The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

NOVEMBER w A This is what's the matter, as told by a Detroit paper: "Captain McKay is still alive. -Dunns a severe storm on the lakes about ten days since the steamer Saginaw, of the "Cleveland" line, sought refuge in Pigeon bay. where she lay for a number of hours. The Congregational Convention had just adjourned, and three gentlemen or the cloth were on board. There were also present Captain Keith. Captain McKay, and two other captains. During the evening, while waiting a subsidence of the "Dlow." one of the captains remarked, after the manuer of sailors, that "a clergyman was sure to bring on a gale," and the presence of three had made this a roarer, unequaled since the days of Jonah. Captain McKay replied that "four captains ought to offset three ministers;" whereupon an elderly gentleman slyly remarked, "threes always beat two pairs." Captain McKay has scratched his head nearly bald, and until it shines like a brass knob on a poker, and still he cannot imagine what the projector of this remark meant to insinuate." I No Cause fob Action.—Complaints were made I a short time since by certain Port Huron parties ] that the local inspector of hulls at that port. J. S. ! Botsford, was neglecting his duties. These com-' plaints were forwarded to Supervising Inspector Cook, at this port, who visited Port Huron the beginning of last week, and examined a number of residents of that place in regard to the matter. Keturning here. Mr. Cook reviewed the testimony he had taken, and Saturday Mr. Botsford visited the city and was heard in defense. Several things charged were admitted by Botsford. but none of these were in violation of the law or rules governing local inspectors. The most serious charge brought was for issuing an inspection certificate to a steamer without going aboard the boat. In answer to this Botsford showed that the steamer mentioned was visited by him. and Boiler Inspector Cole examined and granted a certificate to run as a treight boat. Three or four weeks afterward the owners of the steamer applied tor a license to carry passengers, which was granted, when an additional number of life-preservers was put aboard. To sfte that they were put aboard Inspector Cole visited the boat, but Botsford did not. On this case the majority of the complaints are based. A Missing ISoat Captain. A week ago last "Wednesday, the 17th Inst., the canalboat C. C. McDonald, Captain Frank Mc-Cue, came into Syracuse bound for Buffalo. While waiting for clearance papers the captain told his wife he was going up street for a few moments, and would take the boat at the Franklin street bridge. He did not make his appearance, and his wife went on to Buffalo. Sho returned to this city, and is searching for her husband. He is described as stocky built, live feet six inches high, and wore long, dark-brown hair and sandy whiskers. He was dressed in a dark-strined cotton shirt, a black double-breasted vest, pieced in the back, an old pair of dark pantaloons with a patch on the right knee, a light-colored soft hat. and wore new cotton socks and cotton flannel undershirt and drawers Anybody having knowledge of a person answering to the above description can give information at the police office, or by addressing Mrs. Frank Me-Cue, No. 27 Seventeenth street, Buffalo.—/Syracuse Standard. " .....~iiii|u|HOiiitH*ili|WWMMWMW—imM»'wl*^'" LOSS OP THE DICK. SOMERS. Correxpondenre o ^JJW^ eland, Ohio, Nov. 21, IS77. Jf The Inter O'OeanA A communication has been received by Messrs Cooley and V an Tassel, and the widow of Captain Gdbort Hearns, trom persons in Ontario interested in the matter, to the effect that there L,v° „D,osslb'W of saving any cart of their schooner, the Eima It. Turner, which sunk at .Long Point not long ago. The masts and some of the mam sections of the vessel have ¦i?!;n,br.°>en up and Pieces washed ashore. The »i 2.000 insurance money is expected soon. The vessel was held as worth fully *20,000. and in view of the disaster, the previous small profits and the death ot the captain. Cooley and Van .tassel say that they have made their last venture m vessel property. Captain Hearus left a comfortable little fortune, but it may be swal-iowS,i"P ln litigation, as a number of children bvMiitloreut wives are deeply interested. THE MAG ELI, AN. MANITOWOC, Wis., Xov. 21', 1877. 