The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-09-25

MORT WITNESSES srxANisgp--pt RTHrR ApyoUKvysSr
or sIIE fsYEsriG ALTON.
little after o'clock yesterday ~ erucon the To.
ice Commissioners rosumci th,r ,djournei session
the same quorum which present sl,e previous day
were aticudanoc--e'cneral MO rrosiing Az "a l,e
former days q the Investigation large number or pc,.
present during the proceedings, bcuiics the
witnesses aud ,hosc Immediately concerned me case
Captain J. C. Rich, of the United states frgae Sabine
the first witness cxanincdlIc testified that on the
ID Of september instant he received orders from Commo
dore Kcarney, the oommsndant cf the navy station In
reference TO the property at Quarsnne The orders were
10 take charge Of tho Of tho Sabine and some
others who sent down steamboat from the Navy
Yard proceed 10 tho Quarantine On Staten Island 70
protect the government buildings there the order was
received time before -four O'Clock in the afternoon
and in twenty minutes Afterwards tha men wern ii
the steamer that was 10 convey them rprt
Mr. Hart, the Port surveyor, and Mr. Look, at oaran-
tine; asked them the buildings that bc protected
and Mr. Hart pointed ogt thee, inside the government
closurc took my inside tho walls and divided them
mo nve partes aud sstoue1 party a. varyus POINTS
this Wa about ve O'Clock there was no ot there then
appearance q disturbance arising; O'Clock that
evening rcccvsd te hrs ntnation thai the buildings
~ ~ tired; lie tgd'ngs nrci about half PAS,
ton ocloc; my sCatrcls t ~ have reached Of the
burning buildings y ahopt mina,c. received notes
from Drs Nalef gssel Naser assng ms 30 cnrns
ard protect then vh nv rarnes. Old not order the
marines ~ pru'rc' thoI hrs1se DcveG only th,t
had NJ nstrw- pas a. prote ss,,s brt because ~
ievc, nv :, L. ,.iy ye,naua,~l 40 f,cr, sar - -,
wOrls n ny ardc-s vcrcnfol Z protect the govern
rnc,t prore . bCieve could haye projected the hes
pits ~, sonld have been b. ~,cr ice a lie. II q
only matter of opf On.
Samuel Brcvooft, lrlVc scrgcan, and SPECIAL ala 10
General superintendent falnnigc, tstIcd thns-I saw
the General Supe -intrndcnt W office at ton O'Clock
the morning ~ the - of Sepicmbe AMI several r,rs
afterwards through the day; heard MN say several
times through the day that hc expected tc get requsi
ton or ucn n the afternoon informed him II the
from General Nye; he sad be could not send g.
Quarantine on the order of General we without rcqai
ston; ne said be would net nj whore he wodld
not go himself; he said would - disastrous thing IL
men were sent "a Quarartuc ~ get yellow fever ant
bring back 20 tbc city, h. s.'d that II yellow fever
brought 10 The city would ~ calamity not eisily cal
cuiated.
Sergeant Allen was the next witncssHe proved that
he heard the General sup rintendcnt say The h of
September that Il would - hns enough - scni mrn 90
Quarentnc when a rcgussion for them came frcia the
proper quthortics and thai he expected frcn the
Comm orefs ~ Emigration. Tho rest Of his evidence
had H. bearing on The
Captain De Camp, a the Fourth precinct. and some
ether " also examined, but th"r testimony
was ~ lue account IN the invest CATION
The Pcart haally adjourned tin eleven ocloc< mex,
M4dsy forenoon AZ which time other witnesses will be
examined.