New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-25
MARINE AFFAIRS.

The tcrew steamer Sa1onia from Southampton Dec
{. arrived or Friisy morning Her dates have been
Anticipated.
Los. or TIE BRITISH SHIP rsirEp KINGDOM.
The British ship United Kingdom, Cspt AdsI of
Belfast sailed fiom Quebec oct. 3, with cargo of
lumber bouri 10 Belfast She experienced continual
gales from the Banks. Nov. = daring G heavy gale,
-he sprung the rudder and kept off to esse it.
subsequently in severe gale from the north rest,
ste lost il entirely.
They tteeled the ship for some days with chains.
Nov. II, when in lat. 50 H., Ion. 21' 30, they were
fallen in with by the psoke: ship Daniel Webster,
Capt. Spencer, from London for New-iork, and,
although il va. blowing gale she hove to under their
lee, and by great eXel'ions, took them ell of and
brought them to this port yesterday. The United
Kingdom, when abandoned, had five feet Of water in
the ves and leaking AZ the rate of three feet per
hour. The crew exhausted by labor at the
pumps and tie ship was almost unmanageabe. They
saved Little or nothing from the sbip.
Capt. Spencer, Of the Daniel Webster, deserves
great creii for the kfu msnuer N which he handled
bis clip while takirg of the crew 6f the U1itel
KingGcm-ior it Necessary to be nesr her and TO
the eewsrd. There was very heavy snd ugly ses
on ard the United Kingdom being wreck, was
entirely unu usgeabe. A. the lset moment when
the boat lying alongsiie the wreck, at the rk OF
The lives Of tho- on board the boAt Jack was hunt
ing sbou. for the ships cst-s splendid felow-which
they found and brought off with them.
IHE DEAD OF THE AUSTRIA.
Capt. Spencer OF the packet ship Dsniel Webster,
arrived from Lorcon yesterday, reports that sept.
% in st. AZ 30, opg 49, on the outward passage,
he passed through large numbtf of dead bodes,
swollen and distorted, upon which the birds were
ieastrg. Trey were no doubt a portion of the
steamship Au.tras passengers. The bodies were
near tog ther. in groups Of TAO and three.
N,vAL-The United States store-ship Relief sailed
from Aspirwal for Nex-York De,. :. All well on
board.
The United States fsate 81. Lawrence and corvette
Falmouth were at Rio Janeiro Nov. :.
The DEFINITION OF The STEAMSHIP WASHINGTON.
The Washington did not sail yesterday. We oave
received tne following communication in regard to her
detention:
To he Editor Of The y. y. Tribune
SIR: A. public journalists | address you, thst the
public through you may b. sFprsed Of certain c,s which
be mat'ra or not according to cir ausianc~ As yH
city Company for TIE o running oPpo.ion 70 the
tie Panama steArhip Company sd Lew company crossing
the Isthmus via kcaIssus In conformity with tn pgbhshed
t.,, ct 'Se ,S oeB ' % M TahnqS s %
and c,e 10 ,oHe, me Hermann csch oHd in~,diteiy
As tue public been ad
ssed through the Pres asniI did not
with lie Heu and the brought back
and landed in this cry. Nl eighth, dems nded tnat the
Company should refund e ohtauef under such
false pfetenss even made undesEn.d and the Company
sppselty recognizing principle did offer 70 refund the
money On az riicdnoH A. the office 0f the Company
In 'ua instance have hs Refunded the passage money
as Jrore-us'esc they offered take the passengers bk
BY her trip, their
the heiT board the of douds and sere
tyfre per uek and refused IN Instances even %
psy TINS Mr.. Editor imagine VIA. kuf or ooNd
could b. obtained for that IA the City of N-w-fork and
". most of the having exhausted their last dollar IN
cpmr.ied TO accept
The Company again advertised that the steamer would
-al the 9Th of December She did NOT ,1u ddUer
ti,sd Again she advertised 20 sail on le gthe dtd no!
sa The public aud the deuded were assured thai
the s.hin would certainly the d,he did not SIa
end tOcsy they 40 O. tat tue steamer
would sie could be red1v .hus sily admitting
they could tell when she would sail Again the
formed when | purchased my ticket that there
the Hermann o-dsy ccr Of The 'hP told TIA, IT
Of uncets y whether Sue would connect or not,
fnife I'd been 1Gfe Nth ne Hermann
Now Mr. Editor. conscious Of writing this fro
IN vii toward the Conpsny, but that las
self ard the land q gold for uure home, may hs
advised certain facts that them nancy ana
valuable time he Company net IN ied their promises
their Inability DO of they cannot os
blamed But they certainly have ad Themselves open g the
baye they MISTER. OF extreme
uncertainty And ich they obisn the harf-arnet
dollars Of vsorkuzuer ike myself they not criminal By
Publishing the shove ui ouy do serv ce ~ al who
intend visiting California, but oh ige VICTIM
AGisoHa! HC!a, y. L., Dec. a. 1888.