New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-24
MARINE AFFAIRS.


Imam Int was again detained. The Company say
H., ,he detection +. dus - tbe un'avorsbe ~es'ber
,,hcb prevetted the workuen frcn making some -e-
~ Ler srnos eppes. II il stated that the sea ner
.al =, 2o'cock to-dsy, and tnat her passsas--s,
sbou, 900 IN number, went OIL boaid isst ngHt.
NAVAL.
Steam was applied 10 the machinery Of the United
States am Scoop of.gar Brooklyn yesterday vita
ss,,fac,ory results. Mesr.. james Murphy " Ce,
the engineers viii soon have her ready Tor 'is1 mp
The following officers reported at the Brooklyn
NAVY Yard on THURSDAY for the Caed Ss'es -to'p''-
war 81. LOUIS: Commau Ter ogden; Leltensuts j"nn
u Todd W,n Nelson, NJ. T. Jones and Jared Z. N
Mveati: Surgeons J. O Connor Barclsy, aud -
Bun eft: Purser Perce new appointment and Nas'e'
A. Armstrong. They expected to hnd Their ship
ready to hoist her ensign, but although she was o.
.,.i IN 90 in commission on the y. She dd noe do 50
.i 20 dsv She is almost ready for sea, there belnS
only few trivial requirements needed ~ delay her ie
rar,u,e for tie Gulf Of Mexico. The ~ Lpdls was
launched at Washington in the year lS2S, and has
done more active service than hs the vosse, ~ the
NAVY She was lstely oyethauei snd slmost reou't
in the western slphouse, h.r r pairs costing Jast a.
much as would be sufiicen. 70 complete new steam
euntoat.
Tie Court Martial O.. the Brooklyn barfaeks ad-
iourned on Thursdsy ,ier d'e.
Root & A,thor " have sent us the eighteenth supple
men, to their New York Nniue Register
TaE ATLANTIC FLEET.
The Arabia brings welcome gdYic.s ~ tue efflFhi
ont at Liverpool and other ports Of large heet ot
New-York merchantmee, nearly all oi them 'oe uHl,
overdue, ard coucarllrg wlich mucn anAl,'y hal
begun 10 be felt. Amc q en- Is tns Joau bri-'t' az
Idv,rDool ard the vetrrau Capt CWuug Wa pr"'-
ably ocg remember this voyage lie tooA wth ,@lm @
from tbs port his wife. in very iri sthta o. neAh'
TIE passage proving stcfny one, ne WAS opHSeI u
r,dOubl. hls at.IilOIs bJtn 20 h, ie ano ' sup
And to inc rease the great responsibilities anu aiNc'e
already pressing upon hun, he took from trn'tcred
brig her officers and crew-toe captain with hi' -g
broker. In this moriiEcatiop set in and tue gal
l4nt captain, after eX austlcg IN VAN ms hrllcai
nosledce in attempts to arrest, ~ss obliod To pu-
tate the leg which he did with prt ct success. Capt
Cutting Las shown himself evelv loch sailor ana q
man. lCvurier ani Enquirer.
BREMEN STEAMSHIP HUDSON.
The fo'owiig Is extract from letter received IN
London both ut r.lative 20 tie steamship llatscn,
burned in iock At Bremerhsveu:
1--WE commerced diving Nov. ..d st the Hudson,
ard found, in clearing away for The pumps, some
barrels bottled sle in her bottom unGer the hat III
way, unnjnred by fire. that in oil probability her
bottom j. not damaged below her water line. The
civers have stopped some Of the holes ~ ieet under
water, and as We have low westerly VIM ani mta
weather IN hopes soon to get Ter ailOai agan.
Up the morning of the .Oth, It has been very coll
ard plenty or ice IN the dock.
CAPTURE or THREE HUNDRED WHALES.
Tie NORTH Scottish EnSi,A gives the following in
teTestiIg account of wholesale destruction Of wn d's
which took place among tie Orkney ISLANDS in ) p
temb,r. For several years whales have well nigh dis
uppe tred much To the ppoItment aud )ss of the
islanders, many Of whom were won't at tunes % realize
handsome from the captur4 and Staying Of these
huge monsters. At R0tuiesaolm, Sron.ay on
Wednesday large "school' mace its appearance,
ard the greater paft of the nhAh""ts o' the districts
turned out, armed With all manner OF lethal weapons
ard the result Of that days exsrtons was the hand
capture of 80 whales, some of them of nster-
able size. On Friday they were cold an cumnto, by
Mr.. MHlcOlm Green, and realized q high prre. %
Thursday, at the Sand of Bea in the Iland of Sunday,
huudrecs of whales appeared aud Were the signal tOr
a imoltareous ooslaugpt by old and Jung, mao aud
female, O. the lOc atty. The scene WIS both amusing
aud exciting. After Ia ge body hsd been embayed
ana driven rto shosl water by means of email boa's,
iIdscIiminate Slaughter took place, amid the most
admired ootfusion, terminating m ,he death ot n
fewer then go wha.-s, being tle largest capture Tor
num0er of years. Ga Friday they weie sold t. NJ.
