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XfAKtiO SUUTlNU A'r.m«OAlJsES. Chicago, Dec. 17,1877. t> the Editor of The Enter Ocean.l In your issue of the 12th a Milwaukee corespondent gave his views about the loss of the laeellan, theorizing that she shifted her cargo, nd was thereby foundered. Also, that the Lifting of cargo took place before she anchored, inless he is more correct in this speculation urn in the assertion that "the canal vessels are tie best sea-going vessels on the lakes, notwith-tahding the fact that more of them have been Dst than any other^lass of vessels," not much jconfldence can be placed in his cargo-shifting [theory. Goodrich Trans' Co., Steam kii II. N. Kick, 1808, Capt. Wm. McKay. Your correspondent may be good'at "boxina the compass." but is he not wild as well as "exl ti-avagant" when it comes to boxing the qualities! of vessels? Ha says "the surface of corn wil slide when raised to a certain incline, assisted by^ the other motion and jar of the vessel, and when it once starts running to leeward there is no help for it, exoept to take in sail or change the position of the vessel immediately." This is true. | Evidently "Careful Skipper" has knowledge of the I facts hare stated. No doubt his experience has-l been in "canal vessels." He says this class of ; vessels " will careen easily, will not stand up J straight with all sail, in a gale of wind, like some j of the larger vessels." and he adds a 1: most strange conclusion, viz: that thisr tenderness in carrying sail "alone proves their sea-going qualitios." He means that good seagoing qualities and crankness go together. Now, as crankness and eargo-snifting go together, Is | crankness really a good sea-going quality? Is it not a dangerous and bad quality? Vessels that will stand up and not shift their cargoes, carry their sail well, and come safely into port have better sea-going qualities than canal vessels, of which class there aro bo many lost, or there is no logic in facts. It is very truo that but few vessels leave port with grain cargoes in sea-going condition, and we will point out one reason why, viz., there are no shifting planks in the hatches, and generally' the shifting boards now put on the stanchions are* not continued all the way forward and aft, mak-a ing a thorough stop to the gram sliding toj the loeward. liesides preventing the car-j go from shifting, the water under?, the ceiling should be confined as4 much as possible from running down into the lee bilge. Vessels, like canalers, that are crank become doubly dangerous from this running o the water to leeward, making them He dowi tarther, and tending the more to the slippage o cargo. Cverloading is another cause of shiftini cargo. The forms ot canal vessels do not t'avo deep loading, but incline the more to cranknesi in proportion as they are overloaded. Take i on every hand, "the canal vessels are not thi ttrt j Wo at sea-going vessels on the lakes." Jack. twi ¦ f a cood oaken English snip is aboiTT age "f a robust man—threw seore years and — with an equal chance of going on into years ond. During the year 1875-76 there were 639 tisli vessels wrecked and othcrwi.se destroyed ween the tender years of 3 and 10; 1,032 been 7 and 14 years; 1,414 between 15 and 30 years; till between 30 and 50 years; 80 between 50 and 00 years; 41 between 60 and 70 years; 12 between 80 and 90 years; 2 between 00 and loo years, and'2 over 100 years. All these old ships that had for so many years buffeted the storms of all climes were wooden hulls, that materia! being stiperier in lasting qualities to iron, of which the majority of modern hulls are built.— Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, Dec. 1. The tug Crusader has been laid uo at Port Huron, and Captain "Bod" liallentine has returned ? to his home in Detroit. ] The Missing- Bruce.—The snow-flakes are "falling and the mystery surrounding the fate of I the schooner Bruce is yet-unsolved. Ice is jj forming, these keen winds are hurrying vessels forward on their last trip, and the vexed waters i have given us nothing on which to hang a hope that the Bruce will ever be heard of except us i a wreck. In the roaring gale and the battle of aves she went out of sight as a stone would have gone down, and the brave crew found such burial as all dread. Isn't it strange that stout ships spread their wings and sail from port never to be heard of again? Isn't it a mystery that they settle down so quickly that spar nor boom nor bulwark floats ashore, to confirm sad suspicions or dissipate