The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-03-04

Tor many years, ara we nope IL VIII DC pSVthpuy
acted upon by the proper authorities; although we
mast confess that il presents the most extraordinary
adnixture of subjects we have met with in some
time. Only to think of the highly respectable Board
of Brokers being pitched in head foremost, between
the penitentiary and the Lunatic Asylum, with the
Resurrectionlsts one side, and the Polters Field
on the other! Verify, we are fallen upon strange
tmee.
Want Of space prevents heightened comment on
this document to-day. But we wish the members
Of the Grand Inquest had been somewhat more ex-
pcit in relation to the scandalous abuse Of the Ha-
beas Corpus, which they denounce. Who is the
authorized agent ofthe State government that has
been guilty of these "high handed offences de-
scribed by the Grand Jury! Who is it that has thus
permitted the escape of hardened offenders "
Who is il that has been "wresting from justice lndi-
viduals guilty of high offences'' The Grand In
quest say that they have had evidence before them
of the truth of these charges Why, then, did they
not publish the name of the offender-this authori-
zed agent ofthe government" The aldermen have
not the power to grant habeas corpus. hejudges
have that power. Ofcourse, then, the finger OF pub
lie scorn will point to one Of them, unless this is
cleared up. Who, then, is the man OF course 1t
cannot be Judge Kent, or Recorder Tallmadge, or
men of their high character and standing. And
yet the Grand Inquest, by not naming the individual,
have thrown unnecessary suspicion upon all the
judges of our county who have the power OF issuing
a writ of habeas corpus 1t is due to theB at
large that the man should be named.
For the information of our readers we suboin a
list of those Judges in this city, who are "autho-
rised by the State Government to issue writs OF ha-
beas corpus and who are called by the Grand
Jury
AUTHORISED AGENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT"
Judge Lynch, Judge Oakley.
" Kent, Ulshoefer, ~.
Jones, lnglls.
lngraham, Noah.
Tallmadge, The Recorder.
And if the Judges of the Supreme Uour-Cowan,
Nelson and B,onson-were here, they have also the
power. Now we ask which of the above ten Judges
do the Grand Jury allude to? Is it the first? Is it
the last Is it one of the middle names, or who is
il that they do mean?
Ifthese charges against the " authorised agent Of
the State Government" are not true, the Grand Ju-
ry ought not to have made them. But their
oaths they present that they true, and therefore
in justice 10 the remaining nine honorable Judges,
they ought 10 have named that one out Of the ten
'authorised agents Of the State Government" who
they say has been guilty Of the charges they make
against hlm-because we. put it to this community
whether, if the charges made by the Grand Jury
can be proved, such man is fit to be the "autho-
rised agent of the State Cove rnment" any longer?
The community will not be satisfied without hav.
ing the name of this man. Who is it! What is his
name =! We know who married Captain Shindley
We have discovered the whereabouts of the Rev. J.
N. Maffit. But who s the authorised agent of the
State Government that has committed the offences
charged against him by the Grand Jury?
TRIAL TRIP OF THE Missouri Yesterday morn
ing the new steam frgate Missouri, of two thousand
tons, and drawing sixteen and half feet, made an
experimental trip. Improved highly successful and
both vessel and engines equaled the antlc pations of
the most sangulne
On this trip she run down to Staten Island-then
several miles up the Hudson-then back again 10
Staten Island-then to the Navy Yard, and fired
salute of the Battery.
She run from Staten Island dock to the Battery,
distance of about seven miles in twenty-six minutes,
against an ebb tide Of one mile and half
Her average speed by the log was twelve and
half knots per hour, and her average pressure of
steam eleven and half pounds. Her maximum re-
volutions were seventeen and three quarters with
thi rteen pounds pressure, and with wheels set at
twenty. eight feet. Her consumption Of fuel is
found to be one per hour and she can therefore
carry enough for twenty-five days consumption =
We believe the Clyde burns twen,y-eight hundred
pounds per hour
Every thing orked uncommonly well and easy,
and in one weeks time she will be ready for sea.
She kept steam rem arkably easy, her fire doors
having been open most of the time.
We think the result of this trip, WILL for the fu-
ture, silence all remarks discredtng the ability of
our sh p builders and engineers, to produce steam
vessels equal, if not superior, TO any in any other
part Of the wide world. 1t matters not now to the
country, whether the Kamschatka failure or
not as we have in the Missouri, war steamer far
superior TO every other afloat in point Of
speed, and in point of strength. As sample, we
want none better.
Cosr OF OUR WAR SrEAMEns.-There has lately
been good deal said in the Philadelphia papers
relative TO the difference in the cost Of the Misss-
sippi an Missouri II has been shown, apparently
satisfactorily, by the following statement that steam
vessels can be built cheaper in that than in this
city.
Navy DEPARTMENT, Feb IL, 1912.
SIR-l have the honor to state, in reply to the resou
tisn Of the House of Of the l4h instant
III at the cost of the steamships Mississippi and Missouri