New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-16
MAXINE AFFAIRS.
sAvti.

HA'AI
Surgeon Maccoun, lately promoted, hu' been de-
tsrhcd from tho receiving ship North Carolina ard ia
ordered 10 the EAv.l rendezvous at Baltimore.
The Cromwell steamer We-ternpo,t. Capt Hunter.
of the Paraguay Fact, will ssil to-day for the River
Pate via Barbsdos
TIE tloop-ofv.r St. Louis VIII probably be rsaiy
for her cr,~ in all next week. She il not yet out OF
the psin,er's hsrds; neither a,s Der yard.
There now board the receiving ship North
Carolina uesrly seven hundred sous.
Tie hty-scven recrun for tie 81. Marys viii s"'i
for AspnwalI by the next steamer.
For Eurors-Tbo steamship Borussia sailed on
Moncsy morning for Southampton and Hamburg,
with l59 passengers.
TIE ttI1 Rapid, Capt. Marschalk, arrived on Mon
dsv from yers Srut Sac the vessel that took from
this port in July lat tie A0 wofknen for the
T, huantepec road. Capt NJ rep 'r,s that they all
arrived in good health. The road vas rapidly pro-
greeing when he Rapid sailed from that place Nina
itlanD wi Ich in September Building. beicg
erected at Minatlan for tie accommodation Of pas
eDgsrs taking the Tehuebtepec route to the Pacific
THE sHir YAssIE.YosDicKl
1'hA destruction OF this vessel hurredy noticed IN
our paper Of yesterday morning proved, we sttici
psted, compete. Her burning hall was t0wed up tue
iveT to the western end uf utcbinsuns Island, and
grounded in nre feet water, where she was gradually
coi sun.cd. She was an American ship of 72y taus,
huilt somc three four years ago hear Rockisnd,
Me-, and cost s4o, '6D, owned as follows: RObson a
Fosdck. New.ioIk had ali Interest Of 7.lGius Capt.
OmsteaG, her commander, lih Blanchard, Sherman
& Co.. Boston }th Miss Mary T.. Cults and E'ipha.
let Mott, Portland, 3 i6'hs. lne Only insurInoa We
c"ulc hear Of wAs that Of Capt Om-teads interest,
Slh,GCc, IL the North American Insurance Company
Of Philadelphia.
Tie .hip rad lust completed her repairs, and been
Iet out Of the Dry Dock. On Wednesday haods were
engaged in the lower hold adjusting her m.zzennas.,
up TO ocl' OK that evenings the a ht used was that
Of globe lamp and ls not known how fire was con-
nuuicated to the cotton in tho lower hold of which
there SG0 to 900 poupds lying loose. Abodt
ii O'Clock Capt. Olmsesd wac aroused from his sleep
ty the mates giving the alarn. Flniing i, imp"ssi-
be, from the dense smoke, to get through the cabin
door, he had 10 make biz escape through 'e sky-ght
Of the sbp severely cutting and bruiug his hands in
so doing. All the papers and furniture Of the vessel
were consumed by the flames
The mill aud other property destroyed near the ship,
had not been used for several years. aud had compare
lively become OF but little value. Abont $3OtJ, we
think would this loss. This is but rough esti
mate Of own not being able to a.ccrtan who had
the management of the property. is 'vannah kep.
THE KFTcU BROTHERS.
From The Cha.ieston Mercury Nor. l3
The examination Of the captain and crew of the
ketch Brothers, sent into this port under the charge
Of being engaged in the slave-trade, has been held
before the United States ComInissioner, G. W. Eglcs-
ESQ., foi two days past but no decision has so tar
teen made upon the question of the commitment The
Testimony of Lieut.. Stone, Mdshipman Green, Ricbi.
Wykoff, gunner and Peter J. Johuson, has been
taken II s TO the effect that, the Sh D! Septeu
her, in at. 8 s., lon To- e. and in sight Of the West
Coast of Africa the ketch seen by the sloop-of-
war Marion, standing along the coast. Tae cruiser
fred gun acIoss her bows to bring her to; and,
boarding her. found part Of her cargo some bricks,
lomber water-cssks in shocks, wooden sp )ons and
boiler for cooking purposes and 525 douoloons. she
had American register eght and crew iirt, sailed
under an American flag, aud when she was boarded
the captain (Gage) promptly acceded to the PROPOSE
lion 10 make examination. The circumstances
being considered sufficient to justify seizure Lieut..
Stone, with prize crew, was put on board ana sue
was sent iniO Charleston for adjudication. The qnes-
tion Of commitment will doubtless be determined by
the Commissioner to-day. For the United States ap-
peared James Conner esq, and for the captain ana
crew. l.. w Spratt, esq.
THE WRECK OF THE cHAs. osGooD.
Correspondence Of The N. Y. Tribune
Fresh Pom P.O., Suffolk Co., L. l., Nov. H. 1853.
SIh: Twenty-ppe bales cotton; lots of bbs. of -four;
several boxes dry goods, and bbs lard and camphene
and alcohol 3 sweeps marked j. +. s.; box goods
marked Haw, Dana & Co.; some bureaus and pals
&c. were secured opposite North Port Ilsrbor in Long
leland Sound yesterday, Nov H. some Of which goods
we're cOnsigued to parties in Norwich, Conn, and q
plank or board in large letters, marked Charles 0s
good that being the name Of propeller commanded
by Capt. Cune Smith, running between New ork and
Norwich, Conn, sunk 10 Long Island Sound on the
rght Of Nov. 10. Tue larger part OF the goods have
gone opposite Lloyds Neck, Queens County, ewing
to The eas.cry wUd. The owners Of the above pror.
ertv can address the undersigned, wreck ns,.er o.
Suffolk County, for all needed iuiqymai',.o
ROBERT ROGERS.