The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-06

ea4 from tho Anshss of har guns that she
vas q corvette ship. mounting twenty-two
guns. and that they believed themselves
that u WAS no other than the Wasp, hut
after being 20 calamity beaten OF and
having suffered ~ severely they were
reluctant tn acknowledge how inferior tho
force was which Inflicted - severe .
chAstissusnt on them.
q app@ars by the LteltehahI's own ac-
count that the action lasted several hour.
that the fFigate sheered on Ia reh;. In
tending. II circumstance would permit Of
u. 10 renew The action NJ daylight. which
was not far disiaht. hut &C earlls-' dawn
there was 10 ve-lige OF hs gallant opponent
Prom the crippled state 81 Nhe ships and
the short intervening time lstween the
separation and daylight the Lieutenant sbe-
lieved Il impossible that they could have
been out OF sight Of each other 10 their
opponent had been above water.
II WaR during tho .roable with the
narbary powers that the little shin Eper-
vier % tT7 tons. manned by l7s mon.
sailed ont through tho Strait Of Oh
bfaltAr ON july ~. bearing desoatches
from Commodore Decatur and from
Llsuts. Neal. Yarnan and Drury The
diaaDpsarance of the Epervier recalls
the relief Of the ancients that the rocks
of Gibraltar Wsre the pillars % the earth
and that beyond this point you we're aDt
10 sail OF the edge Il the world into the
nOthingness Of outer darkness.
The little schooner Lyny; under com;
ont Of sight with her crew Of hfty In IS1O.
There vas the similar case q the forty
eight ton wildcat. which vas cruising
in the West Indies with her thirty-One
men and which after q certain date was
never a"g =; S q S w, Ihs syria vas Is
Command Of Lieut.. II. Y. V. Robinson
and V supposed 90 have foundered with
In lev OF the recent talk Of Antarctic
expeditions the fate of the littls tender
SEA- Gull is u interest. The Sea Gull
vas a 100 ton pilot boat With q Grew Of
fifteen and vas acting A. q tender for
Admiral Charles wilkes's exploring ex-
Dedition She was last ssen by the Flying
Fi@h. which parted company la order
% seek shelter in Falae Cape Horn. The
Passed Miahipman J. W. y. Reid The
loss occurred in lsae
The Great Lakes have not been without
q CIR mysterious loases Of naval vessels.
On the night Of August 10. isis. tho little
schooner Hamilton 10 suDDosed - have
oaDsizcd and been lOat With all on board
while irving tn weather the ensmy's
(Graat Britair'sl sauadrons and u u sup
posed that all hands were az quarters
and the guns cast loose at the time Of the
mishap.
Mention may also be made OF the de-
struction Of the briG Reprisal OF the coast
OF Newfoundland in t77S and the fatal
cruise Of the ship MAcedo0ian In it72.
The Repriaal was the FIRST United States
vessel that aver visited Europe. whittier
she carried Benjamin Franklin soon altar
the Declaration OF undergraduates. OF
n her crew the ccok alone was saved
In Is17 the Macedonian with q crew %
11 men started on q cruise u th. West
Indies Before she returned TO an Ayneri-
can port I0s men had died Of yellow fever
The record Of the United ssabes sloop OF
var Albany. kept At tho Navy Dipart-
m.ut concludes 90 follows:
November ~ isSs -CommAnder !. r..
Gerry took command. sailed from A-pin-
vail 10 cruise in West ihdS~- a. part Of
squadron of Commodore }. r Newton.
Last heard from under date Of september
-. 1854
In connection with the lOaa OF the Nina
IL il interesting To recall that IL was this
vessel which vas towing the Galena when
the latter went aground on Gay Head.
MarthA's Vineyard. in March, 1894 The
Galena was an old wooden vessel which
was aftsrWard hauled OF and sold. hut
the accident resulted in re SUSPENSION
from rank and dutV of Lieutenant 4 om-
mander GeOrEe 4. Bickns u for one year