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THE ()NMI CALAMITY
DECISION OF Tit F. lllllTttilf COURT
have received front Yokohallia,
Japan, a full report of the proceedings
of the Court of Inquiry held at llie Brit
bill Consulate at that place on the 27th
of January, to investigate " the circum
stances of and attendant upon" the re
cent fatal collision of the English Steam
er Bombay, belonging to the Peninsular
and Oriental,Steitin 'Navigation Compa
ny, and thd nit,' States war corvette
()neida.
'rile Court consisted of live members,
namely: John Frederi, Lowder, the
Itritish Pre:hie:lt ; Jelin TillI:-
Inr, Commander Itoyal Navy, :11111 David
Afoore, Stall' Commander Royal Navy,
teeth on Juty uu Want tile Prilklt War
Steamer th•ean; John master
In:trine's, in i,1011.11 . 1 4,1 the ISritiAt
Ste:llll,h ip Nultan, NVilliam l'hap
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those presenl :mending npen the pro
evedings \veil. Sir Harry Parkes, the
British Minister to Japan; Captain
Stanhope, E. 1)e Long,
States :).1 Mister to Japan, who appeared
as vonnsel representiner the sur v ivors ~r
the (nleida.
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Arthur otlkt• officer of the
Bombay, deposed to the following :
Ili,, ship ul six about a
wile to the northward of the lighthouse;
he heard the gong sound on the fore
castle [wive, and looking ahead saw it
bright light half a mite otr on the port
bow, almost directly after saw the two
side lights; the captain turned on the
whistle anil telegraphed "port the
helm," which was kept :wort till the
green light Was to,t,ight, or; the pilot
then said, "'That will do, she's well
clear now;" the captain said, " No,
keep the helm hard :mon ;" suddenly
the other steamer headed right across
their bows ; the engines were stopped
!mil the holm starboarded to try to pass
under her stern, Militia. Itinnhay sud
denly struck her between mizzen iihan
nets and illiarlor gallery: she instantly
glided ell', :Ind lie Was seal by the cap
tain to sound the well, :it the salmi time
the order was given, " hard-aport," to
clear their boats :mil stern ; he went, to
the roreliolil to see if ally Water Was be
ing illaile, and to the forecastle, where
some pieces of sail Were It:miring over
the !tows, and sent the gunner on the
bowsprit end In see what semis married
away; the only thing that he could
there iliseover Was the bobstay carried
away; he reported 111 thin captainshe
was making water in the sioreroolli, but
lie rould lag tell how Mach till the
stores were cleared out, hut there did
not seem to he much damage; the cap
tain was then standing with the pibit
and said, "if they wart assistance they'll
certainly show a rocket or two or lire a
gun ; what do you think I had better
do? do you think she i, much dam
aged t" the
lilt said, -Nii, you ran i_to
;rpm like, 101 l see there's
any ()evasion for it ; you don't know
what damage IS aline inn your eau ship,
and you have the mails etc board ; you
had better go on ;" Captain said, "tint.-
pose she !mil met with any severe dam
age, is, there anywhere sin , could go for
safety:"' the idiot replied, "Yes, on the
spit (dose here;" Captain asked then
"Could slit , sink then , '."' pilot said
"No;" directly after that witness re
ported that the cutwater and head work
were gone and a spar hanging under the
bowl:, and that she Was making water
fast in the ( . 0111p:ill ineli ; the Men were
clearingout the storerooni, punipingand
bailing water; on hurtling thin' mail sig
nal, a blue tight over the bows, lie discov
ered aspar through them; on anehoring,
he lowered a bon! :Intl Weill mnlerihc
bows where he found the spar had gone
right through, and that other plates had
started below water; it was:Mout an hour
after the collision they nffind (rut the
spar through the bows, when tiring the
mail signal oil " Treaty Point ; the signal
is a gun, Iwo rockets and a blue light;
only reported it after they anchored, he
could polite:lye the forecastle before; at
the lime of the collision the 1 - 10111 1 / I ty
WaSl/111 . 111112 . a inastli,ml :111,1 two side
lights, all burning . brightly; he did not
distinguish any boats on board the other
vessel ; did not hear ally S./1111d or voice
calling ; he WaSl/11 the bridge till she
cleared 11112111111111 COOlll have heard if
they:lnul been halted; he heard no guns
and saw no signals of any kind from
the other ship; he was in a position 111
hare heard and seen if there had been
any; he was some fell ntinntei below;
When he entire on deck he raw nothing
of the other Ve,,Cl; the other vessel
instantly cleared after the collision;
he did not See any lights on board the
other vessel at the time; he did not see
any lights through the vessel's side or
through her port holes; the collision
was just in touch ; just a hound and a
graze, 111111 oil she went flying; he could
not see her crew ; he went down below
immediatelvaftershe had cleared them;
it was a dark starlight night,with strong
northeast wind,with not 111111 . 11 sea; the
other vessel was about a mile till' when
we first saw her ; she was bearing about
north half west almost imm e diately
after they saw the masthead light they
saw the side lights; when they shut out
the other vessel's green light the two
vessels must have ireell almut four or five
ship's lengths apart ; when she hauled
across them of course we opened her
green and shut out her red light; they
did not starboard our helm until thoy
saw that if they did not do so they must
strike her right amidships; he could
see no one on board the other vessel ;
saw no nivaiures taken on the other side
to avoid the collision ; when site hauled
up to cross their bows the vessel must
have been about four ship's lengths off;
if any order had then been given to
lower all the; r boats it would have taken
six to seven minutes; this would com
prise boats that Would carry the whole
ship's company ; two InKits arc always
kept ready to lower; they could he both
in the water in two minutes; it would
not take ten seconds to strike a blue
IL`4 they are always kept read.) ;
this is customary on the I'. and 0. ships;
lie did not see the other vessel clew up
her sails.
The evidence given by Richard Con
nor, the pilot on board the Bombay,
was to the effect that he was on thestar
board side of the vessel and went over to
the port side and saw a steamer's light
about four or five miles northerly; he
told the captain there was a steamer
coming down, and the captain turned
on the whistle; the vessel way about
half a point on the port bow • he sang
out to the helmsman to port the helm ;
right away afterwards the captain sang
out, " hard a port," the ship went off
about two points, so as to shut in the
green light, when he spoke to the cap
tain ; said his ship was off far enough;
the captain said, " Let her gO a little
further ;'' just at that time they saw the
green light open out and the red light
shut in ; they were then about a mile or
a mile and a half apart; the other ship
was then heading right across the Bom
bay's bows; the captain rang a bell
to stop the engines, and got hold of the
bridge and said, "My God ! there's go
ing to be a collision ;" witness told him
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VOLUME 71
it could not be helped; they had done
all they could to get out of her way; she
was wrong ; he thought it must be a
Japanese vessel, seeing she was under
sail, and they did not know what they
were doing on board of her; immedi
ately after that they came together; , he
was on the starboard side of the bridge
when she struck; he heard no noise
aboard the Oneida; he sang out to them
and asked them what they meant; the
chief officer was on the bridge and started
down the ladder just as the collision
took place; after the ship was just
across their bows the captain sang out
" hard a starboard," and when she
was dropping down clear, " hard a
port," to clear the stern and boats ; she
had all canvas set, and it was blowing a
strong northeast breeze, so she went out
of sight In no time ; the captain then
asked him in case the ship came to grief
whether there was any place she could
go to ; he replied that there was no dan
ger of that, but if there was.the spit was
close at hand and she could ground there,
or, the way the wind was, she would
drift ashore at Kanonsaki, for which she
liras heading; the captain said then
"Surely if there is any danger they will
fire a gun or a rocket ;" they were both
looking aft at the same time ; the chief
officer conic on the bridge, and the cap
tain asked what damage had been dune;
lie replied he could see nothing, but the
bobstay was gone, and a part of the ves
sel's sail blown aerossthe bows—so that
it could hardly be seen what was the
matter ; the captain and he were still
looking aft, and Captain Eyre asked him
if he saw any signals ; witness told him,
"No, they can't be very badly damaged,
or they would give a signal ;" the chief
()Meer who had been down below came
on the bridge again, and said there was
a spar through the ship's bow and site
was making water very fast; the cap
tain asked witness what was best to do ;
witness said if the other ship was in dan
ger she would have shown a light, and
the hest thing to do was to go to Yoko
hannt ; the bell was rang to go ahead
slow," afterwit - rds it was "full speed;"
the mate then came aft and reported
eight feet of water in the hold ; Captain
Eyre asked him where the spar was
driven through.
