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APRIL ERIE CANAL. ! Special Telegram to Tiie inter OceanJ Buffalo, April 8.—It is effectually announced here this evening that the Erie Canal will open " on the 20th inst., all reports to the contrary notwithstanding. EAST SAGINAW ~fc-r—. , m.-----;, ,ajA p L J*i . Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean J PtUnUA D>e II, 1MB, F«b. ^ «i east- Saginaw, Mich., April Captain C. K. Dixon, of Detroit, died from the effects of an amputated leu Saturday. He was j well known among lake men. His age was GO years. The new steambarge Daisy Day was launched at* Hanson & Scove's yard, Manitowoc, Saturday. She is a neat little craft, and will ply ir the lumber trade on Lake Michigan. SEE TUG LAMONT LOST ON LAKE MICHIGAN WITS ALL ON BOARD. A Sunday ISaoo tor Twessty-fire Dollars villi Dectb tor the flual referee. /tdJ Special Dipateh to TM Evening Newa: Pbstwatek, Mich., March 15.—The tug tioats Geo. L. Lamont and Gem started I'from this place yeiterday ferenoon at 9:30 Vfor a trip to Ludington and back, the f peculiar incentive to the trip rising \ said to be a wager that one boat could beat the other, and in order to ,' make the trip more binding a forfeit was said to have been up, to be lost by the boat that turned back. The Gem went to Ludington and came back safely, but the . Lamont net being teen or heard from the <Sem and another boat went out to I look for her, and patrols. on foot and I Sjoreeback scouredupand down the beach. At laist she was found two miles north of this place BOTTOM SIDE UP the lake, with no trace of her crew. It J 1 is conceded on all hands that those who \ [ were on board of her when the accident happened are surely lost. The ]^ miesing persons are Charles Lamont, the laptain and owner cf the boat, his son, George Lamont, aged 13, aad Palmer Bill. The latter leaves a wife and Capt. ___j Lamont leaves a large family. f11 The accident probably happened during /fa snow squall soon after the boate left this V__I P'ace. LATER—STILL NO TIDINGS. Pentwater, Mich., March 15, 12:30 p. m.—Nothing has yet been heard from the lost crew of the capsized tug Lamont. Tne trip and its resultant accident were brought about by a $25 bet (between the captain and owner of the Lamont and the fireman of the Gem. The blame seems to rest upon a portion of the community for spurring them on aud upon tie captains for allowing the race , to be attempted. Mr. Paul F:isieT"Jhas been.....appointed keeper of the Cheboygan lighthouse in place of Mrs. Jane Barr, who some time smce tendered her resignation. The tug Favorite has been sold by Captain W H. Littleton to Captain Pike, of Ashland for *5 000, cash. The boat is at Detroit, and will'soon leave for Lake Superior. She is in tine shape, having been nartiallv rebuilt. THE STKAITS. Special Telegram to Thu Inter Ocean. I Cheboygan, Mich., April (>.—The Granite State arrived here this afternoon and left at 6 p. m., bound down. She reports the Champlain disa-b ed at Mackinac and detained repairing machinery. No ice in the north channel. The south passage is still blocked by ice. Wind northwest, fresh; freezing hard to-nisht. MILWAUKEE. Sp ecial Telegram to The Inter Ocean.] Milwaukee, Wis., April 1.—In grain freights there was some inquiry for vessels to Collingwood, but no vessels could be secured, the shipments being small lots. The rate to Buffalo on wheat remains iirm at 7 cents. MILWAUKEE. Special Telegram to The Inter Ooean.i Milwaukee, Wis., April 8.—The schooner Ren Doud was sold to-day to Parker Bros- o for $15,000. During " * ben the ¦ snowstorm Detroit, iut .pi.y,vw. ~------„ Monday higbi the small schooner Fleetwing, -->.„,.„ ^„ North Manitou from Pine Lake, ran ashore on North Manitou Island, but got off without assistance, after throwing overboard a portion of her deck load I of wood. Nothing doing in grain freights. A WIFE AND CHILD. The mate of the schooner Gracie M. Filer. \ lost overboard off Two Paver Point, was Charles Anderson. He was 32 years of age, aud leaves a wife and child. The deceased was of medium height, with light hair and sandy mustache and whiskers. If the body should be found, word should be sent to the Custom House at Chicago. »&».*. ^.,______, _____, . 8.—Lumber freights are dull on the basis of $2.75 per m to Buffalo and Tonawanda, and $2,50 to Ohio ports. But few charters are being made. About a dozen vessels are loading at the rates noted. The clearances to-day aggregate 4,500,000 feet of lumber, 500.000 shingles. ALL DEOWNED BUT ONE. HueonCity. Mich., April 23.