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...bond, furnished by a surety company, that the Marion L. Mosher would land her cargo of liquor at St. John, New Brunswick. She landed at St. John, but without her cargo. The surety company refused to pay the bond or the ground that the original seizure of the vessel had been illegal. Judge Woodrough of the United States District Court ruled that the seizure was justifiable...
American blue-jackets from a gunboat anchored nearby, who arrested 15 soldiers, but not before they had injured the captain of the vessel and three women, including the wife and daughter of the Dollar line agent...
Steamers arriving at IChang on the Yang-tsze Kiang River declare that the American steamer Alice Dollar and a British vessel under convoy of the U. S. gunboat Monocacy were fired upon at Chung-King. The Monocacy returned the fire, not without effect...
...first cable was effective for less than a month, owing to use of currents of too great potential, and very few messages were sent. Field was still active in seeking capital, and organized a new company which bought the Great Eastern, largest vessel of its day. On July 27, 1865, the new cable was finally completed, and from that time development has been rapid...
...vessel, called the Nuova Italia (New Italy), is not an Italian boat, but was taken from the Germans. Literary, artistic and historic works outweigh all other subjects, only a small section being devoted to industry and commerce...