New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-21

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tsrGoa % s 10 Saties l.c hare. ssan hGi ks dates
u o. and e0ala know tse s.a o. N enSns Ysa
have DE fact iat TIE 0wness th-Eescs selected ens
sssas bon been asserted Sni gave him
t eoalsel Of 10; ard wcss aA yoa II tie caes.,n wa,
justified IA believing thai The woald take
M bss .t World b most Ia Ssre. fo, 80
6snt Cori the Captain teays tho gsnxsey and GO ato
Loaf IN snSh csc There was 10 TscsnS that dly ths
bost bekisd her tiaic and eGt sta
I'D IN nsnner wskins ii Please, ss.gsesties TSea
wo.ted or the boat going. fast is made sad ex
oept AZ Wesi Point steam need to be bet o. " steam
consumed sst II made there no need OF lessns
I'D has beer shown that the steam on that day never
above S2poun whether ie. OF DOS Then the steam
works excellent orjeT ltw@s shown that the steam
l6t of 81 WeSs Point because is landing a. which
many persons stop. end the bosf there some time
OsLers that they I'D not hear that e let on.
but shct Goes contradict the other The pilot 10 vas
eAleS BY the prosecution. aid THAI steam was et on
Wed Point and sude ~ ths 70 show thstthe ssteyya
ives N good woIkns oIGert vas 81 at 81 sad zoe steam
got beyoRd that i must have becn nissd IL was also
shown that Mr Hewlett touched thu with the ham
to al rsht which was bot Is or 70 minutes
before the accident II bal the assistant engineer here
the two ircncn dnty At the time could saew ",
bat they kied-snd the EDsneer hnse being IN tho
indictment W. cannot bring HIM But then Capt farnaam
in no responsible for this any IL has beca
hewn that the ordinary Of securing safety were ea
ployed d0or Of she furnace all opcRthe proof
% tlst eject viii not b. disputed. Had they not BEEN the
atches snd pin which hold them would have been eOScn
BY The force OF the which drove out Of the furnace
door have doub that Cox has gone his last account
without stain upon his COINCIDENCE 20 dssharsng his
duty snd when called TO smother tribunal, he
would have been Il he had lived, beose this tnbu.
psi he did his duty-sud there is doabt,
also thssMr Hewlett did his duty Was everything that
prudence aud could do observed making the land
ingi Did no; The engineer do everything that
oureSi law NUT be viewed a. bearing upon the time
ben the law pesse0-the law was virtually repealed
BY tie coal while wood only vas used It the time OF
It. passage lou have Been informed that the improved
ard CERTAIN mode 20 open the inrnsce doors which lets
volume fcod in the IRE and under the stean-snd
70 10 nches II the his trial, IL he
poyed The Ordinary means and an explosion occurred he
want OF ordinsry prudence and The law requires that
the safety vslye sboud be opened keep the steam
down epd therefore the law does iot require 1,
LIT conended that the aietyvave must be opened
every landing inormer could make fortune BY
compainns ani the sO would roll up faster than get
sod from California. All the practical men that SPEAK 10
you say et tins s Just safe and safer than the ohs
mode aud they give the reason because there ~ danSc
IN regard the water engineer could not tel the
quantity OF the boiler OF tbs witnesses saying
he has known the water foam and nine inches sooVe
IFS real level while the steam Is being let of When you
hear practical men ING this the best ard proper course
sud other practice opposing H. you TO consider m
Would heeo expose themselves 90 danger and their
families to want, besides the difficulty OF such pro.
ceedng ,ss this ( they eid, no, think Il che best
mode Mr. Stlwen. O practical maclllnst, and othsts
also tell Won it was the proper mode. There is
blame to be attached the engineer and surely none to
Capt Fenham IL has been shown that the Reindeer was
allowed TRY IS pounds she running with % to 81.
which fell Sto 10 by the throwing open the doors 50 tht
thing shows that al had been done properly every one at
their Posts and that IL tho dcfectveness OF tho iron
which caused the explosion Were We responsible or tnst
II lns been shown that Capt fsnhem on experimenting
the making Of the boiler detected bad piece OF on and
bad cut out and exercised vigilance and ccre The detect
the plate that gave way has been shown could not DO
detected; il had been badly welded and was weakened
without being able 10 detect il iu two yearS wear "
has also been that the operation OF making the
turns hsnges still further woskcns, and the whole
plate that rested upon the defective iron gave way sud
fell like the falling in OF the I'D Of q chest IL
happened position, and necessarily
would give way has been shown that the very means OF
letting the cold and producng expansion aud ooa
traction. The moment small inlet 10 made, and the steam
WORKS in the whole IS reduced TO fragments IA moment
10 exploded. unqueStonaby, pressure OF - pounds
We used the and lawful means suppose wa hsd
lifted the sahyyalyo, and omitted the means we took.
would all the engineers have said omitted the best
mode. and guilty and the engineer could not stand up
before you All the difficulty was caused by detect
in the which had escaped the inspectors notice.
who the boilers with hammer and II would be cruel
TO charge with blame in regard to 1t. No persoa
unless he believes it to be secure. The District.
