New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-02

vrsssLs MIssING.-Among the vessels now
;..ng is the brig Attention, Robert j. Chase,
ter. of and from Boston for rcrnambuco. sailed
~, Is. She had no, arrived Feb % nor has she
'.nce been heard from. Captain Chase a ma
.-eaC Salisbury. Mass. and wa married thirty-six
Sour. previou. TO his sailing, to Miss Helena NJ.
freeman. who took passage in the vessel. The other
passenger. were Mrs. Fisher and son, and Mr..
Charles II. Hayward.
The whale ship Cadmus, from sag Harbor, on
the night Of October 90 in the Gulf Stream. came
N contact with a vessel unknown, supposed TO be
a schooner. which It was feared went dow, soon
after a. the {. hove To and set a light but nothing
more was seen ef the unknown. and il j. now fear
"a that She was t,e Attention, which was an her
maphrodi,c brig, and mgltbe supposed schooner
in the night.
Another vessel missing is the schooner Cclum-
ria, Quo t.. Wilson, master. OF and from Boston.
for St Thomas and Porto Cabello. sailed Dec. O.,
and has not since been heard from. She va, a
good vessel. about six years old, bilt in Maryland
valued al about $4,000. and Insured in Boston for
$500. She was owned by >lr. Sila- 6. Whitney,
and had a cargo Of wine, beef, pork, soap cordag"
G,h, chairs. &c, shipped by different persons,
about one-third of which was insgred.-l y. .. Pic
FRoM CANPFACHY.-B the arrival of the
schooner Litchfeid Captain Smith, in days from
Campeachy, we have some late information from
Yucatan. On the 9th instant. a L. ;. sloOp of war
belonging TO the West India squadron, touched at
Camp0achy on her way to Vera Cruz The Texas
war schooner san AHtonio was at Campeachy
having on board one of the Santa Fe prisoners who
had escaped and made his way 10 Toba SEQ, where
tho Texas schooner was lying. and by which he
was rescued. The San Anfoaio was to sail in
a.. H.. g.
fitting.
The citizens OF Uca'an were anXiOu.y ex rect-
ing the arrival of the new Commissioners from
Santa Ana, who were empowered to settle the diff
fculties now existing between them, bu, it is sup
posed tina, 40 treaty can be made, as the will of
Santa Ana is we'll known to be adverse to one. The
consequence viii be war; for which active prepara-
lions are now making by the Yucatecos. The man
of.war "lucatan' was to sail in a few DAYS, the
"Gen'l LeIlan" .nd two schooncrs were living in
the roadstcad awaiting orders. The "Litchiicld'
brought 10 cases of antiquities and specimens of
Natural History. The Governor has promulgated
decree confirming the powers of Col. Francisco
Peraya, "a Nucaiancse Agent in Texas, and re-
peating the instructions relative to the cooperation
Of the Yucatanesc and Texan navies, with the cN-
ception of one clause prohibiting hostile operations
upon Matamoros. \. o. Bee
EXTRAORDINARY CAPTURE.-A devil fish OF I'M
usual size taken by some negro fishermen on
the reef that runs out from Castle Pinckney about
| o'clock Yesterday morning, and carried with
extreme difficulty into Market Wharf The size
of this extraordinary inhabant of the deer, so sell
dom seen in our waters, Is by actual measurement
as follows: length feet from the head to the root
of the tail breadth II feet inches breadth OF
to mouth 2 C,ot - inches. length of flaps horns