The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-01-20
U. 8. aTkAMaHtP OHf0,
New York. Jan 8. 1851.

Nffae sitt uiAi ni7iielpe AitA tAe Heiis F9"eE pI
vessel
New York. Jan s, 1851.
70 Bfaafz Mayer, Esq
DEAR SiR-N NdmArOns engagements must be my
excuse iof nei earlier noticing your c1mmunica-
tiQn 10 ihe Baltimore sun, protesting 60 give an
ncconnt0 0f ths late Y0yage of The Chic hope
whatever may feel h0aad 20 say to YOU will be
from sense ofduty IA eonuadctiug some II your
satmetis aleealed lo iniafs my reputation and
thalofmy iia
You says 'sThe Ohio was diepatohed on thia
Yoysge carrying between three and four hundred
sIils, with eur boats al 81 which were not cana
1lsoi heafina more than fsYentY-iiye or one hum
dnd indivdutls"
am pt6pafed IS prove ihat The Ohio q as well
provided with blais rs most packet ships. The
Idea Of q snip carrying from three 80 four hundred
passenger, ard CREW OF one hundred or mufs,
beng pfoYidsd win q sufficient number Of boats
% carrg all qil n eaae Of wreck Is absurd. The
beats q ihe Ohio ere large strong, pinh-aierned
1qals, ard. according % r0ur own calculation,
shQnid lare n ieat sixteen Or twenty Of these
boats g cc9mmoaaie The ps5saHeers and crew,
nnd with uoahe tha nnmhsr = passengers, as is
heqneniiy the cns8, ] would require double tie
number Of f1ai7. Now, please tel me- sir, Whefe
on board 'le Dhip, can conveniently stow thirty
or ipriY boats. Better send a tender with me a.
once Again you cay;
Her pumps were altogether ineaielent as they
tpf0ved ~ ihe hour 81 DANGER.
The Ohio 3 amply aud well provided with
pumps, which were 10 perfect order when she left
Havana. aud which, under ordinary circumstances,
would have been quite Sufficient for any emeT-
gsnoyi 9ni human torres ght cannot provide against
= dsRgeis incident u j sea lile otherwise we
would be as safe az as in our bedrooms on
shore. Ihea,
Being vessel q ssys iaousand tons burden,
she elt Havana with but sibgle engine whose
capacity was evidently Unequal to the propnlsion
and preservation Of so large a mass Of metal and
timber u stormy weather.
This Is bare assertion, made without any knovl-
edge of yeus ovn. Eiy itearessinn was when I
tlef Havana thar my single engine was quite sufi-
cent and must have some stronger proof to the
contrary than your assertion before / shall be CON
vineed shat behaved imprudsnhy in attempting
the voyage However we will leave that to shin
masters hip-hudefs and sneineem and II they
agrce with vuu then the great advantage Of double
engines single falls 70 the ground and steam
ship owners may save themselves this enormous
additional expense 10 future.
She was inadequaiely supplied with spars and
eanyass 90 ride opt ihs gale when steam failed
etc.
Il de figate Congress should nately be
dsmasied during her present cruise will any one
blame the Government because il did not provide
her with steam apparatus before she left 2 The
Ohio is 9 steamship, ard her rig is precisely what
is required for d coastng vessel never more than
five SIX days % sea, and in danger Of getting
short Of inel y were going to make long
voyage n her where economy Of fuel was an object,
should rig her differently.
The leak and the water that proved nearly
fatal, were not detected we understand until the
fires were almost extiHguished BY the rising food
under the furnaces
Is he captain bound 70 inform his passengers
whenever De detects anything wrung on board bis
ship bneW Of the leak, hours before communi.
Gated 1t 20 any one. was reluctant 10 alarm the
passengers, and, # . had net required their SER
vices, tnn-lliris IF them would moi have known
the ship bad leaked atali.
A vessel like Che Chic WIS kept ahoat and
brought into port after She had been SO strained as
10 break isoqT hFee % her hog braces, by the
efficient pse q ioar ash buckets, or ia other words
bailed OUT etc.
With regard 70 lhe hog braces we were all
deceiged--nons were broken-and If a had been,
it was matter OF little Importance. These hog
bssaeesi axe extra faslenHga, with which but few
hipsare provided Relating 10 the aRh buckefsn
3lheY dId us good service, certainly; and III the
AhandliHg OF them no man worked harder than your
self ban You appear 70 have f9rgoiien that large
num6F q passengers wels faithfully aud con
HtantlF working ~ lhe pnmps, TO which we were
gpiie IS much indebted as the ash bucN8ts."
These pumps were never out Of order, exeep. when
choked with coal duet then few minutes sufficed
todraW he boxes aud clear them, when they were
again al work Well do recolleet the music OF
their clatier thnughOnt the long, long nights and
days Of our suffering An mwillngneas 10 dis
! courage you all who were doing your best to free
4 the ship from water with the rude implements put
into your hands, alone prevented my informing
olihe pumn, lhau in your ash buckets"
No ons appreciates more highly han do the ser
Alees arqqll isn't friend General Howard; butthe
asi- g mus ~ ina me efedlt 10 auiatr- shat the
suggestion iar tle organization which he carried 6lF
go eineisniyi came from me-; and # the General
ever Issued general order on board nv shin dis
eAnamg hs forces. can only say he forgot, for the
hfsi and only times what was due 70 me as captain
ol u,e SNIP pledge you my honor I never heard
q lhls general order unul | read if ia vour pub
lished account
aT. hegeTdy Johnson's kind and eonsiderate de-
pertinent toward me, | can never fofget-and ID
not believe he ever said I told him tbe shin ,gonid
SO down ma two huirs. / declare rnost ernnbst;
eaiy taat never said SO, and that never thougbt
So. SesH
Alter The gale was over, one Of the engineers
e9 'he enlet engneer-did say, in reply to. a plav
81 question ! proposed 70 him, that at one time he
WOMB nor give - cents for the ship As 10 his fear
el,h regard % ne machinery dashing ont the ribs
aea slass q he ship, every engineer denies having
expressed any such apprehension ana do not think
there is one q them silly enough 70 entertain for a
nemsnt any nolan 80 supremely ridiculous
egaa repeat Mr. Mayer, that / make this re-
'laest WIN go naklndig feeling towards you and
nov thai yen nave aule TO aiiay, in same meassre
tbe very naspiai eNci elneai under winch YOU were
iepoflAs az the pne yen published that account II
You N1lli take the routle 90 examine 10 cafefullv
thllls you VIII admit that there IS good deai'of
sxaggetatoa in AZ Tie details, growing ous Of
seaniy and incorrect Information furnished Won bv
others Tie Ohio Is expected 10 be readv ior ses
by the 25th INST After AL she has gone through,