New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-16
MARINE AFFAIRS.

Tie s,eau ship Bremen sailed Saturday for >ou.h'
ampton and Bremen with ~ passengers. The steam
slip Glasgow for Glasgow, sailed a the same time
with go passcpg,rs The steamship Bremen in start
irg cut came into collision, when nearly opposite the
Battery. with Bremen bark, striking her nearly
all G-hips and cutting her down nearly to the waters
e6re The steamer lost her bowspIit Ard fore tackng
rHE cHAyNEL II THE Ea>T RIyER-sHIP ASHORE.
The channel in the Fast River IS rapidly closing,
ard where five years ago vessels ot any draught
could pass, now those of ordinary drsugh; ind bot
ton During the past month vessels have G-ouoded
IF Pier Ne. l. East River between the mud bank on
the Barge ,hiee deck and Governors Island. occa-
,:orca by the Battery enlargement. On Saturday
the ship Samaritan, from Liverpool drawing about
10 feet If water grounded the above shoal. where
she remained until high water.
wEEcs OF TIE BRITISH SCHOONER AMAZON.
Captain Roberts. If the British schooner Helena
arrived Yesterday reports on the 9Th inst, lat. ~ II
lorg 64.Ol, fell il with the wreck OF the British
schooner Amazon, of Halifax, waterlogged and
ahandoued. her ms nua,t gore by the deck, 40 feet
of her forcmast standing, and bowsprit gone. She
was cut down in the main chains below the water
lire and had 10 deck-been into. She was
loaded with -four and had been bu, a short time in
that situation.
ARRIVAL FNrRAoRpINhRY.
Tie British yacht 81. Ursula, Commander Carnie,
arrived at this port last evening at 81 O'Clock in 20
dsys from the Clyde on pleasure up. She sails
under the flag Of the Admiralty by permission of the
British Government, belongs to the Royal Yacht
Club and her model was tak,n from the celebrated
Yacht America. She s topssil-schooner riggei, and
for comfort cannot easily be eNceltd Her owner, Mr..
Ttnucnt Of Glasgow, with his three nieces, also
Ne.sis Basil Ronald sud Mr.. James Houeyman, are
on board. She is nov lying ofi the Battery.
Us sURvELING STEAMER cohwIS.
The L. :. Surveying steamer Corwin, Lieut. Com
marding T. 4. Crayerly, arrived here, yesterday,
from Key West. in days The following is lit OF
her ,niccrs:
Lieut. Com. 7. A. Crsved; I'd Lieut. Duun nu Bnrny 81
srcn r L. P Cronmir; Chief Engineer Hugh CLARK A.'i.
tan, Ersrec: C. Cro" and Thos Dne Assistant Dausht'
LAKE ERIE STEAMER MISSING.
The steamer Sea Bird, Capt. Blodgttt, lef Cleye-
land Wednesday evening at O'Clock, bound Tor inns
civ with load Of freight and passengers. The
steamer Forester left Buffalo the night aud met
the Sea Bird eff Erie at O'Clock yesterday morning,
since which time uohng definite is known Of her, aud
lively apprehensons are felt IN regard to her safety,
though it is hoped that she has met with no serious
mishap The stcan;ug Howard has been seut ont in
search Of her. Buffalo Com. Advertiser, 18th.
Loss OF wHALEsHIP suUTH SEAMAN.
TIE HoHoiaIu Adrerti cr, of March 2j says: "The
South Seaman sailed hence the 10Th, bOubd To cruise
northwHrd and thence TO tie OchOtsk. Capt. Norton,
At the time she struck the coral reef supposed him
10 be full forty miles to the westward of Bass Island
forming part Of French Frigate Shoals as laid down
the chart. In twenty minutes from the time the
ship struck, the mass went over the side, the vessel
thuu pI heavily ami forcing herself further up on the
reef, which has about four feet of water on IT, Two
hours after she biged, and now stands on her side,
the bottom having entirely broken up and the break
crs making clean sweep through her. All hands got
into the boats, saving n0brg ot the stores and bare
" what they stood in. The schr. kamehameha ~.
was fortunately IN the neighborhood sealing and guano
hunting, and took the crew 10 Basss Island She
arrived here yesterday, with Capt. Norton and thr-
teen Of the crew. The South Seminar was a new ship
owned in part by the master and had made two
sons north, having shipped home some 5000 bblS.
oil. The vessel and outfit were worth not far from
$1,000"
AvEssFL AND HER CREW MISSING.
Some time in November last vessel called the
Prince de oinville, commai ded by Captain Sheppard
with coal FOR Tie Of the Paraguay Expedition, and
has not been heard If since. Various coujectures
have been raised to her disappearance, bu nothing
is known.
ANOTHER GLOUCESTER FISHING VESSEL MISSING.
The CARE AnH Adrertlser says: 4" The schooner
Charles +. Grover sailed for the Western Bank Elk
cks ago Wednesday, since which time nothing is
known concerning her. IL is quite likely that she
foundered in the gale of the Thursday or Friday fol-
lowing. The Charles +. Grover good vessel,
SIX years Old. She insured for $297j at the office
If the Mutual Fishing Insurance Company. There
were nine persons board the vessel when she left
poIt, two Of whom married. Five Of these per
snIs belonged to the State of Maine two in Gloucester
end two were foreigners. The C. +. q. was about ~
tuns burden.
FAILS OF sIAG,RA-DASGER or CANAL BOAT.
We gleun the following particulars Of the narrow
escape Of the Of the canal boart liatty McCan
and igg Jenny Bell consisting of twenty persons from
drifting the Falls Of Niagara, last Saturday from
a statement of the captain Of The canal boat published
in Tie Lockp0Tt Courier and Journal. About noon
on Saturday the canal boat with load Of hundred
tuns of stone, tOwed from TOnawanda to Scosser
by the Jenny Bell in safety At that point pilot
taken Oh board To conduct the boat to the Hydraulic
Caral. Tie buoys marking the channel To the canal
torn away this SPRING and had not been replaced
but the pilot stated that he knew the route perfectly
well. However, before resching the landing, the ting
run upon reef of rocks, and raised her bow out of
water several feet. The canal boat swung around and
the strain parted the hawsers connecting the boats
together. The stream il said 10 at the rate
Of sixteen miles per hour at that point, and the
peril Of those ON the canal boat was imminent
The rapids were only twenty rods distant, and the
cataract less than mile below. Not an instant
was To be lOst. All that could be done was to
iIproyisO anchors of large stones and tOwlnes once
twice these fra anchors proved Intellectual, but the
third held on, though the fearful strain the rope
rendered the safety of those board very precarous
There no boat 10 get shore WITH and had there
been ore. il a dangerous undertaking when
cusiowed to such navigation. The canal boat was
midway in the rver. The tug was " about as bad a
situation. The position OF all extremely danger
Gus. Fortunately, gentleman from Chippewa dis
covered their perous pTedcament, and went 10 their
relief. He went first to the canal boat, removed her
crew, then the crew OF the tug, and safely landed
them. The people of Niagara Falls acted Hospitality
to the shpwiecked people and finally both boais
recovered and brought to the landing. Had there been
ordinary breeze the destruction Of tug and canal
boat musr inevitably have followed. The prompt
I'D Il h..af