The New York Herald Newspaper, September 27, 1858, Page 8

8 AFFAIRS AT STATEN ISLAND. Wi Plan of Vales Dutining t Comp Wattage Site~Public Opinion on the Question of Quarantine— Mf Law for its Destruction by the People, &., &e., Xe. ‘YVesterday was a gala day among the military at Camp Washington, over three thousand visiters being om the ground during the afternoon, The regiment paraded in the morning at nine o'clock, and at half past one they were drawn up m line onthe right of the camp, and a photograph taken of them by Mr, Fredericks, Captain, Lawrence was detailed as officer of the day, and Lieuten- ant Simmons as officer of the guard; their duties were very laborious, owing to the great number of visiters on the ground The regiment will return to the city today in the ree o'clock boat. Many of them were basy yoe terday in getting ready to leave, Their clothing, &e., will be seut up daring the morning. The tenis and other ar- edt by Commissary Ward will be retained for Si giment, Colonel Pinckney, who relieve the Highth ment, The Sixth Regiment will take down about three hundred men. The following are the off- cers:— Colonel—Joreph C. Pinckney Lieutenant-Colone:—samac! K. -—Milton G, Rathburn. tant—S. R. Pinckney. wmaeter—U. N. Camp. : Assistant Quartermaster—Wm. J. Nichole. Paymaster—Ber in F, Pinckney. Engincer—Alfrod A. Arment. Surgeon—Julian Berghaus. ‘Chapiain—Gcorge Dixon, Jr. CAPTAINS. Company A—Isaac Frank. “ ” B-Lieutenant John Medole (acting captain). “ C—Francis Srim. D—Nicholas Miller. E—John G. Bernins. F—Lewis H. Vultee. —Thomas F. Murphy. H—Bernard Schwartz. — of Artillery—James McMahan. above regiment will form at the City Arsenal at one ‘clock, where they will be reviewed by General Sandford ; after which they proceed to the Staten Island ferry and take the two o'clock. boat to the island. The Eighth regi ment are to be in readiness to receive them, and after the guard from the Eighth regiment have been relieved they will return to the city Owing to the large nuinder of visiters yesterday, it was past four o'clock before the guard got their dinner. The mess room was, however, all in readiness for them, and when they did sit down they fell to in right good earnest. A splendid flag har been raised on the mess house. It was got up for Mr. Gustavus A. Ratz, the commissary. ‘The new flag staff for the camp ground, manufactured by Robert C. Voorhis, the superintendent, was hoisted on Saturday. The flag can now be scon at a great distance from the island. Mr. Voorhis has also got all the Sibley tents properly Soored and in comfortable order for the men thin the Quarantine walls but little is doing. There are now but few cases of yellow fever within the enclo- sure. The late cold weatlier seems to have had a fayora- bie effect. A blacksmith, residing at Stapleton, it is said ‘was taken down with yellow fever yesterday, and he was Bot expected to live till morning. PLAN OF THE COMMISSIONERS AT ALBANY. The following is an abstract of the arguments offered by the Quarantine Commissioners in support of the re- port on Quarantine removal, made by them in Albany, on the 24th inst..— Geyrieex—The report just read is made in pursuance ‘ef section 3 of the law of 1857 for Quarantine removal Should the views therein set forth meet with your appro val, we are prepared to furnish all necessary accompa nying details, such as are called for by section 4 of said law. Before this can lawfully be done we must obtain your assent in writing to thie preliminary ition, and Bie the same with the Sec volaey of Slate, ties The reasons have impelled us to recommend floating bospi t properly form part of a spocitic report on the ion of a new Quarantine site, as con. templated by law, and we there beg leave to present them separate The removal £Q wntine has been called for by peti or years. Ithas been twice ordered (is dictated by common sense, and al jaw of celf preservation makes it an impera tive necessity The late destruction of the hospitals at Tompkinsville, at season when tents will soon be useless, demands of us tion; and assured of the impossibility of « taining the only #ite on land which will satisfy the public. re are forced to the adoption of the views This State has made three several applications, through two sets of Commissioners, to the State of New Jersey, for Sandy Hook, and three seyerai iegislative bodies of phat State and two Governors have passed upon the question. Fach application hag been refused, interme more and mor emphatic, until the last was met, not only by refusal, bu by the passage of a sort of retaliatory law, making it high crime for a sickly vessel bound for New York t ouch at Sandy Hook or stop in amy of the wasore Of New Jersey viereto adjoming. The aid of the general government has been invoked, and a President coming from the State of New York refused to give us the ase of Sandy Hook without the assent of New Jersey. Under these circumstances we feel justified in looking entirely to our own he Quarantine, notwithstan ated ageertions of dec who are persuaded unmcnse influ cured, the State y would sucear Leaving, theo, the magn: ninense Warehouses and which have pee to red from the ravag Whatever placemen and politicians i * «lear that the Legislatare aud the peop sire to perpetuate the institution (ever @ commerce) for any other pur: increase of power and patronage great growth of New York city, and cor. enlarged legimlation has surrounded the Quar ts officers and employes, the original object of ite creation «eems ty have been loat sight of, and from @ mere sanitary establielment it has crown to be « ponderous and power(! political nuciens, with branches extending far into our kegislative halis, and controlling wen aud things apparently