PORT OF BLUFF HARBOR.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 18, 9 January 1863, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF HARBOR.

Bth Jam.' art, lstj.3. TIPKti. Hindi wafer ai Bluff Harbor at full and chancre. 1--10; ran£ro fi»;r to ei_'ht feet. Jl i<ih watei at Notv Hirer TTe:i I? one hour sooi^nr: tiiere is. bowever, very little difrereii. 1 " between the time of hijh vnter at the head of the iihiii' and the jetty at Invercargill. UJILT T.\131.E. n.m. p.m. .Tannery 9— TTifjh water -S s') „. 412 January 10 — do -1 3-"> ... 1 'v •Tanunry 11 — do o 120 ... 51Juuunry 12— do G0... (! 27 IXWAUDS. January 5 to B—Xil.8 — Xil. OUT WARDS. January 6 — Tlobert Vjissc-n^er. COO tons, Franc:.-, for Melbourne, in balia;t. January 7 —^Nil. INWARDS fOASTWISFI. January G — Titanin, 10i_> ton-, Jarvey, from Dunedin. OI'TWARi'S COASTWISE. January s—^T.^. 0 . Prince Alfred, K'^n f,,. 1s "Wheeler. *'>r "Dunedin aril Northern Ports, with mails and four lia'^er.prrf. JiiTiunry C. — Aj.b 1 -! sia, p.f, 01- ton?, f'hevne. for I)ivereflr'»i:l. with Fmidrv rr. -fds tran-hipped ex Prince Alfred. Yavra. and-T'---," and Truth. January 7 — Ti'ai.iii.. 10.) [,<u<. Jarv ( v. !:•!• Jnvercargill.

The fliriT ¥..\^\ fun. — 'ibis 'ship still lie? in Flushing I';iv. wb.'i--- the 'l-min^n sustained by running °n a mek off Monlauk Point, on her last trip to fhis port is i cinij repaired. We learn (liar the repnrlg of experience. I divers show that ihe ship's bottom was cpe^f-d by the r.ck iilonjr a finsle line «-. f ln-r outer plate for a distance of several fert. The inner e-kin r.r 1 '• of the ship v;is not touched p.n.l remains as dry as on Ihe flay of launching, and she could proc ed on her voyii^p BCro. c = flic ocean v. iili rv^re s-i.'V.'v !iia;i ci a:iy tcfsc] Imvin^ '>ut a sin^li; bull. Is overtbeless her officers and agents are pus'nu.' forward her repair by a very simple method. 1 1- 1 • ■ . i <<nee before in Milford Haven with entire siu-ce-^, and which has the entire approbation of distinguished Amer: -i engineers. The mode is as curious and interes ' ><» us it is simj)le. A lar^n scow, with side- of proper lici^ht, is preparing to be used as a eolTer-dam. It is made fo (it the bottom at the point of fr ture, and its ed^es are ppdded so as to close per Veil y over any inequalities that may be found upon t'le hull. At the side of the scow (or coffer-dam) are two shafts or man-holes, which will pass up the 6ide of the pbi|>, reaching above the water's odsjo when it shall have been adjusted to its place. The bcow, when sufficiently sunk, will be floated unrle. 1 the t-Lip's hull, and fastened securely in position by chains hove taught. This done, pumps inserted in the man-holes will free the scow of wo tor, and admit the men and materials to repair the damafre. It is believed there will he no difficulty in rnakirifj the steamer just fis perfect as before she touched the rock. A few days more will jive us the result of the experiment — if that can be called siurh which has already been once successfully accomplished. — New Yorlc Timca.