The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-12-25

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Mt. GrymsscOmmencsd on Monday, at 10 O'Clock, and
Paradise, I.awrason & Co. we've not the insured be-
hey had legal equitable interest in the freight
Arnold ON Insurance. ss5 !" The party who
seeks insurance freight must legal
equitable title 10 the ship. The merchant who advances
Git out ship, and has pledge the freight.
effect insurance to protect his interest," but be
BY special pohcy-an open policy freight does not
the interest Of the who makes advances. Ar
mold 2S5. Common Law Reports Gil. q b. g. A. 6s2)
Paradise Lawrason CO. have not insured by special policy,
but the open general policy The authorities he read
were clear that Or. Knapp alone is the plaintiff
As to the facts there doubt that The Russia
fifty hours before her destruction. Who the persons
responsible for the the ship? The proof
Gear that the did not stand Knapp s500O with
the exception of the revover which havenever been fOun)
which he had ght insure $780, The Insurance
freight aud the ship ss 900, and the $4,000 only
lost by the failure Zone mail and the Of the tee
graph If the ship is lost. Knapp makes $4,000 What
does he make if she reaches San Francisco The jury must
not be carried away by the waged against the minor
actors in this affair. They forget the great prnci
pies of Justice in heir attention these petty squabbes be
tween Knapp and Wilson, and Jones and Dunlap and the
women fihe purieus Look motives. The bricks costing
here 50 per thousand, would bring him $5 Thousand
atSan Francisco afoat while the freight charged by Knapp
against himself $l37 per thousand, and so with every
other article twas for the advantage of all parties that the
ship should be destroyed. 1t must be borne in mind through
out that the the wasthe distinctions of
| the ship.
Let who are the actors First Captain Wilsoulet
who he is, by his account The plaintiffs test
mony show him to be bold and sktu navigator so huge
is this Colossus, that every pigmy who daes assa him
rampled under foot The who had testified
were denounced beyond the pale of orediby The only
proof against them s that they have devsted in one respect
from the rules of moral e and for this yon told
they not 10 be believed and this too, comes from Capt
Wilson, who associates with them, and lives with one OF
them his wife. If you place relianos their testi
mony there is proof that there design to destroy the
ship before she left the Levee. Let how far he him
SELF sustains Their testimony He admits that Mrs Adams
frequently cried out him to sink the Russia. What
occasion to that expression Was liquor? Or Tather, was
the impression made her mind when sober, which
came back in her drunken orgies He commented with
severity Captain wilson and his manner of life and
asked if this the who should be heard to assa his
panions Mr.. Roseius had treated this matter with great
evityfor his part he deemed his duty place all the cir
eumstances before them and leave them decide. Give
the who viii kill and murder rather than the miser
able wretch who creeps and groves at her feet.
But hsrpropheces He and in three
days the ship lost He to her house. Who the
next actor Mr. Jones, the first mate. DR.. Knapp
Jones the ship fire. He is the scape of Wilson and
Knapp. Why did they examine hm-hs is in town?
believe in charity that Knapp spoke the TRUTH and that he
had been examined he would have told the whole truth and
| involved too many.
Mr. g. spoke with the severity of Jones. Dunlap,
the second mate represented having sold his
We have plunged into nest of perjury, if the plaintiffs
be believed The fourth is the steward and plain
s have proved that the steward, he ande
Knapp and demanded $780, he would bring him into
trouble with the Insurance Companies Now, what pat ii
something which he thought would compromise Knapp
Wilson, But what's become of the steward 1t is very
certain that the Insurance Companies have got him.