wholly disconnected with it We propose st once to strike at the root of this evil and return to the eystem pursued when the Quarantine Was an institetion for the protection of the public health and ly. Confined within such bounds, we hope to show that a very moderate expenditure will accomplish #1] that the State iemands or public safety reqnires The accompanying statements of medical mon, (whose mames and opinions neod no endorsement.) i the effect that there if no necessity for severe quarantine fr strictions, except against yellow fever and cholora, tend, if suxtained by the fact eof our duties and to red > remove! matipor is found in every acd ite spread can be pre as well a# with one A fact m0 universally known calls pe:ther for proot or discussion and we dismiss it accordingly. The ship fever hax be come pearly obrolete since the passage and enforcer nt of the late law of Congress muleting a ship owner in the tow of passage inomey for each and every death of s age—a very significant fact y prove! by reference to the bospital records parage of said law, on which documents we aptiation of the assertion that there te Hit dc extensive Quarantine acoommo Btate awd county int wented without « Quara. steerage passenger on his ¥ and one ea mince the vor Bat axvle roto at! this sanitary New York hat larg id, with abundant pore who may be ck with other than positively pesti There houpitale at Ward's teland just this class of pat w the omgrant depot ai wt Staten Inland, hav! y falien into the hands and manageneit «( cials, we find the Quarantine hospital: built to ree b to arrive here from # port Health declares sickly —a no 1 mart of whas those best informed r farce his entire system: to confine the t to the uses and pu nded. and to provide accommod d employes as are absolutel: of the port of New York, a * and management of an inetitut the proper n for that par tumboatmen, runners how quartered’ on the in eelese and unneoemaary , and therefore. to furnish accommodations t, weenn and will prowide for all port of New York wick with tial disease,” as well as fur ) other persone aa are nthe Quarantine establish all physicians, nw really necessary apd wert ment In proposing these changes « stood to lay the blame of the gr crept mts the management an © het wish to be unde eetablinhment om any map oF s: ry me they are the result of specious and ding throogh a long @eries of year niously contrived as to elude the vigilaves of our giviators, and en quietly, and apparently with hone=t cured to meet pew rgeucies as to allay all usp vn the part of any legislator who might be disposed + question’ the propriety of the sane. We bring no charges, but wo etate the fret broatiy and @wtinctly. knowing it to be ines tectuen of the public henith , the expense now inevrre now it eperation at the G srontine te ‘The removal of Quarantine, and the giryplifiention of ite machinery wool serimisiy conflict with the views enter Sained by Wage who bove tt Blended (@ use ond ‘Df | | York and other officials petitioned against removal. Whoever will take the trouble to ferret ont the secret and malign influences which have controlled all the at: tempts to remove the Quarantine, will speedily be satisfied that such influences proceed from parties who have some thing more than the public health at stake. We think we have developed them sufficiently to main tain the position we assume in saying that a modified and anuch less extensive and ae Quarantine establishment the one lately in use, will sufficiently protect the peo- ple of this State from imported disease, however it be opposed by interested parties acting from sinister m It will be seen that we propose at present to discharge cargoes from infected vessels on hulks to be anchored at safe dirtances from the shore in the lower bay. If the werd an demand better yevees for the storage of in- jected goods, it can readily be had without abstracting one cent from the treasury. A charter granting to a corporation the exclusive privi- lege to receive and store infected goods in warehouses erected on land to be made on any shoal in the lower bay, pen seized upon at once and warehouses speedily a 3 But this is unnecessary. If ships are placed within the limits in the lower bay, prescribed by law, (which has not been the case during the past sammer,) there is no diffi- culty in unloading them while at anchor, where they should be, nor is there swell enough at the western end of ‘such anchorage to prevent cargoes riding on hulks in safe- ty through the quarantine season. While on this subject, we beg, however, to call your at- tention to the fact that the entire business of stevedoring, lightering and warehousing, is one with whieh the State bas properly nothing to de. If warehouses for dutiable goods are wanted at the Quarantine station, it is the busi- ness of the United States government to provide them; i State has neither authority nor necessity for building em. The only argument hitherto advanced in favor of their erection by the State is, that the men employed in lighter- ing, stevedoring, &., and the goods removed by them, should remain subject to the sanitary regulations of the State, till adjudged fit to be allowed in contact with the community generally. If this be true, there is nothing to Prevent private parties engaged in this work from com- plying with all such n regulations to preserve the public health as the Legislature may direct, But is it true? Is it to be believed that a cargo on a lighter, and the men handling and in charge of it, are less dangerous to the public bealth than another portion of the same ‘of men who handled sich cargo and remained at Quaran- tine, instead of accompanying the lighter and coutents to acity dock? Surely