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»j2urrjjuXL LATE MARINE NEWS. Special Telegram to Tiie Inter ocean.t MHAFOBD, Ont., Aug. 26.— The tug Geo. May-!' tham, which left here last night for Owen Bonndr with a schooner in tow, took fire early this morning ana sustained considerable damage. There were only three persons on board the tug I at the time, of whom a boy named John Keen, in|._ - order to escape from the burning boat, pushed fe the hatch overboard and attempted to swim toji it, but was drowned. The government tug Tru-doan went to the assistance of the Maythem and towed her in here. The two remaining men, | Captain McNab and Engineer Geo. Caldwell, jvere mettv sey^elv burned Captain hvmau Hunt has been appoiTiteu to the command of the Western Transportation Company's iron propeller Arabia vice Captain V. Jones, who will-'"•'Stmund the company's new boat building at Wyandotte. THE AMEBIC A ABANDONED. TROUBLE FOB THAT TOW. Captain Guuderson, Having visited thj scnoVm^i America and found her sunk town miles' northeast of Two Rivers Point, and] three miles from shore, yesterday notified Mr. Hood, the owner, and the latter gentleman served notice of abandonment on the insurance companies. The vessel is stand-, ing almost on her head. Her bows are on the bottom, and the taffrail about two feet below the surface. The companies will now send an expedition which will endeavor tp: drag the vessel in to the shore so that she can be raised. The insurance folks say that the scows which struck the America had no lights, or, at least, no proper lights, and that the tugs Lawrence and Gagnon, which had them in tow, will, with the barges, be heL" to make the loss good. The barges belon: to Spear, of Sturgeon Bay, and th tug.s are owned at Two in vers. It only^a few days since Mr. Spear^s line tug, I 830* m OCTOBER JOl >P.(.Med Dee. II. 1868, Fob. 1%. i.d Ml Steamboat Empire, 1844, Capt. D. Howe. ' : DISASTERS. SCHQGNBK JANE BELI*. Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 8.—The schooner Jan4 Bell, of Cleveland, ore laden, wsnt ashore in th< storm at 10 o'clock last night, at Geneva, Ohio, and is a total wreck- The crew of nine men re-f mained on the wreck till this morning, wher| they attempted to cret ashore in the small boa' but, but were capsized, and James Roager and' Alpha Crown, the latter part ' drowned. FREIGHTS. •> i Lake freights inclined to quietness and rates*1 easy. Shippers offered 3^0 corn and carriers asked 4c corn to Buffalo, and the engagements ^ reported were made on through rates. . . ' the Thomas Spear, was burned and beached.\ Mr. Hood yesterday sent Captain Gundersoujl Of the America, money, and the captain and fniwiiii^1 affil'ifft nft*ftig 5J?jaI°* tTOim «¦ The September supplement'to" the 'TuTdnd \ Lloyd's ttvfftster gives the following ratings: Lycoming arid Conemaugh, A 1 value $] L2,(>00; Bteambarge "iron Age, A 1, value $61,400; Bteambarge Smitfi Moore, i 1 value $89,300; steambarg^ H. Lucll. Worthington, A 1, value $31,900; schooner Two Fannies, A 2. value $14^00.0; barge Robert L. Frver, A 1, value $27,960; barge Iron State, A 1, value $46,900; schooner George H. Waud, recently ashore at Sand Leach, floated and rebuilt, B 2, value ' $5,300." Another heavy shortage is reported. Word has been received to the effect that the schooner Monitor, which loaded at this port a fortnight since with 21,000 bushels of wheat, had fallen short 187 bushels upon discharging her cargo at Buffalo. The Moh itor received the wheat at Armour & Dole1 O and one of the Illinois Central houses, hal at each. It is thought that the discrepant rests between these two houses, and tin parties having the matter in hand feel hopeful of bein'g able to find the missing, grain. CARGO INSURANCE. As The Inter Ocean anticipated some time igo, the lake underwriters have come to an igrecment on a cargo tariff for current business. The following are the figures, all net: To Lake Huron ports..........................25c To Buffalo and other Lake Uric ports.........35p I'd Oswego, Kingston, Ogdensburg............45c Co Montreal....................................70c These rates continue "until further notice." If bad