The New York Herald Newspaper, February 8, 1871, Page 5

? le eermnemnnien QUARANTIN Report of Health Officer Carnockan for the Year 1870. An Exhaustive Review of the Quarantine Question. The Laws Which Govern Dissaces Considered from Sanitary and Commercial Standpoints—How They fhould be Administered—What the Port of Now York Requires—Measures Recommonded-What tho Legis lature Should Do-—LInterest- ing Dotails and Records, To THE BOARD OF CommssioNSKS OF QUARANTINE ov THE SraTa OF NEW York :— GENTLEMEN~I have tie hoor to submit to your Ronorable Board the following report of the general @ondition of the Quarantine Department: ce expericnce of the past year enables me to offer a fev suggestions in regard to varlous changes and unprovements which are necessary to mect the exigencies of a well appointed Quarantine, THE SUBJECT OF QUARANTIND, @3 properly understood, has numerous reciprocal Telattons in connection with the interests of com- Morce and the preservation of the public health, It should bo considered with the view of reducing Its management to a Feguiar system, in order that the various @owwils muy be careied out with promptneas and discrummation, and in such a manner as to im- pose the least possible restraints upou commercial enterprise compativic with ihe pubilo safety. The Quaraniine laws were originally made to guard against the introduction of pestilential dis- easea lato our couniry by the arrival Of imiected ves- #ei8 at tho various seaports, SANITARY ANI) COMMBROIAL INTRRESTS are thas apparently, by an impiled necessity of re @traini, thrown into a kind of antagonism. By a Proper knowiedye, however, of the history, pro- eres apd lawa which govern the course of pestiien- tial maladies, the regulation of Quarantlae can be so eystematized ag to accomplish in a great degree the ebjectsfor which Quarantine was fastituted, and yet not necessarily embarrass the pursnita Of com. merce, except so far as to insure the general safety ‘ef the community, To carry on properly, however, @ aystem with these ends iu view, the necessary facilities for ad- ministration must be provided. It1s of great im- Portanco that persons arriving from infected localities who are suilering with disease shall be completely isolated, at the same time that they pe Weil cared for and receive good medical attention, ‘The second class of persons who snonid be sub- Jected to quarantine are those who have been ex- Posed to iniection and who may have the seeds of diseaze turking in thelr systems. ‘These should also be isolated for a certain length of time, in order to afford opportunity for observation of their condition during the PERIOD OF INCUBATION Which is Common to contagious diseases. Persons who have been exposed to & malarieus atmosphere, er who have been breathing fora time a close air charged with pestilential poison, should not be per- mitted to mingle {recly m # healthy community, as thereby disease is apt to be developed; still, i would be injudicious and inhuman to keep those who have een merely exposed to disease in contact or com- munication with the sick. To mecé the requirements of this class of persons MEANS MUST BE PROVIDED to secure positive isolation and the various hygiento appliances for the prevention of disease and the @limination of the pestilential influences with which their systems may be charged, while the various comforts of good diet, pure air, clean bedding, &c., shall be provided. The construction of artificial isianiis inthe lower bay, with aM agea of from two to three acres, snfl- clent in extent for the erection of hospitals and other appropriate buildings for the accommodation and hygienic management of the sick and infecied, #ad placed sufficiently remote to insure IMMUNITY FROM DANGER Of the spread of the disease, wili secure incalculable benefits to the citizens of New York aud ‘he ad- Joining cites of Brooklyn and Jersey City From the extensive and wide spread ramifications of the mercantile interests of the city of New York, pestilential diseases must necessarily flad their way to the harbor of the great commercial emporium of the country; yet with such structures located at the mouth of the harbor offering every couifort to the Unfortunate sufferers, combined with @ well regu- lated auministration of quarantine, the public may rest in tranquil safety while pestilence is kept at pay at the very gates of the city. THR INCREASED INTRODUCTION OF Srwaxsiirs into the mercantile marine and tie rapid trans mission of news by ocean telegraphs nuve, io a cer- tain extent, increased the exigencies of tie Quaran- tine Department. Masters of vessels arriving from @istant ports, after a comparatively short voys are not satishied to drop anchor .nd wai sor the slow process of boarding, as formerly practised. medateal officer aust be on board the vessel as soon @s she reaches the quarantine grounds, the steam whistle or (he booming of a gun gives the notice of @pproach a mile or two below the board@lug limita, and without more delay than 15 absolutely required for inspection, except in cases Where sickness cXists, the examination of ship and passengers 1s complete and the permit given to proceed. With thus SUIRIT OF RAPID ENTERPRISE now pervading the shipping community it Ls evident thac to.keep up with the times the tardy rowboat. must give place to steam for boarding p.rposes, and that increasing lavor and activity are demanded at all times, eae the night as weil as ine day. This theory of progress In quaraviine | have en- deavored to carry tuto effect and bave been gradu- ally perfecting since the commeucement of my verm. THE QUARANTINE ESPAULISU SENT of the port of New York, according vo the act passed 4M 1363, 18 to consist of— First—Warehouses, wet docks and wharves, Second—Anchorage for vessels. Third—F.oating hospital. Fourth—Boarding station. Fuoh—Burying wround. bicth—Residences for officers and men, The doating hospital isnow bappiy superseded by the comulodious hospital on \West Bank; but Warehouses for the storage of infected goods, next in importance to the isolated accommodations tor the sick, are still altogether unprovided. Since the destruction by fire, in 1935, of the Qua- rantine buildings no provision has b: taade for the conssraction of WAREHOUSES AND DOCKS in connection with quarantine, although the neces- eity tor their erection bas been irequently pressed upon tue attention of the Legislatar No quarantine system can be pr or satistactorily adiaimisiered Whea goods and mer- chandise from infected ports’ must cither remain on board the vessels in which they arrive or be dis- charged apon Jighters, at a dis unee from ihe elty If detained on shipboard the merchast is deprived Oi bis goods aid the shipowner of Ms vessel for a much lopger period than would otherwise be neces- sary. ‘there ts no doubt that, with proper factiities furnished jor the discharge and storage of merchan- alse from infected ports, the restraints which quar- antine necessarily umposes would be considerably Jessened. THE PRESENT QUARANTINE LAWS distinctly declare that “ail vessels from apy place Where disease subject to quarantine existed av tue tame of their departure, arriving between the first day of Apml und