New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-31

They are evidently uneasy unGer the effect OF MI
PHILIPPE Card, IN which he showed that the Report
made by this Il" Committee" VAS unfair, unjust. and
II syrrlf n nor IN TIE le,ier zRfrus.
u seems % me. yaat inasmuch As all parties. IN
cucinS Mr. Philips, had ssreed that the expeFinsnt
on the 18Th inst. test OF the OF he An
nlhila hat Mr. Philips Notwithstanding the insult
and outage received On Wat occasaa proposed - IT
another experiment teoTs Sc 81 ite dssssst-a gentle
es asd aesde TINS o Sis an as s.% G
induced hem defer iheE frops. all toe proposed
rsriaeni made Thcy however, made The report,
although they I'D not. ~ aoras c'nce ma the Aaai
a. ttor bseaase there facts 10 asf ~ yet Their
statement VAS 50 clearly sided snc asss ,aSssts.t
facts st0aeG@y c1neea ed - hss "a srs sad ry
they condemned 'ke Annihia'cr, while a. The same nae
thes are not do tln plan words
a, cons the facts The pspers reported the nett
morning that there was mob tas tnat hs rnnhps
experiments and finally thsbuldag Oh ire and banned
down Also that taev set are 20 stank OF tar sad oets
Is xsocs.I lo~r Mr PAss and Ssas saa nal.
aet Of his New al these facts creep, the
last were well kno~n % The Committees and yet ao.s
woTi Of q appe their report AstAismeR' Of saeh
fac,s would alter the materially. Was their report
ir, It honest All the TAGS have stated respecting
ite not are eorroeora'ed By the reports s'ea IN several Of
The Commute be It renevberss were forced upon Mr.
Philips, few moments before the building Vas ss, %
hreand with the ercep,ioss perhaps ofA Coleman And
IIT Carsoe tbey known 10 opposed % the nyen
ton and their depsrtmen, the stAe rs. aud the
report ttey have show Vs clearly that they we're
bv desire 10 dc asnce % PAps Or the public
Let me wento facts Afler he hgO ett,a-
yaShed setea s,ss. hos n = nTst and second
y.
Mr. Us ore ctthe CammItes to stop them e.s rcpy
was" Wh1f ran 90 EifAa mob ~ Tnese were ss very
words ANA yet these pssoas wfrm he chnactsfEei a.
moo spoken ofn The las, repair. made es he Com-
ml..se as crtas. who set The building ca IRE TOR The
+ Nth The Anphi'sors Eysrs hose., man who was on
tae ground knows. and the Committee also sro~s mat
!. Sowa~esen sr MAJ sad he cosld stop sS.m.-.rd
have stated these facs Alter thai report wai published
MIR Coleman admitted 10 me that al the meeting of the
Committee he drew two potts Syarable to MIR.
han he one ed no
other mbeu TO assent 10 them (Na he deRg thSD N
seems he was alterw ard induced TO slgu a report
against Mr Phillips than the facts accord ng to his view.
ArsI the Commute. had their first report and
Mir Phillips had also made bis statement why not eths
matter res, Ii there was discrepancy IA the two
statements the publ could Judge them. Both
par agreed tia, no tes powers VI the Anaih.s
had been made and Mr. Philips proposed 20 gre aaothss
anu isr irls IN the pLssenee OF my .. nnnofea
this fart And would hot the COMMITTEE have been
ii they had been cove ned hy honest desire %
tce done II seems, however that the Conmttso we're
aiIn 70 ahc~ Dir fhh.pss 'tMen,en' 70 saau over
N to attend another OF thee meetings rss meeting Mr.
Phillips respectfully declined TO attend lie not vii
Ing after the sidsd report they bad made. recos
them COUEffee to decide tne merits OF has nvea-
ton Mr. Coleman gave 10 understand IN reply ios
question A. 90 what the COMMITTEES desired OF Mr. Phillips,
ha they wished know whether not they tthe Commit
tee were to part Of the fifty hundred gentle
men TO with the next experiment Ga the day
saw Nr Philips and he auth Jrzed me- to to The
temen mot the Comnlt'eel that he had objection
then forming part Of the number attend sad he also
uthorzed 10 that IN nng 10 attend the meet
ing Of the Committee intended drespect ,the
temen forming hat body but that he unwilling
s,,noV to place the mens of hs invention at the ds-
who had shown so much p,eus and in their
repo,t This eportsd to Mr. Coems two days previous
TO the last sseting Of the Committee also stated that
had no dou all the persons interested 10 the Anhhsor
would derre that he Committee" Of sr should be pre-
sent with the 0thss al the next experiment. Mr. Cole
man ADVISED me attend the meeting aud state this 10 the
Committee, which ssreed % do, was taken sick ssd
therefore prevented from attending. AMI sent nv state
the second report u the Committee but the contrary
they that Mr Philips has violated his word IN
proms they should be present At his next eIpen
mert Now, all fairness. has MI Phillips ever saa thsy
should be present Has he not sad through mo- that
they should be present If they desired Where now 10
the misre on the part of MT Philips. OF on
Lei VS. look al same Of the statements this second Re-
port Of the Committee The ComDltiee say we have
even at the close of The experiment that he intended
TO have the budiDg envelopsd hams'. aud show the
citizens that he could ertng H. bu, that they all would
have retired to allow him 20 proceed but no .leh an
nOuncs meht made IN our hearing" How DIES this
tally with she other sta emsnt ~ the Conmit-
tee thai Ina, the CotIse regret Ina. the people Sc.
