PORT OF BLUFF HARBOR.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 11, 2 December 1863, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF HARBOR.

TIDES. High water at Bluff Harbor nl full nnA rhnn-'o l"40; range lour to eight feut. High wa'i.-r at New River Heads nno hour sooner; l/icrc is, Itowever, very little difference but ween the Linn- vi high water at tho bead of the Bluff and the jetty ut Invercargill. DAILT TIDE TAIILI3. n.'n. p.m. 1 Dec. 2— High water 0.30 ... GSO Dec. 3— do 7.15 ... 7.35 21st November — a.m.. fresh breeze, X; n I schooner working to ibcW; Alharabra, ss.nrrivcd from Melbourne m ith English Mail.; p.m., moderate breeze and hnzy weather to the \V ; Alhsur.bra, s ■=, nailed for Port Chalmers ; a steamer in sigh t, E; William Miskin, bs, passed, bound to Port Chalmers; Edina, ss, from P •rf Cha'meis, and sailed the same afternoon for Melbourne; twn schooners working to the W ; a sail in sight, W, et sundown, apparently bound here. 22nd November — a.m., moderate breeze N, wi Mi light rain ; a sail in sight, W, bound to Invercargill; a schooner, from Stewart's Island, passingto W ; a sail passing to W, fnr olf; a s-il lo the i "W, bound to New River ; p.m., moderate breeze |'SW. with thick hazy weather, occasionally slight I rain ; a schooner pusscd to W. : 23rd November — a.m., moderate breeze NNE, nnd thick weather; a schooner in sight W; a ship I and bnrque passed to W ; p.m., moderate breeze :E, horizon more clear ; a foru-an '-aft scboouer * passed to W, iar o£P. 24th November — a.m., light breeze S, and clear ! weather ; Ruby, s3, from this port fur Invercargill ; two steamers in sight, X; p. m., light breeze and clear weather; a schooner from Tnvercar^ill ; ;Titania,B 9, passed, to New Kiver; Oine.o, ss, for lifelbourns, touching here for a few minutes; a I soil passed to W, far off. | 25ih November — a.m., moderate brefzeE; a lhartfae, iroxa this poi-t, sniled to the VV ; a schooner, jto Invrrcargill ; a snil in sight, E ; a cutter passed « r from E, bound to Ni-w River; p.in , light broezi? jE, and fine clear weather ; Titania, ss, avrived I'fjom Invercargill, and ut 7 p.m., Bailed for Port ■■Chalmers. ; 2(?th November — a.m.. light aivs E, and fine (weather, very hazy to tho E ; William Miskin, ss. passed, to New Piiver; p.m., light airs ft; a i schooner, from Invercargill, arrived. j 27th November — a.m., light breeze W, and hazy •weather; a barque enterd New Kiver Meads; a J schooner passed to W, for New Itiver ; p.m., light breeze E, and hazy weather; a sail in rght W. i IJfWAEDS. |- December I—Nil.1 — Nil. ' OOTWARD9. I December I— Nil. ; INWARDS COASTWISE. j November 30— Jtuby, steamer, Frascr, from j Invercargill. December I—Titania,1 — Titania, steamer, Jarvey, from ! 25uuedin. | OUTWARDS COASTWISE ; December I—Titania,1 — Titania, steamer, Jarvey, for In- \ Tercargill. ■•■ December I—Heather1 — Heather Bell, Newton, for Inver- , cargill. ; VEESELS IN TORT. Grecian I Kobert Henderson, discharging ; Bombay do Alecta do Mary Thomson do Aquilla, loading Salamander, do Ruby, steamer, do

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POUKDKBJJMJ OF A FfcBKRAL VksSKI, OF WaH at Ska.— Loss 03? Onr Hi'Sdred Lives.—lntelligence b:is been received by the American mail of thf* foundering of the Federal corvette RainbridgG, s-nrn guns. Commander Tliomas J. Dwyer, in a dreadful- hurricane, ou the 21st August, tlu whole of the crew, about 100. with the exception of two men, goinjj down with tln> vessel. Tiic Binnufiflge formed one of the Federal fleet appointed to the West India waters to intercept the various "hi 'ekade runners."' The liritKl brig South B .ston, Captain G. A. Lane, which arrived at Philadelphia on the 15- h instant, fiom Barbados, reports th«t on the 23rd of August, in lat. 36 19 N, long. 74, she picked up-J.imes Smith. a colored man, wlio was in a boat half full of water. He stated that in a fearful gale, three days previously, the Bainbridge suddenly foundered, and he and the cook alone escaped by jumping into the boat discovered by the South Uo^ion, the fastenings of which were instantly cut, aud it was borne away by a mountainous wave as U\o CWvette disappeared in the trough of the sea. The cook became a raving maniac twelve hours after the sinking -of the vess?l, and jumped overboard. Smith was now le/t alone in the open boat, and endured dreadful sufferings. Numbers of times ho was washed out of the boat, but always managed to scramble in again. At last, when all hope had fled, Smith was picked up in a most providential manner, while the gale was still raging i all its fury, and landed salely at Philadelphia . — English I'aprr. Wreck of tub Outteu Charlotte. — On Wednesday evening it bucame known at Sumn r that an accident, attended with loss of lite, had occurred in that neighborhood to one of our coasters. A dingy cont iuing t.{ic body of v man was found on the bench by a (islier.nun named Ua per. The body has since brci\ identified as th>it of the cook belonging <o the cutler Cimrlottp, daily expected to arrive with timber from Wellington, consigned to Messrs Montgomery, Xodhunlcr and Cj. Tjc bout when discovered was filled \ it h water up to the gunwale, and the body was firmly attached to one of the thwarts, ami life did not appear to have been lung extinct. The mini was formorly in the service ol 0 >ptain Wunv-n, lat.o of the Wild Wave. Since Wednesday evening portions of wreck' and s me shirts marked with the name of Gibson, have been washed ashore. The vessel belonged to Mr Cos. 1 , of AiU'Uland. She was about 4 ) tors. Messrs Hall, Richie and Co. are the agents for the owner. An inquest was lurid on the body yesterday, before Wm. D mild, Esq., and an open verdict returned of i-'^uad Dro.vitoti. — Lylllrtnn Times.