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he schooner Dean Richmond, ) of wheat, taken on at Milwau- month of July, commanded by C. Pierce. She had a prosperous voyage over, demonstrating the fact that = ssels are as well adapted for sea voy- Other vessels had superseded the Richmond naking ocean voyages from Take On- the first of these being the biigantive om ‘Toronto in 1844, with « cargo veat and flour for Liverpool, com- r v Captain George Todd. From this period up to the time of the Richmond’s departure in 1856, there were nine others left for sa!t water voyages, bound for uiverpool, save in two instances, the reve- t er Dallas to New York in 1847, and Francisco, California, which vessel 2 ded by Captain Wm. Monroe. pool were the schooner Lillie, Captain Hun- ter, from Kingston, in 1848; the schooner Sophia, Captain Gaskin, from Kingston, in 1850; schooner Cherokee, 400 tons, Captain Gaskin, from Toronto, in 1853; barque Ara- tons, Captain John Calder, from ston, in 1854; schooner Cataragui, 550 Captain Robert Gaskin, from Kingston, 1 1854; schooner Eliza Mary, 850 tons, Cap tain R. Gaskin, trom Kingston, in 1854; _ barque Reindeer from Toronto in 1855; also, the propeller Ontario (omitted), which went to California trom Buffalo in 1850. But few of the lake pioneer sea voyagers are left, and those few haye been converted ‘inte tow barges, bereft of their former comeliness. - The most deplorable disasters occurring during the season of 1856 were: The propeller Toledo, laden with merchan- dise, which foundered at her anchors off Port Washington, with forty-two lives. The loss on cargo and hull was $170,900.; The propeller J. W. Brooks foundered in i Lake Ontario during a heavy gale and all on board lost, twenty-two lives. The loss on cargo and hull in thie instance was $90,000: The barque J. V. Ayer, laden with wheat, foundered in Lake Michigan, and ten lives found watery graves. She was commanded by Captain Thomas McClelland. The schooner Mary Maria was wrecked on Presque Isle, Lake Ontario, and seven lives Jost. The schooner Towa, laden with wheat, foundered in Lake Michigan with nine lives. Loss on hull and cargo, $33,000. Captain R. ©. Bristol, an early steamboat master on the lakes, and subsequently in the forwarding business in Chicago, died at Brooklyn, N. Y. In his day he had com- manded, respectively, the steamers New York, James Madison, and Niagara. Captain C. C. Stanard died suddenly on board the steamer Western World, while on the pilot house as the steamer was leaving her dock at Detroit, 1854. : Captain John Baxter died at Black River,O, Captain Thomas P. Folger died at Brook- lyn, N.Y. He had commanded the ship Milwaukee, and the steamer Rochester be- side other vessels. Captain John Shook, a well known steam- boat master, died at Huron, Q., in 1856, aged 60 years. Captain Peter Smith, owner and master for several years of the schooner Stranger, died in California in 1856. Captain Chauncey Stillman died in Cleve- land in 1856, Captain I. J. Titus, a popular steamboat master, was drowned from a small boat in Lake Michigan, while in command of a propeller in 1856. Captain O. D, Simons, half brother ot Titus, and retired steamboat man, died in Hamburg, N. Y. On Lake Ontario, during the season of 1856, there were six steamers plying on the American side, controlled by the Ontario & St. Lawrence Steamboat Company, of which BE. B. Allen, of Ogdensburg, was president, aud Captain James Van Cleve secretary and treasurer, at Lewiston. ‘lhe steamers made daily trips, calling on the downward pass- age at Charlotte, Oswego, Sackett’s Harbor, Kingston, thence to Ogdensburg, and re- turning by the way of Cape Vincent, To- ronto, thence to Lewiston, and were as fol- lows: A Bay State, 1098 tons, Captain John Lec- yard. $ } ot upper lakes for an ocean voyage to. ages as those exclusively confined thereon. he Marine Record. —New Y ork,1200 tons, Captain R. B, Chap man. $ _ Cataract, 577 tons, Captain Jas. B. B-tes. Niagara. 