New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-19

| besVy gale. Our ftresab was blown away Will.
sopodng before the gale. A hesvys.a wes fuo,icn
Il terg boarded by the sea. We kept right befor,
tie Wind ara carried all the ssil and steam could
n oTce< to feep our of the way OF the sea DO MN
DAY q, ! oclock p. m.. passed FRYING Pan Shoal
| tie gale crDiDnirg from the southwest.
| TUesc6y, ~ q. NJ. We were up with Cape Look
/ out from this tine Until O'Clock p. N we passed
lssce uuspfi'ies Of floating materisls-among other
,ti7es, tie frcnt cf steamers wbeelhopse, painted
hlsek. srd ightcoIored in the certer. or what sp
resreu to be q star, or the rays Of the sun; berth
b. arG. IL large Numbers pate white with dark caps,
| a. IT Of nBhoehpy or black walnut l knew they
were beth boards from eose inspection, they psssed
US o, both sHfs there were enough OF them 10 have
,prr,jed spy large ship; fragments Of deck panks
tu,rt,f or thirty feet long painted yellow on the
nnrt, RID white on the under side could where
he csrlirs had been wrtnched of. ard the spikes
sticking out.
e,ty wire cssks OF twenty gallons, large q, the blge
A, d spell q, he b. ace two empty crates ar twenty
or Thirty csbbsges, which supposed came ont Of them
We keit bright look out expe c'uS to see wreck,
but Jaw rore. At l. O'Clock noon, Tuesdsy we were
UP with Hst'eras there bei8g no e6ateuient of the
esle, ard heavy SEA Saw two bsTks uncer close
ieeftd topsails. ard two sehoones under fOresais
without ibis. At o'clock m, VISA opposite Nags
Head when the gate moderate little and hsrled TO
tie northwest, but commenced blowing as hard
g. ever, that with al the steam could rstse
oil ly msde % uies w 10 IL ocloek day. II honrs
AT tllfe chipptn sea when WhsOeO our neov-
lest ar ctoy weighing 200 pour about ~ feet fron
its position from forwad-af. The vessel, however,
1T, vec excellent boat snd we have brought
cargo bone without the least damage. We saw no
rehs Of steamers at night and no signals OF distress.
TIE steamship Commerce, Capt Vaughan, which
arrived at Bal imore On Wednesday, also reports
having passed lot Of furniture on Sunday afternoon
Of Cape Lockout but what connection, if any, these
repo,ta may have with the Inflated steamer can az
present oily be copjectured.
The ship Liberty Atkins arrived at this port yester-
cay rorpirg from New.Oreans, reports from the 9th
to the 18th inst experienced gales from n. n. E.
TO South-at times blowing hurricane, during which
sprurg mainn act ard badly twisted rudder head the
ship at ines leaking badly; threw overheard 800
socks wheat to lgh.en her, and which lessened the
leak TO ore pump, She makes at present about $50
strokes PER hour.
Loss OF THE BARK JOHN PARKER.
A telegraphic dispstch received yesterday morning
from Wilmington, n. c., states that the bark Johu
Parker, Captsin Roberts, from New.Orleens for
Rotterdam with SIS hcgsheads Of tobacco, and 300
slaves was lost on the North Carolina Coast in the
late gale, with Der cargo. The cargo was valued at
$50 GO The John Parker was built at Mediord In
1915, and registered 397 tuns.
Loss OF THE SCHOONER WAKE.
The dispatch also states that the schooner Wake,
FRI m Whining tup, n. c., for Nsw-York, with naval
stores, vas totally lost with the cargo. The Wake
was built st Bellvile, n. j., 1851, and owned by
Powell ard others in New-York. She was 27O tuns
burden, was an AZ vesse ard valued at Sl3 900.
CHARLESTON, Friday, Sept Is, 1897.
The steamship Georges Creek from Baltimore, ar
rived bere at 10 o'clock last night. She Yves In the
gale for three days, and her cargo is supposed to be
partial damaged.
NORFOLK, Friday, Sept. Is, 1857.
The schooner w. A. Ellis, which ashore at
Cape Henry was got of and has arrived here in
very leaay condition.
THE WRECK OF The STEAMSHIP NORFOLK.
Messrs James w. NAPLES and Henry NAPLES, the
FIST al second epgreers and Others who were IN the
boat picked up by the Gale donia arrived at Phiadel-
pha on Thursday evening in the cars from Baltimore
Tb.y confirm tho report of tho disaster rs published.
Tho beat was the last to leave the sinking ship. In
fact the ship sur under them just as they were push.
iIg IF and they came near being drawn under as she
went down. They were 10 sight for some time,
but became separated. When the steams
Joseph Whitney, with those picked up in the
CAPTAINS boat fell in with the Csledor ia, the cap.
ram tod the captain Of the Caledonia that there was
another boat missing, and indicated the direction it
bad taken. The Caledonia immediately went in
search of her, and bad the good fortune to pick her up
a. save all those on board of her. This was over ten
bours after the beat left tho wreck, instead of six, as
reported. The second engineer, Mr.. Henry NAPLES,
SAYS that nothing could have exceeded the kindness of
tie captain and all on board Of the Caledonia. lie
also bears testimony to the devotion and energy Of
Captain Kelly ofthe Norfolk, whose efforts, during the
whole Of tie gale for the safety of his passengers,
wee ultirrg. He never left the deck from the time
the emI.st began until all hope was gone, and then,
VIXEN he saw that the boats prepared to save ALL
he went below end brought up his wife and four chill
dren and put them in the boat with the other passen-
gers. 1t is doubtless owing to the excellent manage
ment of Cap ain Kelly and his officers that this disaster
dad NTH loss of Iifa