The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-16
QUAR- IAN FINE MiTcERs.


QUAR- IN TINE MiTcERS.
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Ehe Public HeaIth--wno are Interestc'z In
Ix.--shd and Present QuaransSoc CON-
xrasrsd-What the New QuaraStine Conn
xaississsers are Dstng- The StSrsn Islanders
GBeKsoasBy Triumpnsne-rhe Old Quaran-
tine Hospitals Emptasd-A Floating Hss-
pat~s-ADchors9e for Iofscted Vessels and
Distributing Bsrgo--swindlss ON shippa.g
Merchants-YeiIsvv Fever Prospects, &c.
Summer mas at angth put on her fiery robe the son
eresxes and gentle sunshine, which prevailed 70 an
usually iEse period, have yielded to the midsummer
Domain Of byeezeess l,estude and hrazen heat. mi,
sudden charge hss sent many hurryDs TO the country
70 enjoy verdAnt groves, bahbing brooks, fresh laid
eggs, unadulterased milk aud early retiring The usual
watering place visers goae 70 their old haunss,
ped surf bathing waters, muse dsncns
and fration. The great OF the people still, how
ever, remain. few, in their pursuit Of wealth.
stay super their mammoth commercial interests IN
dry gcods, sils stocks and shipping, rather than risk
being cheated by gambling confidential clerks and specu
sspg agents. snopkeepers stay TO c.tch tho gold
coin Of southsroers, who are beginning TO show
themselves plentfully in the streets, aud who
End New York a. pleasant . place to spend
The summer as the cramped hotels Of watering
plAces. Thousands remain because they find
uuct 6onu WtnoIt Tue Opera
Gszzsniga and Corten-lu their spacious dwellings,
here than they obtain elsewhere. sorrowful
psson struggle cesielessly bread batter aad
shelter for themselves and little ones, keep however, the
greater portion In the city. Tho absent, indeed are
scarcely mhsed. The hurry Of business and the din OF
carts and omnlbuses seem the same and the steam WINS
pss with unvary Ing snrlness and precision,
mechanics and artisans their daily, dreAry TOLL 10 all
remaining in the city, well staid residents who
temporarily absent, the subject OF tho pabIic health
always Of paramount interest. Now that the summer
heat has upon rs in earnest, that City Iaspec
has charge Of the streets, that rational way Of
spending the Sabbath 10 still allowed, and that tho
weekly bills Of mortality show no prevalent alarming
sickness in the city, the public attention naturally d.
vsTn Quarantine matters accompanied by the solemn
and earnss inquiry whether the city s properly guarded
asanAt the Introduction Of epidemic diseases from aoroad
The long continued Staten Island warfare against Quar-
an,ine, the wholesale burning Of the Quarantine build
nas, and the long continued and ayowed determination Of
the State authorities maintain Quarantine Staten
hand doubtless supposed by many opposing ctcum
that must have necessarily and wculy crippled
the tcacy strnsency and force Of Quarantine To
extent they have. There the Of hos
psx accommodation there formerly was there not
many sspendsry physicians drawing large salaries and
doing little work, and the catalogue Of con7eniences in
The way Of the city and the nshterage
goes greatly dminished; but these the good
beginning Of . good end. The Quarantine authori.
