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YHE MARINE RECORD. DETROIT, Special to the Marine Record. June 17—A supplementary northeast gale to that of the 8th instant set in on the 12th, causing much damage to the shipping at va- rious points. Steamers were weatherbound and unable to keep up with advertised time, The steamer Alaska was shut in at Sandusky, the Evening Star at Toledo, and those out- ward bound on Lake Huron were delayed at Port Huron. Thestorm also played havoc with the rafts, ‘The situation of those which were on Lake Huron, however, has not yet cometohand. The tug John Owen, which had charge of a large one, came to grief at “Rond Eau on Friday last, breaking up and going on the beach, but will eventually be recovered. The schooner Cataract, owned at Port Stanley, arrived in Pigeon Bay for a eargo of wheat on Saturday, but soon after com. | ing to anchor dragged and went high upon the beach. She will be easily got off when the storm is over. ‘There are many yet along the borders of the lakes who will remember the sad vasu- alty which happened on the date of this let- ter thirty years sincé, the burning of the steamer G. P. Griffith fifteen miles below * Cleveland, with the loss ot 285 lives. ‘The ateamer had just.been purchased at’ Bufialo by Captain C. C. Koby and W. Studditord, and was on an excursion voyage to Chicagu, leaving Buffalo on Sunday and meeting with destruction the morning following. Captain Roby and wife were among the lost. Also the burning of the. steamer Washington on Lake Erie torty-six, years since, this month, with the loss of 60 lives. She was a -new boat on her second trip. The lightship in Lake St. Clair was run into by the scow Mona on Friday, and dam- aged $200. She was towed to this city for requisite repairs. 3 The new steambarge Monteagle, launched recently at Buffalo, and owned by M.F. Cummings of Oswego, called here on Satur- day morning en route to Chicago. She cor- responds well with the descriptions given of her by the Buffalo: papers, which I readily endorse. She has three maate, two smoke- stacks, and is painted a snow white. On making her landing she ran into the dock, . foot of Bates street, damaging it to the ex- tent of $30, and her port bow as much more. Captain Gilbert Knapp, the first com- mander of a revenue veseel on the lakes (the Split Log, in 1819,) resides at Racine, Wis:, hale and hearty, at the ripe age of 94. Cap- tain Francis Martin, another retired reve- enue master, resides in this city aged 84 years. Three sidewheel steamers, the Keweenaw, Evening Star and Chief Justice Waite ar- ‘rived here from Toledo on ‘Thursday with excursion parties. ‘I'he first two were liberally patronized, but the Waite far less. Thomas Daly, a well-known engineer, is to be the successor to H. W. Granger as lo- cal inspector of boilers at this port. His name, for that purpose, has been sent to to Washington, and will doubtless be ap- proved. E The fleet of vessels owned by Candler Brothers, in this city, intend tor the present to carry coal from Buffalo to ‘Toledo until such time as lumber freights improve. As large quantities of coal are almost daily being shipped from Toledo to other ports, this would seem like “carrying coals to Newcastle.” The schooner Smith and Post, which, a few days since, had to abandon a non-union tora union crew, has since made one trip, and her master is well satisfied with the change. It is now thirty-eight years since the first steambarge came on the lakes, ‘This was the Petrel, commanded by Captain J. W. Kel- sey. Sne had no main deck, and only for- ward and aft for cabins. A morning paper here announces the char- ter of the schooner Ganges, coal, Buffalo to Green Bay at $5 per ton, and also the same vessel, staves from Detroit to Buftalo at $46 per M. Now these are the largest rates ever offered since the era of lake naviga- tion, and as vessel owners are complaining of hard times there must be a hole in the skimmer somewhere. The schooner J. N. Carter was released from Kincardine reef last night by the tug Bob Hackett, and towed inside the harbor. She had been thus prison-bound since last fall, and is the last of the wrecks thus haz- arded on that coast, Fisherman’s Shoals, in Green Bay, has been the source of much trouble to vessels frequenting that locality, and an effort is now being made to have a stake or buoy planted there, which, eventually, will be carried out by the government. ’ A small sidewheel steamer named the Chicoumiti has just arrived at Windsor from Lake Ontario, and, it is Stated, will be put on the Detroit and Chatham route. ‘The distance from Detroit to Bar Point, according to the original survey, is twenty miles, thence to Point Au Pelee thirty miles, and on to Buffalo, 174 miles, making the en- tire distance 224 nautical miles, instead of 280 miles, as it has been usually estimated. The damaged wheat in the Steambarge Enterprise has been sold to Captain Gaskin. One thousand seven hundred and forty -six bushels were disposed of ut auction for 1234 cents per bushel, and 1.065 bushels at 5d1g cents, making a total of 2,892 bushels dam- aged. : Mr, J. Emory Owen, the owner ot. the tug John Owen, noticing the announcement that his tug had met with disaster to her raft in Lake Erie, informed a reporter here that such was not the case,.that he had tele- graphed the captain of the tug