he cannot be found Who has paid him his price2 We did
not for would have produced him here He has given
Knapp trouble. These the four who had charge
of the quarter deck and cabin In that cabin under the
hatch, hold full of combustbles Never did ship sad
with four such infamous scoundre the deck by accident
and their characters take from the plaintiff testimony
The ship sailed with of corruption which
cbsrnef houa eiac according the plaintiff own
Lack in nf unot
the greatest scoundres who to sea- with
gain the ship lost and thousands of loss the ship makes
the Well the ship discharges the pilot o'clock
and absent 80 hours The pilots that during the
the wind was from the various POM of NJ N e. N by N
En- all fair The logs of other ships shows that
from and e. at 200 miles Gom the mouth. One pilot who
was cruang at 20 miles off, the wind North, and
was fair. for the Of the Russia s. E. the Tor
/ tugRs
But Capt Wilson she crank and could not carry
sail The plaintiff proved that she had 200 heavy
freight. that she full and perfectly well stored He ridi
oued the theory of Mr. Roseus that the ship must be crank
because the heavy freight all below the ship
not crankshe kettle boomed vessel, sixteen feet in
the water and nIs is powerful hold for such ship.
But then the rigging and he had TO take in sail
Yet plaintiff have proved that the ship perfectly equip
ped and iaFnhed with extra rigging Now one side or the
other Of the story is false.
He then examined the evidences with view to show that
the Russia could have been VIII she was except BY de-
sign Make the Rusla dull sas you please and Gre
ate western current as strong plaintiff, want, and ia
Impossible that the Rusa could have been where the
/ destroyed.
There from any one that an attempt was made
70 outthe fire, except by Dunlap Wilson says he gave
orr but il does appear that any attempt was actually
single sailor swears such attempt The
evidence Of the sailors the printed book fs juy
can md that any OF Them testify to the fact viii sIs
osse. and may ndfst piafntffs - : -a4- =
IL the bounden duty of the every effort
save the property in his charge. He read from the policy
the obligation of the arising from the contract
But instead of attempting put the fire. every thing
done to nurse it, She placed before the wind the cabin
windows the second COMMANDED not to cut
the deck and mandate the cabin But Is said that it was
TOO late. Wilson says the miZzenmast toeTng when
he left The four pilots who the ship after this say
the mast on fire. them Captain Porter did all
contradict the other pilots for when he there two
hours after Wilson had left.
Whendd the crew learn there was powder on board They
were shipped after tie cargo had been slowed.
There few great facs That the ship sailed with
certainty that if lost the owner would make $40 600 BY h
freight aud with the equal assurance that if she arrived il
California the loss would be That after being GU
fifty hours the vessel was found on fire wthina mile of The
e | spot whence she had gone to sea.
The absence OF proof that efforts made to saw
e the ship
The circulation Of the report that there was powder o,
d board, when the pilots came TO their relief
Capt Wilson returning three days and flying to the arm
, of Mrs Adams, ikea canier-pgeon to bis doyecote
These defendants TO be vilfed, because they ca
Tor examination into this suspicious loss The compan
represents has only the result of the uit-a sur
Uncomfortable in isebu they desire an impartial decision
m They unwilling to be cheasd they will pay lo
Drought dDOu % me Dafaty OF the mastery and they
70 to the jury to condemn such gross outrage
,, Tomorrow we will give The speech of Mr.. Hun
"a in this case.
It's From THE CAPE OF Coon HOPE Files q
ss papers received at NewYorlk from Cape Town,
q, the 23d Oct, state that along the frontier anothe
s, kar war apprehended, and that the Kafr servant
ga were all deserving the settlements, under an orde
nd of native prophet who has appointed rendezvou
on certain day. The Governor had gone to tn
g. disatlected district, and it was thought he woul
bis restore peace. 1t is also reported that politics
" revolution is going at the Cape; the coonist
"a, demanding local Representative Parliamen
he Petitions were to be forwarded to the Queen an
Si British Parliament asking for Colonial legslaty
or freedom.
is Court MARTIAL.--The court martial for tn
&C. trial Of Com. APP G. Jones convened at the Nav
Yard in Washington the 18th inst. The mai
charge involves an alleged misapplieation of publ
N. funds while at Monterey viz: the withdrawal
nd funds belonging to the Government from the Gu,
~ tody of the purser and using them in the purchas
of gold dust in California, etc. 1t will excite cor
ia siderable interest. j. NJ Carlisle ESQ., is the Judp
Is Advocate, and Gen Walter Jones will probably /
q for the defence.
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