New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-11-22

died By Capt. Henry Smith; but irOo boats have ex
ploded on Long Island, ard her performance was no
more than middDg.
After the test trial, a ecrub race was proposed ana
they all went off at sierol. One steersman's h"s
blew of but fe right side Up and driited on TO sea
good half mile; but thy oevvr stopped vi the race
was over, when they hal another rsce Tor the nat,
and like Gilpin they won Il too Another captain N
going rather sharp sea, dropped on 'hs heah-
sheets into the bottom Of the bos ann lost his oar,
which, after a while, recovered; but for little
while the time Wa rstber an exciting one. MI Buck
mans boat came in rather ahead but speed is Of not
so much coD,eque nee here safety. Msssrs Upton,
Smith aud Whcomb, the judges chosen by Mr.. Secre-
tary Cobb have not yet given in their deeisio' D.
THE s1E.N-FRIGATE GEsERAL ADMIRAL.
The Rursiau steam. gate General Admiral wa on
Saturday morning Aoated off the great Balance Dock
and towed to tie Novelty Works, for the purpose of
receiving her machinery.
The Steamboat John Potter, of the Perth Amboy
line, was on Saturday afternoon taken on the above
dock for examination.
Tue ship b. r. Milan is on the large Sectional Dock
foor repairs. She will be stripped, recsuked AID
newly copperea
THE STEAMSHIP cIRcAssAy.
1hc steamship CrchhSdDj ~bitu it't WIS pun io'
Galway on Friday, will touch at St. Johns, N. F.,
about Tuesday tomorrow next. AL teegr .phic dis
patches left at the American Tee graph Conpauy's
Office, No. Il Wall street, or No Merchants Ex-
change, previous to Tuesday morning next, for Eu-
rope, will be forwarded by that steamer Money will
be refunded for all messages which fail TO reach the
steamer.
FOR EUROPE.
The steamship kangaroo sailed from this port on
Saturday for Liverpool with I73 passengers and no
SPECIE Tie steamship New.York, for Bremen, sailed
the same day. With " passengers and 81 200 10 specie.
NAVAL.
Another pew mar of war will be launched for Uncle
Sam at noon to day. The Hartford (soop which has
been on the stocks at the CharestOwn Navy-Yar1
some months, is to be transferred TO the waery ee-
ment. She is represented to be finely modelled YES
sell second TO Of her class at present in progress
Of consr uctOD. Her armament is to be twenty guns
Of heavy caber and her rate that of the San Jacnto,
Richmond, Lancaster, Pensacola, Brooklyn, and one
not named which will shortly be ready for launching
at Portsmouth, n. II. Beside the fire latter named
steamers all new there are as many more being
built which have been only lately put on the stockr,
whose draugbt Of water will be less than that of sry
ship at present in the service. The necessity existing
for small feet steamers on the coasts of Africa and
Brazil where the frequent Gains Often render sailing
ve,sels uselets has been the chief incentive TO their
construction.
Tie Wesenport has her final orders, and is reported
as TO sail to-day at noon.
The remainder of the St. Mays officers left for
Panama, on Saturday. by the steamer Moses Taylor.
Her crew will return at once.
STATEMENT OF CAPT. GEORGE GAGE OF THE KLTcH
BRoTHsRs.
The kptoh RrOthers CleaTed from Havana the
LIST of July and sailed on the morning Of the ID bound
for tracing voyage to the coast of Africa, with
crew consisting Of captain, supercargo, two passen-
gers three seanen and cook. The voyage being legal
nothing of importance occurred ON the passage until
the morning of the 9Th Of September, when made
Maunroba Point, on the west coast of Africa and
shortly after made sui that proved to be the United
States igate Marion, and was boarded from the ssme
by Lieut. Stone and requested To produce my papers,
he then wished to look at my hold and did so, and in
formed me that NY papers were all correct, AMI ne
would go board Of the frigate and report to the
captain and then, if they made SAIL could do the
same. Shortly after the boat returned with the cap
tain Of the frigate-he asking me for my papers, and
at the same time sent his mel INTO the hold broke
case out and hosted it on deck and broke it open,
and found the contents of the same to be an iron
chest, and then informed me that he must make
seizure Of my vessel The vessel was then run further
IN shore and brought to anchor and laid there for
twepty-four hours. During that time there was
search made fore and aft, and part of my cargo
taken OH board Of the fIgate and retained there The
captain ordered to leave my stateroom and did So
having berth in the cabin the supercsrgo aud pas
sepgefs being ordered into the hoo there being four
spare bertfs in the Storage Nothing Of importance
occurred the passage but hard living and petty it,
SUITS until We were standing in of Cape Fear when
Lieut. Stone called lie aft, and told that if would
give him note purpOrtipg that the vessel was in bad
oroer her sails and rigging bad, and no others to re-
place them if they blew away, he would 60 into WI.
nngton and refused, there being fine WHOLESALE
breeze. Two days after, we arrived in Charleston,
and the rest the citizens Of Charleston aware Of
lCharle ton Mercury Nov. II.