not; this is a distinction without a difference, except tho difference between being enabled oF uot enabled to gull the unsuspecting public. The whole project of engaging ‘the State, or in any man- ner making the State or its officers respousible for lighter ing, stevedoriug or warehousing, is part and parcel of a system of taxation and burden upon commerce which has been growing steadily for years, till it has come to assume its present monstrous and gigantic q A ship enters Sandy Hook ; she is first boarded and taxed wy @ licensed pilot, hext stopped and taxed by a licensed physician, next bailed by a licensed steamtug (Quarantine license) to tow her, next boarded by a licensed warden, next seized upon by a licensed fumigator, then taken pos Session of by licensed steveiores, her cargo then handed need lightermen, again subject to an in ‘ators, and then towed to New York by a raptine tug, and guarded from pirates on her dangerous way by licensed policemen from Castle Here she falls into the hands of a licensed harbor master, and finally the unhappy owner is o shake off this swarm of officials at the cost of en. Ure freight bill and often more. And all this in the name of the State, ar ¢ of the public h no faney sketch, it is of every dey cecarrence, and can be proved by a host of witnesses. uid it be 80? Does the public necessity require it? Was it so in times past? No! It is @ late thing—a new device to destroy the commercial ‘bosiness of the port of York, for the benefit of whom? A judheial or legislative investigation will best answer this question, and to snch authorities we beg to refer it. There is another abuse connected with the Quarantine syrtcm as at present administered, which, if corrected, would tend greatly to simplify the business at that station. ‘We allude to the winter Quarantine. This is a new feature. such a thing as imported epidemic sickness has never been: known in the port of New York in the winter season, and yet by our laws, we have presented the ludicrous specta- of ‘a Scotian vessel laden with of paris ntine 16 Pag foes to the Health Officer im ‘This is but one of very many featares of the present Quarantine regulations of ihe port which eal! for the carl pction of the, Tae avo, and Gn tarts vve EA® SoUNGHERS OF Lhe Position we take in opposition to the cum- brous and unnecessary machinery which now constitutes the Quarantine regulations for the port of New York. Mr. Bowyer, then addressing himself more particularly to the Governor, arged him, in the name of prudence and hnmanity, to weigh well the proposition of tue Commis sionors. He urged that the people of Staten Island had heen goaded to the destruction of the hospitals by a long serice of Hl uses at the hands (not of the State, for the State had done all in ber power to help them) of State officials. He showed that the first real movement on the part of the State officers towar'ls a permanent Quarantine removal woold be the signal for an entire pacification of the people, aud render the presence of the miluary as selves to the State as it was for the protection of property destroyed (The report was accompanied by plans and specifica- tions of potent engineers, as well as endorsed by (he highest medical talent in this city COMMISSIONERS OF HEALTH. ‘The Roard met Saturday at 12 o'clock, in the Moyor's office, his Honor presiding, and President Harwell aad Dre. Rockwell, Miller and Thompson being present ‘The Mayor laid before the Board a letter whieh be hut received from Mayor Powell, of Brooklyn, referring t long preambie and resolution which paseed the Board of Health of Brookiyn, umanimously, on the 221 inet, ond which fully endorsed the course puraned and the pox tion taken by the Board of Commissioners of Emigration in lation to the immediate reconstruction of the hoxpitals 91 other buildings at the Quarantine station, and alro in re gar! Wo the proposition iat all vessels hereafter com) from yellow fever porte ehall discharge their cargou, ventilate, and ride out their quarantine in the lower tay inetoad of being allowed to shake off their infection, as heretofore, at the old Quarantine anchorage between Long ten Island. The Mayor eaid he was glad to Know that the health authorities of Brooklyn bad taken cognizance of the emergencies of Quarantine, growing cat of the destrection: he hospitals and other builtinge at that static ‘that the action of the Commissioners of Emigration bad been so fully approved. Brookiyn, be raid, jodging from the readiness with whieh ow fever epreads over the shores of her suburta, as much st stake, if not more, in Quarantine affairs than many other localities ‘of the and that be t 4 that thie war peal true in regard te the projer compelling yellow fever veneeis to perform their quarantine wholly below the Narrows. Hie fur ther eaid, that what-the Commissioners of ration bed done, and propesed to do, to meet the wante of Quaraulin, War & matter of necessity as well as duty under the laws mM the State; ubat ub and employ és of the institution; that the question of ving Quarantine Lad not, and ought not to have, any- to do with the proper and faithful discharge of euch duties that the Cominesioners. under the statate, had vo other alternative. after the destrnetion of the bathtings nt Quarantine, but to provide forthwith suitable premises fr the sick; and that the Legislatere has prescribed for such an emergency, even to the extent of authorizme the ‘Commussioners to borrow money on the credit of Uke Stat» for such @ purpose, In reference to the charactor of 1 ball¢ings which the Comwmirrioners of Emigration hat resolved to erect at Quarantine, te Mayor ead that they would all be substantial, permanent, but plain and or story buildings. and of non-combustible