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WW NAVIGATION ON LAKE MICHIGAN. Arrival of the Steamers Depere and Skylark—Departure of a Fleet of Sail Vessels—The Coming - Lumber Fleet from Grand llaven. The steamer Depere arrived here at 8 a. m. yesterday from Manistee and intermediate ports. She made a good run this time.#not beingtroubled bytheiet She was unloaded, and received a cargo of tobacco, etc., with which she departed for Two Rivers at 4 p. m. The following vessels cleared this port yesterday: Propeller Depere, Captain J. W. Gillman, with a full load of sundries for Two Kivers. Schooner Mariner, Captain C. Anderson, light, for Pentwater. Schooner Driver, Captain Samuel Marshall, light, bound for Carlton's Pier. Schooner Lieutenant General TJ. S. Grant, Captain Homer Rill, light, bound for Pentwater. Schooner Mary (white), Captain E. Stretch, cargo of sundries for Stony Creek. Schooner R. B. King, Captain J. C.Dunbar.light, bound for White Lake. Schooner B. F. "Wade, Captain A. Bell, light, bound for Ahnapee, Schooner Gladiator, Captain P. Barker, light, bound for Ahnapee. Schooner C. Hibbard, Captain John Lis ton, light, bound for Alaska Pier. Tile Harbormasters. A petition has boen sent to the Mayor recommending Mr. B. F. Davidson for Harbormaster. We have nothing to say against Mr. Davidson', except that he is an old, decr»it man, and cannot be active enough for the position. He is well known and very popular, but is not the man for the place. It was reported last evening that In-had been appointed, but this is probably not true. take Freights. Charters on 'Change yesterday were: To Buffalo—Schrs Champion and T. P. Sheldon, stmr Davidson (Alls up), corn at 3c. Capacity, 100,000 bu. The Francis Palms also takes corn at 3c. In the afternoon 3'4C were offered for a vessel 000 or 25,000 bushels capacity for corn to Buffalo, but there were no takers. On lumber the offering rates are: To Muskegon............................ To Ludington.............-............. TORPEDO BOAT FOR THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. The We3tebn Tbansi-ohtation Line —The old! commanders of the steamers of the Western Transportation Line are neatly all to be retained Caipiain Diseett, formerly of the Mohawk, whicb waia burned, will take the place of Cantata Mc-Fanlane on the Montana. The following is the corrnct list of boats and tceirmasters: Coimmedore........................Capt. Condon Fomiitar. City........................Capt. Gibson BaSfr Staie...........................Capt. Clark Empire State........................Capt. Wright JPJi°................................Capt. Penny "/""J111:-.:;............................Capt. Drake VflJBoerbilt.........................Capt. Williams Arabia............................Capt. Dickson Mo-rlana.............................Capt. Bissett Plwracuth............................Capt _____ $1,00 l.l21a 1.25 Thunder Bay is clear of ice. and Alpena can bo ihiiri mal iiijimilluLtij'. 'HiNinijL roach r Off ficebs Apbointed.—The following appointments have just boen made by Chaplain (Haeket for the steam-barge Superior and consorts Sun-dusky and Shawnee; Barge Superior—Captain, W. Desmond; mate, — Carney; first engineer, Thos. Craig. Suhooner Sandusky—Captain, D. Trotter; mate. Hairy ' Trotter. Schooner Shawnee—Captain, Peter Edgar; mate, — Edgar, Jr. Captain Haeket also made the following appointments for the barges named: Propeller Burlington, Captain A. A. Oox; engineer, Thomas Ingraham; barge Emerald, Captain Johnson; barge Colorado, Captain JolmCadotte; baigo Lily May, Cuutaln_D. Cadotte: barge John F. Warner," Captain John Hoohrath-, barge John Ritchie, Cautain Andrew McKenzie, ViSrgo Scotia, Captain Martin; barge America, Captain •jki^aimjkjL*** V 'I'AJTRJtest Special Dispatches to The Detroit Tribune. Foeebtek, April 27.—A co'd wind from the northwest is blowing this morning, nothing but Ice as far as we can see. Naylgation will not be fairly opened until we gei a westerly wind. AT TOBT SANILAC. Fort Sakilac, April 27.