New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-16

r, Is. Editor Of 7.~ n. Y. TylosnA

To tts Editor Of Tie NJ Y. TyibsnA
SIR; Your editorial on the "Park Baryacl. =
in this mornings issue Of your paper oontsins ~
gross msstatements shat cannot let It pass wSo:!
correction.
That part Of the Barr, ,cis described In NV re,o.
the pen, and Of which the principal complaint d ma.
Seymour. but is under the aro Of the Provost (yss
OF tho General Government.
No city or State official has apy control or autbo,,.
over that portion of the barracks which Is used ~
Government prison. and consequently the city Or 49,
ohcias have no more responsibility authority N ~
matter than they have In regard to the conditoe =
Fort Lafayette or any other Government prison.
| Again You state that DIR. Sayre hods 6eymouv
sinecnre place as Health Ocer-an osoer never 49,
Of by the people except drawing his AT SALARY ~,
the city treasury" Both these statements postys,
am the Resident Physician appointed BY the Ns,o,
and appeal to the records Of the Board Of Heath e
TIE last four years. and to ErMayof 0pdyke vkovss
President Of the Board for two years and via No.
suspected Of being Peace Democrat to prove vbssss
the office IL snecure not
The hundreds Of pages which you will find reoorA6
descriptive OF the various nuisances In the cty rens
upon small pOK typhus fever, tenement housed ssssS
streets butchers and bone boiling establishments 49,
oal contracts together with the personal supeYntsnS
and forwarding to the proper hospitals Of several
for the exact number Of which refer to my ANIMAL r.
ports during that period, will prove whether the ints.
Of the people Of this great city have been prcct
| Dy me OF not.
You as public journalist, should be the last psr.o.
10 attnck man Who In his position public oGcs-
endeavorS to do his duty faithfully. by placing tie re
sponslblity OF wrong on the proper persons.
Had the State city officials been dereict In this
matter should have so stated but finding upon proper
examination that the responsibility rested where hsvs
placed it, 1 announced the facts publicly.
In my position Resident Physician am bound to
protect the health Of the people Of me City Of New.
York. far as lies In my power by exposing all abuss
and shall continue to do my duty in this respect with
ont fear or favor regardless OF all denueiaion per-
Sonal abuse. LEWIS A. SAyRg, NJ D..
No. T95 BrOadsosy. Jan. Is. 1854.
| We inadvertently made al error by calling
DIR. sayre the Health Officer appointed by Gov.
Seymour He is the Resident Physician"
appointed By Mayor Wood. Mayor Opdyks IA
not responsible for his official existence, since
the Aldermen we're nearly all the other way.
and would not have turned him out. DR.. Sayrs
says that the "pen' portion of the barracks
was beyond his control, thus implying that tho
other portion was not out Of his reach. We
said nothing about the "pen," but spoke Of The
barracks at large. The Health Laws OF this
State give the proper officers full and even arbI'
trary control over any nuisance whateverj Il
they do not, and if the General Government ia
in this instance alone responsible, by what
right does DR.. Sayre now report upon
the matter at ALL OF his hundreds Of
pages of reports we have no knowledge |;
but We are told just now that the NOR
tally in this city for 1863, in spite of an I'M
mense draft of men gone TO the war, was nesry
A. 600 more than in 1s62-an increase of nearly
~ per cent, while the population increased very
slightly if at ALL DR.. Sayre says he is bound
10 protect the health of the people,. We trust
he will do it, so as to reverse the above aiarm'
ing increase of deaths; and if the General Gov.
ernments barracks, or the bone boilers, OF
slaughter-houses in the city stand in the way.
that be sill urge the Board Of Heath-whO have
no lack of authority--to make short work Of
them. One actual nuisance abated is worth all
the hundreds of pages filed in the secret drawers
of the City Hall. Ed. Trb.l