material—prine pally of brick: that at fest the Board inclined to favor temporary stractures, but when they came to consider thai during the wibter oftentimes more patients are -eut nto the marine heepitais than at any other emason of the Year; that tmporary wooden shanties would never cuewer for Winter purposes as wards for patient. that combustible temporary structures would be nearly, ifm quite a® expensive as permanent, bat plain and eubetant cl cones and besides, that the question or haps of removing (uaraotine cannot detract from the poltey of erecting co fortable hospitals and buildings at Qnarantine, for the r fone. first. that the arson outrage perpetrate by the mob At Quorantine has lessened, if not destroyed, the chances of obtaining a vew site for the imstitation; and second, if Hook of any oth it would take very many monthe, o: te effort the re ind in the meantime nalipox, ship fev olera and yellow frre re the care, comfort and eholter structures, conkd not be rendered ge reasons, he said, were consider pinion Was Onanimons in favor of ev Ag to the project of peri ia the lower bay, and of probifitin or Quarantine anchorage. the Mayor oaid it would make the port, and expecially safe from th OF even the existence of yellow fever faid the source of yellow fever in ne port of New York had always been from veseele and cargoes, and never from the Marige Hospital, that such had been the invariable experien: he Was infor of every port where the disease was not indigenont: and that hener. if the infected veavele and their cargoes here after are wholly cared for in the lower bay, then. sai: the Mayor, Quarantine, in every sense of danger, will be practically removed, and, comparatively, ata slight ex pense to the § Dr Wanuen sy) it were porsible to obtain Ban ty Ma: sels who! ticely from Staten Irland ited hie report in the cases of the brig Freterieo and the steamelip Columbin, now tying at Qoeranvim THE TROOP COLOMBIA AND THR AIG FRRORRIOO, AT Qua RANT sor kRe ov Meaurn ie Fredemen, from Bt Tominga, arrived ‘the bad on ibe pamangs these: deaibe yale Sow a srvival in port, same Tarn t have beta on pores eg Senta eee ae poh sense Health Officer. was con- curred in by the Board, and the case of the steamer Co- lumbia was laid on the table. ‘The owners of te bark J. H. Chadbourne asked per- mission to go up to the East river, above Twenty-third street. Permission was granted of a stream permit above ‘Twenty-third street. ) The brig Pulaski was allowed to’come up on the 27th inst. The application to allow 152 bales of Tampico goat skins to be ‘up to the city, in order to ship them for Newark, was laid on the table for the nt, ‘The application of the brig Jonathan Raynor, from Ha- vana, for permission to go to the Atlantic Docks, Brooklyn, to discharge, was laid on the table. The schooner Henry Clark, from Havana, applied to come p ta the city. Application laid on the table. ‘The C. C, Howard was permitted to come to the upper Quarantine on the 27th, under the rule, Adjourned to Monday, at noon. VIEWS OF CORRESPONDENTS. HOW ARE THE SOLDIERS TO BE WITHDRAWN? ‘TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRRALD. Sin—] doubt if Governor King asked himself how long are the troops op Staten Island to remain in service, with nothing to do, annoying 30,000 of the citizens of the State? When will there be less cause for continuing this war on ‘Staten Island than there was for beginning it? What is to be the modus operandi of withdrawing the troops? Will he issue another proclamation reciting that whereas the insurrection is put down, there is no further need of their remaining in the field, because the rebels are sx) dued and peace and barmony are restored, therefore, diers, you may reiure to your homes? Would not the fact appear clear that the citizens of Richmond county oc cupied just the same position towards everybody and everything. especially towards the , Governor King and the Quarantine officials as they did before? When the Gove ampaign i8 ended and the soldie- discharged, where is the Governor’s military chest? The soldiers who have been called from thelr business and homes to overawe their fellow citizens, will call for their pay. He willsend them to the Legislature. There the inquiry will be made into his authority to make this war. He can find nove. Who believes the Legislature will hand out the money and pay the Goversor's expenses without astrict inquiry into the canse? What can he answer? Will he say it was to protect the Siete pro ty? That had been demolished six days before. Will he say it was to put down the mob? They had long before peaccably retired to their homes. Will he say he was called upon by the authorities of Richmond county to aid them in en- forcing the law? Certainly not. Th y was not placed there for any of these pur. poses, but to overawe the people of Richmond, nineteen- twenticths of whom had no more to do with the burning than Governor King bad. BEDLOE'S 181. 