The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-16

a Hot right IN the bOaru-The SANITARY
Committee Indiannnt.
At the meeting Of the Board OF Health on Wednes-
day the following letter was submitted by DIR. SWIM
burne, and the Board earnestly urged TO recede from
its previous action
THR ATLANTIC srRAssBIp CoxpANyJ
NEW YORK, July 10, 1859.
Dr. JonS swiSnuRNE, Health oHeer, Quarantine Station,
DEAR SIR On the IN instant took occasion TO address
relation 10 he late Of the Board Of Health prohibit
% a an M,'9 s
e. DR. Harris ne to q, IN notice Of che
h a as %ss e l R s aM s
nom an infected port approaching within 1000 yards Of
uas 5 and @
m law hen oSk Of
sc,ed ports intending thus from the power even
s my s% am Of the thu, the com
g The The promp, action Of the company evinced
eher Than disposition 70 question the power Of the
Of the the resolution the Board was nsces
70 give vitality 70 The law and hence the decision of the
asss bring h.
Der their action which . q The utmost the
that, noiwthstandng weekly Communication
with Havana during the three BY the sps Of this
by our ssps
ri Our a ar. is no Be
oa Ts earn. aaS
allow hs ss OF he
Kee any question as 70 The perfect purity of the
and insnua,ng odor emitted by your crncibes Be good
enough to sS attention TO the fact that no communication
ppIssr That we do not lay at dock but in the You
our ships aud strict observance 70 ,hs res
mention ycr DE c
ne prosecution of onerous duties And TRUST result Of
company entitled 10 more latitude than
1s %s and extend to Us the
Ss os a zee 5 she oe permitted to come to
to SEA the following Thursday
Believe me, dear or, your obedien, servant,
lengthy discussion followed, and eventually the
subject was referred to the Sanitary Committee, to
report at an adjourned meeting held yesterday. At
The hour named-three p. Mall the members, with
the exception OF Mr.. Brennan, were present
communication was received from Messrs.
Alexander Sons in relation to their vessels being
detained at Upper Quarantine and requesting per-
mission 10 come UP 10 the city, The vessels, II was
true touched AT Havana, but only for short time.
ana there was no sickness whatever at the Mexican
ports from whence they came. Pending action on
this communication the Sanitary COmmiftee-Drs.
smith Stone and Crane-made the following report
as to the quarantining OF the Havana Steamers
G Tor Es sna aa, in Their
us resolution declaring the ports OF Havana and Mantanzas
The questions referring quarantine should be referred to
the Quarantine Commissioners.
They further recommend that the superintendent grant
permits to vessels arriving from ports declared known
be with yellow fever cholera only after obtaining
appshcnded from their coming to the docks Of New York
Or. swinburne Immediately assai!ed Dr. Harris,
action and stated that that gentleman had de- aged
giving permit for the Columbia to come to the
dock from Monday until Wednesday.
DR.. STONE-lt would be more gene rous for you TO
make these statements In DR.. Harris presence.
DR.; Harris was sent for and came IN. He denied
fnaf ua0 been askp0 IN n rerm fort no
sci on Tuesday. the 9Th.
running fire OF argument. elimination and re.
Crane. Stone. Bosw0rtn and Manierre participated.
Dr; swnourne defended his position and insisted
vessels coming to the docks. DR.. Harris stated
that the vessel came to her dock with.
an, ana ap peTn1t ,or rom IN ny TO, Board on the
10 board her and learned these facts DIR. Swinburne
denied them IN toto, and demanded TO know why
Harris mad taken the action he did. The superfn-
tendent replied that public health demanded H. that
the captain Of vessel had been taken at the dock
Of the Havana line with genuine Asiatic cholera,
from which ne died. and that lie had good cause to
believe IL was conveyed here by these ships.
Dr. SwINBuRNE moved the adoption ofthe Sanitary
Committees report and when II came To q vote
recorded, his vote may" with Henry Smith, who
took the occasion 10 denounce the quaraDtining OF
these vessels as an outrage npoD commerce The
report was adopted and so declared
Some cSSn ave Len snsued When somebody
release OF the vessels from quarantine restrictions.
the members OF the sanitary Committee and Bos-
worth opposing 1t, and Manierre and Lincoln keep
ing in the background. When 1t came TO the calling
Of the ron on the adoption OF the report B0sworth
Stone, Crane and Henry smith voted ave- II Smith.
vote as0nlshed everybody, as no one for u moment
suspected that Mr.. Lincoln would so vote when the
punr ssa INV was put 10 competition Win private
favor Of swinourne's party the surprise was still
greaterA
regard pubic oppiOn and virtually isnore