New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-21
MARINE AFFAIRS.

retary Of the Navy 10 examine and report upon It's er-
it's The bell is similar in shape to the Nautilus diving.
bell invented by Major Sears and is fased or lowered
in the water in the same Manner by its own busyancy.
Mr. Mailleferts invention however possesses two adj
vantages found in the Nautilus. II is not necessary
to raise and lower it every time the wcrkmen ascend
or descend To ob,iate this large chimney has been
constructed the top of the bell, the upper end OF
which is not submerged. The bell is sunk sufficient
air is forced into the chamber TO clear Of water which
is accomplished in few seconds the workmen then
enter the chimney through man-bole, close behind
them, and descend by a ladder to the bottom. Hero
they unscrew the covering Of another msn-hole, and
enter the body of the bell leaving the orce OPEN and
proceed with their work. when they wish to como
out they ascend to the chimney, close the trap and
then mount the ladder to the upper trap, unscrewing
which, they stand in broad daylight, the bell still re-
naming at the bottom Of the river. The second i'm
proyement consists in admitting the air from valve
near the bottom instead of from the roof as in most
other bells Persons at work in the bell commune
cate orally with their assistants outside, and the work.
men state that they frequently remain under wstar
three or four hours at time without inconvenience.
They have been engaged during the past Summer win
the bell in laying submarine foundations for the ma
rne railway Hunters Point and succeeded in lifting
blocks of ten uns and laying them in place. with esso
and precision The bell dispaces twentythree tuns OF
water and weighs including four tuns of ballast twelve
tuns, leaving lifting power equal to eleven tune.
FOR CALIFORNIA.
The steamship Star Of the Wet, Capt. Gray, sa,ed
yesterday for Aspinwal, with the United States malls
and passengers for California.
NOR EURoPE.
The ROYAL Mail steamship Africa sailed yesterday
for Liverpool with 40 passengers, among them Mr. T..
A. Grattan, British Consul
THE nALmvr FISHERY.
The Boston Trareer says that the recent favorable
weather has prompted the Gloucester fishermen to re-
sumo their dangerous and uncertain business on
Georges Bank. Some have started already, and be-
tween fifty and sixty vessels are about to sail.
REcovERrSG sUSxES TREASURE.
We informed that advices have been received &C
the Office of the Boston Relief and Submarine Com
pany from Capt. Joseph p. Couthouy commanding
the Companys Expedition to the Caribbean Sea dated
brig Monagas over the San Pedro Dec. II, 1857, BY
which il appears that after about three months pre-
limnary operations in blasting and clearing away
rubbish &c. the divers had at length got fairly INTO
the hold of the San Pedro and beginning 70 take
up specie several hundred dollars having been found
during the last few days. Cap. Z. says:
there In ma BE- na :ss .ssn S
all Of rolls a rolls S ~ q%p o. emo S. srr %
tered ones they be only herad' Of the main Sodyso
II will be remembered that the San Pedro was flag
ship of squadron Of fifteen sail, including Transports
zen, out by Spain in. 1915, with an army Of l2,oo0
men, 10 reconquer the reyolted Province OF Vsnexu-
Ella and that she blew up in the Bay Of Cumans, and
sank in sixty feet Of water. II is proved by Official
documents that she had on board nj the time OF tho
catastrophe $4,000 600, of which ooo were s
gold. OF this large sum, till now, only about $io,WW
have been recovered, which were obtained ny means
of diyDg-be in the mud and sand outside the shpe
This is'the first successful attempt made TO PEN
citrate the hull where there is every reason to believe
ing been placed in the sprtroom, just forward Of the
maya zine and the same level il would necessarily
be driven forward by the explosion Of the POWDER
and scattered through the hold. Everything thus iar
favors this supposton not only specie but numer-
Gus articles which must have belonged TO tho
oficers quarters aft are found mixed up with broken
pieces of wreck, in confused mass, completely hii-
ing the hold.
The brass guns that have been found known To
have been slowed in the hold before the explosion, Of
which there are said to have been from sixty 10 ono
hundred thousand dollars WORTH comprising park Of
field artillery and the bronze guns taken from captured
and dismantled forts. OF these, hye besutifui
pieces of ordnance in perfect state OF preservatao.
have been taken up, beside considerable quantities OF
copper and other articles of value. rudder pntIe OF
pure copper, weighing over 500 ID, had the nsms
''San Pedro de Alcantara" stamped upon It.
The work has been Of great difficulty and labor,
and only small portion of the hold has yet been ex-
plOred but the prospect now is that the persever1ng
efforts Of Capt. Couthouy will be crowned with COM
pltte success. He has the very best OF machinery,
and bold and experienced divers. HIS crew are de-
voted to him. and cheerully work VI hours daily, UNI
der water He has adopted Systematic plan OF OPP
eratioDs, by which, with the aid Of gunpowder and
the submarine armor, he will undoubtedly succeed 10
length fairly got into the hold, aud commenced taking
up specie the stockholders are certainly justified In sx-
pectiDg rich harvest. Boston Transcript
QUICK PASSAGE.
The medium clipper ship Beverly Captain Chase,
from Boston August %, arrived below Calcutta Nov.
%, having made the passage in 70 days.
The crack elpper-ships james Baines and Cham
pon of the Seas both from Portsmouth, England, wsro
over 100 days making the passage TO the sand Heads
though both were towed clear Of the Lands End, by
steamers. Both however, were also beaten by tho
English ship Agsmemnon which not lowed out OF
the channe at least eight days. but oil three wefc
beaten by the Beverly-they all had contend against
TBo.,on Journal.
TIE AFRICAN SQUADRON TO BE EsLARcED-suS'fi''
TUITION or STEAMERS FOR sAILIsd y,ssILs.
We are glad TO learn that the National Governmene
about 20 enlarge the naval force on the cosa on
Africa 10 protect the interests Of our comTerce iG
that quarter and to check the slave trade Inc sss
sells at present in service in the African wa.ss ac
Cumberland tfag-shipl, "a guns; the .ioeeI ,S
e nrenarng at Norfolk to join this squadron; The
total On her arrival will be four sailing vessels, car
ryirg 76 guns or four guns lees than required ny the
We6ster-Asb burton treaty Of a's al urea! iwnnsx
maintains on the same station Meet o. tw.n MX
beside several sailing vessels, and about 40
gnns Now that the slave trade ~ extirpated py Ia
IBERIA aided by the cruisers from the west coast We
can imagine no good reason Why sn1a'a nos %
g I'll nowers be centered there. Let steamers be
Substnted for the sailing vessels now employed, ana
ba J.crsce which our flag has attached to IL bscsaso
81 ~, constant illegal would, with the suppression
Of the accursed traffic, be speedily removed:
- lPhiIsdelpha North A"enes''
Bosroy, Tuesday, Jan. - iSeS
IT,. follow he footinyz of Bang Stdtcfoen6