—The lake Is covered with ice. Wind strong from the north. Threre is a du'l prosproi for boats. AT LEXINGTON. .'Lexington, April Ss7.—There is a poor prospect for boats leaving here at present. Thie shore is full of fee, but very rotten. A strroBg southwest wind would snon clear the shiore of ice. A heavy north w!id is now pre valuing. AT HUBON CITY. Huron Citt, Mich., April 27.—The wind is light and from the northeast, and is driving the ice to the Bhore. The ice is btdly brtoken up and rotten, LATER. Forestvixle, Apiil 27.—The wind is now from the north fresh and cold, and the ice is considerably broken and apparently scattering. The main body has moved off the shore a short distance. Water can be seen outside tine ice-field. Well Advanced, and Will Be launched About the End of Tliis Month. The Rev. Captain Bundy, who announced his intention last fall of having a ship built which would be better adapted to his purpose than the one he has Deen using, has got the project in working order, and a ship is cow is course of onstruction. The contractor is Charles Baldwin, .for dimensions will be as follows; Length over all................................47 feet Depth of hold.................................. 6 feet Breadth of beam..............................14 fee t The material used in her construction is oak plank. She will be schooner rigged, anil is to be gotten up in good fashion throughout. Her cabin will be sixteen feet in length, and will bo comfortably furnished. Weather permitting, she will be launched from Bagley's yard, at Clark stre et bridge, the last day of April,and soon after that date Captain Bundy will start out on another of his commendiable cruises. The Captain is at present visitimg ail the lake ports, and yesterday was at Cleveland. or.r Stanley, Ont., Mav 15.—At 5 o'clock this morning a tidal wave five feet nigh came rushing ashore on Lake Erie, accompanied by a loud, hissing noise. The wave lasted but a few minutes, and as quickly receded, followed at intervals for a hour by smaller waves a foot or two in heiglitli. There was very little wind, and at the time the lake was almost perfectly calm. LAKE FREIGHTS. Buffalo. May 2.—Engagements were as fob lows: Schr Maria Martin, coal to Ckicasro, 45c per ice; bark Favorite, coal, Cleveland to Duluth 75c uor ion, snd a cargo of lumber back from Lake Superior on p. t.; schr Sasco, seven trips, rail ties Pidgeon Bay to Buffalo, p. t. .Milwaukee, May %.-The demand for'grain vessels to-fmy, though far from being active i roved au improvement, and rates were quite dm at icon wheat to Bntralo s.nd 8c to Oswego Csrneis generally asked more. Engagements were: To Buffalo--Schr J. H. Mead, 21,090 tin wheat at 4c; schr Angus Smith. late yesterday 27 -COO bu wheat at 4c. ' Ciiicaso, May 3.—Demand for vessels fair and rates a shade firmer. Charters:To Baffalo-ScbM Him J Tilden and A. B. Moore, corn at 3c. To PenColboiirne—Sci ooner A Mosber wtiea; 5c-ferns Mears and Urosthwaite, corn 4c 5Pb Og-dtnsbmgh—Prop Oewegatchie. corn oi through rate. Capacity: wheat, 17.ECU bu; ;orn, 170 COO h. Toledo.May 3.-The market is dull and unchanged. Charters include the schrs W H Ovles corn aid wheat to Oswegd, at S»5Wc- Jo'irVv-Bian, staves to Buffalo, West Indies, ft, and pipes |fi per thousand: schr Laura Belle, this moraine/ to carry oats to Buffalo, at 214 c, corn capacity !est vessel transfers reported at the Cus-tom House at Milwaukee are as follows: Schooner : Seventh Ohio. Frank A. Loomls to Nicholas Martin, one-sixth, $100; schooner Contest, Rooert : Bimonds to Sotli Simonds, three-fourths, $3,000; schooner Contest, Seth Simonds to Phyllis W. ads, three-fourths, $3,000; scow George 1 Neville, Francis Conrau to Morits Hoffman, the 1 whole. $450. Clearances and Departures on Saturday and Sunday- The following vessels cleared at this port on Saturday: Schooner Coral, Captain Oliver Michelson, with sundries for Duck Lake. Schooner Mary Booth, Captain Louis Smith, light, bound for the Clay Bank. Propeller Gr. P. Heath, Captain R. C. Brittain, with sundries for Bangatuck. Propeller Depere, Captain J. H, Gillman, with sundries lor Manistee, Frankfort, and Ahnapee. Clearances. The following vessels cleared at this port yesterday: Schr City of Grand Rapids, Captain Edward Mc-Call, light, bound for Grand Haven. Schr Wm. Smith, Captain David Smith, sundries, bound for South Hrven. Schr Mary Amanda, Captain Philip Kavanaugh, light, bound for Grand Haven. Schr Glad Tidings, Captain Shaw, light, bound for Ahnapee. "" Schr City of Grand Haven, Captain George Gambon. light, bound for Grand Haven. Schr Thos. Wilson. Captain M. Bobbins. 