the tirst day of November, shall remain at quarantine for at least thirty days afer their arrival, and at least tweaty days afer their Cargoes shall have been discharged, unless the Health Onicer shal! sooner grant a permit tor sata vessel or cargo, or both, to proceed.” ‘iis discre- tlonary power! have endeavored, during the past summer, to exercise, as far as possibie, in the inier- ests of commerce. Quarantine warehouses are the important de- sideratum Which 1s at present wanting w muse up the general compliment which ts necessary for A VERFECT QUAKAN@INS SYSTEM. They are most necded by that part of commerce Which trades principally with the West ladies, whence tnfection 1s likely to be imported during the summer montis, As infociion or coutagion, however, may come from any quarter, thd shipping community at large are interested im this SuDject, and their efforts showla be directed go as to aid in forwarding their coustruction, Por sanitary and commercial purposes two classes of wareliouses should be erected, onc in the lower bay, for goods certainly Known to be in- fected, and another at the upper bay, at some cou- venient point, to receive merchandise whieh, [rom tne uuheaitay condition of the port of shipment, may be regarded as doubiiul in @ sanitary potut of view. ‘Tho more important are tie latter vesseix. Coming: ‘arrled out ie) from intested ports thoy are properly regarded with Sela. ‘rhe | NEW YURK AKRALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1871—TRIPLE SHEET. nn = icion, resent positi ! fous of Mearlug disease. “Warehouses hal tn the Lint ex bay, aba sale bus conventent distance from | tie city, cvujd be used to Feceive curgoes from such which constitute by far the greater number that airive dur the quarantine season. Goods | thus stored wouid have suecdy and proper ventia- | tion, the period of detention would be shorteued | and merchandise would thus be more speedily placed at tue disposal uf the owner, past year in preveuting communication with Vessels Under quaiantine and aiso im checktng the whole sule depredations Which, for several ycars, have been Conumited 2 ae vessels discharging cary in the Upper bay. ‘Tue five men appointed Jast sp.ing have been found suiicient to carry oub tiese objects, During the whole season nota ingle case of tueit has vccurred. Several arresis have been inade; bug Lie inoral effect of the presence of a po ice foree & great exient prevented the audacious the.ts (or. Mieriy Cousroitted by river thieves ta coiluston with the crews Of Vessels lye at uaraniine. THN STEAMLOATS and thelr appointments betdtiving to the State are hot 1M goud coudbioh, having received but tempo- Yary repairs BLUCe their purchaee, ‘Liese show be attended to without delay, or accidents may oceur; aud, for a shimiar rewon, | would recommend the audition 01 & ILevoat to each steamer, ‘Ing Uke past season the buarding of vessels frou the Quarantine slation has beeu greatly facil tated aud much valuable time saved to vesaels ar- Tiving at this port, by the empleyaent of the steam- boat Fenton, as u substitute for the oid and unsaie system Of boarding by rowbvats, ‘ihe scamer Andrew Kietcher has also been of Kreut service in the aga cee of tie sick, ip the prompi removal of Iniected vessel: the Quarantine anchorage and in securiug speedy eom- daubicudon Wid the difurent paris os tbe Quaran- Une establishiwent, in Lhe upper aud lower bays of the harbor, Uuuil a permanent and suitable location for a LANDING AND BOARDING STATION can be seoured it Keems digiculs to gblaln & more elig:bie site tuan the one now in use, basy of ac- | C@ns tO OWners and consignees 01 Versels aud others inisrested in commerce, 1048 by tar tie most cous Veulent, and, in jact, the eniy accessible, point that can now be obiained in the narbor from which ves- sels can be boarded at all seasons of the year. Chis conciusion is fully corroborated by the opinions T have recerved trom the Board uf Pilot Comuiussion- ers, a4 well ag from all the piiots of Lae port. During the Saumer months and tu mud weather the boarding might audoubtediy be periormed ia tue lower Day, but im the winter, and duriug the prevalence ov strong southerly and easterly winds, tis Would be found finpossidie, IN BLOKMY WEATHER the anchorage for ‘vossels beuw tho Narrows | is also dangerous and unsaie, At the pie- sent station the repairs and inprovemonts sO much required in the business oiices and Heaitb Onicer’s residence have now been come pleted, 80 that, with tue exception of @ few inci- dental repairs to the docks, fences, &., Dub hihe Outlay will be required tor several years Wo come, Alaough Une Importance of oblauming currect and reliable BILTS OF HEALTH, setting forth the precixe condition of ports with Wisen We are 1a comin ication, Can acurcely be esuuated, it 18 rare that any dependanee can be yaced Upon Lose received froin our Consuls avroad or from tue local sauitary aucnorities. Jn iact, during the past season “bills of health’? seem to have been issued from many of the West Indian and Seath American poris more as a matter of form than as true and faithful exhibits of their Sailutary condition, and in many cases our Consuls have contented themselves with certifying to tne signature of the local oiicer issuing the “bill of health” without giving any in ormation of tie sani tury condition Of the port at the time of departure, At Rto Janeiro clean ““pilis of heaitn’’ seem to have been issued by the local authorities throughout the whole epidemic of yeliow fever, willch was.prevaient whore Jor a great part of tie year, and treir import- ance 08 seniiary documents may be estunated by the tact that trom that port MORE THAN BALE THE VESSELS MAVING YELLOW FEVAR on board brought the usual inaccnrate “bills of health.” Giean *bilis of health” were xiso granted by some of our Consular agents in Cuba and otner West Indian ports, although it was well known that yellow jever, cholera, or smaiipox, and in many cases all of these diseases, were epidemic in the pert and vicinity at the time of their issue. CONTAGIOUS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES, Since the ist day of January, 1870, 150 vessels have been quarantined for sickness. Upon these vessels, ib port of departore or en the passage and after ar- rival at Quarantine, there were 540 cases of sickness and 165 deaths. During the quarantine season 365 ves:ol3 Which arrived from ports mfected with yel- low lever and 685 vessels from doubtful and sus- pected ports bave been detained for a brief time for Observation and examination at lower Quarantine, BRIP FEVER. The supertor accommodations afforded by vessels carrying emigrants, and, in the case of steamships, the comparatively short passages, in a great mea. sure, provent the generation and spread of u disease on emigrant ships. During the past year only tea vessels have arrived at this port having casos of ship fever on board, Upon these vessels the whoie number of persons exposed to the disease was 5,950, of whom thirty-two died on the passa: and jorty patients sick on arrival were sent to the Fever Hospital, on Ward’s Isiana, SMALLPOX, The presence of smalipox in an epidemic form in France and other parts of Europe, in