New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-02
EARINE AFPAIRS.


TIE runber Of American ses goirg ,Vat rep''ted
a. totally lost du;ir the psst monto smc O''s % ~
VI: SIX shps bsrk, 5 bries and 9schoopers. Iaer
total ysus exclusive Of csrgoe,l is about - wv
In ADDITION 10 tbete rire vessels went ashore an -
iemsip, bat o., cot considered as lost There wsr>
two lives lost wrh the ship Courscr, three with the
ship Kroherbooker snd twelve lal On board il sop
r sed With tire schooner Z. Bev.n the iotma,ion of
he loss Of which by portions Of her wreck floating
ashcre O. the coast a Catforris.
Fos EUROPE.
TIE Brt,h screw sic smship City Of Baltimore,
Cspt Lei,ch sailed yesterday for LeIpcol. with 20
csbir s,d Ise y.eerage passengers. Among them were
Madsue Wallace ard Mr.. Aptommss.
The Hamburg na s'esmssip Ssxopis, Capt. Ehlers,
cleo saiec yesterday for Southampton and Hamburg,
with l39 shin and "a steersge pas sengers.
THE YACHT srBFccA AN-S MR. uAswTIL.
To tie Edi,O- cf The ". T. Tri5srs
SIR: The accompanying is ccPy Of noss sd-
dressed to the editor ot Tie ". T. Herald yesterday
ard sert 10 his ofce. AZ be les not published it,
have TO a. tie favor Of your notice Of il
Lam very respectfully yonrx Sc .,,,,,,,
Nsr- Yc,k, jay /, isSs CHAS H. HAsWELL
Nfw YoRS, jure so 1883.
To tie Editor Of Tas n: Y. Ex-aIS
In ycur i,sre 9: tk NJ yea publish card from Luke Rr'
tn TIE boat keeper the Rebecs wherein il a.sed
tae' TIE sep, By hn u, ysch: in
psnce with my Dir, i.tsils whs' 10 sl.o ssged
cIv.Tson bad between him aud myself on o0d'd ot that
v.-ei.
sosd Of tie Rsbeccs al day e starting and when
Visited he Aonsds On the moIuus o the rsce gave 70 the
svr to iii cspt.p. VIZ re oos s-visioa or sdJio
sailing eirecior. wta you have Ia the morning papsr' M
s.s@,id Of ShscIa~.so6 Reef ths t. you are 70 pes.
side cf itr
1s G, p .ae O he ys.s bns ~ a oa the
late rsce, @Ll meet the obs'se. CHAS H. HAswELL
STEAMER NEW YORK.
We fiEd the following paragraph in 7Ae Greences
AGrert,ser, Of June Is:
We r.eret 10 lssrn tbs lcss of the New York
(ship which left the river for New York on SNuTday,
with about 30 passengers. About =. ID. 90 5urGsy
curing thick fog che struck upon the outer erl Of
the Null Of Cantyrs. and stove in portion OF ier
bow. II flrtuna.ely calmn and all the pas'en-
eeis AMI their uggsge we're safely landed in the
tosts, &c reported IN The Shipping ana Me'cab!Hs
Gazette.
A message was sent to Campbeltovp, and on Son.
day Il steamer Celt from that port to the
OF the wreck aud embarked the passengers, with the
exception of about sixty. They arrived here yestsr
Gay. When the Celt ieft there were from tweve to
thiteen feet water in tie hold Of the New.YoIk, and
she was stEkiIg heavily. II is feared she will become
q total wreck. The ship is worth E3oOCU, and the
cargo, although small is valuable.
Cant. MMsn, with his officers and crow, remain
by tie sbip When intelligence Of the loss was re-
cfivsd here, it was Immediately tesgraphed 10 the
Glasgow Uuderwrters Association, in order that they
might take measures 70 save Il possible, the hull and
cargo. Her compssses were adjusted at Gourock
Bey immediately before leaving.
