New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-24
MARINE AFFAIRS.
no,,es At TIE NAVY YARD.

III poIsGs AT NAVY YARD.
Although the steamship Princeton has been AZ the ysra
core ,hsn week. the repsirs TO her machinery are not
:, 6nibed She Is tad to have already cost the Govern
II ,fnt nearly million OF dollars
The mopsrous sewer reaching from Brooklyn into the
v,sbou through the Navy Yard, distance of 900 feet
"a, nished on Friday The cost Of this work we seieve
| about 100000.
The United States chip North Carolina has only fifty re-
.ui,s On board Men enng at the rate Of three or
Gur week This large vessel will be reprinted on the fret
n MAY for the summer season.
sLOoP oF.wAR JAsEsTows.
We learn that the United States sOop Owar Jamestown
ms at Pernambuco the sd ult and would probably
| ni for New York in a few days.
On the 10Th Of the month she struck on the reef
Of OIinda outside Of Pernsmbuco and after humping
poe time went the reef into deep water and came
10 anchor after several days. with great labor succeeded
In sounding out passage through the reef about i've
mes from where she rent and on the 23d she came
ont and anchored of the port having sustained very little
damage. Great credit ia due the captain ana oceis LOT
,beir perseverance in the opinion OF all the
pilots she could not be got out and must inevitably De-
come wreck.
SHIP ANose IoEBERGs.
The packet ship G. Is Lamar, arrived Saturday morning
from London had very remarkable passage across the
Atlantic On the oh inst, in lat AZ deg 40 mln lon ~
deg 10 mn, che fell 10 with large quantities OF hoating
ice and compelled to southeast l2o miles to get
clear Of Capt Mayhem says that in fact he could see
10 end TO the ice Finally his ship vas surrounded by It,
and had 10 sail through for 70 hours During this time
he could rec Az last che succeeded in getting
through the ice and stored southwest orhaf day mean
time passing large number OF icebergs On the 18th inst
the captain lost sight OF the ice onaD The ship had her
euwssr partly carried away by the ice and sustained
other damage 10 the hull She exchanged signals on the
18th inst in lat deg o. min, lon 10 deg 10 min with
the ship metropolitan of New Yors, bound west
QUICK SAILING.
Extract from letter dated London, 18th Of April received
per steamer Asia
81" in great satisfaction should be, to every Amer
can particularly those from home, to SO our clipper ships
making the rapid passages they do 1t makes one proud
Of his home, and his country and counrymen some OF
their. passages only equaed by steam power Inc
bark Jennett Captain Mix Of your City with valuable
cargo of silks from Shanghai has Just arrived at this
port in the short passage Of ninety Six days from Chlna
Now sbe is not what call at home a real Baltimore
clipper but medium Connecticut built vessel sufficient
it seems however with her Yankee skipper, to equal II
not beat the English clippers as there has been no
better passage made this season by any TO this port as
good"
Several persons who had opportunity Of witnessing
the late storm at Cape May describe it the most furi
Gus that has occurred there for twenty years previous
The sea dashed the bank and completely Inundated
the new Mount Venan Hotel The bathing sheds beneath
fhe bank numbering probably 5O were all washed away
with the excepan OF those belonging to me cottages OF
Can't Hart s. s. Steiner, and A. Tge which were saved
by being pulled up the bank The fury OF the waves
caused upon the shore much OF having
the Cape May diamonds were formerly sold during the
bathing season. hangs partly over the bank IN conse
ouence of the earth being washed away Inc stored
srbor belonging the Mansion House has been entirely
carried away few minutes before it fell two gentlemen
were in it gazing the wild scene surrounding them
LAUNCH.
Mr. Thomas CoIlyer launched Saturday afternoon. at
hafpas O'clock from his yard at the foot OF Twelfth st.
East River the ship Knckerbocker built for Messrs
Stanton e. Thompson, for the New Orleans trade. She
was built under the supervision and superntendence OF
Capt Peabody, 20 well known from this port
DEPARTURE OF THE HERMANN.
The mail steamship Hermann, Capt Higgins sailed at
noon on Saturday for Bremen and Southampton with 30
passengers and 1907 GOO in specie on freight
ARRIVAL OF WHALING FLEET.
The Ne Bedford Mercury says that nine whaieTs ana ana
one merchanman arrived at that port 10th instwh i9'o
bbls sperm and 1900 bbs. whale OIL
THE CITY OF GLASGOW.
II ia now fffy.two DAYS since the steamship City OF
Glasgow sailed from Liverpool for Philadelphia during
which time not word has been heard of her. and the ap
prehensons her safety have increased to painful OK
tent II was hoped that news might have by TINS time
been received Of her having put into the Azores 10 repair
some slight damage or obtain supplies of coal but even
fbis hope has been disappointed The bark lhona from
Antwerp arrived at New York Friday, having been
obliged to put into Fayal in distress She leit fayh on
fbe I'D of Apr and makes mention OF the CITY OF
GLASGOW This was thirty three days after the Glasgow
sailed from Liverpool ana afforded time Tor her 70 nave
faached that port OF rotuge unless was
bled or hemned in in the ice much moro completely IMAM
the other vessels that have encountered ~ Inc dates
from Liverpool April sh, late enough for the Gias
cow to have crossed the twice. at her ordinary rate
and the hope of her having put back TO an English port
also thus frustrated.
The u 8 figaie Columbia Commander G j Fender
yrast bearing the broad penant of Commodore Newton
nine DAYS from Havana anchored in Hampton Roads on
Wednesday night The fol owing is list of her officers
Commodore-John TnOs. Newton Commander-G' j.
Penderprast Iisutenants It A Hunt, a f. '. cray
VIM b Renshaw Richard l.. Love Flag j X Nj Null
lany Joshua d. Todd Fleet Surgeon, solomon sharp
Passed Asst Surgeon. Robert Macooun Assistant 40
James b. Whiting Purser, Edward T. Dunn Master,
Paul Shirley Chaplain, Rodman Lewis; Commodores
Secretary Gordon NJ. Newton; Passed MdshIpmen, M
r Jones N. L. West Chas. T.. NJ Gary Midshipman'
Benz. p Loyal Captains CLERK, Cowles Al Colher'
Pursers do John + benson Boaswan. john d ionns'
Gunner Elijah Haskell; Carpenter, Christopher jordan
Sailmaker, Robert Hunter. Marine Ohicers-Captan
William L. Stark; I'd Lieutenant; Geo W; CamPoeh'
Matters Maies-Wm. Pesrce, Il henkeh' L; II; Law
renee r. r. Hicks Passenger-Lieutenant heeo " ar
den Commodore Newton lett Immediately IN tue baiu
steamer Washington to receive the orders OF inc
Navy Department the further disposal oil the 90
lambia
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