800 bu corn for Benton Harbor. Schr Potomac, Captain James Beggs, with sundries for Jacksonport. Prop Charles Reitz, Captain David Curran, sundries for Manistee. The following is a record of thejurat ttij oi uio season of Captain Alexander McDougall/The Brockville Bmarder says there is great t&eite-mont at Prescott over an e opement case Alexander McDougall, who sailed the Peerless last simmer, having run oft with a young: girl, the daughter of a respectable farmer in tha neighborhood McDougall is married, The guilty pair are at Morrisburg, and the Eecorderhop.68 the people of that place will make it hot for the ex-steaniboat captain._________,__________________--------- (Changes in SurEnvisiNo Inspectoes.—A dis-paitch from Washington to ths^New York Tribune, pniblisbed Friday, Btates that " Western men are nrow very greatly disturbed over the frequent cbianges that are being made In the supervisors of sueamboats. It appear that daring Secretary MioirhTs adm'ni tration (he Eastern interests, ttnrough Senator Conkling, secured the dismissal oil" Chief Supervisor Bennett and the appointmeLt ini his place of Mr. Uumont, of New York. Since tine latter entered upon his duties numerous ctnanoes in the principal offices of the service have bteen^made. The supervisor of New York has heeen removed. The supervisor at St. Louis re-rmoved and reinstated. The one at Pittsburg is to bie removed in a few days and the headquarters transferred to Cincinnati, and the chief supervisor iss now attempting to secure the removal of the smpervisor at Detroit.1' _________^^ Officers Elected.—The officers elected for the enieuing year for Ward's Central and Pacific Lake SUeamboat Company are as follows: JPresident-Geo. W. Bissell, 'Vice President—Geo. Dunlap. iBecretarv and Treasurer—Chas. H. Walker. jManager—Eber Ward. 'The steamers of this line are being fitted out smdwill be Teady for service sometime next week. Ttbe appointments for the year have not all been miade as yet. DISASTERS. The Pelican'* Trouble—The Insurance on Her Cargo—X,ossoftheR. ,T. Gibbs, Etc. Some time ago The Inter Ocean had soundings taken at the fllats and at the Lime Kiln Crossing and telegraphed from Detroit, The figures were printed and the fleet of grain vessels on this lake were cautioned against loading too deep. It was also announced early in the spring that the stage of water all over the lakes was much lower than last season. The first fruit of deep loading comes in the intelligence that the large schooner Pelican, with a cargo of 50,000 bushels of wheat from Milwaukee, has struck at the Lime Kiln. An early dispatch says of tne etisaster: "The Pelican, consort of the steam barge Egyptian, is full of water at the Crossing, and lies directly across the channel. Other vessels cannot pass until she is removed." Later' dispatches say several tugs are at work, and that the vessel will be out of the way by this morning. She has water in her, but it is not understood that all the cargo is wet. as the first dispatch states. The disaster in any event is a serious one for the underwriters, and also for the owner of the vessel. The insurance on the cargo is as follows: Pacific Mutual...$12,600 Security, of New The Sault Open. Sault Ste Marie, May 2.—The steamer John L. Hurd from Chicago is the first boatto arrive. She reached here at eleven o'clock this morning, and passed up at onu o'clock this evening. The floating ice which has been blowing up Whitefish Bay has d»Bpp3ared I aLd left the passage clear. On the Lime Kiln Crossing.