New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-04
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FROM BOSTON.
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lished. Yon win, perhaps, observe that the Com
mittee say that it IL sscertaned that the sum of
eighty sersn thousand dollars has been paid for OBJ
tanning revision of the tariff, and that they have
been able 10 ascertain the use to which $4,000 of
it were put viz: for Advertising editorial service,
&C., proper enough in the COmnttnes estimation.
What has become Of the $40 900 the Committee
do not know. ] learn that it has been ascertained
with sufficient certainty, that $4,000 Was paid to
parties in N-w-YOrh, and So, 600 or theresbous
10 parties in Boston. II il not doubted that this
money was used for purposes OF corruption. Prob
ably Mr.. Jarvis SIade knows all about it, and has
list of persons to whom the money was paid; but
whether the knowledge will ever reach the public
IL uncertain.
Some OF the newspapers-especlally The ddrer.
fisey and The IrareieT-are disposed To lay good
deal Of stress upon a clause of the Committees
report which FxOnerates the firm Of Lawrence
Stone & Co. from the charge Of using the money Of
the Company for the purpose of enrichng them
selves. cannot see that the matter is materially
mended for these parties by this consideration. For
my part if had been stoc kholder in the Middle.
sex Company (Which is a bold figure of speech), |
should az lief Mr.. Lawrence or Mr.. Slade would take
my money for their that il should go into
the pockets Of Members of Congress, or OF the
did not belong TO them, for legltlmate purposes, is
not denied, and is not to be- excused.
There ia but little news here. The Courts are
somewhat busy. Mr.. Choate is defending Mead,
who shot Jerry Agin at saloon in Court street.
Mead has money, and Choate elOqIeDce; and it ia
not improbable that there will be an acquttal.
The case of young Kimball against Capt. Devens
Of the Storm King was concluded on Wednesday
morning, after trial eighteen days long, by a ver-
or la, faynr nf Ei,nhun uit, dsmaUss IN fha
amount of $2,725. The amount sued for was
$4,000. The case has been tried tsice before, n-
stead OF once, as said in my last. The first time,
upon an Indictment in the Circuit Court for not
supplying proper food to the crew, and the second
time on a civil suit for damages. DcyeDs was ac-
quilted upon the Indictment, and on the first trial
Of the civil suit the jury did not agree. The YER
diet is probably just one. Mr.. Choate did his
best IN speech six hours long, to satisfy the Jury
that Capt. Devcns procured all the vegetables he
possibly cond at Foo Chow before he sailed upon
his voyage 10 London, and that after the scurvy
broke out, it was impraclicabIe or imprudent
or impossible for him to stop at ST. Helena, or the
Cape de Verde Islands, or anywhere else, and con.
vert his ship into hospital, while he entered upon
"a doubtful chase after turHip-tops." But the
Jury Thought otherwise. Mr.. Buffers reply
though lacking i'm that grace and exquisite taste
which characterized Mr.. CbOate's argument, !,
very fOrcibe, and ut times, very eloquent and e.
fectiye speech. His description of the death of
Sders-one of the unhappy victims OF me scurvy-
and of his terrible maladictiOn upon the Captain,
who came 10 see him Just before his death, WAS ex-
tremely powerful. stated in my last that the de-
frnse was, that Kimbal's disease was yenereal. SO
il appeared at that time, for ten days Of the trial
were occupied with the medica! testimony upon
this question. Yet the ground was substantially
abandoned by Mr. Choate in his speech, and he de-
voted hardly ten minutes to the subject. The ply
sicians Of the Dreadnought Hospital, London,
where Kimball was placed upon his arrival, certl-
fed that he had not any disease OF that KIND, and II
was proved that Devens, who upon the voyage had
made the charge had also formally retracted IT,
Mr. Choate, no doubt, deemed it inlprlldent to
dwell upon il; but his virtual reraction of 1t, after
taking 70 much pains to prove il, WAS made Use of
nv his opponent with good deal of effect.
The theory of Mr.. Butler by which he accounted
for the Captains refusal 70 put into ST. Helena, or
any other port, was that he was racing with the
British ship Chrysolite. Mr.. ChOate tried TO ridl-
cc this idea by quoting from the journal of one of
the seapen an account of Oh attempt on one day to
Oysrtake the British vessel, which attempt ignOmin
iOusly failed, and the Storm King wore ship and
gave up beat The Captain, said ChOate was evil
IDENTIFY no sportsman he was afraid OF btoniag his
vessel. But Mr. Butler, by a sklltul collection OF
dates and extracts from the Og.bOOk aud the Jour.
nal before mentioned, showed that Devens had
Dptn iOOkllI out lOT INC SuI l5VhtC III thC
home, and that on one occasion he spoke brig and
asked if his rival had been seen. In point of fact,
| believe the Storm King, in spite OF her disabled
condition, arrived at London before the British
ship. She was in a sad condition, however; twenty
three of her crew were down with the scurvy, and
she sailed up the Channel with the flag union down,
~ a signal of Distress. This arrival at London
with the flag union down, afforded MIR. Butler an
opportunity for an Outburst, which, though iOrcbe,
hot narrated ('haata yxould have
done il better.
Mr. ChOate relied greatly upon the ruling OF the
Court. He kept impressing upon the jury the i'm.
portance of paying attention to what the Judge
should tell them. He hoped to obtain ruling
whether he did or not cannot say-that all Devens
vas obliged to do was to follow the usage OF the
best American ships. If the usage ia wrong, said
he, let it be reformed. Let Congress stop Pres
ident making, speeches for Buncombe and long
and luxurious holidays, aud give us law. Letsei.
ence come down from her reyeres or revels, after
comets, bard tO catch and of no use when caught,
- and afford remedy" Hebrew ludicrous picture
Of the captain in the Tin0ur Straits, seduced and
! debauched by the smell of fowl half mile of, ;"
letting his vessel drift ashore and become the prey
Of the Diggers in order TO procure the luxury for
his crew A sur by Butler at the sea captains who
sat within the bar, all of them interested for their
brother captain gave Choate chance to eulOgize
them as men who would have stood under the flag Of
their country until their scuppers ran blood, aud
would have fought until they brought the enemy IN
der their lee. The discretion which the captain
used in pressing on for London was justified Sup
pose he had been within pistol shot Of lee shore
where if he remained all would be lost, every man,
while if he should slip his cable and beach hs ves-
sell half might be saved. He goes home, tells ALL
explains all; mother asks him, through her tears
Where are my children He says. Joseph |
'have drowned, but here is Benjamin; have done
''as well az ] could" Then he lie justified. Butler
replied by showing that Deyens ran no risk at ALL