New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-07

I6! feet forssd, nd is fee; sf. The ships ccupsy
copssts Of ls sficsr tgstss guard Il ussres, -
sbOat 90 blue jackets Of al sradss, giving t"tA o.
3i3 sools, ell told.
Appended ia list Of her oficer:
s1, 6'.a :s r.3': .s1:s %:% a.s. .sf .ss
s0p .ss 1'n ss 81 cs-s ;a s es'
.n,. sSs Bras': % .ns joi.o ~ rsis 5 s:...ss,
clerls c. H Carroll and :. sasu soss-sa. J. s.n.sa;
Garter wioi.m Allen; Csspensr fOar's.s sad ssasAsr
FIsnch Boon
THE sEw.roRx YACHT CLUB.
A quartsr,, meeting of the Nes-Yost Yacht Club
was h.d On Thursday evetitg, at the hoass Of t,e
Sscretsry when several mauers OF more tnsn usuA
ipterest we're brought fTwsrd-some OF them beng
prou ptly dsposed Of, and some eh,nog debate.
Anorg the r. solutions psssed by acciamsti9n wm
one { eIasrg the name Of the schooner-yacat wan
from the Club her owner, Mr.. w. q. Cor'ie. Tae
preamble n, will be seen esesherel referred 70 Toe
Presidents conmuuics ron, OF the i2tn n'., 20 tee
Senate Of the Unitec S,stee, ss olcai evdeece tss
the Warder1r bad been epesged IN the aase-INe;
and the resolution itse f. in gard 70 the sner, s-
mszes rot only bis violation # the iaw, 30, aso Ms
otiepse sssnst humanity. Fat Jzatstia! The Ciao
could rot have done less. We antcioased IS mocn,
when 'he fact became known, in December.
CONN odore Edgar having rendered ti, resignation,
Moses II. Grinnel, esq., unshi inously esced TO
I'll the vacant place. M. Grnnellis a. present IN
Europe; bu, believe bis early return is expected
His noted devotion TO squstc sports leaves 90 are
slsd to ssy ~ ccubt that he ell hJaf toe
i.g thus offered him. So be il! Toe OF 1er efficient
officers Of the club we're reelected nancy: nessrs.
T.. A. S,eveps, Nice-COImodore; N. Bofgooi,
Secretary; r. S. Hone, Treasurer; C. II. Hss~sD,
Messurer Tie appoited managers OF the annual re-
ga,ta for the current wear are Messre. Geofse L
schuyler, j. Howard Wansrght and Charles q.
Hsswell.
4 grace ful compliment paid IN Lord Duffsrin,
in scknowiec gment Of the gallant sesmsnshp shown
by him, in his now famous ycyaeein 10 toe seaooSsr
Foam to Iceland and the Spi'zbergen coas'. His
lordshlp elected an honorar' member OF the cno.
The compliment comes very apropos, inasmach - we
have reason to believe tnat the Foam, or new
yacht in ber stead is llely to pay New-York . visit
The last sutiect-we omit many-t that occupied tho
attention of the meeting successful attsmps 70
revert from the present system OF sttims,og ume.
allowance by the area Of canvas, to uodincsf'oc OF
the old system Of hull measurement. by vote VI lO
sgainst s, q new plan, proposed by Mr.. W. IL.
Thomas, was adopted the msia festure Of which B
Il hereafter the allowance Of time made by larger TO
smser vesaes is to be based upon the area Of water
surfsce- this ares being calculated By the snp pro-
GEES Of multiplying " the extreme length, on or under
4" tine water line, by the extreme brssdth wnerever
formed" Schooners and ilonps are also 70 DO
grouped in dsiinct classes; and the allowance Of time
is TO be lesened To us, this last-menaonet chsn9e
appears 10 contain the gst u the ~h'l mser IN ds-
puie although IL was somewhat surred over IN the
long animated scientific and highly Interesting dis
cuse,on that took place. However, the ina adoption
of this neW scheme depends upon the vote Tor ana
sgsinst IT, which will be taken At special meeting on
ILureday evening, the 18th irstant. In the mosn-
tin it would be ubjus. not 70 coa pliment Nj Il u.
