New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-11
MARINE AFFAIRS.
PDp ECR0rF-

PoR EUROPE.
The Bitrh royal mail steamship Persia s.icd yea
t,rsy tor Liverpool, With the European mails aud rs
pas-t rgers. Ste al-o took on, s9 792 ~ ia s,ccie
wRIoK or IHE SCHOONER EMILY JoHssos.
Tie schooner Emily johnson, Capt. ruhnell, Of and
from New-imk, for Baltimore, sailed ou the Sth of
Nov,ub, r, and Monday night, 9Th inst, sunk III
miles north OF Barhegai, in IL fathoms of water.
TIE United States steamer Arctic is expected TO
crne oft Of the dock at the Washington Navy fsr'i
ware she lac becs uudergo.3g repaIrs to-day she
is s.on to sail for Pensacola, carrying thlther the
tfcers Crtered to tic chartered steamer Metacomet
o, tie Paraguay expedition. Lieut.. Lowell is the only
Hicrr Who NJ he attached la the Arctic.
The icers OF the Uriteo States steamer Metaconet
nre ns follows: Licu. Wm.. H. Macomh commaading
Lieuteiaits Reginald Fairfax, GIecnleaI Cliley ami
james G.. MbXgel.
Tie icouing Passed Mdshipmen have been pro-
mo;eo to Masters IN the line Of promoton from the
iin of November, 1853: Philip POrchea, Alfred Hop
kis, Montgomery SicaId, Edmund q. Mathews. 1.
Mexican Buchanan, Gr orge T.. Law, Edward L. Lnll,
Eiward l. a, Alex. r. CiOssm-n, Charles ;. Norton,
ard Hamilton II. Dalton. Wash. Star, Tuesday.
TnE sUsrIcTgD sLavE-scHooNER M,DisoS.
Gait. Gardrer has written the following letter to
The Saierl Register:
Nrw-YoRK, Nov. 3, 1853.
You sud your readers have doubtless read the re.
ports concerning the schooner Madison, watch vessel
ius been seized by the United States authorizes H. "a
SLAYER, thus DfInrlDg my hdie Deiuie thc puOic iu
no en,iabe position, and leaving a stigma upon my
character which am unwilling 10 bear Ine facts ot
the case are these: i purchased the Sbnve-nained
schooner Of tie United States, A. public aue.lpn The
MerctsLts Exchange in this city, and Brought her
from the Brooklyn Nbvy-fard u this c.'y, where
had put boGrd of her goods in my Own line OF bust
ness the whole amounting to about six Thousand dol
lars then went to the Cu-toui-llouse to obtain
cIes,ance; tley informed ne they had no record Of
L-r-as they never have of United States vessels-aud
that nv bill Of saie sufficient to ke her 10 salem.
TIE cn,tain hnd crew came from Ssem tn tikc her
ON: and after being ont about ak hours she was
seized ard brought back to this port as a SLAYER.
They low pre sent two charges against her-oEo as
sluyrr and violation of the rcvcn1e law, sc
tion s. 1888. The idea If hef being SLAYER No sane
man san entertain for "A moment and the ,ulatin nt
the revenue laws kpow nothing about, acting Us
DID uuou the usi ucton received from tho Custom
House, that other pnpers were necessary TO take
her Ia Salem. Pupers have been forwarded to wash
iret. tu procure her release. wlite this tur pnb,-
cation that my fellow citizens may cherish no wrong
imp,essiuLs my intention Was 10 use the vessel IN
49, DANIEL B. GARDNER
THE CASE OF THE SHIP PEPPERILL.
The Captain OF tue ship Pepperli thus explains why
he passed the burning steamer Auiia without stop
ping tV render assstapce:
arrived here in ie days fron Ne" York. | should
bey. ade the passage IN - days had the slip b'en
light but she leaked twelve to fifteen inches per hour
a, nrly the whole passage. Tito mssto here thidk
deserve great credit for ha7ing brought htr mere 10
safety a. without total nbsndunuent, or putting IN
TO the Western Islsnds. ! fell in with the Austria
oIly n few hours sftcr 90 DaJy had perlshei. she
wa. burning very rapidly inside, and hos ed very light
or the water. Smooth snd Ii, ht weather. God
oraIt that ay new, such another sight, and be
Irevt nted fl om rendering assistance. II. Z. DxEY.