New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-11
AU REyOiR
COURT MARITAL AT GOVERNOR s ISLAND.
TRIAL OF MAJOR WYSE.

TRIAL OF MAJOR WYSE.
From Our Own Reporter.
SEVENTH DAY.
The Court assembled the usual hour and proceeded to
business The record of the preceding day read and
approved, and the taking Of testimony resumed.
Testimony Of Charles II. Haswell for the prosecution
am sg1S Of Sea sse5 f. d % Board Of Jd UTd,rw5J,; Of
tngueeI the Falcon class No 3al seay end provision,
to-s schooner; l6 smers high
thtre z o. that c u on Of 100 steamers Of all Glasses
No Ia connect with this matter vs.s-I.
woad not ceeeon COW .plyins 70 tbs hgh Il
.iri u II bnt srta toInmo, -iOoyed a; SCI. pas
ieDl yee and many hat rsie much ow,r; hns
O9y,r ~ iIoSIs from his P.I' 20 hs ihI 81 m radically had
make bu cuT or I've revolutions minute or her ssnes e2adsa
1Sh % m 70 % ese, y ne that m BE- msded in sI
~ ayrs mat he f.eon = Ssie Ls9sPo Tor Ip9P % 90 a.,
which no be used in carrying iesn toe deise, The
la. they did pOpefy the reason this was nay onel
@ % I a. M mn Of Tb Liver bopIets: did not soc the
when taken CUT had them then could have Judged
We % y % m b VsIyes NOT having been properly ground to
1t he sst whether those they were grinding would have
shown that the sksge bcsuse they had not been PPJ
:" 1 S de- Of T ts t n oi the es.s hss as
ire last four sis~ihe she in and also aboq
H"s ~S some Rqee '1 es and eight mouths chief
'esoins .tesmer seyn EDgueer41 Chief oitbe
decks settled IN some Pieces when might ndcst- her
hossed Than my judgment she really she ie AID
EASILY hotsd hst careful examination to know if she is
s , the % rrop,t ws'sb o., npdeions weisbpg in ease Of ~
engine going ou M with insufficient speed of carriage would b
lie .h snch would hold she could not make wind
paired defects proceeded from the having
Won have reqnred IS minutes to repair the engine in the latter
case, and from TWO to tour hours in the former
follows How are hiIs classified ship Of
the Falcon eyer rsnk as No on the books Of Lloyd Th
sgfedl
Ihe frs clause Of The question was finally whdawn AID hs last
Major wyse here put this question which was objected
to by member How DO the George Law and Illinois upon
your l MAJOR Wye explained why he wished The question
The being over said have said that
TO explain the reason for this opinion THIS the Court thought unn
Testimony of Charles Mcdonald for the prosecution
was Chief Engineer of he Falcon her late tP found
her valves eked badly the cause Of the leakage onnd TO be from
the fact that four out o he eight valve stems rested upon the bottom
by with that other vessels fOm the best Of belief
yaons which have made since port should that
would lake ne greater rar Of week to repair the defect to
n of d ubbe oT psEns for e the bonne +, up
oil the four and do the most careful would after
take week the India rubber packing llone bat
found sind tho valves which slow
would do that in 9Oou two hours steam would have be blown oH
engine wo much bsef cannot say hat would have been 'a
hceuti think not ihink the valves needed grading
before % gong & to & ss ha o-d ane T1 na
sons her iii afel mad had them Psred IN Al probability
uial mp would have dcoyed these des diseoyersd them
which Time had The opportunity watch the working Of the engines
make about twelve houis after that before discovered
that the badly made no important repairs a. sea-
s G made 5 1s GTs f beas O M nSo oo nf' WA:
then head wind and pretty heavy ground swel this de-
wots Re engines hs dOd they to WORK well for
% never we stS%oys SSS Se bsR esn ;
how much 100 long the valve stems weIe the no exact
inch Witness explained that to file OF these stems which
which might bend them, would take about two hous
The prosecution here closed the rebuttng testimony as
Defense here recalled Capt A. b. Clark already sworn
fr tho deusI the Falcon In January last there wa
some persons a. wok upon The enf1ss TeH below ana went
went forward examine heI returned on the lar
S s hat had started some from one to three inches
than hour nans the inspection but saw enough 70 & say & 1
inspect her thoroughly would depend upon ereum
many suvsy tu over hour neither my;
The Insurance Co which P hays 70 my ne a of h
burning OF the Cherokee led the Falcon January
begged upper built into the shI ia the Collin.
ne and think 6s they Are are 50 sn m M IN eo ''' 'S
Testimony of William w. Storer for the Defense can
H oes ss r h fo can show this Coa in fifteen
eoin of her knees found hem this state Of hnf: was from
fingers she hogged but not badly am not an
Testimony of Andrew J. Clayton for the deense-I
knew something Of the steamship Falcon 70 1 about S
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of
the United states IN the
Isabel. was not Falcon myself that me the en-
sner board Of the Falcon that time TO ss
In repairing machinery; he Of hs Accord aoht
kpow reputation of the Falcon eaworthy vessel was on
Neptune when she wrecked 1t was caused by het top
hamper ,,eo
Ii. Col H. L. Scott U. s. A., awitness for the defense
called on the afternoon of the Of April 1854 and said that he
report Board Officers which he had ordered on me
con; Generan Chef had ordered board na
report been eeeived declined RECEIVING h Po
which he offered proper should go 70 ne
Major board Of the steamer me
dny: do not said unless she had ~ tP nc
Aid not the unseawohyi dd NOS unu
him would permit the command TO so S
sood m 10 refer 10 his own did no. kno" "ha
the report Of would have MAJOR Wse an5
d moi reoit 10 the he his declaration that he "oad
not go on board. - NJ 4. L..
here the Court adjourned to meet at 10 A.