Chile and in many of the Quban ports, has rendered a rigid ex- amination and inspection of all vessels and passen- gers [rom infected districts necessary, and although imuigration during the past year has fallen off to a very considerable extent, the number of vessels bringing smallpox has been somewhat above the average. From thirty-three vessels detained for smallpox seventy-one patients were sent to the Smallpox | Hospital on Black well’s Island, while eleven deaths from this disease occurred on the passage to this port, ‘the whole number of persons exposed to smallpox on bvard of these vessels was 19,309, all of whom, with the exception of those showing suM- cient evidence of recent vaccination or who had wlready had the disease, were vaccinated in Quaran- tine, | ! OROLERA. Although during the past year we have not been visitad by this drevd disease @ satticrent warning has been given by the arrivai of several vessels having } OW Board cases of Asiatic cholera, both at thetr port ofdepariure and on the homeward passage, te re- quire the observance of every precaution io prevent its Introduction and development. At Havana, Clenfuegos, Santiago, ard at several | other Cuban ports wits which we are m almosé daily | commaneation, tue rayages of cholera have been Most destructive; while within the past few months it has made its appearance iu Mexico and at several of the ports on the Bails and Black seas. Pbe wide- spread DISTRIBUTION OF THIS DISKASP, under oxist ng circumstances in Hurope, affords serious grounds for appre! slow, and although it is to be hoped that the trosis of winter will check its vavages, the experience of former years has fur- ished evidence that its disappearance cannot with certatuty be predicied, and that the large immiga- tion which is expected in the coming spring may bring with it the sceds of this terribic scourge, At ho period since the year 1466 has there beon such serious grounds for apprehending the inwwoduc- tion or YELLOW FEVER into our midst ag during the past year. The con- Unuousiy high temperature waica prevatied from early spring uatil late in autumn favered its de- velopment and extension, aud but for the isolation of the locality where the disease at length planted isell the city would undoubtediy have been devas. tated by pestilence, and the various commercial in- | hereby directed, detection “of t may arrive hirty days of ther ¢ustomn tlouse entry or report. , That tho Inspector of Vesso's be, and ho I |, by ins! ection oF otherwiny to wasiat mn hese evasions of our Health laws, aud to port to this Board als the facts tn relation thereto as soon Practivable,? Notwithstanding the lessons thus afforded by EAFERIBNCE OF FORMBR YEARS, | @ similar effort was made during the past sammer to | evade Qaarantine regulations by carrying n from invecte ports consigned to New York to Verth | Amboy, N, J,, and theu, without delay, transporting the goods to New York and Brooklyn; the vessels thus discharged following close upon the cargoes, ‘These vesseis, lo avolu defection, were towed aong the west shore of Staten Island directly to the city wharves, and had not been examined or received permis from the Quarantine Departinent of this it. potvare of what had occurred in 1866, I addressed Acommunication to ihe Boards of Meaiih of New York and Brooklyn, notifylag taem of the DANGER TO WHOM THE PULLIC WAS EXPOSED Dy this disregard of the Quaranting laws, apd in redler to Pht h stop to the continuation of this de- aise of the law the sicamer Andrew Fietoher, with & police force on board, Was ordered t Keige and ta: e ine last one of the offending Vessels from her moorings at one of the Brooklyn 8 to tho Quarantine auchorage, Several vessels which had evaded quarantine in this manver came up to the Brookiya docks in the Vicinity of Kamilton jerry, All these vessela were knowa to have had yellow fever on boa the passage ase of yele low lever mute ts appearance oa Governor's Island, Careful investigations show thay any article thrown overboard from vesseis iu this locality would, by the natural dow of the tide, be washed pou PU BEACL OF GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, Immediately opposite the quarters where the dls- cage broke owt. ‘The military authorities, taking this view of the | matier, ahd convinced that tie disease had been brougut to the island by integted artivies of Clothing or bedding which had been thrown overboard and 1 dzed upon the castera shore o the islaid by the tide, have recommended to the War Lepartment the coustruction of @ sea wall to protect them against PUTURE DANGFR FROM THIS SOURCE. There is anotner fact of which Thave been in. | formed bearing upon the origin of the disease, aud that 1s, that a clandestine trading communication existed between the soldiers at Governor's Island and the ships lying at the rook: | lyn docks, on the other side of the chan. | nel. it may be mentioned also that | the porous character of the soll on the beach of Govornor’s Isiand, hike that at Fort Hamilton, where yellow iever prevailed in 1850, was tavorabte for the Propacatien of infectious disease, while the streeis: of Brooklyn, in the neighborhood of the docks, where ths disease did not optain a foothold, are and paved with stone, As far as can be ascertained the first case of yel- low fever made 18 appearance on Governor's Island About the 13th of August, but owing to the obscure hature of the symptoms and tne mild type of the earlier cases the medical officers of the post hesl- tated to pronounce it to be that disease. 1b was not ‘until the OCCURRENCE OF SMVERAL CASES within the city Itmits taat the New York Board of Hea}th was made aware of its presence. As soon, however, a8 its existence was fully established steps at our wharves or be landed in our cessities of | Breas oP Re tty 6.4 es | conld have been made to | Kevnoth Reid and D: i were immediately tiken to secure the co-operation Of the miliary authorities in order to prevent the spread of the disease, After a conference with the New York Board of Beatth, Major General McDowell and the medical oilicers of te post, it was decided to remove all the sick, with as litule deiay as possibte, to the West Bank Hospital; to place the whole island under strict quarantine, and to proceed mmediaiely with the DISINFECTION OF THE DiFFRRENT QUARTERS where the discase had made its appeorance, On September 30 the steamer Andrew Fletcher Ws seni to take tue sick to the West Bank tospl- tal, but owing to the unfavorable state of the weather the removal had to be postponed. On the following day, however, all those tound sick or com- plaiming, about sixty in number, inciudng several en and chiidren, were removed te the West an ‘The bedding, clothing and other articles used by the sick were also piaced on hoard the steamer, taken down to the steamship Illinois, in the -lower bay, and barned in her jurnaces, A suffictent num- her of convalescents and soldiers were at the samo Time detailed to act as nurses and attendants by General Neill, the commandant at Governor's Island, Dr. Sternberg, assistant surgeon, United States Army, also went down to the West Bank Hospital to assist In the care of the patients 1m connection with the medical officers of this department. Provision was made for the remeval of any new cases Which might subsequently occur. A consider able number of the patients at first received were moribund at the time of their admission, and in these cases the symptoms were of the MOST MALIGNANT CHARACTER, black vomit generally taking place before dcath. The total number of cases of yellow fever received at the West Bank Hospital, Hes Governor's Island, was 63, of which 31 proved fatal—the last death occurring October 25. ponding: on the island ‘The number of persons during the prevalence of the fever was 722, of whom ry were svidiers and 99 were women and children. 