John \lorry, the carpenter of the
Bombay, in his cross-examination, said:
I was about six feet front the ship's
rail on the starboard side when the ships
struck • I heard a person on board the
other ship, just after the collision, sing
out either "ship ahoy' or "steamer
ahoy;" that's all I heard, and an officer
from the Bombay answered; did not
hear any to the Bombay's answering
boil ; 7 (lid not hear her steam whistle;
did not hear any gun tired; I did not see
the flash of any gun ; I did see a break
made into the Oneida by the Bombay;
I think it was a little about the mizzen
mast, near her starboard quarter ; when
she struck I could not see if the other
vessel had a Wheel 111/use, but I saw a
part fall over to one side, but I could not
say what it wits; I saw something that
the Bombay had knocked away go over
toward the port side; it was on the (leek;
I cannot say if it fell overboard or rot;
it looked like a wheel house or some
thing of that sort; I saw at this point a
light; I saw three met; 1 saw two men
handing one man toward the fore part
of (he ship ; I saw no more persons; I
saw a light through this hole, which ap
peared to me to fall on a table; I didn't
see anything on the table, as if there
was a meal spread, or anything of that
kind; I saw the three men on one of
the decks; if she hail a poop deck they
must have been on the spar deck ; the
third twin was being supported along by
a man on either side of 111111; I could see
a lamp, but whether it was hanging
above or on the table I cannot say ;
1-41 W that lamp, I think, through the
hole which hail been made ify the
; I did not see the wheel of the
vessel ; I saw What I thought to be a
table, but no other furniture; the light
and the table were on the same deck on
which I saw the Mall hemp supported.
Robert B. Clements, of the Royal .
Navy, testified as follows :-
1 went on board the Bombay on the
evening of the • 24th ; I hoarded the
steamer as ofileer of the guard and asked
to see the captain ; lie came out of his
cabin ; I said to him, " What a long way
out you have anchored ;" lie asked me
whom he might have the honor of ad
dressing I told him who I was and that
I wanted the senior officer's mails; he
stud he thought he was quite justified in
anchoring so far oil, as it was difficult to
tell at what distance the lights were; he
had never been on the coast of Japan
before, mid that he was also in the hands
of a pilot, who had advised him to an
chor there ; besides that he had cut the
quarter ill the Yankee frigate in coming
up the bay; I then said it must have
been the Oneida, I hope she is nut seri
ously damaged, and is she in want of
of assistance? ; he said no, he thought
not ; he had laid to for some time, and
he saw no signal denoting that she
wanted rlSSislance; he added that it was
seeing no signals of distress that he had
made up his mind to go on and land his
passengers and nails; he said he thought
she wouldn't go on, but that site would
come bade here to repair damages, and
' that he had got some of her booms and
sails on board and that he must have
knocked some of her boats away or
something of Unit sort ; I asked him if
he was thunaged himself; he said that
he was, and that the ship was making
water, but nothing very serious ; after
that I proposed that I should go into
the saloon and wait for the mails; we
talked on different things ; I had a con
versation with the doctor of the Bom
bay ; either the doctor or the captain, I
can't say which, said that he could sec
the lights in her cabins; that was all
that took place regarding the collision.
• To Mr. Be Long—lt was between
eight and nine P. M., that I boarded the
steamer; I did not board her the next
morning, ; I can't say whether the doc
tor and captain were both present when
the remark was made that the cabin
could be seen into ; I don't know
whether it was the captain or the doc
tor who said it; one of them certainly
did, as they were the only two to whom
I spoke ; I will swear that Captain Eyre
said to Inc, " I have cut MI the quarter
of a Yankee frigate ;" he said, " Served
her right, she crossed my bows with a
starboard helm ;" I said that was a curi
ous thing to do.
Thomas H. Leventhorpe,sworn states
—I am a lieutenant on board her Majes
ty's ship Ocean ; I boarded the Bombay !
on the night of her arrival, almost di
rectly she had anchored; I was not on
duty ; the midshipman of the boat was
with me ; his Milne is Henderson ; the
first otlicer I conversed with was the
doctor ; in the course of conversation he
asked me what steamer had gone out
that evening; I told him the only one I
knew of was the American man-of-war
Oneida; he told me they had been in
collision With a steamer, and that
probably that was the one; after
wards I saw Captain Eyre, and he
described the collision to me; lie told
me he saw lights about half a point on
his port laity, that he had ported his
helm and was all clear, then that the
other vessel had evidently put her helm
to starboard and run right across his
bows ; he also told me that he had turn
ed on the whistle and 'stopped the en
gines before the collision ;
I think I
made the the remark that she would
surely put back; he said "Yes, you will
g
see her before lon ;" somebody said on
board that they could see right into her
saloon, but I am not sure who it was .
made the remark; I believe Captain
Eyre was present when this remark
was Illatle ; several people were then on
deck at the time ; Mr. Angus was there
at the time I know, but it was a
dark night and I could not dis
tinguish faces; I cannot swear
that the captain heard what passed: no
conversation took place about signals;
they certainly did not think on board
that the Oneida had been dangerously
Injured ; they seemed to think onboard
that it was simply a question of repairs;
they did not say anything about any
man on board the Oneida having been
injured; I went down into the saloon
with Captain Eyre ; I was talking with
lady passengers who told me that the
shock was like a slight grazing, like
running on a rock easily; the ladies
were Lady Parkes and Miss Binns;
Lady Parkes told Inc she was in the
saloon, and that when she felt the
collision she had run out; she said
she had run outside the saloon, think
ing that if they had struck on a rock
she would have a better chance for a
boat; she did not say anything about
having seen the other vessel ; the other
lady did not say anything to me ; I was
talking to Lady Parkes; Capt. Eyre told
me that he did not seem to have sus-
tattled much damage, because his an
chors were hanging athis bowsallright;
afterwards he told me they had found a
spar through the stern; the impression
I had was that he had discovered it
while I was on board ; I did not hear
anything about what quantity of water
the Bombay had made ; Mr. Hender
son, the midshipman . , was present on
deck while I was talking to the aaptain.
MASTER YATES IN CHARGE OF THE
The statement of Master Yates, one
of the survivors, has already been part
ly published. We give the main points
of his testimony before the Court:
Isaac S. Yates; sworn—l rank as mas
ter ; am considered a responsible officer
to take charge of a ship; when the
Oneida left Yokohama it was generally
understood we were homeward'bound ;
the other men-of-war cheered as we
railed ; at a quarter before six o'clock,
outside the anchorage, all plain sail was
set, and we were going at tux knots un
der sail and steam ; the masthead and
side lights were burning, the lookouts
were stationed, there was a man at the
lead, both sides, and the proper men at
the wheel ; the course was south by east,
one-quarter east ; Mr. Muldaur, the nav
igating officer, was on the bridge; at
twenty minutes past six they thought
the vessel was drifting in to starboard
or Kanonsaki light was drawing more
ahead; they had it half a point on the
starboard bow and it got right ahead
nearly ; he thought the ship was sag
ging in towards the right hand shore ;
he sent for Mr. Muldaur and gave the
order to starboard a little ; the ship was
slowly headed up to port, his object be
ing to bring the light to the same bear
ing.
Just then the quartermaster on the
forecastle reported asteamer right ahead
he saw a steamer's masthead light coin
ing round Kanonsaki Point; the mast
head light passed from ahead to star
board ; then he turned around and saw
Mr. Muldaur, who spoke to hint, and
said. "What's the matter, Yates ? "
Witness replied, " 1 think we're sag
ging into starboard, and I ordered the
helm a starboard, and there's a steamer's
light going a head to starboard ; " Mr.
Muldaur said, " I can't go any mom to
port ; the must head our tours° ; he
asked the quartermaster how the ship
then headed : lie said southeast by south
so she had come up a point and three
quarters: the witness then ordered her
on her course—south by east one-quarter
east—and the quartermaster reported
her so when she got there; when the
ship was on her course they could see
the steamer's masthead light on their
starboard bow, changing its bearing
further alt ; not long after Mr. Muldaur
and witness both saw her green light on
their starboard bow—something over a
point—and she was then evidently run
ning nearly parallel to the Oneida—
pretty well 01 shore on the starboard
side—the right hand side—the western
shore : Jlr. Muldaur said he saw her
green light; wanes said he did also;
Mr. Muldaur then said "She'll pass to
starboard of us"—also witness' idea;
she was then over three miles otT; the
Oneida was on her course all the time,
and the ships of course approaching
each other; when the steamer was a
mile off, three points on the starboard
bow, he sass' she put her helm to port,
by the new direction in wilt eh she
headed; she headed right for the Onei
da's starboard green light ; witness was
standing on the starboard side of the
bridge; the instant he saw her red light
open he saw all three lights and gave
the order " starboard" and then " hard
a starboard :" t he quartermaster answer
ed ; they headed off rapidly to port and
kept on heading otrthat was; when the
steamer was a short distance from hint
she put her helm to starboard ; if she
had not dmie so when she did she would
have struck the Oneida more forward.