—A day or two since we cautioned heavy loaded vessels about the crossings at the Lime Kilns, statiug that care was needed in the passage of that point as the water was low.^To-day ihe report come** that two heav 1/ loaded vessels are on the rocks at that reef and are in need ot help. Te steam bari>e Egyptian, with her co'sort the Pelican, passed down last night and got on tbe Lime Kiln reef at three o'clock this moniiLg. She lies right across tbe channel in a bad shape. No water, at last accounts, was in her, 1 Et she pounded heavily, ana there are fears that she may suffer teiious injury. Both are loaded with vheat from Chicago for Buffalo. Ta? schorner Hutchinson attempted to pass her the morning and ran on the same reef, ctoae To ih.i Canada shore. She is upward bound load'd witi roil from Clevelaud. A tug has been sent tu their relief. York............ $3,625 Phcenix. of Brooklyn...... 7,500 Buffalo........... 7,000 St. Paul.......... 2,525 Inland Mutual... 7,500 Prevailing Rates.—Prevailim? rates foi freiights are aB follows between ports named: Conn, Chicago to Kingston.................$ 07^ Wlheat, Chicago toGodrich............ ... om Oatts, Chicago to Buffalo................... 02^ Conn, Chicago to Buffalo................... 03 Irom ore, Escanaba to Chicago, season cibarter............................... • „ '0 Pijgiron. Marquette to Chicago............ 1 00 wltieat, Detroit to Oswego................. 05^ Ce'dar poets, Alpena to Chicago, per cord.. 1 75 Coal, Buffalo to Marquette................ 50 W heat, Sheboygan to Buffalo.............. 04^4 Wheat, Detroit to Buffalo................. 02^ W heat, Milwaukee to Oswego............ 01% W heat, Milwaukee to Buffalo............ 04 Coal. Cleveland to Chicago................. 60 Caial, Cleveland to Milwaukee............ 50 Lmmber, Bay City to Buffalo.*........... 2 00 number, Bay City to Tonawanda......... 2 W/. Lmmber, AlpeLa to Chicago............... 1 75 Lmmber, Au Sable to Detroit ............. 1 2o ed by Schooner Sardinia, Captain M. Howard, with sundries for Pentwater. Schooner Felicitous. Captain A. S. Hanson, with sundries for Horn's Pier. Schooner Charlotte Roab, Captain D. Buchanan, light, bound tor Ahnapee. Schooner Belle Brown. Captain ton, light, bound for Ahnapee. schooner Ketehum, Captain nett /ig-ht.oound for Ahnapee. Schoemeir Florence Lester, Captain Stepnen Staci, liltl it, bound for Manistee. Schooner Albafross, Captain light, bound for Bailey's Harbor. Lyman Fel-James Ben- Sam Buchner, Sidnpey Mar™* iTEMS.-There la twelve fast and Line inches of water over Carrolton bar. A rpecial dispatch, the 23d Inst.. f™£ Milwau-1 kee.,sajs: Seamen here are sticking for ?2 per day. A ciiew that bonded the schooner David Vance. fnJI were rlady to ship, on being toldI that their wanes would be £1 50 per day, refused to Bmp, givirg as™n excrfse that they were afraid of other selimln. The police were called to protect them, , anTtieV then gave the true reason for not shipping—t! at thev wanted $2 per day. . Caj,t. Jasper Humphrey has been appointed har-boir-maf ttr at Milwaukee. VlESSEL SAL- of v«essels are reported: Sc-.br T. Y. Avery E ranui, one-half, 4437 50^ Tmg Louis At Chicago the following sales R. Jenkins to H. C. Du- Johnson to Fred Lamar............ 5.000 Brewers and Maltsters...... 5,000 Mercantile Mutual............. 10,000 Manhattan....... 7,500 Orient............. 7.500 ¦The total insurance is $75,750. The cargo is rejected wheat, and was shipped by W. P. McLaren h Co. The vessel is owned by R. K. Winslow. of CIrvj" nrnn^nr^ .