New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-23
MARINE AFFAIRS.

arrested on Wednesday. He is charged with leaving
Wn Pratt, one of his senmen, in foreign port, viz:
Beck, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence about 500 miles
below Quebec, and gave bail in $500.
The compainapts story is that Captain McCune
sLipped twenty five excellent seamen at New.Orean
for City Point thence to port in the Northern
States as the owners should direct; but that the
cartan steered toward British America, and landed
the whole of the men at Beck, whence they we're left
to find the beet of their way to Quebec. The consul
was not to be found, and the crew were obliged to
work their passage to Liverpool, and thence to the
United States in the best way they could. 1t is more
than year since they started from New-Caeans.
THE EGYPTIAN sTEAM-YAcHr, THE TRAvELER OF
THE SEA.
The Pashs of Egypts new yacht is now nearly com
pl.ted, She s bull. of iron, filled in with wood from
the lower deck to the rail, and consequently Is very
stiff and compact in her upper works Her bed
pates keelsons, and bearings for her boilers ana en-
gnes, make her, if possible, even stronger oeow. %
far az we are qualified to judge we have little heslta-
ton in stating that che is throughout very strong
ytfsel finely designed and beautifully finished She
il Geo tuns and is the largest IRON yesse 9i "al
hat has been built in this country. Her ends are
very sharp her stern rounded, and upper deck ftis
Upon her upper deck she carries her armsment leav
no the entire deck below for cabins and accomiaoda-
ons for her officers and Her engines are below
lie load line, and work single propeller OF IN i'm
She il hpligged, and looks beautifully soit. The
iggng is covered over the eyes and served ever the
ends up to the leading trucks. Her upper deck is q
wonder f beauty and strength; the planks are laid
edccways, are narrow ard long; the buiwarks are
old he skybght frames are of mahogany guarded
with bras wre her after capstan Is OF brass she mas
also two brass carriage guns, the wheel is inald with
the same metal, and her plDrals shine ike gold No
expense seems to have been spared IN making her
what che is--strOng and beautiful. She was bYlt by
Metsrs Holden Il Gallagher at East Boston, was
dill t,a tied hv Mr. Samuel III. POpk. The
best marine drsug htsman in New-England, and de-
,igned by NJ. Stone. who has the general supern;;
teLdence Of ali her details Sue now lies at the Grand
Jur elton Wharf at East Boston. In the course OF
month OF two she will proceed to Egypt ard take her
place in the Pashas navy Boston traveller.
FOR EUROPE.
The Curard Mail steamer Arabia Capt. Stone, left
Yesterday for Liverpool with las passengers, and
81 ACC, 977 in specie.
The British screw steamer Queen Of the South,
Capt. Bea also called yesterday for Southampton aud
Bremen, with 70 cabin and GA steerage passengers
REDUCTION OF THE PRICE OF PASSAGE 70 EUROPE.
The proprietor Of the steamer Vanderbilt has re:
dnced the price of passage to Europe from Si3o TO
slOO in the fret cabin and in the second cabin from
SIS to $50.
THE ADVANCE WAGES SYSTEM IN PHILADELPHIA;-
We are sorry to cay that the triumph Of the handluof
boardipg house keepers over the intelligence OF the
sbppue firms and the best interests OF the unfortunate
saiiors il almost fully completed. The spectacle pre-
sented yesterday afternoon at the Spruce street DOCK
from vhich the packet ship Westnoreland was just
hauling out would have satisfied any one that II the
,sor e 10 be disenthraled from his present fealy to
the boarding house keeper other means than those YET
tried must be put into reputation Inc crew upon tne
,bip had all received the customary advance previous
10 sailing To obtain seamen without succumoing 10
the crimps is at present literal impossibiity Each
publicsn had his quOtum of bOarders secreted from
nvclo mt. o,.H
chance OF interview with the shipping merchants ana
k, nj III, m 20 well soaked in liquor that they were In
almost an insensibe condition. by coming BACK TO
the old regime, however, full crew was obtained
without difficulty.
brought by their masters as drove OF sheep
yrnrid be driven into cattle-truck on railroad.
ADV hardness or show of disposition to escape was
net with cuff or blow by way OF foretaste OF
What might be expected in case OF more refractory
couduct Those who were too drunk to climb the
hips tide were hosted up by blight OF rope passed
uLder their arms.
One poor fellow who was just sufficiently sober to
realize his position, attempted to bolt from me ine;
His movement anticipated by the man who had
shipped him. He seized by the nape OF the neck,
ana with such vioeIce that his wooden shlft wss torn
from his back as though it were made OF paper.
hearty kick by way Of seconding this forcioie re-
nor STRANGE, entirely subdued him, and moment
sfeIward we raw him on the spar letting on the main
yard
We farey that if Jack received his advance the mo.
ent the clip was in blue water he would be as well
,ati,fed as though be received it ashore But this
working out dead horse" laboring for money
watch has passed into the landlords hands and Tor
which the sailor feels that he has not recevei SUD-
s.nutia equiv alerthis is the principal reason why
bis services are often SO vaueless and so reluctantly
repdeIed North American I'D.
MrrrxY ON BOARD EwBEDFoRD WHALING
BARK The whaling bark Huntfess, Capt; Aiien,
which sailed from New.Bedford Aug IL 100, On no
whaling cruise TO the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, re-
urped TO New-Bedford 10th, account o. tne ,s
Of fourteen to do duty the cause Of wn %crn the
81 of,icey while at sea for which he was put In IRONS
and then containing to use abusive language WIS gag
aed and upon the arrival of the bark q. o., IL Of
fe was discharged When ready f.. e. toId refused
the "ew he SHIPS eVm ht tSey feared bad treatment