New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-02
MARINE Affairs.
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the service We understand that the pay VIII hard.J
cover the damage which the boa: sustained. In con
SEQUENCE Of the opening Of this channel large qoan
f. If drf ice entered the East River rendering ferry
ps ,icetu for soe time neither prompt nor pleasant
ruy mn, C.syIaS-REsoUE or sKyERAL PERSONS
~ A noe.
Tesrp unced ye.terdsy the loss o. the bark Caspian
near Bahia Honda mot BsrscOa While on Der passage
from New Oresns to BO-tOu snd the death OF Captain
JrOufs.an. When the vessel struck, the caP'as va
w.-hed overheard and vas found the next morning
ettar ped in the msng grove basbSs aod died from eK-
heusticn few n utes after he was discovered ~ tue
u.ople on shore. When the yesse struck II was found
III possitle or bost TO reach the shore aad on board
". re- The wife Of the captain her sister and t~c chi-
dren beside crew o: twenty persons. There yaa
The shore 10 view and persons standing At length a
small coz board put overheard with the en1 OF
n bal Of ~ ipe made fact round ms neck lie reached
wss then rsde fast TO tie twice and hauled IN shore
AND sca b. lis means a stout hs Eser got on shore
which Dcipg hove taut by windlass on board the
two ladies and the children were sUcce-syeiy placed ~
ch.ir. which suspended from the hawser, and
hauled Though tie surf and waves on shore
FOR EUROPE.
The Briti.l ,,aew -te-rner City Of Washington left
On Saturday for Liverpool with II cabin passengers
and 10 in the second cabia The Collins IA. steamer
Atlantic Capt. Eldiidge, left Yesterday for Liverpool
with seven passengers.
aIHIRb RFIIXF yfs,TL.
The propeller Caledonia Of CrOmwclls Lac, Capt.
Le,feld. left the city on Fndsy evening for CteSa-
ptake Bay to assist the steamship James Adger in
relieving vessel- in distress.
FRiGHITUL CRUELTIEs OS BOARD A. ANERIcaS SHIP.
case was recently under investigation by the
AmeriC Consul and the police authorities Of Liver
pool when involves the death of fine young Dutch
nan about ~ years Of age, from alleged cruelty by
rome OF the officers Of the American ship Guy Man
nering Upon the arrival Of the vessel 10 the Bramley
Moore Deck the W ing man removed on sretcher
10 the Northern Hospital 81 ga early hour on Monday
morning in a state Of iDsensibiy. From this state
re never rallied, ard death terminated his suterngs
IN the Of TIE afternoon of the same day. HIS
body presents fTghtful speCtacle Ills head and face
appear 10 be " mashed to mummy the nose com
plctly faened ana crushed. and the skull evidently
fractured. Down 10 the eyiremes scarcely an inch
Cf space appears between the bruises cuts and sores
The evid' nee far can al present be asceraned,
inplcates man named Lewis the bo4tswain of the
chip who is said 20 have struck the deceased blow
the face with Delaying pin, which may account
for the fractured stSte n the nose. This man Is under
the suIV eiance of the police; and, a. an inquest will
be lejd on the bOty to-day the will then he fully
Investigated. Nj Vel the head surgeon of the hos
pfa having expressed his opinion that the injuries re-
ctivcd have beer the cause Of death. Another man,
named George " ats, belonging to the same ship, IL
also lying in the hospital with severe scalp
wound which he said WAS inflicted by Cuttings, the
third mate. His BODY is also feariuy bruised with
blows from Delaying pine and other murdefous
weapon with which the mates of the ship had armed
Themselves duIiug the voyage. The inquest was
opened before the borough coroner and the IL I'd mate
Henry Cuttings, and the boatswain, Lewis, were in
custody. Ii proved that during the voyage both
the prisoners had repeatedly beaten the deceased, a.
also had the frat mate The jury returned VERDICT Of
Msnsaughter against the second and third mates
and the boatswsiD and the two latter were committed
trial. awarant being issued for the apprehension OF
the second mate. Cuttings who is d Young
upg cts NV
when the verdict was given.
FLEET OF NRssFLs IN DIsTREsS ~ HAMPTON ROADS.
L. $. MAIL STEAMsHIP PHmADELPHIA,{
NEw.io YORK. kIidsy, Jan. 80, 1857.
H. ne PycGeaG aud Secretary the dt@se Mufuo! Is'HT
Sm,: have lust arrived from old Point Comfort,
Va aud herewith sene YOU list Of vessels in the lee
and ashore in The lower part Of the Chesapeake Bay.
Several Of them out of provisions and water, sud
they ali trying to get 10 place OF saie'y. but
in Consequence of The solid ice In Hampton Roads,
and the drifi which covers the lower part of the
bay I fear they will not be able 10 reach place Of
safety without the assistance of ono or two powerful
tugs. IL sides, there is not pilot, or pilot boat ahoat
all Of Clenl being frozen up in Hampton Creek.
LIST.
ship Samuel Russell from China, on, of prov isions
and short of men, atoat in the ice.
ship Rambler, with guano drawing q feet of water
ashore on the southern edge of Horse snOe.
Old Colony with glano drawing ~ feet, also touch
ing bottom, and the ebb tide Just making.
Hamburg, ship No. 23j, Ashore badly inside Of
Willoughhy Spit-the light boa. having gone adrft
add is ashore, or very near H. in Lynhsven Bay. This
ship l. full Of emlgTans.
Ship William Fenny. ashore on the Tn nbe.
Bark Sutana ashore on the Thnble
British ship Henry Ellis from London, out OF pro-
visoDs, in the ice, atioaf.
ship johanna. al anchor In the Horseshoe.
Bark Burlington, do do.
Ilcrm or Brem, st. Marys, out Of provisions towed
her to Old Point.
Bark Homer, anchor on the upper pat of the Shoe
Ship Magnet, alongside the bank at Old Point Cop
ptr On the stsrboaId side injured oy the ice
There are 81 least twelve other yessels-bHks, briggs
Ser, rr.p -c,fuly. I'M mcGowAN Captain.
II WAS to relieve these vessels that the steamship
james Adgtr sailed CT Fricay evening
The United States Mail steamship Philadelphia, J.
McCoun COMMANDING left New-Oleans Jan. 20, ar
nved At Hayans at sunrse of the 25d; sailed same
dsy for old Point Comfort Va. at which place she az
rved on the morning Of the 2Sh after much difficulty
and detention from fog and ice, and sailed same day
for Ncw-lork. The Philadelphia landed Companies
c, Ri Infantry and IT, "a Artillery United States
Amy al Cd Point Comfort. Much distress and 10
convenience being felt by vessels in the Chess-
peake Bay ausIpg from the ice blockade, the want Of
water ara provisions and the absence of tow boats or
other commune alton with the shore. The following
vessels were sp ken BY the Philadelphia during her diff
fcult passage through the bay: Bng ST. Mary, of New
York, towed by tie Phadelphis to Old Pt. Comfort;
ship Colony, Of Boston, from Caao und in the ice;
ship Rambler az Ne~-lork, from Callso, los days,
aground in theic ship Samuel Russell, of New-iGrk,
in Wan of provision Hamburg ship showing No.
80, With large number OF emigrants on board, 10
want of PROVISIONS and fast in the ice; bark Brighton
a. anchor in the ice There were many other vessels
shown their ens'Ers with union down. All the pilot
boats were completely frozen in.
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