-.'" i~ ' I'ULLISION OPTS'IDE, The Schooner Francis Herriuian Sunk and the Srteamshii> Rust lieached—Two Lives Lost. The steamship liust and the schooner Francis Berriman collided about twenty miles southeast of Thunder Bay on Monday night. The Berriman sunk immediately, and A. Halcrow and Charles Myers of her crew were drowned. Captain Norris, his mates, and the remainder of the crew were saved, one of them with a bruised limb. It is supposed that those saved were taken on board the Rust. The Rust was injured in the collision, however, and as we hear now that she is ashore at Tawas it is very likely that Captain Pringle beached her in order to avert sinking in deep water, and to save the lives of ail on board. The Berrim,an has 40,625 bu rejected wheat on board, shipped by C. J. Kershaw & Co., of Milwaukee, and insured for $56,875 in the following companies: Pacific Mutual...$10,000 Manhattan....... $6,875 Inland union.... 12.500;Proyid'ce. Wash. 5.000 Brew's'&Mailfrs 5.OOOj Western, Toron. 5,000 MercantileMiut'l. 7,SOOlManuf'rs, Boston 5,000 The Berrimian was 669 tons, was built in 1872, and rated A 1. She was owned by the Berriman brothers, of jBuffalo. She was a line ^cssel, but with the depreciation of the past few years in j vessel property it would be hard to put a value lupon her—$28,000 would perhaps be fair. • Whether insured or not we have not been able to learn. , Captain Billy Norris, in command, was oaly ' in the place on the Berriman temporarily. His vessel is the J. S. Richards, it may be stated in this connection that, although Captain Norris has sailed for many years, this is the first vessel that has " gone outfrom under him"—about the first disaster, indeed, that he has ever met with. He has lived " a charmed existence." In this case, ' too it may prove that he is in flo way responsible. Steamers, of course, are always expected to keep out of the way of sail vessels, but before passing sentence, or praising any one, we must hear from Captain Pringle. The Rust is a double-decker of SSi tons, was, built in 1873, rates A 1, and was t aiued at $60, ooo. Rust, King & Co.. of Cleveland, are thi owners. She has coal for Duluth, but wliethe vessel or cargo is insured we have not been abli to learn. Schooner Wrecked. Chicago, May 1.—Intelligence is received here that on the 29th or 30th ultimo, the schooner Velocipede was capsized near Racine and broken la two amidships. The crew. consisting of three persons, have not been I heard from a»d undoubtedly perished with i her.________ Tbe Propeller Pacific—We have already an nounced in a previous issue that the propeller Pacific of the Union Steamboat Line, was ashore about four or five miles north of Portage Entry. It seems she ran agrouna on Sunday morning, during a dense fog. She is on rock bottom, has peunfied conJdeiably, and lost her rudder and broke her port arch. She lies nearly broadside on. The propellers Manistee and St. Louis, with two tugs, have been at work ou her, but without effect. She is eaia to be drawing nine feet ot water forward, nine feet aft and seven feet in the center, and is on a rock. The steamer Ivauhoe arrived at Maieraette and reported her as in a dangerous condition. Capt 8 B Grummond received a dispatch yes terday from the superintendent of the line confirming tbe reports received relative to the Pacific, it is quite probable that a wrecking expedition may be fitted out at this port to go to her relief CoNMSMitEB.-Tbo old steamer Huron has at last been condemned for pa-sengcr-carry.ng purposes by Supervising Inspector Kalpn rhu Enron was the firrt steamer ever owned by Can . Go. drich hiving been purchased by aim of Lao... ^°,? ,,,".'. , " r„„,,<.f iRKB and he comraand.id At tne time K;BVwardin,Augu8t.'l858, and he wmraaad in person for several years the purchase the Huron was only four se&r8«la having been bu'lt in 1*52. The little craft laid the fonndltion of Capt. Goodrich's fortunei uj to mid the nucleus of his preient la ge ilea, ot firtt-c ass side-wheel steamers and propellers. Alter being disposed of bv Capt. Goodrich, snofouod her way to toe lower lakes, where she was run to various points out oi Detroit. More recently she returned to Lake MJchjgan, and last season was nm between Chicago and South Haven. That tie venture proved unprofitable t:. the owner isevL drat from the f et that she was sold by the baited States marshal for the Western District of Michigan not leng sk.ee. for a few hundred dollars. Dole, Martha The Lake European Trade. ¦ Cable intone announce*^ departur of -Scol:* cXeTtT-anlastj Chicago, fall with a load of Michigan ... mUDFORD [ specter of customs Chain in Stohe.