New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-06
Of the bouse Of Dr. Thompson, and sa,d John C.
Thompson had lamp 10 his hand.

! Edward Cunningham, of Tompkin.yile b@ing duv
| sworn, doth depose and sayThAt on the evening Il
the Isl day oi September, lss la sitting on tho
,toop az Mr.. Segninc, IN company with seyerM pcr-
sons that Richard Garrett up tc the s,cop ana
said be would be Id bat that hs would barn lt
down tonight. meaning the Quaraniine bnilding.:
deponeut then went 20 the Qusran,in. grounds sni
Notified Dr. Waller of the threat made by ssd Gagreu
and al,o told Dr. Thompson and Nal-er ~ the same.
the frebcs then rupg for IRE, uddepononi proceeded
- '''' wv "'''' ~ r CUNNINGHAM
Elisha 4. Wiidcy being duiy sworn, dcposes ssd
says-That h- an officer of the Metropolitan polos
Department. that on Wednesday last az Staten Island
QUE Charles DvForc>t. q Justice # The Peace of the
Town # Ca,teion Of said Island told disclosed, ad
m,trd and confessed to The d,pouent that on the night
preNio he, the said pfore,t. by mesns ot lad
der, assembled 90 and descended from The wall ncl~i1g
the Qoagantine Hospital into the Quarantine ncosuc
ana upon the Quarantine grounds Snd that in there.
IN the sad inrl"S9nc placed bundle of straw within
large buhhnS forming part IT the Hospital estab-
iishTcnt, saturated said straw With camphene, aud
then fired said Comhu-tibc materials by means
of ghei torch that by said means tho said build
ing burned and destroyed he further boasei that
II he had not >praned his ankle he would have burned
certain other buildings within sad incosan, or a. he
expressed IT, he would have burned the lower build
ing he said that part of the crowd who were with
him al the time promised hum that II he would burn
The big building on the hill he building aforesaid to
which he applied fire. that they would burn the lowcs
buildings; that he performed his part OF the agreement
hu, that they the crowd backed out from performing
language in the presence Vt M. M.lam Connoily tho
reporter Of T}c y. u Sun aud If Christopher Nc
Dougsl of the detectives of the Metropolitan
Police.
Deponent further says that the building aforesaid,
described a. the big building on the hn and which
the said Deforest confessed To burning, was burned
and DESTROYED the ght of the ist inst aud that de-
punsnt believes ana has no doubt that the SAID ouru
rr was the net If All inccndiary. Further, that tho
building burned and destroyed was a part ot tho
Quarantine Hospital establishment of the port Of New
Yo.k. Was within The Quarantine lnclosnre, and WAS
burned and DESTROYED Tor the purpose Of impeding tho
Health officer of Newlork IN the discharge Of the da-
ties of his office IN enforcing the quarantine laws ot IN"
State Of New York. The said Deorest also admitted,
confessed and declared Ia dcponent that he adourneh
before him, aJustice, expressly to enable hun
TO make arrangements 10 burn down the building srcd
by him: the said case inquiry into the alleged
absence of Mrs Brannan pending before said Dsior.
est as Justice. in which inquiry deponent and SAID
McDougal are engaged as detectives; the said nd
ournmcut was made ON Monday, 3lst August, over 10
"a iust the said Justice DcforeSt alleging, in dcpo-
ncns presence that he could not attend to tho case
before the ii inst T.. II. WILDLky.
COMMISSIONERS or HEALTH.
The Board held sn open session Saturday morning.
all the members being present. The following state
mcnt was made by Mr.. Clancy:
TO THE PUBLIC.
