New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-03

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groin. Hegensn 10 sIi to have jast c,ne rom the
eiry On lie midnight boa.
hos. II the mob With iheu iesiers, ars kuo-p, Sc
:tey vert holiy about then work relying upon R,h-
mcDd Justice 70 hold ;hem hsr Indeed one oft5e
ksders bos.s that be coud have t.oppsi tae Whole
stfsI with word bu. v5uH not, bee,uss he va d-i
Glad the buildings were gone. When the ooA c sme
down Wsdus;d.y rigb, Zoo, The city and her oss-
sergeIs saw .se bSrs buiijirgs, :hsy cheere in shs
me st hesI'J mAGrer.
Aoout daylight oo IarIsdsy morning. los: d.ssriiy
attempt 70 6r. the oriy remaining b1ioiDg-ths Fe-
male Hospita, in which .Oe pst,sn.s had been g,tt.
srtd tom the lency OF the se,her, 70 The NJ nbsr
q Twas fortunately dfcoverei In se,s d. and s1e
two blazing straw beds N the second story were thrown
into Tie ysrd. As Il hwss then 200 light to renew n.
attempt tie building was spared.
Az sample CT pubic sentmen, 90 Sts,en Island, We
quote few setteDces 10 reference TO this mater Mr.
Loke thin !, the natural ss47encs Of ne oarsgss
which the Health Officer has perp.trsted fo- the pas:
"tgo ye&s.' He saii the mob wanted 70 hang the
| Doctor end would hsve done 30 If they had caught
| him. Dr.. Westsryet thought more judicious time
night have been selected, when there were yer in
mates OF the hospitals, ard less liability OF disease
| spreading. Mr.. Ray TomK Kkins vss I'D a!sl the
"builiirgs were burned although, i he bsi said the
VOID, every ore would have been saved And go
We might 20 Oh, from one erd Of the Island 70 the
other.
STATEMENT OF THE NIGHT wATCHMAN.
Michael McCsbe, nigh. wstehmsn ct Qusran.iae,
ssyt-At O'Clock rang the bell as u.ua, AID wen.
up 10 he upper buildings, the shanes on the bill, ard
stood there taking 10 a nuIss, when SAW the FIRE;
saw The men starting the FIRE in the Smallpox Hospi
s around The stoops, ard through the house ! went
up to the Smallpox Hospital, and hallooed back ID the
LsIss with whom bad been taking to rir tie bell to
sleIm the authorities; returned then to shanty
the bill, where lot of s:svedoIes sleeping, and
roused them up and told them 20 follow me; about 20
we're sleeping in this place. they got up, AMI some
OF Il EN- followed NE; did rot wait for them at the
tue got up there, these ipcendaries, numbering be-
tween 10 and 25 men, had got TO the shs-ty next
TO the Smallpox Hospital, settirg that on
fire; there were smallpox patients in this building,
ard our stevedores barely succeeded in getting
them cut aEve; | then wen: 10 the other
end Of the sbsnty, on the west side; the
shsnes lun esst ard west-l saw them fxirg the next
shsIty. Then ! ran over ald attacked two men VINO
were setting fire TO tie shaniy; they were lingering
bebird the others who gone TO the next shanty
to fire it. These two men putting torches in at
the widows, ard setting the straw beds on fire. Ooe
of these i caught AID took down to the lookup
with his torch in bs hand His name s Garrett, and
be resides at S.ap.ton. broush; this man down, and
in short time ] heard that soois one wss shot, and
tie was brought ints the hall of the wonens
hosptal. lie laid there, and sew him with large
gur-shot wound in the back; they lave sircs tskoa
him 10 the NewYok Hospital. ! retained up the
BILL ard assisted in putting out the fire in tla Small
pox Hosptsl. We succeeded in extnsuishiDg the fire
with water and wet blarkets. We also put out the
fire in the shaLty in which arrested Garrett. DR..
Wslses then came to me and told me that they were
bTeSkrg pown the wall to get in. Dr.. Walser then
raifs his mu.ket and called to the mob, saying Stop
:" bret down the wall you come here for no gooi;
"let burn do #n; the first that comes N viii
"shoot.' also drew ny reyolveIs. Tne MOB desisted
for while, but at length Tom Burns, foreman OF No.
Ergne Co., sad they were orsanizedtop put ous hfes
and they had right to coms in, and would come in
These iremen then got round tie Doctor AMI myself
sLd threatened that ii we showed our arms they wond
draw theirs ard use them. Burns stood With his re
volver in hard al tie lime, ss ltrssiy 70 fire. d.
Wal,er then ssid You mean iight 90 or and pat
out the fire. Hsvirg made another bresca n th9
we'll tu the nort1.wes corner, through which they 20,
their enline, they came along in stTocg forcs, sld
drawing their eIgiIe around the shstty, dii nothing
more than lcok e. tSe fire; they did 20. stsmpi 20
woIk lbeT ergne, ssyins TIA. tieiE hcse Sas Gu;
tben went to SsplstJn for the Hook aud L.ldef Com
pary, to see if they would come and pul dowa ths
ct aIty euc stop the lie; the Company was away via
their uschi1e then r.iurrei TO the Sna0-Pox Hos
ptal was up in tie upper p'r' OF tho building siih
Dr. BisseD, when some OF Tie rioters hsi dispute BE-
low sId broke into the cisern in order 70 fix ], 80 thN
We could rot draw water f. m Il; D.: Bssl attempted
10 ,ke this man. who was at work OF the c.ssern b1t
10 sooner had he taken hold Of him, wben the woo.e
mob rei upon sEd beat him, knccsicg him down. al OF
our uep only two three, row cleared ous siih the
Doctor LEAVING me sone On the building; | clms
down suJ saw the mob take beds sud pile them pp
seairstth hospital each blszsd up o.bef
bees from them and planted them around the cdunrs
nsued the beds out when they began 70 peg NE With
clubs then reurted to tie building, sod caught q
bszisg bed aud bsuied il cut through the reAr. Ga
ny reiulD they told me 10 g back or suffer; they
wanted 10 know il that property Wa nike. tod
them TO tut tha l woud protect IL Is long IS wss
abe ! eft then, thsrs being between 300 sad 700
persops siourd TIE buTrg buildings. thea csme
down TO tie dwellings around Ice lower hosptsl, and
told tte people TO all tha they could, and sssi-tea
them; ESQ il getting 6ogn pstiep's ard pu,iog them
into this lower hospital SI or eight Of yellow
fsvtr and number of smallpox csses fifty IN sll, were
brought down taken into the female hospital, the
only ore now s'sidrg. number Of snl pox ps.ienrs
had TO ley uL5sr fence sl night Bstssen , and
o clock the mob fred Dr.. Taompsons house, abcu. Il
or a Geek Ills morning they fred the wousrs hos
Ial Hhers were about seventy five patients, setting
hre TO tie suas beds. There for wards in the
Hospital. The paisrts were cut Of the wsrd which
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