The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-09-20
THE QUARANTINE TROUBLE,

THE MILITARY AND CAMP WASHlNGroS.
uyER rHREE THOUSAND vIsirERs ON THE nrurps
yxsrIRDAy-vIsrT or THE MAYOR AM no
TO WEST BAEK-wHAT THEY fhofosI ~
Over three thousand persons visited camp "aa 's.s.
Yesterday for the purpose OF viewing the camp
md witnessing the parade. Every attention. wa' 49,
;s;ters nv the msrbers Of the regiment Tho "asne
,on brass band Mr. Asns leader, entertained .e su sw
with several very beautiful pieces II Fsqsis dur.I -
afternoon. 8 @0
AT i've O'Clock the Guard ha'
rejected no Little cred' "a dress paraae' winch
-. upon themselves, and showed
ca,.,v uuty has added materially 70 their ability
as soldiers Their movements were very well executed,
better than we have ever witnessed before The orma
ton Of the line well done, but was owing to
the immense crowd of people that congregaed on the
neaa which inerfered materially with their maneuvres.
Capt Burger acted officer OF the day, and was kep.
pretty busy throughout the afternoon An election rs %
be hedon Tuesday next in camp for the election oI
lieutenant colonel There said be two or three can
didates but who the success % will DC we "efo II"
abie'so learn
Nautilus Hail. the alleged headquarters Of the Staia
Elend incendiarcs, was wan vstcls yssecreay
Nr Rurns INC proprieA,r no doubt nne business
ard in fact is reapirQ quite a harvest by the military
w,v low cha ssrmsa "a on board the steamer Colum
bia died on Saturday night Of yellow lever. Sne wa
over ffty years Of age and was sick three Gays Sh
was brought within the Quarantine grounds and burie
hast evening
men ler Castle Garden in the steamtug Dr. Kane CaIA
nj wheeler proceeded 70 the West Bank for the pH
uose of surveying it, with view OF erecting quarantine
facilities theAeen. Among those on beard were He n
Smith Ely, Jr State Senator; Rev Matthew Hale Smith
Mayor Powell OF Brooklyn; A. " Stout, City Chamber
They proceeded Immediately to the West Bank, wssrrt
they examined the location and its characteristics py
means Il chart. John J. Serfeh, City Surveyor, pre-
sented plsn, with drawings, TO build heavy dock II
the dracn Of the channel about six hundred fect iron
the Ws Bank, twenty three feet low water THIS pie
n To bego thousand in length and two hundred fee
wide will be directly opposite the Elm Tree light
though at distance OF two or three miles. IL
distance from Fort Tompkins, ON Staten Island
will DC two and half miles, and from
Fort Hamilton, Long Island, about two miles II
proposed TO erect upon this pier great warehouses
stone cargoes Of vessels To the vest Of this
90 the west bank in from six to eight feet OF water
Is proposed TO build riprap brcakwatcr, IN the snap
efatrange This will be filed in with earth, and In cas-
of necessity hospitals could be erected thereon. tn
bresSwater would also destroy the heavy ground swell
N this particular portion of the lower harbor 1t wa
suggested, however, that thirty foot skds might carr
car go ships sides to the great pier, which wou
the vessel from chatting against the pier But II
all likely that doctrine will prevail The entire cos
of the proposed Improvement will be between s5Oo0
and S750,000.
After parakng Of cold luncheon prepared unexpected
by by Captain L. Crabtree, the steamtug rounded, an
landed her guests nj the Quarantine ground. Her
the Commissioners Of Emigration Committee, Mayor Tic
chairman, surveyed the burnt district, and con
ciuded report favoraby 10 the immediate recrecEon
the sst Nicholas and a Of shaEties the latter 10
Of brick with slate roofs II concluded not to touch tn
smallpox hospital. The party then repaired In body
Camp Washington, and were escorted over the CAM
grounds by Colonel George Lyons The afternoon, CIV
Waterbury COMMUNICATIVE which they returned 70 tn