New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-12
MARINE AFFAIRS.

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THE TRIAL OF SPEED BETWEEN THE ksanEnsos AND
SiAGARa.
UNITED SrArEs FRioATE NIAGARA,
PLrNouIH, England, Sept -, 1857.
To The Editor o. the Wdisiaeoz Union:
Having seen several erroneous accounts of the small
trial of speed bewsen this ship and her associates tho
Aasmemnon lne Of battle chip and the United States
figate Susqueharra ,sdewheel steamer, on their
tun 10 this port have sent the following a. some.
thing more TO be relied on: ..
out Of sight ahead having pressed on DUNG us ngns
while were LAYING to for the Agsmemnon. ms
latter vessel at the same hour, was several miles o.
our weather bow, under steam, with her courses sop
sails and topgallant sails set. When the order was
given 10 meke the sail on thus ship AND 70 NJ
crease the revolutions Of her engines to forty per nun
use we room found were overhsuling and pdsesng
the Aecmemron, and at 3 o'clock p. m she wss huii
down ssterp beating her best speed ct least three
miles Der hour Ii is well here TO say that the Aga
mennon is one Of their fastest screw steamers ana
nobe vessel che is. Al 10 o'clock made the Snsque-
harra ahead; az D. m, oyerhaued her and crossed
her bows a. easy a. dolphin would have done it,
and that too while she wss making over twelve miles
per hour. Since then have ounvered with the en-.
GERS OF both these chips. and they acknoweage neZ
were doing their best, while the Niagara had nw OF
her fires shut off, beside dragging through the wasee
an immense iron frame TO protect the cable from COM
ing in contac, with the propeller. We are just nod.
ing out what this ship can do; under steam alone, ID
kr o,s under steam and canvas With good topgahant
breeze Il knots ard over. And finer seq boat ever
crossed the ocean.
DECREASE oY WRECKS IN THr FLORIDA GULF.
KEY WEsT, Sept. 2S, lS57.-There has BEEN foe
three months or more, remarkable exemption nom
erire losses in the Florida Gull Very lew ehips
have travened these waters, or have shown them
selves rs was the practice OF old, to the pilot ooafo
ard cruising vessels belonging to hey West grs1
rumber Of vessels have been lost on the BAHIA ma Banks
"a larger number than before known-dur1ng
the past six months but on this side OF the stream ne
number of accidents has been few. Our coast oes-
-. ,al hyat
tors are becoming familiar, and the one fruitful source
of danger that OF ignorance Of true position, no longer
exits Navgstors Themselves, perhaps, are better
acquainted with the currents, are more careful N
handling their vessels, and more particular in taking
observations while in the vicinity OF danger such -
| exist along this coast.
NAVAL.
Cant Robert Tapsin, commanding the Marine Guard
on board the United States receiving ship North Car.
olira left on Friday the 9Th ins. to attend "a W.T.
ness one of the Naval Courts of Inquiry at Wsshgson
BY private advices from the flagship Wabash OF
the Home Squadron, we are informed that sne wiA
leave Aspnwall for New-York on the arrival OF the
United States ioopofwsr Saratoga, which Is expected
in that port on or about the ooh inst. Capt james r
Scherck, commanding the United States receiving
ship North Carolina, is Q visit 10 Ohio. He Wiz
return TO bis post in about three weeks.
A grand ball was given on the evening Of the @h
inst on board the receiving ship North Carolina, Dy
the ward room officers of said ship. 1t is said 10 havs
Been mos. brilliant affair, and reflects credit on the
mar agement and the officers who were instrumental 10
gettirg it up.
The United States practice chip Prsble arrived ct
the usual anchorage, Norfolk, on the 9Th inst. from
Annapolis.
Orders were received at the Charlestown Navy
Yard yesterday to repair and put in perfect order ne
steam.fiigste Roanoke now IN the stone dock pro
vding it can be done without disturb bling her machIns-
badly strained and hogged by stiokng on tho ways
vhep abe was laur ched at Norfolk. Mr.. Delsno, the
Naval Constructor, will commence operations -
once by removing the gate TO the sheers where bef
nanmast and perhaps the Others will be taken ous.
She viii then be taken into dock again and there
thoroughly overloaded. The steamfngate Merrimac,
Commander Hitchcock, bound 70 the Pacific, has been
lying in the stream, ready for sea, Tor week past
She ia detained in consequence Of the non arrival Of
the Hon. Rich Mead nty appointed United States
Minister 10 Brazil and who is TO take passage IN her.
IL is understood that Mr. Mead Is detained by illness
at home. II is pity that these two fine national YES.
sells not constructed higher between decks, Tor
10 almost impossible for q commonsized person 70
walk erect en- the gun deck, even with his hat 10 h
hand. boston Courier, W.
LAUNCHED.
On Saturday Oct. 8, from the yard OF hsssy y. Y.
Nash g. Co.. AddsOn, Me T, q fine bark, OF about 4O0
tuna name the Fannie Hamilton. She is commanded
by Capt Warren Wsss and intended for the general
freiehting business. Her owners are Capt Wses,
Messrs. j. G. Nash e. Co., Messrs. Peck 81 Church,
of York, and others.