473 tons, Captain John J. Morley. «Qotario, 832 tons, Captain H. N. Throop. The above steamers made connection with the ears running to Niagara Falls and Buf- falo. Plying on the Canada side of Lake | Ontario, composed of British steamers, were : Peerless, 400 tons, Ca Toronto and Niagara. Zimmerman, 500 tons, Ca ‘Toronto and Niagara, Toronto and Oswego. Torontoand Oswego, “Mayflower, 300 tons, Captain D, Sinclair, | $7,200. Toronto and Ozwego. Highlander, 250 tons, Captain D. McBride, Toronto and Rochester. “eMaple Leaf, 398 tons, Captain R. Kerr, ‘Toronto and Rochester. “-C. J. Robinson, 315 tone, Captain Jacob Young, Coburg and Oswego. Arabian, 350 tons, Captain Slater, Hamil- ton and Prescott. Kingston, 400 tons, Captain C. Hamilton Hamilton and Prescott. Magnet, 500 tons, Captain H. Twohy, Hamilton and Prescett. Passport, 400 tons, Captain Harbottle, amilton and Prescott. : rownsville, 400 tons, Captain C. Perry, Hamilton aad Montreal. SMonureh, 400 tons, Captain A. Sinelair, Hamilton and Montreal. ~ Provincial, 300 tons, Captain Thos. Kidd, Hamilton and Pri scotr, ra Linn, 150 tons, Captain Sutherland, Kingston and Port Trenton. “Lady Elgin, 200 tons, Captain Nosworthy, Kingston and Belleville. . ~-Bay of Quinte, 250 tons, Captain F. Car- roll, Kingston and Belleville. City of the Bay, 200 tons, Captain W. R. Monree, Kingston and Belleville. : ir Charles Napier, 200 tons, Captain G F, Creighton, Kingston and Cape Vincent. _ Trenton, 260 tons, Captain H, Dewitt, Port Trenton and Montreal, St. Helen, 100 tons Captain ©. Chrysler, ‘ort Trenton and Montreal. There were also two fine steamers named, ‘respectively, the Canada and America, 800 tons each, and precisely of the same lines and features, which run from Hamilton to Brockville, in connection with the Great Western Railway of Canada, but were sub- sequently sold and dismantled after a brief term of existence. The number of craft, owned by Canadians in 1856; was 47 steam- ers, 17 propellers and 171 schooners, aggre- gating a total of 42,000 tons, and a valua- tion of $3,500,000. ‘The tonnage of British eratt is rated about one-third less than American measurement. Steamers plying on the St. Lawrence in 1856 were the fol- lowing: ® Banshee, 300 tons, Captain T. Howard, Kingston to Montreal, “New Era, 200 tons, Captain P. G. Chrys- ler, Kingston to Montreal. tawa, 270 tons, Captain J. R. Kelley, ingston to Montreal. eeSt. Lawrence, 200 tons, Captain T. Max- well, Kingston to Montreal. In the month of August, 1856, a beautiful and unusual sight presented itselt on Lake Ontario, and was seen by those on board the steamer Bay State, while ou the passage from Niagara to Genesee River. It was known asa lake mirage, and was of more than usual splendor. It took place just as the sun was setting, at which time some twelve vessels were seen, reflected on the horizon in an inverted position, with a clearness truly surprising. The sky was overcast with a thick haze such as is seen before a storm, and of a color favorable to represent upen a darkened background clearly the outlines of the rigging and sails as perfectly as if the vessels themselves were actually transferred to the aerial can- vass. This unusual phenomenon lasted un- til darkness ended the seene, The following vessels passed out of exist- ence during the season of 1856, without re- peating the names of those noted aboye: Steamer Northerner, sunk by steamer Forest Queen in Lake Huron, with twelve lives, $23,000. «steamer British Empire, sunk by steamer Fashion in the St. Lawrence, $26,000. w—Steamer Northern Indiana, burned on Lake Erie, fifty-six lives lost, $100,000. ~-Steamer Niagara, burned off Port Wash- ington, Lake Michigan, and sixty lives lost, $70,000. __ Steamer Welland, burned at Port Dal- housie, Luke Ontario, $50,000. — Steamer Brothers, wrecked on Thames river, $5,500, Steamer John Jay, burned-in Lake George and twelve-lives,-$10,000. Steamer Fashion, lost at Bayfield, Lake Huron, $12,000. __Steamer Mazeppa, Lake Huron, $8,000. “Steamer Superior, lost on Lake Superior, with thirty-five lives, $25,000. Steamer Golden Gate, wrecked at Erie, and one life lost, $45,000, ~.Steamer Monarch, wrecked near Toronto, $50,000L72 4 <i Steamer Bruriswick, sunk in Lake Michi- gan, and one life lost, $33,000, Propeller Tinto, burned on Lake Ontario, and eighteen lives lost, $31,000, Propeller Paugassett, burned at Dunkirk, $12,000, lost near Goderich, _Nertherner. 