New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-09
MARINE AFFAIRS.

. eoVvRSyyYr sPECULATiox-THE BOSTON NAVY
YAKD AND The STEAMSHIP CANADA.
twill be recolrci.d that the last voyage the
Cspaca came 10 contact with iceberg, which render
en- necessary Der arrival IN Boston that she shOu
be dooked. No private dock being sufficiently large to
,ceive her appcatOn made for admission u en-
t-r the dry dock the Navy Yard which WAS granted
This wss court. their part, IA II should be- out
We proest ag .inst our Government taking advantage
Of fuch ecessi les sU1 rendering charges "a th 'ugn
the Cover m.nt oIy docks were buit iof Ioe purpose
~ con p,t sstlon The bill against the Cansdt was
a. go and deducipg 81 800 for the actual cost, there
/ a credit 10 the Government OF ,WO II Boston oad
private dry docks Of sufficient capacity, aud entering
tte dry dock at ChGrlestown was MAYER Oh ooo'ce
IA her hsn Vi necessity, charge OF the KIDD would De
pe,f,ctly proper Government ooght not 10 encour
ave uytnns inerenog with private enterprise; but
in the cn.e uf the Canada IL was necessity, ana ~
such, Government should have charged n)thing nnt
actual es,e,s.s We doubt whether aoy otoer nation
wouIo be gully Of such a petty transaction. Inc
C.hada vas mail ship, and a. such II should De the
duty Of our Gpvenmept 10 lender what assistance Is
Boston Commercial Bulletin, Aug. G.
DISASTER TO \ BALTIMORE VESSEL.
A letter dated Belize Honduras, Jaly Ia, says:
"Ibaye also 70 inform YOU that the American scboon
or Reindeer Of Baltimore Stevenson, master ifom Mo-
b,le Ala, for kaaian, sprung leak IN gale az ses,
spd ID Keep her aoat the captain had to put
her before tue wind aud her ashore ON the North
ern D,auyles Reef He with his passengers aud crew,
took 20 his boat and landed the sand bar where he
reu aiued eial days hoping to see some vessel.
Failing THE, they pu, adjitional gun wales to the
boat a very small one,l and with snail supply OF
proy,ions be started for Belize leaving their cothio
Cd the cav AID the vessel sails and cargo on the rect
Af.r long passage they ar1iveo at Belize on Satur'
day light, Jaly =, At hat past o'clock Being IN
strange place, they put ON the stone pavement to
sLep in the rain and this the police in whore charge
they were tbongnt ht'le rain water could not hurt
me- no had been soaked il salt water for neal week
Captain Ste, henson gees passenger by the d. Jex aud
viii make his case known 20 you, ann he don faln
his ir,euuons will cause your government 20 establish
soue agency here to pIovioe in some way for destitute
American sesm.n Who are throsn into this port
TIE BURNING STEAMSHIP NOT ACCOUNTED FOR.
The British ship James ieo, which srrived at New
York on toe 9TH INST will be recoected, reported
having ssed Oh the 9th ult. in lat. a. Ion - ~
Z" steamship" on IRE and abandoned having serpeot
figure bead. Accompanying the report, whieh was
received by telegraph, suggestion thst tue burn
hg wreck was pr'baoy that OF the ship Sialw.rt,
which had been before destroyed by ave. The facts
in the case ho~ever, do not sustain this suggestion
Capt Lucas late master of the Sta'war, was discov'
er~d 10 be ON fire June IL, in Lar. ~ 80 lon S3 % AT
u. on she was burned to the waters edge, aud 81 o.
H. had totally disappeared. She had DO figure head
or si work forward, ami therefore the ship passed
june rs by the james Yeo WAS not the ship Stalwart-
~ as ESsse~ Of The " Y. Tvss1s~
Co. r,a a,,;cls IN Tar TRIgrSe Of FRIDAY last