Stree the above was pu- in type, we have received
tic following from the csrsisnec OF the stearnor:
OFFICE No II BsoaDw,y NEwYoRS, July I, ie5a
GENTLEMEN: BY received from Glssow per Arabia
learn M the, had been abba to save quantity
OF the New cargo and the weather being nocsras eH
%Sala fena OYER for the Edinburgh
"0''H "'''' Ycass I truly, ROBERT CRAIG.
NAVAL.
letter from Singapore of May says that the Uoited
States sesner Powhstan had arrived at that port, srd
wss TO leave in a cay too for Hong Kong. Ohcors
ard cIew al well.
The war-stesmer Dispatch was at Apalachicols on
the 10th ult.
The steamer Shubfick, commander De Camp, ar
rived at Ssn FrapcscO Maya.
The slip Decatur, for year past stationed at Pau
aura for the purpose Of protecting California travel is
row upon cruise southwaro, touching at the ports OF
South America. There has been CO.'S dersbs sickness
On bold, hsftbe tfficers being un6. for duty. The
cruise il is presumec will be beneficial to their health.
TIE Sarsnsc rsmsrs at Panama TO take the place of
tie Decatur.
The Merrimac has also sailed on cruise south yard.
The VaIds is on a cruise in the Pacific, touching
at the prioc'pal islands.
Bureau Of Construction to prepare drawings and psn
for the building, without unnecessary delay, ofth
eight vessels ar Iecenty authorized BY Congress.
We learn that the steamers Water Witch Com
msrder Rodgers, and Arctic Commander Hsrtstene,
have been ordered by tbs Department from the Calf
squsdrcp to the Nsvy Yard at Washington.
Loss or THE WHALE SHIP ALExASDER.
SYDsEY, n. S W, April lO.-The ship Alexander,
Al uns commsI ded by Capt. DougheIty, and owned
BY Swift Perry Ct New Bedford sailed from Sy iney
on the I'd Jsnusry last on a whaling voyage tor the
South Seas. Not -irg particular occurred untl the
snip AIRED the coast or New Zealand when sbe sud-
decy struck reef of rocks running out seven
or eight nes fiOm the main lsnd the weather q, the
tine was thick ard bSzy, and strong breeze MAS
blowug rom the southwsld, the chip being under
doub'e.raefed to opsals at the tine. Immediately tbs
vessel struck sts carried away her rudder ard
kuocked large hcle in her bottom. 1he captain
then Greeted the boats 20 bs cleared away, think
irg that tie ship would sink immediately; heavy
swell However drove the vessel over the reef iato
deep ws.sr but fading that she mad then seven feet
Of ~ster in her hcld, be (the captain) deter
niced to make ssl and endesYof to run her on the
t..cb, thinking this the only chsrcs of saving her
ca,go lie succeeded 10 vcrkn her clear OF the reei
81 rsn Ter en- shore Oh tie besoo immediately or
6ered tie NESTS to be cut away, ard let g tho an
chors at this time the wstef Was level with the
lower deck In landing the crew, one man, named
Jcseph Soldier wss unfortunstsly drowned IN the
surf. The Alexander had 800 barrels OF spsrm OIL
on hoard a. the tine she was wrecked. Inc csptain
,s.s that his position GO the chart upon the previous
dsy, By his cslculs,icts, placed rim ebou. seventy
miles TO the southwark Of where the vessel struck,
AID that the reef ia rot aid down any OF bis charts
She il stranded about half mile 10 north westerly
ci.ecin from the White B!nff srd nearly four miles
10 the southwark Of the mouth Of the Wa.fou River,
CT tee middle island. The hull Of tbs snip Ts. rod
for f1O; the whaling gear for go; four shse'bsa's
snd fittings for f95; ships stores for go; the whole
Of the oil for e. $50; tie wnoe proceeds of the sale
beirg Is, ,@95.