New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-15

,s.,v snnsars that there = little ii any need To en-
force severe Quarantine restrictions q sns' pasI
GERS vessels or esrgoes other thsn those arriving
fron ports infected with yellow fever. Coueurrng rs
thew 90 fully in these views the uniersgned Soulu
resnectfuy recouuend o your consideration tne pro-
pIiety of such notification of the Qusrantine laws ss
you may eeem compatible with the hosral an ehls
sned views on this subject now generally he'd oy tne
most skiful medical men of this Stste and ask tnN
vou vii at an esry day submit the resai oil sueaih
yestigaiion 10 the l. gs!ature. s
"A SON sppr. r.hensicns seem 20 have existed sTong
commercial men on the subject If f-ciites for ware
housing dischareing Of cargOes, &c., = proper 70
saw that this branch Of tie Quarantine business De
longs elesrly 70 the General Government, and VIII
DOT b,es. be cared for with all dae punetuahiy ana
del stch.
4 hin INTRODUCED by Senator Sewsfd is row before
Congress providing for the removal of the warehouses
ard offices at Quarantine belonging 70 the General
Goy.rrment - some other pmnt in the Hroor OF
Nee.York corresponding in location with that ot the
vsry respectfully, your Obit .s,y',;'
EGsERT sEssoN,
o. BOVINE.
We have Examined. with the care which the I'M
nor,ance Of the subject demands the report Of the
Commissioners for the removl of Quarantine ststloh
this day made to US and The accompanying report OF
Capt. W. II. Beuhsm, of the United states Engineer
Corps in gsrd to the construction OF site for snch
station within our Stats limits in Rsrtsn or Sandy
Hook Bay; and in view Of car inability 70 OBTAIN
rom the State of NewJersey, the privilege oil placing
the Quarantine buildings upon Sandy Hook, the point
con bniBg beyond question, the grestest adv8ntege
ard least subject to objections Of any location to De
found sbou the waters of Nes-Yok Harbor, for such
Staten; and in view of the duty imposed up'n the
Commissioners, To provide for the removal OF
the QunsItine Station, not only by the Sta'ute
under which they were sppointed, but by the dan
ger 70 which the heslth of the citizens of New-fork
and BROOKLYN a. well as of Staten Island is exposed
from it, presen. position and fully satisfied, from
the Investigation which the subject has re-
c,iyed from tue Commission ers and from ourselves
that no location at all suitable for the purpose, can be
selected upon the present soil Of the State where the
requisite structures could be preserved, without the
constsnt pr, sence OF large military force and tbs no
er p see can be selected within the waters of the
Safe as free from the objections, aud where struc-
ture adeause 10 the present wants Of the State coui
be erected with the fsme economy snd safety AMI
cspahe of increase a. the future ssties of COM
erce NAV require a. that pointed out by said reports
We unhesitatingy approve of the plan recommended
Inv said Commissioners sud engineer of constructing
five acres OF and upon the Old Orchard Shoal for
Quarantine Station. But, iossmuch as an increased
appropriation will bs required fully TO carry into effect
such plan, we recommend to the Commissioner be-
fore proceeding further in toe matter, to await the ac
tion of the Legislature, about to assemble on the
subject.
Dated Albany, Dec. q, 1873.
JOHN A KING, Governor
H. r. sELDEN Lieutenant Governor.
s. E CHURCH, Controller.
We suboin the Section ucder which the site was
fixed:
sEcroS such purpose shall no: be made nor site obtained
until shah first be- personally examined by the toy
eruor LisusuAD Governor and Controller approVsi OF oJ
them Of them, TO the 'utabeness ot us oca
tor quantity of land proposed 10 be- obtained aud the e
psf ard Of also &c 10 toe safety H thr
thereto anchorage ground for vessels r ne
purposes Of the Quarantre such approval 70 be IN