and had re- ceived a reply that rothing.had occurred and the raft was yet in good shape on Sat- urday. In. the face of this assurance the tug returned to the Detroit river on Sunday with only a small portion of her raft left, the remainder being strewn along the shore at Rond Eau. Now the question of vérac- ity rests solely between J. Emory Owen and Captain J. P. Young, the master of the tug, who is well known as a man_beyoni re- proach, y The propeller California. recently dam- aged on Luke Huron, has completed her re- pairs at this port and has taken hev depart- ure, The schooner Charlie Crawford stranded on Fighting Island, but was released by the steamer C. N. Pratt at un expense of $200. Every master of asuailcraft shonld be commended for exercising rigid economy in the management of his vessel during these hard pan times. Yet it would seem that where a vessel, upward bound, with coal at 50 cents per ton and sailors at $2 per day, lies ih Detroit river for five days for a fair wind in preference to taking a tug at low rates, that man is-rather more nice than wise; otherwise put his head to soak and leave the mate in charge for a few hours to exercise common sense. Captain Wm. Daniels, a veteran Oswego sailor, was in the city yesterday, homeward bound. The propeller James Davidson, which was wrecked on Thunder Buy reef in October last, was insured for $5,000 in the Mechan- ics’? and Traders’ Insurance Company, of New York. The insurers refused to pay on the ground that she was abandoned without suitable pains being taken to get her off the reef. The St. Clair Navigation Company, her owners, obtained a verdict in the United States Circuit Court at Detroit for the full amount against the insurance company. It is understood, however, that a motion fora new trial will be made without delay, in or- der that certain questions of law may have a full hearing before the court. J. W. H. BAY CITY. Hawgood & Avery’s new steambarge at Wheeler & Crane’s yard is being planked. Nelson Anger, mate of the barge Board of ‘Trade, during the storm on Lake Erie on the 9th, was swept overboard with part of the devkload cf. the vessel, which was lumber, and also a shipmate named David Lima, The steambarge Clinton came along soon after- ward and rescued him from his perilous sit- uation, but it is feared that Lima was lest. The vessel was in tow, with other barges, of the steambarge Belle Cross from Bay City. Anger was landed at Amherstburg and took the first train to Buffalo to meet his vessel. Much praise fs due the captain of the Clin- ton for the efforts he put forth to rescue the imperiled sailor.—[The lumber thrown from the Chicago Board of ‘Trade is doubtless that referred to by our Sandusky corre- spondent, Captain W.G. Wild, who desires to buy it.] CHEBOYGAN. The steambarge Kershaw broke down on Lake Huron on the 15th and let go her tow. She has been repaired, that affair. MILWAUKEE, Special to the Marine Record. The wrecked schooner ‘{hree Brothers goes to the Milwaukee shipyard for repairs although on her arrival here she was docked at Wolf & Davidson’s yard with her cargo, and received temporary repairs, The survey was made on the 16th. She will require anew forefoot, thirty feet of new keel, nine new strakes of plank, refastening where hogged, and recalking. The new steambarge building at the Mil- waukee shipyard, and intended for the Chi- cago lumber trade, is in frame, and will be completed September 1. The contract was let for her machinery to James Sheriffs. Her boiler is to be 7 by 13 feet, of 7-16-inch steel, and her engine is to be 20 by 24 inches, ‘The scow Ahnapee, ashore on Sheboygan north point, has been abandoned as a total loss. ‘I'he Ahnapee went on the rocks in a fog, a week ago Monday night, and a northeast gale with a heavy sea set in during the night and continued for two days. ‘The vessel’s deck loud remained intact, and when an ex- amination was made of heron Wednesday she appeared in good shape. On Thursday even, ing the tug Welcome, with a wrecking out- fit, left here for the wreck, but was obliged to put into Sheboygan on account of another northeaster, which had set in, and remained there for two days. At daylight Monday morning the tug went to the wreck prepared to begin operation on her, but before a steam pump was used it was discovered that the vessel’s bottom was entirely out of her, she having pounded heavily on the rocks, and that she had changed her position since the examination was made. The tug John Owen, with a raft in tow, was caught in the heavy gale off Rondeau, Lake Erie, on Saturday, and lost her. raft, which went to pieces. Ore freights are becoming more firm in sympathy, with grain freights, and shippers were offering 95. cents from Escanaba to Ohio ports. .The schooner Francis Palms was chartered at the figure from Escanaba to Cleveland. The tug Arctic which arrived here Mon- day morning was docked at Wolf & David- son’s main yard for repnairs. The owners of the wrecked barge Monitor telegraphed here from Detroit to have a dry- dock ready for her. The steambarge Monohansett was towed in here- yesterday ina disabled condition. Cc. B. ESCANABA. Special to the Marine Record. ‘The steambarge Oscar ‘Townsend, which left here ‘Tueaday with the schooners L. Hanna and Ed. Kelley in tow, ran upon the South Gull and is full of water, and has a heavy list