New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-14
MARINE hPPAIRS
NAVAL NTLLLIcEscE

NAVAL HTLLIiCtHCE
The U steamship Princeton. Cap, Henry lge Com
mander arrived at this port Thursday mwni,g in sx
ds,s from Havana
The U s frgate Columbia bearing the broad psnd,at
Of Commodore Newton and slocp of war Albany Captain
Jsmes I Gerry, also U S steamer Fulton. Lieu, Com
handing Jas Watson were at Havans when the Prince
ton left All well including the Princeton crew
The following is liz, Of The officers Of the Princeton
Henry EsGl- Captain wn 3. Youp, Hsuisos rhos o.
sIirso; Ho-iis Pad Assistant sarI.ou J.ss ass.sI
Por,er wm W Low Ma..er Chs. o ssC.-s 4ss.sn,a. q
Ensineer Ssrj Garva. Hsmso Newell! FIRST Assistant Ear
johnson Horace T. wis.or. c.nssld H.nry R.n.s,
Knis Gunner; Robert Bsn Carpenter Pasa Sail
OF THr SNIP yxx. WATTS
The ship Emma Watts. of Hslowell Ne, Capt z
Crsbtree Jr bound from Hayre Charleston in ballast
sailed from that port the 18th February and eDcount
cred the IN l2b and 18Th OF March terrible harri
which threw the vessel on her beam ends shifted her
ballast carried away her stanchions and caused her TO
spring leak The masts were cut away and the crew re
manned the wreck three days. when hey were taken OF
by the Bremen bark Franzisca Capt Rake aud arrived
here the 9Th inst The Emma Watts when Abandoned,
in sinking condition. She fine vessel Of 40
tUns, built at Bath. Ne. in 1879 and ranked = she
owned by Capt L l.. Watts and Geo. A. Dear
born and valued at $4,000 and insured for $4,000
ss fovs In the fremont Mutual Insurance Co. Boston,
$4,000 Atlantic Insurance Company. Providence.
5000; American Insurance Company. 5000. Ia
the report Of the Franzsca in impression Of the 9b
the disaster Wbf Incorrectly
the brig Emma Watts from Hsllowen." There is No
such trig Of The nsme
Capt Crebtree thus publicly acknowledges ais obligs
tons 10 Capt Rake
VIII fes. Of dssp .ods desire ~ sas no. Psss r.,
the Of the Emu, VISITS -as
AID eentemsny manner 10 which you rssr.d
your Wishing every snd zap
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DREADYUL DIs.sTER-Loss or VESSEL AND LLHAsDs.
The season Of navigation Lake Ontario had fairly
opened with much promise when the brief particulars OF
sad calamity came to We learn from Captain
Wider of the Canada Express who arrived in the Maple
Leaf this morning. that tOpss schooner foundered In
the lake about midway between Oswego and Long Point
on Sunday afternoon and sad TO relate, every soul on
board persisted Capt w obtained what information he
has from the master Of schooner at Whtby. lie l'he
master Of the schooner that on Sunday afternoon
while the wind blowing fresh and considerable sea
wss running be discovered Opssl schooner sking sig
nails of distress He bore down for her Immediately oht
before he could get sufficiently to make out nor
name she went down Two OF the To the sur
face and distinctly from the deck Of the ap-
preaching vessel but sank. while the other srug
gled 20 keep afoa pike pole was put out from the
schooner but the poor fellow did not seize hold OF It, An
attempt made TO asten the hook to his clothing but
this did succeed and the unfortunate sank To rise
no more These are all tho particulars we have been
able gather OF the sad affair ocheser Union, 18th
INSURANCE LOSSES
The Boston Transcript furnishes the following list Of
lossfs by Boston Offices
1.-The ship Charles HumberstOn lost the coast of Ire
land the ship Pantheon lost off Hoyhesd; ship Emma
Waits of Hallowell Me abandoned at sea; bark Lucia
Field put back to Caao with guano ship Saehem ashore
Gingerbread Shoals the ship Russell Sturgis, from
Liverpool to Boston abandoned at sea and the bark Fran
Gle Watts If Kennebunk with valuable cargo of coffee.
from Rio de Janeiro TO New Orleans lost at the mouth OF
the Mississippi River the ship Orlando from New VI
leans Put into Nassau and salvage claimed for S5OOOO
The above losses on ships and cargoes will amount to
about 81 900 On looking at the insurance office
turns fo 1874 find the whole amount of losses paid by
the Boston Offices fall short of 100000.