107 SOLDIERS WHO WERE ATTACKED by the disease, 44 died, while of 50 cases which occurred among the women and children, enly 6 proved fatal. During tne progress of the penis, 11 caser of ellow lever, 9 of which proved fatal, were reported in the city of New York; but, without exception, the Persons contracting the disease had been atrectly exposed tothe infection on Governor's Isiand tn nursiog the sick or as mourners at the funerals or “wakes” of those who had died of the disease, Two other persons who had beeu exposed to the same source of intectiun also DIED AFTER LRAVING THE ISLAND, one at Allentown, Pa., and the other at Harper's Ferry, Va., having carried the infection with them. Of 365 vessels which arrived at Quarantine from thirteen tntected ports 107 had cases of yellow fever on board, either at their port of departure, on the passage or after their arrival here, Upon these vessels there were, as neat as could be ‘ascertained, 410 cASES OF YELLOW FEVER and 112 deaths; while 26 patients arriving at this ort suffering from the same disease were adinitted ‘he West Bank Hospital, Of theso 6 died. The following cable will show the number of ves- sels arriving from the different ports infected with yoliow fever, togeitier with the number of sick and | ‘the deaths upon these vessels inthe port of depar- ture, on the passage and in Quaranun REVORT OF YELLOW FEVER ron THK ENDING DEOEMBEE. 31, 1570. Table showing the total numer of arrivals, with and with- Out slokness, irom the dierent ports Infected with yel- low fever, together with the uuraber of wlek and the deaths pon tuede veaseia ta post, on the pasrage ud in Quaran- z 100] 44 36 The number of cases of yellow fever which occur- terests interrupvad and tojured beyond calculation. As early ag March almost every vessel which ar- rived at this port irom Rio Janeiro, Port-au-Prince und Sanuayo de Cuba nad lost sume of their crews from yellow fever, but as the weather Was then too cold in this lat.tude wo admut of the PROPAGATION OF THE DISBASE no restriction beyond a temporary detention was placed upon them, unless sickness actually existed on board at the time of thoir arrival. With the beginning of tne heated term, however, the greatest caution had to be exercised im rejer- ence to arrivals from sickly ports, aud every possible means Were adopted to prevent the lutroduction of disease. In the meanume, a8 yellow fever had made its appearance IN AN EPIDEMIC FORW At Havana, a3 well as at most of the principal ports in tae West Indies, ti becaine nee: ‘y to detain ail Vessels from injected and doubiful districts in the lower bay, where tietr hatches were opened, all dannage, bedding, &¢., thoroughly cleansed, and the vess nd cargoes subjected to proper ventila- Hon and fumigation, If no cases of yellow fever oc- curred duriog this period of detention, usually from five to tea days, they were admitved to pratique, or, in the case of ye.vels from ports known to be seriousiv mfected wiih yellow fever, they Were al- lowed, if 60 requested by the parties interested, to come up to the upper bay to discharge cargo by lighters, { would here call your attention to A SUBJECT OF VITAL IMPORTANOF to the public and likely to be of future Interest ta the management of Quarantine. as eariy a3 tho years and 1653 attempts were imade by some parties trading with the West Indies and owning cargoes consigned to this port, to evade tie Quaran- tine taws by clandestinely sending thelr veesels tor thelr port of entry to some small tewn along our seaboard and thence bringing their cargoes in j ir vessels to the city wharves, This practice | lioweo by the introduction of cases of yellow ve ato New York and calied forth the prompt and r Ae Pty ooo a taerapta) of Health a i ID as the, equauntec eras y were made acquainte PANGEROUS INFRACTION OF THE LAW a meeting was convened, and we may Judge of the Importance attached by then to the matter by the subjoined preamble aud resolutions, which wer @ adopted July 1, 1867, Mayor Tiemann presiaiug: Whereas it has been represented to this Board that man} vessels trom the Weat tndlen carrying cargove consigaed 10 ed port, f ‘the purpose for of evading our Quar- for their port of eutry to some snail town along our seaboard, and from thence they bring or fend in smaller yessels their oargoes directly to ti Wharves of the oly, without belng subjected to an ei by the Health Ofleer; and whoreas the occur- rence of several Isoiated oases of yellow fever, D irom vessela and cargoes thua clandestiney ought to one city during the summer of 1855, taught thie Boaru that to permit sucd inftagtions of the Healvh Inwa wae imiminoutly danzerovs to the public health, therefore Resolved, That thé Health Uillcer be, and he is hereb; ¥iVe imMediate attention to this new aD repeated attempt at evadi: aranting laws by removMy to Quarantine or Quaranting anchoraze ai) auch foreign ver: oF yersei# aud caruoes, Papeatly from the Wort Ted upon vessels arriving, both on the passage und at the port ol departure, no doubt greatly exceeds the figures above given, as we have every reason to be- eve that a GREAT MANY WERE NOT REPORTED. A few cases also, not included in the table, oc- curred upon vessels from ports where yellow fever revallsd , but Which were bot considered generally ufected, Before the adoption of our present system of quarantine, as Jar back as 1798, and ~when the popu- lauion of New York was less than 5,000, between 2,400 and 2,400 died of yellow tever. In_ 1803 over 1,600 cases of the same disease were reported to have occurred, ‘fn 1804 the number of deaths from yellow fever Was 708, aud in 1805 there were 600 cases, of which 275 proved fatal. Since that time our trade with the West Indies and other tropical countries, where yellow lever annually prevails, has vastly increa-ed, and there is not @ year passes that ‘THE YELLOW PEVER POISON ig not brought to quarantine, During the past summer not a single case occur- ring in the cities of New York and Brooklyn can be traced to vessels that complied with quarantine regulations; yet more than a hundred of these ves- gels had lost part of their passengers or crews from this disease, In the thirty-four years prior to 1809, when the Quarantine was fu'ly apparent in the epidemlo on Governor's Istand, to which I have witeady referred, hey aiforded means tor We atten of the sick from th where per were roundéd with every comfort and received all the at- the | tention requisite Lo promot: (heir recovery. While the new hospital at West Bank may be con- sldored one