2'o the Editor of The Inter Oce a n.l Your issue of to-day contains a denial from Messrs. Truman & Worse, the agents of Leopold & Austrian's Dine, at this place, that the Hurd ran through wreckage on the night of the storm. Mr. Truman openly spoke of it in Mr. Pfenning's newstore. of this place, in the presence of numerous men, who were waiting for the mail on the evening of Nov. 5. Why they now deny their own statement I will not try to explain, but loave to your readers to conjecture. The bodies of Captain Belvea and brother have been found. Captain Belyea is horribly mangled. One leg and the entrails are gone. C B BpecialTelegrM'n to The inter ocean..1 Por.T Colborne, Ont.. Nov. 23.—The body of Kennedy, the steward drowned with the schooner Magellan, arrived here this evening from Manitowoc. The remains of the two brothers Belyea, captain and mate, are expected. She Meets Her Fate mi Poverty island. Captain N. 1'. Hines. of the schooner Dick Som crs, telegraphs that the vessel is on Poverty i Island and a total loss. She has 350tons of iroij ore— worth $0 a ton—on board, and was bound] for Chicago or St, Joseph from Escanaba, Tho! Vomers was owned by W. Weinert, of Chicago,! and Captain C. H. Myers, of the schooner ^Etnaj recently in trouble. She was built in 1SG3. measured 332 tons, rated B 1, and valued at about! $3,000. The insurance, $11,000, is in the Orient,'. Providence, and Security. Whether the cargo is) insured is not known. ^SpTciarTeTegram'to The Inter Ocean.l Poet Huron, Mich'.; Nov. 3.—The little barge Hickory, of Sandusky, sunk off' Leamington, Ontario, on Thursday night, and drowned her engineer. She was loaded with coru-wood. . The tug Mockingbird leaves here to-night with a steam pump and hawser to rescile the schooner James K. Benson, ashore on Middle Island. The schooner New Dominion went ashore near Point Ed.yard last night, and was relieved this evening- Special Telegram to The Inter Oeean.t Buffalo. N. Y., Nov. -1.—Captain McKenna telegraphs hero that the schooner City ot Tawas has gone to pieces. He has saved all that was possible of tho vessel's outfit. .> The schooner Almeda is a total loss at Port Glasgow. She is insured, and also her cargo. tOSS OS THE JlCFFEKY. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean.l Port Eowan, Ont.. Nov. 25.—The schooner Celia Joffery. of St. Catharines, with ecal from Erie to St. Catharines, sunk six miles off Long Point on Friday night. All hands saved. i.ts'i- Kii-xixii we published Captain Vinoewts statement that the schooner Belle Mitchell maide six round trips between Chicago and Oswego toe past season, and cleared 83,000 for the owners of the vessel. Wo learn from one of the owners of the Mitchell that" the vessel made four round trips between Lake Michigan and Oswego, one trip from Chicago to Buffalo, and one trip from Detroit to Oswego, and that she cleared about JR1.200.—Osveao Daily Times. Death of an Old Lake Captain. Captain John Davis died at his farm in Scriba. on Tuesday morning. Captain Davis was one of the oldest captains on the lakes, the time of his advent as a sailor going far back of tho memory of all the vessel men we have talked with. Captain Davis sailed for tho old Fitzhugh line many years, and was last in the schooner uarthago-nian. lio possessed the manly characteristics of a true sailor, and was respected by all with whom he came in eoatacV-OswegoPaUddium. Oct. 31. Martin Oleson and Charles Hanson, the only survivors of the schooner Berlin, wrecked on Port Austin reef, arrived in Buffalo on Tuesday. with the body of Richard Johnson, aged 22 yeairs, son ot the master, who was drowned. Capnain Johnson was about BO years old, and leaves a wife and seven children rosiding near Aldten, Niagara County. N. Y. LOST OVERBOARD. Captain James Johnson, of the schooner O. B. Johnson, reports that at 3 o'clock a. m. on Tim rs-uay. when five miles southeast of Milwaukee, a sailor named Nels Nelson was knocked overboard by the jibing of the mainsail. A boat was lowered as soon as possible, but too late to save him. The unfortunate man was 30 years of aee, a Norwegian, belonged at Milwaukee, and supposed to De single. LOST OVERBOARD. