PORT OF BLUFF HARBOR.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 32, 20 January 1864, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF HARBOR.

XI'HKS. High water at Bluff Jiurbor at full and ch-tn^e l # 4oj range four to eight t'o'.-t. High wator ut New .River llea s one hour sonuer; there is. Imw- > «ver, vrfv little differenco between the time of high water at the head of. tho lUku" «,ud tho jetty at lavercargill. PAII.Y TIDE TABLK. -- • a.m. p^.m Jan.3o— High water 10.30 ... lO.r>o Jan. 21 — do 11.15 ... 11.53 Signal Station. January 9 — n.ra., moderate hreeze SE, and very thick weather, occasionally clearing up; a schooner in night W bound to New River; a sail in ci<rht E. — p-ui., moderate breeze E, and fine wentker ; a •baKjuP passed to N ; a steamer in sight E; arrived s-s Titania. from Dunedin. January 10 — a m., moderate breeze N, and finp clenr weather; a sail in siirht X; a largo ship passed to the westward ; s s Titania sailed f»r In-Tc-cargiil. — p.m., moderate breeze E, and Sup weatfcer; a sail in sight E ; a schooner arrived from t&e-eastward. January ll — a-in., moderate breeze E.and Gne cleor weather ; two sail in sight E ; a ship and l»rig passed to the westward; a stenmerin sight W; 8* City of H<> ! -art arrived from Melbourne— p.tn , light breeze from E lo 3E, and fine weather ; a s Titauia arrived fam lavercar«rill ; sailed, City of Hobart and l'itania for Port Chnlmers. January 12 — a.m., light breeze N, and fin" weather, with den<e fog occasionally ; a steamer i i sight E^ 8 s William Mi-kin passed to Invereargill—:p.m., lightbreesc ESE, and fine clear weather; two-sail in signt W; a barque and brig passed to the eastward. January 13 — a.m., moderate brepze varying from ItfEtfo NW. and very hazy weather; a vchoon ,-r passed to W, t«r off; a vessel passed to E, far off ; 8s Ruby arrived from New River — p.m., light breeze W, and very thick dull weather, with rain — I y.m., liujhD breeze and clear wear her tr> \Y ; to the eust wnra verj hazy; two sail in sight. W; ss William Miskin, passpd to Dunridin^ sailed, ship Vorti<;ern, schooner Yarra, and a barque to the westward. January 14 — a.m., fresh breeze sf, and fine waather; n bri^ and schooner working to tho W, passed durinfj the ni<fhfc — p.m., fresh teeeze W, and fine weather, with occasional li^ht showers; •bip Vortigern bore up and passed to the southwardof Stewart's Island; two saii in - sight W; two brigs and a schooner entered New River irom E; a steamer in eight W; ss Aldmsja arrivo I from Helbourne, and sailnil for Port Chalmers at 8 p.m. ; moderate breeze, and very thick weather with light rain. January 15 — a.m , moderate 5 broezc N, and fine clear weather, afore and aft schooner Irom-Inver-cargill passed to E — p.m., moderate breeze SW", and fine • •weather; two steamers in sight E ; s 8 Titania passed to New River, calling here to laud passengers; arrived, ss Omeo, from Port Chalmers to Melbourne, January, 16 — a.m., moderate breeze W, and fine weather j abarquo passed to the E— .? .? O.neo sailed to Melbourne ; two sail in sight VV — p m,, light breeze W, and fine clear weather; a barque passed to E — 4 p. or., light breeze ft, and hue weather; barque Roderick Dhu arri^ed-from the westward; ss Titauia trom luvercargill; a sail in Bight W. January 17 — a,m., light breezo NE, and very thick - weather with ruin; ss Titania sailed for Diin^din ; a steamer in sight E ; a schooner parsed toWj as City of Hobart arrived from Port Chalmf rs, and sailed for Melbourne — p.m., fresh breeze E, and dense fog. January 18 — a.m., moderate breeze TS, and fine weather; a steamer in sight.E; ss Willia ■> Hkkin passed to New River ; a sail in sight W, bound to New