faith does not crop out before then, the regular fall advances will be made until the ;lose of navigation. FREIGHTS. Charters reported on 'Change Saturday were: To Buffalo—Props Newburgh and Roanoke, wheat at -l^c; props Portage and Rochester, ichrs George Murray, Bolivia, and M. J. Cum-nings, corn at 4c; prop Fountain City, corn on ihrough rate. To Kingston—Sehr Nellie Wilder, corn at 7c. To Collingwood—Prop Simcoe, corn on through rate. The schooner America beings lumber from Cheboygan at $12.25. The propeller Boston, just added to the "Western Transportation Company's Buffalo and Chicago line, is of the following dimensions: Length on fourteen feet waterline, 26G feet 4 inches; length over all, 280 feet 4 inches; beam, 36 feet: dep€h to main deck, 17 feet; to spar deck, 2ii feet; registered tonnage, 1,820 tons; displacement, 3,000 tons; capacity for cargo, 2,400 tons. She has two complete decks extending the entire length, and a lower deck for about half ttie length, aft and hold beams forward. The hold is divided into seven compartments by six -water-tight bulkheads. The forward! compartment is fitted with an orlop deck. and is used for storing the cables. The next four axe for cargo. The remaining two are occupied "by the machinery. The 'Ween, decks is arranged for storing rolling cargo and merchandise. There are five gangways on each side and eight hatches. Each hatch' is fitted with a hand winch and power hoist- -—l NEW VESSELS. THE CITY OF ROME. . Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. I Cleveland, Ohio, May 15.—The steamship ! City of Rome, the largest vessel afloat on the ' lakes, was launched yesterday afternoon from i Quayle Bros.' ship-yards. Her dimensions are 269 feet keel, 2SS feet over all; beam, 41 feet; depth of hold, 22 feet; tonnage, 1,908.10. She has fou.r masts, each carrying a sail. S he is. diagonally iron strapped, and her estimate d; cost is Jfia.35,000. She is owned by H. J. and "" K. Wiuffilow, R. L. p&enniugton, and Cap: Wolvin.. The latter will sail her. Tor the safety of the iie<?t trading to Escanaba and other ports at the north end of Green Bay, the south end of the shoal off Peninsula point, known as the Eleven-foot Shoal, and Drisko's reef, should be marked by light-ships. Each is now marked by a spar buov, better than nothing, but difficult' to find at night or in thick weather. The trade, already large, will increase year by year, and is entitled to good lights, at least. The government is at no expense to deepen channels or prepare harbors—let us have the lights.—Iron Tori, Escanaba, The Iron PoW*(Escanaba) says in its issue of Saturday: "The total of 'ore shipments from the district has reached 1,295,281 tons, an excess over the shipments lof the same date last year of 483,963 tons. Of this ex. cess 339,359 tons is in the shipments from this port, 144,404 tons is in the ship-m.ents from Marquette and L'Anse. There still remains two months in which to ship from the Lake Superior ports and two and a half months from here, and it is more than probable that the gross shipments of the sea yon will exceed the estimates at its com mencement, and that the total output will exceed 2,000.000 tons." A WANDERING MATE. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean.) DULUTH, Minn., Sent. 9.—John Cunningham, the second mate of the schooner Riverside, wandered away last Monday night, with nothing but his shirt, drawers, arid stockings qu, Mr. Cunningham was seen at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning by the night watchman of the no--.- p,le vator. He returned to th "¦1 ~' "" -*~1-~i isday afternoon. Mr, of having ieft the sckQ°£.e" THE JANE BELL DISASTER. Special Telegram to The Inter-Ocean. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 9.