The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-18


folk, New York.
Herald Marine Correspondence.
PHILADELPHIA Feb 17-PM
Arrived-Brigs Victoria (Br), Morgan Mayaguez PR;
Buena Vista mes, Wilmington, NC; schrs Buena VISTA
Lverton, BALTIMORE Kate Stuart, Dennis, Alexandria
John Potts Brown Coett, Charleston; Ellen Simmons,
Cleared-Bark Louisa, Lindsay Cardenes; Levant
Norden, jamaica brig Horace Greeley, Chase, Barba
does schr Buena Vista Potter, NYork Honesty Apple
ton, Alexandria; W Bell, Rayner Work N Row
Notice to Mariners.
The Key West spondent of the Savannah Repubi
says, that nine wrecks have occurred during the
past month, that place This unusually large
side Of he Gull Last ai
side and nearly all the wrecks occurred there Among
the phenomena attending the Gulf stream is the strength
and diversity OF its currents They frequently set in d
recy opposite courses and have been known to west
ward against the general direction of the stream at three
knots hour The consequence of this uncertainty Is
that ship masters imagining themselves to be OF sound
ings. often bring up on the reef all standing"
LIGHT VESSEL ON MINORS LEDGE The Light Vessel has
returned to her station of Mnos LEDGE and will display
- 49, JOHN DowNEs, Lighthouse Inspector
BOSTON, Feb. IA, 1853.
miscellaneous.
AA letter from st Thomas of the 9th u to the Sec
rotary the Board of Underwriters says the ship Sarah
Peel from Boston, 25th Dec for Payta with ce &c. had
just put in there caky the pumps having been going for
the previous 20 days Part of her between deck
had been thrown overheard which lightened the ship
about II inches. Brig America Walton, from Newbury
port for San Francisco before reported condemned there
was to be sold 3st her cargo lumber and brick having
been already sold at auction Over half of the rasns
Of Br brig cargo we're and had been
sold and in few days the balance of sound rasns would
be also There will be few casks wine and trails almonds
that await shipment to Boston.
SHIP ITALY, Of Bath before reported abandoned
doubed the vessel got of Shore and obliged to be cut
loose in gale by the Key West wreckers the bark
Couran at NOrleans reports seeing her in tow of large
also passed 10th ut wreck with flag flying; could
not make her out, wind blowing hard at the time.
BARK yEsUvUs Of Baltimore, at Providence from Mo-
bile lost on Monday of Nayat Point small apchor and
part of chain
BARK zEsoBlA, of Boston, from Mobile for Providence
was at Bermuda 4th inst and would be
and would be sold at auction The Zoara at Providence
brought 1913 bales and the remainder would be shipped
per brig Kossuth for the Same port to sail about 10TH
HAWAIIAN BARK MAGDAIRNE Haven which left Honolu
lu Dec for New London, put back 7th in distress
but Of what nature not stated She has IS bbls sp
do VIII oil u, 888 lbs bone.
SoHR ONWARD. at Baltimore from Charleston expert
enced heavy weather, and Monday morning last lost
anchor and chain in Lynn Haven Bay Sunday off Old
CuIrtuck passed the wreck Of herm brig with masts
out of the water.
SHIP woops1pE from Mobile for Rochefort, France
ashore at Florida reef has nearly all her cargo and
saved; portion had been tai en- to Key West salvage
agreed upon SO per cent.
ScHR ELLA, Stenbeck from New Orleans for Pensacola
run into Saturday night 9Th inst by the steam
st Charles from New Orleans for Mobile the schr at
the time was at anchor off Cat Islands, and in fifteen
minutes after being struck sunk Her officers and crew
we're taken oil by the boat OF the steamer.
Pno1DoAr HERALD, Of Philadelphia, returned to Cape
Island 18th in crippled condition having been in COLI
sion with unknown schr at sea, the day previous,
during gale The schr is supposed to have received but
little damage, as she proceeded on her way.