ties and yellow fever, cholera and smallpox pa
asnse, for that matter, would doaotiess fnd It
for their personal convenience could the
Ba. cry be converted into hospital grounds and tho ada
cent into Quarantine anchorage the Eeaith OF
Hcer and the long string Of employees under him would
md Il vastly 10 take busness and pleasure tours
city. delightful ouDging place TO convacscent
patients would be the benches and green grass, With ths
vide spreading branches of the noble Battery trees pro
secpg them asainst the scorchDg and unheanul rays
Of MONDAY This matter OF personal convenience
fortunately, las been attempted to be pushed TO
tnss extremity, the safety of the public health being
paramount CONSIDERATION ar vet TO locate the Quaran
Battery would no, DC stupid than is
NDusnse Staten Island, tue safety of the public health
being tie consideration The Staten Isandes held this
Argument til in the face o. the persistent and oohardy
Tesie.a made to IT, they could hold their patience
longer. they tore down the Quarantine walls burned
buildings and expelled the institution from the saud
The caute,zing splendid eecs the ejectng pro-
cess proved beautiful the tearing down fomscs
a 6udipg up Of the islaod staten Island has by tho
mssD. aied herself Of ouarsntnea lazaretlo an In
Tos natural char ms OF Staten leland and
rnra retreat the pasaionet language of poetry has es
rsycd IN vain describe Der lofty summit commands
noble and unoaraeed view OF the lower part OF New
York Brooklyn Heights, New jersey and Ioog Island
sDos ee-tbe beautiful stretch Of the
Battery TO the Nsxro~s, studded with proud ships and
steamers the pennsns Of every NATION We give
oetow brief resume of old Quarantine matters
tn Of present Quarantine regustons account of
tbs Quarantine Commissioners are doing, their
1oAng hospital distributing barge the anchorage of in
teced and abundant precautions being taken
prevent the Introduction into the city o. Contagious AMI
% entsi diseases through the arrival Of vessels
fe1lea ports.
+ Staten Island was cone tered remote from New
Yrrk and such aud from s peculiar position at the
month Of the hsrbor upon fs phase for
location of the Quaraooe hospitals aud anchorage.
time when there were scarcely suy residents on
the snd and when SLOW barges we're the only Of
accss Sc 70 toe cy time when there was no more obsc
Quarantine being located there pterposst
formerly 10 the ere;on Ia the upper part OF this city Of
soa factor and bone boiling institutions Staten Island
gradually, however, became suburb Of New York, till
mlumnsh ferry boata between this city
ADo every half hour, carrying hundreds Of passengers
Meresy trip. With this increase Of settlement thu
Inland augmentation Of travel opposition
70 the continuance there Of Quarantine This oppositiou
having proper fo CO. the burning Of The Qaaraatne build
bgs became necessity. Fret she incendiary torch
s, tne G ereo,eo ses g"
rsptine buildings at the Quarantine headquarters
next thought or This inception OF the thought
quickly followed by its execution Thirty buildings
vee the nights Of the LIT and ID OF September last
bnroed Including hospitals, Offices guard and ho,ses
Tho Total Ions OF property beng S2600o0 MILITARY
succeeded, interregnum continuing several
weeks and entallpg heavy expenditure tue regiments
Of the New York State Militia had signal Opportunity
aoro ed them The discomiorts Of camp le Favored
contractors and master masous had opportunity TO
pocket neavy pronS In the erection of temporary
pLsIs. Upon his induction oto Office, Gov. Morgan had
iDe military wth1raw and the Of temporary hos
pi'ais stopped Six Temporary hospitals we're, however,
erected eash 100 feet by 25 feet Of boards ana
saved from the ruins Of the former strusures
board house put up residence Dr. Waser, De
py Health officer Dr. Jerome, ply an 70 tue Marine
Hos pe tn structures still standIna but pst ps
lent either Of The hospitals the large that ~
been upon them been for nothing Under the
old Quarantine rcg,mc Of yellow fever occurred
a1e Of the Quarantine walls, and there was
slant depger only OF the inhabitants OF the island
bens ssept away by this dreaded presidential disease,
boz OF ia spreading to this city and ensuing NOR
tally infinitely exceeding any previous havoc Of the dis
ease This the leading and telling argument In favor
Of ,be remosa OF Quar- anime. The swndes aud
tons TO which merchants 1jeed the towing OF
Their vessels and Dghierage Of cargoes were, moreover
enor moas and acted powerfully bring about the pre-
tent change IN Quarantine regulations. The yellow flag
fhnf CHI p,ao Nnae c,.~