Ile did not hear any order given on
board the steamer, but knew how she
was being steered by her motion ; heard
no noise or any signals on the steamer
before the collision or afterwards, Lot
he heard one just as she struck ; some
body then sung out, " What iii hell are
you about but whether to somebody
on board the Bombay or to those on
board the Oneida I could not say ; the
Bombay struck his ship not long after
starbirmling her helm—perhaps fifteen
seconds, but could not say—about the
starboard mizzen rigging at an angle of
forty-five degrees or thereabouts, and
cut off the whole of the stern quarter
diagonally, carried away the poop,
which went, over into the water astern,
the spankerboorn and gaff, the wheel
and starboard binnacle; its she struck
she cut the gig in two, smashing it ail
up ; the only binnacle left was the one
on the port side; the ship was instantly
entirely unmanageable; as soon as she
struck he gave orders to shorten sail;
the square sails were taken off the ship,
and the main trysail ; the spanker was
gone, but the head sails were not haul
ed down ; as soon as she struck the offi
cers all rushed on deck from below ;
Captain Williams was brought on deck
by two men, and Mr. Stewart, as soon
as he touched the deck, ran fur the port
side, jumped up on an arnichest near
the rail, and sang out in a loud tone of
voice, "Steamer ahoy! you've cut us
down. Remain by us;" the Bombay at
the time was under the stern of the
Oneida—across her stern, but immedi
ately went out of sight ; only heard Mr.
Stewart shout out once, and heard no
body else hail the steamer; heard no
answering hill from the Bombay; he
then jumped down from the chest and
said, "For Ood's sake an't there any
primers about? Where's the gunners
mate? Where's Langdon 1" the pri
mers—all that were aft—were carried
away, with all the rockets made up, and
all the blue lights for signals; the blue
lights were in a box made fast under
neath the poop tootle of the beams ; the
rockets were also made fast along the
beam ; the primers were in the armory
on each side underneath the poop; soon
after Thomas Stephenson got primers
and Mr. Stewart and Mr. Adams loaded
and fired the gull "starboard No. 1, di
vision :l," just forward of the bridge.
The calibre of the gun was thirty-two
pounds; the charge was six pounds of
powder.
When the captain came on deck wit
ness told him that the other ship had
ported her helm and cut him down ; lac
said, "I know it, sir, but let's save the
ship, we won't talk about it;" he gave
orders about keeping silence on the
deck, and also more orders about short
ening sail, which had already been com
meneed ; when he next saw the captain
about a minute after, he asked witness
to go and see if the jibs were set; wit
ness went, and reported that they were
set ; he said that was right; then there
was a change in ideas; they then pro
posed to pay the ship's head (amid run
her on the western shore; orders were
given to set the foretopsail ; there were
several officers forward ; witness gave
the order to man the topsail sheet ; he
saw Mr. Sargeant there, and then heard
Mr. Muldaur call out for witness to help
Idin get the pumps manned; the car
penter was there and got the pumps
manned; both steam pumps and deck
pumps were going, but the water was
rising very rapidly, and the ship sink
ing very fast by the stern ; just before
she sunk—about three minutes—Mr.
Muldaur asked witness to see how she
headed ; he went aft to the port binnacle
and saw she headed E. by N. ; he judged
she must have run some two miles after
the collision till her headway was stop
ped ; just before the Bombay struek,tlte
officer of the forecastle sang out " Port,"
with the idea to swing the ships paral
lel, as the Bombay was passing their
centre; witness would not repeat his
order; Mr. Muldaur told him to go on
the bridge and tell the captain, as he
was sounding with the lead, trying to
find bottom ; witness did so; the cap-
tarn did not say anything; immediately
Mr. Muldaur came running there and
said the ship would sink in three mi
nutes by the stern, and begged the cap
tain to take to the boats ; they had been
clearing away the boats before, and get
ting them ready to lower; the first cut
ter at that time was out of her cradle ;
the first and third cutters were the only
boats they had after the collision—ex
cept a dingy, which was broken in two
and was only hoisted at the davits to
store beer in ; the captain would give no
order to take to the boats ; he made re
ply to Muldaur's request, " No, no,
never mind the boats ;" he understood
that notwithstanding this Mr. Muldaur
gave an order to take to the boats ; about
that time the bridge was very nearly in
the water.
Just before it floated in the water he
asked the captain if he would jump with
him into the cutter, but he made no
movement to do so ; he made some reply
which witness did not understand; it
was something to the effect "he would
sink with his ship ;" witness thought
he would jump, and did so, dropping
his trumpet as he jumped; he sank;
having on heavy overcoat and a
muffler, but came hp almost directly
and struck his head against the side of
the boat; while being hauled in he turn
ed his head to the right and saw the
LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING APRIL 6, 1870
pole of the foretopgallantmast sticking
out of the water, but just going down ;
when begot iota the beat he stood up
and looked about for the ship, but could
see nothing of her nor"anything in the
water; just then Mr. Crowinshiels
swam to the boat, and was hauled in ;
then he saw an officer in his shirt sleeves
in the water, who cried out, "Yates,
for God's sake, save me; that was Mr.
Stewart; witness - ordered the men to
"back down," and they backed their
oars for him, but he sank just under
neath the stern of the boat; he saw no
other person ; he had an idea that he
saw Mr. Muldaur, hut could not say so
on oath ; he begged the men to stay by
the ship, and they did so ; but all soon
saw that theirboat was full of men; they
had quite a number in the boat when
she was lowered, and half were hauled
in afterwards; there were forty-four in
it altogether, and it was not very large;
there was a great deal of water in it too,
and a little came in; orders were given
to bale with shoes or hats; witness saw
that to save themselves they must get
ashore as soon as possible ; and the men
were elaruoroustogo on, and commenced
to pull their oars ahead ; he begged them
to stop ; then theywould stop, but would
go on in a minute; any way, they
headed fur shore, and went before the
wind heading into the land when possi
ble, steering with a long oar ; just before
they lauded they very nearly capsized
in the surf, but finally all got on shore,
landing on rocks near a village in a cove
on this side of Kanonsaki lighthouse
some of those saved stayed there all
night, but others straggled off after wit
ness went to sleep and walked to Yoko
hama; next morning he got up and,
leaving Mr. Crowninshiels and three
men who could not walk, lie started off
with a small party and got to Yokoska
about ten.
He had forgotten to mention that the
Oneida's steam whistle was blowing
from the time of the collision until just
before the ship sank; saw the man Ja
cobson turn it on ; Jacobson was lost ;
think the gull was fired four times from
the Oneida; all the shots were from the
same gun ; the sound of the fourth was
somewhat smothered, as the vessel was
about sinking; the lieutenant wanted
the gunner's mate to get primers and
powder; he should judge the primers
were got from forward; we fired four
times from the same gun, because the
primers and powder were at that gun ,
and suppose Mr. Stewart kept them
there ; witness only stayed there with
him until lie fired that 0110 gun ; none
of the guns were loaded at the time of
the collision ; he should say that thirty
seconds after the collision their whistle
was blown, and that five minutes
elapsed before the first gun was
fired ; the Oneida floated fifteen
minutes after collision; I think the
tonnage of the Oneida was 1,300 tons,
with the engine room. (Admitted that
the gross tonnageof the Bombay is 3,376.)
The new tonnage of the Oneida was 605
tons; the boats they were short of were
the launch, the second cutter and a
dingy; they had a dingy, but she was
useless ; he collie away in the first
cutter, which was carried on the port
side; the doctor Caine away in the third
cutter ; which was carried on the port
quarter; there was no other officer
saved whose duty it was to be on
deck ; the boatswain was saved ; he
was a warrant ollicer ; Mr. Stewart
hailed before the whistle was blown
and immediately after the collision
took place; witness did not know
who ordered: the steam whistle to
be blown ; the Oneida's whistle had a
very loud tone and was a very large
whistle ; from the Oneida lie could not
distinguish any figure on the Bombay ;
he saw a great many lights ; he was
standing on the starboard side of the
bridge at the time of the collision, and
had to hold 071 with his left hand ; he
was looking at the Bombay when she
struck, an 4, did not see either of her side
side light 7 - utter the collision ; he saw
several lights on her deck, but could nut
see all her lights at the time of the col
lision ; he looked over his shoulder when
she struck the Oneida; saw her green
green light before she struck.
