The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-03-19
Disasters. &c.

See Bermuda correspondence in general columns.
SHIP, dsmasted, one account says in tow of
Thursday morning
Snip MosEs TAYLOR French, from Noreans for Liver.
pool was put on the bar at the Southwest Pass the
9th inst, when she sprung leak She had on board
81 hale. ct t S1tSn and nearly 5000 bushels of corn
for repairs.
BARK JAPoSIcA, at Philadelphia from Havana made the
run to Cape Hatteras in four days. and has been
days Of that point having experienced very heavy
" and gales, and very cold weather. on the Capes
Of Virginia saw ship or bark, with main and mizen
topmasts gone, standing N.
seHR ELLEN MATILDA at Philadelphia from Censuegos,
on 9th inst lat 20 49, long n 40 in heavy gale from
Wsw. carried away head Of foremost fore mantop
mast, split foresail jb and flying jb.
ScR CHARLES (Br), Collins, from st John NIB for Aus
trala in going down the Bay of Fundy got ashore the
Schannel but got off and taken to Yarmouth N S,
with keel injured and probably other damage.
seHR sAMuE GILMAN At Boston from Baltimore, ina
boom, and lost thirty empty hhds of deck.
l4th inst Block Island INV miles, had high quarter
deck larboard anchor on the bow no person seen on
board.
Notice to Mariners.
POINT ISABEL.
fixed light will be exhibited at Point Isabel, Brazos
st Jago the Goth day OF March, sunset and there
after lighted every evening at sunsettng, and extin
gushed at sunrise the following day The light bearing
west and north per compass be from the deck
Of steamer at the distance Of eleven nautical miles
from the bar and may be safely approached that
course, until in eight athoms water. It,may be in
any direction to the seward at the distance of fifteen
nautical miles from Point Isabel but inter ve ming land
renders it necessary to be cautious in running for the
light. beacon light, intended to mark the entrance
OF the harbor will also be exhibited at the southern point
Of PADRE Island which may be at the distance Of ten
miles in clear her from the bar. The tower of the
lighthouse Is painted white, with black lantern ard
painted black and plainly discernibe by day. The
lighthouse is in 26 OF N lon 81 10 W. The beacon Is
20 snaG u sy 3fsE N
Inspector OF the Ninth District.
Whnlemcn.
Arr at New Bedford March II, ship Washington Palmer
Arctic ocean, Lahaina Nov Roratongo 26th 245O bbs
VIII l5odo sp OIL took so sp the pas rage home sold
1876 10 600 bone Spoke Dec 3o lat SO o. Ion "a
20 W. George Susan jerks do, so sp; 10th, lat "a Al
lon 40 o. Cachelot Hosmer, Matt, so sp
Also ship Statra, Coon Pacific ocean Tacahuano
Dec Pernambuco Feb TO- 100 bills sp board sent
At Talcahuano Feb 10, ships Rodmap, Allyn, NIB, 100
VIII, transhpping oil; Memna Houghton, Nan, clean
Louisiana, Taber NB 1000 sp; Rebecca Sims Jarnegan,
NIB 1900 p; sousseau, Taber NIB 1900 Bnlmns Dex-
ter NIB, 1900 sp Franklin Aiken NIB 100 sp 1900 VIII;
Mercury, Dimon NIB clean Liverpool ID, Swift 300 sp,
225O VII barks Fellowes PeRdlston, ston 500 VIII Ed.
Ss Fss e. sss aas Ss zsS
Carr cd bark Fortune, Davis NIB 500 bbls 10000 lbs
| bone Carr 1st).
Bark Agenora (of Plymouth) Shilling from phiadel-
rhia for Havana, March 8 lat 20 q, lon 49,
Bark Sarah Bridge, sturteyant, from Havre for Nor
Brig VIM Crawford from Philadelphia for cardena,,
| March 2, lat 30 40, lon 20 20
Foreign Ports.
AspNwAn-Arr Feb "a briggs Adelaide, Chase NYork,
(and cid March for Baracoa) 81 gchll Fitzpatrick,
(probaby Chinchila Robinson) do 49, schr Reporter,
CHM do; March l. bark Mariel Hopkins do Cid 1st,
| brigs Gen Taylor Sparrow. Cuba,
ASAxABo, PR-In port Feb 1s, brig Geo Otis, Smith,
from NYork 10 days passage for do unc the crop being
| be edward.
| BrRxuDA-Arr March a. briggs Griffin Br) Webb, vii.
mngon NC 9TH Triad, Wooster Boston for Mobile, in
distress (sce general columns) Golden Rae (Br)
| Warrington, Wilmington NC. Cid March s, Lady Chap
| man. Firth, Baltimore; sth, R Reese Tuzo do (Sce
Marine orrespoDdence
CAPE HAYDEs-Tn port March l, schr Mary Kna PIP,
Wilson, for WORK, days. Going in brig W Packer,
Mayo, from Boston,
CArDESAs--Arr March T. bark Empress Church, Bris-
toll: briggs Confidence Melville Havana; Frontier Hoyt,
do Gov Bouck York NYork; schrs Alfred Eaton, Bal
tirnoro Virginia Price Scudder Georgetown Henry At
| kps Randall Boston; Sth briggs Royal Sailor, Adams,
Portland Curtis Curtis, Wilmington; 9th brig Susan,
johnson, NYork: 10th, brigs LAYTON Gardner, Hs-
vana Moselle Hancock. Philadelphia 18TH brig Carl b.
bee Crabtree Havana Sid sth, brig Julia Ann Conery,
NYork. 9th, bark Hamilton Means do; brgs
Spear Aud do; Virginia Brard, DO; Ann Elizabeth, Fer
| nandez Norfolk schrs Rebecca Fogg Belcher, do;
| Thompson, Van Buren,, NYork; 10TH briggs Rainbow
Emersop do Hanover Davis. Portland Annandae, Sher
man Wilmington; 18th bark Mary Jersey Davis, NYork
CApApmS (Cuba)-Arr MaYehs5 brig ''Itandon, Mant,
/ NYork.
CrEsruyGos-ArrF Feb 81 brigs Leghorn Pendeton NavJ
Raw. Orion Upton st Thomas schr Sarah Ann, Gayle
Kingston Jam; Feb %, brig Marshall Ryder, st Jago
| March l. sehr Forest, Gullifer, Port au Prince dth
| brgs Sophia Small, II Thomas Rufus Soule, Chapman
Navy Bay; sohr Lucy Ann, Mann, Portland. Sid Marcel
| Q, bark Charm, Sleeper, NYork
In port about Feb "a (back aats), brss hsrceilus