The Virgo

BENEDICT, District Judge.

This action is brought to recover damages for injuries sustained by the schooner Speculator in a collision with the steamship Virgo, which occurred off the Jersey coast, on the night of the 11th of September, 1872. The steamer was at the time bound to the southward from the port of New York. The schooner was bound from San Bias to the port of New York. At the place of collision the Delaware light ship bore west by south, about 20 miles distant. The wind was easterly a good breeze; the night somewhat dark. The course of the steamship was south by west half west. The…