4ND FOR QUARANTINE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. It is obvious that, after the present natural excitement respecting the unwarrartable act of destruction of the Qua- rantine establishment at Staten Island has blown over, the design of re-establishing it at that locality will be aban- doned. There must be a new location, and in view of the great commercial interest of the city the nearer it is brought to the wharves the better. Bedloo’s Island is the uatural site for a Quarantine, and in the early history of the city, as I observe in Valentine's Manual, was used for that purpere. Tu view of the it necessity of fortifying the barbor previous to the last war with Great Britain it_ was eeded to government, and has since been used for military purposes as a subordinate station. It is, however, in reality, at the present time needless for such purposes, aud the fur greater commercial interests of the city call for ite use a» a Quarantine station. The quarantine willt here interfere wth nobody, being ata distance of near- = mile from the shore, and of two milesfrom the city. A thousand dollars a day will be saved to merchants in transpertation, and a far larger amount in other facilities, not to mention the exposure of vessels in the outer bay. The island was ceded to government on its emergencies. Lat it now be returned in the emergency of the great com- mercial metropolis, Its fortifications may be protected , and its uses as @ place of defence need not be impaired. REMINISCENCES OP 1856. ‘TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. In reading your paper 1 have been gratified to see that its pages have not been closed against the Staten Islanders, but that ip ite colnmne their reasone fer eteprotection tuave sand admitiance. The vile epithets bestowed on the Islanders by some of the daily papers aro unneces. sary, for the very ones that use them stand aghast at the name of yellow fever, and were it to reach the spot in which they with thetr families eojoarn, how quickly would » out of its reach they boldly decry What they would have done had they situated.” Why f* itthat pestilential disew longer admitted into the New York ita situated in Broadway? Why ix it that the d ¥ interved i» Trinity ¢ went day have cre it, and ance; and yet Trinity church pose of the dead years before anuniled the law that per side their kindred. Imagine, for a moment, that New York Hospital wae again the receptacle of pestilential diseases, and that from beneath its roof loathsome disease Was epreading. Would the New Yorkers quietiy eubmit te it? Methinks not. Nor do tif 9 , ix no danger.”’ To Lim there certaiuly was none, for the winds were wafting %t to Long Island's shore. ‘Day and night did Dubois and Crane contend against its — unelesely, for the man whe eried “there ix no danger,” insisted on anchormg lis pestiicntial versels near their suure. WHAT WAS PONE WITH TTF APPROPRIATIONS? TO THE EDITOR OF THR HERALD, Will yor inform a resident of Tompkinevilie whe ter the appropriation made ef $100,000 for Quarantine removal, and which the commissioners have pot yet ox ponded, can legally be need onty for erecting warchonses for the lower bay, whilst the Quarantine buildings remain The acserte that said $100,000 wareliouses, for which par has certainly not heen made: and be laid on the Commicsioners by the Joor taxpayers to prevent their oving the fonds as recom, Tarinied. A HOSPITAL SMTP FOR YELLOW PEVER PaTiENT. 10 THE RDITOR OF THE HRW ALD Fifty years ago, when the hospital was established at Staten Island, emigration to thie port was exceedingly #mal!, and the cases requiring «imesion inte the hospital were extremely few. At that time both typhne and yel- low fever were unknown bere, consequently the inhabi- tants could have no apprehension eo far as theee were concerned. The ‘mort feared then was smallpox, but eimce the discovery of Jenner the dikoase may be said to be extinet. Tt isa well knows fact that may tive with eafety et a durtance of © hondred feet from a hoepital centaming patient laboring under typhne, ty- phe and contineed bat the question ariges, what Je to be done with the caves of nto port? As the cases of yel ery jorge nutuber, T would suggest that a-hompitat J he anchored ina convenient place where all horing under yellow fever might be where ail commonication would bet) Jisease | only prevalent during th would be no difficulty suitalie for the wate of the Fick LAW For THE pEStTeTION oF INDEVIDUALS 10 THE KDITOR OF TH Hew ATT Tere are two clases of cases where private property may be togally and rightful royed by individaals withont reepensib The bees of the one ia.what the common law writers call the Claw of necessity,” that of the other the right to “ebate a nuieance.” Tn cach cage the property destroyed met be a source of danger to the lives, health, property or personal righte of that portion of the public residing in the netehborhood but in the former the danger doce not arise from the faait or misoonduct of the owner of the property destroyed, while in the lat- ter bie coluntery act er negligence has created the WE QUARANTINE BY nuieanee me, cage, however, the destruction ie jawiel, a e owner « prey destroyed is remedicet, These doctrines we ie the oldest cates of the common jaw. Of the former class may be cited the tearing down of a honee on fire, to eur rounding bmidings ( Dyer, 36, 0.) cover ing storm, for the safety of the tives of the fore. (Monee's ono, 12 Coke, R. 62). The of these Inet ceecs bas been folly recognized as sound law the decision of Stone ve, Mayor, &e., of New York Wend., R. 157), and was more dircet e the Court of ‘ore Of alan A w a was progecuted ar Ny for Lap ta —J reonal property destroyed by him, Mt the statute, to arrest the cookegroson and where he eseaped g 1m the voluntary act of (he authorities of the , the @ d.tien tn to iirther itn destrestion ‘be justi. je referable to the second clase of cases, the right in Cae wn i . b | hurtful or prejudicial to the bealth , or comfort the pd an is 8 common niente, "(0 Wises: Com. 5, M6. 