New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-16

NJ. Anthem cited the cas- Of Hart, IN Is Wendell,
20 sustain the position taken by Mr.. Dean. lie cond
not the slightest distinction between the position
of State keeping mp nuisance and an indivslnal
Justice Metcafe said he Was disposed TO give tho
examination wide range 10 have the whole question
of the character of the Institution fully stated
Witness resuming-I know of the reports of
stevedores being AT primary meeting, but do nrt
know the fact, patients are brought sshore from ;he
infrcted shipS In boats sometime IN The ships boats
and sometimes by the sick boat, which Is msnnd
bv persons connected with the institution II the
.,ek boat man is one of the six, he hyed IN On. OF
buildings burned outside of the wall; 20 Ia the city
sometimes once a month and sometimes once week,
ard sometimes NAV have gone otener; the nurses
reside within the walls some Of them nave not oeen
10 the city this year. and some have been otfner'
give them leave Whenever they have any business
Snd We spare them: and when We discharge tneui
they where they please. they not allowed 10 go
out ot the gate without written pass We nave u""
nine IN twelve nursesfour ve males and the rest
females; there times when have more than
that; the nurses sometimes 20 into the yIiagr,
but they are never cut kayc ot absence
In the village, that am Of the friends oi the
sck IN the yellow tcver, cholera or smallpox Hos
pitfalls not allowed TO visit them the sick from the
lower Quarantine are conveyed IN steamboa; 10 The
incosure | understand; Mr.. Cooper acts a. under
taker for persons whose friends have died, and who
wish t. have the bodies buried differently from
,u>,.,n: he is not employed bv cstahl shnan.. |
have never seen him sv ont any hres inside o. the
second uglt u, the burning, The wind blew nom the
sout pr ot N, time generally; the sick were had
between ny house and the Female Hospital, thy
wcrc plecea then under my superintendent and s1g-
gostion; | cannot say but some oi them may nave
been carried of the Hospital before got there:
they remained there that night and the next day, and
some then taken Ia Hospitals on Wards Island,
and The yellow fever patients then removed to the
barn; during that night snd day they were protected
by the heavens: part of the day there awning
over a few of them; they were conveyed To the barn
and tcuts in vehicles think and perhaps were
conyeyed nv hand DO not know who the wagons be-
onged to- il not true thatthe village church was offer
ed M for the sick asked them for barn or any ple,
70 put the sick in, and they refused, saying ina, they
would not have the sick outside the walls nie'ted
clothing il locked up in place near the Dead-house,
until frosi or if II l. badly saturated or Oil Il IL
burned sometimes on the ground ana sometimes, De-
fore il comes ashore, IN the iron scow nave o"en
the Physician of the Marine Hospital since May !,
1856: my residence within the Enclosure,
but il tronted on the main street leading to
the ferry landing. | ireqaently within the
wards where contagious and infectious diseases
were, but DIR. Waser was assigned part,.n
larly To them; I have passed the street for
my home in going to and coming Ia the Hospital but
not frequently | don't know that | recolcct OF any
act of nhumanty to patients by any body ON thore
nights other than those have mentioned. Previous
To 1851 had resided principally in Livingston County
for many years. | had not had much experience then
in treating yellow fever. had seen few eases. Pre-
>ious 10 the tire regarded the Engineer of th',
Philadelphia a. doubtful case, he was in q very
than the Engineer was. who have recovercd
cannot say whether his death was fastened by the
burning or not: think he would have died without
the burning: don't think he had had the black vonl
il. he said he must die himself il they u second
time and he passed another night in much excitement,
and don't ihnk he died until the buildings were on
fire the second night.
Direct examination resumed by Mr.. Peckham-I
saw effort the part of the men IN red shirts ana
fire crps to extpgush the fire, though appealed to
them frequently. The bedding OF the yellow iever pa
tients that was washed, was washed IN the wash
house; at least suppose So. great many oi thai
used by the sick and dead was burned up or up
Onr rule was to send nothing 10 the wash-house
which would endanger the lives of the washwomen or
nurse aud the fact is that not one case has broken
ont within the walls in two years; | observed good
many persons whom | saw leading the hrst night
whom | know by sight, but whose names don't
know; saw Ray Tompkins and the defendant; those
are all can name; on the second night saw Iomp-
kins Deforest Thos. &. Burns and Mathew Carroll,
and number of Others whose names do not know
the man hadthe first clinch with do not know and
have been unable to learn who he is; he was active
in leading opinion is that the value OF the prop
eriy real and personal is from $?iO 1000 to eJoO Oo0
Cross-examned by Mr.. Anthon--Q. In your opinion
has that Quarantine been sufficiently isolated Ia render
il safe for the County of Richmond and the City of
NewYork in regard to infectious and contagious dis
eases A. | believe that II is II the laws that were
passed were acted upon; as has been conducted ny
me il has been safe but cannot speak Of II beiore
am clearly Of the opinion that tins island 10 sum
cently removed from New-fork to be entirely harm-
less, II the Quarantine regulations are carried out
there is no danger of the yellow fever being conveyed
BY the atmosphere the further place Is removed tor
Quarantine the better, but Is not distance but is"in
ton that insures safety think the insulation Is sait
Gent for the safety OF Richmond County ir my eNpe
rence there has not been auy injection carried without
the walls OF the Quarantine
o. Where do the cases outside come from' A.
do not know; they cannot be traced to u.s. oar opin-
ion is that the eases outside originate rom go
ships-by the Board of Health of Castleton making
public auction of things belonging To people who have
died of the yellow fever; | heard Of Mr.. kramcrs
death; | have heard that he deputy scow man,
but do not know that he an employees OF the
Quarantine; belief is that he caught the Injection
among the shipping.
Q. If the Quarantine were located at the Battery
with strict regulations, rgidly enforced, would i be
safe to the City of New-York A. II they would al
low me to make the rules and regulations, and they
were ricdly enforced, think il would be safe.
O. Bn, could they be enforced A. do not know;
~. cond not enforce law here. I.aughter.j
The proceedings weee adjourned to this morning at
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