The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-08

Palmer for A. A. Low. and su ,crssivcly COM
man ted the sam Russell and Oriental in tho
other brother. was Captain Of the HOgua and
Ht,rward Of tho David Brown. The Oriental
''Hl u'Wn " u.iN'Nt Hlol,T'on ~ .luN bHlhd
sons. and 70 the utter establishment Of the NOR
chants in England made tho pnssngc to Lon
don ~ ~ da. =. In isfS Can't. Nat Withdrew
from the t'n trade. and took tho steamer United
States ~ Germany In 1919 he retired from
siu. tfiIat limo he Interested himself I'm mod
cling ships and yarhts. lie WIS 20 grrnt spnr's-
man. huVtng been Tor years "A member of tho
famous Currtu x Club. which shoots in North
roll of membership i'm thc New York Yacht Cluh.
and Wns member fnr over thirty yrurs. H.,
modelled AMI owned seventeen yachts. lie WIS
in uuuy rn'ts anu WINS w'll known ~ every
vuehi-man of note in the country. le was "a
director pf the Fan River limo OF steamers. and
wills mainly instrumental IN uildng the splD NJ
dbl steamers bristol md Providence. HI and
william > Williams founded the Neptune line.
and I'M this venture lost u largo sum ot money
llohuught tho Circuit lt'pubii., the largest sailing
vessel 'v0rhuilt ior the gwBrother-. This ship
was ronstruated by Donald Mckay in Boston. m
made ono VOYAGE IN 1891 TO Liverpool. She took
fro ON her return, anu sank Ia Nrw York har-
Dor CAPT MT bought In" vessel a. u'tion.
,Cat Palmer dtha. MS hoWc was ~tonington.
but ban. brOihrr says, Can't. Nat home WA. the
whole world. Ic hal friends every whore, aud
was perfectly ut home wherever he vent iIc
VIA two or three years in London with tho GrcW
Republic. until she was chartered to the French
Governments When h. was in Liverpool with
the Slddons, the Englisn shiphuild,rs were
dis .ue~ing iron ships. and CAPT NHt laughed
~ them IT, lpJked at tle iron plato. AMI said
thai hr could iife nu7k"t ban through 1t; that
with IN old gun which ho had h" could sink any
oltheir iron shire. wlgrr was instantly mpde
that ne could not unhc his words good. The
IRON plate WIS put IN post on. and With an old
Wu4kt b" fired iiill through H. "" then
further aston shed the Engiisnmen by firing a
cunilc through a piece OF pine board.
capt Nat Wiu- a marvellous pilot. ana il was
said of HIM that lac could t,ll what was az the
bottom hy looking M the surface ~ tho wat w.
Iiocorrrcted m. United States con-i survey of
NIItl.a tff D.. .I
ne VISITED Thnnhlc Island near New Haven.
amt with James Gordon Bennett. W. 4. Doug
lass and others. enjoyed coot shooting. Al
il"uth s,N ny -ritiil years ol AZ hr WIS
hardy and active ANA was eyer ready COR sport
upon tnc water or w.th the fowing-pir
Capt Ai''k Palmer. who lives on the alto
OF tNruli upnN -t"ud I'm Stuniu..tpn. Is over 40
years at age. and has for many ysars been "A
m mb r. Of tn Connect nj Legislature. lie IL
uv'r .ho wlf"r IN small boat when the thor
mom't,r Is e,'.w ron Cart n Ak haf
siys that whom cnpt mt and he lett tine ava
they w"ro knocfed "ndwiso in business spnc-
acn'". lie T. u widlwr. lli- sons worship
him. nnd drligltto talk of his trip to the Nilke-
pcslc l~Wui. about three miles from Stoning-
ton H. GOES tn"re IN the d'ad ~ winter gum
Ming. H. has . largo silver cup which WAS pro-
s'ntsd 20 him for saving the p,isS'ngcr- and
crow Of IN" tngn-h sup Durutny. ON July ;.
res 'uing those on hoard the lll-fafed ship
Eugene In lSio. Capt Arrk il ono Of the
most retiring AMI mot St men IA Come tii ut,
Ills son. Nathaniel Brown Palmer who WINS
yosi 'rlry buried. WIS 81 years of ng 20 the ilnie
oi hiS d'nth, anI WAS va many ways y r mark.
uhi" nun. II mothers family. I'll" piN1n- Of
lho1' l~inni hav" ior vour- been prominent
~ lawyers and pubic men. His grundfhih' r
r pros nl..d i.lods Island IA the UnIttI StHt IS
Senate Mr.. pamrr'- uu -l,' WIS nnnriy nlh
OF a INJURY IN t'n-r 49,. Th" oldest y. ni1sr
Attorney for i,hui' l-Iani Mr. Palmer wished
- inivw ~" S'a. Tx ms father, bat vs. pr