Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-09-08
The War ON NtatenIsIand

All DAY Monday workmen were engaged in
erecting frame buildings for the accommoda alton
OF the sick and doctors. II Is supposed that the
buildings will be completed to-day, fWednes-
day. when they will be taken possession of
The policemen have engine, which, no doubt.
will prove serviceable in case of necessity. They
are stiii comfortably provided for all their wa nts
being looked after with great care They carry
their vulcan guns and practice with them, all
making great noise and intmidating the resi-
dents Of the neig hboring town Yesterday morn
Ing number Of afadavits were made at CITY
Hall against parties not yet arrested In the af
ternoon Governor King issued the following pro-
clamation:
PROCLAMATION
Tne deliberate and swaRton destruction by n
large MOB OF armed men, Of the bui ipgs dwell
Ing mouse ana hospitals at quarantine station the
property OF the people Of this State the cruel and
inhuman dragging forth Of sick and disabled ma
tlens from hospitals. respected always, even i'm
war tneir bar oarous exposure, without shelter
throughout an Indictment night; the general con
currence in and approval of these violent act, bv
the people OF the county Of Richmond and espe.
c.a.ty oy mos VINO reside In the neighborhoOd
OF the quarantine grounds; the undstinpuisbed
ana determined manner in which all these out
Iages Were committed, evincinp tots a xreuard
ana contempt OF the laws; OF all their obl atfons
ana duties as CITIZENS and men-all combined
present, in my dgment, a case w htcb staudiny
alone In It's enoTmty and violence, appeal di.
rectiy to the Chief Magist Of the State whose
duty IL II TO see that the laws faithfully exc
cufed, 10 assert and maintain the dignity Of the
state, and the authority Of these laws, so con
temPtuousiV and barbarously dened and trodden
under foot
Now, therefore, acting upon the high response
oliity OF my Office, and DESTROYS TO vfBdicate the
SUPREMACY Of the laws, drnounce these acts of
arson ana outrage a crimes OF the big best infa-
my and for the purpose Of bringing the people of
the county OF Richmond to a Just sense OF the
enormity OF these crimes which they have per-
United TO be perpetrated without any ATTEMPT at
Interference with to punish we'll I nown actors
IN all these terrible scenes OF VIOLENCE huTping
and oIoodshed, and TO guard against threass
which are yet made that ships iyin1 or,r,ntins
shall BE- fred, and buildbps for the acrommod.
ZION o. the sick, who are now houseJrss as weII
as those who may arrive from infected southern
Pois, would ne destroyed as soon as erected, and
Ior tne security OF the cities Of New York and
Brooklyn from eoniagion and pestilence 1 issue
tns Proclamation, and call upon ali civil aul hor
ltles OF ID. county OF Richmond, and upon each
ana All OF the oitants Instantly and zealously
TO In restoring the outraee ed peace and
order OF the Island, and In bringing 10 condiun
punishment the weil-known bold and principal
murder. - : - ~ ~"~
And declare that by reason of the nets and
proceedings herein referred To, and the refusal of
the sheIln OF the county OF Richmond, although
repeatedly mott led that threats had been made 10
destroy the public property at quarantine 70 take
any Steps 10 prevent the contamination Of those
threats, and the absolute necessity for An 49,
quats force TO protect buildings 10 be erected for
tue sick, on the very site here they stood. until
provision shall DE made by law for their removal
TO some other place, and To release a police force
withdrawn from the general service Of the cities
of New York and BROOKLYN and nou ,,.,,nosd
at quarantine, that the county OF Richmond is i'm
state OF instructions; aud in order to assist in
preserving ana 10 protect the property of the
state ana IlVes OF The sick, that a military force
Oi samcltnt strength De detailed and stationed
al quarantine until returning sense Of the peo-
pie OF hlchm county To their duties and obIi-
cations as peaceful citizens shall render IFS mes
<nes unnecessary, or until the Legislature shall
oi.eI~se oIeSt. john A. KING.
ALsAsT,N Y, September 9Th, 1883
Ala O'Clock yesterday afternoon the Mayor was
holding q consultation with Col Duryea, and II
was understood that the Seventh Regiment would
proceed TO Staten Island last night
The causes Of the fatal delay In sending a DO
nee force for the protection Of Quarantine have
D@eh investigated, and II appears that the respon-
Hoiiity rests entirely upon Superintendent Tall
'hAuSe, he received the Tequisition for sixty
men signed by Gen. Nye, as President OF the
ooaio vi foilee Commissioners, hut dec ded mi
10 execute II witAont the action OF the full Board
On the ground that IL the men were sent down
they would have to remain during the balance n,
the sickIy season. The Board Of poIi.. g.,
mlssioners yestc rday considered the m,,,a, On.
passed resolutions suspending the Gen-,,I So,
intendent from dufv