New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-11

StorekeeTer 70 serve OUT portaole po'iOH' WIN ~
ueOn passengers ready 10 get into boots when the order
Owen, not before
starboard passenger ssrbosrd boats port passen port
bosts.
"When the order Is given repair to their respective
! oats and passengers ia proportion TO each boIt'
But what is to he done with the passengers for
WI ON there is no boat What could be done The
boats of the Brazil would float 200 peoPs,hsre were
400 on board
Indeed toats are precarious refuge in the midst Of
lonely ocean, Sometimes they save life-somstoss
they merely prolong the torture of dying.
The Curard line, which am told has not lost life
at sea for many year, is less dangerous than the
others. But even 10 that line the presence OF danger
lie acknowledged by the presence Of fs preserver for
every passenger on board Besides this ia the arso
cra,c iDe loves figure, 800; or, il You would lay up
founda for the CONT, then the iigure is $3.50.
have dwelt thus long the subject Of fire, be-
L Is by far the greatest danger that lies 10 wait
for ship the desert ocean. Thick wea her brings,
also the danger Of cJson with other ships with ice
berps and even with the concealed land In the prss
eLt modes Of navigation certain proportion OF the
roydgearS are sure to perish. Man has not yet
achieved complete victory over the dangers Of the
VIII no ever achieve it, Is it within the scope of
bis powers TO d. sol Or is the boast
" Britannia r1les the waves
remain nc astDg s the other boast that rhymes
10 il
On her first Summer voyage outward this year,
arse chip "came out Of the fog close to the Per-
Ella that though the latter instantly put her helm a'out
tey pased each other at distance of twenty feet
Both ere under full Roadway al the time
IL the laet Spring voyage of the Ciecassian Galway
incl that vessel was within a few yards Of Cape Race
ben ia giant front lsomed out Of the eternal fog
Her safety was sscribed to active young man on
the l. okout, and who was created Quartermaster for
his efficiency. These two facts | have from eye
wirDesfes Such narrow escapes are counted BY
hur dreds.
Man is the earth's MASTER His supremacy has
been tested in all needfo things Ru ne ie for 30 far
10 the world sbtory the toy and payhing of the
ocean. How truly does the great bard eXcaim in
his Address to the Ocean:
=" His steps not upon thy paths-thy fields
Are not a spot foF hiru-thou dost aIise
Ard shake him from thee-the vile strength he wields
For esTths destruction tLou dost all despse,
spurning him from thy bosom to the skies,
Aud .end.st him shyering in thy playful spray
And hewipg to his gods, where hapy lies
lis petty hope III some pot or bay,
End dashest him again to Garth"
Is m,n to continue fIeyer the vsnquished Of the
ocesnl think not / think he is destined to become
i's coDqueror, its complete master, by-and-by If you
give me perm ifson, intend to speak that subject
in apott or letter.
In tie while, viii you gentlemen, or will men
in authority, give direct answer 10 a distinct
question
Can stea be constructed Of iron as to
be entirely tncOmJastible? And could that sams yes
eel be 70 "oomPatuented" that she would sill float
securely if one, or even two Of her compartm ,nrs
Should be cruhed in by collision either with rocks
other vessels?
Iftlis tesde1atum may be reached, what excuse
have we for rmperiug 20 much human life D.