them? The Magellan broke up, and men road her name on the hwreck. Tae Bruce left nothing atloatbut a bruised land battered yawl, which might have been tost from her davits hours before the sad disaster. Bruised and mangled b idles ooat their way through the wreck of the Magellan to be cast on the beach, identified, and given a Christian burial. The crew of the Bruce went down with her. If, some day next year, when summer has opened tha_great highway again, a half-wasted body is found Oil some lonely beach, there will be nothing about it to prove that it was one of the gallant sailors who hauled taut and belayed all as the Bruce left Chicago behind her. If it calls up a feeling of sadness to walk through I a national cemetery and look at the thousands ! of headstones marked "Unknown," one's feelings ' are no less sad as he writes of a good ship and a brave crow; "Missing—never to be heard of ; again." There will be widows and oruhans to '¦ hope on—to hope that the last downward-bound may bring some survivor, may pass a wreck— will at least have some new theory, and some of them may not let despair creep into their hearts unTfields of ice meet in mad crash above the deep-down graves of ships tost forever. Wo have no further hope. We sorrow for the loss of a good ship, and we grieve that men who had battled the storm-king so long and well had not ^ore,chaj^ee^or y^:"^k'J±^iL^S^iiiiS&Sm^'^^^ credlit Chicago with only 16,628.000 feet of lum-I ber. This is not half the amount. ESTIMATED VALUE. Thie value of the wood products of the Saginaw Talftey for 1877 will aggregate not far from $8,- 500 OOP. EST SAGINAW VALLEY STATISTICS. Figures That Will Prove ; bf Interest to Our Lumbermen and Vessel-owners. , Correspondence of The Inter Oceans Bay City, M ich., Deo. 21, 1877. From advanced sheets of the Lumberman's Gazette of #this city, your correspondent is enabled to present your readers with a statement of the lumber manufacture of the Saginaw Valley for the year 1S77. The season has been the most .productive of any in the history of the val-•ey. The Gazette thinks,the season has been remunerative one to those engaged in the lumber bubine?s, but that - the profits former years nave not been realized and that the profits "as a whot have been sm all. The failure of' several promi _ nent lumber manufacturers duriug the past yea* or two is due to the fact that they were onerat-ing on borrowed capital, and that the profits oi their trade were not sufficient to pay dividends to both borrower and lender. The number oi saw mills operated was sixty-six. giving employment to 3,454 men. Number of feet manufactured, 640,166,231, against 573.930.771 in 1876. The amount of lumber on docks unsold is 2L'2,323 ,856 feet; amount sold, 23,611.666. The amount remaining on docks exceeds that of last ye.ar 21,000,000. The stock of logs remain injg over in mill booms is 31,627 778 agrainst 40,631,263 in 1876. Of the many point; receiving our shipments Tonawanda stands a th<e head: amount, 155,627,193. Toledo receive 12:3,200.442; Buffalo. 95,673,593; Cleveland! abiout the same; Sandusky, 20,945.000. 'The mills received their stocks from t&e stireams as follows: Avugnes Kiver............................ 32,645 493 Kittle River................................ 70,274.293 Caiss Kiver................................ 22,029 160 | Bmd River................................ 18.372,345f bawausses Hirer..................432,000,0001 Kaiwkawlin River........................ 15,000,000 f SHINGLES. 'Twenty-three shingle mills were operated, Biv-ff ing employment to 474 men, and the cut for the-? season was 167,338,750, against 135,429.750 in I 1876. Amount on hand 6,369,250. against 7.001,- % 750 in 18"; 0. Shingles are as widely distributed » as lumber, but in different directions. Cleveland I received 83.293,000; Buffalo. 25,073,000; Tona- £ wanda, 16,065,250; Toledo. Erie, and Sandusky, 5,000,000 to 8,000,000 each. m LATH. The product of lath was 77.000.000 pieces, o] which Cleveland received 12,539,000 and Toledo 11,894.903. STAVES, TIMBER, AND HOOPS. The shipment of staves amounted to 4,970,859: oak and ship timber. 1.344,000: hoops, 10,000,000 No definite idea can be given of the amounto lumber and lath shipped to Lake Michigan ports afe the most of it went forward on vessels having tikrou^h clearances, The Custom Souae book$ THE STRAITS, Special Telegram to The Inter bcean/i Cheboygan, Mich., March 29.