The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-01-08
AAxlne Affairs.

vrssEL On Tns.-Ths steamship Crescent City, ar
rived yesterday from Chsgres reports the following
Monday, Jsnuary 9Th At 10 O'clock r. r., Latitude
IS q n and longitude rs W., made brilliant light,
hssriDg N B., TOR IL, and discovered II to be
:, a. vas prudent scrOss her sierra sa1 Icy -
sufcfsnt time to ASCERTAIN there not any boats
Immediately about the wreck. Pat the ham hard .
port anu made . half circle TO vfndvard. The wreck
vas brig OF about $50 tons the deck frame entirely
burnt OF, and many portions Of the sides and stern
to designate the vessels class. The eswsprit end
other spsrs were hanging 70 the rigging about the
bows Should jsdgs hss to DO an American vessel,
US MAIL STEAMSHIP ATLAsrrc.-Extrsct Of letter
received from CAPT James West, Of steamer Atlantic,
dated Liverpool, Dec. 2lst 1850 =
We arrived Oh the bar 1t p. n on Thursday,
amer meet tenpsstuous passage Of II days lbour,
performed rhs hsh hest Of my expectation We nsvsr
shipped drop Of water, met with the slightsst
secident or arrangement TO the machinery, though
the seas we're quite equal to any thing have ever
witnessed In my nautical career feel for the Baltic
As che must have been me with head ssa, awful
st times 70 witness to be the house sbsft,
and fore yszd forward, 1t the ssme time.n-
STEAMSHIP FsAsKLrr.-Ths following Is an extract Of
letter from Captain Wotton, of the Havrs steamship
Franklin -
"On leaving New York tmornng Of Dec. o., We
% e. 70 hour; r., .s.in:: hssy gale from the
slant gale OF wind with the exception Of intervals OF
lev hours) from the west. For six days the
70 prevent the engines from racing The ship scuds
beautifully; in fact, have Z ship that
steers and performs well in . gale OF wind. The
engines have given every sati1astion performing sd-
miTAbly
OF Wight was eleven days and seven hours We laid
on all night for pilot and arrived at Cowes At six
o'clock, on the morning Of the 18th; left at 10 OF
Havre 1t &c. and landed the mails and went into
dock tho se,t morning the weather being too thick
venture In that night"
We understand the Franklin had full and valuable
cargo already engaged for her homswsrd voyage.
Loss OF THg BRIrIsH sHn PRscz ALBEsT.-From her
Britannia Majesty consul learn that the British
chip Prince Albert which sailed from Newport en- the
10th July for California, with cargo OF Goals, WAS
wrecked In the Straits Of Magellan on the 7th Dot
near sandy Bay Two sf the crew we're kiil,d by tho
Indians, and one apprentice was badly wounded. The
remainder OF The crew escaped The men killed were
Robert McPhsrson Barnby, and James Atkins; Henry
Hoskins wounded, and. with another remained
prisoner The captain John Rossitcr with the rest OF
sem. CT them returned 10 the ship in the American
stesmer w. g. Hunt, and found the Indians plumber
ing the wreck. The crew Of the steamer fired the
saysgss drove them away, and rescued the two pri
portion OF the crew arrived at this port ia
this ~ G Hunt Others In tbs Com. Prebs, aad others
went 10 Rio Jaueiro from sandy Bay.-Yatparsss
Neishbn, Noe. %.
scHoorrR Berry Bliss. built In this city, made, by
last accounts from San Francisco a very quick ANA
prosperous voyage to the Society Islands and back TO
San francisco For several day, she made 800, and
day 3za miles She brought cargo Of oranges
to San FTsncitco In bne order.
AsoratF SWIFT Tar The clipper bark Rae shorse,
lsut. Bnbcock OF and from Boston for San Francisco
arrived out in 100 dsys.
r LAuscHrD.--A tine ship, named Trepic, OF abe at
$50 tonr, wst launched ut Bath on LIST inst She IL
owned by kessrs. John X. Thornton and sthers Of
New Bedoro and will be employed IN the frss htins
botinets, under command Of Capt. II. Il. smth, Of
Dartmouth.
Bur BuILpIsa At somERsET Captain J, NJ. Hood
has just completed contract for building first clas
ship Intended for the Liverpool packet line from New
Yoik-burtben, COO tons; TO be commanded By Capt.
II EurgrSN q CaDtAin haS AL N In
progress two other ships for New York-s to be
pleted the coming sesson-Fau Ri,er Monitor