—The body of Alpha Growl, who was lost on the ill-fated Jane Bell, has not yet been found, although earnest search is being made by his brother and others along shore at Geneva. The vesseklias nearly till gone to pieces, aud portions off the wreck are scattered for a considerable distance on the beach. The body of James Rodgevs, the drowned sailor, was buried to-day. _______ the schooner The T>etroit Post and Tribune says: "Much has beem said this season about fast time, and it is generally conceded that sailing vessels have made qmicker passages this year than ever. Just now the broom belongs to Captain Jack Preston, of the schooner Senator Blood, who arrived here Monday morning, having made the run to But-, i;do with 15,000 bushels of wheat, discharged* her cargo, and returned to this port in three days ant! twelve hours." The Cleveland Herald of Tuesday says: "About 2 o'clock Monday morning, a man named John Peterson fed from the deck of the Passaic into Lake Huron, just as that propeller was passing the Charities. The wind was blowing quite heavily at the time, and it was some time before the Passaic could turn about, as her tow, under full sail, was crowding her. A search was made for the unfortunate man but without success. It is thought that he must have been struck by a wheel. Nothing is known about the The TCTTlSITF'TSpress says: "The schooner Francis Pal ^^^^^^^^^^ the pronelleis w. «...*.., ..-----._. .. itig fast passages. Sue unade two round trips between Cleveland and Buffalo, sailing 720 miles, loading three times and unloading twice in a little over seven days. Her present trip makes the seventh during the month, bringing down each time 4.0,000 bushels of graii •BURNED TO THE WATER'S EDGE^ THE TUG THOMAS SPEARS. _ * Special Telegram to The Inter Oceau. Horn's Pier, Wis., Sept. 24.—The tug Thomas Spears, of Sturgeon Bay, owned by] Spear, of that place, towing two stone scows! from Two Rivers to Afmapee, burned to the! water's edge and sunk in five fat! water, off Sandy Bay, two miles from shored this afternoon. The crew are all saved, They came ashore in their yawl. The scows' are adrift in the lake. The tug Gregory went in search of them. The tire orig in the oil room. She burned so fast that the had no chance to use the pump aud BLOWH vSU THE BEACH. WRECK OF THE SCHOONER ONTARIO.. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Kincardine, Out., Sept. 30.—The schooner Ontario, of Montreal, lumber laden, from Thessalion River, was blown on the beach near this port during the gale of last night, and became a total wreck. Captain Troy, with a crew consisting of five men and a cook, were saved with great difficulty. The night was intensely dark, and, though she was -within fifty yards of the shore, the crowd that had gathered on the beach could render no assistance. The crew of tho schooner Sarah Jane, under command of Captain Pat Killiher, seeing the state of . affairs, volunteered to go to their aid' in the schooner's yawl, and fortunately succeeded in rescuing them, the cook alone sustaining any injury. The Ontario broke in pieces a few minutes after the crew got off. Messrs. N. & W. Payment, lumbermen of this town, owned the schooner and her cargo, the loss of which is partially covered by insurance. "WHO RICHARD POWERS IS. As announced in The Inter Ocean yesterday morning, Richard Powers has been nominated for Congress from, the First District by the Greenbackers. The evening papers do not seem to be acquainted with the gentleman, and ask: "Who is Powers, anv-how?" Well, Powers is the President of the Seamen's Union of Chicago and of the Seamen's Union of the entire lakes. He is a .Labor man, and has a large following, and it may as well be conceded now as at any time that his nomination cannot be regarded as an insignificant movement. Those who look upon it as such may lind they have counted without their host. WRECKED "PROPELLER BERTCHY. Special Telegram to The rater Ocean. Port Huron, Mich., Sept. 29.