The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-14

gales TIE passage and was OF the Heads 10 days il
thick fogs.
was off the Heads 10 days; had pilot board days
Dec 49, Henry Benjamin Goldsmith, alias Joseph Pende
ton, seaman of Plymouth England, fell overheard and
was drowned.
SHIP ITALY from NOreans for Genoa, before reported
abandoned was bearded Sd inst by bark Scott Dyer arr
at Boston, who took from her rs bales Of cotton
SHIP ALEXANDER Bush, before reported lost at Homo
lulu stated in the Polynesan of 18th Dec to be lying
heeled over the east side OF the channel in the har
bor and lying the bottom where the water barely
sufficient to keep her anoat The had full freight OF
oil and bone board and all ready for sea- She
out to proceed her voyage but lay on the
edge Of the channel so that when the tide ebbed she
grounded, heeed to starboard. and filed What
damage she had sustained not known nor whether
she would be repaired and sent to with her cargo or
not.
WHAIEsmr HEROINE, which damaged by fire. was
sold at Honolulu by auction Dec q for $O96 for the
benefit OF the underwriters.
wHALEsHIP II Rowland before reported lost 1t Ho-
noulu, at anchor outside, and was driven ashore
during the night of 9th Dec, morning of 7th The
probability that she would soon break up, heavy
months out, and had board SIS bbls. sperm OIL and
LOCO whale. She had shipped her bone home for the
a. states Amounting TO % Uoo IDS On the tn the Gov
found the ship abandoned by all but two Sailors whom
his men rescued by bringing them ashore through the
surf on their backs He took possession Of the ship
salvor and was saving spars, &c and making arrange
ments to get out the OIL when he warned of by
tce from Capt Pease The Polynesan says it much
property from the wreck for with the force he could
command, and he alone could command the men and
the ship while the weather calm but that the heavy
weather which subsequently set in will her to go
to pieces, and very little be saved.
BARK DRAGON al San Francisco Jan s. from Hong Kong
experienced Nov q gale from SSE to SW with
tremendous sea- breaking at times entirely the bark
and most Of the time the deck flooded with water Had
experienced bad weather for the last 40 days. lost
quarter boat oreyard, and split sails from Dec th to
2sth continual gale from NE to L, in lat 40 N long
15S W.
BR BR1G EMBIEM-A card in the San Francisco Wing,
signed Joseph Emery, Of the of the bark Ok,
Capt Hutchings, arr there Jan from Richmond, says
that vessel fell in with the Br brig Emblem from Halifax
for Barbados, at NJ (no date lat &C. given water
logged with c0ors union down. and standing along under
her foresail that the lowered boat and brought of
the captain. supercargo two mates cook and boy in
two rips that the boat having been stove alongside
returning the second time Captain H. declined to wait
for its repair and stood his course leaving five of the
Emblem's crew on the wreck
BRIG MARY, which left Bolnas Bay Jan A. for San Fran
cisco, with lumber after proceeding twelve miles
her course ran on to reef about mile from Shore and
chung to the rigging schooner at anchor half mile
Off attempted to launch two small boats to go to their
assistance, but there such heavy that both at
empts proved Intellectual One of the boats small one
dred to the wreck and was secured and the captain
and one went ashore and procured large boat and
sufficient help with which they rescued their unfortunate
comrades They had remained in the water about four
hours.
Sem FRAxu,c2 at San Francisco 9th ult from Panama
had very severe weather on the passages lost oretopmas
sails &c sprung the heads of fore and mainmasts was off
the Heads IA days, in thick foggy weather
scFR AMERICAN Corn from Savannah for st Augustine
sprung aleak the 2Sth between Daren and st Smons
ard though the hands kept constantly the pumps
all efforts to keep her free Of water proved useless
heavy running all the time and the who'd blowing
beach her. but she neared st Augustine bar heavy
sea struck her knocking her on her beamends after
Which though soon rghte she became
all hands got ashore in the small boat and at 10 O'Clock
at night the schooner began to break mp and portions Of
the wreck oated into the harbor The wreckers were
unable to sixth part of her cargo all Of which
damaged What was got from the wreck was sold at
ton The captain lost all his books, papers, and $3.50,
and the crew all their clothing.
