The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-09-27
VIEWS OF CORRESPONDENTS.
HOW ARE THE SOLDIERS TO BE WITHDRAWN?


he another proclamation rcctng that whereas the
nsurrecon is put down. there is no fprther need of
their remaining in the field because the rebels sub
dued and peace and harmony restored therefore, sol
diers, may return % your homesS Would not the
fact appear clear that the citizens of Richmond county
cupied just the position towards everybody and
yerytning, especially towards the azarctta Governor
King and the Quarantine officials they did before9
When the Governors campaign is ended and the sodie
~ discharged, where the Governors military chest?
The soldiers who have been called from their business and
homes their fellow citizens will call for their
pay lie will send the Legislature. There the
inquiry will be made into his authority make this war
He find none Who believes the Legislature will hand
out the money and pay the Governors expenses without
a strict inquiry into the causey What he answer
VIII he say was to protect the State property That
had been demolished six days before Will he say
TO put down the mobY They had long before peaceably
retired 10 their homes viii he say he called upon
by the authorities Of Richmond county 70 aid them en-
Forcing the law Certainly not
The army not placed there for any of these pur
poses but to overawe the people OF Richmond, nineteen
twenteths Of whom had more TO do with the burning
than Governor King had.
BEpLOEs ISLAND FOR QUARANTINE.
TO TIE EDITOR or THE HERALD.
II II obvious that after the present excitement
respecting the destruction of the Qua
establishment Staten Island has blown over the
design Of re establishing tina, locality viii be aban-
doned There must be q location and in view of the
great commercial of the city the nearer i is
brought tho wharvcs better Bedoes Island is the
natural site for Quarantine and in the early history of
the city, observe in Valentines Manual was used
for ing the harbor previous the last war with Great
Britain II coded TO government and has been
used Tor military purposes rs subordinate station II is,
however IN reality at the present time needless for such
purposes and the far greater commercial interests OF
city call for IL Quarantine station The quarantine
wilt here interfere with nobody, being distance
y mile from the shore and Of two miles from the CITY,
thousand dollars day will he saved 10 merchants In
transportation and far larger amount in other facilities
not 10 mention the exposure Of vessels in the outer bay
The island ceded to its emergencies
let now be returned IN the emergency of the
and ~ uses as place Of defence need not be impaired
"REMINISCENCES OF 1856.
TO rnr EDITOR oF uE HERALD
In reading your paper have been eratiei 10 that
pages been closed against the Islanders,
that it, columns their Co. ssrpotecton
have Iound adnitlancc. The vile epthets bestowed on
the islanders by Of the daily papers are unneces
sary for the very them aghast at the
name Of yellow fever, and il TO reach the spot in
which they with their families scourn how quickly would
they nec--yet, out ii its reach They boldly dccry
those who didwhat they would have done had they
similarly situated Why y u that pcstental diseases
ere no longer admitted into the New York Hospital
situated in Broadway Why ~ il that tho dead are
no .nser Inferred ~ i,h.ty .nnrenSsfd New workers.
have declared II nuisance; and yet Trinity church
yard dedicated the rcpose Of the dead years before
o OF those Who have snnucd the law that per
nited hundreds slunher beside their Kindred Imagine
for moment, that tn New York Hospital again the
receptacle pcsicnal Diseases and that beneath
a. roof loaiLsome disease spreading. Would the
New Workers quietly submit 20 W Ncthnks not Nor do
think that they found circumstances Of no avail that
they would quietly t aud fold their II is
ye,s the brave hearted amt noble scaled physi-
cans, dubois and Crane, Il New Utrecht, fell victims 70
the yellow fever, painted IN their midst Wy good shop.
herd q health occ notorcty Ills cry then was There
IL danger TO him her. certainly noLe, ios line
rs wfI puo, .sa crane contend as n. r ana
ussessy. for the who cried ihesc N danger !"
insisted snchorng his rcstcn,li vessels near their
SHIRE.
WHAT WAS roxr WIN Tur APPROPRIATION
snrron
VIII yor inform a resident of Tornrs nsvfllc who
u,or tLo appropriation made II 500 600 for Quarantine
removal and which the have not yet y
Pended legally nc used ouly for erecting warehouses
iur the lower hay whist the Quarantine buildings remain
On the old sIotf The Mayo that said 500 600
would 70 FAR toward erecting Warehouses for whch par
pose the appropriation has CERTAINLY not been made and
an piupet,nn ought 20 laid on tue v To
IGOR taxayers 10 prevent their usms the funds
msudcd.
A HOSPITAL surr roR WILLOW FEVER PATIENTS.
Tuk EnrTop oF rvs
Erv years ago when the hospital was established a,
staten Island emigration 70 this port was exceedingly
small and the requiring admission into the hospital
were extremely few. Al that both typhns and ycl.
low fever unknown here, consequently the nhabi.
tanis could have apprehension far these were
concerned The malady most feared then smallpox
hut since The discovery c Jcnncr disease may be said
he extinct II rs well known fact that persons may
live with safety a. distance "a hundred feet from n
hogP'al containing pa,irrv seorins under yrhus Y.
bs don, Nth The a. yellow fever that may come
uto porf A. the Of yellow fever never amounted
10 very large number would suggest that hnsptal
shin should 10 anchored IN convenient place where NH
persons laorns under yellow fever might 10 placed and
where al communication would he thus cut on and ~ the
disease only prevalent during the months there
would H. d.lculty in making the accommodations
suitable for the wants o. the sick
law ror TIM nrsiRrcTToS o. rnE QUARANTINE ny
INDIVIDUALS
"a 4ffsts
Tere classes = cases whore private property
may be legally and rigt'uly destroyed by individuals
without responsibility. Tho basis u tho ono s What the
common law writer's cal to claw o. nccerslty = that n
The o,hcr the righ, "ebatc nuisance" IN each case
Tho property destroyed nvs T. source of danger 10 The
vc. health, property rcronal rights that portion a
the public residing the ncirhhorhood the former
danger docs not from to MISCONDUCT
tie owner q TIC property destroyed while in the lat.
'cr he voluntary act cr negligence has created the
nuisance IN each case, however, the destruction
awiul. and the owner q the property destroyed Is
remedies. These doctrines find ia the Oldest
cases q ,he common law - The former class may
rounding buildings q Dyer, 30, ~; merchandise thrown
storm, for the s,ieiy q the lives Of the passen
gers. (worscs case, IL Coke " 62). The principle Of
these has been fully recognized ~ sound law by
the decision OF stone Mayor, &r., ~ New York as
wena r. ID and was s more directly psssea upon 10
Lawrence was prosecuted individually for the value Of the
personal properly destroyed by him. beyond the authority
~ tue sLtufG. 10 arrest fonHagra0n on IHSD,
and where he escaped all responsibility A, however
the Quarantine establishment has been erected and ~
maintained ny the voluntary act o The Authorities u the
State the QUESTION TO whether its destruction he just
ncd y reerabe ~ the SECOND class q cases, establishing
the right indlvi 20 abaie nuisance Whatever
hutfu pcudcia 20 the health, property comfort u
thc community 4 common nuisance "a Black Com o,
21c III 167 Burns Justice, ga Vim abr tit nui.
sance A J Hawkins. B., CD. 20 sec. Ia ~
Pcsersdorn air. Te2 in note) Various instances
u common nusances are furTkhed Queen Lecb, 0
nod l45-Fngys MansheId Noy io3-s Bacon's abr ESQ
str ,. 2lT1 Hawk 363-1 King vs. Russell Fast al
kex q A A