New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-03

long aud weighing br hundred tuns la ie"
weeks NewYo-k viii be In instant communication
With one Of the urhest points Of the American coast
The steamer was 20 have sailed Yesterday afternoon,
bu, could 40; manage 70 get swsy. She VIII proceed
70 Halifax. Prince Edwards. and st. Johns, y. +.
Ater laying the cable, which viii occupy about two
DAYS tie party Will cruise along the coast OF New
foundand. The Tip se-peccd - be very interesting
and will occupy from l. 20 % deys
Tn CuSAgD SrEAyERs-It il expected THAI IN
abou, two weeks the Cunar1 steamers will again TT
rive at . cir docks in jersey CITY. The suspension
Of the operations Of this line has caused considerable
distress among ,he laborers and csTtmen, who were
constantly employed for several years at the wharye'
Of tie Steamship Company
BRIG AsBoRE Tie Brig Henrietta, Capt IIindes
went ashore. July 30, on tie Edgaron Shoals, Oh
Cape Cod She was laden with mossses from Ma
tsnzss aud bound to Bangor, Me- The consignees are
Merrill 5 Co. No lives were lost. The vessel will
prove d total loss. She wac insured in Boston and
Portland.
sHIpwHFcYs oS THg BRITIsH CoAsT IL lsS4-The
wrecks on the coasts and in the Of the Kingdom
Of Great Britain in the year 1884, which NAV be thus
Chased: Totally wrecked ISL totally los in collision,
3d. damaged seriously and had 70 discharge, i62;
dsfna ged seriously in collision, II. Total, 9s1. %
these $50 occurred The east coast of Great Br'an
wrecks took place on the coasts Of Ireland; we're
cest on shore at Sicily; ct the Channel Islands 70
at Orkney and Shetland, and nj the lse of Man; the
remaining 33l wrecks occurred in the surrounding
seas. Thus the register for the year 1884 shows an Ia
crease Of i55 wrecks above those recorded in 1885, bat
compared with the scar 1853 it shows less number
by ~.
HoME-From eye-witnesses we learn the Glowing
particulars IF collision between the steamer Tele
graph No B. of the old Mail Line, ascending, and the
.s1. IL. pavD ff.h hoo
scenCng. TIE aCcidei; occurred about O'Clock on
MONDAY evening, opposite Sugar Creek, aud a few
miles above Warsaw, Ky. The Seeyraph was ascent
ing close 10 The InGia9a Shore the position allotted to
upriver steamers. When pilot Philips, who was az
the wheel Of tie Telegraph, discovered the Kentucky
Home Re blew the whistle two times for her 10 de-
fcend on the starhOard side Not hearing this signal
the pilot ofthe Kentucky Home Nn. WiilamsOn, blew
the whistle enc time and crossed the river from the
Kentucky shore TO desC end on the labOard slde. The
officers of the Telegraph did not hear this signal and
supposed that the Kentucky Home would keep the
middle Of the river, which, II IL said, was her place.
Suddenly, however il discovered that she was at
tempting to the bow Of the Telegraph, when the
latter boat struck her between the forward hatch aud
pidshiIs, cutting her badly that she saak to the
hurricane deck in about five minutes. The crash
which followed created indoscribabe CONSERVATION
board Of both steamers. SO soon 1t was sscer-
tanned that the Telegraph was not injured, and that
the kenuck' Home was sinking, almost superhuman
efforts wers instantly made by the officers, crew and
passengers Of the Telegraph to those on the Ill
fatcd steamer from w0-eTy grave. Fortunately
lives were lost. Another account SAYS four deck
hands were lost. The appeals of children and moth
10 be saved from drowning represented as being
very painful.
The passengers lost nearly ell their baggage, cloth
ips and money, They were kindly provided with
clothing, money &C., by the offs r. and passengers
board of the Telegraph. AT a meeting of the pas
sengeIs on board ofhs sea subscriptions of money
upward Of $50, and clothing of every variety col
lCct93, end through committee distributed equally
among the sufferers. The Kentucky Home owned
in Pittsburgh by Capts. Meilen and Reed the latter
being In command. She had on board about $50 tuns
Of freight loaded principally at Pittsburgh for Louis
vile, for Which port size left here Monday afternoon.
She beautiful stern-wheeler 15j feet in length
worth 81 00Ousured for $l2O 900. She was built for
a low water packet, to run between Louisville and
Pittsburgh and on Der second trip. Tho papers
and about 81 600 in money in the clerks desk were
lost. The boats supposed to he a total wreck.
iCircnnai Gazette, Aug. l.
NAvAL.-The United States frigate Potomac, bear
ing the broad peunant Of Hiram Paulding Com
msndsntin. Chief OF the Home Squadron, from Nor
folk four days, has anchored at Quarantine.
CEcers.-L. VI. Powell Commander; James H. Lariner,
Cspsin Of the Fleet Thomas D ard, surgeon; II NJ Hsis
ke PuTser Meanc hon Smith Nv L. Hern1on l.. u. Avery,
Maxwell Woodha (fleg)j Men Fairfax Ed ward Brnay,
Leute1auts MacotnbeT Captain Of Marres Geo Z. Mr.
son, Mater g. Chase Chaplain; Henry C. Mayo and m
Marines; Geo NJ Robinson, Commodors Secretary; j. L.
Skcuett L. NJ Garland. jesse Taylor L g. Marvel Il. Err
ben PASSED MidshpmeD; NJ seard Edward Lea, C. L. Norton
H. H. Dalton Nidsllpnen; Amos Cosoa, bOats"aini VIM
H. Hamilton. gunner Jas g. Thoml caIpte; James Fer
guson, sailmsker
BARSUN's Observation-Disclosures Gov. Brown Of TIE
Ncir-Engiand Farmer, having made some inquiries