Text Appearing Before Image: Sir Peter Warren's House. Text Appearing After Image: Ugh' 1 no dream any more. White chief dream better than Indian. Page 588. GOVERNOR CLINTON. 589 progress of the yellow fever in this latitude, and wrote an interesting paper, carefully pointing out local circumstances which increased its vio- lence.1 He recommended remedies which proved efficacious in a multi- tude of cases, and sanitary measures which were so prolific in results that the Common Council of New York tendered him a vote of thanks. A governor for New York had been for some time foreshadowed. Clarke's seven years of rule terminated ingloriously. The conces- sion by which he allowed the Assembly to prescribe the disposition of supplies granted — hitherto the legal prerogative of the crown — appeased the popular party only for a short time. The governed are rarely satis- fied with concessions; each successful demand increases the clamor for more. It was thus in the experience of the lieutenant-governor. The Assembly claimed the right to appoint its own treasurer. As soon as this was conceded, there was a strenuous effort made to secure the privi- lege of choosing
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