The Nereus

BLATCHFORD, District Judge.

This is a libel for a collision which occurred about 11 o’clock, a. m., on the 24th of November, 18(!5. between the schooner Connecticut and the steam propeller Nereus, in the East river, off Twentieth street in the city of New York. The schooner was bound from Elizabetbport, New Jersey, to Bridgeport, Connecticut, and was beating up the East river, against a strong breeze from the north northeast, the tide being strong flood. Tbe Nereus was a large steam propeller, bound in the same direction with the schooner. The schooner, while on her starboard tack, approached…