New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-04

tie nq7e.te rasietss fct kiadisg tia 6rs. st,su
beds in tas eeysIa wsdS were ,epea cps., ard the,
oOfteDts st-eyr over fsor and e ail! tie wniews
otnpte.e wss pcEred ever tLs straw, tie Gssnsu
vaI1s,s srcsihs1 in tie wiriovs ard tue tcrca ga.
sPpied. IL fsw mcnsrts ths iuid fsuss L. ~ ria
hre cid bu,iDg srd &c lese tnsr hAi az hour I'D
through the oesusl part like fiery fa,nsss
WheI the hfes bsgso, ths Alarm bel Of TIE village
was rupg ard tie stgoss were brought ou.. The fre
men however, did Lotb;rg but look o. wfLs ths fore
men beloved orders TIA; ros TO De obeysd HUI
dIe6s Of met, women sad children in the strsss
ard al the windows overlooking tee scane and seeming
to regard the destruction with peculiar ss..sfac.oE.
These spectators remained most Of them, eurfg the
night.
This bui'dng was erected 10 1853 10 tie time Of
IleeltG Officer De Wit. AID q. tast time, az well &c
for many gear afef regarded o. ons OF the hnest
Hospitals in tie void |. was between 200 and 800
feet Iorg about 90 feet in uiiL1. Over tts central
part was large observatory, and g. round the build
irg were piszzss TO each story or rtica the conyse
crg pate os we're VOL. to themselves ca pessa an
dsys, and watch tie passing ve;sell. IAe Hospita.
was very substantially buit and resisted the action Of
TIE f for loIg tine il was nearly O'Clock before
The flames made theg wsy through tie roof Abou.
half pee. two, tie oblerys.o,y fell in with terrible
ct.sb ard barel Of alcoho il the bs.ensnt Ct the
baileiIg exploded, sending up inneLss voiEmss o.
fsme that 1t up the scene for many milss around.
The crowd then attacked the S.crshouse bslJnging
to tie Hospital and set that on fire. DR.. Waises's
touse, Lear by, was rex. visited As gang OF Ger
man rpfiars entered 70 FIRE il, the Doctor WHO WAS
stsndI with his wife the furniture, in the Etls
garden II frort Of bic dwelling, 30 iDf1rstej WILD
rage that he rushed into tho house and Grove tee To-
lows out knCCk king two of them down fght atd isst
be ther drew his pinto, and would have Used /. most
Assure oily but for the Interference Of his friends Had
he not beer 70 well euppotsd, thele Is no doubt that
they would have seriously JjuIed him. AS was, he
was ieiled to the ground by one Of the ruifaus
Torches were now seer moy.rg IN front Of the wash
houe-a low, one-stoIy, Dutcn-ookpg building at the
ED Of a lorg pi.!-and very thor;ly sf%rwaTa she
Asnes were issuing from the front door. The squafe
yellow bost-house, suraounted BY an observatory,
which was lighted up a: night to guids the mar;ner
situated at the end of the Health O6icsrs wharf next
to The ferry landing was soon after fired. Tho Hoo
Justice Chas De Forrest headed the party which set
this OF fire, snd hise applied the torch. Tae ohicsa
Of Drs Bissen and Thompson went next then fol-
lowed tie building occupied by tie Cntsd States reve
nue officer, Mr.. Locke, which, however, belonged ID
the Com DissoneIs Of Euis grafton. And lastly went
tie gatskeeper's lodge.
Throughout the night, Mr. R.y TompkiDs, who Is
captain OF the FIRE police, and dressed in uniform
Wes busy leading tie inosndiasJ and directing thsI
effcits lie seemed with two friends, TO hurry
from plsce TO place in oder 70 satisfy himself tia the
wolk Of destruction was being thoroughly accom-
psbed; he aso piided hinsel! cn his strength, aud
aeemsd to be never heppr thar when lie was vrerch-
ing off doors or tearing down window shultsrs When
the gaekeepsrs lodge csns to bs fred it was fesset
from its proximity to large saD.es and sheds out
side of the Quarantine ioolosue, that il might Bet these
places on fire. Mr. Tompkids clsmbersd up to tue
second story piazza Of the lodge and with his own
hands tore down the alouses and, assisted By har-
bor policeman named Ncdne cut awsy with axes most
Of the wood work in foot Of the bouse and the building
was set on fire.
TIE scene ct this tines O'Clock in the morliIg-
was grand and imposing the flames from the burning
bulldogs lighted Up the Bay, tha. at the NsrroSs
objects were distinctly yisib.e. Over on the Long
Island ehore however, streets and woods were seen
almost as distinctly az in the daytime. Tne light
seemed TO roach evan the City Of Nsw-folk, some
seven miles disept.
While standing in front Of the buinirg Hospital We
heard Mr.. Richard Adams Locke remark tina. this
neairg the destruction Of the Quarantine buildings
wss no more than lust retIbutior that the Qusran-
tine was farce and that It maintained for no
other purpose than to give tie Hesh Officer 500 900
year. So coo Of which LIE spent upon his party that
the mos. shameless outr&ges ald extorton5 daily
practiced upon the mercantile community well az
upon the citizens Of Staten Island while the sick were
mise raby treated the physicians being away most Of
the tme end that bic only wonder that the people
mad borne il lopg. Tue whole thing, he eai, had
been brought upon the institution by DR.. Thompson
hin self AID lie believed when he should publish let
ter which lie int nded TO 90 10 short Tina, setting
forth the misdopgs Of tie Quarantine that the pubic
would be satisfied that tie people OF Ssten Island had
driven away horde Ct meIceru7 scourdres. lie
said tha. If DR.. Thompson had been there he would
pccubtedly have been harged By the mob that on
the night previous the peo saw some one within the
Quarantine inoosure who they supposed was DR..
Thompson; they Immediately shouted for clotheslnss,
with which they intended to string him up. by.
stand er asked him If Dr. Thompson stil Staten
Island. Mr. Locke replied No! he kno VS. b:;er IL IN
"to trust hin SELF hsre hs knows Il he did he would
"be hanged to the TALES! tree in the place. We do
cot know whether this is generally the sentiment Of
the Staten islanders Of those engaged in this work
Of dsstIuction but Mr.. Locke says he hss 6ecu
Stssn Islarder for ave yea and ought 70 be good
autLCiiiy.
AS We before stated the sick were removed by Dr..
Bissel and lis assistants a2i placed in tAs Of the
Hospital on the grass. Taey had no covering, how
ever, cave tLeir blankets srd the sky. Some little
sideraticn manifested for them by Mr. Tompki-s
and his men who caused the Hook and Ladder Com
psny to pull down long wooden covered walk which
led to the water closets lest if it took FIRE should roast
these poor sick persons. There about 60 patients
removed from the Hospital ard placed on the ground.
Tnose afflicted with the yellow fevsT and smallpox it
will be remembered exposed thus for the second
time hayirs been removed from tie shsntss yaan thsy