Ruberford upon another plan propo by him, bot
not acted upon which by . nicely-bslsncsd and
philosop phicsly -reasoped process adjusts the auo.-
ance to sliding scale, into whose c.caAIons are ea-
mitted the three elements of propeng power, i0fm
and resstabce-in other words, the sails, the huu
and the & rec Of the wind.
1t would take more space than we can spare, and
more scientific kno Wedge than we proess, 70 essay
ary fuller explanation. But the yachtmen present
were struck With the completeness OF Mr. hatnef-
furds suggestS1s, and tesied their aapPro6 ston
accordingly. Sdn 1t seems to ug, with all deiereooe,
that science is pushtd herein little too far. Not an
aluson was made during the evening TO aeAnanship,
tides, currents, and ttose many st cetsras whefs1pon
the resuts Of sailing. match 80 often depend IL ID
well that the cub when aoat, thro % science over.
board and goes in for sport. Otherwise thsy would
be better qualified acsde enicians than as the good
smaten sailors that they are.
RESOLUTIONS EJEcTIsG THE wAsDERER FRoG THE
YACHT CLUB.
The following is the text Of che preamble and reso-
lutons adopted at meeting Of the New-York Yacht
Clnb on Thursday evening, Feb. 3:
dept S "a. s. i.S w. '%. f.. T s.y
stated that cargo Of uPw1d Of three aandsa .sSoes % as
The vessel thu. ssasD..,S Compiled I. tie lit q
Rc,Srd That the Of the ysch wsndersy b. srsssd
iom The list. ard that w. Copir proprietor Of said yssht
nbr Of this Club primarily Tor his deliberate violation
S S %. :: # .' & na ed b.; 9sss
moral Of th. me%ost Of I'M, and hereby
Abion rsb. g.
rHE WRECKS MAssAcBUsETTs BAY.
At O'Clock on Thursday morpos the bark Vernon
struck on the Lynn Beach, L,ttle Nahsot. Hun
dreds Of people fockei to the beach. A rope was
made fast to the bark yawboat ~bich wsspo sooner
launched than II was caps'zcd. The breakers dashed
fearfuy upoD the beach, spending their fury In part
upon the frsil craft just put of from shore. When
within about two Iots Of the weasel, those on board
succeeded in launching the long boat and three men
got into it, This boat shared the fate Of tho rst. Ono
was drawn on board by a rope, second cang 70 the
rigging. The third man escaped 80 by miracle.
The boat rose on the top Of u wave, while he vac
directly under it, and expecting 10 be dashed into
pieces in ts dc SCENT he pushed of from the vessel
and struck for the shore. As the boat from the
shore neared the vessel, of the oars broke, BY
which timely accident the boat veored directly upon
the man struggling with the waves. The exhausted
sailor was caught by bis Deck-cloth and dragged
into the boat. The bark's yswl was again manned
and pushed out through the surf and succeeding, st
fearful risk, in reaching the bark and bringing to tho
shore the cook and seaman, both Ut woon we're
greatly exhausted. With the exception OF the cap
tains charts ard quadrants, nothing was taken rom
the sbip The crew was completely exhausted, and
seyers of them With difficulty resuscta.ed from
the letbargy into which they bad fallen through the
ceiv.d plaries-Rchsrd Horton was frost bitten, and
Gorge Horton was knocked down by a blow from
bOwlire but not seriously hurt. The ship valued
at 80 OO0 and was insured at about two thiIis her
valte, at the Atlantic hutnal Proyncetown; Triton,
Chatham; Isaiah Crowel Company, and in one Bos-
ton Office.
II il somewhat singular tnat, having sailed from
Hessine the sams day with bark Sic'an both veg
sels shoud meet in Boston Boy on "Wednesday night,
in snow storm and, after recognizing each other the
former should 90 ashore the north side OF the bay
ard the latter, by standing more TO the sodthward,
should experience similar misfortune by driving
n ~ I'LL. L..u cfs~ "A II