The New York herald., 1870-03-28


TO starooard and ran right across his bows ne aiso
told mo that he Lad turned on the whistle and
I made the remark that she would surely put
back he said yes you WIN see her before long,
somebody said ON BOARD that they could see rigas
into her saloon, but am not sure who II was made
the remark; believe Captain Eyre was present
when this remark wss made; several people were
there at che time know, but 1t was dark night
ana could not distinguish faces; cannot swear
the sDo r. d NOT
think ON board that the Oneida had been danger.
onsly injured; they seemed TO think on board sad
tnat It was simply question or repairs; tney
board the Oneida having been injured; / went
/ was taking with lady passengers who
told me that the shock was ike "a slight grazing,
IKE running On rocs easily the ladies' were ssa Iaus as
in the saloon, and that when she felt the collision
she had run out; she said she had run outside tne
she would have better chance for BOAT; she did
not say anything about having seen the 0tner YES.
tail ans % to % Lady T FarHss &c captain Eyre told
aamag.. because NJ nls anchors were o.oI hang Z:
told me they mad found spar through the stem;
the impression had was that he had discovered II
what quantity OF water the Bombay had made; Mr.
Henderson, The mldshipman, was present on deck
while was talking to the captain.
CAPTAIN EYRE AND MINISTER DE LONG APoLOGIzING
TO ONE ANOTHER.
On Wednesday, the sixth day OF the invesugal0n,
CAPTAIN Eyre being allowed to say few words oe-
fore the next witness was examined stated that ne
was worried ana anxious at the time the 0incers or
the Ocean came board, and he exceedingly re-
gres II he made OF any discourteous expressions
Mutual apologies tor any show Of feeling were then
Ere ihst ama s M no not lDr n
enced by any reeling OF revenge IN the conduct OF
this nqally.
James Cavanagh sad-Between six ana seven
p NJ. on the 24tn uit. was at Kanonsakt; this is
from the buoy on Saratoga spit; on that night
heard the report OF four guns; heard them one
after another; thought there was minute be-
tween each; was on shore WHen heard the
guns Old not carry watch; think II was about
forty or forty-fve minutes past SIX that heard
those guns; that was about the time, as nearly as 1
could guess; the CLOCK in the lighthouse had stopped
should thnk IL TO be now hall-p ten or eleven
O'Clock. lit was seven minutes past ten.l l saw
the masthead light and the port light OF the mail
boat from Kanonsaki; should thnk 1t was about
nve minutes past SIX wnen saw her about three
lights OF any ships coming down the channel; l was
IN house when the first gun was fired, and by the
tline had my boots on the fourth gun had nred;
friend OF mine saw the flash OF the fourth gun and
| Immediately thought that the mall boat had gone
on 10 the spit saw no rockets fired nor blue lights
burned; had not my boat with me; could have
got u Japanese fishing boat; thought would walt
till daylight TO 90 and see what 1t was. as there
were only two Japanese IN small boat and /
could not see the masthead lights OF the
steamer when heard the gun.
The o ssar Ia OF ps Of su
yivors, has already been partly published We give
the main points OF his testimony before the court:
Isaac ). Yates swOrn-I rank as master; am con-
sdered responsible officer To take charge OF ship;
when tue oneida left Yokohama it was generally
men-olwar cheered as we sailed; quarter before
six O'Clock, outside the anchorage all plain sail
was set and we were going az SIX knots under san
and steem; the masthead and side lights were burn
ing, the ookouts were stationed, there was man at
the lead, both sides, ana the proper men at the
wheel; the course was south by east onc.quarter
east: Mr.. MulQaur. the navlQatlnQ officer
on the bridge; NJ twenty minutes past SIX they
thought the vessel was drifting In TO starbOard or
kaqonsaki light was drawing more ahead; they had
IL half point on the starDoard bow and It got right
ahead nearly; he thought the ship was sagging In
daur and gave the order to starboard little; the
ship was slowly headed up port, his object being
TO bring The light to the same bearing
STEAMER RIGHT AHEAD, SIR,n
Just then the quarternaster on the forecastle re-
ported a steamer right ahead, he saw o steamers
masthead light coming round Kanonsaki Point; the
masthead light passed from ahead TO starboard;
then he turned around and saw Mr.. Mudaur, who
spoke TO him. and said, "Whats the matter, Yates2u
Witness replied, II think we're saggin0 into star.