—The Ice in the north passage is all gone, and boats could get through by passing to the northward of Mackinaw Island. The ice in the south passage is still firm, and crossing is still effected, as reported by the mail carrier who crossed to-day. "Weather pleasant; westerly winds, light. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean.1 Mackinaw City, Mich., March 30.—The ice is •lot changing much, there being no wind to drive it out. Weather warm and pleasant. Mercury 30 above at 7:30 this evening. Wind southeast light, light. FROM MILWAUKEE. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean.> Milwaukee, Wis., March 30.—The schooners J. B. Newland and Lewis Ludington were towed down from Racine to-day by the tug Sill. The Newland is to receive a new mast and the Ludington a thorough overhaul. The schooner J. E, Bailey, wheat-laden for Buffalo, commenced bending nor canvas to-day. The schooner Lottie Wolf has been chartered for wheat to Buffalo at 7 cents. There were no vessel charters to-day. The inquiry was light and carriers were not inclined to entertain bids made on freights. Rates are firm at 7 cents on wheat to Buffalo. LAUNCH. Special Telegram to The Inter OceanJ Manitowoc, Wis., March 30.—A large and beautiful schooner, named the Penobscot, built by Rand & Burger, of this city, was launched here this afternoon. She is a three-master, and was built for Bradley Bros, and Captain C. M. Johnson, of Milwaukee, at a cost of nearly $20,-000. Her dimensions are as follows: 130 feet keel, 27^ feet beam, 9^ feet hold, and carries 257 tons. THE BENT TIMBER SHIP. New Yobk. Dec. 13, 1877. To the Editor of The Inter Ocean.l A short time since I wrote to you about the arrival of the ;wonderful bent timber ship " New Era," now over 7 years old. and acknowledged to be one of .the strongest ships ever built. While she was on the dry dock here being coppered, her owners had her " opened" and every timber of the frame exposed to view and thoroughly examined. Three marine surveyors examined ©very timber in the ship, and found them perfectly sound. All the experts are now satisfied thot steaming and bending the frames of vessels by proper machinery is a great improvement. The timbers being in single length from the kee' to the rail secures great strength, and the process of. steaming and bending by end pressure is au excellent means of preserving the soundness of the wood. The United States Government has in the Boston Navy Yard the best machine in the world lor bending the frames of ships out of white oak. Such frames will last as long as live oak. cost about one-half as much, and be very much stronger. The sloop-of-war Pawnee has bent white oak timbers in her frame now 20 years old. They are side by side with live oak, and just as sound. Shipwright. THE SEAMAN 8 UNION ELECTION. Yesterday was a big day among the seamen. The election of officers -for the local union in Chicago was held last night, and during the entire day there was the greatest activity in and about the headquarters, which are at Meridian Hall, on Y^st Randolph street, corner of Jefferson. Last evening the voting was commenced, and it was 10 o'clock in the: night* before* the votes were counted and the result declared. While the count was going on there was singing and a sociable time generally in the handsome hall, and the occasion proved an agreeable one ail round. The men were warm in the support of their particular candidates, but then; was no bitterness, and no bad feeling cropped out anywhere. When the result was finally announced it was greeted with hearty cheers, and the election certainly seemed unanimous. Following are the officers chosen, their terms^being for one , year: President—Richard Powers. "Vice President—W. R. Robinson. Second Yiee President—William Cannon. Secretary—Charles Meagher. James Hackett has been appointed President of the Detroit branch. The election at Toledo took place last night, the candidates for President being John Price, Cornelius Green, Lawrence Maiiar. George Bvron. and John Johnson. THE STRAITS. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean.l Mackinaw City, Mich., March 31.