Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-09-06
The Quarantine War.

The one hundred police required TO be sent 10
quarantine by the Commiss oners Of Emig ration,
arrived there on the steamboatsDr. Kane, at 6
o,cIocs isst evening, nearly forty-sight hours
after the first demonstration Of the incendiaries.
They were all armed with the volcanic repeating
rines and pistols furnished by the manufacturers,
same officer who commander during the Sc
guine's Point war They have a six. FOUNDER,
with plenty Of ammunition, In charge The
party was az nsSe1%Psnied Sy Police Commission
madge. The boat also took down a supply Of
tents. which were Immediately pitched within
the Quarantine grounds and occupied by the
sick Tents were also provided for the police,
camp fire was Ing hted, sentinels were posted and
altogether the scene migh t be taken for a minia-
tufe representation of the encampment Of the al
iied armies within the ruins Of Sebastopol. ''i
Kay Tompkins, the reported leader of the in
cendiaries, was quietly arrested last evening,
SHORTLY after the arrival of the police. Detective
omcers Midday and Stephenson met him In Tom
Du,ns oaI-room, and suggested that Messrs. Nye
ana Bowen would be glad to confer with him
about the threatened burning of the shipping
Mr TomPfins went with them willingly, and on
ms, ms arrival at headquarters was taken into
toav on warrant issued by Justice Welsh He
was brought up to the city last night The war.
rant charges him with misdemea nor In violating
the Quarantine laws by entering the Quarantine
enclosure: Justice Welsh has also issued war
rants Ior the apprehension of Mathew Carroll
Charles Stebbins, - Muller and Jacob Wander,
bif. The warrants were issued on COMPLAINT of
Or. Thompson, and John F. Raymond, resi-
The inhabitants Of the GO infected district,,
that is, the neig hborhood where Kremer, a Ger
man, died-were yesterday notified that their
dwellings would be burned at night, but the
threat was not carried into execution The pres-
ence OF the police and the arrest of the ruling
spirit seemed to have disbeartened the mob.
Alter delivering Mr.. Ray Tompkins into the
care OF Capt Williamson, Of the fourteenth pre-
cinct, detectives Stephenson and wildey returned
last night TO Quarantine-for further operations,
AT daybreak this morning they took force of II
Policemen, armed with the volcanic repeating
rifles, and sail ed forth.
They first proceeded TO the stable of Matthew
carroll, near the landing, and Oficer Wildey
TOOK the proprietor into custody They then
marched up the hill, about a mile, to the house
OF Cnaries ,. DE Forrest, justice Of the peace,
who had been overheard by the detectives boast.
Ing OF bis achievements at the fires The house
was instantly surrounded, and the detectives en-.
tefsu, reused Mr. DE Forrest from his slumbers
ana made him prisoner. They next proceeded TO
the house Of VIM. Muller, near by, which thew
surrounded In the same manner, and found M
Muller also In bed. Mr.. nj. IS daug hter at irst
denied that her father was at home but that gen
tleman soon came out and was arrested The
AFFAIR was managed with such promptitude that
there was no opportunity for an organized resist
ance, II any had been contemplated. The pris.
oners went along quietly, and expressed no fears
as to the result. They were brought over 10 the
city al O'Clock, and taken before Justicewelsh
at the City Hall police court. this forenoon.
New
York Hotel, in the custody Of an officer. detailed
by Capt. Williamson for that purpose He 10 NOT
at all alarmed at his arrest, which he had antici
pated, and insists that he has done nothing be-
yond what was authorized by the Castleton Board
OF Health. This Is the plea of all the prisoners
The parties arrested were brought before Jus
tice Welsh, at the Mayors office, and held TO
s Jan 10 appear at the Court Of General Sessions
1or the city and county of New York on Monday
next The amount fixed is two thousand dollars
each. William Muller was bailed by FridoIin
Goet.e; and Com. Vanderbilt will go surety for
Two or three yellow fever and small pox DE-.
tients died at Quarantine last night There il no
doubt that their deaths Were fastened, il not
caused, by exposure to the weather.
simon Il. Sh1el young man residing near the
Marine Hospital on Staten Island, also made an
affidavit this morning, charging M. p. O'Brien
with being one Of those engaged in the second
,ou.nIng OF the Quarantine buildings. O'Brien
is clerk in the street COMMISSIONER ONCE, and
warrant was issued for his arrest
Saturday, 10 a m.-There was little or no ex
eliement about the Quarantine last night The
INHABITANTS seem TO have become tired out from
their exertions Of the two previous nights. And
IL may be that the presence of a large force of
armed police, and the arrest Of several of the
Iingieadefs OF the mob has had the effect to
oampen the feelings of the natives.
The U. , frigate Sabine was lowed down from
the city Late last night, and anchored abreast Of
the government stores, to protect them, as well
as the shipping at anchor there. sbonId ths
The walls Of the Quarantine grounds are strict
~ guarded by the police force from the CITY.
Allowing none to pass or Tepass unless duly au-
lnorlsed: or having permission.
:, among the arrests made are Matthew Carroll
iivery stable keeper; William Muller. lager
Deer saloon keep, and Charles s De Forrest a
Justice OF the Peace, who is known to have fired
the ooet- house; they were taken to the CITY this
morning In the steamer DIR. Kane
IheTe are some one hundred and fly warrants
Out Tor various PARTIES and the police are on the
aiert Tor those supposed to be concerned In the
outrage. '
The New York Herald Of Sunday says:
Everything was quiet at Staten Island yester
day. The breaches in the walls surrounding the
Quarantine grounds have been boarded nm and
preparations made for erecting temporary build.
lngs Tor the accommodation Of the sick The
patients have been removed to a barn adjoining
Dr. Thompson's late residence and every atten
ton is paid to their wants by Drs BisselI ana
Welser. The police, armed with rides, patrol
inside and outside the grounds, but no further
outbreak is expected. The frigate sabine ha.
taken up position of the Quarantine so a, to
afford protection to the shipping in case of neces
SHY. rive persons, namely: Ray Tompkins
Sohn y. thompson, Charles Deforest William
Muller and Mathew Carroll, have been arrested
upon complaints charging them with completely
In the destruction Of the hospitals and Other
buildings: They were brought to the CITY, and
held to bail to await the action of the Grand tury
IL stated that warrants for the apprehe nsiop Of
eighty others have been issued.