New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-21
QUARANTINE AFFAIRS.

A. wss predicted il cue Of or reports o. week or
60 ego the excitement 10 regard to tie ye, fever
srourd Qu.,en'rs /, intsnse. Ths rsport just made
public, that cNes s,s ctrtinusy oc.I-nrg 10 To mp
kinsvis and ca .letop hss s-oussd the pacp.s TO s
feafal eItIt 81 unless ths feeling is cheoket, .
renewal CT l,s. SCumsrs sxceusn, msy be expected.
We have erdeayo to dsoovsr the Truth OF tie
port coIcernirg Of fever alleged to have occur.
rel in Tompkpsv:lle. bu. csn only fn! runora. Tee
at gstops OF Dr.. W c. Anderson, hist on 81 sye.sgs
one csss occurs daily, yet nesi cor6rnsior though
they msy be strictly true. Ys; i. sppers iuprob ,be
that the fever could have spread r,pdly, snd for
weeks back, without ST aleIm prevailing .t'oughou.
the community, which would have be >om, known. In.
deed TIE first cssts generally knoSn to lave occured
were tbose Of Miss Cfoss snd tie 5ervsnt gin, WHO
generated thsI diaesse as has slrssdy b:en stated,
from bathing il tee boy, lear infected yesse.s, and
vis;tirg the vessels well.
II has slso been found tia; perso1s from Nsw York
have carried the desss flon the island bsck to tde
city. Ore psn residing in Union street, Brooklyn,
was attacked with il after leaving the Island and disi
end it is now reported that servsnt girl, residing 10
the lower part Of Greenwich street is very low aud
anost beyond recovery from the same cause Sae
had visited CastIetoD, walked around the Quarantine
mediately prostrated. This demonstrates ths nsoes
city Of visitors e1ercsDg the greatest care in selecting
places OF visit on Staten Island 1t s becoming too
dangerous place now to be caelessly resortsd to.
DR.. Anderson says tbst the first cases which oc
CURED manifested thenqevas in tenement house 10
Tompkinsvile, occupied by employees o! Qu.ran
tine. Two persons alleged 20 have died Of il here
This took place several weeks sipce bat the deaths
were sad TO have occurred Of other disease than
yellow fever. Indeed il was pretty satisfactorily de-
monttrsted that they were from other csuses.
There have been reports of the epidemic on the
other eide Of Staten Islsnd,l the cases occurring
near Quarantine. Should the statements Ct the med
cal gentleman alluded to prove correct there muat
have been, within the psst few weeks no less than
twenty-five or Thirty cases of the fever outside Of
Quarantine. This would be worse than last year or
any previcus seasop.
A committee Of physicians are nov under:tood to be
investigating the subject, aDd their report upon the
matter is expected daily It may serve to clear up in
degree the my stery wbich surrounds the whole
question. IL the tine, ths residents Of Staten
Island in u high state of exctsment.
The arrivals from New Orleans Of late al bring the
epidemic with them. Not vessel arrives but tha,the
crew is slmot Incapable Of duty AID consequently the
Hospitals are filing up rapidly with patients. Nsw-
Orleans is now the worst port from which vessels AZ
live, thoss from al Others being generally quite
healthy. Some from Havana ere pretty bal, thougb
the nsjoriy give favorable accounts Of themselves.
1t is now being suggested thst it would be ssfsr to
keep all guaranteed vessels in the Lower Bay, thu.
preventing persons bathing from coming 10 nest con-
tact with them. This under present oircunstsncea,
would TO be the proper course fer the iasn:ne
officials 10 pursra and thsn it would be "lotLoi
the epidemic outside originates from people coming in
coptect with thope !esviug the incloaute or not.
Tie number Of arrivals, yesterday, was not numes-
Gus, ror were there any, far az could bs sarnsd,
that had sly sickness cp board. Tie regu.a icns il
regard TO ell vessels, are strictly enforced aad tls
Health Officer is doiug all in his poTer to keep the
fever within quarantine.
The Lower Bay is represented TO he HEALTHY, CT at
least comparatively so, TIE iickreas wnicd oocur'
there, bejrg removed q, FAST any is manifested.
Ab,ut thityfvs vessels yog there al the preseat
tine, most Of them being rom NeE-Odesrs and West
IGdisn ports. In TIE Upp'r Bay, there s:s about
thirty vessels, and al Of the n az. healthy.