The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-03-23

OF Sthic fi'p. seNohu 1hu 'hhe
the proyi,ions Of he said that as the seereiar,
should inlrodnrG ny a large amount OF station
that stationery. Hed IN order to comply with
Adjourned ~ act above repealed he
HTI -- RESOLUTION in reference to
"s The d
The following
between the Ond neida Disaster.
the japan h" account nf the collision
at 1"kohanin ida and the Bombay is from
1t is with prvEln English paper published
to report the II
steamer 'insiu nund sorrow that we have
evening ot M1val loss of the united States
being IN corr i'm Mississippi Bay. on. the
Oriental Con- Inlay, the cath instant, after
ing the EnEls1n with the Prninsuinr and
had crew OF ilby's steamer Bombay, carry
cers and mensa5 mails To- Yokohama. She
survive. II 10 hundred and three otii-
A naval cogir of which only sixty-thrcc
examine intulns
duced and " NJ Of inquiry is now sitting ~
all discussinf }he circumstances which pro-
the disaster 1tch followed the accident, and
til the prpcet pon the causes " hch made
1t is csscphH latal must he withheld un-
in mind To stngs of the court are closed
OF the evenAt that this should he borne
and, lort-y'q Nifty us iur the bare outline
1 .-se vi inI{Jlhirh il is our duty TO give,
IE NS6a Nlding all comment upon a
ssrr. rnSrturlly excited public feel
s"e M1fphx W. w ~ s''P,ev bat aincrent
df INC mo "i9% MN nsa on. .:;, MI y NV :,.l,
tually fall and rvst, ont feeling OF profound
sorrow pervuds the residents of all nation
alities, and to tis feeling every other is sub
ordinate.
The circumstances in their barest form
aru ms follows The Oneida left the harbnr
of Yokohama at o'clock in the afternoon
OF Monday, the 9Th instant, and had reach
ed u point to the northward of Kanemaki
light house, whih was distant about two
miles, and bore sutheast at about n quarter
to seven, when asteamcr WIS sighted on
the sthrbOurd boz. She was then running
with fresh brcGe under sail and steam, at
the rate of lively or thirteen knots. As the
two vessels were going in opposite direc
tions at full sped they approached each
other rapidly. aid within few minutes
came into cnllisbn, the starboard bow of
the Bombay striking the slarboard beam of
the Oneida, andstaving in her quarter down
to the lower tleci.
The whistle f the Bombay had been
used and the engines stopped, and wher it
was seen that a;ollsion was inevitable, her
helm was put hrd starboard, to convert
MS much as possible with u Craze shock
otherwise musthavc been far more fatal in
its immediate elect. But the damage done
to the America steamer was vital. In less
tlnn quarter ji an hour she went down in
deep water; he officers with an unsurpassed
hcroism, remaining at their posts and giving
directions for the saving the crew in the
insufficient number of boats which wrctched
economy had reduced them to. At inter
walls between hc collision and the sinking
of the vessel, bur or five gnns were fired to
make known rcir distress, the last ut the
moment when the muzzle of the piece was
Mt the watcr'scdgc. The stern part nf the
vessel in which the rockets were kept, had
been carried away, and the guns alone could
he used to appeal to the Bombay for assis-
tance.
But they wire fired in vain; no sound of
them rcachd he English steamer as far as
is ut present Known, and noble ship, gal
lantly manned and and oilicered by gentle
men, who in mt few last moments of their
lives, raised % themselves AN imperishablc
monument ottamc, sank forever. Nothing
more touching can lie conceived than the
the picture of that devoted vessel firing at
intervals us the water gained on her, while
the only care of the band of heroes in whose
SuE WAS pluCtNl, was ~ save
the lives of their men and die at their posts.
History has no more noble deeds than these,
and il America is plunged in grief at the
loss of some of her brnvest sons she may de-
rive consolation from the lines which record
with profoHnd sorrow and admiration how
noblv thny died.
Meanwhile che English steamer proceed.
cd on h,r way, certain that il assistance
was required II rocket would he sent
L.. a
and was making water fast in her fore com
partment. The captain pushed forward to
Yokohama. and arrived there at 8 p. NJ. He
mentioned that he had been in
collision with vessel outside, but was evil
IDENTIFY unaware of its gravity. Before morn
ing, however, one of the two boats crews
which had got away from the Oneida had
rcachcad Yokohama, and the news of the
disaster was communicated to the senior
British naval officer the American Minister,
and some few of the residents. There were
connected with it calculated
to produce great excitement and it must
not bc wondered at that at such u moment
strong feelings lound expression. But, IA
they gradually camncd, the stronger Anglo
Saxon sense Of justice prevailed, and the
wish to learn what could be said of the
other side was paramount.
Meanwhile, all are loud in praise of the
and energy shown by Captain
StanhOpc, of II. VI. $. Ocean, and the anx-
iuty OF all nationalities to afford every posi-
bic assistance in this terrible emergency.
This appalling calamity naturally occu-
pics the attention of every one to the GXclu
sion almost Of every other consideration.
The following reported testimony was ad
,luGud before the court:
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