New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-28
WHOLE No. 2;tt.

sunk u improperly oNeFcu i--ss y "e''E -"
they proved themselves good bosts. = they woo.'
1T have borne -Cwiug asterl vessel i0f nNe eaH
All rira-s heavily headed IS they were.
W % v1l now glance 40 thy assertion oi bar.
I commanded rs cas- 81 captains. It IS uulvcr
sa4! acNuowlelSsd thar th.se c.apoyet "a the
Ani'-ran merchant service are superior fo car own
al u is untcr their care that the .rest ORA OF EN-
grants ere ccniocted IN sai,t, from these u the
American shores Capt Il Nie has been shout 81
wears very isvoraAiy known IS sNltul and humane
he was brought mp m the o.iesi established line
81 packets from tins port ~ New York ami
was los many scars tie successful commander ui
ono Of thelr best vessels aui such was the esteem
All respect which he gained tnom his passei,
1.fs that he seldom -eturgct % Liverpool without
having 2 show Is some present or testimonial from
b-, passensers steersse incudtl IS % the Kind
Humane manner IN winch they hai been treat
"a ana Of these we could. u required. pr>dpee
annie proof He was himself teetosa.cr. snd
sailed his ship upon that principle sad we THINK
& rr-, unfair IL after such loug sni honorable ser
y.,,. when the boar ct calamity comes. such man
p, n De .ondemuej. without a hearing. on %,
strength a. single cabin passenger sia'emeut
whose name : Dot .o,thNmlnc. as 4 mau Who. oA
IDA, c1.iuct throughout the catasiUphr showed
.ry gu,it he was 10 b trusted with - heavy
p oonsihjfr
~. shall uaA pass on 70 thy inability 90 ind tus'
-ac most ordinary precsution had been taken io'
aim.. thou caust ult CLEAN from \ Cabin Pass %
GERS st3tcmcn- bIs. before making such an a;
tack we think t would have been beittag such r
powerful ENGINE as the Times % have made some
uaa.ry, Of those mos, likely 70 Know, how TAR lhls
sweeping charge could be- borue ont We do not
asA that thou sloulist have app ei 70 rs but o.
-ha Government offices sui Ll0yds surveyors for
tbs port 10 whom We freely ami icarlessy refer
thee
PRAY what ship can or docs carry boats sufficient
CAB contain 400 emicrauts We have before spo
keno, the Qusiity o those ou board the Caleb Grim
shaw aud here thy informant Is pa'pab'y al iaut'
AZ there was 4 life boat on boari
Thou sayst there were mo- means OF constructing
rilt How. then was IT that the thirty Captain
Hoxie SAYS siNt,l which \ CABIN Passenger
speaks OF, made one and lett the ship There Is
u0 good American ship leaving tins port which has
nut GA board su.hceut spare spars and unbers IA
construct 4 raft large enough g. bold considerable
uu nber oi persons. But here We would remark
lhlt ~ IS rather singular that the oss OF life has.
according o. the CABIN Passengers statemet
arisen MT from the want Of the means OF escape.
b1i "a the first place IN leaving the ship ON rait.
au next inum Aaut cd water. whSh the passen-
.els AGAINST thc express wishes OF the captain
feck cs,y deprived themselves Of by slowing 10 the
! tanks.
We now come 70 thy remarks on the siowage
0' the cargo For thy information We may say.
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ship. whose business il is 10 use all the care they
rau TO exclude anything Ut an inlammabIe nature
t Is slowed under the care OF respectable aud re-
splusibe steyidores and no light Is allowed on
board any vessel IA the docks oil Liverpool amt
lastly, the captain exercises vgilant care as 10
the nature Of the cargo and it $ rather remarka
bic in the case ot that under notice that So eau
tol8 was Capt Hoxe on this head, that he even
lat some packages which ne suspected as likely
t0 contain s-iu, ihiammabe materials opened ior
s.s Inspection h1t they dd not contain anything Of
ri. kind or they would not have been suffered To
.q.. gone iu the ship The ship was not lrelghttd
A..h an mAammabe cargo-at least. not w'Ih one
,. Us % he spontaneously So, unless W. should *
cent 100 tuus O, Goals spread over the foor oi the
ship. which, We think thou wilt agree with us' do
not afford much ground 10 suppose they were the
ca Sc oi the sad catastrophe
That she had no sigma gun on board We freely
admit aui. though IL may be no excuse. yet We
my say very few American packetsmps leaving
,his port have one. As Tor blue hghts and rock
| cts. ~ cannot think capt Hoxc was without
.hem.
Another word about the Captain and his conduct.
10, CORRESPOND INT omitted some very material
points in his statement on this subject lie ought
90 have said that Capt lloxie chartered the bark
~a -ah, ~ the expense It the owners oi me Caleb
l1.im.haw u which number the captain - one
20 lake the passengers forward to New York, ami
Cart Cook aud the American Consul, who We're
I8.lt an they con a b. make them comfortable. and
HoJld glt them away AS soon as possible.
We have stated that Capt. HoXir sailed his ship
0u temperance principles IL may be asked, ho"
hen lid t happen that there vas brandy on board,
ID, drns iue OF which was 81 near producing such
fatal Consequences The facts are that when
cabin passengers wish u have Il, Capt. Hpxles
GOD mature y d not let hm refuse signing bond
70, them to take cut supply aud We have very
s0tI reasons Tor believing that part o what was
found on board th' Caleb Grinshaw belonged 10
A Cabin Passenger
There is one question wish b ask thee, ana
that Is. whar means has modern science invented
d, which a fire ia the hOli, which cannot b. got at
.al De ,xtngu shed as soon as disooyered'
H. conclusion, we wish 10 say, that his awful
au M =, ameAtable catastrophe Is one OF those 10
which the best regulated OF all human ooiitryanccs
$ able W. are far very lar, from wishing 70
sag that nothing more remains 70 be- done, either
or tie comfort or safety u passengers but We DO
sa, that the { aleb Grimshaw had all the require
ments ret0f0re expected tO be found by American
,irrs and in many THINGS she had far more than Is
.eHuired rs present laws. IL IL Hot our wish, how
ever merely 10 supply what is legally required
bar we trust We are willing D. be among ne first
and foremost 70 provide, as tar as possible. for tie
comfort ani safety Of those who place themselves
.I.i@r uIr care
We have ol'y 90 add the request that thou wilt
..s. this aa insertion n thy columns rs We coast
DAD. what has previously appeared m the Itnes on
tn sub ect IS from ~ uniamess, calculated - no
r. our interests which We are candid enough 70
F.. i.yr thou hes, I'D desire ~ DO.
Ne are, very specially, ny ineId-, . az
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