New-York daily tribune., 1856-03-21

.rd he latitude o: 10 along the e9ge OF the Gulf
Stream, and has not seen any vestige q the Pacific
arv other wreck The Arctic has boa ~~de' s~--'.-
ino.t Of the tme-her propeller being auost usesss IN
the very heavy weather whch ,he has eSpeuerred.
Commander Hsrt-ten intenGsto cruise unal after She
euuist cal gale BE has been short OF wat ", and 90
an allowance of FOR some dayc. bat has sinos made
FufHeiessy. by steam, and othe 'wise All lands on
board were in good health with tse exceptior'cf the
beatswas. Mr. Hall who was takeai,f BY the steam
tu. Leysthan and subsequently, had nurow
escape withhs life when that vessef :ook fire irthe
afternoon.
LOSS OF THE STEAMER LEYIfgHAN sY
FRE-CAPTAIy AND CREW sAyED.
The ,teGmtug Leviathan wss totally destroyed IL
FIRE yesterday afternoon outside Of Sandy Hook Capt.
Hazard. who commanded her, has kiodly furnished
with the suboined paIssusrs Of the discster. At
! O'Clock the Leviathsn took the barkantiae Ilva,
fem Msrseabo in tow, abert Sfteen miles rs T.. of
Ssndy Hook, for this city. Scarcely fifteen rnnutes
had elapsed after they had 90, under weighs when
Co7t. Hazard heard slight explosion, and ran
below to see what was the meter. He found the
eng er aud fremen rushing deck in the grestest
alarm and almost Immediately after large bosy of
smoke and fame followed them. The vessel Yves on
fire esd in two minutes from the srst alarm she vas
enyeloped in flames frcm stem 10 stern. Quick as
thought al hands made for the pr,menade deck, end
launched the e-boat; but before it touched the
water the spot where il had been lying took iys.
Every one on board, with the exception of the cap
tain and boy named Wosdrove, hurried into it, and
then pushed off from the burning steamer. The latter
were taken of by boat from the besk shortly after
ward Capt. Hazard says that he held on as long
as he could and finally took of his coat expecting to
be under the necessity Of swimming for his life. The
whole occurrence transpred so suddealy that nothing
could be saved from the vessel.
Ii appears that simultaneously with the slight ex-
plOsion which Capt. Hazard heard, large body of
fame belehed out from the furnace of the larboTd
boiler, setting the woodwork Of the fre-room in
blaze ard bursting up through the deok into the
epginero above. Before ne could make his escape
the engineer, John Schoonmaker, singed some.
what about the head, but not seriously hurt. Wm.
Mcdonald and the brother os the engineer, Herman
SHOEMAKER, also slightly scorched. OF the
fourteen persons on board, not lost. There
was 20 sign Of steam water from the explosion and
il is Supposed that it occurred from the COAL she
carried only IS lbs. of steam at the time
AS Capt. Hazard got into the boat from the Iva,
the smoke pipe and the entire pOmenade-deck fell in
The bark took all belonging the Leviathsn board
together with Mr.. Hall, boatswain of the United
States steamship Arctic, who was on board, and then
made sail for Sandy Hook. When last seen, the
sts0mtug was still burning; her walking had
fallen, ard her hull was blazing to the waters edge
At the Hook the captain and crew of the Leyiaihan
were put on board Of the steamtug Hector, which
brought them to New-York.
Three years ago the Levathan was built by Mr.
Eckford Webb OF this city. While afoat, she proved
herself the fastest Steamtug in the United States, and
trobably in the world For afordDg relief 10 vessels
in distress she was invaluable and in her brief time
has brought many disabled barks safely into port.
We believe, however, that she did Lot pay In bad
weather, when vessel was on the beach, her SER
vices were in very general demand but in mild sea-
sons of the year, merchants preferred to employ
smaller and less expensive tow boats. She WAS l85
feet deck, 29j feet beam, and IL feet hold. Her
cost SOS OOO and the loss to her owsers, MessTs
Spoford Tleston & Co., will not fall short of s7O, 900
upon which there is no insurance.
BRIO EMELIsE OF SRw-YoRx FoUSDERED AT sEA-
ALL HANDS SAVED.
Tie steam.tug Leviathan went to sea twenty-five
miles s. S f.. ofSandy Hook yesterday morning, when
she spoke the United States steam-bug Arctic, Com
mander Hartsten. Took off boatswain Van Rensselaer,
Hall sick. Kept on for another twenty miles in the
same direction, and spoke the packeship Mscauley Of
Baltimore for New York ninety two days from Liver
pool, all well She refused tow. The Captain Of
tie Mscauley reported having on board Capt. Hem
mpgway and crew of the brig Emeline, from New
York for Constantinople. The Emelne LEFT New York
in December last and foundered at sea. She
cleared by S. Duncan. Capt. Hazard also saw the
ship Plymouth Rock, of Boston, seventy days from
Liverpool, snd the bark South Carolina from
Charleston.
The STEAMSHIP ERICSSON.
The steamer Ericsson, Capt. Lowber, has been
chartered to sail in the Collins Line in place Of the
Quaker City on the Goth March. The Ericsson has
made eight successful voyages across the Atlantic in
the most bOsterous weather known in the past twenty
years, ard has proved herself as stanch and safe a
vessel as any afoat. Wster.tight compartments are
now being constructed in her. preparatory to her next
yoysge Capt Lowber is well known in the Liver
pooltrade as q careful and competent mariner and his
vessel is replete with every comfort.
THE SCHOONER FALMOUTH.
The statement in yesterdays TRIBUNE that Capt.
Warren did not know to whom be sold the schooner
Falmouth must have been incorrect, as we find his
lame appended TO the bill Of sale, dated March TO- to
f. w Ward. The new register was applied for on
the llth and Capt. Warren became security for the
necessary bond at the Custom-House in 81 200. She
was sold for e. 400, GJOut one half i her rdiue Cas-
per MarItch Aunha, one Of the three passenger"
fouId On her. very recently mate OF the POrtu-
euese bark Donna Anna, from Lisbon The schooner
arrived here from San Domingo with hides and ma
hogaDy, Feb. 81. Some very important facts have
come to light showing beyond question the llegalty
Of her present voyage No one has had the hsrdhood
10 claim her a. yet.
FIRES.