New-York daily tribune., 1844-03-15
Committee of Inquiry into the Prfncete'
Observation-Disclosures Boundary, &c.
From our Speech JoTrespondent.
WAsHISGToS, Wednesday, March Is

SPECIAL Correspondent.
| WAsHISGToS, Wednesday, March Is
The report of the Committee of Inquiry MO
the cause Of the late explosion OF the ''Peacc-
maker is looked upon as very singular doc'-
ment here inasmuch as it does not cast the slgi'-
est blame upon any one, and does not say WhetfisI
the gun was made of good or bad materials ai.d
does not even pretend to assign the slightest cau e
for the late accident. One thing you may rely
upon as certain. and that is that the gun was pt1
perly loaded /; | have seen three OF the gunne5s
who assisted in loading the gun on thatoccaslon;
| one Of them after the gun was loaded and tie
| ball was rammed home, expressed ms belief th't
the bali was not rammed home the other two
declared that it was; and IN order to satisfy h.nl
self he took the ranmer and measured the dis
tance OF the bali from the muzze, and found that
it was rammcd we'll home. The powder
comparatively small charge and the only cause
Of the explosion was the bad quality OF the gun
This ought Immediately to be analysed and fully
inquired into and the facts spread before the public
The people Of this country will not be satisfied on
this occasion with the ordinary remark IN relation
TO an omnibus running over child Of no blame
whatever to be attached 90 the driver" The Re-
port says the gun was fully proved; but the m
quiry g when was she proved ?'' and where WAS
She proved % BY whom ?' Was 1t on the
anchor-hoy up the North River, whilst the ice was
running strong there.
Avan 1t is your to duty to ask for the facts
relative to the forging and welding Of the great
wrought iron shaft for the kamschatka steamer
it was found on turning that shaft that the sli-
wings from the inner part Of 1t were inferior IN
quality to the outer shavlngS, owing to the mass
having been kept at a Welding heat for several
days. | have also the testimony of DR.. Chiffon
on this point that the inner portions of large
masses of iron when kept at welding heat for
long time become deterlorated. | should like 10
see d commission for fall investigation into the
quality of this gum formed Of such men DR..
Chiffon, Professor Mapes, Paul Hodge, and one
or two others. The pieces of the gun could casi-
y be sent to New York.
am glad you published Hogg & Delamater's
letter. because it refutes the silly and prepostcrous
stories published in the Journal Of Commerce,
Republic, &c. that part of the gun was cast IRON,
and part wrought, one part welded Oh to the
other or screwed into it, They might as well
talk Of welding stone and iron together.
In my next l shall have something to say
about the horrid waste Of time and money by the
majority in the present House of Representatives,
and show to their constituents and to the whole
country what hollow hearted pretenders the bulk
of the Loco Focos in the present House of Rep
resentatlveS are.
Mr.. Albert Smith, the Commissioner for fixing
the North. East Boundary is here, and has pre-
sented his report to Congress- though it is not
printed vet | learn from it that the whole ex-
tent of the line to be run under the Treaty from
the source of the st. Crolx around the State of
Maine, along the Northern line of Vermont, New
Hampshire and New York, is $50 miles in extent.
The Commissioner has surveyed the whole line as
laid down by the Treaty. They have to clear out
track, 80 feet wide, making vista through the
forest, to survey all the islands in the st. Johns
River, TO sound the channel of that River, to APP
portion the several islands to the two nations, and
to make maps of the whole line. Cast-Iron mon-
uments 6 feet long, half in and half out of the
ground, with appropriate inscriptions are to be
placed along the whole line mile apart, and as
much Ottener as stream crosses the line. The
line has been completed IN this manner from the
River St. Croix to Lake Pohenagamook, dis
tance Of over 200 miles, at an expense Of S23,-
000 and it will require $4,000 more to COM
plete it. The Commissioner and his party have
worked this last summer five months on the line;
his party consisted of principal Commissioner,
Typographical Engineers Officers, U S. Al 3
Civil Engineers and 100 men. The British had
Commissioner, (Col. Estcourt,) 3 officers of the
Royal Engineers, 9 Civil Engineers, company
of Sappers and Miners acting as Assistant Engl-
neers, besides laborers.
The work at present is suspended for want of
an appropriation.
Tho British have sent their observations home
to be reviewed by the Astronomer Royal; and
this will probably delay the map.
AZ CO.
TONS the former Commissioners were three
years on the line, and expended over $6O,O0G a
year.
The weather is as fine as May month IN New
York. The crocusses, those golden promlsers Of
April's wealth, have already appeared on the,
grounds OF the Capitol.
Nearly all talk and thought about the late ac-
cident have passed away from society here
Such is life JUNluS. JR.
PHRESo o-MNEMorEcHNY.-We call the attention
of the Boston papers TO the following letter from
Prof. Gouraud. 1t appears to us important that any
person wishing to obtain this system, should get
ii from the fountain head; and if, as the Professor
states, Mr.. Hardinge attended but portion OF his
course he cannot have knowledge of ii sufficient
10 communicate il to others. The Boston papers
will do their readers service by reprinting the let
Ter of Prof Gouraud, and if there be any charge the
bills may be sent 10 this Office:
NEw.YoRK, March II, 1874,
MEsSRS. EpIToES:- Il perceive by the Boston
papers that person named Hardinge is lecturlng
in that city on the science of Anemonics, and much
TO my surprise, | discover from the Editorial re-
marks in some of the papers, that he processes TO
teach my system. wish TO inform the people of
Boston, through your journal, thai this person Is
totally incapable OF teaching my system. | deem
il but justice the system and TO myself 10 make
this public statement OF the fact The individual
referred 10 attended but TWO three OF my lectures
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