The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-06-03
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Tho Disappearance Of a schooner now AZ
counted for.

The Disappearance Of Schooner now Ac.
counted for.
wAsulxeroS, Juno e.-Lieutenant Geo.
o. FOulk, Of the navy, under date of Seoul,
oorea, March 20, has sent TO the Navy
Department an account Of the; destruction
.of the American schooner Sherman, and
the beheading Of a portion Of the crew,
on the yellow Sea, coast Of Corea, in 1886.
The narrative was prepared from accounts
obtained from a Corean' Christian OF good
standing, and is published for the -iirst
time. Lieutenant Foulk says:
The Sherman arrived in the Felong
river In Aug st and anchored a short dis
lance below Phyong Yang City. The
sherman was seen from the walls Of
Phyong Yang, and was tile cause OF much
excitement; but on account Of the danger.
ous condition ofsthe river, which was then
very high, no boat ventufed near her for
some time. When the water subsiled,
the Provincial Governor sent officers to
inquire her mission. The common peo.
pie took advantage OF tho, departure Of
these officers 10 crafty their curiosity and
went with them, the whole party being
a large ileet OF small boats, which put
out from the shore together. The
Sherman's people, not understanding the
object the approaching expedition, con.
Edering the movement as hostile and
fired several shots In the air. The officers,
accompanied byall the other people, at
once turned back. The river fell rapidly
after this, aud in a few days the Sherman
went aground. This was seen from the
city walls aud another fleet Of boats came
toward the schooner, this time with
hostile intent, the people being armed
Shots we're again flred from the sherman,
and the Coreans turned back. as before.
Bot' oiIicefsapd people were now enraged.
"Boa,s were loaded with combusuble
material and taken tn points above the
schooner. Here they were fred and allow
ed TO drift down upon her. The Sherman
was soon ia flames. Her people jumped
overheard TO save themselves, but most Of
them disappeared beneath the waves. A
few were picked up by the Corean boats.
The prisoners were brought before the,
kansa and examined, They told the OBJ!
ject OF the Sherman's coming. All efforts
TO save themselves were useless however,
and in q few days they.were led out OF
prison and beheaded,"
Up to 1870 the Uniie1 States Govern
ment. could learn nothing OF the sher.
mans destruction. In that year Admiral
John Rodgers, In command OF tho Asia.ip
station, was ordered 10 investigate her
loss. Commodore Schley, Of Greedy re-
lief fame, was at the time connected with
the station Us Lieutenant Commander.
Referring to tho eEpeditionyesterday, he
said: s4l
"The Asiatic squadron went 70 the Yel-
low Sea and TO hemonth Of the Sale river,
our object being to learn, II possible,
something Of tbe Sherman's loss. In or.
der to ascend The river vs obtained per-
mission to make a survey OF II, Tho
squadron assembled the river for some dis
tango. The Palos and Monocacy con.
tinued further. The two vessels were
fired upon from the Goreap fortlAcatioHs
and returned to the other vessels OF the
squadron AdnirRli Rodgers sent q mes
sago to the Corean oficials giving them
ten days in which they might make ali
explanation for firing on the American
vessels. 10 attention was paid 70 this,
and at the end Of the ten days the Admiral
determined to secure an explanation BY
forns. we landed ! 900 mfn and attacked
the iortiicati0nG. Theresultwas thatnearly
rs Corcaus were killed aud sb0ut1 100 taken
prisoners We lost twenty-five Of thirty.
The explanation afttrward given for firing
on our vessels was that the Goreans meyer
allowed a foreign vessel to go up the river
without firing omit. Our Investigation et
the Sherman was ended because of the
SSht With the Coreans,"
Comm niofe eShley attributes tothis fight
the making Of The Corean treaty with the
United States about two years ago.
W ~ American lssa ~ Z.
w4surxoroN, D. G., June g.-Thp fol-
lowing dispatch from Admiral Jouett rela-
tive to the trouble between certain
Columbian States has been received at the
aThe President Of Columbia empowers