The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-05-10


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to lsy and fofuariedi - Congress The
eslience Is lhe case leiug ii posses.
/ ai..a n the eaurt. thc members, after
muare and stndious consideration fud
Follows, 20 SIT
That 81 The 9th lay Il January,
|Is7O, At 5l5p H., tie Oneida got
under uay from Yokohama aud stood
down Tie has u Yedo, on Der way to
Hong Kong 40 53op M she passed
/ Is tho eastward If the eastward light
shlp. distant 320 iatnoms, made sail
aud under low steam shaped bor course
souih-by-east quarter-easl, 70 clear
Saratoga SPIT aud pass around the
i kauom Saki hight, chat she steamed
this course, running alta speed little
less than Z knots per hour until she ar-
lryol IN the vicinity ol Saratoga SPIT,
when tie officer of tho deck believed
the yosael was saggng to the westward
FROM this course, and hanled her mp
one aud three fourihs points TO the east,
but only until The navigator could get
on deck, who, after being Informed Of
it, promptly ordered the ship again 10
Le put on her course Of south by-oast
quarter eas', specially stating that be
could not so more 10 the eastward, by
reason Of the danger of gattng ashore
on Saratoga SPIT.
| About this time the English Ponins-
ular and Oriental steamship Bombay,
Capt Eyre, hove in sight around Ka-
now Saki point and to the eastward Of
il, distant from tie Oneida about five
or SIX miles, and bearing ahead, then
rapidly passing on to the Oneida star
board bow. Worry soon indeed the
Y lOnoida's lookout and navigator made
aa.s. masthead and starboard or
AsaUbay, and they
light Her course was iFs1lE
served by the officers on duty and 81
the lookout OF the Oneida, and shO was
seen passing clear, giving wide berth.
After running some 10 or 20 minutes
she rapidly changed her bearings more
and more broad about four to five
points or more on the starboard bow
Of the Oneida, and while the Oneida's
! lights were brightly burning the Bonn
bay suddenly parted her helm and
came directly at the Oneida in the di.
rection Of her oreen light and struck
her at starboard mizzen rigging al
about eight knots speed, cutting away
all her starboard quarter at an angle o
i5 degrees, and on line from the
main rigging to the wheel and to The
i.i,,lg.,.1 atJa 80 tI,. .,,,,l,y,,,a 80 AZ,
cabin hatch, thence clear to her ruddel
head down to the waters edge Tho
Oncida had her whole wheel carried
away She then rounded to port anC
stood in toward a shoa IN an east by
north direction and sunk in 20 iathom
Of water in about II to 10 minutes af
ter, carrying down with her some IL
Of her officers and men.
II appears fully from the eyidenc,
TINT the Opeida at no time saw a rec
light but constantly saw the green high
of the Bombay, and that her own light
were properly placed and in full burn
iDg order. II also appears that the Of
fcers and crew acted with GOODNESS an,
discipline, and at no time ia doubt o
. hesitation, bat when tho Bombay wal
q about five points OH the Oneida's star
!, board bow, OF three points for ard Q
her siArboard BENIN, the Bombay pa
her helm hard port aud went direct
e " 1T the Oneida, when the latter yesst
g at once flung her helm hard star
board aud it was in that position an
the ship was rapidly paying of to poT
when the Bombay struck At this tim
the Oneida was headed as high as cas
by north, and the Bombay was heade
/. northeast BY north 70 northeast. I'll
Z also shown that after the collision th
+. executive olhcer u the Oneida, Lieu
: Commander Stewart, hailed tho BON
4, bay several times, calling to her to 10
= hy, rs tie Oneida was cut down, an
s. this when tie Bombay was within
: few yards ot tie Oneidas stern. Thi
: can Was unanswered and uuheedcd.-
= Tisteo or iout big guns we're tbcn fire
from tho Oneida, as sicualg Of Iittfeg
sith iaIi .eytire charge ui six poans
n 81 powder, aud these Signals we're ala
4. unhceded. II was also shown that,