New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-01-11

in Trenton.
The Somers Nsutiny.
The interest in this terrible tragedy appears to
grow deeper and more intense as time eiaPses Tor
reflection upon its dreadful details The testimony
submitted to the Court of Inquiry yesterday,to De
found upon our first page, will arrest the atten'
ton of our readers and throw no little light upon
the execution Of the three ringleaders and the aeg
ed necessity which impeIAed the Commander TO
this summa nv course. Upon our last page may
also be found an able communication In vlndlca-
ton of Capt Mackenzie's conduct. AS was TO be
expected quite number of newspapers throughout
the country have loudly, and many OF them herce
w. condemned this officer, taough 1t cannot tan to
be observed that all the leading journals OF our
principal cities, those conducted BY men OF mes'
experience, Of calm, dispassionate and generally
upright judgement, unite in believing the Com
mandsr hot only justified by the necessity OF the
case, but deserving the highest praise tor the nora
courage, the 6rmness and decision with which ne
discharged what he conceived TO be an irnperleus
though most painful duty TO his country and the
service. We see the iusnuation thrown out III
several papers, and among them by scribbler IN
the Standard, that Capt Mackenzie has subsidi-ed
these presses to his support. The charge is MOI
only palpebly and basely false but outrageous and
inhuman towards the officer already placed in one
of the most painful positions any man can occupy
No man who had the slightest sefrespect, or who
was worthy the respect Of others, would give Ut.
,erance to so foul and iltimed a caumny.
1t cannot have escaped remark that until yes
terday very little, if any evidence was offered TIC.
criminatc Cromwell but the testimony of the ap.
prentice, Newell, examined yesterday, makes it
certain that he was deeply engaged in the atrocious
and bloody aeaign of Spencer. He was seen il
earnest consultation with him over the programme
OF the slaughter he had arranged, though his cum
ming taught him the policy of not allowing his name
to appear upon it. All the apprentices, as well as
officers, thus far examined, agree in declaring
their beliefthat rescue aoould hare been attempt
ed il the execution had not taken place. The onl!
witness thus far who has expressed different
opinion is Warner, whose name was found among
the doubtful on Spencer's list, and who was put II
irons on his arrival at this port. The testimony
taken yesterday is of great interest and Importance
Knowing the deep interest felt by the public in
ibis trial, and desiring to put our readers in pos
session of oil the means Of arriving at a correc
conclusion concerning the course of Commander
Mackenzie, we have prepared, and shall present
tomorrow, engravings and illustrations which will
materially elucdatc tho whole transaction. We
shall give fine engraving of tho Somers as she sits
on the water, and two representations OF her BERTH
aud Spar Decks, drawn from actual measurement,
and presenting, on an accurate scale, the relative
dimensions of all their parts, with the position o.!
the prisoners the stations assigned to the different
musineers and all other particulars dsomed essen
tial. The narrow limits to which the officers
were confined will thus be clearly displayed. We
shall present also a fac simile of the characters
written upon the paper found in Spcucer's locker
From these illustrations the public will be able to
form an infinitely better judgement concerning the
matter than coaid be done in any other way. We
shall print large edition, and shall thus be pre-
pared to supply extra copies.
U The wilful ignorance OF The Aurora seems
invincibls, and ye, we will waste ten more lines
upon it. We stated and proved that the higher
Duties levied under the New Tariff had not served
to increase the price of Manufactures, but the con-
trary whereupon The Aurora affects to under
stand US as asserting that the New Tariff IS not
beaeseicl 10 our Manufacturing Interests So
far from saying this, we have uniformly and un-
doubtinsly maintained that the New Tariff is
greatly beneficial to our Home Manufactures, aud
not less to our Agriculture, our Trade, and
Labor generally, by atording reader market and
quicker demand for the Products of each. The
Aurora cannot zee how Manufacturers are 10 be
benefited except by an enhanced price; vet NC
presume tho conductors OF that paper could readily
enough perceive the difference between a regular
sseaay demand for 10000 copies per dsy Of their
paper at per hundred and an irregular, unsteady
demand sar 1000 TO l,s0o copies at 81 IS per
hundred. Is there indeed any difficulty in deter.
mining that the former is preferable
J The recen, Elecslona in New.Brunsw;cL
especially ST. johns, wera attended with sloody
and ousragcoas riots. A, St. Johns two wasson
lcads of voters were attacked, trampled upon and
terribly bruised by gasg of their political eppo-
aenta. The civil authorities were entirely snabls
to res,ose order. We presume we shall soon have
in some Esgliah paper a homily on MODS in
America,
Coon THINGS IN Cesar SHAPE is the title
OF hitie volume containing various brief moral
tales, sketches, poems &C., just published by Adee
& Estabrook, and for sale at this Office.