New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-10-07
U4RINE Affairs.


tn. United States storeshp Release came up 20 the
Navy Yard yesterday, and is now awaiting the orders
Of the Department relative 10 her next mission. TIE
storeshp Supply, lying of the Battery, viii sail for
Rio on tomorrow or Friday. We published LIST Of
her officers when she went in commission.
The following are the officers OF the chartered
steamer Memphis a. far as vet reported;
Couuand,r John B. Msgchsnd; Leu.eaaa's, te.Iss w
Hay. Augustus PrDderss;i Assistant shrs.on, ti~n ~
Riley, and jackson NeElw.l
Our Norfolk correspondent writes;
I'VE have iust received intelligence that the as' o.
the Paraguay vessels 70 arrive at Norfolk the org-
war Dolphin, will he here on Friday. She has Jls'
had put on board Of her PaiNhan PlNo' S.n NJ
feet long and weighing over Eve trns Her oihcefs
p,.,
WiiSsm. Charle. Fiuser: Sailing Ma..-r p Cross
mani Assistant surgeon A. l. 1aYhon' ~" - ."'''
All the United States Marines attached 20 the Brook
lyn Barracks. and on board of the North Carolina re-
cevng ship daily assemble en- masse for inspection,
parade and general drill, in tear of the pay office,
where they 90 through all kinds of military ami naval
manouvcrs. Yesterday morning over l5O men turned
out and in their ull.dress uniform presented very
sodier-like appearance Our readers-or such OF them
as care for sights of this kind-csn have an opporu
ny of seeing the marines exercise while the weather
continues fine.
GOOD PASSAGE.
Steamship Edinburgh, Cumming, hence 9Th Sept
at II noon. for Glasgow, arrived in the Clyde night Of
18th. Passage, II days and hours.
STEAMER wATossA sunk.
From Cant Kercheval of the Hesperan, VINO ar
rived in town Yesterday by railroad from jefferson, we
learn that the steamer Watossa sank on las, nuiuay
evening al Nodaway Island, twelve miles ABOVE o..
Joseph. The Watossa was coming down Tue llsef
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seroers in her cabin all Of whom escaped with their
baggage The Watossa struck snag when tore
away large portion of her bottom ana caused heI 70
sink in a very few minutes. When the passengers eit
her she had settled down until the water had reached
her cabin floor in the ladies' cabin Her bow was held
mn bv the snag She cannot be- raised and before the
Heenerian EFF ST. Joseph Hat boats had been sent mp
from that place to take off her furniture and wreck
The Watossa was little sternwheel boat, two years
old and built originally for the navigation OF Kansas
River. She was purchased about one year ago 10y
at ST. Joseph for a regular vt. Joseph and
Council Bluffs packet, in which trade she was
engaged when She met with the disaster She
was worth $1,000 Her principal owners wy, were
was no insurance on the boat. Her passengers came
down on the Hesperian. ISt. Louis Repub Oct b.
THE STEAMER FANNY HARRIS SUNK.
From The Datenpo,t Gd;ette, Sept 80.
Tie accident occurred at about O'Clock, as stated,
which is about two hours after the usual time OF the
Fanny's arrival She was not proceeding fast to
make up for lost time but going slower than usual
at the time in consequence of slight fog or MIST pre-
yalng. In O conversation we had with the captain,
he said that the boat passing through the piers OF
the Rock Island Railroad bridge, as he thought, hand'
somely when, to his surprise, she struck the stone
pier with great force that it sent her up agans.
The big pier with almost equal force which knocked
the bow so that the boats direction was turned to-.
ward Rock Island. The starboard guard was almost
carried away and the larboard guard was also c9nsid'
erably injured by the collision, and the starooard bow
tsiapt "a
not all the injuries, for the hold rapidly hled with
water, which stopped the engines and put out the
lights II may be well conceived that the confusion
among the IS passengers on board was great but their
fears were quelled when the Fanny Harriss whistles
were promptly responded to by the ferry-boa, which
came alongs side in a few minutes When Capt Webb
found the hull filling 50 rapidly, he determined TO
| make for Rock Island. The fires and lights were
relighted and the boat steered for that point,
| but on arriving there it was found to be
! too deep water aud the captain pushed Tor Willow
| Island. where she on a bar without further
damage Her guards were above water, but her hold
was filed. She lay the bar as fair and square as
though nothing had occurred to her. But to reach
this point il required in the first place the perfect
knowledge Of the channel which Captain Webb pos
sesses the united efforts of the whole crew at the
pumps; and calmness and judgment in the officers to
prevent the passengers from becoming panc-strcken;
The ferryboat soon had the passengers, baggage aud
freight transferred without sustaining loss or danage
II was now ascertained that Martin Brew and lillian
Smith were lost. They had been missed IN the confu-
sion. 1t IL supposed they ran 10 the Buarus NJ the hrst
! shock but were thrown by the second collision
with the other pier. The damage was roughly est.
mated hy the captain at from 81 800 TO $1,000 The
aena Company do not insure their boats against loss.
Considerable praise is due the captain and crew OF the
ferry-boat for their prompt and valuable assistance.
The Fanny Harris got of the bar yesterday and went
To the ways for repairs. Vague ruInors were aoat as
the result and causes some saying there were four
men lost off the Fanny and that she had come IN col
lson with the raft neither Of which is correct. The
raft struck the pier at different time. The latter
was piloted by Mr.. Suter, and when she struck and
broke up and the from off her got shore they
swore vengeance against Suter, to whose fault they
attributed the collision between the raft and the bridge
THE wISASs STEAMER.
The launch Of the steamer, building by Messrs.
Ross Il Thomas Winans, near the Ferry Bar, was
steadily progressing throughout yesterday, aud she
was moved on her ways about one hundred feet, tue
wheel.house being, when work was suspended last
evening submerged in the water The vessel lying
sideways to the water, the mode OF launching is
similar to that of the Leyiathan, on smaller SCALE
but is nevertheless very tedious Undertaking being
slowly worked down by screws which al the same
time hold her back as to prevent end moving
faster than the other. The work Of launching will be
resumed this morning, and the vessel will doubtless be
afoat by 10 O'Clock. Her long, tapering cgar.shape
appearance when on the ways looks still more novel
she becomes partly submerged, and her length one
hundred and eighty feet, shows to more advantage.
Her trial trip, which scarcely take place in less
than two months after her launch, viii be looked for
with great interest.
Tie form Of this vessel is so different from any that
has yet been constructed tina, il is difficult matter to
attempt describe its pecnliarties With the under
standing to with, that the vessel, as che
stands the stocks, Is precisely the shape OF good
Havana cigar, sharp az both ends, and one hundred
and eighty feet long and sixteen feet in diameter in the
INTO urtr Ken in i,s uuirv