New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-24
MARINE AFFAIRS.
THE STEAM MBOATS.
Democracy.


Three of the large North River steamers are now
lirg ct the foot of Liberty street, receiving repairs
The Francis Skddy has been improved, 10y the afdi-
tion of thro tier of state rooms while the Hendrick
HUDSON and New World are being cls,ned and over
bsued that the p,in.ers msy do ihef work before
Spring. The Newton is near the foot of Tsnh street.
Eat River, receiving new gsllows frame, and repairs
TO boilers The Sound steamer, Plyhoutn Rock, takes
Ter place in the StoDipgton line todey, having just re-
ctved new boilers Tnis ne, for hs present, is com
posed of the P ymoith Rock and Commodore.
A ROUGH AND DISASTROUS PASSAGE.
The sl,p Emerald from London, Dec 6, arrived here
On Sstarcsy. CaptSiu Coos reports: From Dec lot
30, We had 9 oet'severe hurricane from w. S. w,
which exceeded nytbing ever b-foe seeo by ne. Tne
barometer did not 7 Sc above 2S:30 at any tine aud
the pit cpa part stood At % to 2S0 the ship drift
ed from lop % to 20. Dec. 81 at 10 In, shipped
area which filed the d. cks aud washed overheard the
chief mate, Mr.. Henry G sytou, of New-iork, aud
David King, seaman, of Providence, X. l., both OF
whom were lost; it ao disabled the entire stsrb 'ard
watch Except two by washing them aoop; the decks
facturipg and Sruspg their limbs in such II amer a.
to reI der them utft for the remsinder Of the
passage.
BukSISG OF THE SHIP MTRoo-HER CREW RESCUED BY
ASEw-YORK VESSEL.
Advi ss from Pernambuco December Ii, gives the
foowiog oucums aoces attending the loss of he ship
MerOo by fire:
She bf the Sand. heads, on the 2st of August last
with a fu cargo OF seeds and Jue, touched a 81 He
lena Oh TIE 10Th Of NOvembtr and up TO the 18th OF
The same mouth xpeieuced hne weather. On that
day at poon a fire Uncovered in the main hod,
which WIS Supposed TO have been caused by sponta-
recus combustion, and not tSithstandog that every *
erton mede tn extingu'sh 1t by the caps'p, 9TH
end crew, coon became appare nt tina the hre
had spread rapidly 10 defy human control, and
that the ship NUT be abardOued; and she II the act
of clesTng away the bosts and gettlrg them ready,
the American ship, Grey Feather, OF New-fOrs, Tor
San Fiaucisco with eDgers, bore down aud took
10, W, ole ot the crew off the buruiog wreck on the
evening Of the same day, ard finally landed them at
this port n Dee 9, all well.
loss OF The wHALER RAJAB, or SEw-BEDF oRD--coR-
RECT LIST Or rHE MEN WHO PERIsHED.
The Hontluls Commercial Advertiser Of Dec. %
cousins letter from Capt Wheside, Of the Condor
giving h following account of the loss of tse above
ve,ss before reported in the Ocho,sk Sea- on the lSn
of October:
"Tte wreck took place on the north west end Of Big
Stantsr l. snO, dufiug heavy gale from the nortn
east. IL blowing very hard, the ship made no hs'd-
Way and ais thrown bTosnside on the shore, aud 10
less than Eve uiuates broke up. Oat f tSenty-sN
men on board only thirteen scepej ahve. On The ~
succt eded in takug OF the Survivors, and about oO
barrels OH.
"Tte f,losirg is corrsc. hst Of the lost: Cap
Apse Sew rt Of Fsirhaven, Mass, found md buried
inst mate, Tnomas H4mohn of Falmouth, Mass;
coocer John E..c-tt OF C,fskiu, y. Y Jobu Moran
Of Tr,.y y. y. found and buri-d; Charles G.. Gpuit
Of New.Bsd;ord: Idr-s Delaney OF Ne~-iork City;
AccrewJ Had.et OF Notified, VT; Frank Jac,t Of
Fl,r,a WssteIn Islands; joe kipg of Flores Western
I.lspds, Msnuei aetone Of s., George. Western l''
A, DE- foutd aud buried Frank of Pico, Western
Isl,rds Johr Gisss of Guam. found sud buried; john
Spanish Of Tale .hn-na, f,uCd ana brriod.
"s Ii. wHITEsIDE, Master saiP Coaiof