The Johanne Auguste

The cross-libels in the above suits were filed to recover the damages respectively sustained by the owners of the barks Fontenaye and Johanne Auguste, through a collision which took place between the barks in the Atlantic ocean,'off Nantucket shoals, at about 4 a. m. of September 6, 1881. The Fontenaye claims damages to the amount of $16,000; and the Johanne Auguste, to the amount of $10,000. Each alleges that the collision occurred by the fault of the other. The stem and bow of the Fontenaye were carried away in the direction from port to starboard. The Johanne Auguste was struck and damaged…