—The Port ;CfIuron Wrcck'ng tow, under the super vi- of Captain Merriman, arrived here to-day with the machinery of the wrecked propeller J. § ertchy, ashore at Point aux Barques. boiler and engine are in very good shape, and will be thoroughly overhauled this winter and put into a steambarge. The hull of the Bertchy has gone to pieces. Captain Merriman in getting the engine out of the wreck used explosives under tine bed-plate, and with a single blast the engine was detaciied from the wreck without injury. The The James P. Donalson arrived at Bay City on Monday on her first trip. She is au elegant craft, built in Marine City by Robert Holland and Howard Sowle, and is 185 feet ov«r all, 30 feet 2 inches breadth of beam, 12 feet 3 inches depth of hold. She has a 28x32 high pressure engine and a boiler of extra Otis steel, S^xl? feet, with tensile strength of 70,000 pounds to the square inch. She is built with special lefer-ence to strength and speed, is complete in all her equipments, perfectly symmetrical, and rides the water like a swan. She is to ply be-^weeuTkiv City and Tonawanda. , A deckhand on the proTieTTerPortage, Prank'p. LOST WITH ALIi HANDS. ONE MORE CANAEKR. Five miles off the Marine Hospital a three-masted schooner is sunk in nine fathoms of water. Her mizzen-mast and other wreckage arc floating alongside. Several tugs visited the sunken craft yesterday, and she was identified as the schooner David A. Wells, iron-ore loaded for Chicago from Escanaba. Mr. Jacob Keller, one of the owners of the "Wells, refuses to believe that she is the ill-fated craft, but, inasmuch as he did not go out to her, his belief does not go vc^ry far. The Nassau wts in company with the Wells at anchor early Saturday morning, and ier master agrees with the tugmen that the sunken vessel is the Wells. The Pulaski resembles Wells somewhat in rig, but the Pulaski is safely in port. There were fears that the sunken craft might be the James Couch, and several other vessels were named; but according to the host testimony it is the Wells, and nothing is known of the crew. Mr. Keller thought the lost vessel was the Alice Richards, but the tugmen say it is not the Richards. The Wells was a canal vessel, and evidently foundered under close-reefed canvas. 3 thirds of the foremast is out of the water. The mizzenmast, wholly unstepped, is lying alongside. and ran to within about fifteen miles this side of y Port Washington, when the wind biew a perfect li*frrtr4*tt*rc. So terrific, indeed, was the stoim that it was quite impossible to see any great distance ahead. There were two j=rnall schooners bobbing about close by his craft, but they soon disappeared from sight. The captain m- de di rect for Milwaukee, reaching that imrt at 6 o'clock Saturday morning. He was some six hours and thirty minutes in beating his way from Port Washington to Milwaukee, a distance of only twenty-four mites. He made three unsuccessful attempts at landing at the latter place before making his vessel fast. The captain saw no wrecker. There were several schooners as well as propellers that put into Milwaukee, but he believes that none of them, with the Annie Young, sustained loss of crew or , damage of cargo. The sea outside at the hour of the captain's arrival was comparatively smooth. A number of vessels were sighted on the way headed for Chicago. The Weils carried a crew of eight men. Her small boat is missing, but it could not live in the fearful sea running, and there is no hope that any one survives the disaster. Vessels in the iron ore trade between Escanaba and Chicago all overload, and, the Wells being no exception, it is likely that she went down suddenly, and that the crew had no time to attempt the yawj. More than this, as stated, the Wells was a canaler. The master of the Weils, Captain John Tier-kauff, resided in Chicago, ana has a family-wife and J'our children. As to the names of the others of the crew, nothing could be learned last evening. Mr. Keller refused, to give any information whatever, calling the male "Jack Tar," and helping the reporters otherwise in the same way. Among these who identifv the sunken vessel as the Wells are Superintendent Ed Yon Daison, of the V. O. T. Line; Captain Geo. Jew ell, of the tue Rebel; Captain Patrick Gorman, Captain Con Mahoney, and others. During the] day yesterday most of the harbor tugs visited' the scene of the disaster, and their captains ail agree as to the identity. The Wells measured 310 tons. She was built by Muir «fe Stewart, at Port Huron, in 1809, was owned by Captain John Tierkauff, the master, and Jacob Keller, of Chicago, classed B !*.