IMICEMEI
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Serge Istomiu, first Lieutemint of the
Russian gunboat Vsadnik, stated that
on the evening of the collision he was
in the midshipman's room when he first
heard the sound of a gun : it was about
ten minutes past seven ; not being sure
it was a gun, he did not pay any atten
tion to it, shortly afterward he heard
distinctly a gull, but from what direc
tion he could not say ; shortly after
wards he heard another; witness could
not say if those guns were from a man
of-war, and did not speak to any one
about them ; could not say whether he
heard the Bombay's guns ; he heard
two guns; it was hetween seven and
half-past;
might have .been quarter
print; he did not see any rockets.
Further evideuee was offered on this
point by Lieutenant Colehack, but the
Court did not require more.
Mr. De Long then offered to prove by
Major Sheppard, United States Consul
at Jeddo, on oath, and also by his own
oath, that about the time the Oneida
was said to have sunk guns were heard
in Yokohama. He was sitting in Ids
library with Mrs. De Long. They all
heard and counted three cannon shots
following each other; and at the time
spoke of it to one another, wondering
what it could mean. He further ten
dered evidence of Mr. Lyons and other
American merchants as to their hearing
guns.
Mr. Barnard observed that he had no
objection to Mr. De Long bringing any
evidence. He could bring two ladies
who were in the Bombay's cabin who
never heard g 1.111.4. He could also bring
Mr. McDonald and Mr. Dare, who reside
nearer the shore than the United States
Minister and were more likely to hear
the report, but did not. The Consul re
marked he had consulted with every
member of the court as to whether it
was neceiiisary to call any more witnesses
on the subjea, and they decided it was
not.
The President pronounced the follow
ing decision of the Court :
The questions before this Court are :
1. Was the injury sustained by the
Peninsular and Oriental Steamship
Navigation Company's ship Bombay
brought about by the fault of the Com
mander, Mr. Eyre?
2. After the collision had taken place
between the steamship Bombay and the
United States corvette Oneida, what
was the conduct of the master of the
former vessel?
The two statements of Captain Eyre
and Lieutenant Yates are utterly irre
concilable;
and though the collision is
accounted for by each of them, it cer
tainly could never have occurred if both
are correct. It is, therefore, necessary
to look further, and see how far each is
is substantiated. The statement of Mr.
Eyre is borne out in all its material
points by the evidence of the pilot and
chief officer, who were on the bridge
with him, and also by that of all the
officers of the Bombay who are able to
testify to the circumstances.
With regard to Mr. Yates' statement,
however, the starboard lookout man of
the Oneida' affirms that about fifteen
minutes previous to the collision he re
ported to Mr. Yates that he saw a mast
head light right ahead, and that as soon
as he could make out one of her side
lights he reported her green light be
tween half a point and a point on the
Oneida's starboard bow. About a min
ute or a minute and a half after that he
reported the steamer IBombay) about
four or five points on her starboard bow
and cominw '
right for the Oneida's green
light; but at no time did he see the
Bombay's red light before the collision
took place. The helmsman asserts that
he heard the Bombay reported three
different times by the lookout to the of
ficer of the watch—first, half a point
on the starboard bow ; secondly, a point
and a half on his starboard bow, and,
thirdly, as coming right for the Oneida;
that lie received an order " starboard,"
then "steady," and then to " let the
ship come on her course again," after
the second report had been made, and
that after thp third report had been
made Mr. Yates again told him to star
board—after doing which" he saw the
Bombay's masthead light about five
points on the starboard side of the fore
sail; that he kept his helm hard a star
board until he heard an order given tq
port, and that as •he was in the act of
obeying the order the two ships came
into collision. It will thus be seen that
the statements of Mr. Yates, the look
out man, and the helmsman, are more
or less conflicting ; but it may be gath
ered frOm them that when the Bombay's
three lights should have been seen by
the lookout man as well as by Mr.
Yates, she was about three points onthe
Oneidas' Starboard bow; about half a
mile distant and porting her helm. Mr.
Yates states that at this moment he
gave the order "starboard," and: then
"hard a starboard." If these Orders
had been promptly. obeyed, the Court is
of opinion that the ships'could not hate
Come into collisiorf. But the statement
of Albert Rugarirt, the bet meman4Shows
that ,the Oneida's head was about south
east when she struck—by which it
would appear that she had only come
up about three points in three minutes,
so that Mr. Yates' orders could not have
been promptly obeyed..
Hence it is impossible to account for
the collision by the statements of the
survivors of the Oneida if these are un
reservedly accepted.
We are of opinion that when Mr. Mul
daur said to Mr. Yates that he could
not go any further to the port or eastern
shore, and ordered him to resume his
course for fear of running on the Sara
toga spit, he should—knowing that it
was his duty-to getout of the way of an
approaching vessel on his starboard
side—at once have brought the Bombay
on his port bow, and so opened out his
red light insteadof simply resuming his
course. That if when a collision was
seen to be immient, the same prompt
ness had been shown by the Oneida in
porting her helm as shown by the Bom
bay in putting her helm hard a star
board it might possibly have been ar
rested ;•while, after it occurred, its ef
fects would certainly have been far less
serious. It is shown by the evidence of
the Oneida's officers that at no time
was the Oneida's speed slackened / afte
the Bombay came in tight; and that
although the Bombay was considered to
be persistently breaking a rule ui the
road by porting, the Oneida's helm was
nevertheless kept a starboard; and thus
the judgment required to he exercised
in order to counteract the presumed
mismanagement of an approaching
steamer was nut slump. These obser
vations are not made tt.s a judgment on
the management of the Oneida, which
is peyond the province of the court to
consider, but simply in order to institute
such a comparison as is necessary to show
the grounds upon which the court ar
rives at its conclusion.
If the statementi of Mr. Eyre, his
pilot and officers are to lie believed, we
judge that he was right in keeping on
the starboard side of the channel, and
that he acted perfectly aright in porting
his helm as soon as he saw the Oneida's
lights o. the port bow. We judge that
he should have slackened speed as soon
as lie saw the Oneida's lights; that he
acted rightly in stopping his engines;
that he had no time after stopping to
reverse them, and that he exercised a
sound judgment in starboarding his
helm when he saw that a collision was
imminent, and that the Oneida's helm
was kept to starboard.
Upon a comparison of the foregoing
statements we find that the damage
which has been sustained by the Bom
bay is in no way attributable to the de
fault of her commander, Mr. Eyre.
As regards the second question which
the court is called upon to decide, viz:
the conduct of Mr. Eyre after the col
lision had taken place, it may be ob
served that it has not been without long
and serious deliberation among our
selves ' and a most careful consideration
of all the evidence adduced, that we have
arrived at a unanimous decision. We
find, from the evidence before us, that
on a dark but starlight night, the 24th
of January last, the steamship Bombay,
through no fault of her commandder,
Mr. Eyre, came into collision with the
United States corvette Oneida in the
close vicinity of Saratoga spit, situated
some ten miles from Yokohama ' • that
the effect of the collision on the Bom
bay was comparatively slight, that guns
were fired frown the Oneida as signals of
distress from ten to fifteen minutes after
the collision took place ; that the re
ports of these guns were not hefted nor
the flashes seen on board of the Bombay ;
that after the collisizm the fact of the
Bombay having been hailed from the
Oneida was reported to Mr. Eyre;
that Mr. Eyre only knew that
some of the upper works of the
Oneida had been carried away, and
was unaware of the amount of inju
ry sustained by her; that the Bombay
was a mail steamer, carrying passengers
and cargo, and was built in compart
ments, only one of which was reported
to hint as making water fast; that the
whole extent of the injury sustained by
the Bombay was nut ascertained till the
day following the collision ; that im
mediately after the collision it teas nut
considered to be serious, fur had it been
se it is natural to suppose that the
knowledge of the pilot would have been
availed if, and the Bombay run on to
the Saratoga Spit ; that, in our opinion,
no danger to the Bombay, her passen
gers or cargo was apprehended by
Mr. Eyre; that from the questions he
asked the pilot he evidently thought
that the Oneida might possibly have
sustained serious injury ; that he waited
at the mast five minutes after the colli
sion to see if signals of distress were
made from the Oneida; that after his
ship again proceeded lie gave no orders
that a lookout should be kept in the di
rection of the Oneida ; that had lie or
any one else been keeping a proper
lookout the flashes of the Oneida's guns
must have been seen, though their re
ports might not have been heard.
Under all these circumstances it be
comes our duty to pronounce whether,
in our opinion, Mr. Eyre was justified
in proceeding on his voyage Without
waiting to ascertain whether the Oneida
was ill need of assistance.
