The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-06

Cigars per ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3
oooPEKIN6.
Sugar, per hogshead............... % TO
Sugar, hoops. ''...............''.'. y
Sugar, in boxes....... 10 u
Ea Empty hosssead 800 So
Molasses, per hosshsad. ........... 30 so
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Mr.. KIRKLAND went on TO say that the interest OF
planned of should be removed owing to the great
competition IN Baltimore, Philadephia and
Boston He knew Of vessels being discharged
ing those restrictions. He cited instances where
owners OF vessels, being made acquainted with the
obstacles presented at Quarantine, proceeded mme-
diaIey TO Baltimore and had their cargoes dis
charged without trouble Vessels left Rio Janelro
for Baltimore almost simultaneously with those for
New York and were not detained The committee
came now to the commissioners, not as merchants,
but as citizens. The rates must be fixed, and re-
sponsbIe parties must be selected. He himself had
sent vessel to Baltimore rather than be detained
Or. CARNOcHAN said he was sorry to be compelled
to dgress from the subject which they had assem-
bed To discuss. Certain gentlemen seemed ag-
restrictions. II was not the Health Officer; 1t
the law. lie was the mere instrument OF the law,
| He was Obliged to do 1t. Those gentlemen
traded with ports unwilling to abide by the laws OF
Bit ne Of ses no ns na
injected ports, and the responSN Y upon him could
not be be compared to this my interest OF the
commercial COMMUNICATIVE tine commercial COM
| munty, but fragment OF the community that I'M
| ported merchandise from Injected ports He was
the mere instrument OF the law. He Obliged I'd
carry out the law and hence In every conversation
| or address to be INDUCED In he would ask as q
favor that insteed OF laying the burthen upon the
Health Oncer they would lay the onus If tn ere was
| any onus at all, upon the Legislature
MI. BRETT said that Ur. CarnOchan under a
misrepresentation. The charges were necessarily III
| currel in the carrying out o. the law.
DR.. CARNOUuAN observed that Mr.. Kirkland had
stated otherwise and that that gentleman and Mr.
Brett differed, both being members Of the committee,
1t diiicut TO come TO satisfactory conclusion.
Mayor HALL humOrousy remarked that there was
| no such thing rs partnership In argumenG.
Mr. BRETT SAID ne had q vessel Tour days at Quar-.
anime. A deputy marshal visited the vessel, and
| she would not oe permitted to come to New York
until the money was sent down to pay the bills.
DIR. CARNOCHAN said he supposed the deputy did
perfectly right There had been some talk about the
trouble there was when Mr.. Brett was paying his
bills
Mr.. BRETT complained that his vessel came from
Cuba, having paid all port dues: that the cargo
worth 81 I72 and that tue quarantine bills were no
less than u, 2e5 25 lie wanted To know how COM
merce could succeed under such circumstances.
There more than half the earnings Of the voyage
taken up by the quarantine charges. He asked that
the rates would be so that the merchants would
be thrown out of the market lie also complained
OF the charges made by the steamboats, belonging To
the State AT Quarantine. He did not think DR.. Carno-
chan knew ABOUT those abuses.
DIR. CARNoCHAN stated that those steamboats, were
required TO pay their own expenses, and Mr.. Brett
could not expect to make living by other peoples
labor.
Mayor HALL said he thought the committee would
find that DR.. CarnOchan was right. The trouble
originated in the popularity OF the laws. He had
had some experience IN Albany about such matters
when he was counsel for Dr.. Thompson, who was
then Health Ofcer. He (Mayor Ham was satisfied
that the absurdtes OF those laws were
due to the Legislature, principally incurred
by rural members OF the Legislature, who had
perfect horror of yellow fever and plaques coming
the resident members Of the city OF New York,
senators or LEGISLATORS, at al joined IN keeping
the statute book; and he could speak very disin-
terestedly ABOUT the matter. He was now
on the snpJect since he resided in New
orleans, where ne hau Tue yellow FEVER
lie dd not Deheve IN quarantine at all-in
any form or shape. bit ne Oelleveu nevertheless,
tlat tne Health Olcer nust carry OUT me laws In
tue course OF ms career as Dissct attorney Tor M
tech years ne iau ol.cu conNIcteu men OF murder,
ece1 re him may she oat nrur ~
.t d way q, w VIC Jaw; ana SO long US
, Mas qut r a,e sere was nm. 10 Tue mn,
S la mu,J VI VIC COMMISSIONERS, III they coulu
NJ pSr yu ea i' tnmv dio NOT come t,oro 90 ana
yerV Wen they mus submit TO nnbIic onininn k Now
did they complain OF The law, but Of the charges en-
not pay his b!lls but he knew OF authority TO COL
lect those bills.
Mr.. HUMPHREYS took exception to the administra-
ton OF the law. He found that the Health Officer
had large discretion IN the execution OF those laws
and he Tor one thought that tue discretion was
used unwselv. DR.. Carnochan might be over
Jealous; for he ala not impugn his motives
IN any respect But the discretion not excr-
proceeded at some length to give instances where
vessels instead OF coming to this port went to Bal
tnore and elsewhere, in order to avoid the restric-
lions imnosed nv me nuaranf,ne Laws tf thnsa
,,asss ,yore infectious hor. "a h ,,ara thav .'oo
, W." ~. pi'i,n, ,Inr ,y W. my no1 m
lSCuoi> Nv ''iiunioIo 'h,lo WIZ nv ue-
,at ti'at .omn,erna Wa, hnI W., J.;,a' nc Ill
Snu Yori owing 10 The eyactians here not va mo
,ei,ero maj had bccm seen for The osst nt
or en Years So far as sugar and mo,esses
y, ora ,o' carned and now haavw bomS @
ain, ia mon cotsa- one NJ tho largest item. ,hat
Co.., 70 Nv YnrS more than fifv th1nsand hags
oanao W ~" n, otaferneni that annao rpS ~
@ M M g iat ,oer =" ths aert Nh tho 1 h ~ ~,
Evsr came diyent rom mort wbsrs The Yellow fever