->; and wa s valued in the underwriters' register at $8,700, the owners valuing her at $10,000 She was insured for $8,000, Mr. Kcder stating that it was placed by Atkins & Eeckwith. The latter say. However, that the insurance was placed by Captain Elphicke. At all events, the policy would have expired yesterday had the vessel not been lost before. Mr. Keller's confidence that it is not the Wells, and that the crew of the Weils are safe, does not Beyer, of Buffalo, met with a terrible accident at Cleveland on Monday as the boat was making a landing near the Custom House. A line was cast ashore and fastened, and was being paid out rapidly. Beyer had his toot caught in the line and drawn into the shock and" badly mashed. The severity of his injuries can be imagined when it is known that the tension of the line parted it. As soon as possible the sufferer was released placed in a hack and conveyed to the hospital The wounded member is crushed out of all semblance of its natural shape. Captain Johnson Henderson, of Milwaukee, a pioneer lake navigator, died at Nemeha, Neb., on the 23d inst. Interesting facts concerning our life-saving service will be found among the dispatches in another column. The Oliver Mowat made the run from Detroit to Kingston in eighty-six hours, including eleven hours in the canal. The tug Belize belonging to S. A. Murphy, of Detroit, was libelled at Buffalo, on Monday, at the suit of Robert Montgomery, Susan F. Meadows, and R. & Woodruff, owners of the schooner F. L. Danforth, tor damages sustained by that " — '-;i- 1-""Lig at anchor under Long Point on iht of last week, by a raft which vessel at 1 o'clock C. has no knowledge hose. The Spears was a new and v. tug, having been built at Sturgeon Buy last winter. She is insured in the Atkins &Beck-with aerency, of Chicago. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Hor-n's Pier, Wis., Sept. 24.—It is now reported (7 o'clock p. in.) that the tug- Thomas Spears came ashore aU Sandy Bay, within four rods of the beach .still on fire, The Escanaba iron. I',ai savs; "The schooner Bertha Barnes, belonging to the N. Ludington ri„™„OT,,, tg-well known to be speedy, but herl worth remarking. She sailed from ' Wednesday nignu u* u»»u .------, „„ had broken away irom the Belize drifting down on her and carrying away her big anc* chain, and causing the loss of the same. - *"-«^<= +n the amount of the dam tahi^Fick gave bonds to «------------ ages claimed, and was allowed to proceed on his way. , FREIGHTS. The charters reported yesterday were as follows; To Buffalo—Prop Portage, Starucca, sehr Annie M. Peterson, corn at 3%c; prop James Fisk, Jr., wheat on p. t.; props Arabia, Badger State, corn on through rate- To Sarnia—Prop St. Albans, corn on through rate. Capacity— Wheat, 30,000 bu; corn, 212,000 bu. last trip """. at y o emeu. uu. j.uwv.^j -.. . made tne run to Chicago, discharged cat-go and * was delayed several hours by a jam in the creek, <t S3 ^cieil here <>-^^jAt £ol" ; nd twenty | hours for the Saturday evening_______ anchorage at the mill in two hours ar minutes. Three day* RHd twenty houi----- rouud trip, and twenty-two hours of that in port Kat Chicago, is ha^ t» j^M.t, " Shipments of ore from Escanaba"ftTUUIl lilwltlB.* Thursdi f\ the loth, amount to S35,410tons, ____from Marquette and L'Anse to and including Wednesday, the 15th, to 527,327 tons, the ag- - -¦•-'-•'".,.-^- '[ lb>. shipments of From Es_- arried having suffered By the falling of some staging on t Jades F. Joy at Hancock, Joseph Davis was fatally injured and three others were overboard, but were rescued, only minor injuries. ^^^^^^^^HB Once more the old steamer J. P. Ward, built in Detrdib twenty -three* years ago, rihpres by steam. She has been changed into a scnooucr, rebuilt, and finally lengthened and transformed into a new steambarge named the J. a. Scaverns. and Weu______.,, .. gregate being 1,302,737 tons, last year to dates two days later were. _ _ canaba, 475,112 tons; from Marquette, 300.837 tons, and from L'Anse .;.