New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-04
MARINE AFFAIRS.

AsDPEws.
Tie new steam propeller Henry Aa!rsV,, q the
Sw.iisure Lpe q tJis c.tJ, wsnt "a her trial tn ,
yesterday afternoon rp the North River witt lsrge
number Of guest. from tie Corn R1ohatgs on bo,rt
TIE Henry krc,ews buit IA Albary, for Red
field & Co. Ct t, city sud is $50 tans burden. Her
engines were bull. by Fletcher Harrison Of this
city and al sbOu, 80 horss power. She IL butt after
the most approved model, AID neither pains Lor eI-
pense have been spared % make ner ore Of the
s'ropges. boats Iuunirg between this city and Albany
She will be employed in the freigh;iog business. The
expenses attending the building O. tois propeller will
amount TO So 00e. Her capacity is 1900 bAr-tL Of
-four.
RFsURRFCrIOs or sUsTEs SHIPS.
One tbouisnd Ard twenty-five wrecks year, hss
been the average Ct five Jesrs-eacn years less
amounting 10 more than eleven millions q dollars. SO
says The Tunes il article OF tee " Mammoth Der.
riok," or new n penton which cen raise sunken chips
Ike cockes from tire bottom Of tie sea The lion
Of the Gay, in England is this wonderful engine. 1t
will raise the surface the largest ship ever s1Lz
pump out the rate CT sixty tons Of water minute
and hold fist until IS ether put into floating cott
ton, or stripped Of s vauabeR. All II requires Is
gooo bold ard this 1t get deeper than divers ever
souId ed. As 70 ordinary vessels Of houssad tSo
hundred, or Gle thousand four bubo!td ton-, whose
actual weight wo1d be within tie capscytftl great
fter, it would sispy pick them up ffoC toe bottom,
deck. 1t would, in hsf hour, ut forty fire. class
Locomotives al! together the uu Of tie Gfea Bri-
tar, ard ceposi, ia bur0en on ths otck OF he Crest
Eastern. Sue, being tbs srornous capacity of the
engine gltpos at the wreckiDg satisfies vii revsai
al ample field Tor ts lsbors On scgle day in 1851,
ore hundred and seventeen vessels were wrecked on
The Bitten coast. Among ire wreck. On al fIequsntec
shores are may rich meicl anthem ard cofty steam
ere: the selYse OLe such prize wClld aucet pay
for the whole lifting mschueIy. Beside al the, socn
de5ricks woUlc inG empie ava rerureratiye employ
met. iu bfpg els of sLores aid over bdss, in
launching great ships, ia uuosone ard transporting
heavy oalgoes trurI dock 20 deck in hosting boLes,
er eres az mes ard 10 caIeeriog vessels .or repsui
and they viii have clear field and prove az iresm
able vslue in TesiIg suuken rookie, ano IN efsohng
merine s.ruc,uree Their scope q operation 10 almost
unlimited Coast and river works Of the grestes; mag
u:tude ard Of the vital importance, may now b3
erected q. cost which YOU'D have hardly purchased
the .etssry apparatus few yes-s ago, sincs the
capacity Of these machines j. not a mere dead lot.
Iocomotion at good speed, great stability in al
weather, eLOrnOu. pumping power, winch ctn be
exered al great Girtauce from the engine itsti the
uriverss fnrctons of ifticg srd swinging crane Of
ysrisble power, AID every required corverieuce OF
Application end adjustment, are all combined 10 THE
cig slic sea krg whose achievements more thar rea.-
ize tie fables Of old.
YSCOUsTFR WITH A sHAPE--A FisH STORY.
On FrGay eyeI;rg las', Al about TO- o'clock a.
three young men, j. B Hamilton, Jr0. White, ard >.
Mortimer VILLAINS % th. city, were rowing through
Hell Gale icy Hsrleto, ~ the 70 Y. oos LtndA,
huge ehsfk Attracted pfOObbF D. kto Diieut hbn' w
lantern (which trey carry with them At night, ross
10 The sUIsee within care leIgtn o: t1e SIDE Ot tue
bo a.. ore of the patty hsvitg revolver, immediate
" discharged trse acts At tie head OF tie monster,
which was cut Of the eater TT the tiGs. Tne buies
did 10. seem 70 have effect for he headed acfGss
the bow Ct the boat, bic I'm ana heaa Deitg Wis os'
The parry wing backed water, ard e. zee seaiK
crossed n bow within tbres % iclr feet ne received
thrust from tbei- boa'-hotk which eeeued to IL AXE
him sCuewhAt vsley in his motions. lie eso received
three g. four bullets irOt tie pirtol none on
Them fire a. Creattr diSarcs than II .sat from pu
he kept close 20 tEem swinutg IL cucle, eio sew.
efal times 1T completely r0ulc tao boat Just out OF
reach of TIE boat EoCk. TIE party then pulled the
hnlt TO shore, when ore Of item went rp TO Dhrsp
Hotel 10 ur1cure ASSISTANCE 10 dispatch tie IN Lster,
bat bic story received credit and &c was l,ushed
ct. They then pulled out irto tie stresm thd a'teT
loading their revolver, heaGed tCHhTG hois ibr! hi
not prCceete6 ve faI when the sh ark roe directly 10
fcp Of The boat 40 iut eight feet or c0miag dicecty
toward them. Williams ~aO was stacdllE Up 10 ths
bow Of the boat discharged .he pistol '~ice directly
into the monsters hesd Ihis he'd re effect o. tufttK
him little out e lis course, and ne saLk AID weat
ur der raspns the bottom. Of the boat Es aead rose
cut Of wa'sr directly sorgsde If The pzity steering
He seemed 10 be sbrut fifteen feet ona Uncsirg from
the length of The Linda, which ia sevea'eer feet.
Their AMMUNITION belrg acOut e1BaIsed, aod ouAeis
een inc 10 have tie effect en- the snaIk, act oailug 10
risk too cose an encounter with Only their SCat hook
for q yeepoD ,est bis slsrSship uett WIN geti.e
Gap capsizs their boat they were competed reutaul
liz 10 leave nis compsDy. During tle encounter t1s
rsrty fred g. him thirteen bullets from nelT revolver,
ard struck him with The boat hook four tiGes Tae
boat was in nis company half al hour, re- seeu'ng
cujts deli berste iu his moncrs. They were very an.
btious of capturing him as pize, ana II tley nai
succee6ed in killing bin, would have erde5vOred 10
tow him iowu 20 Ii. Bath where their bost is kept
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