of the most lmportant additions which @ quarantine estaplish- Ment, 161s not less necessary that tie other struc. ture, intended as A LACE OF DETENTION for those who have been exposed to contagions and Infectious atseases, shouid be completed without de- lay. So acvominodatious for this purpose now eXist, aithough the necessity for such an estadlish- ment has long been apparent, The crews and well passengers of Yeusels KNOW to be Infected must ut present remain on board or bo prematurely allowed To land at the city, Tere 18 no doubt thas in pre- Vious years mauy valuable lives have beeh sacrificed for thé want of a place to which those who had been exposed to iniection or contagion during the Voyage could have teen transferred immediately upon their arrival at Quarantine, 0 far experience shows that neither of the ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS on West Bank will serve hoarding station In the Lower Bay, iio amship illinois was | auchored, as usual, last season, at the lower end of the West bunk, near the main ship channel, about tio miles iu a southerly direction trom the Hosp.tat Island, She has answered admirably as @ boarding sivon as Weil as for a residence for the boarding oilicer and for the transaction of business with Masiers of vosse.s from } i ports who are not allewed to leave the qua its nul then Vesseis receive a periali to proceed, The alterations and yepalis she ts ow undergoug Wal sbill Deiter fo ApS her to the purposes for which she nas been need, CLUBION. sport Ldestre to return my thai 6 your hoverable Board, who, as custodians of the quarantine property, nove invariably ex. tended te me your cordial co-operation tu my efforts lo carry Out successiully tie ad ion of Quarantine during the past year, Cuder yoursuper- | Vision the hospital has heen materially improved by the introduction into the buildiigs of suitanle heat. jug apparatus and the appilances heretojore much needed for extinguishing fre whiten might acel- dentaily take place, The hospital, as now organized, fully ADAPTED TO UBT ANY BAUR that may oocur. ‘he boat houses ais, a6 the upper boarding station, 80 much Wanted for the protection of property and for the shelter of the men during stormy weather, ave now nearly completed, I take pleasure in stating that the Lmdical oMecers of the department, Dr. Jacob S. Mosher, y. John Macartney, have fuliy participated wiih me m my dosire lo carry out & prompt and effective quarantine, They have given CO Before concluding this Nox | me ample aid and support in my effort fo systematize the nnmerous and varied details of the Quarantiue Pepecneet during @ season dull of responsibility, NOSE hesitaing to eXpose themselves or tO MBK Lien lives in facins disease and in glying every ald and attention to the sick. tayself of this opportunity of expressing my acknowledgments for thelr atiention and as- siduity. Very respectfully, M. CARNOCHAN, Healtu Officer, Pert of New York, " Quanan TINE DEPARTMENT, N ISLAND, Jan, 1, 187, THE TUNNEL The Conrt of Chancery Moves the Switch—A Gontle Hint to the Delaware and Lackae waune on Coming Events. Ever since the adjustment of the diMentty between the Eric and the Delaware and Lackawanna Railroais in regard to the Bergen tunnel by the injunction of the Court of Chancery fresh difficulties have arisen between the employs of both companics at the tunnel, The Erie trains take precedence in entering the tunnel, “FROG,” and it happens that the trains of both compauics artive very often at the same Ume. This gives rise to delays which the Delaware and Lackawanna Company pronounces serious for its interests, The Erle suggests that a Uttle modification of the time table of tts rival would obviate all inconvenience, but this the lat ter, standing on the platform of “equal rights,” would not consent to. On the contrary, the law agents of that company advised an appeal to tie Court of Chancery tor a modification of the injunction, so that thé Erie, which owns the tunnel, should have no more privs iieges than tts rival, Who uses the tunnel without paying for it, Yesterday morning @ motion to that offect was made by Mr. Vanatta before Chief Justice Beasley, presiding as Chancellor, at Trenton, Mr. Leon Ab- bett opposed the motion on behalf of the Hrie, after which the Ohief Justice delivered the following opinion:=—The application made for &. modification of this injunction is a most unusual one, Until all the proofs are com- leted the Court will have great difficulty in arviv- Ing gt a conclusion to grant ay order against the Erie Company in any particular, as the Court has to essame that the Delaware and Lackawanna Ceeny are authorized undor ihe contract of November 1, 1869, between the Hoboken Land and Improvement Company and the Long Dock Company to use the tunnel. This Is one of the principal matters in dispute between the companies, and it is not clear to the Court that the Deaware and Lackawanna Company have the right they claim, and tie Court bas. pa Anally determined to assume that the Delaware and Lackawanna Company nas the right, on acount of the convenience of passengers on the Delaware and Lackawanna road, But it Is now proper that the question shouid be settled upon final heating, and the right of the Delaware aud Lackawanua Company to use the tuunel at all under the contract decided. The Court airects the Delaware and Lackawanna Company to close thetr case next week and the Erie Company to close ten days afterwards and then tho cause to be brought to a final hearing immedia in the meantime the Erie Company FIRES. msive Conflavration ia Pittshurg—Smith & Porter's Locometive Works Burned. PITTssUnG, Feb. 7, 1871. This morning a fire broke ont in Smith & Porter's locomotive works, in South Pittsburg. Owing to a deficlent supply of water the entire block between Tira, Binguam and Carson streets was destroyed by fire, Twelve locomotives were burned. Nearly all of them were light weight and used for coal mining purposes, Twenty-turee private houses were burned. Eight houses were owned by Wood & Co., Whose logs is $10,000, and eight others by William E. Richards; loss $10,000; /ully insured. Loss to the locomotive works, $70,000; insured for $30,000, The total 10x86 will be $150,000, The fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. the McLure House Gas Works in Wheeling. WAERLING, Feb. 7, 1871, The gas works connected with the McLure House are now in flames. An explosion of the gasometer 1s momentarily expected, wien a conflagration Must ensue. The fire department bave arrived at the scene In full torce, Borning Fire in Baltimore. Bavrumore, Feb. 7, 1871. This afternoon a fire broke out in the Junk ware- house of Isaac Bacr, No. 11 Camden street, and damaged the stock, consisting of cotton, feather: Wool, “c., to the eXtent of about $15,000; uusures for $7,509. ‘Two Large Fires in Missisaippi. MEMPHIS, Feb. 7, 1871, The ginhouse of Governor Alcorn, near Friar’s Point, Miss., together with 400 bales of cotton, was destroyed by fire Sunday. Loss $75,000. Insured 50,000. ‘Tho Inka Springs (Miss,) Hotel was destroyed by fire Sunday. Loss $80,000. lt belonged 10 Measrs. eae Terry, of Memphis, and was iasured tor Saw Factory in Trenton