New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-31

vessel. beyond the necessity of aid aud the mlsera-
bic men were thus left to their late for TWO Gays
through tie erroneous report Of the pilot. Inc mos
repusve feature of the whole affair s me deSer''oh
of the first mate Rodgers and his felow-cowaiu''
who stole the best boat and deserted their SIP a'
soon as she struck on the bar.
| Our mex. disaster was the wreck OF the Suno'~'
Zounye ~ she lay ct anchor surrounded oy Tue ne'
Her luck has been bad since she Starteu i''''
| New-York. She fret ran on Barnesat oHohie' a"'
came near being wrecked when on her way TO An
napols. and it lie now supposed that enc "eaSene"
h hot,on an "a 70 prepare for her final wreck Inc
leak yas discovered at o'clock IN the evening, ana
oltbouph all hards were put to tie pumps the leak
,iued on them so fast that in less than an hour the
INNS between decks were nearly three feet under
water and shc settled heavily to the bottom in three
f,thoms water. The two companies Of the 18th
Massachusetts on board were transferred to ferry
boat, on which, without sleeping-quariers or any
conyepiences. they are now huddIed. Tbs Zouave
was formerly known oa tho Hudson River as The
freight barge Mars1al Ney. So bad been complete
ly rebuilt inside for her new work, and win G0uDie
engines and propeller Screws, was considered soou
servicesbe gunboat. | count as nothing In my
chapter If accidents the grounding OF half our steam
and sail vessel. on the shoals atout rs, for however
serious these incidents might be eliewhee, they are
of hourly occurrence in this most miserable Of o'sh
holes. tits libel upon honest harbors. Two oil onf
storc.schoone,s ATE slAa r. accident, aud II Their
decks Jus, above water, - one day serve as land
ng-saecs for some future expedition, it s more than
they Will ever DO for rs.
Toward nighf4u Col ]. W. Allen of the 9Th
New.Jersey, with +. s. Weller, the Surgeon, The
second mate Of the Ann T.. Thompson, and crew
Of .olIers came in 10 report Gen. Reno the arriya
Of the regiment and the impossibiity OF getting the
shin through tie Inlet without assistance. His duty
done, tie Colonel started back % tie ship but .
heavy nogih-eastery gale and fye-knot current
drove the boat into the breakers, and Co. Allen,
Surgeon Weller, and he second mate were drowned.
The bodies were taken on board the schooner High
lander but every elor, at resuc'iaiion falling, tbey
were boxed mp for shipment home by the hfs' op-
portunty II has, in truth been sad, Fad day, and
a GLOOM is cast over the spirits OF all.
H,rrEnss rxtrr ". G., Jan. IT, 1852.
Il Is pleasant to he allie 20 report such state Of
health IN our army that there are only two HUNDRED
sick on the hospial-ship. Oh this number OF cases,
none are more serious than measles colds, rheuma-
rism, and tie typhoid feverS that sometimes folio"
measef. The admirable arrangements Of DR.. Green
have made the schooner Recruit qnite as good
floating hospital for our Purposes as tho Florence
Niqhtnrale in New-York Bay would be.
We have deaths in the feet occasionally, OF course,
but tie proportion ID email in comparison with those
Of Shern.an's force. One Of onr surfboais went
ashore Yesterday with tie body Of James Conway
of Guelph Mills, Penn, who died, on board the
C rack, Of consumption. The grave was dug in
mound Of sand close 10 the beach, and inter suisoie
services by tho Rev. Mr. Mallory, chaplain oil TIE
5l. Peunsylvania tie body was lowered TO It's last
resting place. rs ftood with barred heads, listen
mo TO the impressive services the band Of the 9th
Massachusetts, on the steamer Gnde' which Jay
nearest the shore PLAYED solemn dirge which cane
- us across the water ss sad and pdln-.ve as the
wall Of mourners. The servic,s over, the SIND was
shoveled in, and in the mound over tho grave two
si.cks, our Only monuments or tombstones, were
stuck TO mark the II os. -Four men OF the nat
Massachusetts,, who died on the steamer NorLerner,
were scwel up in sloiied hammock and thrown
overheard in tue channel IS, account Of the wind
and tide the boat could not be sent ashore with the
bodie. before decomposition began.
Collisions and petty disasters arc almost frequent
in the feet az ever; bu. gradually getting
things into better condition. This great number OF
vessels was brought here in north-easery gale,
and has been huddied into a harbor GU which IL ca
rabe Of giving anchorage-and that of poor
qnaliy--to not more than one-third as many. BE
fore they be got into the waters where they ara
TO operate formidable shoal, called the Bulkhead
through which there i. only narrow devious chan
mel, with not thaa eight feet sx Inches Of water
a, hieh tide must be- passed. Long, Leavy steamers
Ike the Cossack Guide, Northomer NewBruns-
wick and Louisiana, can with difficulty be s,eered
through tie channel, even if their draft is light
enough, for il is next to impossible to turn then al
tho ANGLES without grounding them hard and iast
when we adi 10 tbs that the steamers purchased for
Burnside BY Government agents in New-York on
the swou sii1avits OF owners that they drew under
seven feet water, actually drawing eight, nine,
and even more il will not be difficult for the public
to undentand why we have been waiting week TO
get over the Swash. 1t il 10. pleasant thing to
crimina.e and recrninae, but great mistake as
has been made here in delaying the feet week,
possibly u iogtaight, and giving the enemy every
opportunity to re-enforee himself at all our
points Of attack, should be explained so far
as to throw tho responsibility where it belongs.
The vcescs of this expedition were purchased 10y
Mr. John Tucker, Transportation Agent of the War
Department, and subsequently by VIM H., Floyd
Aspinwall, in connection with Mr. H. u. Renwick,
Inspector of Steamboats, at New-York II would
secm il there had been enough practical knowledge
OF ship-buiding and steamboats, among thesa agents
70 have avoided lie pnrchsse Of s,emers Of nine et