Oriental sailed at daylight. “Jim”, our queer, crack-brained (!) Shanghai-love-affair sailor, ran away last week. He is seen in “Choky”
Cornelius B. Gold
(1839 — 1921). In December of 1861, Gold sailed for Hong Kong aboard the ship Oriental with a cargo of coal. In Hong Kong, he found passage on the Jabez Snow to Liverpool with a load of hemp and sugar. From Liverpool he made his way to Cork and then sailed home on the City of Manchester, arriving in March, 1863.
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