New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-17

said hc would keep The people buck from Tie Women
Ho. pal the frst night and thinl he did: hc sas
dressed think in fire cop and citizen- oloihc- |
knew him to he prominent man by reputation and
before the Smallpox Hospital on fise asked him
what they going 10 do and there ~ any danger
Of any more buildings being set on fire: he said
you know the feelings Of The people against The Quar-
antnc and believe that they are determined 10 burn
every building on the ground; in few minutes sher
they began 10 smash the windows aud in quarter of
an hoir after The building was on fre-the Small-,.ox
Hospital people; II was entirely unoccupied there
patients in it. unlos- some patients NAV have
been transferred To II from the shgDty whtn IL set
fire, and then reInos cd again; after what trans
pircd be.v cen me and Mr.. Tompkins, / did not sre
HIM again until some time, when some ore told me
that they We're trying 10 kill Dr. Bis-cl asked Nr.
TnmpkinN to go with and stop them, knowing that
he had more Influence than he went with IN, and
when we got there, found the Doctor had escaped;
agan he came Ia me- and kcd me to relca prisoner
and advised me to do so. il was the safest way To
save the Nomen's Hospital. where the sick are, and
ourselS es subsequently asked him if the building
was safe where the sick were he said that unless
they killed him first. nobody would injure the build
ing where the sick were; then quite number Of hen
came with Brady. the fireman Of No. 1 Engine. who
sad they wanted Ia the SICK; kept them out
We'll a. could; Brady attempted no violence further.
Richard "A. Thompson. sworn-l am Health Officer
at this port and have been such since April 1855; on
the night OF September !, 1 in the Quarantine
grounds the night of the n was not the dwell
ng occupied by me WAS burned the first night; ! do
not know the of the parties engaged in firing
the buildings; / did not either OF the prisoners
that night.
Witness cross-exanined BY Mr. Dean-I resided
at Albany when WAS appointed Health Officer, and
was engaged in the practice Of medicine; have not
made complaint before Justice Welsh against Mr..
Tompknr for any ect of his that night.
Mr.. Peckham said he did not that there was any
relevancy il bringing UP side issues involving the per-
sona feelings Of parties.
The Court sand that il was not necessary TO inyosi
gate the personal differences.
Wtuess lresuiniugj-I know Van Buskirk The wit
ness, slightly; did not see him at the Republican
meeting at Richmond; did not see Rolf; saw others
employed at the Quarantine there; the distance, |
think, from Quarantine il six miles: think
the Convention was on the night of Aug. Ia il had
no reference 10 Quarantine affairs, that know Of
cannot say who were there; there were several barge
men in my employ; their duty is to row the Health
Oficer's boat; j don't remember any more whom
can identity; these bargemen went with my permis-
sion; there was no yellow fever iu the vessel. at
Quarantine !hen though there were vessels regarded
as infected about week before that attended the
caucus at New Brighton; there large attend
ance Of people there there persons there
from the Quarantine; cannot tell how many; I
should think there might have been twenty; these
persons employed stcvcdores and some
were otherwise employed; some Of them attended
with my permission; there was yellow fever then in
the hospital, and there infected vessels in the
Quarantine grounds; the vessels were being dis
charged daily in their turn as they arrived Nelly.
man. the iron man was at this caucus; the scow
is used for burning refuse or infected material from
vessels; McIymsn went to the caucus with my con-
sent; Kramer, his assistant, died somewhere about
the middle Of July; and heard his wife had died
also have understood that Kramer did not assist in
burning material from infected vessels; regard il
dangerous to handle material from vessels infected
with yellow fever, as 1t is liable to give the disease;
the period is generally five dayp between the exposure
Of the person and the appearance of the disease don't
know whether McLyman had burned any material
within five days previous TO the holding the Conven
tiOn said to the boss steyedore that number of the
men employed were desirOus Of attending the meeting;
said had no objections provided they would comply
with two conditions, namely that they should take
off the clothing in which they had been at work, wash
up, and that when they had attended the meeting they
should Immediately return; / further added to the
boss steyedore that If hosc conditions were complied
with they could attend the meeting, and that none
others could go the boss stevedore William l..
Housenian; supposed there would be contest then
about the election of delegates; did not that the
men were washed up and their clothing changed
trusted TO the boss stevedore, and he told that
they had already done So aud saw myself, before
they left, that some Of them had changed their
clothing: the scvedores applied to me to go to the
meeting; there report Of ease OF yellow fever
at New Brighton, but cannot say II it was after this
caucus; the stevedOres who attended the caucus
resided within the Quarantine grounds; do not know
that some of them had families in Ncw-fork; know
Justice Dccrest; there caucus just before at
Factoryville; never furnished, nor did agree to
furnish in q conversation with Mr.. Deforest, men
enough To carry the caucus at Fectoryvile against
the men in Crabtrees Factory; we did converse about
the stevedores attending the meeting bnt did not
say would furnish mem the permission to go in and
ont of the gate is either verbal or written the
gutekccper is expected TO have. written
pass IRON persons going out, but IN tins
case / told the gatekeeper to let in certain
parties who accompanied Mr.. Houseman; the
first case of yellow fever this season think was in
April was not familiar with yelow-fever patients
before coming to the Quarantine the injection can be
carried in clothing and merchandise think aud the
air becomes infected cotton rags and rope cuttings
carry it; coal is not supposed to curry infection, but
the opinion in ST. Thomas is that certain kinds OF coal
will c.iry it: We have detained one cargo OF coal
cannot sy at what distance infected vessel may be
dangerous; there might be danger if infected vessels
we're lying near the ferry boat landing to those passing
The investigation concluded for the day. This
morning the crosseyS,uinaton Of DIR. Thompson will