We recognize the fact that he was
placed in a position of great difficulty
and doubt, and in circumstances under
which he was called upon to decide
promptly ; but we regret to have to re
cord it as our opinion that lie acted
hastily and ill-advisedly, in that, instead
of waiting and endeavoring to render
assistance to the Oneida, lie, without
having reason to believe that Isis own
vessel was in a perilous condition, pro
ceeded on his voyage.
This conduct constitutes in our opin
ion a breach of the thirty-third section
of the sixty-third chapter of the mer
chant shipping act amendment act of
1552, and we therefore feel called upon
to suspend Mr. Eyre's certificate for six
calendar months from this date.
FRED. LOWDER,
British Consul, President of the Court.
ARTIIUR
Commander British steamship Ocean.
EAvin Moons,
Stall' Commander British steamship
Ocean.
JOHN GILFILLAN,
Master steamship Sultan
\\)t. CIIAPMAN,
Master of Rocklin
K ANAGAWA, 12th Feb., 1870.
Mr. Barnard then rose and addressing
the court said :—I have a duty to per
form under the circumstances, which I
will do very shortly, having somewhat
anticipated that I should be called on in
the interests of my client, Captain Eyre,
to respectfully appeal against your judg
ment to the Board of Trade.
The President—There's no appeal to
the Board of Trade.
Mr. Barnard then respect ful y subm t
ted that his Honor had misinterpreted
the meaning of the act, and that there
had been no legal duty shown by which
it appeared Incumbent upon Captain
Eyre to turn round and chase the other
vessel, and that the Court was not called
upon to give an opinion upon moral ob
ligation.
The President—Let me tell you at
once Mr. Barnard, we do not ask for
anybody's opinion, but we arc account
able to the Board of Trade—and the
Board of Trade only—for the decision
which has been given. It is perfectly
unnecessary for you to argue any more.
The court then rose.
Difference In the Quality of Eggs
The Journal of Agriculture says,
though most farmers keep fowls and
raise their own eggs, there are many
who have not learned the difference
there is in the richness and flavor of
eggs produced by well fed hens, and
those from birds that have been half
starved through our winters. There
will be some difference in the size, but
far more in the quality. The yolk of
one would be large, fine colored and of
good substance', -and the albumen, or
white, clear and pure; while the con
tents of the other will be watery and
meagre, as in thecrent fowl, to proper
ly carry out an complete the work
nature had sketc ed. In order, there
fore, to have good eggs, the fowlashould
be well fed, and also provided, during
the months they are unable •to come to
the ground, with a box containing an
abundance of fine gravel, that they may
be able to grind and prepare their food
for digestion. Of eggs; those from the
domestic hen are decidedly the,best,;.but
those of ducks :and geese may be used
for -some of the purposes of domestic
cookery.
I StIIMOY,
1
Preached In the llTszlort Bethel. Lancas
ter, on Sunday 7Yorning. March
27. 1570, by Bev. C.
Forney, Pastor.
THEME: CHRIST'S REAL AND I' ERPET-
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Text And , lo! lam with you alwdys, oven
onto the end of the world. Math. LN:
If this language is to be interpreted
according to the evident meaning of the
words, it becomes:
.1. A strong proof of the superhuman
character of the speaker. Even confin
ing the promise of His presence to the
persons whom He immediately address
ed, Christ could not have fulfilled it as
a man. But among all Christians, and
in all the ages since Ills ascension, this
promise has furnished a ground for
faith in the universal, real anti perpet
ual presence of the Saviour. In addition
to this thought there are three others
suggested by the text and context,
which have some bearing in determin
ing the super-human or divine charac
ter of the author of our text, viz:
1. The extraordinary conceptions
which Christ had with respect of his
mission and work in the world. This
fact appears in striking contrast with
the views entertained by His immedi
ate disciples, even for some years after
the Saviour's ascension. To Him the
field was the world. Those for whom
He came were the lost of all stations,
and peoples. And this enlarg
ed Character of His views is manifest in
every word that He uttered respecting
the Kingdom of God and His relation
thereto.
The second fact that lifts Him
above the creatures which He came to
save, is the remarkable consciousness
of His self-sufficiency for the work.—
All power is Mine, was the significant
introduction to the commission. No
whore in Ilispersonal ministry does He
betray the least uneasiness as to the ad
equateness of His power and resources
for the full accomplishment of the work
committed to His hands.
3. The third fact which lifts Him
above the human into the sphere of the
Divine, is the benitieent use that He
proposed to make of His omnipotent
power. A right use of extraordinary
power betokens unusual greatness of
soul. such were the events which had
been crowded into the forty days previ
vious to the time when our text was
spoken, that the " language of doom"
might come after the announcement:
" All power is given unto Me iu Hea
ven and in earth." But it was not for
purposes of destruction, nor of punish
ment, nor of revenge, that He would
use this power. All power is given Me;
therefore, go teach and save and bless
all, and I will be with you and aid you
to the end of the ages.
11. The character and magnitude of
the work thus committed to the apos
tles and the church, demanded the sym
pathy and encouragement promised in
this text.
1. 'Phe broad and far-reaching con
ceptions of great minds overwhelm the
the feebler powers of comparatively
weak minds. This was the danger here.
Twelve illiterate fishermen against the
world—the sins, the prejudices, the
opinions, the customs, the laws, the lit
erature, the religions, the vast vested
interest, etc., of the whole world. All
these things must have presented them
selves to the minds of the apostles.
S. The resources at their command
must have appeared otherwise wholly
inadequate to the great work to
be accomplished. Twelve men to
preach the gospel in all the world!
Men too in no wise qualified to meet the
polished and learned peoples of Greece
and Italy and Egypt. Their means
were limited. Barriers were in the way
of travel among, and intercourse with,
the different nations of the world. And
then, too, it was by the foolishness of
preaching that the end was to be attain
ed. Moral power has ever been under
estimated. The apostles were not pre
bared yet to trust it its the means of
ringing the world into subjection to
Christ. • Swords and spears and slings
and all the cruel enginery of war, us
ever, were the symbols of mighty con
flicts. Of these they had none—were to
have none. They needed the pledge of
"all power" that their hope might not
make ashamed.
3. The character of the work was such
as to meet with extraordinary opposition
on every hand. To revolutionize a
nation's religious faith, to cause it to
change its gods, is an undertaking of
great magnitude. Men's religious opin
ions, especially, area partof themselves,
and to attack them is to quicken into
active opposition every power that may
be used for their defense. False systems
of religion are allied with the corrup
tions and lower propensities of our car
nal nature. Christianity is the perpetual
enemy of all forms of corruption, of sin
and of impurity. A holy religion is,
therefore, the most difficult of all relig
ions to propagate in this sinful world.
Besides, it is the tendency of Christian
ity to unitize the human race. It breaks
down the separation walls of nationali
ties, of rank and caste, of wealth and
intelligence, of condition and complex
ion. Christians and man are the two
words that permit of no sectional or
specific definitions.
4. Then, too, they were called upon
to wrestle with the powers of darkness
that are ever in league with wicked
men. The influence of these spiritual
agents upon human thought and con
duct is great. In their subsequent
writings are occasional intimations of
the character and strength of this influ
ence. The presence and power of the
Stronger one was needed to bind the
strong one that the heart-palace might
be 'emptied, swept and garnished as a
habitation of Uod through tire Spirit.
111. And now in this great and diffl
cult work the help of the All-powerful
is positively assured. There are no
wants experienced by Christian men in
the work assigned them that will re
main ungratified. "My presence shall
go with thee," iq a sufficient pledge of
all blessings.
1. It is the presence of none other
than God Himself. The preliminary
thoughts submitted are a strong pre
sumption in favor of this statement.
The Bible testimony for the deity of
Christ is clear and conclusive. He is
God manifested in the flesh. The his
torical Scriptures are not careful, in
reference to the fulfillment of this prom
ise, to distinguish between the three
persons of the Trinity. " God was with
them," says Luke, and yet in other
places it is the Lord Jesus, and again
the Holy Spirit.
2. It is a real presence that is spoken of,
however it may be specifically defined.
The proposition is a plan one, " I am
with you." Mystical or mysterious it
may be, but it is none the less real. It
intimates His presence, i 1.) As a power
—both physical and moral. During
the apostolic times physical power
was needed as a means to the se
curement of moral power. As nations
and men rise higher in the scale of in
tellectual and moral development, phy
sical power is less necessary. In Moses'
time the dividing of the sea, the giving
of manna, the sweetening of bitter
waters, the quaking of the mountain,
etc., helped to the enthronement of Je
hovah. Christ's ministry was largely
devoted to the physical wants of men
by the exercise of miraculous power.
