The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-06-04
The barbarian Acts Of the Heather and
Fanaiieai Koreans.
First Auihentie Oiiicial Report Com'
modore schiey's Statement.
The Severe Punishment That was IN
nicted ON q Later oeeasion-fagan
Prejudice suppiantsd bya
Hot. shot Treaty.
GENERAL WASHINGTON REPORTS
The story of the Burning OF the sherman

The story OF the burning OF the sherman
WASHINGTON, June 2.-Lleut. George
q. Fsnlk, of the navy, under date oil
Xalkorea, March 18Th, has sent TO the
navy department an sccount OF the de-
struclion of the American schooner
Sherman aud the bohesilng OF a portion
of her crew ON the Yellow sea coast OF
Korea, In 1866. The narrative was pre-
pared from accounts obtained from
Korean Christian, of good standing, ana
In published for the first tlmo. Lieut..
FAulk saws the Sherman arrived in the
Felong river in August and anchored n
short distance below Phy0ng Yang city.
The schooner Sherman WAS seen from
the walls OF Phyong Yang and was the
cause oi much excitement, but on ac'
count Of the dangerous condition OF tho
river, which was then very hign, no
boats vontUred near her Tor something,
and when the water began 10 subside
the provisional governor scot oincefS 70
enuu ra her mission. The common peo.
ple took advantage of the departure OF
these officers Tor the Sherman 70 granny
their own curiosity and v err with them,
the ~bOlo party being In large neet Oh
small boats, which put out IRON the
shoe together. The Sherman people
apprnaching expedition, considered the
movement rs a hostile demonstration
ana fred several shots in the air. Ihe
officers, accompanied by all the other
peuple, nc once turned back ana re-
turned To The city. The river ieil rap
idly after this and In q few days the
sherman went aground. rms " ts seen
froui tho city walls, and another hoet OF
bon.s came towards the schooner; this
time with hostile intentions, the people
heinz armed. Shots were Hgtin hred
from the Shermsn ana Inc
Koreans turned back IA be
fore. Both the officers aud the
people of this city Here now enrage9'
Boats were loaded with combustible
material aud taken 70 points above the
schuoner's anchorage. Here thoy We're
fred sad allowed TO drift down upon
her. The Sherman was soon in flames.
Her peopie Jumped overheard to save
themselves, but most or thc were
drowned. A few were picked up by
Korean boats. The prisoners were
brought before Kamsa and examined.
Sherman. All efforts TO save
themselves were useless, however, and
In few DAYS they were led out OF prison
and beheaded. Up to 1870 the United
States govern ment could learn nothing
of the Snerman's destruction. In that
yea Rear Admiral John Rogers, In
command of the Asiatic squadron, was
ordered to investigate her loss.
COMMODORE scHLEY'S STATEMENT
Commodore Schley, of Greedy fame,
was at til @ time connected with tnat
station az lieutenant COMMANDER. ne
ferring to the expedition to-day he SAID:
"Tbe Asistic squadron Went
to the Yellow sea ana 10
the mouth of the Salllyar.
something of the Sherman's loss. In
order to ascend the river, we obtained
permission from the Korean off1cia's to
make a survey of it. The squadron
assembled the river Tor some distance,
The Palo and Monocacy continued
further. The two essels were nrea
upon from the Korean fortificatlons ana
returned to the other vessels Oh 'ne
squadron. Admiral Rodgers, sent a
message TO the Korean officials, giving
them 10 days in which they might make
explanation for firing on an
American vessel. No attention
was given to the communication
and at the expiration OF
10 DAYS the admiral determined to Sc
cure an explanation by force. W., we
landed 1000 men and attacked the for
tifications. The result was that nearly
zoo Koreans were killed and l,5OO taken
nrisoners. We lost only % or 30 men.
The explanation afterward given Tor
firing on our vessels was that the no
reans never allowed a foreign vessel 10
90 up the river without hiring on IL.
Our Investigation of the Sherman's de-
struction was terminated because OF inc
fight with the Koreans"
Commodore Schley attributes to THIS
fight the making OF the Korean treaty
with the United States about two year
ago.