The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-24
Herald Marine Correspondence.

PnIADEIPfIA, Feb Bpm.
Arrived-Brigs. Mary Lowell, Peterson, Cienfuegos;
LEM Lehman Estport Celt Gates, NYork; yacht schr
Flying Comet Brock, Boca del Toro, ven schrs Cerro
Gordo Atwood Deep Creek Belle Ayres, Boston; Column
Cleared-Steamshp Osprey, Bennett Charleston; barks
Aaron Harvey Barns, west coast of Africa via Madeira
Mount WASHINGTON pettngi Mobile oriss william
Kingston, Ja schrs Lille Saunders Corson Wilmington,
NC; Belle, Ayres Boston; Rushing Dale, NYork.
Miscellaneous.
LETTER dated Nassau Feb g. to Elwood Walter, Esq,
Secretary Of Board of Underwriters says ship Hades
teras had saved and sold at Harbor Island The car
go of schr Mary Lutteroh, wrecked at lnagua, was
composed of hoops shocks and some provisions the lat
ter only saved and sold at Nassau salvage awarded by
Chamber of Commerce so per cent Ship Italy, abandoned
had SS bales Of cotton and went ashore at Aantanila
Reef oath ut Capt Ryan bargned with the wreckers to
get her of and take her to Nassau for Sl6OOo Her
masts had been cut away rudder unhung ana she nag
AZ feet 81 water in ner no and had refused to DO
duty The wreckers pumped her out and ghtened nee
of about 400 bales and got her aoat the 9th and
for n On 2sth Great Isaacs ESE 10 miles, the rudder
being altogether gone with crew to assist in getting
up jury masts. and ship entirely Manageable, with
heavy and gale of wind and drifting rapidly to the
porthward and westward they compelled to aan.
son her sser taking the people off, and as much more
property as tho senr could carry The salvage on the
Der Of Commerce at Az per cent Several vessels left
Nassau in search Of her. but without success Part Of
the coffee in Br brig Susannah is damaged and will be
sold Brig Emma Frances, which was wrecked near
Abaco and bged, materials saved and taken to N
salvage 80 cent She went night OF lst Man
Of war Key Schr Everglade Conner, OF and from Bue
HILL Me- for NOrleans with granite paving stones, put
into Nassau 10Th ut in Distress with mast sprung
repairing and would be ready for sea in few days
LETTER to the Secretary of Board Of Underwriters
dated Portsmouth, Va Feb 81 says" The schr Cast
off from this port bound to NYork has returned with
sails &c which she met with off Hog Island Aschr with
coors hoised for assistance seen ashore near Bank
river yesterday but no assistance could be rendered her
Could not learn her name We may expect to hear OF
some damage done on the coast"
LARGE Am ship had been ashore at Berry Islands for
some days, name unknown she was got of for $500.
SHIP HY PRATT which sunk at the wharf at Phila
delpha, by block of marble stavng her bottom,
raised Tuesday, by force pump and tug and would
be taken to the floating dock for repairs.
BARK FISH, at Boston from Apalachcola passed 18th
inst, Cape Lookout NV 80 miles, railroad car several
casks, and a camboose house.
BR BRIG HERO Heffan, master, Of Dundee from Matan
for Dundee molasses was totally lost at Beak
Cay, Bahamas, on - ut Cargo mostly saved and taken
to Nassau, MP.
scHR H BAKER, before reported wrecked,
14th inst, NJ off Cape Lookout, abandoned, with
coors at half mast; schr Dolphin had just taken her
in tow.
STEAMER FANNY from New Orleans via Savannah before
sold at Rio Janero where she had put in dis
tress A. last accounts waiting the decision of the
Brazilian Court in reference to the SALE As it in
the middle of the holidays the court would not probably
sit before Feb l. Fifteen twenty Of the remained
board funds having been provided by party in Rio
Janeiro.
inTthe Gulf by the ketch Brothers supposed the Italy,
returned on Saturday morning without finding the ob
iect of her search.
LIGHT PRESIDENT lowed from Tarpaulin Cove to
New Bedford 23d, for repairs
Notice to Mariners.
COAST SURVEY OFFICE, Feb IA, 1853.
SRI have the honor to submit the following table
Of the latitude and longitude Of points the western
coast Of the United States computed in this Office from
observations made by Assistant George Davidson.
The latitude Of San Diego, Point Conception, Point
Pinos, San Francisco Ewing Harbor, and Cape Hancock,
depend each extensive series OF observations Those
of the remaining stations from preliminary observa
ons and probably to the nearest second of
arc with the exception Of San Cemente and Cuylers
Harbor which only approximate.
The longitude from No to IA depends SO moon cul
limitations observed at San Diego Point Conception and
Point Pnos for which corresponding observations
made at Greenwich, Cambridge, Mass and Philadelphia;
and differences Of longitude by twenty chronometers
The longitude of Ewing Harbor depends 49, and that of
Cape Hancock on 10 moon EXAMINATIONS.
The positions in this table may be considered close
approximation to the TRUTH but subject to future
corrections from additional data -