The J. L. Hasbrouck

BENEDICT, District Judge.

This action is brought to recover the value of the sloop Venus and her cargo, which vessel was sunk by a collision in the Hudson river, on the night of the 27th of November, 1869. The locality of the collision was off West Point, where the river makes two sharp turns in quick succession, one at Magazine Point above, and the other at West Point below. The time of the collision was about midnight, but lights could be seen at a distance of one-half to three-quarters of a mile. The tide was running strong ebb. The Has-brouck was a propeller bound up the river, at a speed…