New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-08
MiRINE AFFAIRS.

BOATS GREW PICKED uP Al sEA-DlsAsrERs.
The lark Thales of Newt Orleans, Capt. Jervey, a.
rived Wednesday from Newt Orleans in 20 days. Capt.
Jervcy reports; sept. l9 lat. 81 deg. - min. saw
black ship under iuryopmasts, steering 5. w; Sept.
- lat % deg 20 mn. on 80 deg. 10 min at a. r.,
picked mp boat from the ship Pelican State, Capt.
Morel of Bath Me-. from Liverpool for New-Orlean+
the loss of which have already reporedl. contain
ing Mr. Briggs, chief officer. with James Dcvine OF
New York james Mahegan 81 Bath, James Rogers ot
New Orleans and Edward Mcfarland OF Roxoury,
Mass seamen. They stated that they had been sent
from the ship the 2ls when ashore north oi Cape
Florida 20 the Bahamas for Assistance TO get her of,
and were blown ont to Their boat being leaky.
the men exhausted and without wster provisions,
We took them on board and hos,ed their boat Oh deck
The boat was half iul Of water at the time, ani the
wind blowing hard from the northward with very
heavy sea. The Thales hss experienced heavy
weather. Sept. j., encountered terrific gale from
the southwark with a very heavy cross sea- the bark
laborng heavily the water waist deep on deck, was
compelled to start her deck load to ease her.
FOR CALIFORNIA.
The steamship ST. Louis sailed yesterday for AsP,a-
wall with about 500 passengers and the United State
mails for California, that were 20 have gone in the
Moses Taylor.
SALE or THE COLLINS STEAMER tTL,Sric.
The Collins steamer Ailanti, was sold yesterday 20
the California, New-Ycrk ard European Steamship
Company. ana will he put on the line Immediately for
San Francisco and Fraser River direct VIA Nicaragua
TxTRkoRDISARY SCREW srEAHlsG
BY the Arago we notice the arrival Of the steamship
City of Baltimore, of tie Liverpool, NewYoTk ant
Philadelphia Steamship Companys line, st O'Clock
p m., on the lgth September. having made the pa
sage from New-Yorl; 70 Liverpool in ten iays two
hours from dock To dock, o. nne days cnty-three
hour- from Sandy Hook to Bel Buoy. The City of
Baltimore lett Scw-York a. noon 9iL September,
and for two dsys encountered dense fog, which de-
layed her considerably; bu; from the th to 10Th, for
egh. succe ivo days she averaged the extraordinary
speed of three hundred miles per DAY, aud has made
without question he shortest passage ever uaie across
The Atlantic by any screw steamer.
RUSSIAN GUS<
The schooner Mary Franklin, from Boston, arrived
here yesterday morning with two Of the guns for the
Russian stesm.fdga;e Grand Admiral they weigh
seven. aud hall tuas each. Tie Il. +. lies at tie
Novelty Works.
THFIrIIvG SCENE.
M C. j. Thomas q Niagara Falls, was crossing
alone in small boa. from Navy Island TO Schl0sser
last Thursday when terrific storm arose and t.i
tpGt was tti>lf'l. fuE uphhiA ~ h'lt-i u0 " 10
driven about b. the furious gusts Of wind clnging "a
the boat Several times he succeeded in rightng the
cran AMI a. often would il capslze; and though good
swimmer he had given himself up for lost, when ne
NJ length succeeded IN Clsmbern, into the boat with
ont oar. and so thoroughly chilled ~ be- amos, TN
able to help himself Theboat wss filed with wat r,
and wa, driven past the head Of Navy Island nto he
rapid current which swiftly bore him toward tie rsQd
srd he cataract But fortunately he seen by
Nr Tomnkins and another nan on the island. who.
taking boat, hastcnei TO rescue him. They reached
him but the wind aud sea we're 20 nigh that il was
impossible Ia take him into the boat, ~ they. tow
the boat INTO Chippewa Creek on the Canada :, 81 ie
Nh. Thomas would have certainly gone over The Falls
had he mot been thus timely observed ald rescued. His