New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-04
Letter from III. NJ. Paine.

To The Editor Of The Tribune
notice in your journal Of Monday what pur-
ports to be report OF "Scientlhc committee on
The Carbonated Gas" AS you undoubtedly mean
TO do Justice to ALL you will permit me, trust, to
make a statement which, as it can be well au-
thenticated will place this same scientific Com
mite" in no enviable position.
On Friday of last week ] met one Of the propri.
etors Of the Scientific american at Logeioys Ho.
tel and was informed by him that committee oil
gentlemen, appointed by the New OK das Com
Teuies had left that morning for Worcester to ex-
anime my new light. This was about Z NJ and
Twas obliged to leave some important business
transactions uncUsed ia order to take the clock,
train for home, 7yhere | arrived at l0i and was
surprised to learn that the whole party had left for
Boston. They were assured by Mr.. Pednck that
would return that night, and were offered Tree quar-
tiers TO remain They were told that everything
would be satisfactorily explained and exhibited in
nv presence but in vain. Go they would The
next morning an agent, Mr.. Green, was dispatched
TO Boston where the Committee were Tor the pur
pose Of informing them Of my return, and to per
suade them TO return 10 Worcester and complete
their discoveries This they poSH'reiy declined
DONG.
Now. Sir. here was Committee selected by in
terested parties and two Of that Committee, GER
taiDly pecunisriy interested in an adverse report
sent to act on subject OF the most vital import 70
the public, acting just as such a Oommitteeon sucn
subiect might be supposed to act, shrink ing from
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contact with the only party that cOuiu VI oiEr' W
have been present at these investigations. They
did not wish 10 find me at home,-they dared not
meet me after ! came home, for they had seen
epoucb TO convince them that their errand would
be fatal TO their own interests, II they saw or
knew more. They describe " dislointed machine
WHY did they not act honest, and report that that
machine bad been in operation ia the presence OF
hundreds in public rooms. They speak OF an odor
OF resin or oil gas,-they dared not say 1t was
resin or oil gas, learned as they were'-ior they
kneso DogueTTeotypes had been taken by the light
The alleged confusion Of his brother, might u
| the gentlemen had so chosen, been shown to be
nothing more than indignation, called iorth 0y the
petulent and ungentlemanly acts OF the lnqulsitors
| When New.York sends another Committee, let II
| be composed Of men whose judgments are mol
warned and whose interests stand neutral between
their purse and report ,,,,,,,,, ,.,,r
| Voyeester July 2 1850. Yours HENRY NJ. PAINE.
~ We very cheeriully give Mr. Paine the
benefit of the above statement. We certainly de
sire that he may be able completely to disprove the
assertions Of the report in question and establish
the eenuineness of his discovery. Bat after wha
has passed, he cannot expect the public TO receive
his averments with confidence. Let him light the
Astor House or any other large edifce in this City
and prore the honesty Of his gas, and then every
body will believe in him and in it. But If he car
only talk about it, we are sure that he viii en-
counter nothing but incredibly and contempt.
I'D. Trib.