New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-24

the fys. two &C zee hat everything was pro2e6y
taken care Of sid dispatched - soon A. poszbls q
the others 70 b sent on one 81 tine IN each yes9
TO protect the property.
1 arrived here late sst night, AID an happy 70 ssv
that ell that lef: the wreck before ne Asve feschei
this Don 10 safety No. soul hN been lest or per.
son hurt n any way, and al tue passenger baggage
has been saved.
III the weather continues fine, q great deal viii 10
saved but should i, Get in TO blow hard from the
rorsb, she vii sv5i break up.
With regard 10 the cause Of he accident can only
ssy that Il was caused by .bes current Of the CON.
pssses beipg cut Of the way. am confident TIA, my
position at noon was within NILS OF bong correct
and tia; the correct course was gwen 10 strike the
bsrk In The proper place; tina. was approaching
cautiously; that the lead had not been beglec,ed
that the lookout had been kept, the first officer eui
few moments before having ,me down from The top
sail yard snd TIA, was on the watch niyscit Win
regard N the compssses, must thst After passing
Barnegat LiSht shaped ecu sc 10 gsks H.fter.s
Ligh and on the morning Of the 5 h. ~ . a m.
was called FOR The purpose Of lo'tirg on. Coz the HIGHT
but when obtained the position Of the .ip At noos
/ found must have passed thirty thiry-tse miles
outside Of the range Of ne light, Al the IA ne A..
trsuted il 10 the stream, but the ship again saias 20
10 the ess on the night OF The 'in and 10 gcng he
passengers baggage on Geek, large boH q ss>i
tools taken out u ore Of the ,sterooms, ne
after hatch clOeo 10 the compass by which ws ha
been in the habit Of shspiog The coane, woica tws
causes l. sd me % believe that the accident CAUSED
by an error ia the compsss.
/ have chartered beg, and shall dsps,eh he Pea
sengers fer Havana IN the morning OF the l6h, ssnt
Ing the puser and surgeon wi them, ard the sc va
ard portion 81 his men 10 ait on then.
| am gr4tii-d 10 be able 10 say that every Officer,
man ana by under my command behaved IN every
way to my satisfaction, ana do not believe ha' there
one Of item that would have gotten into boat or 90
the RATS without orders from nre until eyegy paSsongx
was ssfe
To Csptsin HJibrook and Captain James, two Of the
passeneers am Indebted for mDch assistance. They
kindly offered their services a The ship srack
II I'D LAT a., in hat
done.
Ihave been particular in giving You ful account Of
the acciieIt shall address you by every opportunity
and ss soon "a can site the business leave Va lie
first conveyance for the Uhred State
viii r'pect, your obi s.Uaat ALFRED GRAY
1uT STIAN FRIGATE ROASoKE.-The accident "a
this stesm frigate on the occasion o. her sunch sp
pears TO have been more serious han the ta'emsnt,
OF the Nolfok pspers Indicated. Ii is poS sta'es
that several Ct Der srseet beams-thoss supporting
the spar deck-have been broken in the center.
Several knees have also stated from thec places. II
is believed that her keel hss sustiined almost ire
psrabls deuage. Sic filed with in conls quencs
Of plabks Doth sides of her bottom having ttated
off. 1t is supposed tia. large amount viii be re-
quireO fer her repair 4 more favorable sccouui
which We fLd IN iAe Petersburg Va Express, gives
the following description o. the damage lone
Her forward tIuck-beams were shs htly ru )turei
the main hstchwsy spsr.seat damaged some Ths' the
after oIioi whee-Iesd broken ia two the qiarter snd
port wind beams tthne of ihanl brken the kelson
forward of the gur-ha'ch considerably damaged, aud
the keller rail severed; all aoloun ing 30 bu' few
thousand OF dollars And ever thing was done that
human ingenuity could foresee TO prevent sny acc.
dert, but all 10 puposa. The thing could not ana
would not have occurred but for flaw IN the splred
truss CT the anterior ways by which she was 10 b
sided Into the vac
Loss OF BRiTrsH BRIG MrssESGER AT SEA.-Th,
ship Adriana, Capt, Preble from Liverpool, Trivef
at this poit, reports: Nov. 20, lat So lon go 90,
fell In with tue Briiish big Messenger, of Yarmouth
Nova-Scots Cept Howard Van NorteD, from Glss.
gov for Boston, twenty one days out In sinking con-
duon. Took from Der Capt. Van Norien 4 seames
and Two boys. The folio siog is Capt. Van Noedens
report;
pssssge from Glasgow for Boston, wi h cargo OF pig
iron, was lying 10 ia gale from the south, and 81
p IN. was struck by heavy s3s w0ich knocked the
vessel her beam ends, carrying with II the bull
warks, stanchions and covering boards oa both sdes
from forward 10 aft and sweeping the decks, taking
with IL the orware ard three that were IN
it, together with TIE bosts and spare spsrs that were
ashed TO the deck drawing tho riag bolts out OF he
decb bursting open the fore, main and after ba'ches.
cary log away the galley bits and ripping up the decks
IN different places The vessel being her br0adside
and unmsr az cable, with her patches under water we
obliged TO cut away the spsIs some Of tas yeAsa
deck, but did not right the vessel the foremost was
the cut away, chen the vessel ria hted q little; being
in sinkipg condition and the lee side so far under
water could not cut away the laLysrds aud the vessai
dlied over The spars which drew the ChainbJts out
of the eide. We managed to get the matches bsttoned
down with spare sais, which sopped the water rom
rushing in with 20 much vioe nee tried the pumpsse
soon possible, bu. could not get any except the
weather pump to work, when found about i've feet
water in the hold. At 10 p. M got clear of the spars,
when Captain Van Norden wo ked for two hours folr
or five feet under water with Ioe passed around his
body stop the bolt holes of the fore chains
which he in great measure effected. At midnight,
60. The vessel pumped out. Nov. a. on examination,
found the cargo had shifted eewad, staachions gone
fore and aft, water casks stove, pumps broke hove
overheard part OF the cargo to tighten the vessel and
at p. m, found the water gaining rs, and the
pumps 60 thst they could not be worked fshed the
weatt pump aud got 1t to work with which man
aged to keep the ship free until Monday, when all
hands were exhausted, ana we found it impossible ia
keep the ship above water much longer; at 10 a. m.
Of that cay, the chip Aoriana, OF Bato, from Liver
pool to NewYork, hove in sight aud soon hove too,
within short distance, under cloe reefed tops Ills, and
cent a beat alongside. when we were all taken of,
eight in number; il bio wing heavy all t1e tine could
save nothing. Captain Prebe, of the Adrana, has
acted most praisewortby and is entitled to thanks
for bis umane conduct, for rescuinz u.s. and the e1-
treme kindness shown by him to while on board HE
vestel."