But especially as a moral power is
Christ with His ministers and people.
It is power that saves. Christ is God's
world-saving power. Without His
presence the gospel does not save.
(i.) As a quickening,strengthening in
fluence is Christ with His ministers and
people. It is not alone the body that
weakens under burdens and labors. The
mind and spirit feel the enervating
effects of Christian labor. We are, too,
inadequate for the committed work. But
through Christ strengthening us we can
rile all things. . . .
(3.) He is with His disciples as a light
to illuminate their minds and guide
them in the way of truth. Christ said,
"I am the light of the world." This is
the light which shines upon the pages
of the Bible, and removes the obscurity
and darkness from the sacred text. God
is thus the infallible interpreter of His
word. Without Him as the light we
remain in doubt or uncertainty or run
into, error. Apostles, as well as modern
ministers, needed this light.
(4.) Christ is with His followers as their
support and defense. "The Lord is my
shield," sang the Psalmist. The echo
of this song of confidence has been roll
ing over all the ages. Christ always
supports us in our labors and defends us
in our conflicts. Nothing can harm the
true disciple,
3.. And this real, divine presence is
tissthell perpetually to the ministers and
Cirkurt of God until the (eon shall have
endedd . By the aon we ate to under-
Stend the whole period of the gospel dis
pensation ; the time intervening bo-
tween the first and second advents of
Christ. Down,to the period of His sec
ond coming He wil be With His disci
ples every day and all the days. This
extension of the promise beyond the
lifetime of the persons addressed assures
us an interest in its blessings. This
promise covering all days implies His
presence.
(1.) In the days of successful and pros
perous toil. It is the divine presence as
power that gives success to our labors.
Some measure of success is needful to
men in every enterprise. And God's
presence alone can sanctify success to
our good.
(2.) In the days of adversity and defeat.
Wisely is it ordered that the sun shall
nut always shine. If God be with us in
the hours of adversity they may become
real blessings. The better a thing is the
more adversity shall it have in this sin
world—the more can it profitably bear.
.3.) In the days of comfort and rejoic
ing. Indeed, Ho is the very spring and
source of all our joys. It is He that
maketh glad our hearts and causeth us
to shout for joy. There is no well-spring
of joy so sweet, so satisfying, so peren
nial us that which the soul enjoys in
Christ.
(4.) In the days of sorrow,ailliction and
suffering. Many of these constitute
man's common heritage, but others are
special to Christian men and yet others
to Christian ministers. But we should
remember that there is no shadevi , with
out a sun. There is always light behind
the cloud. In the darkest days we may
have light in our dwellings. But why
particularize? He is with us all days.
\Matey e, character of the day or the
hour, with us in such a way us
we most n• him.
IV. In addition to this there area few
other encouraging thoughts suggested
by this blessed assurance of Christ's
perpetual presence.
I. We may properly regard it as a prom
ise of success in the great work which
has been committed to the Church.—
Moral power we know is not omnipo
tent, but it is cumulative. The power
of the truth, the power of Christ, on the
whole, has, therefore, been increasing,
and is destined still to increase more
and More. This power is secured to us
by this promise, and it will give effici
ency to promote the cause of religion in
the world. This success may not al
ways be immediate, uor uninterrupted.
But still we shall not toil in vain. We
shall bear some fruit.
2. We have an intimation of the ex
alted and holy character of the work in
which we are engaged and of the dig
nity of the workers. We are fellow-la
borers with God, the holy and infinitely
perfect Sovereign of the universe. We
are engaged in His work. In Itself it is
the most beneficent work man can en
gage in. Nothing is so full of blessings,
nothing has so desirable an end in view
as Christian labor. To work for Christ
is, therefore, the most honorable and
beneficent calling that men can fill.
3. 'Phis promise of Christ's perpetual
presence implies the assurance, that, if
we are faithful in this holy calling, all
apparently untoward circumstances and
events shall be sanctified to our good.
This is directly affirmed by the apostle.
In our work we may be persecuted,
tempted, tried, afflicted, butout of these
evils God still educes good. While He
is with us and for us who or what shall
be able to harm us ? We have above re
presented Him as our support and de
fense. Yet we know that apparent evils
befall us. Here we represent Him as
causing even these evils, which we suf
fer and from which it may not be wise
to defend us, to eventuate in our good.
4. Another encouraging thought is,
that however changeable the instru
ments and agencies for this work, the
author of all our efficiency is with us
the same at all times. There Is never a
work to be done for God but He will
have some one to do it. One after the
other may be called from the walls of
Zion but others will rise up to take their
places. And though weaker vessels are
substituted for stronger, the time is not
yet past when the weak things may,
through the All-powerful, be used to
subdue the strung.
5. But the richest thought of all is
that Christ's presence with us here is a
sure guarantee of our presence with
Him after the end of the mon—the
world. The eternal presence with Him
follows His temporary presence with us.
To be present with Christ is the same as
to enjoy the perfection of blessedness.
To have a confident and well grounded
assurance that such blessedness shall be
ours is a perennial source of comfort,
place and happiness in this life. But
where Christ's presence is not enjoyed
herr there can be no hope of enjoying it
hereafter. Christ the hope of glory
must be formed within us before that
glory can be ours.
In view of these things it is the high
est wisdom to secure such a character as
that this promise in all its fullness may
he ours. God's promises are condit
ional. These conditions we can ful
fill by His grace. Wisdom directs that
we shall do it—do it thoroughly—do it
now.
Hard of Hearing-1 Love Story
A young Jonathan once courted the
daughter °fan old man that lived "down
east," who professed to he defieient in
hearing, but, forsooth, who was more
captious than limited in hearing, as the
sequel will show.
It was a stormy night in the Ides of
March if I mistake not, when lightning
met lightning, and loud peals of thunder
answered thunder, that Jonathan sat
by the old man's fireside discussing with
the old lady (his intended mother-in
law) on the expediency of asking the
old man's permission to marry "Sal."—
Jonathan resolved to "pop it" to the old
man the next day; "but," said he, "as
I think on the task my heart shrinks."
To be brief, night passed, and by the
dawn of another day the old man was to
be found in his barn lot feeding his pigs.
Jonathan rose from bed early in the
morning, spied the old man feeding his
pigs and resolved to ask him for Sal.
Scarce had a minute elapsed, after
Jonathan made his last resolution, ere
he bid the old man "good morning."
Now Jonathan's heart beat; now he
scratched his head, and ever and anon
gave birth to a pensive yawn. Jona
than declared he'd as lief take thirty
nine "stripes" as to ask the old man,
"but," said he aloud to himself, " how
ever, here goes it, "a faint heart never
won a fair gal,'" and he addressed the
old man thus,—
" I say, old man, I want to marry your
daughter."
You want to borrow my halter. I
would loan it to you, Jonathan, but my
son has taken it and gone off to the
mill."
Jonathan, putting his mouth close to
the old Luau's ear, and speaking in a
deafening voice. "I've got five hun
dred pounds of money."
Old man, stepped back as if greatly
alarmed, and exclaimed in a voice of
surprise, " You have got five hundred
pounds of honey. What in the mis
chief can you do with so much honey,
Jonathan Why, it is more than all
the neighborhood has use for."
Jonathan, not yet the victim of de
spair, putting his mouth to the old man's
ear, brawled out, "I've got gold."
Old Man—" So have I, Jonathan, and
it's the worst cold I ever had in my life."
So saying he sneezed a "wash up."
By this time the old lady came up,
and having observed Jonathan's unfor
tunate luck, she put her mouth close
to the old man's ear and screamed like a
wounded Yahoo.
"Daddy, I say, daddy, you don't un
derstand, he wants to marry your
daughter."
Old illan—"l told him our calf halter
was gone.
Old Lady—" Why, daddy, you can't
understand ; he's got gold, he's rich !"
Old Man—" He's got a cold and the
itch, eh!" So saying, the old man
struck at Jonathan, with his walking
cane, but happily for Jonathan he dodg
ed it. Nor did the rage of the old man
stop at this, but with angry counte
nance he made after Jonathan, who
took to his heels, nor did Jona
than's luck stop here; he had not got
far from the barnyard nor far from the
old man, lie run him a close race, ere
Jonathan stumped his toe and fell to
the ground, and before the old man
could "take up," he stumbled over Jon
athan, and fell sprawling into a mud
hole. Jonathan sprang to his heels,
and with the speed of John Gilpin clear
ed himself. And poor Sal, she died a
nun. Never had any husband.