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean.l „ ,j Milwaukee, Wis.. Oct. 29.-Tho schooner Pride lost her cook overboard Sunday night, between White Lake and this port. The name of the unfortunate man was William Williams, aged 1J, residence", Sheboygan. " Mr "Hector McKellar, mate of the steamship It. N Bice, died Wednesday at his home m Detroit from jaundice. He had been in the emnlloy of the Cleveland and Detroit Line lortwemty years, and was much respected by all. .Drowned. About 9 o'clock Sunday night the schooner Morning Star arrived off Kingston from Oswego, and came to anchor about twenty rods from shore, at the foot of the Batteau channel. The captain, John Ledford, Jr., landed and proceeded to the house of Messrs. MeCarty to inform them that he could got no coal at Oswego forjhsm. The two elder McCartys accompanied mm to the vessel, and remained aboard for a short time. On setting out for home in the yawl young (ieorge Ledlord entered the boat with them. A short distance from the vessel the boat f capsized, and the three men were left struggling I in the water. Ledford swam back to the vessel I but the others were drowned. Oantaf^lv Wn °w aABitisoN.-The drowning of oaptain W. O. Harrison, from tho steamer Kershaw, has created a universal feeling of regret among the vessel-men at this port, who regarded the deceased as an efficient sailor and excellent mend. Captain Harrison was a resident ot this city, and leaves a wife and son to mourn his loss. In 18/1 he was master of tus schooner Charles Hurd, owned Dy P. J. Ralph, of this port, which »v'i-dte»Sd 01\Lake Michigan with all on board ?h2??& V"; c,aDtHJn' Among those to go down on / that ui-tated craft was the captain's first wife and only daughter. Two years ago he exchanged a farm and other property which he owned for tho steambargo Dubuque, which was lost, at Long i olni this spring. Following this disaster he assumed command of the Kershaw, from which he ™ ess. kcU7me y ' 'lS ao*"l-~l>etroit Free ! Edward Roun, a sailor, and lately in the employ of Church & Hill, the wreckers, fell from a bridge in process of construction at Ottawa, 111., on Thursday, and was instantly killed. The United States lake survey steamers Survey and Search, have been mustered out of service, and will be sold at public auction at the government dock at Detroit on Jan. 8. Old Vessels .Passing: Away. Captain J. D. Bothwell, owner of the sohooner Empire State, which went ashore at North Point. states that the vessel is a total loss. She was bound down with iron; was insured in theBuffaio and Manhattan -Companies. The crew reached the shore in safety. A Sailor drowned at Sandusky.—A special dispatch to the free I'rr.ss from Sandusky, Nov. c>. says: "Peter Stowduch, a sailor on tho barge Isabelle. from Saginaw, fell overboard at 5 o'clock this morning and was drowned." Unless many new boats are brought out this winter there will he an actual scarcity ot tonnage on the Erie Canal to do tho business which is certain to be transacted next year. Silas Lebeau was instantly killed about 10 o'clock Sunday night pn board the propeller Low.ulal the O. andL. C. R. 11. dock. Ogdensburg. He was helping load sheet iron, and was struck by the handle of the reel and knocked into the hold, breaking his neck and crushing in his skull. BAEK CITY OF TAWAS A TOTAL Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean.l St. Joseph, Mich., Oct. 30.—The bark City of Tawas, of Detroit, laden with 500 tons of iron ore for the Bangor Furnace Company, went ashore here this morning at 2 o'clock. The captain says he struck on tho outside bar and stove a hole in her bow and sprung aleak, and drifted ashore. She is a total loss. Insured for $i She lies eighty rods south of the south pier. ',000. Obituary. Mr. James H. Strachan. of Detroit, part owner of the tugs Hector and Castle, diod there on Wednesday. His disease was consumption. Mr. Strachan was well and favorably known among our tug and vessel masters and owners. At Cleveland, on Thursday evening at 9 o'clock, a man named John J. Mclntyre was instantly killed by being run over by an engine at the Union Depot. From a