The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-28
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Can you tell me briefly the story OF the
Wanderer, schooner yacht, said TO have
been engaged In the slave trade in 1858?
From Harper's Book OF Facts" I learn
that she was seized in New York on sus-
plcion. but was released on June 16, 1858.
Perhaps you can cite some sources which
give the story of this vessel and her
captains. Harper's Book OF Facts says
that Capt. Corrie was at one time In
command. while Appleton's encyclopedia of
American Biography" states that John
Egbert Farnum was commander and was
indicted at Savannah for carrying on
slave trade. vIDELIcET.
The two names have to do with dis
tinct incidents In the career Of the Wan
derer. She was a schooner yacht of 243
tons register and fitted with every luxury.
Soon after launching she was bought for
$4,000 by Col. william c. Corrle. a resi-
dent Of Charleston. s. c.. and OF Wash
ington. In company with a swift COM
panion schooner she was seized at Port
Jefferson. L. l.. by the reven,t cutter
Harriet Lane in the evening OF June o.
1853. and brought to New York. The ar
rest was made on suspicion Of fili-
clustering or slave trading, but as soon as
the case could be heard in court the libel
was dismissed and the vessel released.
That the suspicion was well founded was
made clear by the later fact that the
Wanderer did run "A cargo OF slaves from
Africa and was brought into Savannah
for adjudication. Her master at the time
Of the capture was John Egbert Farnum.
who was put on trial. The record of the
result Is not Immediately accessible. but
1t appears to have been an acquittal for
Gen. Farnum served with bravery and
distinction in a Pennsylvania regiment
throughout the civil war. later held office
in the New York Custom House and died
May i6. 1870. This vessel Is not to be
COMPOUNDED with the British yacht Wan
derer. which engages with one OF the OBJ
scure tragedies Of the South Sea. on a
voyage from San Francisco toward sgd
ney this Wanderer touched at Guadal-
canar in the Solomon Islands. her owner,
Benjamin Boyd, accompanied by a single
Kanaka went into the bush to shoot
pigeons and was never seen again. Thirty
years later cruisers In the Solomon ISL
ands we're still distributing to the saw
ages calicos and axes bearing the legend
Boyd. we are looking for you"
What are the real facts under the
legends of the Coronation Stone now pre-
served at Westminster Abbey
UNMILiTANr.
Behind the distinct historical fact that
the Scottish coronation stone was brought
from Scone 20 Westminster by Edward
l. In 1896 there Is a mixture OF legend
material. in fact a double mixture. This
historic stone begins with Genesis. xviii
is, Jacobs pillow OF stone at Bethel. which
he erected as a divine pillar with the
pouring OF Oil This stone was In the pos
session OF the Tuatha De Danann when
they were expelled from Greece. and by
way OF Scandinavia and Scotland came to
Ireland, ammo mundi 1893. They set the
stone at Tara and named IL Liza Fail. the
stone OF destiny The Tuatha De Danann
follow the Firbolg in Irish history and
Immediately precede the Mllesians. About
A. d., 517. Murkertagh gave the Lila Fail
to the King OF Dalriada, who carried II
to Dunstaffnage Castle In Scotland. Ken
meth MacAlpine about SAL drove out the
Danes, established the Scots capital at
Scone and there deposited Lila Fail. The
germ OF all the legend, the presence OF h
wonder working stone. Is a classic OF folk
religion: dozens such are recorded. The
attribution of the provenence OF this
purely pagan stone to Jacob at Bethel Is
a late addition; II could not have been
made until Ireland had become a Christian
community. Another break in the chain
Is found at Scone itself. The stone which
To 70 NJ,
cannot be the stone now in Westminster
Pathological examination has established
that the stone taken from Scone To West
minister was dug out OF the very quarry
which supplied the structural material for
the Augustinian abbey at Scone.
What are the landmarks OF speed In
transatlantic travel? I know that land
marks Is a trifie out of the sea metaphor.
but don't know exactly what else TO use.
Now we have the four day passage. when
was the six day passage a record. and the
seven and so back? =. X. L. MATTHEWS.
Call them daymarks In the early days
of Atlantic steam navigation anywhere
from ten days to fortnight was used up
between New York and England, and on
the eastward voyage 1t was by no means
unusual for some OF the sailing packets
OF Grinnell and Minturn. red. white and
blue swallowtall burgee. and OF Tommy
Tapscott. black ball on burgee and fore
topsall to beat the numbering side
wheelers. The first steamer to cut under
the ten day voyage was the Persia In
1855 with 9 days I hour As minutes.
This remained a record for ten years until
the Scotia in 1865. s days 2 hours IS
minutes. Topped Off a whole day. Three
years later the City OF Brussels in 1869
established the seven day class, with
days 20 hours minutes. 1t was not I'M
til 1882 that the six day boat claimed the
record. the Alaska, with 8 days IS hours
81 minutes The five day class was
opened In 1889 by the City OF Paris. with
days 10 hours IS minutes. The first
OF the four day class was the Lusltania
in 1908, with days Is hours The record
Is now held by the Mauretsna. with a
passage in 1910 Of days 10 hours 81
minutes.
What Is the legend of the historic
Three Fountains outside OF Rome?
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