Fulmer's tannery, at Richmond,
Lower Mt.. Bethel township, North
ampton county, was burned to the
ground on the .sth. Everything in the
tannery •was destroyed. Loss, eight
thousand dollars, on which there was
no insurance.
NUMBER 1-1
Eyes Open
Our minister said in his sermon last
evening, said Mrs. Beach, the wife of n
prosperous wholesale dry goods mer
chant on Market street, as she dusted
her mantle of porcelain and marble on
Monday morning, "that he who wanted
to be good must be on the constant look
out for opportunities ; that God does not
rind our work, and bring it ready fitted
to our hands; but Ho spreads the world
before us, and we are to walk throutth it
as Christ and the apostles did, with eyes
open, looking for the sick and suffering,
the poor and oppressed."
" Now I am certain," continued the
lady, as she replaced a marble Diana in
the centre of the mantel, "I should like
to do something good everyday—one
feels so much better when they go to
rest at night; and I'll just keep my
eyes npeu to-day, and see if I collie
across any opportunities that under or
dinary circumstances I should let slip."
Half an hour later Mrs. Beach was in
the nursery with the washerwoman,
who had come fur the clothes.
"I wish, Mrs. Simms," said she, as
she heaped the soiled linen into the
basket that you would get Tommy's
aprons ready for me by Wednesday ; we
are going out of town to remain until
Saturday, and I shall want a good sup
ly for such a careless little scamp as he
" Well, try, ma'am," said the
washerwoman. " got behind hand
a good deal since Hammy got the whoop
ing cough; but now that he is better I
must try to make up for lost time."
" Has he had the whooping cough ?
Poor little fellow. How old is he ?"
questioned the lady.
" He was three last April, ma'am."
" And Tom Is four," nillSed the lady.
"Look here, Mrs. SiinniA, won't you
Just open the lower drawer of that bu
reau, and take out those four green
worsted dresses in the corner? Tom's
outgrown them, you see, since last win
ter, but they're almost as good 115 new.
Now, if you want them for little Sam
my, they'll do nicely without altering,
think.,'
" Want them, :Sirs. Beach!" answered
the washerwoman, with tears starting
to her dim eyes, "I haven't words to
thank you, or tell you what a treasure
they'll be. Why, they will keep the
little fellow as warm as toast all win
ter."
" Well, I'll place them on the top of
the clothes, said the lady, smiling to
herself, as she thought, "My eyes have
been open once to-day."
Not long afterwards Mrs. Beach was
on her way to market, ffor she was
notable housekeeper,) when she met u
boy who had lived a short time in her
family the year before, to do errands,
wait on the door, &c. Ile was a bright,
good-hearted, merry-faced boy, had
been a great favorite with the family,
and Mrs. Beach had become interested
In him ; but this morning she was in
quite a hurry, and would have Passed
the child with a cordial, but hasty,
" flow are you, Joseph, my boy ? Do
come and see us," had it nut struck her
that Joseph's face did not bear its usual
happy expression She paused as the
memory of last night's sermon Hashed
through her mind, and she asked—" Is
anything the mutter with you Joseph . ."'
The boy looked up a moment, with
half confiding, half fearful expression
into the lady's face; the latter trioin
"Mr. Anderson's moved out of town,"
he said, pushing back his worn, bui
neatly brushed cap from his hair; "so
I've lost my place, and little Mary's sick;
and that makes it very bad just now.''
" So it does," answered Mrs. Beach,
her sympathies warmly enlisted ; " but
never mind, Joseph ; 1 remember, only
night before last, my brother said he
would want a new errand boy, in a few
days, for his store, and he will give a
good one two dollars a week. Now, I'll
see him to-day, and get the situation for
you, if you like."
The boy's white face brightened. "0!
I should be so glad of it, Mrs. Beach."
" And see here, Joseph, I'm going to
market, and perhaps I can find some
thing nice for little Mary." The lady
remembered that Joseph's mother,
though a poor seamstress, was a very
proud woman, and felt that this would
be a gentle way of presenting her a gift.
So she found some delicate pears aud
grapes, and a nice chicken to make some
broth for Mary, who, as she learned,
was ill with a fever, before she proceed
ed to do her own marketing. But it was
a pity that she did not see Joseph as he
sprang into the chamber where the lit
tle Mary lay wearily moaning on her
bed, while her mother sat busily stitch
ing in one corner, and held up the
chicken and the fruit, crying, " (Aood
news! good news! I've got all these
nice things for Mary, and a place at two
dollars a week !"
"Oh! how little Mary's hot fingers
closed over the bunches of white grapes,
while the sewing dropped from her
mother's lingers, a: , the tears run down
her cheeks.
It was evening, and Mrs. Beach sat in
the library, when she heard her hus
band's step 'in the hall. Though the
morning had been so pleasant, the after
noon was cloudy. and the day had gone
down in a low, sullen, penetrating ruin.
Now Mrs. Beach loved her husband
with the love of a true wife, but he was
not a demonstrative man, and the first
beauty and poetry of their married life
had settled dtkwn into a somewhat bare,
every-day, utter-of-fact existence.—
But her heart was warm to-night—warm
with the good deeds of the day, and re
membering her resolution of the morn
ing, she threw down her book and ran
down stairs.
" Henry, dear," said the soft voice of
his wife, " has the rain wet you at all
Let me take your coat for you."
" Thank you, Carry, I don't believe
I'm anywise injured, but you may help
Inc, just for the pleasure of it," and he
stood still, while she removed the heavy
coat, with all the softness of touch and
movement which belongs to a woman.
She hung it up, and then the husband
drew her to his heart with all the old
lover tenderness.
" You are very thoughtful of me,
Carry, my wife," he said.
And there was music in Mrs. Beach's
heart as she went up stairs—music set to
words, "Eyes open ! eyes open !"
Victoria and Eugenie
About a dozen years, I suppose, have
passed away since I saw the Empress
Eugenie and Queen Victoria sitting side
by side. Assuredly the dillbrence even
then might well have been called a con
trast, although the queen was in her
happiest time, and has worn out terribly
fast since that period. But the quality
which above all others Queen Victoria
wanted was just that in which the Em
press of the French is supreme—the
quality of imperial womanly grace.—
I have never been a rapturous ad
mirer of the beauty of the Empress;
a certain narrowness of contour in
the face, the eyes too closely set togeth
er, and an appearance of artificiality in
every movement of the features, seem
to me to detract very much from the
charms of her countenance. But her
queenly grace of gesture, of attitude, of
form, of motion, must be admitted to be
beyond cavil, and superb. She looks
just the woman on whom any sort of
garment would hang with grace and
attractiveness; a blanket would become
like a regal mantle if it fell round her
shoulders; I verily believe she would
actually look graceful in Mary Walker's
costume, which I consider decidedly
the most detestable, in an artistic
sense, over yet indued by mortal
woman. Poor Queen Victoria look
ed awkward and homely indeed by
the side of this graceful, noble form ;
this figure that expressed so well the
combination of suppleness and influ
ence of imperial dignity and charming
womanhood. Time has not of late
spared the face of the Empress of the
.1‘ rench. Lines and hollows are grow
ing fast there ; the bright eyes are sink
ing deeper into their places; the com
plexion is fading and clouding. But
the grace of form of movement is still
there, unimpaired and unsurpassed.
The whitest and finest shoulders still
surmount a noble bust, which, but that
its amplitude somewhat exceeds the se
vere proportions of antique Grecian
beauty, might be reproduced in marble
to Illustrate the contour of a Venus or a
Juno. I have seldom looked at the Em
press of the French or at any picture or
bust of her without thinking how Mary
Wortley Montagu would havegone into
bold and eloquent raptures over the
superb womanhood of that splendid
form.—Justin McCarthy in "Galaxy."
On the 27th, Conrad Felton met his
death by the caving in of an embank
ment of the railroad, near Southampton
Mills in Perry county. Although he
was immediately taken from the fallen
mass, he was so much injured that he
died almost instantly.
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History of the florin:: of the Deepcbt
Hole lu the World—The I tont Ile.
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The St. Louis Repubtican,"Manth is, sap;
It is welhk now n that the fotatpre in con
nection with the design of tip now, County
Insane Asylum was that the water edpply
was to be aerived from an artoelan well.—
The boring was commenced almost at the
same time with the erection of the build
ing, and was continued without intermis
sion until within a few months ago, when
it was abandoned. The boring wag carried
to a depth greater, we believe, than any
similar well in the world; but tho subter
ranean water was not reached, at least
where it had stltneient strength and vol
ume to rise above the surface of the ground.
