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/'. / S ¦ JUL Ali\UU, 1/11 e l/wurnujiu 3 uwiici Uj. i/uc own : iicl her cargo (Captain Meagher owning h f third), was in Chicago yesterday. He Lted most of the harbors on this lake, and m others, and comes to the conclu-jjslon that Captain Meagher did not sell the cargo and run away, but that the vessel'and her crew of three men were lost in one of the fall gales somewhere at the foot of the lake. He says Captain Meagher resided near Milan, Ohio, and leaves a wife and four children. The two seamen were shipped in the St. Clair River. Mr. Aiken had seen them on board, but does not know their , names. Vessel and cargo were worth. $1,700, and there is no insurance. The gentleman greatly regrets that he cast suspicion upon Meagher, and says he never expected reJDCJrters woui fl see his letters of inq-uiry sent to Chicago. Captain Meagher was a man of about -10 years oil' age, ': tahiforwarfi and uprig«ht in bis dealings, and had nianv mends. Up to a few years ago Le had sailed soirfo of oar largest and best vessels, bid carried on lake trad ing in small craft for : king an interest, and had made considcrabje^mjiney.__________ ------—-------fN ¦ 'i ¦niwauiii Steamer R. N. Puce, 1808, Capt. Wm. McKay. -v. SEASJplT OE.E SHIPMENTS. Tne following is a summary of shipments of ore, comparing laist year and this. The figures for 1879 are to dates two days later than those for 1880; Escanaba...... Marquette..... Xi'Anaa......... Totals..... 1870. 758,307 500,110 38,780 1880. 1,166,519 033,828 53,004 „„...1,306,002 1,853,351 La3t fall the schooner J. Bentley, of Toronto,. ownod by Captain Hall, ot the tug itobb, laid up at Oswego. Daniel Skiilen, son ol James Skilliu, of Oswego, was engaged in stripping her. He Port StanleT Nov. 22.—A gale from the south-west sot in oil Saturday evening, accompanied by a blinding snow-storm and rapidly Excess for 1880......................—- 510,7491 '1 lhe Buffalo Express has the following: "WithJ —^.— J regard to the release of the steam barge Oarvisl to superintend which Captain Hammond] THE ENTIBE TONNAGE. The following is a statement of the number and tonnage of vessels owned in the District of Buffalo Creek on the 30th day of November: No. Sail.............................. 73 Tonnage. 35,005.73 55,638.50 6.408.96 6,061.49 tlM* k I yC> Steam (wood)...................115 f^j Steam (iron)....,................ 8 ^Barges........................... 28 / Total........................224 104,914.68 / Compared with 1879 there is an increase I -\ of eleven in the number of vessels and an increase of 4,022. GO in the amount of. ton- ff nage.___LI|......... - u,lCJ.......¦¦,¦¦........— y THE LOST STEAMERS. s*^ The Toronto Globe says;, "In regan X ^y several boats losfc of late, and the connected ^-^ apparent fatalities, the folio wing facts will euty feet to the deck, receiving injuries which caused his death in a few hours. This occurred Dec. 1,1879. On Friday Captain Hall was in port at Oswego with his tust and tow. Constable Healy served a summons on him in a suit brought in Supreme Court by Janaes Skiliin. as administrator, etc., for recovery of $5,000 for the loss of hia son. Mr. Skiiiin has engaged counsel. was sent aloft to let .down the lifts; and while tailing temperature,'causing vessels outside to ¦^JK.0?-** 5*5." l,arCe.d- and he fell .sev- ¦ make ioe so as to make it almost impossible to work them, and many of them let go. The schooner Bifft&i was to-day brought into this harbour by the tug Jessie* having dragged her anchors some ten miles and finally lost them. She is one mass of ice iorward, and lost foresail and jibe. She will probably be towed to Detroit. The schooner Evely also arrived here to-day having lost her small I anchor, bobstays, and jibs. Captain Doville reports having lost a man named E. A. Van-dercook overboard on Saturday morning, about fifteen miles west of Port Stanley. He was shaking out a reef in the mainsail at the Sine, and V andercook was out on the mainb»oom when the boom-lift broke and he fell into the lake. A boat was quickly lowered but he sank before it could reach him. Captain Do»ville would feel thankful if any of Vanderciook's friends would write him at No. 42 Munro-street, west side Cleveland. Vamlercook formerly lived at Trenton, Michigan. THE STORM OX LAKE HURON AND THE GEORGIAN RAY. Lord, .___,,_____.