Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-09-26


to take measures to pay fitting tribute of respect
TO Capt Herndon. .s..
The chair was occupied by Commodore Shu-
brick, and Captains Rogers and Page Were ap-
pointed secretaries.
Commodore :, on taking the chair. announced
the purpose of the meeting in some touching re-
marks. They had been called together, he said,
TO express to the country, and particularly to the
beTeaved family OF the deceased, our heartfelt
sympathy for the loss Of valuable officer. the
lamented Herndon. The public papers have
already given account Of the circumstances
of this great calamity. We know that Captain
HeTndOn left Havana on the oth of the present
month with about six hundred passengers
board. On the nth he encountered one of those
gales which are frequent at this season and which.
on this occasion, became a hurricane. against
which he commended, using all the resources of
our profession When he saw that the fatal
event was inevitable, he met il with firmness, his
first care being for the helpless women and chill
dren. Having accomplished this. and when
other brave men felt that they could now make
provision for their own escape, he. like Painurns
with unalteTed mood, chose rather certain death
than abandOnme II of his post. No human eye
Witnessed how he feed the king OF terrors. The
hand Of the Almighty has drawn n veil over the
final scene hut we who knew him know az well
"a if we had seen IL that he met his death with
manly ismness and humble submission. Itis
not for me TO pronounce his eulOgy-that will be
done by the pen of talent and the tongue of eIo-
Guence. The gifted historian, some future
Cooper, will write his name on the brightest page
of our naval history Ii only remains for ms to
pay our tribute Of friendship TO the memory of
the noble brave
Captain Jenkins moved that committee
appointed by the Chair to draft resolutions ex-
presSive of the sense of the meeting-agreed to
and the Chair appointed Captain Adams, Co..
Harris, PurseI DeBree, DR.. Clymer, Commander
Jenkins, and Lieut.. w oodhuII.
The committee, after retiring for few mo-
ments, Teturn0a with the following resolutions
which were Unanimously adopted:
The officers OF the navy and marine CORDS
brought together at the seat Of government by va
Tious duties, have felt themselves impelled by
common impulse to give some public expression
20 the deep and sincere feelings of grief of sym
paihy, and Of professional pride, with which
they have received the intelligence of the untime-
ly fate Of their late brother officer, Commander
William Lewis HeTndon.
sin this they arc far from being actuated by the
mere sense OF .Ormal prophecies or conventional
usage They fee, one aud all, the grief and the
sympathy which belong to so sad an occasion;
but to them-to those who were bound to him by
ties Of blood and nature and TO the country,
whose faithful soldier and servant he was-theTe
Is u noble and sublime consolation, and an exam
pie worthy Of all emulation, in the picture of his
heroic descent into his ocean grave, in the con-
sciousne that his last duty as a sailor u.an,
and Christian had been performed: therefore
'RsSolred, That we, the officers here present.
offer to the memory Of our late brother the heart
felt tribute Of our highest appreciation, our I'M
felgned sorrow, and the hope that any of US
placed in the same trying circumstance NAV be
ready to follow so noble an example of fortitude
and humanity
RsSolrsd, That a monument be erected at the
Naval Academy, Annapolis, commemorative of
the circumstances of his death, not only as due TO
has memory but to incite to imitation of his noble
conduct, and that committee Of seven be ap-
pointed by the chairman to carry the resolution
Into prompt effect.
"RssOlrsS, That, while we proffer to the widow
and daughter our heartfelt coincidence and the as
Surance OF our readiness to maintain in iced the
sympathy which we have endeavored to express
an ToTds, we indulge the hope that the wives and
daughters OF all Of our professional brethren will
cooperate with US in contributing to them that
material aid Of which they have been bereft in
the loss of our lamented brother officer.
. ResOirsd, That copy of the proceedings and
OF the resolves Of this meeting be transmitted by
the chairman TO the bereayed family"
captain Adams moved that the Chair appoint a
committee of seven to carry the second resolution
into proper effect and that the president of this
meeting be chairman Of that committee; agreed
to, ard the Chair appointed Capt. Adams, Col
Harris, Purser De Bree Dr. CIyIner Commander
Jenkins, 1t. Woodruff, and Commander Steed-
man.
And on motion the meeting adjourned.
The RIvER-The excitement about the mys-
teriOus bltteauman and his box of which men
ton was made i'm our columns Yesterday con-
unues on the increase. About dark the night
before last, MIR. c., the wharf keeper al Pages
wharf, saw from that point a man I'm a batteau
leave the shlp-yafd and proceed across the river
In a mysterious manner. He could not see from
the distance at which he stood what was i'm the
boat; and after our article of Yesterday appeared
he proceeded to consult with Mr.. B and last
gentlemen who Were interested in the matter 10
cross the river, Mr.. b. being certain that Le
could point out the spot where the man had laid
by on the night of the removal of the article feom
Analostan Island After crossing the river TO
. Gravelly Run, they instituted strict search
Tor any Indications which would be likely to lead
TO a discovery; but after long search they were
Obliged to give il mp, feeling very mnch chagrined
at their disappointment, not, however before
they found in the long grass on the shore of the
creek the prints where boat had landed among
the thick bushes, but nothing further could be
a>CeTtaiDed with regard to this unacrOunt;tble
affair This morning Mr.. Ii. called al the house
OF the batteaunIan and inquired for him, but re-
celyrd the answer from his wife, who is d very
e>tinzole woman, that her husband had gone
down the river for week She seemrd very
much excited when questioned TO what bust
ness had led TO his going away. aS he is a man
who Is TO be found at his home when no. EN-
ployed at the wharf, and gave evasive answers
90 all such interrOgatorie> as to the cause for his
absence. He j. believed by many persons to he
concealed somewhere about his premises The
ronJeetuTes a. 10 what was in the much krd of
box are as various as the changes in the wind
Some persons believe that il contained portion
of the JewelTy stolen from Mr. ADAM OF Alex.
andria, recently; while others think il contained
portions Of dead bodies from some dissecting
room la Georgetown, and which the man has
been employed TO convey away
, Arrived at Harvey Il Co.'S wharf, sch. Mary
Patterson; Capt Ndnneman, from PhiladelDhia
with 81 tons Of coal for Harvey K Co. rs,.. ..
This morning, the steamer Baltimore in COM
Ing up the river, when just this side Of Glynont
came very near running foul Of a schooner and
escaped the catastrophe by almost q miracle '.
The Morgan Continental Guards Of Alexan-
drIa, Pafadsd yesterday morning at ~ O'Clock,
and afterwards embarked board the barge
Custis, in TOW Of the James Guy. for Mount Yer
non, where they passed most delightful day
After they returned TO Alexandria, they were en-
teTtained at American Hall by the Mount Vernon
Guards
The navigation Of the canal has been resumed
aud boats are expected TO arrive at Alexandria
shortly from he coal region.
The Steamer -. Nicholas has been Dlaned an
the route between Port Tobacco and Baltimore:
she made her first trip from the latter place on the
The directors Of the Orange and Alexandria
Railroad Company have ordered the regular an
nGai meeting Of the stockholders for the I'D of
October.
The robbers Of the jewelry store of w w
Adams, At Alexandria, have not yet been arrested,
nor are they known
Mr Van Riswick is engaged in accommodating
ms wharf adjoining the property Of the steam