New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

CURIOUS Discovery IN THE SoUfH ArLASIIc.-
TIE LreTTool Post publishes the following letter, witt
ten by Cspt. Cubns Of the Caribou, belonging to Lv.
erpoOl 70 the Secretary Of the Admiralty relating
cluster of islands not laid down in the charts, and
which lie in the direct track to Australia. The stten.
ton Of the owners and masters Of ships ought TO be
called to the subject, as many vessels of which no
tidiDgs have been heard may have been wrecked on
them:
"SHlr CARIBOU, HoBsos's BAY, March l3, 1853
81 sailed from Liverpool on the Sth December 1851,
SSsnd to b Port e rs 1 in .s" fiS WI,
in a clear between the squalls, 1 fsncied saw lend
to the southwark; took in studding-sais, shorssed
sail, and stood toward it. At 1870 p. W., hove 70
abreast the island with the center bearing s. 8 W.,
about l2 miles lowered life boat and sent her 10 the
land. l afterward stood in to about nine miles of
Shore and got no ground with 100 fathoms Of line.
The island appeared to be in s. Z. and N. w. dirsc'
iioD, about % miles, It's southern extreme landingo
the S. w., forming deep blight on its western side,
which was entirely snow clad and gave ID the appear
ance of great barrier Of ice. The greater part oil
the whole island was covered with snow; there was
remarkable group Of high rocks lying off to the n. u.
from the s. Z. part Of the Island apparently III Of
aground. The island was cloud capped, but think
that s greatest elevation could not be lees toar ~
feet above the level of the ses. While hove-to await.
ing our boats return was astOpished to see vewes
to the 5. +. One of them got under weigh and stood
toward it, proved TO be the American schooner Or.
ford, of Fairhaven. They put out boat, and the
master came on board; he told me they called it
kurds leland, and that it was discovered by them
eighteen months before. He seemed annoyed that
my boat had landed and advised me TO 20 and leave
her behind, saying she would never return but tod
him would never leave her while bsd another oost
to seek for her. was very anxious, for il was thsu
shutdown, and darkness coming fast; but, while
speaking, the lookout at the masthead reported the
boat In tight He then became more commune alive,
ano told me they were after OIL that the shores Of the
island swarmea with sea elephants, and that they
had sent to America from the island since the discov-
cry $1,000 barrels of oils The issnd bold the
n. 4. eide, aud no hidden dangers; and tho bay
where they lay was Q foe bay or natural
harbor with good anchorage sunken dangers.
with twelve TO twenty fat ions all over, and sheh
tered from all winds except north eastery, with
fre river If fresh water at the head Of it. He
also told me that there was another island west Of
Kurds, distance come thirty miles, and another,
+. 5. r., seventy miles, both of which he had seen,
but never landed On. My own officers that were IA
the boat confirmed his statement of the sea ele'
plants and, the island being well watered, there
were peDguins ard other birds in myriads, and, on -
leland about mile spat from the main, it appeared
to he a great mound OF guano. While lying 70,
went to look at my abstract, and il made me snuddn
TO think that only twelve months before, ran past
the island at midnight in heavy gale of wind, NOT
more than four or five miles distant, ignorant Of it,
e1istance; My greatest wish en- sending my b'st 70
the Island, to find out if there were any ship
wrecked persons on it whom might relieve. ! send,
Dclosed with this sketch of the island, in the exc
cutiOn Of which l was vesy much assisted by one q
the passengers. II was entirely Of volcanic origin,
ny six officers having found the surface ashes snd
stone, ike the specimen incosed made the Eofth.
ern extreme of the Island in lat. 50 ST. lon. Is r.;
good chrOnometers."
OAER PAsHA AND THE ABABs. The military move
menis of Omer Pasha against tue wandering A sh
8 letf liam af Anrill
proved completely successful HIS troops have 70,
turIed with rich booty, part OF which consists o.
$50 csmels. The cherif, Ebs Ahdal, and other
chiefs, have arrived at Bsgdsd TO make their sabms
tinctiop. The hope tbs, he would sccord an indem'
pity to the merchants who were pillsged last yea
does rot seem likely to be realized.
SPLk>DID AND ESORsOUs CHuRoH.-A letter IRON
~. Petersburg says:
"Isaac's Church. in this city hiss Just been con.
peted, affer 81 years labor. The Construction o.
this hui ding has cost immense sums as large qlsnf
ties of gold marble, malachte aud jasper have bes1
employed 10 II. The trescoes are from the psrcis
BruIi, Nef Basin and Steuben. The inaugarstce
OF the church will take place very shortly and 90 me
occasion go singers Will assist 10 the service. 10y
church can conveniently accommodate 5000 persOos
RsREY OUrDoAE.-Among herd of remo1eu
mat were brought to klrkee, near Poonsh lately
one most obstreperous little nag. tall ak feet f'os'
rsLk man OF the 3rd Dragon Guards stepped up w
the fractions little brute, and wtbou, n ado tuckes
tie struggling creature under his brs~ney arm, sse
amid the cheers aud laughter Of the whole corps cs
red 6im around the parade ground and set the ss'c~
isbed animal down again as tame as ever M. Rsey
could have made bim.
SoCrH AFRICAN MISSIONARY ExPLoRarIoS.-lesr
ten have been received from the Rev. Mr.. Hson o.
the Berlin Missionary Society, who, with the Rev Ne
Rsth, had undertaken missionary tour d IA Llvins
stone, northward as far as the Cuneue River, o.
without the success which attended the exporauo,,
OF the great tlaveler. They had intended to tx'
crcuitous route from their station, New. Bs'msn ~
the west cosst TO Lake Ngame, thence to the ~