Burned. TRENTON, N. J., Keb. 7, 1871. Toe American Company’s saw factory was burned to-night. The loss ts not ascertatned, but it 1s very greai, and 1s supposed to amount to at least $80,000. IS KE A MURD) RER? rene first attempt was made to garry, out a proper system of quarantine, the city of New York was visited by SEVENTERN DISTINCT EPIDEMICS of yellow iever, although the wade with infected ports was then comparatively snail, During the sixty-one years since 1809, beyond the cases Which annually occur at Quarantine, we have had but three epidemics of this disease, aud in eac: instance the origin and spread of the infection was clearly attributabte to an imperfect administration or a direct evasion of the quarantine laws. In_ 1822, when the whole population was panic- stricken and fed to terror to diferent parts of the couniry, there is no donbt that the disease was carried direct to the wharves of tho city by infected ih | COMmodated at the First precinzt station A Man in Custody at Jersey City on the Charge of a Murder Committed in Penne sylvania, Among the large batch of lodgers ac- in Jersey City on Monday night was @ man giving the name of James Smith, a shrewd, wiry fellow of about thirty, with red hair aad small eyes. Squatting himself vomfortably at the stove, ne whiled away the time by relating his ad- vessels, im 1966. the accumulation of nearly two | Ventures, especially his hairbreadth ‘scapes when hundred vessels from infected ports at the old quar- | fleeing in company with a comrade from jail. The antine anchorage, at Staten Island, was followed by an outbreak of yellow fever of the most alarming and disastrous character upon the adjacent shores of the bay. The completion of HE NEW HOSPITALS at West Bank has removed one of the | preload de- fects in we quarantine establishment of the port of cause of his incarceration vropped out in a most un- expected manner. A German lodger was trying to elbow his way to the stove when an altercation took piace between him and Smith. Smith boasted that he shot dead a German about three years ago. He ana @companion were arrested, but broke Jail and escaped, ‘The companion, as the story runs, was taken sick, and soon was in the hands of the Sherutf, Dr. | 5 THE PUBLIC FULSE. A Man‘s Skull Broken and Ne Left to { Prompt Respenie to hoxae te Aid—The Perish by the Wayside, terious Influence of the Hora'd as am Agen of Chority—Uases of .uffering and Stirvation Relicv.d petit eb SHOCKING MURDER. eens Yosterday morning a panper named Charles Kraft was found dead in a pool of blood near the Town Hail, at Union Hill, fe was over alxty years of age, had gray beard and hair, wore a striped shirt, soldier's vest and dark overcoat, As the ill-fated man Was known only asa beggar an inquest was Soon cymmenced by Squire Neuscleler, The follow. ing testimony einbraces the facts of the sad occur. renge:— Lenry Bremer deposed:--Un Monday night, at the corner of Pail ade avenue and Union street, I heard cries of “Murder and “Uelp;” TI ran iorward and at Lowls street saw four mea, one of whom was bare- headed and bleeding from the nose; Charles Haas, One of the four, said that deceased was drunk; a young man also exclaimed, ‘Tho old blackguard Ought to be whipped or in the poor house;” told Mr. Frey (the jailor) to lock deceased up in the bell tower; rey objected to tha, * Dra, Epnvaim and Graff testified to having made A CITY OF NOBLE CuAUITMS. The room 1s crowded now. Tne rich and peer a mingled through the room, vasy in the holy wo of charity. The well worn shawl joaties the han some velvet sacque, and hands inured to lavor diam the taper fingers of iuxury in the common cau Tue great heart of the American mother touched and nobly has tt responded to ¢ Call of the suffering and tne distressed, The has brought substantial ald-——brought it, not sent butler or the coachman, nor confided the genero offering to the hands of Mrs, Somebody who h given herself the special mission in Ife of leuxi after the unfortunate. The elegant lady of soote has come herseif and braved the fights of une | ered stairs, the bare walla and misery of t & postmortem exaiminailon; found & compound Wrehed Mili aad Ip Tere Ome Tae. anne fracture of the skuil and an extensive laceration of | Neartiest manner, The o(ner, the poor mower, f the brain; many of tho vessels were completely | come with her mite, and with torn off and there wore sixteen ounces of hemor: | WORDS OF SYMPATITY AND HOPR rhage; I our oploloa the wounds were Indicted | with an A Blrasvont, aud death was caus.d by | she 1s encouraging tho despairing hearts of t ailteved, ‘The room has assumed a different aspe Violence, Jacob Astheimer swore that while In bed in the brigh bi nd food bell t 3 , Paiisade nue and | & bright, warm fire burns In the stove, a a Py elas iy Moe clothing, which have been brought to the suftere are carefully laid on tables, chairs and bed, A stat atreet he heard a man exclam, or God's e, have you no pity on a poor old man! to which | Little feliow, who would come with his mamn holds doubled up in tis arms some one responded, “No; we have no pity ior A PARCEL FOR THK POOR LITTLE nov. you,’ nOXt inorniag 1 arose, and on Folng out saw ihe man lying dead In a pool of blood on the snow, few yaras from the tower, “Here he 1s, dear,” says mamma. He carefutty tal ou the paper himself, and with a look of genni acimiration he says, “Here,” and shoves him a iit Peter Bargen sworn—Whit® tn an oyster saloon near Blum street about twelve o'clock on Monday nghtTheard evies of “murder” and ‘help;” ran ow: and saw deceased lying in the snow; near him were three inen, one of whon pves—lifl boat, with sailg, to navigate the washing bo ae gee i Mera e pete Up, gnayine, Bur,” 'a8 there i no bowl; ay mamma haa to p mise ghe wiil seud one in for the poor Inte boy Charles tiaas and @ person unkuown to Une individuals around deceased; deceased | ered out, “Help mo; that man beat me.” Lasked | why they handed that old man so roughly; Mr. Bremer thereupon came up, and, having asked What was lo matter, exclaimed, “Yes, bere Ix the man’s hat; and he aflerwards said to the stout young man, “Don't strike that manor VIL strike you,” he then asked Frey (the jailer) to take the mao in and put mim inthe bell tower; Frey an- swered, “I won't; he could get no liquor in the poorhohse and that’s tho reason tie trouptea ns.” | Nathan Berg, one of the prisoners, was then brought forwara in his shirt sleeves und stood with his back towards witness, The latter recognized his form as corresponding with thato! the man whom deceased charged with beating Diu don Frey was then sworn-—Deceased last Saturlay with @ permit from he gave nis neme as Charies Kraft told me to atferd him no st ainuse himself, and no doubt ene will Keep |! promise, The poor mother’s heart ts full, and though 1 cannot undersjand the many kind things her, she fully comprenends the feeting that the manv women there to take her little ones thetr arms and show how keenly they felt ber siti ilon, She anuswers— God bless youl Sit down 1” t have known 1t, ma’am, but for | “oing to spena the day at my daughter Bat my hisban? handed me the HRRaLD, a9 he ¥ going down town, and said, “Look at that; se