Whalcmens
Arr at Holmes Hole, Feb 15 brig Ocean, Chadwick,
Atlantic Ocean, Of and for Sandwich 200 bbls sp OIL
At Honolulu, Dec u.s. by letter from Captain Corey
bark Condor for New Bedford expected to ship 1000
LOO bbs go SPY at &c per gal without prmage The
Hibernia, Jeifries do would ship oil by the Condor
bark and brig names not given, with oil and BONE had
At IAhaina, Dec 0, Phenx, Bellows; Baltic, Brooks;
Dartmouth, Manchester; Louisa, Wyatt Cortes. Crom
well; Alexander Purington, Coffin, and L G Richmond
Norton, all Of NIB; Tiger, Gavit, and Cabinet Noyes
Captain Childs, late of whaleship Bramn, of New
Bedford before reported lost reports seeing the wreck Of
ship upon the beach in the Arctic Ocean, where
that Of the Citizen Of New Bedford The Citizen landed
her surplus provisions at Ho previous to proceeding
the Arctic and intended to return for them in the fall
but had not arrived there up to the Sd of December
The report of her having been spoken in September in
the ochotsk Sea Is believed to be an error The only
ships of the North Pacific feet of last not yet
ported ore the Citizen, NIB; Tybee ston Meteor Mystic
Arr at Nantucket 18th, ship Phenx, Edgartown
Sid from San Francisco Sd ult John Elizabeth, Chap
Al Tombeu Oct J. President Folger, Nan, 10 mos out
Touched prev to Nov %, Courier, Howlsnd NIB 1000
sp and sd again.
ST 200 bbs mostly sp; 14th, Walter Caxton Lake. do
30sp The oil and crew Of the had been transferred
Francisco 18th The Walter Caxton under command OF
Capt Andrews, with the officers and of the II I,
would sail about same date to cruise.
SEEN-Jan 49, off Cero3 Islands. four whalers boil
ing goth, of Margareta Island, three whalers boil
ing; 2lst, four others, oue boiling.
sPoKES-Dec II, off Cape st Lucas, Fame, ST. clean
Jan g. lat &c Richard MitcheI nAfriex
tucket for Arctic Ocean
Nov IS, lat 80 l2s Ion ss1e W, Harvest, rce Nant,
Dec lat 80 s. Ion SO o., Leonidas, NIB, 500 sp, SO
blk fsh, bound on a cruise.
In Oct, Helen Augusta, Fales Newport, 900 bbs this
season bound on cruise for sperm whale of the Cali
Dec f. lat N, lon q W, D Hall, of and from Fall
River.
Jana no lat &c, zoroaster Thomas Of San Francisco,
Jan 90 off Margaretta Island Morrison Norton, NIB,
Spoken.
sehr Mary knapp from NYOrk for Cape Haytien 10th
Foreign Ports.
BERMuDA-In port Feb 4, bark Zenobia (see SsceD;
briggs Kossuth Allen for Providence 10th with part Il
the Zenobas cargo) Cleaner (Br Lockhart for Boston
7th with part cargo Of brig Majestic condemned
CAnDEsAs-Arr Jan 81 briFs Queen Esther (not Gen
port 7th, brig waverly Hill, for Boston, dg
cEgnEoos. Jan 49, bIigs Brothers. White Norfolk;
Ihos Walter Marshman, Philadelphia Cid 18th, briggs
Myra Hall New York; LIST inst, Mary Lowell, Peterson,
Philadelphia.
GrSoA-In port Jan q, bark Ann Johnson Lohrop for
Palermo ready.
HAvANA-Arr Feb 7, briggs Russian, Veasie, Caimito;
sth Mary Elizabeth, Mcconnell, N0rleans. Sid 9th,
briggs Gen Marion, Bbber Cardenas; 7th, Isaac Carver
Clark, Sierra Morena; Sth brig Castan, Putnam, Port
land.
At do 7th inst, ship Norma, Brown, for NYork next
day barks Mangoa Haskell chartered for Cowes at Co.'S
carries 100 boxes; Princeton Page for do carries 200
boxes gets 65s Averon Kellar Boston soon carries
boxes gets IL reals alongside Venus Church. taken
up for NYork at II reals alongside carries 900 boxes
Isla de Cuba, West, for do Mg Cocord, Park disg;
franklin Cook, unc A Hazard, Gardner, for -, hg;
John Wesley Curtis, frt char; Denoy, Averil and A
Ferley Collins wtg Maina Ross disR; Chiffon, Pennel