letter and book found on his person, he is supposed to have belonged on the propeller Russia. Tho man was apparently SO years of age, wore a heavy dark mustache, and was dressed as a laboring man. Joseph Seebrook. a seaman on.the.sohooner Sam Cook, was killed by the vessel's 'tdw line; lit rough the breaking of her bow chalk, last night, on Lake Huron. Seebrook was a young man and lived in the vicinity of Kingston, Ont., and leaves a wife. "Winter Navigation. The schooner Athenian, which has been expected fgr a coupleof days, arrived at Detroit yesterday, coal laden, from Black Riyer, Ohio. She left Port Huron on tho 12th, having on board 300,000 feet of lumber at $1.75. She sailed as far as Algonac, where the tug Young America was engaged to take her to Lake Erie for $55. This port was passed during tho night of tho 12th. and Black Rivej reached during the afternoon of the 13th. Some delay was experienced at the latter place on account of the scarcity of coal, and the Athenian was finally obliged to leave with only 115 tons on board, or just enough for a good ballast. After leaving Black River considerable fog was met on Jjake Erie during two days, so that It was with difficulty the course could De made out. Bar Point was reached at 10 o'clock Tuesday night, with the wind ahead. A fair. breeze came along in the morning, with which tho craft made her way as far as the rounding of Sandwich Point. Here the wind was due east, and the ferry Excelsior towed her up to Vigor's dock, where she will commence unloading this morning. Captain Green feels quite elated at the success of his trip, and expresses himself as ready to fry it over again, unless the weather changes. It has been his fortune to be out in December for three seasons now. and good results have followed each time. In 1875 he left Port Huron Dec. 2 and arrived ,t Buffalo on the 9th. all right. Last year he loft 'ort Huron for Sable Dec. 3. and got, back on the Oth. but the river was then so much frozen that e could proceed no further, and unloaded his .argo of lumber. As soon as the Athenian's coal s unloaded. Captain Green intends to take her :o Port Huron, under sail, for he says such tugs as are out now are too high-toned in their prices. He is apparently more favorably impressed with December than November navigation, and his success may stimulate other shippers to risk a run or two before Jack Frost comes, if he is going to come at all this winter.—Detroit Post and Tribune, lyth. CANAL, Wliat Governor Crosswell Says of the Project. The Battle Creek Journal has the following: "Henry Willis has received the following from his Excellency. Governor Croswell, in reply to a communication relative to the proposed Michigan ship canal. It will be seen that the Governor strongly favors the project, and presents most excellent reasons for his views: State of Michigan. Executive Office, l Adrian, Dec. 3,1877. ( Henry Willis, Esq., Uattle Creek, Michigan. Ml Dear SIfe: I have your communication of tho 28th ult., in which you ask my views in regard to the construction of a ship canal across , the lower peninsula of Michigan, to virtually con- j nect Lakes Erie and Michigan, and, if in favor of I it. whether, in my opinion, it should be under- I taken as a State or national work. I believe the I opening of such a canal as you s would be an additional arterv in our s of internal improvements tending to fully develop our interests, to facilitate the . transportation of property and to cheapen the rates of freights between the East and \\ est, thus promoting commerce and trade, and greatly inuring to the general good and advantage. These considerations, as well as the fact that it I would generallv shorten the waterroute between Chicago and Buffalo and remove much hazard I that now attends water transportation between 1 these two places, leads me to look with decided favor on the proposed object, I am, however, of i the impression that the State cannot undertake I any such enterprise, as the constitution expsessly provides that it shall not be a party to or interested in any work of internal improvement, or 17 engaged in carrying on any such work, except/ . the expenditure of grants made to it of lands/ other property; and that, therefore, whate/, may be done in the premises to attain the des/ \ object will have to be done through the agy a of the National Government. / cr, With personal regard, I am. yours, very res/ te fully, Charles M. Crosw/ ANOTHER BOTTLE NOTE. This Time It Proves to Be No Gag. Special Telegram to The Inte>Ooean.t Holland, Mich.. Dec. 6.