4 Id 167: 8 Borne’ Justice, 229, Vin. abr. tif. mui fance A: 1 Hawkins, B., ch 15 oo, 14; 19 Peteredorit abr. 702 im notie.) Various instances of Common nuirances are o ve wrod 146-—King ve, Maneheld, Woy 102-4 Bacon’ Str .1, 471 Hawk 988—1, Kine ve. Rusnel, 6 Hex ve Crome, @ Camph. Kh. 224—Keapub. va, a g well, 3 i H E ii a i wpreme Cour 1o'Wend. He, 268. adtrmed Supreme Court, . B. rors af, Wend.), R100, when veheas destroy ent corporation order of the of Health to prevent the (arcs, The Mayor, Be-/of Albany, in. the: Court Hart vs. , Y, Man O Wend, R672.) it arose out of the threavened pO urposes, permanently established by the appollant in Canal basin. ‘This was ‘held to be a public nuance, sub- ject to indictment or summary abatement by the corpora- tion or any individual; and every case referred to above tiees Sutherland aud Nelzon, Stephen Allen, Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, John W. Edmonds, William H. Seward and Albert H. 5 If there be those who doubt that the Quarantine establish- ment was a public nuigance, after the act of the Logisla- ture passed for its removal, the given by various of its physicians, the successive indictments by the Grand Jury Richmond county, and the decision of the Castleton Beard of Health, to such we say, you will have an opportunity of testing the question. Progecute Rich- mond county for the value of the property—tet the trial be held in any county where a jury ‘can be obtained free from the influence of passion or interest, and, however most. of her citizens depiorg attending circumstances which have furnished weapons to her enemies, she is pre- pared (o ow that this destruction of the Quarantine was not the work of a mob, not the result of a riot, but the rightful and legal abatement of a public nuisance, by vir- tue of authority as old as the common law, and which no act of the Legislature could impair or take away. To pre- vent the exercise of this right the State must remove the cause and necessity, A fence erected acrose a pablic highway is a public nuisance, and its defenee by a park of artillery and a regiment of military would not make it lawful. os “FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. MONEY MARKET. Sunpay, Sept. 26—6 P. M. ‘The commercial movement of the past week has, on the whole, proved satisfactory to merchants, indicating, as it doer, a steady though moderate revival in trade, corres- ponding very fairly to the movement which is taking place in the manufacturing districts both in this country and in Europe, ag well as in the commercial world of England. ‘The fall operations’ in dry goods have slackened, as was expected; but, as a general rule, the leading jobbers ex- press satisfaction with the business they have done, both ag to quautity and as to prices, Some houses, indeed, are said to have done a larger business than usual. The same remark will apply to other manufactured goods: the sales of books during the past month, including the trade sales, are far ahead of anything that the most sanguine publich. ers expected. Our great Northern staplo—breadstuffs— has a decidedly promising appearance. The advance during the week has been equal to twenty-five cents per barrel on the common grades of four, and the sales have been large. At present rates, farmers and Western deal- ers can easily pay for their purchases in the city. Cotton has not been particularly active during the week ; bat prices are a sbade higher. Teas, sugars and some other groceries have been maintained, without large transactions; at the auction of coffees on Thursday an advance of 4c. was realized, and at the tea auction on the following day prices were fully maintained. The fo- reign trade of the port for the week shows, for the first time for many weeks, an increase over last year, About this date last year, it will be remembered, the effect of the curtailment of bank credits began to be felt by the impor- ters, and our importations suddenly fell off. We must ex- pect to see the contrast presented by the following tables continue for nearly every week from this out:— vor vas Week axp Year. 1856. 1887. 1858. - 81,888 676 838,201 1,751,079 : 2] 092 2'258,546 2 /860,513 Tui for (ne Week SEA, 708 3,606,747 4,611,002 Previously rep’t,. 164,460,706 178,815,157 104,949,174 Total since Jan. 1, $167,963,414 182,411,904 109,560,806 Exvorts, EXcuusive oF Src. Te86. 1857. 1858, Total for the woek.$1,074,446 1,170,145 1,047,270 Previously rep'd,.54415,699 — 90/101/810 42,621 814 Since Jan. 1... ..955,490,085 1,931,955 43,600,084 | ‘The specie movement of the week has been light, there having been no Wednesday steamer from this port. No epecie was sent for shipment from Boston. The Vigo and Bremen took out $416,600. It js not likely, therefore, that the bank reserve has lost much ; though, from the fact that the banks showed last Monday full $600,000 more than they really held op that day, it will be safe to caleu late on an average not much exceeding $27,800,000 to- morrow afternoon. A California steamer will be due this week, and if the Wednesday shipment does not absorb the whole comsignment—a possible occurrence—we may look for a better showing to-morrow week. There has been no movement in money this week. Demand loans on the ‘best eecurities are stil) made as low as 3 and 33;, though the latter is the usual figure, and 4 is quite commonly asked and paid by the brokers. The best short dated Mercantile paper done at 43g 0554: good paper, and paper at long dater,atGaTa8. Exchange on Karope has been dull, but rates are higher than they were a week since, Some of the leading drawers have been asking 31046 for sterling, and 6.11 for francs, We have heard, however, of no tranractions of any consequence over 110 and 1104¢ for the one, and 5.124, for the other. Domertic exchange rules as last quoted. ‘The principal movement of the past week in the stock market was in Paci§c Mail and Panama, which have risen respectively Sand 434 per cent. The movement in the latter began only on Friday. and is understood to be the result of a combination of bull operaters, who may, and probably will put the stock to 120 or 126. The earn- inge Justify high prices. The