Dusenbery, with cr-
ders to hand it to the that came in first; Gen. Nye
also said. | do not know how long he staid in the
Office; | went away and said l was going to the
Twelfth Ward, and if he wanted Inc to go
there; ! went then TO the Station-House in One
hundred-and-twenty fifth street. man came
after me, saying telegraph had come
from the Mayor TO me; 1 replied l would
be here as possible; drove immediately here
sent Ralph Pottern to the Mayors office, also tee-
graphed to the Mayors office and answer came back
that he had been gone some time; did not wait, ana
went Immediately to the Metropolitan Hotel, and wrote
note to the Mayor saying was there, and was ready
to cooperate with him; sent ii up to the Mayor; in
few minutes, Hugh Masterson came and said the
Mayor told him 10 say 10 me tha, there was no neces-
sty for further action in relation to Quarantine IL the
Collector Mr. Schel, had sent down 100 marines to
protect the property l went up stairs into the hall 10
see Mr.. Schel To ascertain definitely what he had
done; met Mr.. Schs in the hall, and asked him If he
had sent down some marines to Quarantine ne said no
had and they would protect property there then
said there would be of sending down more orce
he said no; then came back to the office; stad tll
nearly III O'Clock, and then went away; did not dine
nj the Metropolitan; i came down from The Twelfth
Ward, with the determination to 90 down to Quaran.
tine, and there ample time TO take plenty OF
men down there if he had not relied on the protection
Of the marines; tie next morning read in the papers
that the rest of the buildings had been burned met
Gen. Tallmsdge on the corner OF Broome and Broad
way, and said felt much mortified that men had not
been sent; he said to send them there would expose
the city 10 yellow fever and was unjust to send them
down to the Quarantine all Summer; he also said he
did not know they wanted any mem | asked him If he
did not get line from me- aud understood him to say