\>9; ag&regate, 904,-858 tons. Excess of aggregate o:tx last year, 457,879 tons. ! last year from Esca- naba, 300,298 ton Oto. Marquette, 89,122 tr,-r,o o-nrl frnffl T ,' \ H*t,<a\If59 tOUS. A deck hand named William O'Leary, of the ! L-e Lincoln,.fell into k>ck 17 of tne Welland Canal Monday, and the suction from the propellor wheel drew him under the :>art of his cl cutting a great gasn in* his forehead i peared to i>e about 30 years of age. i to belong to Clifton. wheel, off and He asJ-and is said D&OWNED. A Ludington dispatch says: "James Quinn, a sailor on board the Challenge, of this city, fell overboard and was drowned this morning, when about one and one-half miles from the piers. The t\\g Aldrich and the lifeboat put out immediaiely and cruised about for an hoar, but without iinding any traces of the inan. Mr. Quinn laavea a -.vil'p. ;nn] threp "WRECKS. THE OLIVE BRANCH. Special Telegram to The Inter Oc 3an. Kingston, Ont., Oct. 8.—Captain Dix, of the White Oak, euroute to this port, lowered a boat and approached the mart of the sunken vessel at the Ducks. The fly was secured and brought to this city, and brought to the inspection of Mrs. Captain McKee, who made it. She believes it belonged to the Oiive Branch. The suspicion have thus been confirmed beyond a doubt. Captain Dix says the vessel lies about two miles from Timber Islanq, in about seventy feet of water. Her bow is aftout eighl or ten feet higher than her steru. She ung shoal. All hands must have been on deck at the time of the fact that most of the vessels" fonndeKfawt* on the ItSS^^SSf*: W boen <—'-b^cra«? | If Captain O'Grady, of the James Piatt, was "hit on the back of the head by a brickbat," and was "felled-" and "rendered senseless." and "his injuries are far from dangerous" {as they are), he must have a good head. In fact he must have a head like some of the people who stand out in front of the tobacco stores. Captain Ptogers, of the schooner Josephine, was so seriously injured by being accidentally struck by a "dog" lying out of one of the timbers wiiilc loading at Toledo that his recovery is doubtful. Certainly he can do no more before spring. One of his eyes is gone and the whole top of his head terribly mangled. A letter from Manistee, dated Friday, says: "The body of a sailor was found washed on the beach, three miles north of this nlace, this morning. The head was entirely washed away, leaving only an ear with a gold ring in it. On the right arm of the body were the letters'C. A. P., L833,' around which was a heart, in India ink. On the other arm was stamped an anchor With the figures '1833' below. The body is nearly washed to pieces." Tuesday night, at Cleveland, Mrs. E. Barry, a widow, 00 years of age, called at the tug P. L. Johnson aud inquired for her «on, who, she said, was wheeling on the steambarge Chamberlain. As reported by the cook of the Johnson, the old lady missed her footing and slinped between the tug and the dock, and upon the arrival of assistance I disappeared and could not be found. It is intimated that there are some suspicious circumstances which require investigation. The sudden death of t)M female cook of the schooner Watertowu on the upward trip of the vessel to Marquette, and her burial while the fleet (the Niagara and tow) lay wind-bound at Garden River, twelve miles below the Sault Canal, is noticed in several papers. The manner of caring for the remains and suddenness of the burial have called forth an earnest letter of. exhortation from a steward of one of the other boats in the tow, which letter was addressed to the Free Press, and the merits of the case will be sought out. It truly is not like a sailor to be in thoughtful attention at such a time.— Detroit Free Frets. DISASTERS. Ipecial Telegram to The Inter Ocean. PoiiT COLBOENE, Ont., Oct. 4—A telegram rom Long Point to-night states that the ichooner Annie Vought is ashore there. The scow Louisa, which arrived he*e this afternoon, reports that a young man named Ym. Koss, from Port Rowan, aged 10, while towing the main gafC this morning, off Port Maitland, fell overboard, and was Iosk The laptain says a very heavy sea was running at he time, and the young man was never seen iter falling. SEAMEN'S WAGES. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean n^SS™'P1?-' 0cM3.-The Seamen's Union of this port has raised the wages to $1 75 on Lake Ontario and $2 through the Welland Canal of the Chicago Seamem'S Union held a metetintr erd ^ rosolve,i to advance wages to $3