The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-02-03

LOT western mixed Nothing new In provisions.
BosroN. Feb. ,, ls4s-FourTh effect of the steam
ers has been to unsette the market and report
sales Of 900 barrels good Western brands with Genese
SO At So SIX, which was lax cents below previous
rates Corn-Salss of 5000 bushels made consist
ing Of COED new Western at 81 cts the market closed
80 cents Osts-Saes of 1850 bushels at so cents
quiet
Shipping Intelligence.
Deposit. do CID ship. Market and souhsrnei '"S
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Marine Affairs.
STEAMSHIP AcADA.-At meeting of the passengers
on board the British and North American Royal Mall
Steamship Acadia ON Saturday, the 2sth day of Jan
ls4s, Doctor John O. Green was chosen chairman and
John Brydon, Esq Secretary
committee Of three, consisting of Joseph Reed ESQ.,
Rev. j. B. Smith, and Henry w Meade, Esq, was ap-
pointed to draft resolutions expressing the sentiment
Of the passengers respecting the conduct of the captain
and other officers OF the vessel on this the first voyage Of
This committee subsequently, reported tho following
xaSn vas adopted ordered to be
for publication to the papers in Boston, New
York, and Liverpool.
ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIP ACADIA
Jan. 90, ls49, off Halifax (
Dear Sir: We, the undersigned, passengers ON board
the above ship, from Liverpool to Halifax and Boston
beg to congratulate the Of your first trip
In nor, a. commander and to express warmest &C.
acknowledgements for the kind attentions
we have uniformly met with at your hands.
We DESIRE also to testify highest approval of the
excellent in every part for the
safety and Io%for Of your ably supported
Simpson, and oil others under your command.
With every wish for your future prosperity and hap
piness We are, dear sir,
Very truly, yours,
(Signed by a. passengers)
JAMES SreNE, Esq.
Commander of the Acadia.
LIoHr HOUSE AT CAPE AouhHAs-The following
communication from Mr. Chase our consul for the Cane
OF Good Hope now In this city, upon the erection of
light house at Cape Aguhas will be of interest to many
and the article referred to in his letter describing the
the exact position must be Of great service to
the merchants and commanders of the whole mercantile
world
Mr. EDIroR-sir From one of the late Care of Good
Hors Shipping end Mercantile Gosetes, of Nov 18th,
that long desired light house Is being erected on
Cape Agulhas point of land rocks in South Africa
Which must be passed by vessels of nations
Since the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope this
dangerous point has been unghted and many ns YES.
Some six eight years ago. a subscription was com.
menced in the Cape Colony extended to the se of
purpose Of erecting light house ut Aguhas and about
Ell 500 subscribed and paid up The subscriptions
we're however, stopped by an intimaton that the Brit
tish government would place the much desired light
there without delay.
The government have however, deferred the impor
undertaken to complete the work on condition Of hay
ing the subscriptions above mentioned (which have re-
interest) transferred to the government
During the last fourteen years two American yesses
Hollis, and Montgomery, Capt Constant both Of Bps
ton Both Of these highly esteemed intelligent and ex
snoeqv vh. IN Tex. g. Their opinion very
the light house should be placed in order the
The FIRST named gentleman wrote communications
which were published in the Gazette aud the second
gentleman was examined in evidence before committee
nation on this point; and happy to find that the
government surveyors appointed examine pereonay
the Locality haze pitched on the very point marked
most important business, which concerns the entire
shipping Of the world trading to the East would res
pscfuy suggest the proprisy copying the article in
am, Sir, Your obedisnt servant
United States Consul for the Cape Of Good Hone
CAfE AcULHAs LIeHr-The southsrnmost promon-
tory OF our vast Continent consists Of extensive fat
at whose an isolated emnsnce the
mnating point Of which Ii the Cape das Agulhas Tor
Cape OF the Needlss) 30 named by Bartholomew Diaz
the great Portuguese because at the time
rounded 1t he found the magnetic needle and the true
north to concde in other words that there was 40
magnetic declinaton (or yaraon the popular term
Is. The highest part of the above eminence was by
levels taken by Tfsos Macear, Esq, Astronomer Roy
AL found TO be 1856 feet above the seas level On par.
tsuar part this HILL and at an elevation which would
have the focus of light between thres aud four
hundred feet above the sea- the Surveyor General 1t
Colonel Michel, proposed In 1889 erecting the light
house, and under the sanction Of the Board of Trinity
made all his arrangements accordingly when In the car
y part Of the present the of fresh
lamity in the immediate neghborhood suggested the
ceesty Of remembering two important points viz: l.
The particular part Of the coast wherein the Pharos
should BE- placed a.The elevation to be given to the
light The nrst of these occasioned BY the asssr.
tions made by some that Northumberland Point
and not Cape Agulhas itsef was the real point of
ger The second in that light placed at or near the
top of the HILL would frequently be enveoped In
dense cloud said to occur there to be of compare
lively little use The subject having baen brought M
Honorable hv Tho
surveyor General May and June ls4D-who in the
meantime was proceeding With minute survey Of the
who instantly such information to collect
ed from the logs Of MS ships and the observation
their commanders bearing upon the subject OF the cloud
mist said to conceal frequently the Agulhas hill
His Exceleney also dsspatchedH Nj steamer Rosa mond
Rosamond (Nessrs Russell, Rees, and Ashton) under
the command OF Capt Eoote with orders to enter fully
on the spot and copjonty with that oicer to sx de-
fnitsy upon the most eligible site for the proposed
lighthouse Accordingly on the 18th June of the pre-
sent year, the above mentioned officers assembled at
struys Bay early in the morning and devoted whole
ofths day to minute inspection Of the coast and also
flor obvious reasons of the relief of the various esures
Of the Agulhas Height the levels of (which had for the
purpose, been previously taken by the Surveyor
to which have already alluded, also heard and
unanimously agreed
Ist-Thst Cape Asulhas itself was the attest spot for
ad-That the site should not be the top Of the bill
on part oI bne unuer feature or the which,
has.
Tho site 50 selected $50 yards due north of the near
est poiat OF the beach; Its latitude and longitude
(which will be also those of the burner sel calculated
from the Astronomer Royals Thsodolte Station ON the
bills top (Which are lat "a deg, 40 nn SEQ, is
lon ~ deg min 80 sec E) will be as follows lat
"a deg AZ min, Al sec, 95 s Ion 20 deg o min As
conds IL only now remains to state that tho apps
atus ior lighting on the doprc principle and Of the
6rst class largest size made ia Paris by Col Mcbes
dirsetions by Mr. Henry Le Paute II win light $40 de-
grees ns remaining 20 degrees sndward being ths only
portion OF the lsntern obscured The edoe presents
very large front to the southwark prevent the posi-
pity OF Its being mistaken for private building The
height OF the focus of light above the gca, level viii be
10 degrees Tho distance the horizon from which 1t
will be will be Is miles, from the deck, making the
height Of the eye is feet 20 % miles from mast hesd