James Hewinsop, and the proceeds yielded hand
some sum To tie yiCt0r-. These whales are most ac-
ceptabe ut the present time in these districts Here
tofore the terilg fishing has turned out unprocuc,ve
and the money circulated in Sunday snd Stronsay by
these captures viii prove very servceable in many a
home.
BRUTAL TREATMENT OF rHE SAILORS or TIE BOSTON
SHIP sTAGHOr>D.
The China mall coutaius "a scCOunt of the eYam'ua-
tion of William Howard, first mate; ". L. Maynard,
second mat; Thomas r. Drosn, third mate, Gnl
FrSIk W. Hussey, fourth mate, Of ship staghoInd OF
Boston, tor cruel Grd urusual treat Ieot of the
OF that vessel Tne examination WAS before the United
States COLsu 81 Hong Kong, the trouble occurring
toe vcysee from San kraucisco 10 tnet port SaI ne
b. Hussy y COMMANDER OF the vessel reiased 10 testify
b. fore the tonsdl or crO.s-eXamlne the Wit esses
charging upon EN- whoos L, perjury. The fol owing
IL .Xtrsot fro the decision Of the Commissoner:
There has evidently been wsn.on and reckless abuse Of
power n tn part ot ohee' "ho iet lemees utterly IRE
sfolbl- on the lonely and ionfy dtauIea tlat taen
cuetes would never DE- dragged 70 light snd use marx )r
q aNaNIn
evidence in this case The plea VI pedry has beru set Al
opinion prevails es.en'sey .mong snnas. and oier' that
his opinion vim The .t. m tn case no. nicely on sner,
glounes but b.cluse tins pcusr /: IA, been broggat
forward as 1t conclusive argument, ard
opinion. Can't Hlssey. iaye.,
everywhere perure Themselves, yet at the time he pro
cteGed 20 sye le en- informal Darsse Of ~na' occurred on
the high eas, bu, declined susan tae narrative By L OATH
eecsuse ne Was no on be trial When the time for iorns
examination cape lie again e'af'd ttns sson anf hn,y
refused po,tey 70 give his testimony Neither would he
OF esAt oi TIE ere" bad ncr su Is aid bare wth oude
oien That iEey could endure L 10 logger They acOrdniy
~ one Of thrr Llmo'f o-ns GRO ~ned IL tue aenp Nn-n
they appeal % e MY protector they have esr they
lehtr Iesy nor r.r my par mus: bseys
The evidence q ny nave eaIefI5 examined
eenee Of perjury Having ocuar proof that part Of the
fOe pre- tia, s;r5c were
of -e safety or speed u Tie .hp J. pfe---, aad Iothn,
Hoie r ibc arocie, is. .ter he .hip /,
quey etord Ia this port Taey worse. Tac tes
ei sTse' on Iaprscay sancsy Of t1s
have run asoy sunday Afternoon, awn Ia t-We-
VI there we're 10 sess-s ether .e iri ohcer
strikes Ben, the Ksnsss, ,fearul blow the back Of ts
esd With blaynE pin DR. sti sssh made, aud blood
flows freely Ae nstef hsr q toe his he t.,
crew ,sse the hnsi sid energetic hint Before dawn of
Gay eight men swim from tie .ap. Two f0io~ ,oon
IT, lors ues-dy winds gp viii the downing u u 1e
deeIteTs and Capt ssuu- Hus.e WHO Is espol.be for
al lis oficsr- mu't pay the penalty Of $50"
shIPWK AND Loss or LlFE ~ THE BAY.
Dispatch from s,ltuate, receiy. at tha .rcnsnts
Exchange tis morning, states that the schooner SHY
Badger OF P.ttston Me-. washed ashore a. that place
l..t night and that body found on the beach
l. j. supposed al hauds -ere lost Tls I. tho vessel
that was se-u bottom up few days since m the Bay
with the cii gng 10 the wreck by tire schooner
GeGg. Edwasc, Capt. Baker, silce arrived al Phl-