New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-21
MARINE AFFAIRS.
FURTHER FROM THE FRANKLIN.
nom Our Own Reporter

from Our Own Reporter
MoRIcBEs, d. I.,) Thursday, July 80, 1854
Morches is a fishing and farming village of about
l,200 inhabitants situated seventy miles from New
York. To YaphaDk the nearest railway station, is nine
miles. The village is pretty spot of five miles long and
six broad upon Moriches Bay. The bay is from to
three miles across from the main land to the sand bar
which forms Long Island Beach This bay, occasionally
broken by sand-bars extends from Fire Island Inlet
Rockaway, and affords employment and sustenance to
large number of fishermen who live upon the shore.
During the summer many New Workers annually come
here spend the hot days. uxuratng in the cool oak and
pine woods sailing the bay having in the cool surf
that rolls in 70 majescaly upon the beach. To
date these good htoiS and several well appointed
boarding houses, among the best of which is that of Mr.
Josiah Bishop, my own worthy host The people drink
rum, license the sale of support but lawyer and
read The TRIBUNE.
The village contains three churches one Of the Presby.
tean of the Protestant Methodist and one of the
Episcopal Methodist denominations. There also six
stores three posofces two carriage manufactures grst
and saw-mills, and paper-m in process of erection
For the lovers of the gun and rod there two good trout
and pickere streams and the woods and fields abound
with quail and woodcock and the marshes and hores of
the bay with large numbers of snpe
The Bar, which ia the principal Of revenue
the inhabitants furnishes about 1000 worth of fish for
Fulton Market. Some forty men engaged half of the
year upon the Bay, and their earnings about s3OOa
man. The fishing from the si Of March TO the
as Of june and from the LIST of September to the LIST Of
December. The Bay furnishes abundant supply OF
ee bass blue sh &C., which transported by wagon
TO Yaphank and thence by railroad to market The
water in the Bay not very salt, and has but little ebb
and flow through Fire Island Inlet Some years ago, to
render the water fresh channel cut through
the sandbar at an expense of 1900 month afterward
-l-.xlx HI, ,s.I- and
The exporting of cordwood is also quite lucrative
business here. The oak and pine woods afford an abun
dant supply of material, which ia taken up the North
River by some eight sloops of forty fifty tuns
EACH owned here.
OF the Inflated steamship Franklin say but little
that is favorable. During Wednesday the wind was
light and due north to o'clock p when it changed to
the southwest and continued up to the time of my
posting this, % A. NJ
She is badly hogged the port side and has careened
over to the sea- The surf has no. materially abated Its
violence and approach from the ofng is still mpractcable
AT high tide there are fifteen feet of water in her hold
which GIBBS and flows with the tide About one quarter OF
her cargo or some $50 packages have been landed IN
good order The seampumps risged and ready DE
mt in operation so the dry cargo shall have been
taken out II has been decided to bring the schooners
around to the Bay through Fire Island Inlet ana ioad
them with the cargo The cargo is lowered upon carts
bh lido md at fu tide lowered by the telegraph,
bawser stretched from the mainmast head to the shore
The goods are hosted the head of the mast sung and
the sling which is attached to block through which the
bawser runs descends to the beach with its load, by is
own momentum. go
Mr.. Bovine the agent Of the Underwriters and Capt
Cs,man tbe Wreckmaster of the District, are hard al
ok and doing wonders If fine weather continues the
drv nortion of the cargo will be got out to-day Inc
yreckers still sleep upon the beach, beneath their tents
t night and despite the egons of mosquitoes and saha
flies say they enjoy it hugely -,
In connection with Capt. Wotton, he expressed 'ne
onio, that with favorable weather the ship may be got
o I'm, ;f ste is she will be in such condition as 10
.nd.r Il necessary TO expond in repairs sam near!
raj "a the cost of new ship. OF course the ondef
,i nae every exertion TO get her OF, because III
h event of being successful they would repair her "hen
ons-fbrd of the expense would fall upon the o~ne''
This beach is sadly in need of good sur-ooa' Al
tbouph some three or four wrecks occur mere every
thew have but one decent surfboat and tnat ohe ~
lave one Of Frauciss metallic life boats belonging " INC
station In the present case much difficulty mas oeen
pcy;enced for the want Of them. think the igh' s'ns'
wooden surfbo ats something in shape Ike ~naeo'''
without any stern and with deep curve from emo W emu
similar to those in use along the coast OF New1ee''
would be exceedingly useful and ought to be KEPT mere
The large stesm-pump lately in use on the sunAon
wreck of the Joseph Walker has been sent down TO ass
in keeping the Franklin sufficiently free Of water to ensoe
the wrecher to get the damaged cargo. She viii proos
bly, reach here in the morning.
An Of the passengers have left but good shsre Of their
h.goage remains at Mr.. Bishops house
Trs, tell you little incident which occurred here yes
,erd.y Little boy, some yesr Of sgs, whs has fro