There wars something - evidently - wrong in
the geological and other foreeastings, and,
after a large expenditure of money, HOMO
- about. 'Zlie,ooe, the work was thrown
tip in despair be tho County Court, Yes
terday Mr. AtkillSoll,
liuporlutend-
Outof thy u mlerudi Mg, submitted alengthv
report embodying a history of the
front to bird we make the following abstract:
The work of hiring was eommenced ou
the grounds at the south side of the Insane
Asylum ! in a well which had been dug tee
the depth ~,..,11tv-,,n0 and 11 half Toot.--
The tubing having been played in position
a 41 Mole drill WILY put down on the after
noon of the 31st of March, 1800, and the
boring eeiinenceil, and was contimftd
day and night, with only the necessary
stoppage, until the telt of Angust, 180,
evilest it was stopped finally; at which time
the well had 1,1411 Slink ton depth of 9,8411
feet. In the entire depth, el 3 feet ofsday
has been passed through, ei feet of c0n1,3110
feet of shale, 2,72.5 feet of limestone, and
1380 fret ref 4anilstome. .k number of sport
mono have befell saved from melt for
mation. At a depth of 1,222 feet the wa
ter was a little saltish. At a depth
of 2110 1 . 01.1. a (linty opening was struck,
which made' the drift decline from a straight
course, and the , spot was passed with
opening conmencel sulphur
water. At 2313 Wet the .....It teas found
flinty, with small openings, and the hardest
yet met critic. eou the 14th of November,
1807 the poles parted lieo feet from tho top
of the well, and also parted near the tole,
allowing twenty-seven poles. At the be
ginning of tho boring tlto drill fell on the,
bottom 48 to 50 times leer minute. At the
depths of 3000 feet, 28 to 30 thews; and at the
depth of 3843 feet, 24 tee 25 times per mlttute.
At the depth of 3020 feet the temperature
is 107 degrees Fahrenheit ; at 3127 feet It is
1011 degrees Fahrenheit; at T-Tel feet it is
1011 degrees also. At 3393 foot the water
WIN 2 degrees salt. 'rho variations to 3479
Wet in saltness and temperature wore tri
lling. At 33.13 feet a soft, whitish sand
stone was struck. 'rho borings change by
exposure to grayish red ; solute places
brown, other places yellowish, but the reel
predominates. 'rho water from this rock
showed from' seven tee eight degrees salt.—
In many places this herniation is exceed
ingly hard. At 3837 Wet the temperature
is 103 Fahrenheit. The tests of tempera
ture were made with a registoring thor•
momoter of Fahrenheit scale. Another test
was made. 'the white of au egg war
tightly inclosed in a short tube, with a
plug screwed in caele end, and lot down
382'3 Wet, and let remain one and a half hours,
after which it WI. I.llkoll lip. It had un
dergone no apparent change. In boring to
a depth of 833 feet tine drill was often ob
served to be' highly magnetized; after
passing this point there appeared to be no
such influence. 'rho Inns or time, front
various accidents and (wises, in stated tee
have been less than to leer cunt, of the
whole period occupied in boring. Thee
well was Left in a good condition for resum
ing boring at any future time. Mr. Atkin
-1011 remarks that hero is a good opportuni
ty of exploring at it cheap cost a hitherto
unknown region of the earth.
IIIMIE!
David McCrea is furnishing the Glasgow
SCOLIaIII lj Herald with a series of interest
ing sketches of American men and women.
He described his first interview with Gen.
Lee as follows :
- - -
•' When I got Lack to the hotel I found
that Lee, who was aware of my coming,
had already (with tho courtesy so conspic
uous among n class of Americans) sent hls
servant to inquire If I had arrived, and to
say that he would like to see zoo at tho Col
lege.
"On going there after breakfast., I was
taken up stairs and shown into the room
sot lisido for the use of the College Presi
dent.
" A noblo-looking man, dressed in agruy
military coat, who had boon writing at a
table near the WIMIOW, ruse as I entered.
fie was tall, straight awl soldier-like, with
crisp hair turning white; short-trimmed
beard, pointed at the chin, and dark im
perial-looking eyes, very keen and search
ing. It was Robert E. Lee, the old Confed
erate commander.
•' As the first word of grcetingpassed be
tween is, there was a hidden sadness in
his look which impressed me painfully.—
lio was suffering fr. nn ill-health at the time;
but it was not a look of physical pain. Per
haps it was only in feeling, but it seemed
as if the shadow of the past was over him
—as if you could read behind the vigilance
of his dark eves the fate of the South, and
of the myriad who lay sleeping on the bat
tle-fields.
" When I was seated he began to Inquire
where I had been in the South, and about
my journey up—smiling at the somewhat
doleful account I had to give him of my
experience in the stage from Goshen. Ile
said there was another road I might have
taken—the one front Stanton. 'But they
say whichever road you take, you wish by
that you had taken the other." Ile had
been twice by the Goshen road on horse
back. The scenery was very grand.
" Ire began to speak about Scotland, and
said :—' You will meet with many of your
countrymen here. The Valley of Virginia
is peopled with Scotch Irish—people who
have conic from Scotland by way of Ire
land. They are a lino race. They have the
courage and determination of the Scotch,
with the Irish dash and intrepidity. They
make line soldiers.'
" Ile said it was an old wish of his to visit
tlbs country; but it would never be re
alized now. Stonewall Jackson had been
in Scotland before the war. He had heard
him speak of it.
"When some reference was made to the
odds against which the South had fought,
and the want there was of accurate statistics,
I told him it was understood ho was prc.
paring it history of the war himself.
" ' 1 have had that in view,' he said; 'but
the time is not come for an impartial his
tory. If the truth wore told Just now It
would not be credited.'"
" When the books that had already ap
peared were spoken of, and I mentioned
one, the proof-sheet of which, it was assert
ed, had been submitted to General Grant
and himself for revision, hn said: 'UM a
mistake. I have never read a history of the
war, nor the biography of any man engaged
in it. My own life has been written, but I
have not looked into it.' He added, after a
pause, '1 do not wish to awaken memories
of the past.'"
" lie spoke highly of Sherman's abilities
—said Sherman had always been a good sol
dier."
" lie seemed much gratified whon I told
him of the estimation In which ho and
Stonewall Jackson had been held from the
first by the British people irrespective al
together of Northern and Southern sympa
thies. He said, after °pause, 'Jackson ]tea
in the Presbyterian burying-ground at the
other extremity of Lexington.'
.1 horrible Cane of Hydrophobln—Tho
Pollee Called In toile the Victim--A
Newspaper Advocates Itiiitnir
From the snritodiela ,O.inaverthier, Mnreh7.l.
On Tuesday Mr. Haley was found to ho
rapidly , becoming weaker from the growing
frequency and violence of the hydrophobic
spasms. In the afternoon ho became ao
violent that it was found dangerous to be in
the room, and the combined efforts of four
men were required to keep the madman in
his bed when the spasms were upon him.
Dr. Adams called upon the Mayor in the
afternoon and requested sonic, pollee force
to aid In tying him fast. Several persona
went to the house and succeeded In securing
him. During ono of his attacks the hydro
phobist serati,:hia.l one of the persons who
Was with him. This person was In the
utmost alarm in regard to the scratch. It
Was proposed yesterday afternoon that it
would be proper, and in the emergency
necessary to give the patient chloroform to
such an extent as to rid him entirely of
all his misery in this world. This his tinn
ily would not allow, and the patient lies, up
to our latest account, in dying agonies. To
take the life of a human being is surrounded
with the gravest responsibilities. Tho
circumstances must be the most alarming,
and only done when it is necessary to pre
serve life or as a penalty for crime. In the
present ease the family and every other
person that duty or necessity calla near the
patient aro in danger. To have the horrid
disease spread in this community, oven to
the extent of one case, seems terrible to
contemplate. It is mercy at times to take
life when death is inevitable, and the pres
ent instance seems to warrant it. It is a
question that the family and the authorities
must determine.
How to Hill West Point.
Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, did, it ap
pears, really nominate a nigger for the
military school but with his usual acute
discrimination tie nominated ono who was
ineligible. Somebody, however, will now
nominate another; and a nigger cadet is a
foregone conclusion of the radical mind.—
This will pretty effectually drive the right
sort of boys away from West Point, and
leave there only snivelling hypocrites,
willing to make believe that they are as
fond of Sambo as of anybody else. That is
to say, this wilt bo the effect unless the
boys, IL .9 boys are apt to, shall decide to set
tle this matter fur them-elves uu the first
darkey that comes. West Point, indeed,
Will be a very hot place for the pioneer nig
ger, and we prophesy that he will reeigru.
—N. Y. Herald.