The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-26
The Quarantine War.

WHO is RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPEATING FIRE
ARMS LOST BY THE POLICE?
will be remembered by many of the readers
Of the HKRAID that during the Quarantine excite
ment growing out Of the burning of the hospitals
the police were furnished with repeating firearms
with which to defend the State property from further
irJury ~ the rioters When the police were with
drawn from thai place and a surrender was made
Of the arms to the proper owners, il was discover
ed That there rifles thirteen pistols sixteen
sand two hundred ball cartridges missing. The Tne
New Haven Arms Company, the party who
apOnsbe Tor the io. propertywhe.ner the cisy' the
Commissioners of Emigration the Police Commission
err? claim, however, was made on the Commissioners
OF Emigration Tor the value OF the goods lost aud they
referred the matter to special committee, who after
patient delibera,ion, made report embodyng the fol-
Your committee satisfied that debt is justly due
the New Haven Arms Company, for arms loaned, dsmag.
ramrois Your committee have reason 70 believe that
large portion thereof were placed in the hands Of the
police, part Of which are missing
There cannot be any doub. but that debt 10 DUE and
without any expression by the Commissioners TO the
amount or the parties who justly it, they have no
hesitation saying that the Commissioners Of Emigration
have nothing to do with it. their being strictly de-
fined TO be the Of the emgrants and those SICK Of
contagious or pestental diseases. Having made known
to The Police Commissioners that attack expected
from the citizens of Staten Island upon the public pro
perty there, our DUTY there enoed
The Commissioners Of Emigration occupy the same posi-
ton 10 the Police as the rest Of fellow citizens within
the Metropolitan distrcs 1t is not TO supposed that
The Police OF New York be called upon to protect public
private property in Weschester Staten Island that
tie party suffering the loss should be subject to pay for
the protecuon. II would be enough TO look upon the
smoking ruins, the families out with no home or
shelter to protect them against the ampness of the night
or listen 10 the howlngs Of an infuate mob. The fact
Of the attack being upon public property, or Of
requson having been made upon the Commissioners Of
Police by the Commissioners Emigration the receipng
FOR portion OF the arms by the Superintendent OF Castle
Garden, in the Judgment Of the Committee have no bear
pg upon the We have Metropolitan Police taking
in Westheser, Staten Island Brooklyn and Nea York
ataih reak
es Of the peace If these the objects and aims in e.
taoshng the police then certainly no for such
protection can possibly fall on this Commission. There
FORE your committee present for your consideration the
following resolution
The expenses incurred by the police projecting public
property at Staten Island and Castle Garden Justly
charged to this Commission and that this committee be
II has been unjustly charged that Mayor emann gave
the order for furnishing the The fasy Of this
charge shown from the testimony dvulged before the
Committee and written documents furnshed ut the re-
quest Of the Board of Police Commissioners the sub
joined order will prove, signed by Commissioner Bowen
deputy Superintendent Carpenter will send down thirty
men to nigh, to Quarantine Rifles VIII o. required 1d aor
for the men that are 70 go down. ana rePa0e Ins
less pistols. JAMES SoWEN'"
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
New YORK, August 25, 1859.
Nv attention was called day article in the HER
AID purporns to be a correspondence Of the Albany
Salesman part of which is as follows
r. order of Health Officer Gum, and By reouest Of Raw
ropfus Bsl vessels hereafter discharge their caS
goes a the old Quarantine anchorage grounds
The Bronte da her CARO- dsy IN A..
o Ac. and several Of Sso ss, the
necesry for Nay Tompkins and hia associstes TO
burn the buildings tho s Of Hepembr BE-
infected vessels and their Allowed Law
such close Proximity 70 the Staten Island shore v need
Judge kecalfe to Auign excule for change
OF the Llogrsmne. Politics have had something to 90 L.
VIII snow In another letter. It's passing strange
CLAS5ON.
The subject matter Of the whole article know nothing
about and as far concerned The present
Health officer &c far al my knowledge extends gentle
man q the mot upright intentions and being politically
opposed 70 him, would be presumption my part 70 AZ
tempt even to advise him TO the course he should pur
sue IN the discharge Of his official duties Even were
politically his ferd from my knowledge o. tho recinde
Of Dr. Gum should refrain from giving advice unless
il was solicited. Yours, respectfully,