something to them, But I came myseli, and 11 80 glad I did, A lady suggested to the HeRALD reportor that might be inferred the tandtord of the house fh eated them harshiy, but such Was Dob tie Om he agent of the property was responsible for wh Poor Master er afer Saturday the nigil; at hali-past eight o'clock on Mouday tie | ever was said Overseer told me that Kraft had aun AnOUT THR RENT. asked him for a permit, but that he had To find out the wue merits of the case the chased him from “is door; he told me | porter called oa the landlord, who has a thrivi hostess in a prominent thoroughtare, and to give him lodgin ownt atts tained from him that he was his own agent, M nnder no ctreumstances; toward midnight Mr. Haas told me tnere was a drunks nan nesr by whom he wanted to see | Slane’s rent, both for the basement, which ¥ locsed_ up; L eaine out after him and saw Na- | used as a restaurant, and the floor oo than Perg, whom I identify here, hit the de- | pied a8 & dwelling, had been always pi ceased irom the ground; { asvisted in putting | in advance up to the ist of the p deceased on hia feet and then pushed him away- | sent month; but being nimself a im saying, “You'd better go and look tor lodgmg;? | ot family he could aord to uave his pi afterwards heard se" ‘Come alonm, Haas; let us bring him to another piney’ Berg did not ap- pear intoxicated; deceased had no blood on his face or head when L saw him, ‘The inquest was then adjourned, The deceased has not been tdentified by any friend yet. Was frozen when found, and a bitter against the assassin, Who must have doug his wo! through pure mali PIGEON POPPING. Wonderful Exhibition of Murtnmonship— Bogurdus Shoots Seventy-three Birds iu Six and a Hull Miontes, Rarely, since the revival of those manly sports of the course and the ficld, nave the sporting men of New York and Brooklyn received such a treat as awaited them at Sealy’s, near Union Course, yester- day atternoon, Ever since the arrival of I. A. Bogardus in this city to shoot a pigeon match with Tra A. Paine for the pigeon championship badge of the Untied States, the greatest excttemeat has for nothing and felt obliged to aay s« he’ very kindly proposed tu Mra. Gardner (a indy has taken @n interest in the poor iamily) would allow them to remain for a for.nignt, a some oper provision Was made for them, One lady visitea the faraily yesterday afterne who had collected quite a sum from among | friends, bat as she saw THRY WERE BEING PROPERLY CARED FOR now, and th be done tor them definitely, Several ladies propos buying a sewing machine, and otfered to contribe a sum weekly until ib Was paid for it became a pleasant duty to record the spontat ons enthusiasm with which these Chri: responded to the cry of the uniappy. naw taken the matter in hand and the future their protégés 1s secured. ‘the reporter next called at 136 Suffolk stre where THE POOR OLD WARRIOR and his el wife at wasting in their shaped attic, Scrupulousiy clean is everytl within those narrew limita. There 1s just ro enongh for the littie stove and the old man, bent nis chalr, his back against the ceilin — el TY the table occupies the rest existed in sporting circles ax to who should be} and the ar fs ¢. ert face of bg ere ost “shot.” The former . | long past) is for into the space made considered the best “shot.” The former bas been ox. | (nw PAS tt Srent Uprignt,. They, ; too, nrmber of visitors come to help them. “One gen man,” the old man said, “had called to seo them, his way to business, He saw our case in your and ne brought usa litte help. He sak 1 wi great paper, sir—the PULSE OF THE AMBRICAN PeOPLE.” Several ladies had called and promised to.coi again and bring s¢.ne of thelr friends, One lady is to be regretted he did not get -her name) had © from Hariem to see inem; and an old gentiem tremeiy bold in lus exclamations regarding bis abil- ity to capture the much coveted badge and take it With him to the far West, tnto i\nots, The New Yorkers, ver, are doing their best to prevent the badge being taken trom where it has so long re- mained, despite the nultitudineus edorts made to securo it by men from other States. As is well known, fra Paine has snecessfully held It against all comers: roa tony | ry past, and re entiemanly manner in which he has acted toward his opponents onvall govasions has shown that whenever it was | SeVenty-elgbt yeurs of ae, has spent am hour put up for competiiion ke desired to hold it only til | them, As this case was particuiarized at te} u re accurate ‘shut’? Jengin in the Heratp of yesterday & hae gn ry i ssieelidwaera: itm unnecessary now to — the necessity In consequence of an announcement being made | looking after this old couple, Tae tollowing to the effect that Mr. Tinker, of Providence, would | 80me communications received relative to these shoot a tnatch with Bogardus yesterday at Captain | cases:— Sealy’s, a crowd, numbering upwards of three hun- dred, gathered, notwithstanding the accumulated ice and mapleasant patehes of snow to be encoun- tered before the gronnds could be reached. ‘the mmateh agreed upon between Tinker and Bogardns Nrw Youn, Feb. 7, 18 Please accept this small amount (fifty cents) for rel Voteraa of 1813 montioned in HuRALD of daic. IL ta but I hope it may set a good example \o others pier means. Yours, reapect!ully, J Naw Youx, Feb, 7, 18 was jor five hundred = dollars =a aide, | To ran Epvron or Tim fifty single birds and twenty-five pairs being | _ Yon will v Sir ‘of the poor by a shot by cach, The terms weré for ground traps, i ‘de een a bry g = jae " one sig |. Raalrier, with twen'y-one yaras rise aud cighty boundary, | 114 Bicoeker street, mentioned im the HXRALD of tins ip great ‘leatituion. Itwould be gratify! accor ling to the rales of the stootng ‘club, Alter | fag Beane ‘ely to hand by an xextowl everything Was declared to be in readiness and the | me to know that {t ear traps ‘Sed,’ It was discovered that Tinker could not | ment in the HERALD at your earhest convenience. conie on account of some domestic diiMeulties, but | anitiais 8." of a “Marylaader.” efther will ai ha red that axudsdinte be provided t which I may be sasired. Yours, reapect(u! : } POM ate tg pres T READE UF THK IT:RAG| | against Bogardus ia bas stead. In consequence A CONSTANT 1} of this) Tinker the money put | Ps atom oe saan Fo Crane Feb. 7, be " e ie ame forward 4 'o THe Eprrol FRALD! — Me enn Tantate anor pant colteted | "vices ucknowiedve, throagh yaur waluable cotun Ig staked on tiie other | Tecelpt of, the fodowihg amounts which have Leu ra ore stated, each man to m single and ele | through ia, Augustus T your promapt and ven pats of birds, | whose clironmstances +90 cepted the terms at once, and away he ; HeNALH of to-day: Me. siarted to Work In real caruest, Bringing dowa | J-d. Mu Total, $20. Yours, teniy, 1. VANDERPO! | fourteen out of the fifteen single birds wiih appa- | Be Oe ee rently #8 ilttie cidiculty as he would have e desing to contribute fo the a No. 184 Sutfolie st AD perienced m= itftimg his hat. Taylor was | the ashier may send their ¢ ‘ Not s0 fortunate, He missed his first, fourth, | diveci to Mr. A. G. Vanderpoel, who has take } sixth, tent, eleventh and fonrteenta bird: lively interest in tie sufferers and will see to vhus leaving Kogardus the winner by five birds, Of { the pairs only eight sets were stot at, when Bogar- dus was declared to be the winner, he missing four wile Taylor missed seven birds out of the number, | ‘The following score represents this maica:— Bogards—Singie—1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,0, 1, 1, 1—missed J, Pairs 11, U1, O1, 10, 01, 11, 10, LL— missed 4. ‘Yaylor—Single—9, 1, 1, 0, J, 0, 1. 