—Yesterday a bottle , came ashore at the mouth of Holland Harbor ! containing the following: "8th Nov., 1877—Brig Great West, 8 o'clock, Thursday night.—At 3 came to anchor at Grosse Point on account of the vessel broaching to. and would not pay off again. We are sinking fast. lam afraid it will be a hard lot for us. We are not a-dragging. but over half full of water. Whoever mav get this, send us help as quick as possible. We are full of water now, audi am afraid the vessel will break shortly. (Signed) Nelson, master; Nicholas Doile. Ashtabula.' Ohio; T. B. Wyman. Oswego; Stephen Berlin. New York; Nick Smith. 41 East Kinzio street; George Hiscock. Delaware, Ont.; . Miss Ada Beckwith. cook; T. B, Hoskins, Port Colborne. Ont. 1 send this in a bottle at 9:30 o'clock this mornr ing, the 9fh of November. P. S.—Our pumps broke this morning at 7 1 o'clock. This may be a gas, but you will know whether it is or not. H. D. P. 1 Inyot (B., one f that I The . .—Captain Charles Moody, of the tug Welcome, informed the Milwaukee Sentinel reporter on Thursday that when passing Two Rivers Point with the Starke in tow,on the noon (about 2:30 o'clock) of tho day that the Magellan was lost, be saw two tbree-and-alt schooners, one of them having a topsail, and which he is almost certain was the Magellan. Both vessels-were well out on the lake; in fact, so far out that their hulls could not be seen, and 'some distance below the Point, about off Kewaunee, lie should judge. They were on the port tack, and appeared to bo stiil holding on. How long tlie Magellan continued to battle with the elements after she T/as seen by Captain Moody is of course unknown. The above note is by no means a gag. The Great West n-as in trouble at the time, and the crew went through a terrible ordeal, but were finally rescued. The disaster and the sufferings of the crew were printed in detail in The Inter Ocean. What Mr. Truman Says of the Reason He Left 1 the Hurd at Manitowoc. Correspondence of The Inter Ocean? Hancock, Mich., Dec. 17,1877, our issue of the 12th inst. I notice that C. ne of your Manitowoc correspondents, states was a passenger on the steamer Hurd; that I had paid my fare to Chicago on said boat, and when the boat arrived at Manitowoc I told Seager, the Engineer of the Fire Department, that the Hurd came very near foundering, and that I was not going on that boat any more. etc. 'A In reply I would say that J was trader on the :] boat, and not a passenger; that I did not pay any | fare on said Doat, and did not say to Mr. Seager or any one else the Hurd came very near foundering. I did not remain at Manitowoo because I -houg ht there was any danger of the Hurd foundering, as 1 consider the boat as staunch as : any on the Lake Superior route, and the captain < as good a man as sails on the lakes. I remained at Manitowoc simply for the purpose of purchasing provisions for the Lake Superior country, so as to have themreadyforthe nexttripof the boat. 3-iad I thought there was any danger, or that the Hurd was not a seaworthy boat. I would not have come up on her the last trip. I did not leave Manitowoc the same day the Hurd did (as the correspondent says), but left the day after. Any one who is personallySacquainted with Captain Lloyd knows that, had any accident happened to her, he would have reported it immediately on his arrival at Manit.iwoc. Respectfully, V. C. Truman. Kenosha. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean.1 Kenosha, Wis.. Dec. 14.—Charles J. Miller, a'J seaman, and son of Captain C. C. Milled, m;, 'V/l of the schooner Pride, died in the ca>j" " ^_ vessel at op. m. yesterday. Captain^" , , . . , ¦ y/i. and, hav- gaged in making repairs on his vef " young ing no wife, lived, on board tho Prid' , ' . * ,- , . spected, and a seaman who died .was much r 'laced uaKS at portion of the shipping at Iveno.^ hThemp?opellerCripPinleft K^^ to-day for Manistee.