Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-09-17

IHE STATEN ISLAND OUTRAGE. Tho more
details are given about the destruction of the
Quarantine Buildings on the night OF the
LIST and End, the more shocking and ina-
nous does the outrage appear. The open
ness with which the trans .ction was planned
the impudencc with which selfish property
holders and others in the region Justify it
the supneness Of the pu5lc authorities, who
were under every obligation to he prompt
and energetic in measures for the protection
OF the property and the persons, sick and
well on the ground-the inhumanity of the
lawless wretchcs VITO exposed the sick and
dying to fright, to dangr from tho burning
buildings, and to grievous aggrayation of
their illness by exposure to the weather.
oil taken together, gave the whole occurrence
character for infamv which can not be
matched. so far as we know, by anything
which ever happened in this country. 1t
does not appear that but one of the sicl, died
at the time-(three were first rcportcd) but
there is reason to believe that many fatal re-
suits will follow. Committee who exam
ined the ground and mad, report to the Com
misSioners Of emigration say:
Dr. Bissall stated that durin. the bnrnin d.
! OF his dwelling house on one side and at the
same time of the Female IIpspital on the
other, the sick had been in great danger
cithei to he suff ca ed ur roastcd. They had
been literally covered by ashes from the burn
ing buildngs-thcs' buildings b ing s. very
n ar. The narrative of D pctor BSsel in r..
gard to this event is heart-rcndnc. Tho
doctors ami nurs = had to run with buckets
ot water from little pond, t. spread the
water over them every three MINUTES and NJ
Imagination can reach what the suff f.rincs Of
the poor helpls IS creatures nav have been
when they, acc riding tn DR.. Bissall's state.
ment, opened their mouths u r'ceivc the re-
lief OF me rtfreshment when the water was
spr ad in the burning air 1t almost SENS
t. have been the i'll n of the llwless NIB to
see the sick perish between the two brildings
In most blrbirius country, inhabited bv
the widest svlges. hardly could have been
acted in Il more atrDcipus wlv. And in cas-
OF the most cruel wtr, between half civilized
nations, the 'spitlls ar respected hv the
enemy. The 5 Sppys in India in their hich-
est t'naticisn, acted very cru lily, but hardly
IN more atr1c 'us WY against their enc
mics, than thes Christian, civilized S,povs Of
Staten Island. az tinst sick helpless. and dv-
ing peopl'. Without the most efficient eff ,rts
pt DR.. Russ ii and Dr.. WalSrr the exposure
of the sick would have ben certain death t.
them, and 50 M doubt their act of barblrism
ought To b. considered worse than that of di-
rect murd r.
A considerable number of fremen & others
have been arrested for being Concerned in the
iniquitous business whether any Of them
will be punished is doubtful. The Super
intendent of police F. E. Thmaga has been
suspended by the Police commissioners, for
ncglecting to obey an ord r to send sixty
policemen on t. the Island on the afternoon
of the 2l. Had they been s-nt, the second
burning mig have been prevented, S,mo
L. S. marines were thar, bat they did no.
thing but guard the L, 5. property. The
Governor has issued a pr)cltmItion declaring
Richmond county in state of nsurrection
and ordering out the Militia to relieve the
police and to protect the erection of new
BUILDINGS