New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-30
u and fou, OF Eve -egnisd The Sea Witch vs "a
old beat, ard had been oondsmIe ed for Eghtering By

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SALE oF sLAyTr-
Tie ha,k Syria, recently condemned st Key West
for peins engaged ID tas slave trade sold Dec %
with sails, zig <rg boats, sc, for 1885, by A. T.
II, eso Of Key Vert, who will use her Tor the gene
rslireisn;iDg business.
Is happy nfcra YOU that st ~iiaOSt sr-cs'o
pom n ns she n,'ers .e BE-
sesu.r TED with Lssa AZ, he chaans OF
Th- ant~rwrrrr, .hcon.r oreu,s Cart Hpy. srsrdhers
G To,., ,sa .,y. n ~ ,s..es, to as. .u.
sleEi repairs and ~. 'Aii ;his afternoon %r Se"'foh
MEETING OF rHr LTE SAVING ASSOCIATION.
The Ne~. York Iie.Ssvirg Benevolent Association
ST NewYo K, met yesterday, a. Insurance Buildings,
Dsr,l Lord, esq, Viee-Prestent, in the char.
Among the gentlemen presert ~ere Joseph Walker,
go. Csp's. Constock, Marshall ard John ID. Jones
TIE meeting wa. csled for the purpose Of presenting
! gold snd SILVER medals 20 the csp,sn ira ms'e and
two Of the ere ofthe Da.ch bark S3phie Elizabeth,
for svirg the lives OF fifteen persons from the British
bark Jespie Johnston under circumstances of sreat
peril Tie csptau o. the British bark tis wife, cAild
and twelve nen we're IN tee ntop for nine days with
bat little food and TO water save what vss obtained
frou the rain an snow. The csp,an and tw' OF the
sCalnen / al thsu feet ard arms much swollen when
tLey were aAen off, and all of them suffered severely
rom e1poure
Capt, val der Hce: Of the Du;ch bark. bis mste,
Frrd,ric Vruom. end two sailors, Peter Wiser and
Edward Thur, being present. Mr. Lord made hsppy
liz le speech TO them. He said: Thee me- iss are
granted to sesnen Of dferent patious Who have had
tre good fortune TO merit them by relieving distress a.
Sea- IT sometimes happens throus want Of courage
or enterprise T. at suffering ships been passed by
While would be difficult to express in suitable terms
Of ind euatcn the barb,r'y and cowardice OF thos'
who thus desert their fellow.men in their extremity,
! i. oar duty 10 encourage and apolsni true manly
darns ike your whenever il is exercised fora human
snd b, ,nidcert purpose. Mr. Lord then banded Capt.
Van der Hoefthe follosng letter with gold m.dt'
| LEE SAVING BENEVOLENT Association
| NrwNosE. Dec. ~, 1883.
Cart. vospFS HoEF If the SOPHIE AhsabstA
so ,as. to Fred,ricf yroom m.tr AMI Pc, WISER ard
Eewat Thap- 'e.n,n oi your .aP se pa s ,oS nd
and h. u the British bark Jaoe JOhn.5n. on TIE !
Of oc, ser a., on your voy,sc 20 thi. p,r'.
hor, Of .h,o~rec.. h.. seldom been
exceeded Tnr bravery sDd sesrsnhip of oooouet equal
,stiou Of oiRsrs DANIEL LORD v. p
To Frederick vroom, the mate, be gave another
gold nee AL and to the two sailors, WISER and Thuue
n silver mccall each. There medals bore ptions
c, mn emoraye of the services for which they were
conferred That of the Captain ran "a follows: Pre-
" sen.ed to Captain Schete Fo kerts Wander Hoei,
"msster OF the Dutch barque Sophie Elizabeth, for
"recung iitsen lives from the British barque Jeane
"Jobrston. w,er-logged at the 3lst October,
"iS5S." The men returned thanks for this honorable
acknowledgment Of their services.