- for sev at ' deals, well-known citizen «aU^sdied ou Stcte B.dScovllletoMartm Hanson to John Liun. OCScuf'st',0paul, Bernard Swenson to Samuel *58£ai$E?*% CaVl., TJ. S- *. to Wm. MccCill, all, i^O.-Inter-Ucean. elevators contain ,397.785 bushels of 187,961 bushels of ot"barley, making a grand I against 7,956,3* bushels K5*TB^« mA9 bMhel"at thl8 pe 1.3S8.705 sii.we last year. , ,, 23: wheat. Grain in New \ork April «^ """ bu; peas n- com, 650.121 bu; eats, bu'; barley, 221,537 bu; malt, 310,- Am Impohtant Decision.—A case of considerable'tarportance to traders and Vessel owners has receentlv been decided in the Cnited States Su-preeme Court. The case was Brown vs. Propeller Wr^T Graves, and the question at issue was the pi™rity of a lien tor supplies furnished a vessel n her home port, or that ot a mortgagee upon the v-sssel Judge Wallace, of the District Court, eonme months ago, decided in favor of the lien tor suupp'vSlaiTd on Saturday last Judge Johnson, or thee Ui ited Stales Circuit Court, affirmed the findings! or Judge Wallace. The Java-Caoe Horn Collision Case. Judge Blodgott yosterday decided the case of I Benjamin Eyster and others, owners of the schooner Cape Horn, against the propeller Java. I On the 9th of May, 1S73. a collision took place between the schooner Cape Horn and the propeller, off Long Point, Lake Erie. The schooner was struck amidships, and, going to the bottom almost immediately, proved a total loss. The owners of the sailing vessel alleged that the ac-jident was due to the carelessness of the master i of the Java, and that her owners were liable for the damage sustained. On the other hand, too I owners of the Java said that there was a heavy fog at the time, and that the propeller was. therefore not liable. The court held that tho collision was through the fault oi the propeller, and directed Commissioner Proudfoot to take evidence relating to the amount ot damage, and libel the propeller for tho amount when it is ascertained. 9,650 bu. Tbe Fessenpen.—Capt. Francis Martin, of the revenue cutter Fessenden, has been retired aft9c forty-six years of seivice. He is succeeded by Capt. Sdcer. . T Tbe Lost Schooner. Jbie, May 8.—The schooner Francis Berriman which collided with the steam barge Rust last night, at East Tawas, and immediately went down, drowning two men, was owned here, valued at $80,000 and insured for S20 000. Including the cargo of wheat which she'carried, the loss will be $100,000. _______________—...j LAKE FREIGBTS. Tietroit Mav 21—The schr JohsL Green takes Bt»V.sTom Detroit to Buffalo at $1 for barrels alo *Wl!»orton reports the schooner K Cohen, sa?d Kuthvei dock.Lake Brie.tn Detroit. at30c per tm fieein and out. Scow Wilcox, two loads of lumber Au Sable to Toledo, at. $1 50 per M i,,ua<o Mav 22.—More active and steady on the basis of 3c for corn to Buffalo Charters: To Sale-Props Commodore. Arabia and Scotia, ?,,rT,<ntbr "ugh rate; schr Porter, wheat on p. t ; co,° ?«. Tr,T.hi» provisions, on through rate To°l. e-P?TOAl«ki, wheTon through rite. To Ttn,,tieal"proh8 ScMkaluna and Scotia corn at Wc"capacitycPorn: 204,000 bu; wheat, 80,000 bu; PrBT,rlTo3'Ma°vP2*B-Oharters include schr Niagara "afto Chicago, 35c; .chr Barka o», marble to Cleve and. 40c ton free; schr Lively, coal to De-,,V^t Mir iier ton; schr H C Richards, lumber Al-PTato°cS»go, il 25 per m; schr Zack Chandler, coal, Erie to Chicago, 50c per ton. _______—-——----- New Line to Lake Suraraoa.—Information was ilceived yesterday by the Northern Transit Line at this Port lhat that, company would run a line consisting of the propellers New. York. Marine and Harden Cuy, to Lake Superior this season 1 he City of New York, which is to be the pioneer boat, was tto have left Ogdensburg yesterday andis tb leave this port next WednOJday for Duluth and intermiediate ports. i aay, Dull