District Court, E.D. New York December 15, 1869, Case No. 4,586 (The E. W. Gorgus)

BENEDICT, District Judge.

The collision, which is the foundation of this action, occurred on the 20th of November last, in the day time, at the mouth of the entrance to the Atlantic docks, between two steamboats, one of which, the William S. Earle, was intending to enter the docks, and the other, the E. W. Gorgus, was passing out of them.