New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-02-25
Marine AFFAIRS.

TOTAL LOSS OF THE SHIP JOHN NUTON.
f. The slip John Miou, Capt. Ephram Hs.l.n,. sN
from Grin ella I-land-, Wa, lIAnP,oA Roa4. b5a1i
N,w.Yotk with cargo OF guano. TbsFc Be- vsi, h'tbs
one ,hn, .ny one was saved in,m her, Ito John
N;r,n belonged 20 f. & y Robinson snl otser. ~
New Bedford, ari vac q superior vc.'"' Of ,ibtus,
hn,r Al Fni,hav,n ia 49,. valued a so e,C, ri ut
80 tCO sns cargo about g. 90. Total 49, $4,000.
C,r, Harding was a native II MteachU.etts. H.
wife srrived m this cry Saturday morl'e oSP't-
70 To meet b,m here
n, John Milton, frm her ,unnsge, probabiy hai
crew OF abcw 20 persons.
II. following letter, received yesterday mTning
his been furnished us by Elwcoi Waite 'sl'
NoNr.rK. Feb. -, iSbS
FILwoop w.trEE, rss-D,ar SIR. ynJi" yyG
aroe yesterday informing You OF tho o's % nc nm
Million, at New B.d:lld, and sent inan tom NJ"
vith orders 10 20 direct 90 Sevlo'k by tie 6eHe'i
lossl, way II eeIiug thsre-s1pPyelog f0"m rot-"t-
ansts ttre that the railroad might lie st"pisd BY Ae
II er, i 10 possibility at the sgi - oi any 20
h,r crew. uness, rerrhstce, some on, ~ her bssts
mig ~ hove l-it her and b.'n blown III q -eS aud
been picked up by some weasel. We have found M
trace Of at n RE # her hoAs-ouo her lous hbaf,
md The other twv light surf boa,s
have no doubt that portion, II not The whole 4
her crr lei. her in these boats sar she sTusA,
which evidently shout enc third Of mle ron
the shore This coBclu-ioa drawn from the fact that
the bow Of th. ship, with the bowsprit and al the
head gesr attached still remains there, hcld, doubt,
by the anchors and chains. The rcms nd.r II On"
ship ia on the mnin shore, complete wreck, tho
vi ole beng tom Ia pieces IN the Nilte,t manner
That imag nethe bull of the ship thc -pags,
sails and rigging, being completely bIoh.n ~ sAi ~
tangled mass of rum; and io RENDER the mnt,ef
It'll worse she lays upon ledge OF To's, aud cannot
be Hpvroa 4 ed BY a team nearer than thirty o. try
rod the shore. The shories; way to -, anything
from tie wreck il II 81 Il mp elf u most pr-pcn-
ticu'sr to tn hight 4 city feet ~ mo'c.
~. 81 ~ - ~ al
iiom the how al with the fore rigging attached has
hr ken oil and gore AOut three-qaariers Of milo 10
the west and lapdr ~ aoother Iedgs Of rocks in
sin sr place What loose stuff there was aooot hs',
and such rigging, blocks, spars, plank aud other le-
raa "a became g., aoheG from the ship has drei Tor
two or three ni,s along shore. This am AZ present
ragged in seeming. But after All our efforts Il must
prove total loss cunh we'll BE- on our shore.
The loss OF this Inflated ship IL clothed IA ths
g1eaes my siery 20 ofsny thing Of the Kind that
has ever cone under my obsera'loD. l cannot
in how Il was possible to' that ship considering
the weather. Ia hay. s uck at the time she dld, and
So soon become total wreck-irJm sunrise until Nv
O'Clock a. m. On the morning ale struck. Tine sea
was 30 9th not - make dilc ult To go oil OF on
with any ordinary boat. -.
After 10 o'clock the sea began to make, but did not
become dar g, rous through he day. Mr. STRAIT
TOD, who lives here within half mile Of toe sceno OF
the disaster, II quite positive thai the thp coui to'
have siru * unit after o'clock that mornmg. lie
was on the shore early in the morning ant went
ain ct to the prce where she srrck, and athon;h
il was showing and little thick he j. q1te p0siavo
she could not ave been there ut that time. lie went
70 the al ore again at L. O'Clock and dico,rad bJst
en- shoie a"''em up ard going e"t soon iOani tho
wreck.
have wished many times this morning shat v,u
could " here fer an horr to hook upon this s'en Il
destruction. have recovered eleven VI The uniortu-
pate G, ew and probably the reNt tide will bring NOR.
on tle beach. II IL truly hesrl renong t. ba 10 this
midst OF such scene, aud trhing indeed "a the de-
.iructon of property, prea, As 1t j.. when va turn
fron the wreck and louk upon fsloN-nen VINO
have been sDatched in moment from tiu'e - etern-
". But the Lord receive IA, ard may the mercy oi
the Lord uphold the shIicied.
THE sr,kN-TUG WI. WEBB.
Tie stcsm-tug VIM. II. Webb, Capt. ila1zard AZ
rived here on Monday night aud viii BE- ready for
vice to-day, having sustained but ,rAing damage.
MovTEvDEo, Dee. ~, Is57.-On the night Of ITO
I'D inst. the bark Fame, from Richmond, with cargo
OF iCOG bbl -four aground about five miles - tbs
eastward Of this port bot the weaihef proved mild
with the assistance Of launches and Brazilian
steamer she brought into port this morning With
ont sustaining any damage Of c'nsequencc Tne ship
Anointite of Now.York, Capt Mccormack, from
Calao with a cargo of gueno, bound to Europe, wss
totally lost on Falkland Islands, in October last; ms
ter and crew arrived here the 2lst inst IN dcsti
tute condition. by litter to Elwood Walter, esq,
Secretary Board Of Underwriters.)
The ship Plymouth Rock, 30 tuns, was yes;er lay
morning taken the large Sectional Dock for repairs
She " i'll be stripped recaulke end newly eoppsrsd
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