New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-13
HARIkE AFFAIRS.
LEE Rr,rsrr CUTIE n'LrLLAE.

The L. Revenue cutter AL-llAD, now an
ehored of the Battery sac PIT uncef repair Al the De-
ginning Of lnst September. The work was done az
the NAVY Yard under ths supervision Of Capt. X. "A.
Uudcin. Upon examination, lie vessel proved to
be nlmost entirely rotten snd had 10 be
rebuil, internally and externally. She has been very
spusly fitted up everything board presenting the
anr.arspee 81 con fort She il 40 burden. She
VS. tsilt in 1853. BIZ contract, Spmcrset, Mas,
,inee which Tine up her being reeu sie had been
on the Mobile station. Her present officers Capt
L. X. Hudg1n-. let Iirut- Amasa Hyde, 2nd Ledt.
F. N. Srirk, 3rd Lieut.. james Piunksti; 10 seamen'
boat,v ain, 2 boyr, rool, steward. The NJ Leiisn
war reported ready for dnEy ten days ago She was
rebuilt by Ii. =. Gardiner.
wREcE OF SCHOONER K. }. ESSEs
The following letter was received ye'terday, By
EIlw ood Walter, esq Secretary OF the Board oil IN
derwnters; ,o-o
CARR HLTrERAs, ~ c., Nov. y, 1897.
Mr.. D,RRELI-Dear Sir. The accompanying let
ter ashed ashore from the wreck OF Schooner Il. >
Enneas which WIS cast away near TINS place aoou.
tie Let Of November; also number OF leuers anu
rarers belonging IN other people. She was touai
wreck-yery little saved There was preacher
named Henry Hodges, belonging 10 the Wesleyan
Methodist Society, whoae body washed ashore, ana
was buried on the beach; also his trunk OF ocoNs'
our in manuscript which the Church, or so ne OF ms
friends. NAV with TO get. They are in the hands OF
Zion F. Scarborough, Commissioner OF "recAs LOT
Keuneket District. Mr. Hodges was missionary 70
zone Of the West India Islands. The e. j. Enneas
was built at Hurbor Island, owned at Nassau n; T.,
built in 1855 Of l60 tuns register, owned by william
Cock and Others; was from Kingston, Jamaica; sailed
about Oct. p.
TRIAL TRIP OF THE wINANs STEAMER
Cart. Lews OF the wreeking-schooner H. W. john
son Of New York, sends us the following:
NORFOLK, Dec 10, 1889.
U. vent down tn. bay on Thursday with the Winans
esue her owner wishing her qualities eagons YES
,e where she behaved herself beautifully IL was blowing
fresh breeze from the northwsrd and there was very uS SEA
running along smooth and steady almost a. sue
was in rvsr From on board the johnson could not see thai
she rolled sny At ell when lying in the trough Of the sea-
They tried every wayhesd 10 the broadde TO- aud De-
FOR, h and believe than answered the expectations Of
her owner And from what Of her performance have no
hesitation calling her rstrsfe boat She sailed or bA
more early this morning She Is very fast"
Collision AT SEA-The schooner Euphemia Smith,
from Rio Grande reports Nov. 6, Lat Is 81 S. Long.
80 20, sroke British brig Alice, for Liverpool, who
came in contact while passing under the EuPhemia's
stern il being nearly calm with heavy on at the
time Tie Alice had cahead and topgallant forecaSte
deck ripped up and boat stove. The f. s. bad quarter
deck and s,auncbions broken, main deck plank shear
spIit and sails torn She remained tight, aud most OF
tie damage repaired on the passage
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Commander of the Brooklyn Navy Yard has
received orders FROM the Department at Washington
TO have the steam frgate Niagara housed over forth
with. The United States sooPof-wsr Vandaila has
received orders for home. The United States steam
frieate Wabash viii be here in few days from the
Mediterranean. Commander Page of the Germantown
las received orders for the United States The United
States sloop-ofwar Vincepnes sailed from Port Praya
o l. 90 for Loando. The new steam gun-boat Mo1can
is expected here in day two from Provincetown.
The United States surveying steamer Fenimore Cooper
wal Int few weeks ago in Kanayaua Bay, on the
coast Of Japan all hands sased. Lieut. Brooke COM
manded that vessel.