905 tons, Captain R. F. Child. | ptain James Dick, | Port, $46,000. ptain D. Milloy, | tari Champion, 350 tons, Captain W. Wilson, | in Lake Erie, five lives lost, $10,000. Europa, 600 tons, Captain J, Murdock, | Seven lives, $18,000. \'The land is estimated to have 200,000,000 Propeller Protection, sunk by steamer Boston in the St. Lawrence, $28,500. : Propeller Falcon, burned at Chicago, $30,000. : Propeller Sandusky, wrecked at Con- neaut, $28,000. Propeller M. B. Spaulding, burned at Buf- falo, $68,000. Propeller Louisville, burned in the Sr. Lawrence river, $30,000. Propeller St. Joseph, wrecked near Fair- Propeller Lord Elgin, lost on Lake On- 0, $26,000. Brig Oxtord, sunk by propeller Cataract Brig Sandusky, lost in the Straits and Brig Seheea, wrecked at Kalamazoo, Brig A. R,. Cobb, wrecked near Chicago, $8,000, : Brig Nebraska, sunk by propeller Ori- ental in Lake Michigan, $7,000. Brig F. ©. Clark, wrecked at Manitowoc, $9,000. : Brig Arabian, wrecked on Lake Huron, $36,000. Brig Cumberland, wrecked at Bayfield, Lake Huron, $12,000. Schooner Wm. Penn, wrecked at Point au Pellee, $3,000. Schooner Marengo, sunk off Middle Sister, Lake Erie, $4,000. ~ ; Schooner Kate Hayes, lost on Spectacle reef, Lake Huron, $34,000. Schooner Signal, wrecked at Oswego, $4,000. ‘Schooner Maid of the West, lost on Lake Michigan, $7,000. Schooner J. E. Shaw, lost in the Straits, $20,000. Schooner Ohio, lost off D life, $6,000. Scbooner Colonel Camp, sunk by _ pro- peller Plymouth in Lake Michican, $37,000. Schooner Caledonia, Jost on Lake Michi- gan with six lives, $4,000. Schooner Defiance, sunk by brig W. Treat in Lake Huron, $88,500. ; Schooner J. W. Ross, wrecked at Buftalo, $5,000, : Schooner War Eagle, wrecked at Ashta- bula, $2,500. j Schooner Maria Hilliard, wrecked at Death’s Door, Luke Michigan, $6,000, Schooner Europe, wrecked near Chicago, $5,000. : Schooner General Taylor, lost near Chi- | cago, $12,000. ; : Schooner Bohemia, wrecked at Port Wash- ington, Lake Michigan, $88,000. Schooner Magnolia, lost on Gull Island, Lake Michigan, $12,000. ‘Schooner St, Anthony, wrecked near God- erich, $36,000. : Schooner Canadian, foundered in Lake Erie and eleven lives lost, $8,000. Schooner J. G. King, wrecked at’ Kala- mazoo, $6,000. é Schooner Trenton, lost on Lake Michigan, $7,000. ‘ Schooner Egyptian, lost at Point auPe llee, $36,000. Schooner George M. Chapman, wrecked at Oswego, $26,000. Schooner Perry, lost on Lake Ontario, $13,500. : Schooner Industry, wrecked near Port Colborne, $4,000. Schooner A. J. Brown, wrecked at Pres- que Isle, Lake Ontario, with two lives, $14,000. Schooner Orion, lost at Point au Barque, $27,000. Schooner Kansas, foundered in Lake Michigan with eleven lives, $6,000. Schooner Cherokee, foundered in Lake Michigan and ten lives lost, $6,000. Schooner Montgomery, wrecked on Lake Ontario, $18,090. Schooner Robeit Bruce, lost at Port Bur- | well, $28,000. Schooner Thomas Bradley, lost near St. Joe, $18,000. Schooner Allegan, wrecked on Lake On- tario, $12,000. Schooner G. T, Ontario, $5,000. Losses on hull and cargo during the sea- son of 1856, $3,126,744; lives lost, 407; num- ber of disasters, 597. HEARD BY A PORT HURON MARINER A young gentleman just from the Hast hearing of the big tide on Tuesday went down to the river to see if it was appreciable at this point. «Why, the tide is still ruanniug down,”’ he exclamed as his eye-glasses dropped off his nose. ‘What did you remark, sir?’’ asked an old mariner from Port Huron. “The tide—the tide is still on theebb; doesn’t it ever come up the other way ?’’ ‘“©Well, I have never seen it,’’ replied the tarry son of the unsalted seas, as he hitched away and Jeaned against a fence to keep from falling overboard, The man from Massachusetts bay looked with surprise first at the river and then at the sailor, and allowed himself to be gently towed up Woodward avenue by his cane.— Detrowt Tribune. unkirk, with one Williams, lost on Lake Marquette special to the InterOcean says: | Particulars of the largest sale of standing pine ever made in this vicinity have just been published. The Hon. H. C. Thurber, mayor of this city, sells 86,000 acres on Dead River here to Tl. H. McGraw & Co., of | New York; consideration, $360,000 cash. | feet of standing pine. It will require an outlay of from $250.000 to $300,000 for im- provements on the river and for a railroad tive miles long to make it accessible. ‘The “poses, and not earryin LEGISLATION PROPOSED FOR THE RELLEF OF SHIPPING. Eight bills have been introduce United States Senate, and all axvene ted oa ferred to the committee on commerce, Ist—Senator Cockre}l’s bill, intended to facilitate the negotation of. bills of lading: and other commercial instruments and to punish fraud therein. 2d—Senator Cockrell’s bill for the relieg of captains, pilots engineers and mates of steam vessels, by authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to cause to be paid to auch officers, or their heirs, the sums paid by them as license fees and for certificates from May, 1, 1871, to April 5, 1882, less the sum of i hak for perncrineate of license, —Senator Call’s bill to amend sectior 4400 of the Revised Statutes, so that veurdis under five tons, and used for private pur- assengers for hi shall not be subject tasticene , oe 4th—Senator Beck’s bill, amending the statutes so us to authorize the purchase of foreign built ships by citizens of the United States, for use only in the foreign carrying. trade, ; f 5th—Senator Frye’s bill, providing for the allowarce of asum not exceeding one dollar per each nautical mile travled by ves- sels carrying United States mails to foreign countries, or between ports on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, such service being per- formed by the lowest bidder under contracts made by the Postmaster General, Such ves- sels must be of American registry, and said contracts not to exceed a term of four years, and the Government to be privileged in nar of war to purchase or eharter said ves- sels, ai 8th—Senator Beck’s bill to limit fees for the consular verification of invoices. It pro- vides that no greater fee or tax than $2.50 shall be collected by a consul for authenticat- ing an invoice of merchandise, 7th—Senator George’s bill to protect em-_ ployes and servants engaged in foreign and inter-state commerce. This bill provides that any sailor or other employe engaged to navigate a vessel engaged in the foreign or domestic eommerce of the United States may receive from his employer or master damages for injuries sustained through care- lessness or negligence of his employer. ‘SUALLAT IVNOIS GNV SHUIWON TVIOMGO 22. eS ~ | Pose us BR) y Et Sy Ove Oe eae reoe mW Go Go AS] fata § 3 SiG ES | Felooee : eee : aeee8 Aearane 2 : Sosa. 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Vessel Agents and Brokers, ROOM 10, Arcade B’ld., 101 St. Clair $8, CLEVELAND, OHIO. For Sale for $4,000 Cash. same company bought 7,000,000 teet of logs now in the Chocolay river here from Mr, Thurber. This means a vast outlay of money here next season, and the building of the largest mill on the peninsula in this city. Schooner Geo. C. Finney, class A244, carries over 600 tons, or 20,000 bushels of wheat Her hullis in good condition; foresail and mainsail almost new, light sails in fair condition. she is laid up at Racine, where she can be inspected, Address MARINE RECORD OFFICE.