—Captain John McCarty came over from Point St. Ignace to-day in a small boat. He says there is nothing to hinder a propeller going through. Your correspondent believes that a boat could get through With very little trouble. The wind is freshening nfrvt'h fiftfn thu'iTAA] i np from the southeast to-night, and will prob-1 i ably make a big change in the ice before morn- ¦M An Excellent feua: >stio», from a Good Authority. Milwaukee, 'ft is., Dec. 12, 1877. To the Marine Editor of The Inter Ocean.l Jjveryone is talking about the Magellan, and I want to eive you my theory. Until there is more evidence of a collision i shall be content With the idea that her loss was caused by the Shifting of her carco—probably before she came to anchor. Many vessels shift cargo, but get into port in some shape; and others that aro never heard from are, in my opinion, lost from that cause more tftan from all other causes. To give some grounds for my belief I will venture the assertion that the canal vessels are the best sea-going vessels on the lakes, notwithstanding the fact that more of them have been lost than any other class of vessels. With their canal-load they aro lively and rather "limber" in carrying sail; will careen easily; will not stand up straight with all sail in a gale of wind, like some of the larger vessels, which fact alone proves their sea-t;olne qualities. But the surface of corn will slide when raised to a certain incline, assisted by the other motion and jar of the vessel, and when it once starts running to leeward there is no help for it except to take in I sail or change the position of the vessel immediately. There are many vessel-owners around the lakes who never "boxed tho compass," who would think me extravagant if I should intimate that but few vessels leave port with graincargoes in sea-going condition. It is the want of some device to prevent the cargo from shifting in carrying sail or rolling. Cahefux Skipper. JJJJ^L ~AW1NTKK SAVIGATHlHJ iTlf'LAkg'fiR'IB: " The Schooner Athenian still in Commission. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean.l Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 13.—The schooner Athenian, believed to have been the last vessel to make atrip on Lake Erie, to-day brought 300,000 feet of lumber from Port Huron to Black Eiver, \ and now designs chartering with coal at Cleveland for Detroit. Captain P. Smith has begun to rebuild the r Selkirk at a cost of 45,000. MARCH- DETROIT. Social Telegram to The inter Ocean.] Detroit, Mich., March 27.—The schooner Erastus Corning- passed down at 4 o'clock this afternoon in tow of the tug Mocking1 Bird, bound for Buffalo. The Corning is the first vessel through the river this year, and was the first vessel, direct from Chicago, to pass down last year, which she did on May 1, in company with the schooner J. W. I>oane. The Corning called for three men, to whom Bae paid $2 per day each.. She wintered at Port Huron, Where she succeeded In arriving before hemmed-in by the ice. Her cargo is said to be in excellent condition. The steam barge V. H. Kotchum expects to leave Detroit ou Tuesday with a cargo ot wheat, bound for Buffalo, THE STRAITS. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean.1 Mackinaw City, Mich., March 27.—The ice is ail breaking up and moving. Your correspondent believes it must be broken way through to Lake Michigan. It is all clear between here and Mackinac Island. It has not moved in the south channel yet, but it, will soon. If the weather holds favorable for a few days boats can get through. Weather warm; wind east, heavy, with prospects of rain. MANITOWOC. Special Telegram to 'Die Inter Ocean.l Manitowoc, Wis., March 28.—A fearful gale from the northeast prevailed here all day yesterday and last night. No disasters vet reported. Kun In—Kchrs Hibbard, Band, Radical, and scow Coaster. Two unknown schooners are at anchor in the bay. The sea is subsiding. Mrs. Meadowcroft, who held the schooner White Cloud on a mortgage, yesterday transfered her back to the original owner, Wm. Kelley, who then sold the vessel to W. G. Peck and C. B, Coates for $8,000. Of this amount, $5,000 was paid down, and the parties gave Kelley a mortgage for $3,000. The White Cloud now hails , from Michigan Citv. ing. Weather warm, with prospects of rain. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean.] Cheboygan, Mich., March 31.—The ice is reported by the mail-carrier broken up in the north passage, but filled with flowing ice. Steamers might possibly work through,, but it would be impossible for sail vessels to set through for at least ten days or two weeks. The ice in the south passage is still firm—freezing hard every night and thawing but little during the day. Wind east, light; mercury 30 above, pleasant; cloudv. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean.l Point St. Ignace, Mich., March 29, via Mackinaw City, Mich., March 31.