Attorney will soy the omission OF raising the safety
valve shows criminal neglect. ls Rot that harsh ar.
guent against the best and most CAREFUL steamboat
CAPTAINS that have The management OF the enKlness
left those in charge Of them and Il they ADOPT ordinary
and prudence that enough This case was the detect
the boiler aud you viii rely upon the witnesses who so
stated. One of them stated be did mot know what would
lave been the effect IL the safety valve had been ised
ia not eenr what he intended but that perhaps the
accident would not have occurred Would you condemn
e evidence s. that Il the boiler Rad given way then
il woud soon have done 80 sns Pefsp, w,ts oi sts re-
end others IN considering, that the boiler was sound IN
knowledge or beef to the contrary be heard doubt,
the engineer tyng me soPe9es and az any rate ms gas
Rt matte 2, m p deer "a &C. rom n. 10 S's,e
While the Jury synpatbise with The afflicted they
w not sod to by sending poverty and dhcnor into the
family Of Capt Fsrnhsm IL Is enough that the
incident to protection Of himself upon him. Theirs
reason why further affection should BE- imposed
Public Justice does not require H. One OF the uemen who
affeTWnrd died, erCnnHed ell parties from
blame The officers Gi tins vessel nave been exposed 10
he an against them ON account OF another calamity
which occurred without having done anything themselves
sy ,sg INV tesrnsd friend the DiStriet Attorney viii
find much sstsfacton an il a. Capt Farnham hiuself
Nj Han the District Attorney, then addressed tho Jury
tor prosecution. The other side nave well said come TO
this with gra reluctance, IS always do when Il in
Diets PAIN upon others. Yet, do not intend 20 shrink from
NY Guty however poing. The learned Judge has always
painful duty a. also; the luIy "a such Case Of strict
Justice 10 the accused but 10 DO Their duty 10 the laws OF tue
county, II there Is country which depends upon the
coed OF il. citizens for protection that this country
Rules presented by the Court, but il comes hnay TO
men in the Jury box to whom the public look tor projection
snd such yerdct as the merits OF the case demand
In this there inOrmer-ths District Attorney
was AZ the nc not situation TO know 1.-THE case vas
taken By the Grand jury snd they directed tho District
Attorney frame Indictment saying that the defendants
nsttentyely manage the Reindeer aud 90 unskiialy
anose the fire 10 the boiler 70 explode. The
end you IRE asked another victim viii b. added The law
- not ma ke victims out 20 prevent the Offering mp OF
other 80 victims the object OF the law a 70 prevent
rOr Ii Capt Fornham 10 go cear because ne IS res
frciabie such oAensss viii hereafter 90 unpnnshed
believe bin 10 be respectable nans nan - SaytpS pas
sengers bound 70 be sober and careful mseeea and az
Of them dopht could defend themselves On the ground
Of rc0d character The object Of COCA character - where
fsmcLy nicely balarced, and where II Is sad that
mar Of GOOD character would NOT commit the act
In NY Of tie law, the Captain cud al the others are
smsIsble for this culpsbe sBd iata aIar. The Jury Val
take the law tom the Court.
The Council has mistaken the awit does not suppose
lesgn tu that duty may be natLentIyey oDeerged One
ii the witnesses SAID be Obsyed ths la~ do noe
think dutts Of the Captain crcufscnbed as has
teen stated If go mak much Inferior Capt.. !. might
answer IL Is said the pots have portion OF the duty
and the euneer another What then, has the captain 20
Do Ihey tell them 70 sop, and then 70 get 'nt
the saDgay plank. Ia that ai that TIE law reqresI II
The ensneer l. reckless has the csptain power 70 put
hun IN rurs II he pleaesso 10 the pilots aud the hre-
uen &C. The whole scope OF the law 10 10 put upon the
sstar he se care he had full c01tro u tue boat
TIE 9th section Of the shall be tie daty o. me
cner and master employ skiu egineers, aud on tall
ue to 60 40 hold them ssporsibe Ny fe2d, instead OF
fung 10 the law goes 70 te law Of The North Ege2hers
every does ~ be peass. The Reindeer runs wtn &c
Aida the Aida with The Henry Clay, snd lives ere os-
srUyedend yet the oRptan u but gentleman on Dot1
AID has rOthlDg 90. will tel Capt Farnhsn ina, tIs