New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-18
MARINE AFFAIRS.
The cUsARD STEAMER PERSIA.

were sumptuously entertained on Saturday afternoon,
on board the magnificent new steamer Persia, by Mr..
| f. Cunard and Capt. Judkns. After inspecting the
monstrous and powerful vessel, at o'clock, the CON-
pany sat down to an abundant and elegant dinner.
Though the occasion strickly private and nfor
NAL one it impossible, under such circumstances,
altogether to dispense with the usual glow Of genial
feelingin the form of speeches and sentiments. We
left before this part Of the ceremonies was concluded
but not until we had heard brief and neatly
turned remarks from Mr. Cunard, NJ. Delannay AMI
Mayor Wood To-day the ship Is thrown open to the
public at large.
FOR EUROPE.
The steamship Quaker City, Capt. Shufeldt, sailed
from this port at l2 O'Clock Saturday for Liverpool,
with mails and passengers, in place of the Pacific.
She took out only seven passengers, and no specie.
FOR RIO.
! The United States storeslip Relief will sail from
the New York Navy Yard in few days for Rio de
Jarero, Brazil. Letters, papers, &c. forwarded to
the Naval Lyceum will be forwarded.
DAMAGED VESSELS.
Although during the present Winter many
fine vessels have been launched at the various ship
yards in the city and its suburbs yet there is
much business transacted at present in the line Of
building % in that of repairing. Great activity
caulkng, coppering, &c of sea craft beside which,
vesses Of different sizes and descriptions they lay
in their respective berths al sides Of the city,
receiving spars and undergoing thorough repairs in
their joiner, carpenter and rigging work. This, it
respects American vessels, is in part owing to desire
on the part Of their owners to have them in COM
pote order for the opening Spring trade, although il
is in a great measure attributable TO the severe
weather that has necessarily been encountered for
three or four months past by vessels Of all nations
travelsing the North Atlantic. In al this time, among
those that have arrived in port, scarcely day has
passed in which some battered monument of the storm
kings rage has not appeared with tattered garments,
bruised arms" and damaged hull: showing the wild
scenes and heavy conflicts through which has passed:
ard which none adventurous that he would not
rather imagine or read of than realize Some OF these
have been partially totally dismased, not the least
conspicuous Of which the olipper-Ship Western
Continent of Boston, that recently arrived at this
port divested of everything above her decks.
The following is list Of the vessels that were Sat
urday 10th inst.) in the docks above described;
In the sectional dock, foot of Clinton street, Oden.
berg brig Gutenberg.
In another sectional dock at the foot of Jefferson
street, schooner Eastern Belle, of Bucksport, Maine
In small balance dock at Rutgers slip brig Abner
/ TAYLOR Of Bangor, Maine.
! Also brig SOUTH Of New-York recently ashore at
/ Squam, n. j.
AT the balance dock, Pke-street, steam-tug
Screamer. This boat run into on Friday last by
the ship North Wind. She got lodged in the ice when
towing the ship astern, the bar, OIL Sandy HOOK
In the screw dock by, were the steam propeller
Potonisk of NewBedford and last but not least, the
square rugged pilot boat, clipper ship Sunny South,
designed and constructed by George Steers, the cham
| pion boat and ship builder She has bat lately re-
turned from voyage around the globe via Rio ia
metro, San Francisco, and the East Indies .
LII, Oh fNrlra Ia halnt a
charged the clipper ship Snow Squan, which was
caulked. coppered, and otherwise overhaued. The
new Liverpool steamship Adriatic of the Collins line,
will be taken up by this dock Immediately after being
| launched.
| loss OF BRIG MATILDA.
Capt Samuel Percy, formerly of the brig Matilda,
arrived at this port on Saturday in bark Antagonist
from Buenos Ayres. lie gives the following particu
lars of the loss of his vessel in September last, of
Hatteras, while on the voyage from Savannah for st.
| John n. b..
1.-THE brig Matilda, Capt. Samuel Percy sailed
from Savannah on the 18th Of September bound TO
ST. John, n. b. Nothing worthy Of note happened
until the 10Th when at a al M had passing SlG.et
steering n. Z by n. At : a. N. took In studdng
sails, the wind hauling to the n. and increasing.
Barometer falling at a. m, got an observation;
found the vessel to be in lat. 81 deg. 10 min, lon. ~
sc min from noon of the 18th; sounded the pumps
and found 10 more water than usual At $3.50 took in
fore rovn and eaff topsai; at O'Clock took in flying
lib main topmast stsysal and fore topgalent SAL,
wind increasing and hauling al TO- wind still ncreas-
ing; at l0:3 80 dOube-reeed the topsa and mansail;
at IL a. M handed the jb; at IL 30, took in oresa
and put the third reef in the mainsal Is blowing
gale from the y. E.. the high and Irregular, and
making water fast; at noon, started the pumps and
pumped half hour, when sounded and found three
feet of water in the hold; al P. n wore ship TO the
n. W., took in the topsail and lay to under three
reefed mainsa and fore topmast -taysal the pumps
continually going; at $3.50 p. m. sounded again and
found four feet Of water in the hold at p m,
water still increasing, sounded again and fosnd nve
feet water in the hold 4:3O, took in uainss, and un
der topnsst staysa. the bng lying 10 the wind and
high, irregular sea- the vessel settling fast, and ap
parently full Of water; p. N. she oapsned on her
beam ends and lay about tea minutes, the deck load
sliding of, carrying the masts with 1t, when she oom'
menced to roll slowly over until abe became bottom
up the deck load by with the long boat !ashed on
! il unharned. All hands were on the bottom OF tie
vessel ten or fifteen minutes, when q sea broke ovG
U.s. sweeping Us al of, the mate and second mate
alishtDg the deck losd, which then lay alongside,
the remainder Of Us falling further astern into the
water but soon succeeded in reaching the deck load
except ore man, John Leamsn, native Of Sweden,
who was further astern and after getting on suck
! of timber washed of and lost We cleared
away the boat and waited for the raft 10 break up be-
fore we left il; we secured two oars, studdng-sai
few small pieces of lumber and fifteen potatoes,
| which we found the deck load; in about halt an
hour We launched the boat and made last TO stick OF
| timber which we used q drag, and with the oars
managed to keep the boat from swamping; in abou;
fifteen minutes lost sight Of the wreck, the wind
again increasing and rainy; toward morning II was
| more moderate, bat q heavy sea still on; our boat
shipped considerable water which kept one or more
All the time baipg, using hats a. bailers at dsy
Irht saw brig 70 windward, but il WAS not hgh'
| eSough for them to rs, and We could not make
them hear; about o. the 10th saw o sail 10 the
vsstwsri and soon could perceive il nesred US; at
a ~ n ~. hail hark