The New York herald., 1865-02-04
PESTlLENCE DECLARED In TIE STATE.
THE GOVERNOR AND TIE QUOTA,
&s., &C., Ac.
Our Albany Correspondence.

rEsHHKNCA IN rU srATx.
The statements Of the physicians who appeared before
the Health Committee last evening were OF the most
startling character The evidence adduced by the resi
dent physician Dr. Louis A. sayre Of Dr. Stephen Smith
and Others 60 TO show that smallpox and typhus fever
have taken the proportions Of established pesence
New York. and that these dreadful diseases are also
spreading In the interior Of the State with fearful
tivity. II was shown that repeated efforts have
been made to procure proper laws for the
sanitary regulation OF tho port and city OF
New York without avail. DR.. Sayrs has urged for
years, before each Legislature, tho imports ace of
system OF compulsory vaccination Various other pro-
positions more or less comprehensive have also been
laid over from year to year regardless of the
quences which are now at the doors Of the Legislature
ITSELF To-day quite panic prevails here The listeners
to last evenings exposition have teegraphed to their
spectve districts urging the necessity OF vaccination
But there is every danger that nothing will be done
Last year the OF sixteen thousand dollars
sessed upon single department Of the city government
and applied to the defeat Of the sanitary measures then
before the Legislature The individual interests in
volved In contracts and Offices the existing
system, it is well known have contributed regular sub
sidy to the lobby here Of not less than average OF
twenty thousand dollars year for tho prevention OF any
general sanitary law being passed hers Nothing short
Of actual extensive pestcnce win bring abou. appre-
under consideration does not provide adequate powers
SO far as goes 1t s good in principle 1t retains too
much OF the cumbersome routine Of the existing forms in
New York and Brooklyn and perpetuaos existing abuses
without afording scope for reform.
rHH HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD TIER CARS.
Attorney General Ccchane sent his opinion to the Sen
te the Hudson River street question day prac-
ticaly sustaining the position Of tho commuters" and
declaring that passengers are required to be carried to
Chambers street Tho company are entitled to run city
cars substitute for their large cars and they may
charge ten cents for all passengers travelling less than
five miles on any part OF the road
coMpANrEa
Bills are pending here In relation to preventing the
charge of rent for gsmeters and to remove the restrc
ton upon the Manhattan Gas Company AS to price Of
gas Another bill affecting the ans companies through
out the State introduced to-day by Senator Beach 1t
provides for the appointment of general superintendent
of companies TO be appointed by the Governor with
an Office at Albany 1t requires tina. uniform standard
the gas manufactured throughout .he State
rxils AND wHARvE--A sEw PROJECT
bill has been introduced here which may very readily
be misunderstood II confounded with tho many projects
which appear here every winter in regard TO the piers
and wharvcs of the city Of New York. The bill
authorizes the Incorporation OF number OF the most
prominent capitalists and merchants Of the city as
joint stock company for the construction OF warehouses
usual and now existing regulations Tho rebuilding Of
such piers In manner similar TO the piers Of Harlem
for storage Of nrseroo and
arranged as TO afford protection and convtenent access
scope proposed. 0DtalncQ
the approval Of the Harbor and the Cham
Der OF Commerce, and will create revolution In the
warehonsng and wharfage system OF the country Tho
inventor and mover in tho project Ia J. B. Hyde.
TnE QUOTA AND BOUNTY QUESTION:
I~9Overnor Fcrton in his quiet and efcient manner,
has Enthusiastically succeeded In sotting aside the
aspect OF the quota of this State The parsans
Of both sides have behaved the most miscevous
ner with regard TO this quota question. Leading repub
licans OF New York cty-suc as Spencer and others
have appeared before the officials at WashAxton paid
counsel for the bounty brokers' and vehementy urged
the revision which resulted la the unjust proportions
allotted TO New York city and State the object being 10
provoke draft and afford profit to the bounty and ship
ping brokers Tho control which Mr. Blunt has long
exclusively held and the too open vauntg In regard
to the smart affair TO marine enistmens the testio
nal, &c, has occasoned much backwater ut
Washington to stop the wheels OF the supervisors
fuence there, and provoke strong disposition to ad-
minister some discipline TO his egotsm. II became q
task Of little difficulty for the Governor 10 remedy
this state Of matters As stated In this correspondence
modification Of the terms for filing the call On tho
declaration OF the call he despatched joint committee,
chosen from the Senate and Assembly, 10 follow up and
his views Senators Andrews and Bell have only
returned to their this afternoon and with the
faction OF most happy saccess, detailed in the
HERALD Washington dispatches. Besides the efficient
efforts Of these gentlemen credit is also due 10 the active
measures Of the associate members from the Assembly,
hessrs b. Van Buren,, ard TopE Of Catteraugus 1t
should not be overlooked that the copperhcad agencies
through whose mitigation the draft riots formerly
lately in view OF another opportunity growing out Of
the difficulties which Governor Fenton, Senators An
drews and Bell and Messs Van Buren, and ToplG have
/ thus sct aside.