tie building frs but the anxiety to see the Aaahila
.sa 81 lie eisrsns u the @sssr Nov tina ssaisnsst
,As. the oi5sas tns eoaDs on FIRE 70 see the Ass
know II vas a lAwlsss mob that burned down the
building and not "crssny oh, wished 20 sss the Assl-
laiOT tested Mr. Mills allowed, on the ground, thai
mob. anu was not deceived BY Appearances. he
cheekns over ,hs burning Of the build as ,nd Tho
hundreds no his department the OCCASION os the
truth of this assertion
The Committee alse ssy-" Mi y. says he was twice
knocked dosr none Of our Committee saw this ~ have
heard Of Il except from hinsef Now has ensnt cos
tans untruth far ~ least as Ofthe COMMITTEES
concerned Two dag before this Report made IL
ver,ston with Dir Coenan stated TO him dsncty nat
liT Phillips was tWics knocked down and yet the Report
says None oiour Committee tins or have heerdofH
except from himself How comesn thal he ssu. report
which anes the very csuaiy cannot believe M COLI
man IN eaeed TO sign any such statement
kind ed inside The budns add the annhils or was
almost instantly apDhed oeiors TINS hfe go hesd~aJ to
any oLsdersble eIteni l. psruay orunEuShed ~
LEAVING the Impression clearly, thal even mo smt hie
that the anhihatOT but parilsly skuBgash
ard of course the buEdng burRsd down. becGnse tho
AnIihilaior die not entirely eHtngusn the namts Cas-
any penOn draw Any other conclusion from Their repr
and yet IN thor 'eond report the, say Conmltee
regr'tthat the people set the building on Ore Where
thr between these siaemeBtsf hays stated
in tie fore par Of his aic e. that ths Comptse pad "a ..
Represented the case BY cautiously xoudng Important
fac aud IN their second report they censoois'e my
FIRE which not eI,nsushed BY ths Anahi :or wass
the SECOND sioI a. his we're true. II would saow the
sisity Of their first Sia'smeIi' that only s"shi hrs
In coaclusiop let me state that do include ,hs ire
men A. all 40 my snimadvesDns Respecting the donfs OF
thu. Committee shopid be greatly mistaken 70 Tie cnsr
OF the fremea Of our City If believed they would
coun eDsLce approve the course of this Coinmtes
Would the fremen have knscs,d down Mr. PHILIPPE lot OF
and destroyed his Annbat9f set th. building he and
then called pu; out the flames Woald they
then have added insult to injury by saying it was the
ciiizens' who only wished 10 see the Annnls ofs 81
nna uish the fis do not belong q the Annhii.tor
Company and OF do not speak for them sr f,r Mr.
Philips and nay interest IN the Annihi sor very slight
Bur Jar ptdy ma hO1tSt NffttV of
Morse would placed the merits Of their hves
irons al the dictatOn and osolssIon u any SIR men
especially sx men who bad shown decided bOstliy 70
them NJ. Philips wise IN adopting the ssne course
IL - well that tho atOT has Desn n success
ful operation England for than two ysafs past
that II was obtained from the English Company fer the
United States msiny through the n gsncs o. Hon Aboot
Lawfercs that the judges al the WORLDS Far awarded
5fr Phillips medal for bis nyeatoh that lne Cofpofa-
Of London have, only wnhn fs" wees past, plt-
hundred A. nLators 'or the protection OF the
pub ic buildings u that city that Us praee tbd sue e
ri application has been uapscedsned IA be histsfy 81
inventions ard hiss received the universal
ton Of Ems sh press Ia II thsss ficts az 70
b. supposed thst tBIs nventIoo can be sHVe1 ow ~
few interested scbisTs get scSs ~ 'hs e1 so
nal Of The JOErn0i Of Commerce OF any o.hsf
rsvspapsr; - BY men, calling themselves y ,n-
utfee on the AnnihafOr" bat Who cOhLsss thht t9er
know nstk bg about the lIsshtor - .s-. 49,.
o. 10 sppDosef, Dor eIDecteo n" oespeo "
tie pubic take Invention on uusl ION hsIs ~nt
ter testimony. They have nsht 70 Is an
ouiy h intended 10 Iftt not svea inca 10, the
AUn,b af1r fail # n gwen. then aloS dps creiis
TIE lerds Of this Invention asa no fsvor-heT onJ sE
~ ysv and The candid exercise Of Judgment On tns psr
q, a.. rucic There certainly be nothing more fair
and honorable than this
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