tostarboard. Her consorts avoided the land and kept on their course. The schooner Delaware ran upon Plum [sland in coming through ‘“!he Door” and isfout. The tug Delta pulled at her without result. Most ot thecargo of the wrecked schooner Lincoln Dall has been lightered, under the superintendence of Captain Kirtland. Two steam pumps lowered the water in her two feet anda third is expected to tree her. In the event of the Dall being released, which Captain Kirtland now thinks possible, her owners will put machinery into her convert- ing her into a steambarge for the lumber trade. ‘he Lincoln Dall was built at Chi- cago by Miller Brothers, in 1869, is owned by David Dall, of Chicago, classed B1, ton- nage 206 new. E. G. RACINE, Captain Chambers, of the schooner Maria Martin, which was in collision with the Hutchinson off Sheboygan, denies the re- port which has gained circulation regarding He says the damage to his ves- sel is slight. ‘The yawl boat was not lost and the falling of the mast did no damage whatever, SARNIA. The propeller Caiifornia, of the Montreal line, which was on the rocks off Sand Beach, passed down Saturday in tow of the tug Ba- lize, She was pumping hard, and will go into drydock at Detroit. PENTWATER, The wrecked schooner Experiment is at work recovering the machinery of the steam- barge Norman, which was wrecked last fall. Saptain Baffel is having excellant luck so far, and hopes to get both engine and boiler before July 1. BUFFALO. Special to the Marine Record. A dispatch received here Saturday an- nounced the death at Saulc Ste. Marie of W, H. Ramsdell of typhoid pneumonia, Mr. Ramedell was purser of the steamer Japan, and was obliged to get off at the Saulc about two weeks ago on account of illness. His home was in Detroit, where he had been clerk in the office ot J.T. Whiting, general agent of the Lake Superior ‘Transit Com- pany. The ship boats of the old revenue cutter Commodore. Perry were sold at public auction by Lieutenant Littlefield, at the Union drydock on Wednesday afternoon. The collector of customs at Fort Erie has ordered that all boats, small or large, which touch the Canadian shore between Point Abino and a point one mile south of Black Creek, shall first report to him and pay fifty cents. The move pretends to be for the prevention of smuggling, It is in- tinated by some that the terry company are at the bottom of it. j Captain Robargh reports that he lost 125,- 000 teet of his deck load-of lumber off Long Point on Tuesday, besides losing the main mast and rigging of the ship. ‘The loss on the boat will atnount to $1,000, which will fall on the owner, ‘The mate was washed over- board and atterward picked up by the steam barge Clinton. ‘Iwo’ other sailors were washed overbonrd but were rescued. Coal freights eontinne-very firm, with a good demand tor tonnags to Luke Michigan ports. Many vessels are still coming. here from Ashtabula and Cleveland to load coal. Were it not for these and the regular: line- steamers that ure placed in this trade, ship- pers would be ina bad plight to forward stocks. Late engagements inelude the steamers Boston, Lehigh, Ularion, and V. H. Ketcham for Chicago at 80 cents; steamer J.N. Glidden for Milwaukee at-80 cents; steamer Northerner for Superior City at 80 cents. ‘ H. ‘ DULUTH. Special to the Marine Record. The schoo: er David Dows, Captain Allsgood, which arrived here recently, brought in the largest cargo ever brought to this port. -It consisted of 2,247 tons of coal for the Ohio Central Barge and Coal Com- pany. The largest brought in-here before this was 2,150 tons by the schooner Adams of the same line. Captain Al'sgood says that he can beat this even, and will make an attempt to do so on his next trip. The Dows will go to Marquette and load iron * ore. . A strong recommendation for a lighthouse at the entrance of Grand;Maries Harbor, on the north shore ot Lake Superior, was in- troduced by Hon. H. M. Rice in the St. Paul chamber of commerce a few days ago. A petition for a deputy collectorship at this harbor is also being signed. Grand Maries is the only natural harbor of refuge on the long stretch of coast from Duluth to Port Arthur, Some money has already been ex- pended by the Government in improving it. It has already served the purpose of refuge in several instances and the needs of both a deputy collectorship and « lighthouse at the place is urged. ‘ A few days ago a large consignment of tea arrived at Duluth direct from China for Toledo parties, via stmr to Portland,Oregon, the Northern Pacific & Duluth, and Transit line to ‘Toledo, Captains and owners seem to think the Government signal station here is im- properly located and poorly equipped to serve the great interests represented by the shipping at and tothe portof Duluth. E. OSWEGO. ‘The steamer Ontario, which is to run in connection with the N. Y. O. & W. railroad to the Thousand Islands, arrived here on Sunday evening in tow of |the tug§Proctor. Work upon her is 80 incomplete that it is hard to tell how she will lookjwhen every- thing Is done. The Ontario is 167 feet long and 36 feet beam, and looks like a good and sate sea boat. — — The tug Sharley Butler is stationed at Ludington as a ferry. WANTED. We wantasmall TUG, of not over 30 inches draft, to tow a 10x) foot scow on acanal. Address, stating price and particulars, LAUTER & FRESE, Indianapolis, Ind,