New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-09
MARINE AFFAIRS.
stws OF THE PoRT-DIsAsTIRs.

Ionoide taking out her cargo. An attempt will again
bs made at high water tonight. She sits up nearly
.r,;oht and does not leak. The ship Empress OF the
Sea from Cellao, arrived last night dragged her an
,bor in the North River and is somewhat damaged by
,be ice Her ensign get union down, when she was
taken in tow By tie steamtugs Huntress and Achilles,
,nd moored at pier 81 East River. The ice yesterday
w,syery plenty and Of considerable thickness. The
ous fern boats on the North and East Rivers have had
great difficulty in crossing. Thus fer the Staten Island
boats have ran regularly. Yesterday the agent Of this
fery gave notice that during the prevalence Of the
ice the boats viii leave New.York at 9! and II a. m,
,3 Al and 81 p. M. leave Staten Island at 8, q and
II a. M, and h. 3 and y, p. IN.
The Oldenburg bark Union, from Bremen, an
chored i. the North River, dragged her anchor, aud
bad her rudder carried way by the ice and is badly
cut She was towed into pier at jersey City by the
bteamtug Huntress.
The following is the cargo Of the ship Cultiva,or;
81, 165 bushels corD S,l3l do. wheat, l,553 barrels
four 1877 tierces rce go boxes bacon $50 do. cheese
3O5 teroes 1873 barrels lard 800 bales cotton 50 tuns
fustc, 226 do logwood, IL hhds 2j ierces tobacco.
The bark Flight, for Savannah, ia ashore back Of
Governor Island where she was carried by the ice.
At sunset, the East River from the Battery to Gov.
ernors Island blocked up by field Of ice, which
maze the cfC 5olIR 10 ana rom easy, RE-
vicusy, the bo ats at long intervals.
The Staten Island boat Josephine on the o'clock
TIP from the island, landed at Pier No North River
O. did the Staten Islander from Elizabetbtown. Th
Iunchback started at A. O'Clock for the island, Blu.
uas obliged to return.
The steamtugs w. ii. Webb and Achilles not
successful in getting off the chip Cultivator. She will
discharge more Of her cargo. She leaks come to-day
and is cut into by the ice.
THE WRECKS AT BARNEGAT.
Extract from letter received by Messrs. Bird &
Nelson from Captain Bennett, dated Barnegs., JAN
5, about ship New. York, ashore.
1--WE arrived here las. night and came to off the
ship the sea rough, and wind to the N. W.; went on
board of ship 70 work, cutting decks, and have inside
fine commencement got out loi OF damaged cargo,
pome coils rigging and several cases of merchandise.
We have got up purchases and hope the mOrnlnS 10
nut some cargo on board Of the schooner Fidermsn.
"Tbe last storm has no. changed the petition of the
ship and think it will take heavy storm to break
her up. The railroad iron is all clear and hope to
get good deal Of it before the chip breaks up.
About l4O pieces rosewood have been saved from
the Br. ship Tasso"
SHIP BUILDING AT THE EAST.
The total number of vessels built at Il )stOn aud vi
cinity during the year 1886 was 81, their tunna3e
amounting TO 50 9S. In 1855 their Al bull, with
tunnage Of 80 $50. and in 1884 there were 90 built,
with q turnsge Of72lH.
AS compared with 1855, will be there has been
which the clipper fever ragged, the amount is less
than twotbirds as much. This statement does not in
cude the amount built in Quincy, as we have not the
sneaBs at hand OF comparing the amount built this year
9th that built last year.
There are upon the stocks in tie various yards at
the present time ton ships, with an aggregate tunnsge
Of 800 tuDs At the corresponding period last year
there upon the stocks eighteen vessels, with aA
aggregate tUnnsge of ~, 1870 tuns. Business is eX-
iemey dull at tho present time and shows no slgos OF
Improvement
du- I'LL d.
The year 1856 was % with tuanage of ID 3H. Dur
ing the year 1855 there were Al built with tunnage Of
90 503 and In 1854 40 were built, with tunnage OF
25,@3.
The total amount of the tinnsge of the new vessels
built during the year 1856, in the district of GlOucss
ter is 143 6O95 hscomprised in twenty schoOn'
eTs ana four boats.
The following oflicers attached to the United
States ship Falmouth shortly 10 sail on cruise
Commander. l.. Farrsnd; Lieutenants, G. w.
RodgeTp ex-Cfiicer, W. w. Pollock Samuel K. Frank
lin, VIM McGunnagle, j. S Skerrett; Acting Master,
G. Brown; surgeon, John J. Aberne,hy Assistant
SURGEON VIM. w. Page; Purser, John p. Abb ,tt
Passed Midshnmen WIN. l.. Bradford f. NJ Ram.
sey, j. G. Walker, NJ c. Campbell BoatsTain, h
b. Bell; Gunner +. A. Cunuush nam; Carpenter, Ohm
Simpson; Sailmaler, John North.
DEirENING TnE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
We learn from The Nee Orleans Deila that Messrs
Craig and RightOy, with whom contract was made
by the War Department, Tor deepening the cuanneIS
Of the mouths of the Mississippi river preparing to
commence their work immediately. The contract re-
qures that the work on the two "Passes" shall be
completed in ten and fifteen months respectively, from
the 18th Of November las-for which the contractors
are TO receive $225 OOO After that they TO keep
the channels open for four years and half at the rate
Of OOO per The plan proposed for carrying
out this project is as follows:
"The passes, it is known, widen as they debouch 10
TO the Gulf and bars formed at their mouths. Just
above the bar il is proposed 70 establish two break
waters one on each side commencing az each bank
and cony crying toward the center until within 3OOO
feet of each other the proposed width of the channel
though the contract requires only 5OO feet WIDTH
These breakwsters are to be composed OF piles. The
spcrtures between the pies though not su ent TO al
feet the current will be large enough to admit deposit
which will gradually form bank to still furiaT
strengthen the breakwaiers. Three miles above the
hreakwaeI in the Southwest Pass the banks are, cay
1900 feet apart and the channel As feet deep. TIE
rent will have nearly the effect ii tae width
three miles above was continued down 10 the cad OF
the break Aers which extend into the bar the out
or side of which the water is 80 feet deep This
would necessarily remove the bar, making channel
Of mOie than 20 feet deep and 5000 wide and washing
the mud cut ilto such depth that It would be long
befoie new bar would offer serious oh ,trRcuon.'
STEAM wHALER.
screw steamship according to The NeR-Beit0rd
Aerewrs) is being fitted out at Providence for the
norther. whale fishery Captain SoSle, formerly Of
the sh;n Sfa Of Warren X / il To command her,