New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-17


vessels, inferior in size ard of relatively less value.
Then Dr. Mofiarty for writing bis letter against the
bouIiies to Col Benton, suddenly le Gloucester end
the bouItes continue TO be paid to this day On the
otler hand, Collector then refused the customary
bounties TO three quarters Of the Newburyport YES
ses srd they have no, since been paid, with the ex-
cepiiou of four years. TEder this operG,cn paying
in Gloucest,r ard not paying here, the Glouce,,er
n, Of has gore NJ from fifty TO four bundred,a AL Of
,els and Gloucester is to-day the most prosperous
Town in tie county. while our fleet has sunk from one
hundred ard Thirty sail to foiy and these cry 90 not
nav their way. We should judge that the hshing
h,.t taken as a whole, in the twenty-five ye,rs
nan ed had run out twice what they were worth to
bee in WITH The facts are before Us also sa'" tnt,
n business is constantly becoming more uncertain.
Fh of all kinds more scarce upon our Own coast,
and n value Of vessels and the cost of sailing them
lNwburypor Herald
An UNPRoFITABLE STEWARD.
Capt. Nckerson of the Helen Jane arrived al Bos-
ton f, Tuxio reports having left his steward IN the
hands Of the United States Consul at that place, to be
sant home for trial. under the following circumstances,
stated in The Journal; -
"At Bosttn, Capt, Nickerson shipped cook
white man-who gave bis name Hawes crowell, OF
West Donns-and gave hIm his advance wages before
going on board. On tue morning of the hrs, day at
the steward was missing, supposed by all on board
10 have fallen into the sea during the night and
drowned. Accordingly, another man was appointed
TO do bis duty and the voyage continued prosperousy
cred that the cargo in the hold had been broken into,
and an cRpty basket Of champagne was found, with
other indications of robbery. The captains attention
was called TO the fact and the crew called to account;
but they denied all knowledge OF the matter. Thus
the affair rested until their arrival at Truao, - days
after leaving Boston On tie first night after anchor
ing The crew were suddenly frightened by the appear
ance IN the fOrecaste OF the lost steward; aad 20
fImy convinced were the frightened sail rs OF the
death ofther shipmate, that they all instantly He'd on
deck from the supposed apparion. The steward had,
how, yer, really appeared, and upon being questioned,
confessed that he bad secreted himself IN the hold on
the first day out under the influence Of delrium tre
mems ard for - days following had lived uxuriousy
on champagne, raisins, ham, &c, and had consumed
during tie voyage eight baskets Of champagne, six
boxes of raisins, and other things IN proportion The
loss to the captain will amount TO about $780,
HEAVY DAMAGES TOR CRUEL TREATMENT TO
SEAMAN. t.
In the Superior Court to-day, action was brought
10 Trial of Charles Ellnghaus against Frederick Dun
bar master Of ship Champion, for assault and battery,
on voyage fIom Marsellles to Boston, IN January,
1877. Ii appeared in evidence that the plaintiff one
of the seamen, had been KEEP aoft till his hands were
frost bitten so as 10 disable him from uslng them; that
few DAYS after this, while his hands were bandsged
and poulticed, and the weather was calm, and no
emergency required IT. the captain ordered tns p@l1
tiff and Others soft 10 bend on the iore-topsai Ei-
hpchaus said he unable TO use his hands al an
when the cepain cursed him. and with his chief mate
ordered his mits to be hauled Oft which brought with
them tie skin from bis hands Tie captain and mate
then both beat him at the same tme-the One with
a rope ard the other with Delaying PIN driving hm
aoit and continued 10 beat him, till plaintiff catch
ing hold by his arms, had ascended the rigging beyond
their reach. =,
After getting alof, the second mate ordered him
down. from moi being able 10 use his hsnds, and
through danger of falling but he told the eficer tnat
he was driven up there by the captain, aud not daring
to come down, he held on by lls arms an hour ana
half till the sail bent and then came down with
both hands zen that he lost tive fingers from tho
right handAnd three from the left lie was required,
TO furnish security for the costs on commencing tne
trial but neither defendant nor his counsel wero
present at the trial. The question Of dsmsges was
sent TO the Jury, who, in a few minutes, returned
verdict for 50 600, the iull amount claimed ,o,..
The Secretary of the Navy has received sdvices,
dated Dec. 80, from Commander II. X. Hoh, in com
Iapd of the United States ship John Adams announc-
ing the arrival of that vessel at Valparaiso the 18th
of December, after passage OF fotyfour dsys rom
Panome.
Cor mander IIoff was desirous of showing our Gag
at Callao but the winds proving light, and q strong
current setting to the norhward and eastward, making
no s0uthng for several days, he deemed il necessary
10 take the OF shore passage. He was about taking
in provisions, wood and water for the hornewsrd
passage to Norfolk and expected ~ sail between the
9TH and Sth of January.
From information derived at Valparaiso il was not
deemed prudent that the Adams should stop at Rio,
on account Of the yellow fever being generally at Its
hight there in the month of February, at which time
the vessel would be likely TO arrive at that port:
Should it become necessary to Obtain more WOOD ana
water, she would probably run over to St. Helena to
replenisb.
Fl. B. NJ ship Monarch was in port waiting Tor
relief to return to England, when Commander Hon
wrote Her commander, Admiral Bruce, had informed
him that on the 25th Of November the British ship
Salyadora in lat. $50 i6 s., lon $50 80 w., fell In
with and boarded the American ship Antoinetie oI
New.York in sn abandoned condition, her masts
Standing and no boats on board. The concusion was
that her officers and crew had been taken OH by some
other vessel She went down very shortly after the
Salvadora left her.
SmIp pABAsDoSED.-Capt Cbilds, of slip Yemasses
AZ Charleston from Liverpool reports Jan H. lat 50 lon ~ -
W. during heavy w. W. gale passed large mp Appss
Gom yard the time her spsrs were perfect, with %
rov, Night coming prevented Der name one
asceTisipd Feb lat 81 lon % Is passed alnfs bsh snip
boupd the with fore and mizzen topmas sons