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THE GOVERNMENT SAVES $250. 
It would be unjust to end this adventure without ac- 
cording due credit to him whose close navigation and 
sound judgment cai'ried us safely through it, — Mr. E. 0. 
Carnes, the sailing-master of the ship, then a passed-mid- 
shipman, and now the occupant of a Wall Street office. 
The hardships of that cruise, combined with a latent dis- 
taste for the sea, disgifsted him with the navy and caused 
him to resign his warrant. Fortunately for the Expedi- 
tion, he could not hear of the acceptance of his resigna- 
tion by the Government until our arrival at San Francisco, 
when he was thrown upon his own resources and allowed 
to find his way home as best he could. 
AVe now shaped our course for Shanghae, and while 
entering the AVoo-sung River the propeller suddenly 
“ran down,” and forced us to anchor to avoid drifting 
on shore. AVe could not imagine what caused this sin- 
gular stoppage, and resorted to every device to get it to 
start again. AVe finally had to blow ofi* steam and trust 
to our sails to get us up to the city, which was only a few 
miles oft’ It took us several days to accomplish this; and 
we could not but wonder what would have been our fate 
had it failed us during or immediately after the gale. 
AVe were subsequently engaged more than two months 
repairing it, — a great loss of valuable time, and the source 
of considerable expense to the Government. 
