New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-16
MARINE AFFAIRS.
loss OF AN AMERICAN SHIP.

fine American ship Andrew Foster, Capt Williams late
mate of the United States mail steamship Ericsscpl,
| from New-York, for this port.
The Andrew Foster sailed from New-Yogk on April
!, and had board one lady passenger, Mi.s Quiz,
and with the captain and crew the complement
bersd thr;yeight persons. The voyage prosecut
cd without any particular incident until the vessel
s~;vad in the Channel and when be~een ruskar and
Uoly head at midnight. Tuesday last, the s:h ut,
he Was struck the luh of the bow beng on tho
starboard tack by the ship Iuscarora nom LveIpoci'
foI Philadelphia Capt Williams tearing tnat 'ns l9y 70 rs
10 law by tinle but ns'ead OF aoass 80 zoe po
.ssd,S Oh a. without injury Immediately the o
ou M pump. Of the Andrew Foster manned and Il
Suuu & ~ s,in. the vessel and srdnsy the bo~s
oercd and those cu bsrd abandoned me hR
leaving the vessel she sunk IN aeep wst.s no.
ser being about he quarter, Of an sosI on the rs Ts,s
nSe ,sr iy"rpoc on which vessel they yerer-
ssy morning ben about ;cn mile. Of HOyhead BY the
Tse AaaTrw Foster hss been regular trader htwesn ;hs
roT and Sn5 as s.S SSsap Ss r. si.eS
;hst n. ship srd Insured at Aew.YeIk.
1sg A.SiS~ sG 900 aa Burden and SSHseI to Tp.e.
line II American packet. ho. this port She Was .dssse
siHaS. A..n ayorite ship 10 the trade
We indebted ssl Tie above sa,eqrA . 70 N , 1Sss
last the See Kmsl and who state. .h 81 the sne
Tv.Is sl.s bcb in great degree soeoant. fI the safety
of those board had the winds pen ssn VIZ 80 r.,
sb e. Of the rstmert they board the Little
s,,, ,hst vessel European Times
The Andrew Pos.er was fine vessel of 10 tun
register. butt at Williamsburg in iSis by hessrs
Perine. Patterson & Stack rating and valued az
$C00CO. She was owned by David Ogden, esq, OF
this city, The vessel together with her freight money!
was insured TO the amount of 500 900 in this CITY, The
cargo was valued at 600, which insured in this
CITY in one company for all OOO and in another Tor
slj OO0 Her cargo consists OF $500 BUSH corn, foo
bbs bacon, 3 100 bbls -four, and is7 bales cotton.
There is . further insurance il, but to what ex-
| tent We cannot learn.
PERILs or THE sEt-sHIP MOSES WHEELER.
The voyage of the ship Moses Wheeler, Capt. John
| Simpson of Newburyport, from London 10 Calcutta
and back will partly illustrate some OF the trials Of
| poor Jack. When about 500 miles to the south-west
Of the Cape of Good Hope, on the passage TO Cal
| cutta scudding before westerly gale, the Noses
| Wheeler ran foul of something, supposed wreck or
dead whale with such violence that the men of the
| watch were Frustrated, and those below or IN the
house rushed on deck fearing the vessel was ashore.
The right was pi,chy dark and the long and reg
uar, but very high; the ship reeled and waved Tor
men and treinbled fore and aft, then bounded along
| as buoyanty as ever. The apparent danger was
astern. but the real danger had yet 10 be met When
restored the pumps were sounded and revealed
. r@RS Pump S EQUATOR the leak cTcsd AZ ono
time the captain hSush Of putting into sSs ,e o. s .hs,s
concluded to keep on Sails were placed under he eo'ton
and other used 70 stop the pot the sans
washed away aud the leak increased to 5000 strokes pes
Near the Equator she beamed under banning suns
the men, exhausted fell from the pump breaks but 70 hes
by the noble example captain they We'd with
another carrying out his orders he had bis sp. a. inc
Of bis position labor les, than his Had he acted other
wise it doubtful whether he could have saved his ss,ie
had mpny hGTe cS s%PS S f ESSS and Ss part hex
crew On board the Moses wheesr The strangers pamped her
out and agreed to remain Rss IN s. Tine s.t The
rated Two day. ser~ ard, four Of the crew fell az inc
T%R' ioa. more would RaSe n.Red the p
pumped ourselves Of our legs ht tounsteiy we reasnse
| pump. going in good style" ,,.
Here Capt simpson dispatched Ms mate 90 70 S a
help but he returned without efSstias anything
the 4 ,Cu@ BE- pGSe s 6 psPrfS ss ns S %o
his mate They bed ihrumbed sail with strips of and
oakum and this placed the ships keel and kept there
by ropes leading each side Of the stem and stern
post and bound other ropes each side OF the ship With
leu CoO, whom he employed 70 aid 10 Pampns and bis s,ey
almost ppde lk dr'i b., By the Time the nip reachei
tie oss Of Such perseverance on The part OF me
worthy Of something than thanks The under.
conduct The Moses WIZ ele now in London having
performed her voyage successfully She belongs to this port
Known. as man Of great professional ability beloved By all
sailed him and highly esteemed by all who know
him OIL shore. Good luck attend him whereAer he goes
Boston Traveller.
AQUATIC.
To-day the Bostoniaps will have boat race, at
o'clock the usual three mile course on Charles RIVER.
The boats the Huron and Foant The Huron
boat If Harvard College The Volan is Boston
club Of hsh racing rpua,ion but lot the eLsnpsn q tho
member Of it. Both have been la training oS
than month, and are in excellent condition.
NAVAL.
About the LIST of June proximo the Navy Depart
ment will dispatch from the brooklyn Navy Yard One Upper
shp h stores the United State: squadron now IA the CHI
uss as the 9th II this mon,h.he soreshp Release yNl
sail from the point for Apinwu WITH stores M me r
cc and Those desiring to send letters -
persons either Of these squsdrons by these opportunities
.houd f them promptly to the careoi the Ss' Lyee'
Brooklyn, y. Y.
COMPLIMENT To AN AMERICAN NAVAL OFFICER.
The EspoRa of Madrid states that the Queen had
sent the the Uued States for the captain a
the American Wserwitcb magnificent spanish
.sord wrought h quste taste aud worth 10 600 rails for
generous aid the Of the shpwecksd Spanish sa!o
CnTthsg.HeTs.
ADVENTURES on THE FISHING BANKS. e
On Thursday last, while on Georges Bank, tho
and of his crew, named Summons eh ne vessel aasy
the purpose Of visiting their travis The weather beng
ioepy they missed their vessel and after pulling about AL
.Gcs.ded IN III, morning IN finding sehT Traverse They az
board Of another vessel bound 70 Boston, ana
Sunday returning TO Gl9see.er BY che c1on
Monday They very fortunate The REMAINDER 81 TIC
crew ser rrnsnns their anchors time and tho skip
per returning crui'ed the Bank ~ search 81 ther
missing hipmste. dsy two and not finding tn re.
Turned home arriving Saturday ate and rcportsd
their los lNewburyport Herald
nEpGEcocK's QUADRANT TO BIZ TESTED.
By permssion Of the Secretary oil the treasury,
Collector Austin ordered the cutter Morris
md has invited Csp, Ayng and few Influential senemen
who interestedn nautical improvements 70 tsHe cruise IN
her in ord. 10 test and practical working Of Hedge
cocks quadrant The Morris proceeded 20 sea on Tuesday and
Will probably be absent several days
MISSING.