—Your correspondent has just returned from Mlllecoquin, at the head of Lake Michigan. The ice is all clear to Bid-file's Point. From there to St. Helena there is four miles of ice along the shore—outside open, with an open channel through the Strait3 to Lake Huron, north of Mackin Island, between Waugoshanee and Hog Island, and six miles east is full of heavy ice. No trouble for steamers to get throughjiorUi of thr> u.'-.-, ihIh. mo.;;,: i.\u •¦; , i .:>;. Harvey Bros., of Chicago, have bought propeller St. Joseph, formerly on this lake, but of late on Lake Huron, and now lying at Detroit, and will bring her back to Lake Michigan and employ her in carrying lumber and towingalum-ber-barge line between Muskegon and Chicago. Captain Ladner, last season on the Trader, is to have command. The captain, with several of his crew, left Chicago last evening to fit the St. Joseph out, and as soon as the Straits open she will make her appearance here. Spear, of Sturgeon Bay, puts on a large line of scow barges between that place and Chicago as soon as the weather settles, and another Sturgeon Bay man puts on two or three barges, and Captain" Can-field, of Manistee, has a steam barge building at Milwaukee which will have several craft to tow, so that it is seen that these foes to freight rates je rapidly multiplying. ^g5ati^!ni^!umbeb -frkigtIVS?****—*— ' No grain charters were made yesterday, and there was hut little inquiry for vessels. One shipper made overtures for several vessels to take oats to Buffalo, and 4*30 per bushel was asked, but the engagements were not made. The reports from Milwaukee that wheat charters were made at 7c to Buffalo inclined vessel agents and owners here to the same figure, but nothing was done, ana there was virtually no rate fixed on either corn or wheat. ,- Lumber freights were dull yesterday, and there ) was but little done. At the association head-quarters the schooner Telegraph was bulletined i as chartered for lumber from Traverse City at s $2.80 per 1,000 feet, and the R. C. Crawford also } for lumber from Manistee at $1.75. There was I a fair inquiry for vessels to fetch ties from west "i shore ports, but no engagements were reported. GENERAL MAUINE NOTES. Captain O'Connors left this city last evening j for Ogdensburg to fit out the schooner Water- I town. It is guessed that sailors* wages will be fixed at I $2.50 per day in the grain trade when crews are jj wanted. Washington Island, well known to navigators, I / and situated at the lower end of Green Hay, is ' advertised for sale by John Furlong, of MHwau- I koe. It has a good harbor, and is 250 acres in ' extent. i SfBOM f MHSBBTBTTBG. b^Lotl ar 6«*taln Casey, of Port tlope, O^f-laden with 12,000 bushels ot barley, torn B&Mtan to Chicago, went ashore, to-Sher with her barge, the Gonsande, on SSSSLrfS Bert at 10 o'clock on Friday ntht ThePtotnair was pulled off by the Canadian tag Hector, and towed here to-day. The CorSande is still on: the water is going down and the wind getting Stitt. bin? is laden witn railroad and pig-iron lor Chicago The tuos Hector and Salty Jack will go to her Stance. Hhe is a Mi-size* canaler They went agrpund in the dark; no light yet on the reef. . -------------- "" ' THE HTRilTS. SpecialTelesram to Tin' niter ocean.l ChebogoaN, Mich., March 1 . .—Last night was the coldest weather experienced all winter. The mercury indicated 12 degrees below zero. The weather is pleasant to-day; the ice is solid, aud teams are OFp&ing daily. DISASTEK AT SHEEOTUAN. , SpecialTelesrram to 'i'ue Inter Ocean.' ... SHElioYu.iN, Wis., March IT.^-The Sheboygan lighthouse and contents wete destroyed by tire at 8 o'clock p. m. Total loss. The origin ot the tire is unknown. THE STKAITS. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean.] Cheboygan, Mich., March 26.—Weather mild to-day and last night, with indications of rain. If the weather continues mild for several days it will rot the ice very fast, as it was all slush ice when cold weather set in and budged it. FREIGHTS. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean.l Buffalo, N. Y., March 26.—Coal Freights-Buffalo to Chicago V5c. Lumber—Bay City to Chicago, $2.50 'per m. Ohio Ports—Coal to Chicago, <J0c. DISASTER. Cleveland, Ohio, March i9.