—A vessel, name unknown, laden with lumber, went ashore fou miles below this place last night, and Captain J S Kiah, of Point Aux Barques Station, and a life-saving crew started at 8 o clock this morning to remove the crew of the vessel, and when a mile from here, the surf-boat filled, and all but Captain Kiah perished from exposure. The names of the drowned are Robert Morrison, of Caseville ¦ | Wm. Sayree, of Port Austin; Jas. Pottinger, of Huron City; Walter Peterbridge. and James Mul- j ton, of Walkerville, and Denis Degan, oi Grindstone City. CLEVELAND. Special Correspondence of The Inter Ocean.'. Cleveland. Ohio, Auril 7.—Mrs. J. K. Cook, of Brooklyn village, Cuyahoga County. Ohio, is very anxious to obtain any relic, or the body, if discovered, of her son, Charles Cook, who was washed from the bows of the schooner Our Son in Saginaw Bay and drowned last fall. The young man was attired, when lost, in an oil- i skin suit and rubber boot3, with his name I plainly marked upon his clothing. His age was I about 20 years. BAT CITT. . Special Telegram to The Inter Oc^an] Bay City, Mich., April 16.—A terrible gale raged on Saginaw Bay to-day, and, while Joseph Bradshaw, with his two sons, aged 8 and 4 years respectively, were coming up from Quaricasse in a sailboat the boat capsized off Oak Grove, five miles below this city. The father grasped both children and clung with them to the bottom of the upturned boat; but the waves washed one of them away, and he was drowned. Bradshaw drifted on to the bar with the other, but the boy was dead before he' reached shore. The other body has not been recovered. Charles Ensign, manager at Buffalo of the Commercial Line, has received the following from Capt. Pope, of the Colorado: Mackinaw Island, April 11.—The Colorado stove plank in each bow, one foot long, below the water line, while working out of the ice in the South Passage. She is within 100 feet of the dock at Mackinaw Island, sunk in sixteen feet of water. No tug nor steam pump here. Shall want both. One pump will do. Think we can raise her bows enough to stop the leak from the outside. F. L. Pope. The cargo of the Colorado consisted of 45,000 bushels of corn and 500 tierces of lard. M The following changes in vessel commanders have taken place iately: Lewis E. Holliater, Captain of the barge Manitowoc, vice C. H. Lane; G. F. Stelphtn, Captain of the schooner Ricnara Winslow, vice John Martin; John O'Grady, Captain of the schooner James Piatt, vice George Hulc; William Leith, Captain of the schooner Lizzie A. Law, vice C. A. Wilson; David Williams, Captain of the barge Windsor, vice G. W. Flood: William Powers, Captain of the schooner Live Oak, vice Alexander Gibson; Raymond Caz-alio. Captain of the schooner K. M. Porfech, vice M. 0. Olark; John Wood, Captain of theschooner .General Worth, vice James Coleman. W. H. Mott, Custodian of the Lake St. Clair Flats Canal, announces that he has lust made careful soundings of the waterway of the cana., with the following result: At the ^trance?* the north end of the canal there are fifteen feet ot water, and an average depth trough the can U to lower or south end of fifteen and a half feet of water, and at the south ena,.about£00feet^below the canal banks, there are fourteen and a half feet of water Heavy draught vessels will do will to keep "the center of the channel in passing out. IT COLBORNE. ,e Inter Ocean.} nt., April 10.—Navigation on wav of the feeder on Friday xyw water, vessels moved very slowly until to"-day. Passed Port Maitland today, bound up—Steambarge Clinton, St. Catharines to Chicago, light; barge Lisffar, St. Catharines to Chicago, light; Grimsby, Port Dalhousie to Chicago, light; schrs Clyde, Port Dalhousie to Chicago, light; G. C. Finney, Ogdensburg to Chicago, light. ___ , THE STRAITS. Spivial Telegram to The Inter Ouean.i Cheboygan, Mich., April 7.—Wind northwest, light; freezing nard; clear. The Granite State was still in fine ice at dark since last evening The wind will clear the channel, and she may get through to-night. "The south channel is still blockaded. Several steamers passed the north Channel. THE SACRIFICE OP LIFE. A TEKKIBLE RECOUP. An effort will be made to obtain pensions foi the families of the brave members of the Point! au Barques Life-saving Station, who lost theirl lives in the attempt to rescue the crew of thq schooner ashore below Huron City. Captain Kirk was the only survivor of the life-boat's! orew. He suffered like the rest, but lived through it. That the government should recognize his case in some substantial wav, everyone will agree. The crew of the wrecked ves sel were afterward saved. The names of the men drowned .are as follows: James Pottinger, Huron City; Walter Peterbridge, Walkerville; James Molton, Walkerville; Robert Morrison, Caseville: William Sayres, Port Austin; D. Degan (or Regan), Grindstone City. The