River— p.m., moderate breeze N, and fine weather; two sail in sight W; a sail in s'gbtE; two sail in sight W— 6 p.m., moderate hreeze X, and thick fog — 8 p.m. moderate bi-eeza E, and thick fog. ■ IyWATtDS. January 14tli— Aldinga, R.M.S.S., Stuart, from Melbourne. Henderson, Bonar and Co, agen ts. Ja-uary 16— Rioderick Dju, M ! Plier3>in. trom Twofold Bay. Moi-ison, Law and Co, agents. January 19 — Nil. * ' " OUTWARns. January 15— Omeo, ss, M/Lichlan, for Melttourne. Henderson, Bonar and Co, agants. January 17— City o£ Hobart, Darby, for Molbourne. January 19— Aldinga, R.M.S.S-, Stuarfe, for Melbourne. : IKWAKDS COASTWISE. . ' January 15 — Omeo, as, M'Lachlan, from Dunedin; Henderson, Bonar and Co, agents. January 16— Titania, ss, Jarvey, from rnvercargill. January 17— City of Hobarfc,' s s, Darby, from . Dunedin. January 19— Aldinga, S.H.S.S., Stuart, from Dtiriedin' January IS— Boindee, Proctor, from Waikivi. OUTWARDS COABTWISB January 15 to 19— Nil. TBS3EIS 15 POUT. Grecian . • Father Thames (water tank) Electra , Hhoderick Dhu Ruby, bb Boindee Colleen Bawn EXPECTBD AKazVAI,B. Gothenburg, R.AI.S.S., from ilelbourae, ■'■ I hourly. ; ' - ■' •:■ ' • Sout'hays, s«, from^ Melbourne, daily ', Coipmodore Dalgarnb, from London, do Dnnedin, from Melbourne, do . . . . Island City, from. Melbourne,- dip , Jessie Munro. fromTwofod>Biy do T. B. Mille ge, from;T<yofold;Bav, do jOttoline, from Twofold Bay ; jdo f./ -■ Juno, from Twofold Bayji<» • .-.■.. :. Blac^ibird^BSydb ■ :■ •_■ ■■ '■■'-'"": v;34£gspi-EjS:i,isT> ' l : ■:'■■'■■-■ '

Omn, Aclamson, Bojfn\i\n,' ami t.velve in fche | steerage. ■ % ' The Aldinga. E.i[ S.S., Obtain Stuart, arrived , at the Bluff abi.ut, 8 rt.ui. on up 18tu manuit, atKT : a fine run of fourteen .Wir*. i»lie haviiiij lt'tr Dnnetlin about ' 6 p.ni. on tins 13tlv instant/. She, 1 had but few pupsonir.'wi <jh liiunU j ~i t The Oineo. a c, nrnvwi a' tlif Bfuff from Dunedin. on Friday, lStih imtmr, after v lunmlieued p.m<je of. fwoMtv-nino 'Hohm. She experienced heavy hwirf winJs thi' whole'vmj il.iwn. '"From, the Blulf $»<> sl.iupiM 3-VXJiiji. t;old, twenty bales wool, one citso rnerchanaisi', and thirty passengers lor M 1- | bourne. 1h" City of H 'birt, his nvio> « splendid run from Diuiedin to the Bind. She left Saturday, 16th instant, nhout. fl p.m.. and arrived at tho UliifT about 6 a.m. Sundny, Ulli instant. She had a fu'l rnmplemont of passßiisjtMs on b>wd. .Captain Darby states he will be here in»ttin about the 29t!i iv 30th inst.. with tho All-England Eleven 6u board, for Bune'lhi. . ' ~ '„ " . - ' The TvUorionek Dhti, from Twofold Bay; arrived at the Bluff on LOth instant, alter astorm v passage of e\gM diiys. Shu had on bo:mi when" leaving port, 180 head »f cattle, bat on the jppond rlnr out a frightful fja'e took her, which cmsfd nil the car-tlot>» he thrown down, wiiereby 70 head wer* lost, lea v\n% about 1 10 head of pri.ne looking cattle C-tptam M'Pnersoa had no .late dittos from *\ydnev. ExoiTiKa' Chasr.— A. loiter from tUo steamship BanshPO. rewnlly arrived at Nusanu, says :— '•Wo left Wilmington on the 21st of Sts iteinber. At 5.39 a.m., on the. 22nd, discovered a -largo cruiser about two niilos off. Tiie fello*- gave u^> a tremendous cha«;p. At first, when the water was smooth, we gsuni-d on hiin^ it then came on to bl.»w, and h» got his. sails te bear and eatne up with «s. I f.houcrlit I saw Ne>v Y>.rk in prospective. We then threw over part of our deck load, and K-eut away from lii-n. Tho wind increased almost to a gale a-jain. We then put her head to Boa. and threw the remainder of the dork load off, which .lightened her, and we gained steadily, and lost him, at 750 p.m., after a chase of fourteen lmurs, and rig!it tlad was I