„„ „ww. ^ajjutti.! left here on Saturday, the 20th inst., lie reports that on reaching the vessel the following Monday he found her surroifnded with ice from five" to six inches tliicfc, and with eight feet of water in her hold. The steamer Garland, which took him from Detroit to the scene of the disaster, had steam pumps, which were ready for work by Monday night, and after a couple of hours they succeeded in pumping tier dry. They next pro* 'ceeded to lighter her cargo of grain into the steamer and also into the schooner Mont BIanc,r land after discharging between 2,000 add 3,000' jjjbushels the Garland was able to puil her off. [She was towed to Detroit, reaching there Thursday afternoon about 2 o'clock. The balance of (her dry grain was then taken out at the Detroit lelevator, leaving about 8,000 bushe.s, of wet grain. She will be placed in dry dock and overhauled, after which she will strip and lay up there for the wilier b^ a to* Fortune, Excelsioi etedid0116 a noble wo ...,* pay. As before re "ull! blows nobody gc ee Press says: "The steamers! lor, Victoria, and Garland have work lately and received noble remarked, 'It's an ill wind that ¦ ¦•-•-•-- i —.—> nobody Rood,- but any ioc-belea;jured .be of interest: The City of Chatham and the! crowd would welcome the friendlv aoproach of ^Mary A. Eobinson were both built by Hyslopl ^cSSSS^S^S^^ SST^SS^ Q& Eonald, in the Chatham Docks, about sixi following is a brief epitome of th! recent work vpm-sao-o and were afterward both burnt ' ?.£ s0?° ?f the boats: The stea. er Fortune re-years ago, ana-Ken, jireiwuru uuuu ""'"", heved m ice the propellors New York and ilthe former in Burlington Bay, here, near the! Nebraska, in ice at Maiden, schooners f I - - -* Kelly ""^ d-«=*— *----- rf the latter in her trio between Chicago and ^ l'o'rt Colborne. Both boats were then rebuilt. \, the City of Chatham being rechristened the Zealand, and the Mary A. Robinson the Sim. ter, and there picked up Captain Crandell and the crew of the wrecked schooner Canadian, which ran on Robert's Island during the recent storm. Captain Campbell, of the Queen, also reports a large quantity of snow on Manitoulin Island. He left the steamer Late Erie at <Gore Bay, storm bound. It was with difficulty the „ Queen reached the elevator dock here oni ac- _______________, -mi uo p count of the thick ice in the harbour. The boat, barge Ketcham," propellers "Arizona, "£e- I steamer Northern, Belle, of the Georgian Bay high. Swain, and Sherwood; tug Wilcox; schoon- I Transportation Company's line, left this rmorn-ers Wmulow, Juniata, Davison, Albert Miller W- c n o i -Ti t i l l t- c ¦ i i. and Commodore. The steamer VieTorta assistfd l"'g tov Parry Sound with a full load ot fnrs»«ht ¦ " ------- It also might fcutiered few detentions, and has amply proven * of the ChloaS° llue. ls now loaded lying at the ions, lost withfeer strength and the titties? ol her mmlwi " '.^dock waiting till the weather moderates before rithe Simcoe, was formerly pilot of the gun- ^„j-^~7~ZZZ '™':-~^.'V~ .;„':„T,^ ' ' " . - -. • ™^ C boat Prince Alfred during tho Fenian raid, ] THE DAVIDSON'S DISASTER. ' and afterward captain of the ill-fated Cum- I Advices were received here yesterday after-/ berland, which went to pieces on a rock in >^Lake Superior in a fog. The second engineer, Great Western Railway freight wharf, and] gSngeran%r^eS j^X^SSiK? fig zona, Arabia, Roanoke, and Colorado, 'steam- barges Kershaw and Tattle, schoomer Sherwood, Lsteambarge Spain, ahd schooner A. C. Maxwell 1 schooners Reuben Doud, Coiumbiam, John Wes- mux „ _ „„«*«»«- ««____-^ ley' ar"d Ire? °' Tlie Reamer Excielsior assisted "™ _? a""v J ^«*l|ProPe%ra ^'averiy. Lycoming; schooner Dela coe, and now both boats, within a few aays|yrare, Joseph Paige; tug Williaans, schooner jof each other,-have gone down with wio'^S^^Si^:L 55J55™ Slycerine scow and fish 5 fatal consequences. It might be stated ' that at the sale here of the hull of the City! of Chatham, after being hurnt, there were], i' only two parties, Mr. J. H. Killey and Mr ' Zealand, both or the latter genii Hence the name ol Zealand. be stated that mate Jim Parsons, Collingwood, Nov. 22. — The steamer Northern Queen, of the Collingwood and Chicago line, arrived from Chicago to-day on her last trip, with a full load of freight and passengers. She reports an extremely stormy Lfrip, and is completely covered with ice. She iwas detained two days at Cheboygan and ! South Manitoulin on account of the heavy 1 gales. The Queen puf; into.Gore Bay for shel- JMr. McAntley, lost with the Simocoe, was f the son of engineer McAntiey, who was lost • in the Waubuno disaster on the Georgian ' Bay. Further facts could be given, but the above are the most singular." — . i ....... -¦ ^i---------------------- ** OBirtrARY. CHABLES ENpfGW. Special Telegram to The InteVOcean. Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 3.—Tho death of Mr. Charles Ensign, prominently known here in connection with the Commercial Line of propellers, and who has been ailing for some time with, it is stated, Bright's disease, was announced this morning as having taken place shortlv "before 9 o'clock a. in. at his late residence on Main, near Tupper street. He was prominently identified with the lake marine for many years, and built and controlled some of the finest propellers on the entire lakes, among them being the iron propellers Cuba, Scotia, Russia, and Java. Mr. Ensign's health had been declining since June last, and he made a coupie of trips recently to New York with the view of improving his condition, only returning from the second trip about i;hree weeks ago, since which time he had been confined to the noon, stating that the propeller James Davidson, bound from Chicago to Buffalo, with corn, had come in contact with the ice and broken, a hole in her hull. There were three feet of water-over If the ceiling when she reached Marine City, but there the hole was stopped and the water pumped out. The boat then cleared for Port Huron to re] >air damages, and will pro bably discharge cargo and lay up at that place, as the ice Lakes »t. Clair and Erie is too Jaeavy to r.___ through. The Davidson has a cargo of (30,000 bushels of corn shipped to Fleming & Royden, and consigned to the Buffalo Grape Sugar "Work The cargo is insured for $32,00O„ of which the Great Western holds $8,000, the Pacific Mutual $8,000, the Continental about $LO,O00, and th Manhattan $6,000. The vessel has a registe valuation or *87,5Q0, but is insured for bu $30,000. With three feet of water over hei, ceiling, or floor, it is fair to presume that 10,000 bushels of the corn are damaged. The owners aje anxious to have the cargo delivered at Buffalo, but it is hardly probable that the Davidson will make any further efforts to reach open water in Lake Erie for tho xmrpose of delivering .. The fact that the bows of the craft are well ironed affords a fair indication of the Kthiekui-- dity of the ice in Lake St. ¦rial MEBTOS1AL SERVICES. making a start for Chicago on her last trip. Owes Sound, Nov. 22. — The steamer JSmerald, of the Georgian Bay Transportation Company's line, arrived Saturday night bound . for Sault Ste. Marie, but has been unable to ^ proceed owing to the heavy weather that has since prevailed. Wind south-west, fresh. THE ICE IN LAKE HURON. Port Huron, Mich.,-Nov. 22. — AU the schooners that have arrived are covered with ice. The Gallatin came in at 3 p.m. showing that she had a rough passage. Her sails were frozen stiff, and there was twelve inches of ice on her decks. The schooner T. H, Hoirland is badly iced up, but is otherwise in good condition. The schooners L. E. Butts, Johnston, and ltyan received orders to go into winter quarters to-night. The steam barge Ohio left for Alpena. The schooner Santiago is still on the St. Clair middle ground, The schooner Emerald arrived down with her topmast and |jib topsail gone. The schooner //. A. Kent larrived iced up and her cargo shifted and bulwarks knocked out. The schooner Shandon, [reports gassing through thirty five miles of ice on Lake Huron this morning. Special Telegram to Tlie Inter Ocean. St. JoSErH, Micb., Dec. 5.—Memorial services for Captain N. W. Napier, N. A. MacGilvay, and A. E. Ilaynes, who were all lost on the Alpena were held this morning at the Congregationa. Church, where Captain Napier and Mr. Haynes house, and unable to pay any attention to ' aiway8 attended services when in town. The his business. : He was born in Buffalo in 1823, and, when a young man, studied law in the office of the late Stephen G. Austin:, was admitted to the bar, and practiced for a short time, eventually leaving the profession and going into the commercial business on the lakes, in which, almost from the start, and up to the time of his death, he was associated with his relative, Mr. G. W. Holt. Mr. Ensign established the Peoples* line of steamers, plying up and down the lakes, which line was discontinued in 1803 or 1864, and for two or three years he was largely identified with the Union Iron Works. Then he returned to tho lake business and established tho Commercial Li tic, which, together with Mr. Holt, he continued to manage ever since. During nis business career several propellers were built by or for him, and the line of which he was the head was favorably known all along the chain of lakes. Mr. Ensign was an able and sagacious manager of rare business ability. He accumulated a handsome co3npeteney,and hU business"jnti.