The y. y. Herad of Saturday morning. silniins 70
the recent ourages perpetra,ed at Quarantine makes
the following statement, which is calculated 70 10
great injustice to the Board of Health Commissioners.
of which body members:
The onerous chsg. vessels csgoes d,chss,d In the
lower hay are acting dasIog'y on ne rad i OF ,ie h B &
New Orleans snd Charleston rather ,hsn submit 60 mo pfr,rse
detention and charges have been sen, de' to is
erpoo Shipment. sugars have also been checked from a
and prizes have advanced tm' fasls e v @ 49,,
The stock of cotton h also light and she Iucn
rred with By present Quarantine Or rsheE lower o'y ts~
II 4, said ,ha, Dr. Thompson admits thu, the ehs are
enormously oppressive but encuses himself by sAyno
ha ons Te b n@nbe OF hi. comi.sion arr hs Hos
Mayor Tensn, messr- John Clancy and Chs. IL ns'rsa
DIR rhoup.ous s correct the public, and the meg
chant. particular, will expect some explanation from 'Aes'
gentlemen"
where erroneous statements are made by the Pre-S.
We desire to briefly place the Health Commission be-
fore the community in it, proper light Upon the or-
ganizaon OF the Board for the present year. became
necessary having IN view the embarra-sments and at
tempted violations Of Quarantine regulations last year.
adopt such for the protection of the health
of this city would meet every emergency. Our
first duty was arrange with proper persons system
of discharge and ghtering OF msrcbandi-e from IN
fected vessels at such rates would not be considered
onerOus to the mercantile interest. Proposals wore
submitted from various parties to act H. Quarantine
teyedores to remain in bond al Quarantine until the
season of Infection over and the prices allowea
to the parties selected by the Health Commissioners
for snch work indOrsed as fair and equitable BY
nearly all the leading .evsdores Of this city. Early
IN the season the Board found an influx % yeo" Ssor
nrri, mo AT this port in than an ordinary ratio.
and as the anchorage Mt the Upper Quarantine is in-
tied in extent it shortly became crowded With vessels.
and there was no resource left the Health C0ninS-
,ioners but To- order all vessels arriving from infected
port, to anchor at the Lower Quarantine IA fass a.
room could be made for their accommodation al Sihtos
Island they were permitted mp in their regular
order aud discharge their cargo into lighters Used ex-
curively for the transportation Of merchandlos rom
infected vessels The Health Commi missioners have but
duty 10 perform IN relation 10 vessels arriving with
yellow fever board and H. there is but anchor
age ground in the Lower Bay they were compelled "
order their detention Mt that place.
II may be said that the charges for discbargDH and
ghterage are extrayagan but when II Is considered
that the stevedore and their laborers, are compelled
to enter Quarantine n the early part Of season when
there il work at all for them 10 perform, ana re-
main within it, ncl0.ures At considerable expense Too
wages aud food until the health regulations are rniseds
there must at least be- some extra allowance 10 COM
peusate them for the hazard aud dctention necessary
io their duties. The Board have IN their po7S@ssivn
nfidnyits which show concusyely that the stove
dOres and lighters not employed one-tbird o thor
time The rate Of soreagc j. only double that allowed
by the Chamber of Commerce, and cannot De deeIned
exorbaut when the attendant circumstances are con
-idered The Health Commissioners before the schod.
ue of price. fixed, examined every item and had
the opinion and indorsement of the leading men en-
Gagged in the .oyedorc busin--s to their CORRECTNESS
and economy. Since the schedule was adopted, u
was found that much Of the labor could be per-
formed at less rites than had been allowed by the
Boar and reduction tO meet the lowest pnce haieo
by outside partie- was exacted from the Quarantine
-teyedore The Health Commissioners are the Gus.
todan- of the health Of the City VI New-fork ana
intend to- preserve it free from Infection even ~ tho
regulations adopted by them may act har-hiy upon
the commerce of the port for a brief season' VIZ:
Dr. Thompson the Health Officer At staten l'anu;
the Health Commissioners have notmhg 10 w oApS ,pS
ip an official capacity and are in no way connectoH
with his management Of affairs at staten isiand save
in directory manner in rsatoo TO aieclsd ys.",.
We have Too much pride In the CITY ~ New-ioix,
, much desire for H., advancement and prosperity.
10 act in our official capacity in any way that would
L.. ~. IL.