present spring the life-saving crews have had a great deal of hard, dangerous seryice, and there have been a number of sad casualties to the members. The terrible death of Lieutenant Glennie, and the wounding of two others, at Oscoda, by the bursting of the mortar, and the narrow escape of the life crow at Sheboygan, are still fresh in the minds of oui* readers. Secretary Sherman will, doubtless, take cognizance of all these cases. * The lost schooner Northman was owned by Captain Robertson, of Hamilton. The crew were all Canadians, and the captain and several of the men leave families. The only name that the lost mate of the schooner Gracie M. Filer was known by was "Charley." He was a Dane, lived in Chicago, and had a family. When the vessel arrives the full name and particulars can be learned. The reporter made an effort yesrerday to find the residence of the family of the unfortunate man, but was unsuccessful. The names of the men drowned near Black River a day or two ago, and alluded to in The Inter Ocean's dispatches, were Moses Pequin, G. La Bute, John Boland, Jr., F. Archambeul, W. Shurburne, Louis Martin, and Francis Baum. All resided at Point St. Ignace, where they leave families. Steamers that touched at St. Ignace on the way up report, the entire place in distress over the horrible occurrence. Mr. Clark, lost from the schooner L. B. Coates, had a very full head of dark hair (his hair was remarkably thick) and a dark mustache. He wore a bb[. i jeans overjacket. and his pantaloons were tucked in his boots. This meager description will aid in identification should the body be found. The body of a man found on Thursday still lies at thejtforgue, unidentified. Some think it The schooner Goshawk, Captain Edward Morton, left the harbor on Tuesday morning for Buffalo with a cargo of grain. At 7 o'clock in [the evening she was off Two Rivers. The wind ¦as northwest, and it came on to snow, steadily j rowing colder. Frederick Cook, one of the sea- I jnen, in obeying an order to aid in reefing the zen, clambered on the boom, when, the vessel" ing a sudden luroh, he went overboard. Mr. , les Corcoran, the mate, witnessed the acci-ent, and immediately threw a plank over the ; j jside in the hope that the unfortunate man might each it, and rushing aft got the small boat ready. Calling for volunteers, Henry Crosby, James Lynch, and Neils McTaggart, seamen, -responded, and the boat was soon clear of the ship. It was blowing fresh, and the snow was now corning down thick and heavy. Captain Morton, the second mate, and the cook were the only members of the crew left on the vessel. Conversation was kept up with the boat party for two or three minutes, .but after that no answer could be got to the iloudest shouts. Yesterday morning Captain Stj [Peter, of the life-saving crew, sighted tho' xJ-oshawk at anchor off Chicago with a signal of Mistress flying, and immediately went out to' mer with several of his crew. Assistance wa^1 gent in raising the anchor, and the tug Annie L^ fSmith, Captain Eph Wilson, towed the vessel back into the harbor—into Lighthouse Slip Captain Turner knew nothing to the contrary,-*' however much he might hope, and it soon be-j! came common report along the docks that five j men had been lost from the Goshawk. The I instant the vessel had been made fast in the slip, the captain leaped aboard tho tug and started I out in search of the missing boat, but after 1 scouring the lake for hours, the Smith came *¦ back unsuccessful, and the fate of the gallant I rescuers seemed sealed. Fortunately, however, there was no such bad luck. The boat had lived through the night, and, under the excellent management of Mate Corcoran, had made a point on. the shore several miles south of South Chicago. When they made terra firma the poor fellows were ail worn out, but, as they put in, "refused to give up" until back at the ship. They plodded along until they reached the railroad track, and a train coming along, they boarded it and were soon back in the city, and surprised and delighted Captain Turner by presenting themselves on board. Last evening, after a few hours' rest, all seemed as well as ever and announced themselves as ready for duty as soon as Captain Turner saw fit to leave again. Mr. Corcoran informed the reporter that poor Cook was not seen at all by the rescuing] party. After leaving the vessel the boat was' headed in the direction of the drowning man's cries, but these soon ceased, and in the darkness, snow, and sea the boat could not find the vessel atiain and so shifted for herself as best she could, Cook was a single man, and resided at Port Colborne. Captain Turner filled out his crew last nightj and the vessei, being wholly uninjured, will