New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-05-02
-N1KINE AFFAUS.
THE MISSING STEAMER.


matter is this from The LONDON Shipping Gazette;
spoKssA with black and white funnel April TO-
of Cape ST Vincent
But thi. was probably Mediterranean steamer, the
City Of Glasgow would be there except in distress and
the vessel spoken appears to have been all right.
Considerable uneasiness felt concerning the e. Of g.
in England but their latest dates from NewYok gave
her only about IS days she thought TO be in
condition than detained by ice.
GaRNASY.
The ship g. W. Germany, belonging to William Wilson
& Sons of Baltimore bound to Liverpool. ashore
Sunday on Curruck Beach off Cape Henry The cargo
il being landed. The ship may probably be saved.
She is valued a; s7OOOO and fully insured in Baltimore
and Newton
THREE MORE BODIES FOUND aBsEcon.
Three bodies were found on Absecom Beach on
Sunday-,wo of them supposed to be Germans. One
war the body of girl with her clothing marked NJ. X.
Another that of SIX feet inches high, with
dark hair and sandy whiskers On his RICH! hand, be-
tween his thumb and forenser, is marked in India ink
foul anchor He wedre~cd, and is supposed to have
been warned ashore from the schooner Manhattan
ARRIVAL OF THy PACIFIC.
The Collin. steamer Pacific, Capt. Nye arrived early
yesterday morning in III days from Liverpool She had
lis passengers The Hon. ID. VI. Barrnger, lac Minis
ter to Spain and family board TiM full list OF
passengers will be found in smother column
BOAT UPsET-cREw SAVED.
On Sunday a small boat containing four persons
capszed OFF the Battery two Of the party were rescued
by Capt. Roach of the T. = and the Others BY
epOther boat,
tHy BARK wlsTNIssrgK.
We find in The London Shipping Gazette OF the 18th
letter from Capt Benson Of the ship Act&on who says:
In your columns have reported the loss Of the bark
Westminster sea- and that the captain and eight of the
crew had been taken off by the Action leaving nine
on the wreck. The facts are, that | picked up from
small boat in lat. 40 deg II min. W., lon As deg. 20 min
W., III very destitute condition, the captain and eight
men, who reported to that three days previous in lat
81 deg lon 81 deg they had been washed from the wreck
III the boat when the ship capszed did not proceed on
my voyage before consulting with the captain of the West
minister as to the probability of falling in with the wreck
but he could hold out hope of indeed he had
10 hope there wee any survivors, with the very heavy
sea that then running the wreck could not possibly
have held together above few minutes. beg to trouble
you with this explanation because from various quarters
have heard II affirmed matter of general belief that
passed by the Westminster leaving nine men on the wreck
to their fate.
The Westminster was bound from Honduras to Queens
town, and the 18th Of March sprung aleak aud
after capsaed.
sMALL-Pox sHIPBoARD.
The ship Wndcmere, Capt. Farchid, arrived in this
port Sunday evening from Liverpool with 465 inm
grants board whom she landed ct the wharf the First
Districts. Among those immigrants there thirty
of smallpox, and there had been twelve deaths on
board during her passage from the disease The sick
among ho-o landed were sent to the Charity Hospital
IN. D PcaYune, 9TH
IMMIGRATION AT sEw-oRLEAss.
large number of immigrants have arrived in the city
during tire las, two days by the following vessels
Ship Wi1dermere, from Liverpool i68
Snip Muihou'e from havre .'''''''''''''' S -,
Ship Chnborazs from ......................s
Ship Nathan Hnnnn from observation-disclosures.
Making total of 7is and besides these the steamship
United States, from Aspnwall, brought liO the Empire
City, from NewYok 5s; and the Pampero is in the river
with 100 more passengers, making grand total OF 2Oi6
passengers arrived here within two days. Pic, 18th
Richardson Brothers & Co., Of the Philadelphia Steam
ship Company had issued notice stating that owing TO
the present great demand for steamers they have been
able to charter take the place of the City of Gas
gov. Messrs Richardson therefore, notify that
gers holding tickets the City of Glasgow may either be
forwarded by the City of Manchester have their
e-money refunded ny be boarded shore at
the Steamship Companys EXPENSE or may be paid, at
their option, shlngs per day in lieu of board being
double the amount of the legal allowance In the mean
time they hope that the City of Glasgow will return safely
LOSS OF
The English official returns show that during the year
1853 no less than 500 sailing vessels and II steamers
having u utnnage of 1907 II, wrecked. This
makes an aggregate of about II shipwrecks a week
during the year. The returns also state that in the same
time 90 sailing vessels and - steamers with united
tunnage of 1921 were, account of age, broken up
In the year 1882 100 vessels wrecked and upward
of 900 lives lost on the coast Of the British Isles
MORE ICYBERGs-MEN RESCUED FROM SINKING VESSEL
Capt Chandler, of the packet-shp A. T., arrived yes
erday morning from Liverpool reports that on the Banks
he fell in with cebergs and field ice and was Obliged to
run the ship the southeast for IL hours to get clear OF
l. On the Goth of April 30 miles southeast of the High
lands he fell in with the schooner Magdaa in disabled
md sinking condition. and took from her the captain and
crew. and brought them to New-fork.
The schooner Magdals four days from Virginia
with a cargo of oysters bound to New-iork. She be-
onged to Dennis, Maine. The steam-tug Underwater
fell in with her. and lowed her to the City.
SHIP ASHORE on MEMORY ROCK.
Capt Sherman of the brig Marsellase, arrived here
Yesterday morning from Cenuegos informs US that on
The 18th of April he ship ashore Memory Rocks
and wreckng vessels around her. She about 1000
uns burden and painted black, with white streak She
appeared to have just gone ashore
HEAVY sSOw-sTORA SEA.
Capt Thompson of the bark Franklin, arrived yester-
day from Hamburg, reports snowsorm at sea on the
10Th of April when the decks covered with snow to
he depth of two feet On the 18th and 10th he passed
arge number of icebergs and quantities of feld-ce
IN the Grand Banks. The Franklin is bound to Havana,
but stopped at this port to land of her German pas
engeB.
SEAMAN DROWNED.
Charles Bradbury of Limerick, Maine, second ohcer |
IF the brig Santa Clara, washed of the Jib-ooom
# the vessel OH the 27th of April off the Highlands and
drowned The brig arrived at this port yesterday
UNCLE SAM THE WHALE.
When the steamer Uncle Sam her passage from
Panama TO San Francisco, on the 27th OF MARCH, III a'
h a. Ion lis H. at p. NJ, she received two severe
lows ono on the port and another the sarboard quar-
or A moment after an enormous whale was discovered
the AXE the boat with large cut on It's sde anu
deciding profusey. ,u..
The William Thonpson's cargo was shipped oy ram q
o. No. 81 Beavers and consisted of ls2so bushels Oh
orn Value, 1926 a. Capt. Walter Douglas and crew
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