ScHR LDoNnNE, from Boston for Bucksport, put into
Gloucester 18th inst and during the night drted aou of
schr Witch Of the Wave Of Gloucester and carried away
the latter's jibboom.
Notice to Mariners.
Rock IN THE HARDoR OF AUcKIAND.-Capt Drury, of II
ship Pandora writes to the Colonial Secretary under
Il have the honor to make known the existence OF
rock mid channel between the islands Ponoui and
Waihek having only eight feet at low water spring tides
The following bearings reference to the Admiral.
ty chart of entrance to Auckland harborPassage rock
Point, just within Kauri Point II deg E; Thames
Point, II deg F.
1t not than so feet in extent and the shoaler
water Of from three to four athoms around does not
extend above halfa cable. There is deep channel on
either side of it, and from to fathoms.
This rock is in the direct Of vessels passing
through the Wahe channel to Auckland and the sound
ngs on approaching it will not give sufficient warning to
Capt Andrews of bark Dragon at San Francisco from
laid down in the chart made it to be in lat "a 20 NJ lon
13l 20 W. it is low and very even; should Judge II could
not be seen under very favorable circumstances more
Whalemen.
See Miscellaneous
Arr at Honolulu Dec g. ship Chariot, San Francisco Cid
4th ships So - Sheaf WALL to cruise Seine, Iandra do
and home; Electra Fiske cruise 9Th Brunswick, King
Globe, Hardy, cruise 9th, Neptune, Allen, cruise
The Honolulu Whalemen's List says The want Of
has been felt and quite number of whaers have gone
to the captains being unable to ship their cargoes
but win return to this port in the spring to ship oil
home quite probable that rs 900 to 80 900 bbs will
ty be in readiness here.
SroKzs-Jan 10, off Cape st Lucas, ship Citizen OF
Nantucket fifteen months with 900 barrels polar and
$50 barrels sperm at time ship Huntress Cold
Spring, twelve months out with 500 barrels polar and
Ship Orissa Sears, from Boston for Shanghai, Feb l.
Ship Emblem, from Apalachicola for Antwerp, Feb s.
of Cape Hatteras.
ship Charles thunderstorm Williams, from Boston for
Orleans, Jan 30, lat "a ID, Ion 30 20.
Ship Seaman, from San Francisco for Rio Janelro Dec
2s, lat 80 20 N, Ion 134W.
Foreign Ports.
BARBADoE-In port Jan 49, brig Patrick Henry LoHand,
from Philadelphia, with damage.
BATHURST &c Of Africa)-n port abt Jan 8 briggs Psto-
mac OF ana Tor SALEM unc; "Sinew for NYOrk, repg
BEIIzE-In port abt Jan a. bark W Alden, Bates for
York 10 days; only Am vessel
KINGSTON, Ja-In port Feb bark Charm Sleeper, from
York; brig Lucy Spear -, from Jacksonville 1.-THE
mate accidentally drowned arrivaD schrs Water
Witch Smith fromN York 10 days; Greyhound Johnson
from Navy Bay.
PASAMA-Arr Feb ], steamship Winfield Scott, Dunn,
San Francisco, via Acapulco
PoRr Az PRrNcE-n port Jan 20 bark Chas Lex, Har-
per for Philadelphia, unc; briggs Vermont, Soquet for
Philadelphia is days; Cushing, Lancaster from and
for Boston Is days; Hayt Cheeseman from NYork arr
"a schrs Daniel Francis Coombs from Boston, arr 25
Silver Cloud, for NYork, wig master
SAN JUAN DK suRArr Jan 81, steamship independence
San Francisco.
SAN JUAN Nic)-In port Feb A. briggs waitstil Morse,
and Kinds, Perry, from York
SURINAM-In port Jan II, briggs Czarina, Bates, for
Boston 20 days; Judge Hathaway, Leland and for
do days
Home Ports.
APALACTIICOLA-Arr Jan 81, ship Geo A Phelps Sher-
man. New York; schr Arlington March Ncw York Feb