resume her voyage to-day. " ' CAPTAIN MORTON'S NEGLECT. A SEAMAN DROWNED AND NO REPORT MADE. The loss overboard, from the schooner Gos- ' hawk a few days ago, of a young seaman named Frederick Cook, and the terrible experience and narrow escape of four men who left the vessel to the rescue, but to no avail, have been detailed in these columns. Upon inquiry at the Custom House proper and at the night custom house yesterday, it was learned that Captain Morton, of the Goshawk, betore leaving again, had not even reported the drowning of young Cook, to say nothing of leaving any description of him ashore, so that the body could be identified. The following is the law, and Morton has certainly violated it, for the vessel was back in port here after the accident, the rescuing boat's crew reporting to and joining her again in Lighthouse Slio: "Sec. 10. That from and after the 1st day of July, 1871, whenever any vessel of the United States has sustained or caused any accident involving, the loss of life, the material loss of property, or any serious injury to any person, or has received any material damage affecting her seaworthiness or her efficiency, the managingowner, agent, or master of such vessel shall, within five days after the happening of such accident or damage, or as soon thereafter as possible, send by* letter to the collector of customs of the district wherein snch vessel belongs or of that within which such accident or damage occurred, a report thereof, signed by such owner, agent, or master, stating the name and official number (if any) of the vessel, the port to which she belongs, the place where she was, the nature and probable occasion of the casualty, the number and names of those lost, and the estimated amount of loss or damage to the vessel or cargo; and shall furnish, upon the request of either of such collectors of customs, such other information concern- Special Telegram Pop.t Colbor; the canal open last, but, owing rn-:v I! to'llU :. Ml] ..-ilt>y v gto lov ing the vessel, her cargo, and the casualty as may be called for; and if he negltct or refuse to comply is that of Frederick Cook, lost from the schoonerf with the foregoing requirements after a reason-Goshawk, but Captain Morton, of the vessel, left able time, he shall incur a penalty of $100. ' ' "Sec. 11. That whenever the managingowner or agent of any vessel of the United States has reason, owing to tfhe nonappearance of such vessel, or to any other circumstance, to apprehend that such vessel has been lost, he shall, as soon as conveniently may be, send notice, in writing, to the collector of customs of the port to which said vessel belonged, of such loss, and the probable occasion thereof, stating the name and official number (if any) of the vessel, and the names of all persons on board, so far as the same can be ascertained, and shall furnish, upon request of the collector of such port, such additional information as he may be able; and it he neglect to comply with tho above requirements within a reasonable time, he shall incur a penalty of $100. "Sec. 12. That it shall be the duty of the collectors of customs to immediately transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury such reports and information as they may receive under the provisions of the two preceding sections, and they shall also report to the Secretary of the Treasury any neglect or refusal on the part of the managing owne'r, agent, or m-.ster of any vessel of the United States to comply with the requirements thereof." And if Morton claims that he was ignorant of the law requiring a report, a "wreck-i'eport" blank, filled out by himself for a former casualty, wilt be shown him. The neglect to leave a description of the lost man in Chicago was a heartless deed, to say the very least of it. It is to be hoped that Morton may never suffer the same treatment. THE STRAITS. Special Telegrram to The Inter Ocean.i CheboyCtAN, Mich., April 5.—A steamer passed up the north passage last night, and this morning the Straits are open. The steamer Marien City got in at 10:30 last night, and left this morning. Boats can now make tne harbor without any trouble. The south channel is still blocked with ice. Wind, northwest, fresh; mercury, 38 above; clear and pleasant. THE ST. LAWRENCE. Montreal, April 5.--The ice in the St. Lawrence opposite this city broke up to-day, and there is now open water for several miles. Mackinaw City, April 1.— South passage not broken up yet. North passage all broken up, but think there is too much floating ice for vessels now. I think a propeller can get through 1 Without much trouble by going by way of Mack-^\w Is!and._ ¦ --• - fr--J- ftTAM>«nttL. no description. CHEBOYGAN. