New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-07
The Grounds Occupied Yesterday at q. M, and
The Metropolitan Police on Guard
The Revenue Cutter CuyahOga Anchored Oll
the Point.
INDIGNATION OF THE STATEN ISLANDERS.
Reports from the Hospital Ship, and Incidents
Of the Expedition.

Wednesday morning Tie light Of good DEED shines so lar
lin naughty world" as the gentle Pora vas wont TO cal
our crazy planet that may fairly expect this one OF the
Health authorities TO be distinctly visible to te anxious eyes
Of who standing the shores Of hope turn Their
iaces hthervard and with beating hearts and high hopes
seek homes upon the Western continent Ma only TO them
but already here has this action a. important sig
nifcance NewYork the gateway the Mississippi Val
ley and the Rocky Mountain and II can be success
fully cosed OF the visitors the Old World sends u.s. we
NAV partially protect the entire country from the ranges OF
disease and desoon Of the wholesale slaughter that cpl
denies usually inc To protect the health nf New and
also that Of the continent the immediate and remote
causes Of the action vigorously begun and successfully
accomplished.
STARTING OF THE EXPEDITION TO sEGuINE's POINT
At O'Clock of Tuesday evening Presdnt Schultz Of the
Board of Health and Sanitary Superintendent Dalton over
looked the embakaon Of % Of the Metropolitan Police
force under command Of Capt Melen T. iobook upon the
Police Boat No. l. All the necessary implements and com
msary had already been placed aboard soqaety that
the few who TO accompany tho expedition the
activity Of Capt and his had gnfca nee what
ever The police force had rendezvoused at the Newest
Station house, from each Of 10 Pecnciswhoy unaware
their destination the duties they might be allied upon to
PERFORM and hour abovensmed marc1ed TO ths
and quaered out of sight upon the lower deck Tie
crowd that had followed large force 70 the dock cheered
lusy-hey whyas the lines cast of and the
WHY THIS POINT WAS SELECTED.
The State of NewYork owns nearly 90 Of lard a,
Seguines Point which up occupied by Quaran
tine buildings The in which they we're destroyed
and the neglect Of the furnish ones well nu
dersood aud need be reheafsed Other places seemed 70
promise greater advantages than this for the purpose but
there were nsuperabe difficulties In the way Of their
ton The United States Government appealed TO- but no
satisfactory response could had. Harris Island Bedocs
Island Coney Ianhe latter perhaps the least objection
able-were Visited the Sandy Hook question discussed
for the hundred,h Long Island issued inlnctions,
Staten Island entered protests NewJfy acted Ike one do
mened In the time. one ship after another arrived
with infected human oirgoes until smallpox cholera and
yellow took their proper places In Qaarsnine con-
paions The necessity that bad long existed
grew suddenly such proportions that compelled what bad
long been contemplated viz the occupation Of some place
well passengers could be landed aud disinccted In
short, quarantined.
On Monday afternoon the Board Of Health made
the Lower Bay scguines Point visited and
mentally mapped the topography carefully examined The
buildings inspected the approach to tho docks sounded and
the plan for occupation perfected For the psrpose Of
drawing attention from tie objective point Of the Heata
authorities Coney Island aso visited but one Of The
reporters Of evening contemporary became somewhat
muddled and revealed the destination Of the "amy Of
occupation" few hours before IT started from the
session Of the Board 81 Health Tuesday afternoon
adopted tho necessary resolutions for carrying the project
effect Up to that time Staten Island chuekIed and Coney
Island shudderej the former In hope the latter In fear The
indscet and untmy revelation the expedition cause to
believe that would be made defeat their purpose aud
not without the sequel will show Nevertheless the
State the property aad had the right occupy It, The
emergency pressing and the easiest way out OF the
difficulty deemed the best.
oFF TOR QUARANTINE.
The bay was smooth and placid only laughing lines
that rpped away the the police boat sped and
on toward It's destination The stars smhd gladly. II In
sympathy with looked a,provngy from
sky Quarantine Landing speedily reached and the
Health Officer visited In a few moments away
again but the darkness fell upon like pail and the Mar
backer than the Siygan shore. danger
rather difficulty spreng up In pathway not wholly IN
expected but altogether nsurmountbe the time and the
PROV the boat turned toward the city The little vessel
could not be rsked dense fog aud Day Jones Locker
was port not down In the chart by which sailed Tho
party chagrined but entered protest Commodore
Hart was command and he refused to responsibility
which only promised land his at the bottom of the bay
At the boat tied up Quarantine Landing and
the Health Officer again visited BY President Schultz and
DR.. Dalton for consultation
THUNDERSTORM AT MIDNIGHT.
little while before midnight vivid flash Of lightning
sprang from a hunderco directly heads quickly
followed by crash that be kened to nothing itself
The stars gone ont and the sky black and angry
rksome those board the boat The gently undulang
motion Of the bay increased until the ripping al
pillows which rocked the vessel Ike cradle while
most those who made up It's cargo SLEPT Flash followed
quickly upon flash and lit the Of the ships
that Hoaed In the harbor while peal after pal Numbered from
Joye artillery and ratified the elements II the olden
Ccops had again furnished Jupiter with undebo for the
express purpose Of destroying modern EScnlapus Tho
storm Grand and it proved beneficial to the expeditions
for apart from the enjoyment gave prevented depredaon
contemplated Segunes Point and gave the force
a rest they could not have otherwise received.
VISIT TO THE INFECTED SHIPS.
At o'clock yesterday morning again under way
passed the shores became and dis
tnct Forts Tompkins and Hamilton lay ar aba and dead
ahead Hospital Ship Falcon. We Lower Qaarsu
tine The line OF infected vessels Off right aud e
either side of tho Hospital and they rode the bay the
early morning light gracefully The yellow flags
at their heads told the story dseas, and death and
that persons imprisoned Of them aroused
anew the desire TO put them ashore Here there
no delay. Some fresh beef for those The Falcon and
number OF boxes Of dccaces for the sick and oonvaescent
we're put upon yawl and away again to
and incident
SUSPICIOUS CRAFT AFLoAT AT QUARANTINE
About midway between the Falcon Island lay
sharp clean trm-oOkng steamer barely dscernibe
with the aid Of glass As seeed her
became an object ofineres At O'Clock precisely
alongside within easy hailing distance and
checked There nothing to denote the Impractical
observer what she where she belonged She
tan fast the cleared decks and closed portfolios sug
gesed that she would be powerful friend and extremely
ugly az an enemy I'VE have a letter Capt Faunce" In
instant Io~red side OF the In
few one Of the members Of the Board Of
Health while lay awaiting the result OF the