District Court, D. Maine March 22, 1854 (The Nautilus)

WARE, District Judge.

It seems hardly possible that two vessels approaching each other, both moved by steam and thus having *1252the complete control of their own motions, in a river of ample width to allow a safe passage, and in an' evening light enough for them to be seen, even without signal lights, at the distance of half a mile, should come in collision without faults on one side or