New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-28
MARINE APPhIRS.

and in les than half an hour sunk Over si.ty n.s,
engers Of both on board at The time Of the
accident Just before the boat was cut through her
engine caught upon its oenter and she was therefore
quite helpless. The confusion and alarm among .be
passengers on finding that the boat was sinking was
very great and general rush TO escape was made in
every direction. Their only chance, however. was BY
taking to the ice which surrounded them on eyery
side II is said that not few men 80 far forgot their
manhood to leave helpless women and children on
the boat, without offering to render them the slightest
assistance, and also informed that the officers
Of the boat manifested no concern whatever for the
lives Of their passengers BY the assistance of few
gentlemen al Of the ladies and children got out safely
upon the ice before the guards were submerged The
Columbus drfted past the breakwster about thirty
yards and then went down, leaving only the forward
part Of her promenade deck above water.
The ice upon which the people had sought refuge
wa large field, nearly surrounded with water from
which there was no means Of getting to the shore
Consequently they were compelled TO remain there for
considerable WHILE shouting for assistance with the
probability Of freezing floating out to sea staring
them in the face SO FAR the Ferry Company was
concerned, they might have remained on the ice until
this time, for not Of the officers Of that monopoly
made the slightest effort to release them from their
perilous position. At length the Whitehall boatmen
went to their rescue and put them all on shore for
quarter Of dollar apiece. couple Of horses which
were on board also saved, one of them BY
steamboat and the other was tOwed ashore By the
boatmen.
Ii is very fortunate that this accident occurred so
to the shore. Had she been cut through in the
channel the loss of life must have been considerable
How much the Company would have been responsible
for such result may be judged from the following
paragraph from our Ship News Reporter:
1.-THE Columbus is an old boat and has not been fit
to carry passengers for the last five years. 1t is worthy
of remark that not of the boats Of this line carry
than very small yawl capab babe of carving
FIVE or six persons and some of them we believe do
not have any. And yet, last Summer, we have seen
$50 passengers on board this same Columbus. The
HuDchback has only a foureen-feet ysw triced up
against the saloon deck and yet we have seen 800
persons come from Staten Island in her on Sunday
night. The Josephine and Sylph, we believe, do not
carry boats, nor he-saving apparatus of any descip
tiOn."
The above facts show glazing violation of the act
Of the Legislature of lsl9 requiring steamboats, to
carry small boats for the protection of life in case Of
" accident" That act imposes ga fine of not less
than $3.50 for every violation of its provisions"
which is to be applied to the relief of the poor of the
country.
The VESSELS ASHORE AT LONG BRAscu.-Our cor.
Il
last night closed up the brig Samuel & Edwards
cargo, by sending the last pound to NewYork in good
Orderi the brig will be got off, think, the first full
tide The Samuel 7. Lord is unloaded and full of
casks, ready for sea when the tide favors Weather
fine and very cold on the coast.
THy SOUND STEAMERs.-The boats of the Fall
River line stopped running on Friday, but will
their trips 0s soon as the weather will permit.
Al noon on Saturday neither the boat Of the Ston.
ingOn Norwich line had arrived at this City.
RgTURSED.-SteamerC Champion, which left her pier
at Peck slip on Saturday morning last in company
with the steamer Traveller, Doth for New-Haven,)
after an Intellectual attempt TO break her way through
the ice above Riker's Island, put back and arrived
here at p. m. the day. The Traveller, while
working in the ice lost the control of her rudder and
taking rank sheer, far diverted from her
course that it was found necessary TO run her into
Clowsons wharf, two miles above Rikers Island
The Champion brought back her passengers and part
of her freight The Champion came in with the loss
Of five aims Of her wheels.
FoR EURoPE-The United States mail steamer
Hermann, Capt. Higgins, sailed from this port Sat
urday, for Bremen, via Southampton, with "a pas
sengers.
The steamer Ericsson, Capt Lowber also left at the
same hour for Havrc
JHB NAVIGATION or LONG ISLAND BOUNDING
floating ice has for o time laid an embargo upon the
navigation of Long Island Sound. The steamers
Traveller and Champion, for New-Haven left their
pier on the morning of the Goth, but it not ex-
pected that they could get through into the sound.
The steamers Bay State, Commonwealth, and c. Van
derblt ere detained by t,e ice at their respective
ports, East. The Stonngton harbor, which is more
open and bordering the sound is closed to the out
-. 1 l. H.
Connecticut and Empire State now in this port, re-
ecived Geographic dispatches TO remain here until
further advice. On Saturday morning similar dis
patches were sent here TO the Commodore of the
Stonington line.
OPTICAL CORRUPTION AT TIRE BROoKLYS NAVY.
YARD.-DuTing the past week there has been great
commoton among certain officials at the Brooklyn
Savy-Yard caused by the disclosure that the Secre-
tary of the Navy was investigating charges of alleged
corruption among the "bOsses." Az far as we can
learn appears that some of the heads of departments
in addition to receiving good fat salaries from Gov
eminent, have been in the habit Of doing bus
iness on their account in various ways. Among
these skinning Operations-whch, if true equal the
practices OF the shysters about the Newiork police
courts-it Is said, was one of hiring mechanics for a
less sum than they were booked and portion of
the surplus wages given every pay day TO the
head OF the department, in order retain the stua-
ton After the falling off of work at the yard the
were discharged. and many of them pr Jbably
unable TO procure work for the support of their fam
lilies Those who compelled to pay for retaining
their situations it is said got together, and brought
the practices BY which they had suffered to the aten
ton of Commodore Bigelow and some others in au-
tbority The investigation which followed disclosed
ether kinds Of populations in several other depart
meDts which had been carried on for years past, the
particulars of which suppress for the present.
The new Commodore promptly called the attention Of
the Secretary the Navy to these charges and it is
reported that two ''bosses have already been dis
missed. There seems to be general impression that
ne CHARGES made aCsn.f half dozen denarf-