New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-31
AN AMERICAN WUALER TAKEN BY THE
BRA/IIIANS

BRAZIIIANS.
| We ore indebted 10 Captain Samuel \. sparrow Of
the bark Cambridge below this port from Pe:nam.
buco for the following account Of the treatment OF
New Bedford whale ship. The captain reports thu; on
the 18th of December Capt Barton Riike's,n arrived
| a. Ptrnambuco IN Brazilian vessel with tue oticere
aid crew Of ship Canada, whaler, Of New Bedford,
snd reported that the 9th November, in the even
ing bis chip struck a reef nine miles from shore and
shout forty or sixty miles north of Cape ~ Rogue.
Immediately got out Hedges and proceeded TO haul the
vessel out through the channel by which she csms In
got her shoat having started the water and gh'ened
Der somewhat, and lest only the false keel. No one
from the vessel allowed by the Captain 10 90
ashore were AIRY signals made Tor assist Anee none
| being required.
ON the fourth day Brazilian officer with soldiers,
came on board ordered the captain 10 stop heav-
ing on the windass to crew were still engaged kedg-
ing Ike vessel out. On his reiuslng 70 DO -, they
| fixed bayonets and drove the men from the wrdlvs.
The captain then told the officer he should abandon
The vessel 10 him, unots he was allowed Ia proceei IN
bis duty and tssayed once more to man the sndlaS,
| but was again prevented by the soldiers lie then
called all hands ait and IN their presence abandoned
the vessel to the officer and told him h. should hold
| his Government responsible. TIE Brazllians having
got pc session Stacked away the hawser aud let the
ship run again TO the rocks up To this tme she had
| nsce DO water 10 speak Of, where she pounded all
night and in the morning had five feet OF wster IN her
hold Capt. Rckots n, thinking that the oicer, nav
| ing had An opportunity sleep on the MISTER, might
repent Of hs rashness OF the day before again called
all hands and in their presence offered TO take The YES
sci again although much damaged with nNe feet OF
water in her hold provided the soldiers would leave;
but the officer peremptoly refused, and Capt K then
! made bis final abandonment, reservlng the private
poperty of himself and crew. lie went on Shore aud
thence to Pernambuco laid his case before the United
States Consul there, protesting, @e ibe Ca1sia had
on board, beede her OUTFITS, seVentyhve barrels oil
| spern-oil, taken on the Line.
ANOTHER RELIEF rxPEDIrroS SENT OCT.
| The Board of Underwliters having chartered the
steamship James Adger sent her out last evening to
proceed TO Chesapeake Bay, for the purpose Of reey
| ing the ce.bound vessels there. The Adger is fur
nished with extra stores, hawsers and men, and per-
ssent effort will be made 10 hberate tho snip Sens
| Russell and other vessels detained IN the Ice. kshei
will also be- extended to all distressed vessels which
may be fallen in with on the way. On hearing that
the Adger going out Capt Faunce Of the revenue
cutter Washing ton-his vessel being cebound in the
Atlantic Dockf-Offered the services of himself, two
Ulcers and ten men. Ills offer accepted, and no
was appointed to the command of the expedition The
| Adger took cut force of fifty men. Some anIietyb
felt for the safety of the schooner Bird cent ont in the
early part of the month 10y the Underwriters u relieve
suffering seamen She has not been spoken since the
18TH but it il probable that she blown OFF into the
Gu Stream and has not yet been able 10 work back.
No apprehension Of her safety need be entertained as
she is right stanch vessel well found in stores and
men.
FROM THE SHIP IRENE.
Extract Of a letter received by j. l.. Vanboskerk
esq. at the United States Revenue Barge Office dsted
SoUrH HAVEN, Jan. *. 1857.
We arrived at the wreck this morning. The chip
lies IN about the condition, with tho exception
that fhe has about seventeen feet water in her
hold than when -be first reported, Our opinion II
that she will never be got III this beach, |, will take
long time to get all the cases and bales out a. they
have TO tish them out.
DISASTERS.
4
esq, dated
NORFOLK. Jan. -, 1857.
The schooner lila Summons, Of Newly ork, Slack
mack master from New York for Jacksonville, ashore,
with an assorted cargo the vessel being in solid
sheet Of ice inside and out the captain and crew hr.
ing landed in lfe-boat they had brought on freight
Capt. Bs0R after visiting the schooner, walked one
and bali MILES distant of shore with perfect safety,
and from the schooner masthead could discern
nothing but one solid body OF ice far a. the eye
could reach. Saw email soop, clogged with les, Of
the Cape, with on board; also wreck OF some
description level with the water no spars standing;
! and vessel far ont at sea, with mssts standings
bad sail set, four miles below Cape Henry founfa
| big or barks foremost with everything attached,
having been sawed of by the deck, snd judging from
the sails being made of English canvas, that she must
have bee. a Bitsh vessel. At Little Islsnd, the
| schooner Michael Hendren of Norfolk went on shore
Capt Moor and crew landed during the storm Of sun
day, but before reaching place Of shelter Capt NJ
perlshtd. The remainder OF the crew were saved put
| badly frozen.
| NORFOLK Jan. 26.-Two propellers are ashore on
Buckeven Beach, OUTSIDE Old Point, just above the
| Chesapeake. The chips ashore at WillDgaby Point
| il no GoHbt the Sultan, the other the William Penn
from Liverpool for Boston. schooner lays sunk on
| Hampton Bar, mssts gone.
| NILNISGTOS, n. C.. Jan. 2j.-The schooner G.. H.
Dixon smuCh stranded will have 10 be digchaged
| and so on the ways, "a she leaks badly.
| HAVANA, Jan. % We have just heard that there's
a ship on the reef near Cardenss loaded with sugar.
| boX shocks, no further particulars.
| Extract from letter received by tllWOod Water,
| esq, dated Havana Jan. q:
Ire ship Caspian Capt. Trubant, from New. Orleans
for BCstOn with cargo of 8 900 bales cotton, va
wrecked on the lth, during the heavy s'onn, about
| seyen or eight miles 10 the westward of Mane. The
C8ptoin drOwned-tbe crew and passsng saved
inducing the csptstns wife. sister and children. Inc
ship s reported to be well driven up, dsmas'ed, bged
and hoggtd, with no chance Of saving her. The cargo
will probably be ssved.
The steamship Washington, OF the Bremen sod
Southampton line will this afternoon be taken toe
| csulked, and newly coppered; also, have spsrtngs
taken of and nf1ly replaced; her machiHery viii also
have a thorough OVERLAPPING.
The steamship Back Warrior will also be tsken on
the Balance dock for examination.
TIE ship Cultiya;Or this morning 10 ited OF me
Balance deck, and tOwed 10 FORTS dock, Brooklyn.
WRECK OF THE TINE AND OF LIFE.
By Tie Norfolk Herald we learn that on Saturday
tight last, the schooner Time, Capt. Brge, from Nor
fol- for New-York went ashore about p. m on
u nnbaven beach off Crumps Hill. The ice was very
thick, and ridge Of snow roth had formed along VIC
shore 10 which the vessel lay near that her mse
they fell over reached to IT, The mate, Rnkin', sna
;hree mer stiff with cold as they were, contnyed
s5e q DO lbon one OF the mssts, I'D passed throogu
tho o.h 10 the shore with scarcely life enough % e'sn
thtuselyes. A boy, about iyess old, bciOsging