rise in Pacific Mall appeare to be due to natural cauees. The capital of the com- pany is $9,660,000, of which the company iteeif owns $200,000, raving the amount beki by stockholders at $3 400,000. Tt has no debi of any kind. The company have now, in cash, a eum of #1,300,000, which they fairly ox pect will be increased to $1,500,000 before next dividend day. They have, besides, coal on the Pacific and on ite way there, which cont $560,000, and stores and supplies worth $100,000 more. Since May, 1866, the dividends paid by this company have execeded $2,400,000. The profits for the past nine monthe are said to have been greater than those of any previous year. A dividend of at least 16 per cent is confidently expected by the ethckholders in No. vember next. ‘The representatives of the great railways to the West met in this city on Thursday last, in pursuance of agree. ment, t@ proceed with ther pegotiation for the adjust. ment of @ tariff of prices. The disenesion was very long, and, though harmonious, was quite thorough. It resulted ip the adoption, on Saterday, of an agreement, which war signed hy officers of all the roads represented ‘The railrande most directly interested do not oe yet seem 1 hage profited moch—as to the market price of their stock—by this final treaty of peace. Perhaps when the returns improve achange may tke place Mean while the following bas been the course of the stock market for the past week — Miseouri 6'F...... Ta Croree land grants 18 Sept ox 3" 102 17% ‘Milwaul The North River Rank recommences business to-morrow: (Monday )—the Hank Superintendent having made bie ox pmination and found ite capital stork unimpaired. Mr- Levi Apaar takes the Presidency, and Mr. A. B. Haye. the old Cashier, is retained. ‘The statement of the United States Treasury at Waeh. ington, for the week, is as follows — $1,106,147 72 1,146,396 04 » 1,420,625 96 ++ 14,707 692 42 + 12,109,080 90 9853 608 25 203,078 26 YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1858. Q & ‘i aaesbet [iebteate Total....$18,242,725 17,451,616 Decreage as compared with 1887... ‘ The receipts at tide water by the canals 6f this State, of flour, wheat, corn and barley, for the third week of Sept. in 1857 and 1858, have been as follows:— Flour, bole. Wheat, bu. Corn, bu. be ++17,570 285,878 = 110,505 119.11) 46,065 = 270,500 222,395 42,580 Increase... .29,085 Dec. 15,869 Inc. 111,390 Dec. 70,225 ‘The aggregates of the receipts of ‘he'above article, so far, for the years 1857 1808, have been: — * 759,814 1,725,708 a eS Flour, bbls, 1) cot, bu. Corn, bu. , bu. 1857, 933,085 2,196, 4,338,067 89 1858;..,..2,178,590 5,788,681 4,041/225 486,315 Increase 845,446 Ine.3,542,405 Dec. 296,842 Dec. 46,581 Reducing the wheat to flour, the, excess of reecipts in 1868 over 1857, is equal to 1,583,026 bbls. The receipts’ at tide water of the principal articles of produce, from the opening of the canals, to and including the 224 Inst., have been as follows:— 1856. 1857. 1858. May 4. aa A 23. Cid A92 085 1,178,530 5,764,804 2,196 226 5,738,621 6,964, 041,225, ‘3/814 , Miscellancous. ‘21 East river, will sail for the above port shortly. She to Button & Co’s line, and is said to have made the run to ‘Riven—Fox splendid fast | clipper ship Grey Feather will have imase~ diate despatch for the above ports. She has elegant accommo- dations for passengers, a few of whom will be taken at low rates. For further particulars apply to 1. H Simpson, No 19 Beaver atreet. Barx Canouima, from Turks Ialands for New York, put into Sore Mant aR Sh TaN Pardee Sh fot eS, argo tin good order” Scum Gex Hersey, of Bangor, from Alexandria for Provi- dence, pul ints New fort a, wih nearly ail eal opi sal yore sprung in's heavy NE gale on You, amg Sour Pevrons, while lying at the wharf at Me, ia pe vtially anrigged the of voth her inaats carried away, and was: Ser W, \t Provinceto ok, Meare, erereccerr a ey ee Sereda. of wae Cy dior Ce geen iz maged about the head. 7 b feurd. from uly 1,no lat, Ae, A R Tucker, Higgins, Dart: ™epoken tig 18 Tat 40 N, ton 80 W, Ellzabeth, Pranela, of 3,688, Westport, no report of of. . 39.5: Spoken, &. 86,084 A large steamship steering SE, was seen Sept 5, lat 18 26 N, 1500 Jon 45 f probably the Herisann: hence for Sad Frantaeay, 6.679100 Shi Erving, Manning, from Boston July 10 for Mae 2,626,400 augilsintis YN, Yon 2830 W. Lessas gabled 7,698,400 ship iF, Knowle, from Liverpool July 28 for Oal- r 4 5 ee i FOI) an PEN en $500 Obio 6's, 70... 1 Frantleeo duly Br lat 7 Ny lon 38 W ¥! 4600 Tenn 6's, ’90 poship Wat Sturges, from Gardifffor Acapnico, May 9, lat 36.8, do. Ship Sunbeam, Bisbee, iverpool Valpa- raimo? duly tak 8 fon 32 py ie A an Union, Hubbard, from Liverpool for NYork, 2000 N ¥ Cen bs, 4000 Erie RR 4m bs 1000 Erie RR c b,'62 17060 Hud RivRR 3m 1000 Har RR 3 m bs 35000 11) Cen RR b.s60 21000 0 1060 Mich $ 2d m bs 2000 1 Erie & W2mb 25 shs ContinentalBk 10 Artisans’ Bank... 813g 10 Corn ExchangeBk 100 ig llinols Cen ER... 183¢ O..200 e005 500 Gardiner Gold Co ‘4 b60 10014 10036 do. do &» 1 rst Bene een 60 Pacific M 88 Co.. 100 50 do. 100 do. 30 50 LaCrosse & Mili R pd do. do 8: 80 Millw & Mise RR. 33 Chic., Burl & QR BOAR! De 60 shs Erie RR..810 50 Mi 50 CITY COMMERCIAL REPORT. Saturpay, Sept. 25—6 P.M. Acts. —Srall sales were making at €c. a 63ge. for pots and pearls, Butapertwre.—Flour—The market continaed firm, while it was les active, eales being somewhat checked by the firmness of holders. 