New-York daily tribune., 1851-09-27


WITH mara naar a'corfflg - fa, assrl1fi,r 'rhi
hst rGrs, art iss fughca'f 7lotfs ,rhf-A 'hes t.
rrrcf. one 70 Gar at Detroit ana lie o;hef - Phels
az Michigan Centre, whlch Cgpiicaie matches nov
hold m my rlghI anu len haIl cad rnur attention
row 70 th.s one. which VAS used o. Phclps d, frns
the Niles Depot fHd j. ttetetfc called he Mrs
match You sec 9 - cSllIcer of shite- wool o
loot loug thaihss hollow tub- borei With an ause,
~, ire center lCug'. Ise from ors e. - within an
inch or move ci the otior end kccor Hc % The de-
s.nrtlOnS 'hat central tube = coated wlth VANISH.
art atrg i.us coated Is hltd With Campaenc Whea
that f.it : flicd taC crlhce II covered With seal
oi Shocmakcr'> Wax. kcucuotT 40 q that me tube
y CoatCc, uot N..h ut. bat Win Nani,n, AMI rIsh
go c. ar substance apa thsi the Orace - sesei bot
Wl.h anY otttr substance taan saoemaseTs wax
EcrC. f.tn o. tAc same trl Ot TIE Mrirnmcrt, yOu
see e .s pierced Nib 'ouT small ceIii'i tHoeN nen
Tie ctICUmcr,Lct These tXieal ossN""a I"
WI la iucl az the other enc oi ttc cNlrstf ia
The ceu'er oi each OF these inserted a. open funnel
or chimney made ID! brown wrapping paper, feseh
ug tc e,ston ~ The tube sut NeM ~ >hsiT ~
thread tWued round d. THIS finccl, YOu see, II
smaller than 'ht tube n "a hl - - f.acct. iHfNs
cat space the tU.c alcLt tc iaEnel IS allied via
cotton PIE sS,c down - a> g. N The Whole OF thai
part oi tae tube which surrounds the funnel ms
funnel. wth tac cotton surrounding n. constitutes
Tie alleged SOW uslH. Tanning no~ % the oshe'
cid o! the Instrument, you fud ihai cach oi these
tubes. running parallel 30 the exterior surface ana
rear % b.. i connected with iise OF touch hole
hOIea Mio Il perpendcularls nom The surface 4
match thus constructed and thus firlIShci. accord
ing 90 the ca>c ofthe Prosecution. ana no otherwise
constructed or gru shed, wa> a.c h1uzoDislN IN m
Coiolg box. some twO Or thrce inches longer thsa
the Instrument With the solid end u the instrument
against ore end of the box In that box the vacant
space of twO or three inches. M front ~ The pierced
end Ot thC instrument, WAS hlCt with SAaylngs saiu
rated with camrhene OF turpentne. The ease show,
that Gay. at us house near the Grand Circus at
OcOcn, sci hre 10 one or more of the trains contained
lntlc smaller tubes and then carried the box. covered
with Id. EeaI'y mite through the streets, from
hS house io the depot, paSslrg some thirty forty
men employed there, proceeded III two lights oi
stars, ard deposited II, burning, IN the cupola that
after removing the Id ht lclt Il there Al oclock,
that 40 2 N he morning the burning train or trains
had conveyed FIRE through the instrument, that thon
coming IN contact With he saturated Shayngs u
caused them 10 burn that The combustion melted
The seal OF the central oufce and the camphene thus
~ eaSCd fCwct out, and taking nre produced the
confagra.iOn oi thc depot We, OF course, were aJ,
al aiiowed 10 practice experiments upon the duplicate
matches winch were produced IN cvltcuce uut here
aye TWO instruments. constructed by mechanic OF
has rity ON the same plan and furnished precisely
tho same way-thai y ~ say constructed and tu
nished according ~ The duplicates before you. The
huCs or cblmneyS are made OF brown paper The
space around one .. them was'tllcj with cotton.
closely packed, 50 ~ 20 produce a slow tram. IL
could rot be hTtc NJ lie fuse 30 all
\ second train was prepared with O,kum, sub
- nee named as alternative IN the description.
but no; found IN either OF the duplicates, and ~hich
We supposed ~ be better adapted TO transmit ire
All efforts % communicate fire ~ that tram through
the tluo facd. \ nilgd ram was prepared With cot
The hte would pass through 1t although more rapidly
than the principle of the machine required, but the
ire klnd!ed AT the fuse went immediately out.