board, and ordered the helm q starboard, and
there's SoaTS steasTs Maa,g light g9ng head to star.
more TO port; we must head our course; ne asked
the quartermaster how the ship then headed; he
and threequarters; the witness ordered her on
her c0ar5e-s0uth by east oae-qaarier easC-aad the
when the ship was on her course they could see the
stt amer's masthead light their sfarboard bow
changing It's bearing furteer aft; not long after MI
Muldanr and witness both saw her green light
on their starboard bow-something over
pont--and she was then evidently running
nearly parallel to the Oneida-pretty well in shore
on the starboard side--the right hand side-the
western shore; Mr. Muldaur said he saw her green
light witness said he did also; Mr. Muldaur then
said '.She'll pass TO sarboard OF us-aso witness
idea; she was then over three miles or the Oneida
was on her course all the time, and the ships OF
was me o snree "Isa points on ase
starboard bow, he saw she put her
helm to port, BY the new direction in
starDoad green light; witness was standing on the
starboard side Of the bridge; the instant he saw her
order ..starboard" and then ''nard q starDoard;"
the quartermasIer answered; they headed or rapidly
to port and kept on heading or that way; when the
steamer was short distance from him she put her
helm to starboard; II she mad not done so wnen she
did she would have struck the Oneida more for-
ward.
THE COLLISION.
He die not hear any order given on board the
steamer, but knew how sne was being steered by
her motion; heard no noise or any signals on the
steamer before the collision or afterwards, but he
heard one just as she struck; somebody tnen sung
somebody on board the Bombay or to those on
board the Oneida / could not say; the Bombay
struck his ship not long after starboarding her
hem-perhaps fifteen seconds but could not say
about the starboard mizzen rigging at an angie
OF lorty-nve degrees or thereaD0uts, and cut OF
carried away the poop which went over into the
water astern, the spankerboom and gafr the wheel
nnu StafDoaIu Dflnacle, as Sne struck She cut the
gig In two, smashing IL all up; the only bnnacle left
was the one on the port side; the ship instantly
entirely unmanageabie; as soon as she struck he
gave orders to shorten sail; the square sails were
taken OF the ship, and the main rysal; the spanker
was gone, but the head sails were not hauled down;
as soon as she strnck the officers all rushed deck
from below; Captain Williams was brought on deck
by two men, and Mr.. Stewart, as as he touched
the deck, ran for the port sde jumped up on an arm
chest near the rail, and sang out In loud tone OF
voice. steamer ahoy you've cut US down. Remain
by us; the Bombay at that time was under the
of the 0neida~across her stern, but Immediately
went out Of sight; only heard Mr.. Stewart shout
out once, ana heard nobody else nail the
steamer; heard no answering hail from the
Bombay; he then jumped down from the chest
ana said, "For Gods sake an6 there any primers
about? Where's The gunners mater Wnere's
LangdoDr the primers-all that were aft-were car
rled away, with all the rockets made up and all the
blue lights Tor signals; the blue lights were box
made fast underneath the poop to one Of the Deams
the rockets were also made fast along the beam;
primers were in the armory eacn side underneath
The poop; after Thomas Stephenson got primers
and Mr.. Stewart and MIR. Adams loaded and fired the
gun ''starboard No. l, division g." just forward OF
The bridge. The calbre Of the gun was thrty-two
pounds; The charge was six pounds Of powder.
"LEr'S SAVE THE SHIP"
When the captain came on deck witness told him