11,060 bbIs. 400 bbls. changed bands. good demand, and prices sold. Rye flour was with rales of Jersey at with inereased activity in sales; 3 abont 43,000 bushels, incinded white Southern at $1 50: red do. at prime white Kentucky at $150.8 including Western mixed at Tlige. a 76e., with some two years old at 78¢.; Southern and Jersey yellow was at Oe, a 99e,, and white Southern a he Rye wae quiet at 78. Barley was tirm, with 4,500 bushels at 92e. a $1. Oats were heavy, with of State at 48e. a 50e.. and Weetern at 49¢, a 62e Cover —The market was active and firm, with of about 4,600 bags of Rio at 103%c, a Tig do, Javan at The. DO do. on pt do, 300 do, Domingo at 4c. 187 do. Savanilla at 1246, CorTox wae firm and active, the sales embraced about baler ; te #1 2.000 . Closing on the hawis of 13¢e. Pemomre —Te Liv: 15 boxer cl were engaged at 20e. and 160 bales ton at 5-820). ; grain aud four were nominal. To Londen 60 tierce riee were taken at ITs. 6d. and 60 tons oilcake at Its. 0d. To Gla 160 bbls. rosin were taken at 2e. Od. per 280 Tha. ‘To Bremen 4 tons ebony wood were engaged at 128. 6d. ‘To Haimburg 10,000 staves wine were tuken at p. t.; and 13,900 do, for ustralia flour was at $1 40 a $1 50. Hay. —Sale® of about 2,000 bales of good to prime for shipping were reported at be. 9 h5e F and at 1460. 0 0c. for good to pritne new. AME was firm and prices 4 Navat Stores were firm but ‘quiet at Bee. for epirite te. pertine, and $1 75.4 80 asked for common romin Ons —Sperm was in fair demand, with sales at $1 25. Crude whale woe quiet and unchanged. Linseed off wae in foir demand at Te a The., to Te. asked. Provistoxe. —Pork—The market continued to be heavy, while sales reached about 400, 500.0 600 hbis. at $16 85 a $16 90; new do., $16 87 » $17, at $14 000 $15. Beef was in fair demand, with sales of about 175 bble., ine country iness at $11 ‘25 a $12, repacked Weetern at $13 9 $14 87%, and extra wt $16 a $15 S7%¢. Prime meee wae nominal at $20 a $21. Pacon was steady, with tales of 85 boxes at 9c. 0, 000 Ihe. of heavy city clear were rej at Wdige. Ont meats were steady, with eales of hele. at 6lge. for Fhoulders and at 8)ge. for hams. Lard wns duil and free- ly offered, with sales of about 260 bbls, and tierces at Le. 8113.6. for new and olf lots, Dressed hogs were selling At 6i,e. Butter was in good demand at unchanged prices. Good to prime cheese war at Te. a Sie. Srosrs—The market was without change of moment. ‘The sales embraced about 600 hhds. Cuba at prices rang ing frem @i0. to ® - MeKRY.—The market wos quiet and sales limited, at age. MARITIME INTELLIGENCER, 1c FOR WEW TORE—THIP DAY. $2 MOON Rises........076 8 12 | mam WATER... snore 11 OF Port of New York, September 26, 1858, ‘ Hudson (oremn Werk Bremen, Sept trazos wut wiih onde un 68 pancengera, wo ¢ 0, Key os fie. rat ator a a Ratehelder, Ardrossan, Aug 18, with Me), Filtner, Leghorn, July 98, sb ay, In vallat, iat, to. Win Nel . sorheet tia" 3 8 H 3882 seEeesteseesce eee 2 ehae8 3 zg 5 : FA 8 pl Ace seg55 coe $ Bers .25 | Ss Ze 9 ‘FS 4 Sees8Ze 21 Toy 255225 32 ,35zS sa cE ETE A E25 SSS i Bgl oh Sch od FE BSEFE og STS EAPIDESTETSG2S ¥uDSEEE, 20572"7,2,2 57 H A Z 7 = lat 50 2), lon 6 28. 5 animDeWit Clinton, Funk, from Liverpool for NYork, Sept g,hiin Kate Prince, Jones, from Liverpool for NOrleans, Sept nuskar. ‘Vater Smidt (Rus), from Liverpool for NOrleans, Sept. Brunswick, 8 days from NOrleans for Liver- 15, Ship Africa, of pool no date, tat 2830, lon 79 30. Grahams Polley, Norton, from Antwerp for New York, Shid Bin Sultan, Ward, from Salem fur Zanzibar, HE on We norte for Fe - Jon 68 55-—had lost twyomen by fever. sme es cee ig Bark Leeper, Perk'ns, from Liverpool for Matanzas, Sept Ty An Am dark steering §, show! aquare in the centres was acon Atte By let oats pases a ‘A double topsail ‘bark showing & white name in white ‘could ‘i diodnguial 18. was noen Sept 17, lat 33 N, Jon 63 46. bi Jolla Ford, from Porand for Africa, mo date, lat 40 85, Brig Mary Farrow (of Bel Coombs, from Alexandria for Brormonce Rept 1S of Hg at alge ‘Brig ——, hence nw, Rep Sehr @ By Klaridge, from Boston for Havana, Sept 2, Cape Col NNW 8 miles. - A Ray, July 23—A\ ets ALGOA g a 100s Bats daly, iA Sirl, Caun, Penang for Bos- wane aNGxL, Aug 26—In port Prus brig Wim Tell, for Boston Buewenvavex, Sept 10—Arr Gustay, Cronstapt, In port ships Ben for Bos- Chase, for London do; American U for harks Greentelt, for ima i ae iors do; H feonard, Wyman, and Sea Ie une. Emprx, Sopt2—Arr Saranac, Boilertiok, Woringien, NC. Fusxten, Rept ship Harvest Queen, wnt ras ships. Marsheld, ny 5 5 Eager tine parka Kate Whevien pays Tn . Mice hi and Lucy Frances, Jones, mic; Tries and WA Brown, Nickerson, do. “Sid about park Bscbal EES ereenpona for Nork about ready! Fr bark Patan, Sead, or Ban Fran — GRAVESRR! Rept &—Sid A (and VS ROT ote att, ie et Hatvory, Sept $—Arr Bremerhaven, Hilken, NYork. __ LavERroot Ai sid tal Peston, tan Prastoc focor 8 ‘Eten, Mutt Ry Tiyan Mes Bn ‘amore, Gerrish, NOrleans; New World, Knight, N York; Btal- Locaa, for NYork (Shee €o Oct kW; more! 3 ver Witham, for Baltimore. Vath: Piers for. se eis adn, canyon aw, i, Oren Windus ah: Consiiution, Higging, for do. wid Nall, Hosmer, for do do: Jo 1 Hale, for tga MALaea, 2—In port hark Jeh Ang it chew Oran Bg: Alfred, New Yorks Bope he barks Turk, ; Susan Clark, wade, Iromsiden Cults for Boston, Oet 5 i, lronsides, Curtis, for Boston Oct 5; 12; Columbia, Th 5 for do 1 > Sh n Roabs, Sept 6—Sid ship Wild Hunter, Sears, Point ‘Sr Sept q from Aas Som Berks arr. 10 Pa Wein Tivpert ard ‘doar’ Sih, fea Na Be Re ia ay at edeendepabel ‘2, Kartiew, {irom 8 George, os ARTFORD, Pept 28— Arr sche Won TH Sie, Rein Tecate Re I : sbi G-Arr sehen Mary Clinton, Ryan, New" ‘Stith ‘Att ship International, Seavey, Liver- NEW ORLEAN Sep eteamahin . ORL ae Lm... Mary " rg, Rodewald, Xm +7 Sk eee is r Tee Rata a rae Se |. Haere. 18%, bare ivan "Arr hire i PO et a a NYo pie “ECs AE Ge eas H. Sept 20—Arr aohe Ann M Rewards, Retwarde, ND, sept Ar ec . Voladg By ayy for fuel, tha ore bole r