—The following is a list of the Custom House officers for this district as they at present stand: Collector, George W. Howe; Special Deputy Collector, Ed. C. "Whittemore; Deputy, Robert Christian; Appraiser, A. J. Begges: Deputy Collector and Cierk, Henry Gordon; Clerk, A. W. Fenton; Deputy Collectors and Inspectors, John M. Bailey and William E. Bates; Inspectors, John Crable and Charles M. Eoof; Deputy Collector and Sight Inspector, H. N. Whitbeck; Deputy Collector at Fairport, Samuel Butler: Deputy Collector at Ashtabula, E. M. Fisk: Deputy Collector at Conneaut, J. P. liieg; Deputy Collector at Black River, M. J. Lampman; Deputy Collector at Amherst, John B. Clough, "Freights posted at the headquarters of the Owners' and < Masters' Association, on Water street, as offering, axe: Dry lumber, Muskegon to Chicago, SI .50; oak ties, from White Hall to Chicago, 9c; dry hemlock ties, White Hall to Chicago, (ic; two light draught vessels wanted for lumber from Pentwater to Chicago for season at going rates; i!,000 oak ties offered from Kalamazoo to Chicago. The George L. Wrenn went out at 7c on cedar ties from North Bay to Chicago. Most of the other vessels leaving here hist week tor ties, etc., went at "going rates." This season every union seaman will be oblb'ed on going aboard a vessel, to show a card from the President of the union where she was. stating the sailor's name, and whether his dues had been paid up. For instance, a sailor, on reaching Buffalo from Chicago, must get a card from tho President of the union of the former port before he can ship again.—Cleveland lie-raid The above is not quite understood. Will there be some union officer aboard every vessel who wilt demand to see the card? Is the union to take charge of all tho vessels? Among vessels caught on Lake Ontario (Welland Canal doesn't open till May 1) are the schooners H. Fitzlmgh, George B. Sloan, John 1. Mott, D. G. Fort, Typo, James Wade, Willie Keller. Comanche, Bolivia, Sea Gull, Gen-it Smith, Kate Kelley, M. L. Breck, Pulaski, John R. Noves, Leadville, Cortez, Blazing Star, Guiding Star, Geo. M. Case, Florida, Falmouth, Oliver Mitchell, John Magee, Sam Cook. Hoboken, Rising Star, Nassau, and M. J. Cummlngs. Captain Henrv Sloan and Mr. Henry Howard, of this city, paid $19,000 cash for the Canadian steambaig'e Tecumseh on Monday last. Many buyers were put off the track by reports of the sale three weeks^ago at $20,000.^ | Cleveland, Ohio, March 15.-The hrstcoal charter of the season was made to-day tor the schooner J. B. Wilber, to Chicago, at $1 per ton. ' The steambarge *eama»h;willWthS^eas^on between Chicago and Collingwood, ^r-faini E&&£ ^arif smears Port Huron, all Americans. J^^^m ! TIIE FOTJND3RINQ CANALERS. THE LAST tCUEW SACRIFICED. The schooner Nortliman, lost with all hands on Lake Ontario, had a cargo of 23,400 bushels of wheat, and (300 bushels of corn, and was bound for Kingston. She was a canal vessel, as a matter of course, and is one more added to the long list of that class of craft which have gone down on the lakes with their entire crews. It has been hoped for a day or two past that one or more survivors might make their appearance ashore at some point, or have been fished up by passing vessels, but all hope ia now given up. Of the nine persons forming the crow, the name of only one, that of Captain Frank Cavarette, is known. He resided at Quebec, and leaves a family. The mate resided at Kingston, and is thought to have been married. The cook, his wife and the live seamen, all French, were from the Lower Provinces. Of her class (canal), the Northman was considered one of the best, and she was "one of the largest carriers." She measured 325 tons, was buitt in 187(i(comparatively new), rated A 1. and was valued in the insurance register at B16.200. SpecialTelerram to Tiie Inter Ocean.l Hamilton, Ont., April 24.—The Northman foundered off Port Credit, on the Kith, in the afternoon. The Captain's name was Frank Cavarette. Have no names of mates or crew. Tiie cause of loss is yet a mvstery. A. M. Kobeiitson, owner. The partv who started from Parry Sound on the 30th of March in search of the wreck of the ill-fated steamer Wan buna, lost last fall With all on board, some thirty persons, returned to Parry Sound the same night, and reuort having found the hull about five miles north of Moose Point and a longer distance in toward the main shore than was generally supposed. The hull lies bottom up in a small bay in eleven feet of water. Ninety-four feet of ttic vessel shows about two feet out; the rest is not more than one foot under. The whole of the starboard bottom is completely destroyed. Tiie port side and keel, as far as can be seen, have not a scratch. The engines and boiler cannot be in heir, as the hull has floated at least four miles from where the wreckage was picked up last fall. It, is difficult to imagine how the hull floated to the place where it now lies. The bottom, as far as man be seen, is quite sound.