lteral construction was put upon the description
and Il was supposed that he might require to be
saturated with camphlne or turp"ntIne both of
which were named IN the description. bu, for differ
eHt use \ tram was therefore prepared, composed
of mixture of Dir, cotton and OF cotton saturated
with caWpheTc. After much difficulty, and aites
igung the block itself al the tlSe-hole, tins tram
was set on tire ami smoke and sparks at length
ruS OIL la A. Il ~
then laid II a horizontal position, and after ten os
h'tecn minutes The tram ceased 70 bum. The IN
S'ument was lef lying in horizontal position on
stove during thc Llgh', and not spark of fire was
found q u m The morning while the tram remained
uncOnsumct. THIS experiment demonstt ted thai .
match, constructed according To this description and
TO the models produced IN evidence, could not BE-
made elective The ieaSon OF the failure Is obvious
The tubes are formed on the principle OF the gus
barrel, that ~, of baisei of uniform bore pierce&
al the bottom With hisehole lt would be impos
sble ~ hie gun charged with cotton pressed down
from the to TIE fuse OF the barrel, even With
the AID OF IN open paper tube IN the center oil the
cotton.
Here T. pistol with large bore Here you see II
charged with tram consisting 81 paper tube sur
rounded by cotton according 10 the description and
models apply a match, the tram viii not take hre
a. ,IiAor Cnd. \ Ou say that the fuse hole - too
small Wei. take a drill and open the fuse hole ~
largely you please. You see at once that the re-
SUR viii be the same. Guns made 10 shoot with.
rot 20 carry Slow trains. But YOU say that thero u
only one barrel IN the pistol, while the machine has
hye. Yes, but If YOU cannot FIRE one you cannot
fire five. The draf IN so close chamber woulA
be inadequate 10 sustain combustion OF these mate
rlals and II there were enough, the draft would
be from the muzze 10 the fuse aud not from the fuse
to the muzzle The Counsel for the people have
added absolute continuation 10 the result thus iscer
tanned by the testimony OF d.. DesnOyeT, a skillfh
ani believe eminent chemist who testified that he
had made repeated experiments with instruments
thus made ard charged by himself and found 10 Do
mpOSSb e to fire them at ali
Another erhnent Was made by rs which resulted
proving that, Al a are OF caiDphcHe, "a of.cotton
saturated with camphene Was klndied az che iusc. Il
wOald BE- immediately extlnguished 10y placing the
I'd upohi hS tOI.
The first experiments also showed that # a train,
IN ate OF paper and saturated with camphcne,) could
have been gnlted and kept burning. a would have
emitted smoke aod an odor Of cotton. paper ana
turpentIne that would have Immediately betrayed
the presence OF The IRE
further experiment showed that csmphsne OF
turIeLtme good solvent Of vArnish that The
yarnlsh almost Immediately disappeared that within
ten minutes iromihe time The central tube was Allied
win caInphene the resistance Of the varnsh had
ceased Tho Camphene As absorbed INTO the pores OF
the block, and the pressure OF the external atmos
phere (whIch believe ls sixteen pounds ayesduPoisc
on each square inch Of sUTtacel caused the shoe
makers wax 20 bend OF inwards into the tube.
whether the instrument IN an erect or IN hori-
zonia position. After two hours tire camphene wa
found to have passed through the sOld block OF wood
al tie further end, and the unable 10 resist tho
atmospheric pressure, cll IN. ana ihe camphene Wa
discharged.
These experiments th,n showed,
That 4 Cav had lighi et the match a, his house.
must have been eXrngmsaed by being covered 10
his passage through The strc,t
, That If IL had continued 10 burn, the presence
Of the fame would have betrayed h.m 10 All whom
he passed W ether ~ the streets Or IN the depot
g. Tha. the Ere. If burning when he len II IN the
cep0t must have i ed OUT immediately
1. That I the tram, .n opposition 10 the resistance
Oi natural laws. had continued % burn seven houTs,
Or until q O'Clock that the campheDe in the central
tube vog d. Eve hours before that time, have rowea
out ard mat tDe camphene well as tnat " IN WHICH
tie shasines were saturated would have been al
so-bed through the box INTO the floor Oh which Is
was placed.
But yog vii ask NAV not the instruments With
which You experimental. have differed from the
original. alleged 70 nave been used by Gay Wa
have therefore. tested thai question. lieIe Is the
Niles instrument with when II - alleged that Phelps
did actuall, set ire % he depot al Niles You need
not ne remind, thai this vas Gone Dy Phelps under
- ,lre rv.tou of fne Officers Of the RailTOaf Com