1, 1,0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1—uilssed 6. Patrs—-11, 10, 10, 00, 10, 10, 11, 1o— missed 7. Bogardus next p med THE MOST WO! YUL FEAT OF THE ACK It had been agreed that he was to shoot iifty birds Witiin eight minutes, to load humnrelf, simply having two or three ruen to attend to the traps, This maton proper delivery of Une donations. OY Lb Gishai0ie. Sermoos on the Cibie im the Assembly—' Jermey City ‘Charter. Roth houses have commenced to work carne and with despatch, Bills, chiefly of a pri character, are rushed through both houses tm ai to make way for the railroad question and my cipal charters, which will oceupy 4 great de tume. Was the signal ad ak excitement. Every Among the bilis p: nied in the House yester man present awatted wi tne utmost im- . a 4 wm patience the arranging of the trans and for a third reading was one by Mr. Horubiower| the establishment of @ jail and workhouse af Hadson coauty far, The fourth section “And be it enacted that the Board or (| Freeholders of the county of Madson shail, at expouse of the sald county, fursicn prisoner with a copy of the Bible.” Mr. Sam: of Exsex, opposed the clause with great earnesta on the ground that It was a covert atvempt te nect Church aud Stare and that the principle contrary to the spirit of our constitution. Words “atthe exp nee of said coun.y,’”? come of Catholics as well aa Prolestants, Jows and tiles, embodied ail that Was ooecttonapl s Sections of the community, ‘The Meuse member that this was pething less than one-: partial legisiation, repugnant to the feeil Many, and the Logisiatne was not chars the euty of passing Jaws in the interest of one and the prejudice of anowter. ‘This brought Niles, of Mor 18, to his feet, He-q a long breath and attempted to throw up is but was prevented by soure obstruction in tie nd borhood of his desk. ie at once freed almself pes foo boidly forvard raised his eyes to hea aud deltyered @ sermasa ¢~ the Bible whtvh prod a very Wholesome effect on that uagodly asseuibl He was followed by Vaicntine, whose babi’ of tinualiy drawing his long side whissers conn somewhat with the rigorous Church discipline culcated in his sermon. Warren, of Hudson, capped the climax a intimated that the se-tion complained of wa other preiuamarts, Jobu Taylor put up a $100 bill against asimii Bogurdus, the latter to fortett | r amount In case he faljied to bring down the humber of birds within tie specified tune. | 3 was the stake, Mr Yan Valkenburgh, the reveree, ordered “ail hands” back; a half circle was formed by some of those pre mainder climbed fences, shed Uiproe, The greatest silence previ minutes, until afier Bogurdus’ tii down the palr of birds as « the field. all sides, At the etyhth and ninth slots double traps were sprung, startiug four birds at a time, three of which fell from each set in the Lwinklag of uneve. Loud and continued clapping and cheers followed Unis shooting, und $10 To $16, 320 to gli, &o., were freely offered in tavor of Bogardas. Frou this ime the birds stood no chance, ‘They rose from wie traps | in pairs to fall dead together tn almost every in- stanct At 8:39, or six minutes from ihe time he com- menced be had loaded, fred and gathered fifty-four birds, aud in thirty-seven seconds and a half after- mt he brought down nicetwen more, giving m2 SEVENTY-THRBE BIRDS JN SIX MINUTES THIRTY SEVEN AND A HALF SECONDS, from fifty-seven shots the quickest shooting on record It was @ pleasure to watch fim manipulating his un. There was no official score taken, but the fol- jowing 18 @ representation of the shooting as near b shot brought | ad as any “stone” in Bets of $100 to ¥75 were offered now on as It could be wiken, considering ;ie rapidity of the | manded by the people o: Huvson county, aa ex ek! ‘The single dot sig haota nae ialeates — which evoked 1 rane dissent irom se one barrel, two dots show where he discharged both jersey City men tn tie lobby. barrels:—" cS mar bane Made only ten converts to bis vit Li. 11, OL: 0} IL. O1 while he evoked a spirit of bigotry aud mo! 11, O01: 11. 1. LL. 01 1, 10: 10, 11 ‘1. 112: Wd: 0; 1 11, 10: 1, 11 10: 11. | from men representing = such comin U, 21. 10: 11. 10, 1, 1k 1k. FL, 11: 1. OL 11, Po. | as Jersey City, witch is) large:y Oi tal hows, 67.—Time, 637 44. lic, The deciaration of Mr. Niles At the conclusion of this remarkable feat Bogar- | this is a Protestant country, end there is, or ong to be, @ connection at leas tween tie Bible and tae State, was the most €; ordinary expression uttered In the legtsiative ol New Jersoy within the memory the pi generation. 9 Lil was of course passed altered. There was a large gathering of Jersey City the evening to get a hearing before the Oui dus intimated that he shonld like to shoot for the INamond Badge, but ap to six o'clock his offer was not accepted, MEMPHIS, Feb, 7, 1871. A special despatch to the Avalanche, from Little New York. ‘The old hospital ship, which had been in whe. netorea the duty of hanging hun, use since the destruction of the quarantine buildings on Staten Island, besides being ili suited tu tne care nird lodger, named Clarke, who hails from Stroudsburg, Pa., listened atientively to the story, and treauncnt of the sick, had accommodations tora | and ot once caused the arrest of Smith on the very limited number of pauents, and, when over- crowded, was no doubt greatly detrimental to the lives and health of the patients, attendants and burses who were obliged to remain in the poisoned | members the circumpe atmosphere of a crowded vessel The VALUS AND }MPORTANCB charge of murdering @ German grocer and then robbing his store at a place between gioeoare and Littte Washington about three years ago. Clarke re- aces well and he states that mith dears thd dese ipaon of the murderer, Smith will remain in cumvody untd the Sroudspure India | Of the new hospitals and thelr adaptation to the nee | authorities are heard from, icipal Corporations on the Jerxey O ty m9 neato, 1s so decidedly obnoxions 0 men named in the bil aombers, without distin party, have declared thei inteation to stand peuple of Jersey Cry in opuislices w the cl The question Was asked by ceveral wembe Jersey Ciy men yesterday, “Masa your Mayol called a Mass meeting on the subject :—al aivable suggestion to Mayor O'Neill, who is 4 meaty oppesed to the Rock, says: In the House the Clayten party met a crushing defeat yesterday in the Hot Springs contested case. Three sitting members—all friends of Clayton—were ousted, by a vote of 45 to 63, which settles the quos- tion a8 to who has power im the Louse. The Clayton party made a dozen ineffecinal motions during the day to adjourn. There is ereat rejoicing over tue Fenult, count of the corrup! niost of the country