| Mr. Lord announced that a silver medal had been
awarded to Capt Carlisle Of the ship Planter, for res
eur the Survivors of the French ship Empress of Bra
I'll; Oliver N. Brooks, the keeper Of FARMLAND
IsaDo ght VINO galauty put of alone in his boat to
tue rescue the crew of the schooner Moses +. Webb
and after iaving great eris saved them al received
gold meoal, which will be forwarded to him. Cspt
Remand Of the French bank Maurice and Capt. Fuune
ma,L r h. -ossn soip Octnrrne, were eac1
az ard ed gold medals for their services in saving the
lives Of the survivors of the burned steamship Aus
trs. The medals will be forwarded with letters from
the oficers Ct the Association, through the French
and Norwegian Corsnls.
| sHIP-BUuDIsG os THE HERRIhAc.
The N,cJu, ypoyt Herald discouneh on this suj ,ct
after the foo~irg fashion;
One Of the earliest branches Of bnsiness estab-
shoi in this city shipbulding. From 1850 to the
prese Mt tine this bosibes has been gorously pur-
sued l-t of the vessels, with their names aud tuu-
mage which have been built during this period would
prove most interesting document. To tue ingenuty
of the late Orlando B. Merrill esq, of our earliest
ship-buders, the world IS Indebted for the drst water
lire ship Dodel on the plan now in use, which was in
| The year 1884, Previous to this time only skeleton
| mOdtls composed Of pieces showing the rb-, &C..
were used. The mooe Was given TO David Ogden,
| esq, in 1853, VINO presented the same to the Nex-
York Historical Society. The patent wndlass by
! Russell & Walker. which IL almost univers al v
! adopted, and many other important Improvement,
! on shipboard, have had their origin with our me-
charles For strength, durability, speed aud beauty.
Merrimac-built ships will challenge the world"
LOSS OF THE BRIrisg SHIP NORFOLK AsD BRAVERY oP
raE sEANEs or IEE AMERICAN Snip TUsoARoRA.
On Friday, tue l2th Of November, about O'Clock
p. m the gse ced and ragged With treme ndous
fury until II o'clock. The bark Norfolk of Newcastle,
bound for ST. John n. B., became unmansgs able, 50
that the csltsn ordered the foremost to be CT. away
which vas speedily DONE and in falling carried away
with It the msiDtopmast aud mzlenmsst The ship
then became total wreck and each hsaved she
rolled most feahuLy. They remained in this state
| hnvlrg no more board until Monday
when the American chip Tuscsrora hove 10 sight Tie
sea at this tine running mountains higb and il
blowing strong gale. The Norfolk had signal OF
distress flying which was Acknowledged by the Tusca
hoisiicg the Stars and Sirpes foloTe1 by the
sig1ss We vii save yoa all If We can" On board
| The TuscaTcTa were Lesrly 800 passengers A. she
bore down upon the bark IL became eyidcn. that the
rik ard capger TO be encountered frehtful aud
! the passengers began 70 wonder who would be the
volunteers who dared 10 urh Tlrk their lives In
On open boat. 1t decided 10 the morning that
TIE fret nate Mr.. Dickinson should 90 IN the
boat, and upon coming upon deck he ssked
the third rets tMr. Winisns very smart
yourg ofiicer, if lie would accompany him, and he
Immediately stated lie would 60. Things had pro-
greesec thus far wi captain Of the Tascarors
| Capt. DnDleyyj -gnaed TO the csptaa james Hill
Of tie bark Norfolk, stating ths. they vera about
seIdiog bost 10 take them IF the wreck but still
there great difficulty yet 10 s1rmour'. ons Of
the crew being dspo sed 10 volunteer. Mr. Williams
the tnirc nais wen. to them and succeeded in enlist.
itg three Of the seeInen 10 scco npany the n. The
boat was now lsuDched ana the fret and third mates
iump-d iIto the boat, followed by the three ssors
M. Williams the third mate, upon leaving req 1ssted
the boats~s sin il the event Of tis 10. returning 10
hand bis money ard clothes over 10 nis mother when
be reached Liverpool. Now t.e ex,itsneut vhich