to sne him "Stop. There never was such achaso, except the Nishrilte-' by the Keystone Stato, and -we should most surely have been taken it we Ivid not liirhtened her. After getting away we had heavy weather and ran short of coals, and were obliged to put. into Great Hurbor, about ninoty miles from this. There I chartered a schooner to take me to Nassau awd bring co.ils hack- We started, ?ot caught in a rogular West. Indian gale in a 29 ton boat, and th<* I'rew funked and put back. However, ntte; bribing them, I got tnotn to start agai i, and Rrrivvd liere this raorning. — Maratime Register, 24th October. Messrs A. and J. Ingles, of Point House, G >van, on tha {'1 de, recently launched two v»\«s.'ls witliin a few mraKtes of pnch other. The first was a pa-idle stcjimer ol -SG3 tons, na-m-d the City of Brisli'ine. belonging to the Au-'tralian Steam Ntvigation Company. and intended to sail between Sydney. New South Wales, and Brisbane, in Queensland — a beautiful ship, of the fiHowingr dimensions,- — Ijnngth of kopl and forerake, 530 font; breadth of bs.un, 27 feet, depth ('moulded), 1") feet 6 inches. A few minutes afier, a screw steamer, the Waliabi, was also <urces4'ul launched. S : ie is intpnded for the Australian coasting tr.-ide, ami is of tin) following dimensions: — Length of keel and forerake, 105 f.'Pt; breadth of beam, 18 feet : depth of hold, 7 feet. Her burthen is 162 tons, and her engines, which are 30 horse-power, imd hi-r boilers, were fitted in before she was launched. The Wallabi will proceed to her destination under canvnsa. and will carry out, in pieces, a screw steamer of dimensions neavlv similar to her own. — Maritime. Tifiqister. 2-lt.h October. Tub Pklorcs on Fire is tub B\t of BhC\t. — Tne screw steam enrvette Pelorus, 21, Ciptain Boys, whicii left Plymouth on Thursday last, the 15th inst., for the East Indies and China, put back yesterday morning, havmj been on fi.-e in the Bay of Biscay, If appears that nn Saturday ls.r>4 at 5 15 p.m.. when she wns 320 miles south-west hftif west of the L ; zard Point, the cliief entrineer, Mr Jam-^s W. Stell, reported to the crtptain that the foremost starboard boiler wan red hot, and that the fult oirer it wns on fire. That, purt of tho miiu deck i-nmediately contiguous was nt once scuttled in two places, so as to allow water to pass on auJ behind the boiler, and, a plentiful supply being sent down from the pomps and by buckets from orer tho sMe, the boiler wti-s com;>!etp!y cooled by 9 pm. One of ths stokers first discovered tho accident by tho smell from the burning felt. The crowns of the furnncfs hnvu drop eu, and the boiifr is so much injured that it mint be rvraoved. All tho bouts were lowered, ami every othur arrangement made for the safety of the crew, lest it should b 3 necessary t> abandon the Pelorus. During the flre a full-rigge.l ship wns observed five mill's distant nn th<i port tick, out.vnrd boundThree disiress jjuns were fired, ami rorki-ts and blue lights were exhibited, hut with no response excepting from the report of a single gun. The stranger continued her course. Itis supposed that she was v Federal merchant ship, and that she mistook the Pelorus for a C'jnfe ierate ship of war. The Kingston valves of tha corvette are daraagwl. Site returned undor canvas, but used steam when entering the Sound. On Sunday, at 5a.m.. she observed a lar^e screw steamship under all sail, homeward bound, which signalised tnat bor machinery was damaged ; she appeared to be one of the mail sliios on the Peninsular and Oriental line- Tho powder and shell will he t once removed from the Pelorus, and s!»e will be p'need in Ksy'iam steamyanl to receive tha nsccs sary repair. — Times, 2lst October.