Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-12

6E3<ZTSxN Information OF the loss
~&EW y Of the Levant and the
~ Porpoise, on board OF
both of which were
ES< some officers residents
OF Washington I COM
ply with his request
and obtained the in
formation from the
Navy Department through the kindness Of an
| old friend. Mr.. W. p. Moran, who for nearly half
. century has occupied position in that de-
partment There 10 nothing known OF either
Of these ships. They went down into the depths
of the ocean. leaving not . shred Of anything to
| tell the tale Of their loss.
The Porpoise sailed from Norfolk on the 18th
| of June. 1853, with the North Pacific and ex-
ploring expedition under Commodore Perry.
| and was lost in 1854 She parted company with
| the Vincennes on the 2lst OF September 1854
and 10 supposed to have gone down in q typhoon
in the China seas. Nothing was ever heard of
| her and the department contains the above
memorandum ia the book where her departure
is registered. The officers Of the Porpoise
were VIM. King Bridge. commander; william
Riley. passed midshipman; S. l. Bliss, passed
| midshipman; VIM. W. Van Wyck. passed mid
shipmsn: G. J. B. Baber, midshipman; as
| sistant surgeon. ]. H. Stuart, and captain's
clerk, 8. J. Potts, ir.
| Passed Midshipman VIM. Riley was the son
4 Va <AeJ. AhSAAAs H. nAAty. VINO rcslGed on
| Capitol Hill, and who was, think clerk
| the Post Office Department. Just before sa...
ing he married Miss Roche who subsequently,
became Mrs. Admiral Febeger, whose sad death
from being thrown from her carriage year or
| two ago was duly chronicled in The STAR
Mr.. Samuel ]. Potts, jr.. was the son OF Mr.
| Potts, q well-known resident of Washington
| and brother Of the late John Potts who was for
| years chief clerk of the War Department and
| Of Andrew X. Potts who Was one of the rro-
/ py,A ~ ba h>Sro
sequently assistant sergeant-at-arms Of the
| House Of Representatives.
rHR CASE OF TIE IEvASr.
The Levant sailed from Boston on the 5th
Of June, 1859. for the Pacific. The last intelli-
| gence the department had from her was on the
18th Of September, $780, when she left Homo
| lulu, Sandwich Islands. The officers of the
| Levant were Commander W. E. Hunt Lieut.
W. c. B. 8. Porter, Lieut. Edward C. Stout
| Lieut. Colville Territt, Lieut. Richard 7.
Bowen, Passed Assistant Surgeon J. s. Gillian
Assistant Surgeon William Bradley, Purser
Andrew J. Watson, Master l. c. Moselsy, Cap
| tain's Clerk A. o. Snuff Purser's Clerk
Clement Woodward, Surgeons Stewart Frank
Bonito, First Lieut. Of MarinessR J. Browning,
Assistant Gunner Robt ]. King, Carpenter J ohm
| Jarvis, Sailmaker Charles I. Frost.
| Lieut. Porter was q relative OF Gen. Fitz
John Porter. Lieut. Edw. C. Stout married
daughter Of Admiral Aulick and is well remem-
oereu mere. Lieut. Goiviiie ierritt was. think,
| Purser Andrew ]. Watson was a member of the
| well-known family of that name who resided in
the first ward he was a brother Of Capt las
NJ Watson Of the navy, Josiah Watson of the
marine corps ana VIM. II. watson, who was Tor
| Gen. Gibson. Purser Watson was one of the
| pest SHOWN men ABOUT town Tor years, mem
Der OF the clubs then in existence notably the
que when mao i'e rooms AZ tne corner OF
| Louisiana avenue ana otn street Inc purser
ssnea Asorile, a very wen READ man
snu ouarm ming coh'ersaaonist inose Tour
| orVthsTs' aii gone now, were as wen known ana
| AZ nishiy esteemeu as any men OF their day.
furser Watsons clerk, Clement Woodward,
| was tnink' tne son OF MI. woodward who
| neio LOT years position IN the navy yard Or
| tnese Two Nesseis' as OF the hornet, never a
| snfeo OF information was obtained nor any
remnant OF them found.
Inc im-iated Somers, from whose yard arm
of nirscy ~ consnir.cr or o
charge, capsized off Vera Cruz. and many of
her officers and men we're drowned.
ST. BRANpAS AND AMERICA
Some wear o. two ago had occasion N hmm,
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| Auere1' eno iouhu III the Astor LIBRARY,
| through Pooies Dictionary of Contemporary
| Literature, magazine srticle claiming the first
discovery of America to have been made by an
| Irish monk, ST. Brandan, and In a recent num-
| Der OF the Pilot L hnd a confirmation of the
claim. which has been established by life of
| St Brandan, written by Bishop Moran of Aus
tralia- 1t appears from the documents and
maps left that the saint made two voyages to
| this continent in the year 600. and penetrated
| the country as far as Ohio, where he founded a
monastery. and leaving some of his followers he
returned to Ireland and sought other colonists.
| 1t 10 said he sailed up the Chesapeake bay as
/ far as the mouth of the Susauehanna, and from
| what remains of his documents found in Nor
| way. Belgium, France and Germany he sailed
/ up the Potomac as far as Harper's Ferry and
| from there reached what is now Ohio saw
/ 1t stated some time since that Gen Butterteld
| while in Paris had made some interesting dis
coveries Of the early settlement in Ohio made
Dy TINS irish SAINT. nus nie Is 70 De repuo,
to sxi,t are to he renroJnced 20 snhsssn, ;a
his claim and add another title to the green isle
~ the home Of the scholar and discoverer.
| THE BRONZE DOORS AT THE FAIR.
Anne montbs aeo I ureed tb,onub the co,-
=, a., ~s;s,.,. O. -"
amns VI AhE oiAh ING eAnioi.ioh ~ ene ooium-
bian fair at Chicago as part OF the govern
msnt exhibit the bronze doors at the Capitol
in which the life of Columbus il so graphically
depicted by the lamented Randolph Rodgers.