New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-04
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

At the regular meeting Of the Chamber OF Com
rncrce JestsIasy the following gentlemen were elected
members of the Chambers
T wa. s.r esSoD' RSSct B. i aifissa.
ia. A. BoOfusp, Eowio ranon',
wn y Cary jr, Ssm'l II. koke1b.ugh,
Wun. Coitesl Jsco, J. sb.rm,a,
Tdwad Dsylsou, Js,s.oa p slatz
VIM. r. G.iuneh ABdrew " Stout
Geo. b. OhnneA
ADAM NoRRIE was elected to the Committee on
4 lb tIaiIoD.
a con III 1uicaiion was re ceived from Committee OF
the Trustees Of the Central Park Observa,ory, assing
= conference With Committee Of tue CO sn1sr, re-
psc,ing The Observatory Referred to the Commit
re me Battery Observatory. .
An attempt vas nGde TO dispense with TIE bil0. IN
the election Of members. L. referred TO the Exec
utve Committee.
TIE Executive Committee proposed that the dues
should be fixed 3: SO per year. that msrohlets %.
American cifizcns shaii DC lgible to menu srsuipi
that honorary members may be elected, AMI otler
eight alterations which were ordered printed aud ald
over.
Mr.. MlSruRs said that under the cxis.ieg Laws all
vesses might tie boarded by the HeeltI Oic,r IN the
Lower Bay " here there was secure anchorage. A
movement was now on foot to circunscribc the a..
tbotyof the Health Officer ~ vessels from unhealthy
ports. He read memorial to the Legislature, pray
Irg for an act which should thns circunscd)c hu
Authority. The memorial states that in port in
III, world has the Quarsut Officer such powers
IN New.YOrk. The memOIiaists ak, also, tina; the
Health Officer be paid salary, sod 10 fees be exact
ed. Mr. Minturn asked that tue Chamber j)ia Ia tue
memorial.
Mr. M4rshall said that he had hal a talk with Mr..
Seymour l,tcy, and the new Commissioners OF Quar-
anire in i.vOI Of mkiog this Obstruction be-
ire European commerce aud that irom unhealthy
porfs II was the custom 20 0etaln all vessels the
ueslh Officer by single word could deta she vessel
for a week or permit her t. come up Immediately.
lie bad Gov Moygau and he, also, was 10 'agor
o. IT, IL had seen al emgrant vessel wlich hs1 only
sirgle case Of smallpox board, detained at q Iar-
bntine at expense Of ZOO or 81 400. Tie emsra-
tjou much more healthy tlan ever beiore.
Mr. PERT 8skcd what would be done With badly in.
fscte0 vessels
hr. MINrnoRSE replied tia. the Board Of Health
" ud have q Health Officer at Castle Garden, who
w0u1 fret board The vessel arriving and coul1, II he
tn ugrt It ssary, remand her to the Lover Bay.
Mr.. BRowFR stated that 90 the present time the
Hehlh Officer could delain any vessel he c1Css. As
lorg as b zee depended The number Of vessels ne
d,t5intd be would Jetan gil he could. Whatever
might be TIE case with Euopesn commerce, orr inter-
Ial commerce should be relieved rom the einoarass'
neIts Of Quarantine But when sieyedoTes were al.
lowed To- % own to fecttd vessels work all day aud
come back at light when captains, crews aud passen-
gers allowed to 3ome up - the city, ne sow no
reason Hby vess. Is should be detained to the ruin Of
their OsntIs.
let;lemsn stated that the effect Of tue manner ia
the QaaIaJtine was cOnducej, was 10 send YES
sells wbIcl SHOULD aud 10 New-YOIk to other places.
TIE memorial wss adopted.
ROYAL PHELPs stated thai the mouth Of the NJ ssis
spIi ,hualed much that large ships could not
enIeT. There was fund OF sIOOOO appropriated i1r
cetpepiI 1t, aud il was only necessary 20 jog the msm-
ory of The President 10 have it done. lie proposed
that tie Chamber should memOTialze the President
Referred to L. Petit. VIM. Nelson and Royal i leps,
with power 10 nelnt rlalze.
Tee following gentlemen wire nominated for mem
b,]sLip: William Buns james G4ll4Ln, 81 nuel h..
Kuggies Anthony ScheltHD, Rudolph A. Witthaus,
Be- iauin POmery, john A. Barlow, George Z. sat
terte Charles ". Ba'er, Thomas Rigney, George g..
nobeou ElgaId J. Mann, Efwarcs w. Coleman.
ROYAL PHELPs propOsea that the names OF ptrsons
IomiuateI be published, so that II S1oyks VAC ha1
murdered nun should be proposed as a member
they might be foTeaImsd ard aek5al him. Ordered.