The C. F. Ackerman

BENEDICT, District Judge.

These are cross-actions brought to recover the damages-caused by a collision that occurred in Long Island Sound on the 31st of November, 1876, between the schooner Palestine and a tow.

The schooner was bound to the westward closehauled upon a north northwest wind. The tow was bound to the eastward, and consisted of the tug C. F. Ackerman with three heavily-loaded barges in tow astern. The allegation on the part of the schooner is that she held her course, and the tug failed to keep out of her way, as she was bound to do. The allegation on the part of the tug is that…