New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-24
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The Pctouska lelt New.York at o'clock On gv-.
day aftsrnoer with full freight and mae pssrs.,.
the weather sepg at the time quite favoraoss-sas,
without iog When OF Sand Point u began tohiek.o
up, and IN she,t tine there was dense Fog vbies
continued through the night and yesterday Passed
the steamer Common wealth shout o'clock 10 TIE
evening, blowing and whstlIog. the Po'onsks doug
the same. Afer Having Ssnd Point Did not see sy.
thirg, tih passirg Tie SIs,fcrd Lsh, ooat-sad
s. f., blowing very frs.h, running al the tine very
slow, continually sounding. At III O'Clock Sunday
forenoon passed the Vineyard Souod Light bcs coss
to, the Ligbt.boat contihesiy ringing the be1 At
this time could see 20, much more than TIE sfgtA Il
The vessel About - oelNck sounded, and found "a
fathoms Of water and soft bottom
In a few minutes sferward sounded again f1os
only eight fethoms, srd growing more shosl stopped
the boat sounded again, and found bot two fstSens Il
water and che immediately struck; could not eel,sl
until sitter she went ashore when iscened lsra sbu
half nile distant found that she had gone asnors q
southwest eide of Mishsum Point, about hef ME
from the extreme end, ard about same distanoe from
shore; the boat lay easy on hard bottom Until a
o'clock p. M; in the mean time got out kedse an
RED 10 get her hea of shore; made two a, nps,
but without success about Al O'Clock, the md n
creasing and the tide coming in, abe connebet;
humping heavily; at O'Clock she commence d esk
ing, having been perfectly tight previously aud .hor
after part of her keel and some planking { ne "a
alongside; about o'clock the water put out ,he irss
uncer the boilers all the time humping heavily soon
it was discovered that the boat WAS filing, wsrsd the
life boat snd took the passengers ashore, landing then
in SOcUm's River.
At O'Clock, Mr.. Jsoobs, the clerk, sad Nr.
Hswkey, the fireman. left the wreck, 81 which tine
she lay quite easy and after walking four miles, pro
cured horse and carriage and drove 10 this city
irving about IL o'clock. About o'clock the second
officer, Mr.. Manchester. and the engineer, Mr. Car.
penter, left the wreck, and arrived here about 1
O'Clock this morning. Whee they eit, the after part
OF the propeller under water up To her man deck
Mr.. Wood, one Of the passengers who came from
the Point this morning. says that at O'Clock, being
high tide, blowing gale on shore, the water was
washing completely over her. No one stopped oc
board last night. II too rough TO board her this
morning. Her deck load had mostly come ashore.
The Potomska has been peculiarly unfortunate
having gone ashore IN Hell Gaze Last November, AMI
gotten of md repaired at con siderable expense, and has
beer running weekly between New-Bedford and Nee
York since the I'd OF Deoe bber. She is valaed q
about SIS, GOO, and is only partially insured.
TIE lighter Geore lana was dispatched TO Der assist
this morning, and Mr.. Jacobs went to Boston Il
procure steam pump for the purpose OF pumping bel
cut.
Nothing he's been accomplished thus far on accour,
Of tire westher.
Loss or TIRE FRENCH fRIGArE Ia PLacs.
COnespOhdence Of The journal o. Commerce ,,.,
The Urited States steamer Powhatan is about leay
ing here for Canton, Macao, then 20 Manila, and then
back to Japan in the bot SESSION.
have lust learned that the fine French frgate La
Place the flagship of the French feet in the Chinese
waters was wrecked few days since on the Roget
islands at the mouth of the River Yang tse -kissg
about 20 miles cut from Shanghai having on board
Admiral GenOully and Baron Gros the French Minis
ter 10 China and Japan. All escaped wh life eYcep.
three sesmen and there lie some hope the frgste may
be got off. Baron Gros had reached Hong Kong, and
sent up the frigate Audacieuse TO give assistance.
Tbs Powhatan lay side by side of the La Place in
Ngasaki.
IMPORTANT To SHIPPERS.
BY royal order received at this Consulate yestsr.
day from hs Excellency the Captain General Of Cuba
il Is required that all vessels bound to ports Of the
Island of Cuba from the United States shall present
her Majesty COnsuls tipcste manifests, with sigma
ture Of captain and approximate value of detailed
tents, marks &c, one to be certified by the Consul
the duplicate to be sealed and sent TO the Collector Of
that Port whittier the vessel is bound and the third 70
remain on file in the Consulate.
BY failing to conform with this order, vessels viii
be subject TO a heavy fine.
FRANCISCO STOUGHTON,
Spanish Consul At New Yorb
Sfaatsh Consulate, New Yors, feb e.