Such were the loud and startling words which resounded through the air, above the vast watery desert of the Pacific, about four o'clock in the evening of the 23rd of March, 1865.
Ekkor hatalmasan zengő hang hasított át a levegőn, s ezek a szavak hallatszottak: Dobjatok ki minden súlyos holmit... mindent! Rajta, és Isten irgalmazzon!