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocoan.l Cheboygan, Mich., March 15. —The schooner Hattie Johnson is a total wreck and abandoned. She went to pieces during- the easterly gale. The schooner Cape Horn is ashore and full of water at Port St. Ignace. The Leviathan is working at her. The schooner Annie Yaughti lost both anchors and mainsail during the heavy squall last nig\ht, and is now at Duncan City. The schooners Swallow and Bailey were pulled off by the tugs Winslow and Os-weco and towed below. The propeller Colorado was spoken by a tug on Lake Huron to-day bound down. The schooner Donaldson were towed down with the tug Moore this morning. The Fred A. Morse passed down with the most of her canvas gone. The UnadLUa passed down, after being pulled off by the Winslow in the straits. Many vesseis are scattered about here. West wind to-day heavy; weather tine; lig-ht tonight; clear, MTLWAUKEE. Special Telegram to The Inter Oeean.I Milwaukee, Wis., April 15.—Wolf & Davidson to-day sold the schooner Narragansett to George 8. Baldwin, of Kenosha, for $13,- 000. _________;• _ The following are* about the currenTTwages' ' paid on tugs: Captain, per year, $1,000; mates, per month, $50; first engineers, per month, $75 and $!>(); second engineers, per month, $35 and $45; lirerhen, per month, $25. Wages, it will thus be noticed, have advanced from 30 to 50 per cent. The advance in coal, such as tugs burn, is about 50 per cent; and the expense list generally will tie much greater this year than in 1870. The new propeller Kochester, being constructed for the Union Steamboat Company, at Buffalo, is the largest craft ever t&rnedout>( at that port. Her dimensions are .Length between perpendiculars, 287 feet; length on keel for tonnage, 2t>S feet; breadth.-"xtreme, 40 feet; depth amidships from to ti fceel, 18 feet; burden in tons, about 2,20 *': horsepower (nominal), 600. She will be npleted about June, and cost &i :tr» ooo THE MARKET YESTERDAY. The ruling rates on grain yesterday were S^sc corn to Buffalo and 7^0 corn to Kingston, the steambarges Ketcham and Cormorant being taken for the former port, and the schooner A. Mutr for the latter. The cargoes are as follows: Steambarge Ketcham, corn............... 05,000 Steambarge Cormorant, corn............. 55,000 Schooner A. Muir, corn................... 21,000 A'M.HKnsriiUiK!-, Ont., April 12.- Saturday the schooner Fellowcraft, of Port Burwell, Qp,p tain Foster, went ashore at Leamington DockJ Pigeon Bay, during the big blow. She finished! loading 4,000 ties on Friday, but could not get! away from the dock, owing to the heavysea;' hung on to tho dock, and commenced pounding; got away and tried to make sail, but commenced to go on, and let go both anchors, but dragged ashore. The captain scuttled her, but immediately plugged up the hole, as she was leaking badly, and soon had five feet of water in her hold. Shortly after this the schooner W. Y. Emery, of Port Burwell, Captain Bnrge, which was loading ties at the same dock, broke away, and collided with 'the Fellowcraft, carrying away both of their [jibbooms, and breaking the Fellowcraft's cabin ¦and rigging. The Erie Belle went to her assistance, and got her off at 8 o'clock Sunday night foy dredging in the sand when she went on again. pBoth got off this morning, and were towed to Amherstburg, where the Fellowcraft is discharging her cargo, and wiil go into dry-dock at Detroit to-morrow. It is not decided whether the Emery will go into Buffalo or go to Detroit drydock. Both are leaking. Pumps are working all the time, and just keep the. Fellowcraft free. "Both vessels are insured in the Phoenix, of FToronto. Damage to the Fellowcraft, $2,500; JEmery, $1,000. This is the third time Captain Foster has been on this shore in six years. The —¦--------jErie Belle's bill against the Fellowcraft is $352, Total capacity.............................l*l«000*arKi against the Emery $205. Captain Foster Vrnong the coarse freight charters were these :fprotests against this bill. )hr. Bertie Calkins..lumber from Manistee,^- "' V^'T'1?! V™! T"l So.-. .......^^^^^^_^^^^^__ $1.50; schr. Glad Tidings, cedar posts from Sturgeon Bay, at 4c and 5c; schr. O. R. Johnson, lumber from head of Manistee Lake (shallow ¦: $2.1213; schr. E. Bates, hemlock lumber (some timber) from Grand Haven, at $1.75; schr. City of Sheboygan, cedar posts from Rossa Point, Green Bay, at -ie and 5c. The nominal rate on lumber from Mnskegon was :f.;i.25. Capt Hall made the first protest of the season, for Capt Boer, of the steam barge An-felope, this morning. Her bf>w was cut by tb^ ?ce in the straits, and at Thunder bay 7.000 bushels of corn were thrown overboard to lighten her bow m the ie&k coma be stoppe t