The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-01-10

ginning to agitate the newspaper press throughout
the whole country. Already we have thirty or forty
journals who have denounced the conduct of
Mckenzie and Gansevoort in the strongest terms
and about half dozen who seem to consider it
right We annex a few extracts:-
[From the Richmond star]
McKENzIEs OrposESrs.--Any person of even mode
rate Judgment will that nothing bu. the resolu-
ton OF Mckenzie and his officers saved his ship Asd any
one OF these wise been put in the situation
they would have been pitted like ours by the mutneers
They would been scared that the desperadoes
the Somers would have mastered them the wolf does
what iorbearance ought to be exercised in such case
The testimony shows plainly that had Mckenzie faered
hair, had he been of the milk and water" breed like
his accusers he and his true would have been sacr
feed without hope Anything short of the and
coolest resolution would have fallen under such gang
with such plans existed on board the Soners. And
yet we have critics, telling how delicatey and sweey
he should have managed such knaves-shore men, with
feet upon lenders ong in comfortable chairs attacking
just escaped from murderers' knives for treat
ing the wreches like doves and innocent lambs Faugh
Such words nauseae us to real.
from the Philadelphia Timesl
The SoMERs TRAoEpy.-In the first place, think
that Commander Mckenzie and his officers terribly
frightened and hence the precpitancy with which they
acted II they had exercised little courage,
simple Of justice would have induced them to give
the prisoners at least opportunity of making
PLANTATION. They would not have suddenly arrested
them pn them in irons, condemned and executed them,
to say the least of it, with such indecent haste Their
testimony proves that they in dreadful state
Of alarm and the least part of that proof
is that each of them took such very especial pains to
show the contrary.
the second place. it was this alarm that exaggerated
into fearful mutiny, what perhaps, after ALL the
mere concocton Of avid visionary and romantic BRAIN
careful of the facts developed in this inquiry
only satisfies us that there mutinous scheme on
foot OF so exravagan character that could never
have been carried into execution Spencers list only
shows four marked down certain, Of which his
own was and all the rest of the spoken Of as
nose VINO would probably De willing ,oJo after tne tnng
Now is very plain that the who were to be kept"
against their will and the who would probably join
aftcr the vessel was taken cannot be considered as
forming part of the force that to take the vessel
What is the resu7 Why out of ships company of one
unite in a mutiny Even these paltry four are not
charged with committing any act of mut;ny, but
man Of common sense tell US that the Judgment Of TWEEN
tythree officers would have condemned four men to in
slant execution, because those four had in contem'
plation the capture OF one hundred and sixteen,
unless that Judgment warped by fears of
the most extraordinary kind Certainly not. If
ton would have taught them that the scheme too
monstrous too absurd to require such extreme and
upon it as ga joke;" that would have been mprudent
but was equally imprudent and prima acie evidence OF
extreme and fancy thst the whole crew were in state
of absolute mutiny because two or three men yielding
or appearing to YIELD to the romantic notions Of boy OF
nineteen, had mutny in contemplation Only look at
their own reasons as they give them for their belief in
the existence Of serious mutiny. The men, they say,
gathered in little groups in converse togethersome were
very sullen-some went indolently to work-one had
fcnsh look out of the eyesand one had been called Ivy
person who disliked him, great scoundrel" These
are certainly overwhelming proofs of mutiny! Why,
we venture to say, chat there is not master of ship
Which f leaves this port who could not in any ySysgs
king evidences OF disposition to murder him. and take
possession of his vessel 1t is with the fearful with
the jealous" tribes light air. afford them conhrma-
ton strong proofs Of holy writ Of design upon
their ves Imagination conures up in the most inno
may do the officers of the somers the justice to say,
that we believe that they really did all the symp
they them through false and distorted medium
they saw them through their earsand under the effects
arriving at correct concIasons as they had been labor
ing under any other species OF intoxication.
Move contend that the evidence Of the officers them
selves with its details deprived Of the exaggerated color
ing of ALARM gives nothing like substantial proof that
there was even real mutiny in contemplation.
from the Albany August
THE SoMERs ArFA-The facts of the of course
all that the public the opinions Of the press
OF individuals were proper in the present stage Of the
mark (whaever be thought Of the force of the evil
dence regards Spencer and SmaD the entire abb
we except perhaps his having been frequently in
private conversation with Spencer and his undisgused
UnfavoraSlo as ,he inference from these vircustsnces
may be- still who has looked into the testimony
beyond suspicion, to of against his uniform
DOM. e Il, Sr.a Nog on the other
hand there be doubt tina. Commander Mackenzie be-
leved and still believes that would have been impcssi.
pTmB Vessel IN saiety 10
out the nfcon Of signal and summary punishment upon
the ringeaders and is certainly to be hoped that ne
may make out the satisfaction Of the court and the
country the strong Of memorable necessity schich
he relies for his justification.
[From the Albany Argus]
1t appears from the testimony given before the Court Of
Inquiry into the mutny board the Somers that there
officers, including seamen, II
Petty officers, doing duty as seamen, u
Ordinary seamen,
Landsmen,
Apprentices,