, 1870-04-02

and from What know OF where his room ruust
tho collision. Poor fellow! he 1T least escaped
the agony OF tho next ten minutes. The e1-
deme cold Of the water must have paralyzed
~ who were preGpitated into it. Twenty
officers Ind nincty-seven man wetc lost. four
officers and hfty-seven men saved Ar. Stewart
and Paymastef Tullock wero both eenn aftrr
tho ship sunk, but both went down before aii
could reach them.
"On hearing Of tho affair tho Admiral i'm
mediatcly gave orders for the Delaware to pry,-
coed to Yokohama We had reached this poiu.
when one Of tho engines broke down, antl the
Admiral will so on by mail stestner. We sla,l
probably return To .HonK-kong. The bodies Of
the lost have, suppose, been recovered beforn
this II there is anything in my power tbs.
may do for you, pray command me.
att seems to me 10 il in the Oneida went
down uca1ly al the friends that lad, 10 l,1,..
WAS with them. and James, particuIa.ly-a
better mesemate never walked tic deck. H.,
Was liked By everybody, and particularly By his
superior officers. Once ho had been mentioned
in dispatches to the Admiral for conduct during
q gale Of wind, and I know that le never
tlinched from danger. Had ho been on til,
Oneidas deck, he would have met his dcath a.
brayely as the rest. II can get any Of his
effects shal send them to You, for you must
value them next to himself.
In closing, allow me- to offer ny services
agaiu. Please accept for yourself, aud con-
vey to your family, my warmest sympathies
for them in sheis great aii'iction.
- hare the homer to Le. eir, your most oaa-
dent servant, E. ". FEny, Ensign
"Colonel George COVE, Washington.
D. c." -
The eubjoined letter from Payznaster Lyon,
United States Navy, has Just been received:
"rSI7I STATES SHIP 1nAuo,
. YOKOHAMA, Japan, Feb II, ls.h /
"No.,. Thomas L. Tulioek, IFashinJtDn, H. C.:
'.Nr DEAR sla; feel very great hesi:aucy
about int DtrqanF ID s fa1 a. en1
son,s ---n, "-tA q nieli'1s tore seeta ~ .hirL
ussnrances of our deem anir earnest symns;hr
You viii. doubtless. hayo seen in tho nav.r,.
Peis an account g. re terrible losa o. tho
of1,ccIs and ~ rev and en- .hsrstora m nss ~,
enn-oi No n.ir ~ -acornt;na tba hs,pnU;ne ~
Ss,a;ls o t''''- - '1s
u'sHTh aThe-o r,s M sb;, ~ INV oor,;,.oa -.
.-b;h tbs~, ~, - ..o -. ~ baa VI
m.nE af.;cs- uhn+, w. ,,r,r na,,Ii ~. n
s,aps nn1 81" o,,1J s ho saa5 foo w ,na ~ ~,
flanj 1'10 "Ao "o"'o W N1ASseo =. ~ a1A"1
a. Tbc ftns;ds rro , r-,,+ f.v,,;+a nrorr-
nhern md hor of;co,, 20 ,i,.r. usI.o,I,,
Mnste. suu nei "ueGts Nete u"a!a N91sotuo
is.tuas e1a ~ etci III smp anu AZ ssei5 nouse;
al4s tuen AZ; taese - - ~ oue laote Fl1zeu
hnu oet!eT losea tnan your son no one, no"
that nc Il gone, "no u spoken o. moro o1ten
anu more fcgEettuMF' He was o. such GENIAL
disposition, 50 fa!t Or ufe anu sunshine, SO
generous anu nsireutsn, 80 tue 20 nts 1t1cnus,
th5t he had won Ills R3y hight straight TO our
very heaIts, and bound himself there as WITH
hooks OF steel, 80 that We had learned to lovo
him almost as = brother had known him n IN
ti1natelr since We first met At Pensacola ~ 10,
when he was on the Pau Jones, ana from
much similarity N cur tastes and stmratases,
friendship had Sprung up between ns Which
il now to mc one 81 the most chef1nhen mem
oHcs Of my life. He was most excellent ola-
ce.> ono ot the hcsI N onr COTS, Mnel saS1ns ~
great pfaac u n.s o.nee' anu petloenlns ~ us
functions WIN e1aeHtuue ane Fl9np1aess.