fisherjien's memorial and record book. Ill 



connected with the department, B. II. Smith, Esq., Surveyor of the 

 District, telegraphed to the commandant of the Charlestown Navy 

 Yard, for a gunboat, and received reply that a vessel would at once 

 be sent to the assistance of the Ilorton. During the evening the 

 supply steamer Fortune, armed with two howitzers, arrived here from 

 the Navy Yard, and started in search of the supposed cruiser, taking 

 Mr. Robert McKenzie, one of the owners of the schooner, and Capt. 

 Robert Tarr, who was specially authorized by Collector Babson to 

 take charge of the Ilorton if they fell in with her, in the name of the 

 United States, and hold her as a derelict vessel, being found without 

 papers, ai^d bring her into port. The Fortune, after cruising all night 

 and Tuesday forenoon, returned, having failed to obtain any infor- 

 mation in regard to the cruiser. Her place was supplied by the steamer 

 Ley den, which cruised in the bay on "Wednesday, in search of the 

 Horton. 



Early on Tuesday morning, the cutter Mahoning arrived here from 

 Boston, accompanied by the revenue tug Hamlin, and both vessels 

 proceeded in search of the Horton, with instructions to allow no ves- 

 sel to interfere with her, but to bring her into port at any hazard. 

 Collector Babson also received a dispatch from the Collector at Port- 

 land, stating that the cutter McCulloch had sailed in search of the 

 vessel. But nothing was seen of either English steamer or the Yan- 

 kee fishing schooner, whose arrival was looked forward to with the 

 most intense anxiety, not only by our people, but all along the New 

 England coast. 



ARRIVAL OF THE HORTON HER RECEPTION DEMONSTRATIONS OF JOY. 



On Wednesday evening about half-past seven o'clock, the booming 

 of cannon at Rocky Neck .announced that the Horton had arrived. 

 The news quickly spread through the town, and there was general re- 

 joicing. Guns were fired, the bells were rung, and Young America 

 paraded the streets with drums, horns and torch-lights, firing pistols, 

 and having a general jollification, which was kept up till midnight. 

 Large crowds of people wended their way to Rocky Neck during the 

 evening, and Capt. Knowltou and his brave crew were heartily con- 

 gratulated upon the success of their bold undertaking. The fishing 

 owners were joyful over the event, while the fishermen gave vent to 

 their delight in the most enthusiastic manner. Interviewers for the 

 press were numerous, and dispatches, as per agreement, were imme- 

 diately sent from the Advertise}- office to the New York Herald and 

 Boston Post, giving the glad tidings of the safe arrival of the vessel. 



