The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-10-24
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The steamship city Baltimore Capt Iris slici ycscr
day Tor Liverpool with 81 cabin passengers aud is5n The
In HRIe rprRIrss Hilton Al Yarmouth NJ, from Syork
IN going up the harhor the 9TH inst foul ~ bark Ala
70 discharge
BRIe Hair q Westerly. RI which ashore at Bass
on the passage from New York for Boston has been cot M
after dschargnr her cargo g nour and lumber and arrived At
Newport 2lsi inst the marine railway repairs
scHR rrapi Ingraham from Boston. % Rockani
struck rock in Msncus haror 18th inst aud filed The
was schr eouie tom. rebuilt years sso md
owned by Capi " lnErghsm the masier Nessrs
whitney, and kmba o. Rocsand .and Insured
Sour M.ssscnrskrIs q ard Tor Rockagd before rcped
Head Boston arrived Eocsaad about ilih
TIM wsrcs Of schr Ranger Of sear.por lumber loaded
tween Cape Ann and Boon Island by Admiral
gone and Der deck load floating Favor who
furnishes The aeCvs as ss'c TIA, The be = gone frum the
By some vessel The Ranger was bound from Bangor Tor
The steamship Washington was Yesterday morning taken on
the Great balance dock lor esaiaon previous e her sail
T -, Se DIVA WI, \, m Ph s,,"n.l AM n ss ,npper
caulked and receive her first suit 81 copper.
The steamship Ericsson yesterday lowed Greenpon
for the purpose q laying up.
Laurcnsp-At Baltimore 18th inst enc bsrk or tons
called the Abigail she bu or Mr. John curie, q Rich
At Bucsspor 2oh inst from the yard Of swcc, Parker,
ne s,hoSns ,o Of ~ ton, ss s The Ds,n She Is owned BY
se o. Bncl sport and capi Alfred CHM Of Prospect who is
Notices 90 Mariners.
The government VIII despatch the sehr Pbsros New Red
ford in few DAYS 70 be .d for sagPyns lights on the south
tho schr Guthrie The Helen viii he taken Wilmington
NC BY Capt FULLER and crew. where she be used buoy
endef.
The following despatch received IT the Department n STATE
from Robt scott, Jr Eco United states consul At RIO ia
relative o the coral island Rocas
contains useful information for those ~
engaged IN commerce and navigation with the Brazilian
coast
CossuI.rr ~ raE uSurp srarss,
RIO JsNxIRo. Aug ~. 1858 4
sR-fn the Coeo Mercaniil Of yesteriay a.hewspaper
published In this city appeared IN Portuguese the following
translated copy ~ editorial survey LATELY
made by the officers Of her Maesvs shp Syfen
have the honor ~ transmit 70 You beneying Il b. be M
importance n be made public and orr the
merce and svgation.-
The coral island by the name Of The Roccas tloct
on the English mape situated IN lon 81 ~ ~enf green
wien lat 81 ~ south according ~ the observations lately
Of the ships navigating Europe and the north
ern ports OF Brazil " perfect island o coral the form
OF circular reef having the middle shallow depth,
with an opening 20 the with diameter miles
oe porions OF the reef visible but the parte
Ger wafer There are only two ndbanksone the south
ten or twelve feet above a all tides, they In 'front.'
Of each other and probably have formed by gales 81
vino they hundred three hundred yerds long
the smaller one has ~untef vegetation and hazel
trees Upon the other bank IN front o. the souhwes b.ns
tower has been raised ~ thirty three feet w heeh That me
reef rock be twelve miles on but " -
much ~ be desired that lighthouse b. erected here ~ "s
the ~ westerly current varying rom one
70 two miles and sometimes per hour That would render
lighthouse great service % mariners me owness anu