>y;jst had been large for several year?. He was at one time President of the Marine Lank, and also connected with the American Transportation Company previous to becoming owner of tho People's Line. tie built the modern propellers Colorado anti Nebraska, also bought ¦Dive propeller Bonnoke, and built the iron propellers Cuba, Russia, fcteotia, and Java, the latter ot w&taii sunk in L&ke Michigan sOme four years ago. DAMAGES EECOVEKED. A |yerdict was reached yesterday in the case of Captain Thomas Doherity versus The Vessel Owner's Towing Company for the loss of the schooner Geo. E. Purrington. Captain Doherity gets $1,500. tlen, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal' Church. The former, who a little over a year ago married the . eldest daughter of the Hon. A. It. Morrison to Mr. Mac-Giivay. Although it was very stormy, and the church was crowded by friends, who came to pay their last sad tribute to the three Who perished on the ili-i'aied boat, there seemed to be a vacant piace in three seats once filled most every Sunday. The church was draped elegantly. To represent Captain Nanier anoher, a broken column or pillar for MacGilvay, and a cross for Mr. Havnes. The loss of Captain.Napier and Mr. MacGilvay will never be forg»tten. They were two of the few who were loved and respected by every one who knew them. _ From Milwaukee Sentinel of yesterday—Tuesday. There are thirty-one craft wintering at this port that can engage in the grain trade, as will be seen by the annexed list, with a carrying capacity of 1,007,000 bushels wheat. Of this number there arc fourteen steam and sail vessels, carrying 425;<EK>0 bushels, that will undoubtedly engage in the ore and lumber trade, leaving the capacity that can be depended upon for grain only 582,000 bushels. Within the past few days two vassels, with ;• capacity of 93,000 bushels, have been chartered, so that there now remains at command room for only 4S£>,000 bushels. This is the lightest showing for this port for years. ill ¦ «in[imifl WUiji WJj lUUJyg Poet Hope, Nov. 22.—The schooner Erie Stewart, of Port Dover, Capt. Joseph Wiggins, ¦was on her way up the Lake on Saturday with a load of eoal from Oswego to Toronto. When opposite the Scarboro' Heights, about fifteen miles from Toronto, a squall struck her, .carry services were conducted by the Eev. A. P. Wood,^|ing away her jibboom and headgear. The paster ol the church, and assisted by the Rev. J Captain, after lightening the vessel o,f tho EmsconaA ilebrU, put her before the wind, which was < blowing from the west. Frenchman s Bay was I passed, and Whitby, Oshawa, and Port Darlington, none of which ports had sufficient depth of water for the vessel to enter. I When in lignal for »tiig Albert ance and [sight of Port Hope, the a tug was raised, and the Wright went to her assist- brought her safely into port just ..-10,000 ..50,000 D. Bailenthu'...... .4*2.000 .."0.00 i C. P. Mineh........ ¦ Three Brothers... ,.*':;.(hi:i Melvin S. Bacon.. . .4*2,000 ..".J.OOli Mary Copley...... ..'21,000 .so.ouo Geo.C.HouKhton. .^2,000 D. W. ilust....... . ..40,000 ...450,000 ....20,000 ....17,000 U.K. i 'lint....... ....S.'i.OOO M. L. Collins.... ....10,000 ....38,000 ....21.000 ....14,000 ....17,000 Total sail.......................................557,000 ,efore dark. The Erie Stewart is now ready for her trip, and will leave as soon as the wind ;hamre*. Th* achooncr Arid irwde port on !Saturday night, about nine o'clock. She had, ler mam boom carried away. The tug was at work this morning breaking! ip the ice which had formed in the east harbour. [•p— " flffll MMS'IUW. ¦¦*! South Bay, Nov. 22.—The schooner Enter prise drove ashore during yesterday's gale with k a cargo of lumber. There was not much damage done. There is a large fleet under South HE3CUE OFTHH SCHOONER TAYLOR. ! Captain Martin Blackburn, the wrecking master, has made another excellent rescue. A dis-» , patch from Glen Haven, signed by Captain Blackburn, announces that the schooner "W. R. Taylor is off and in the harbor at South Manitou.; The corn cargo is of course a total loss, but thef ¦ vessel is in fair shape. The fcug VYinslow did the!" pulling, and is now with the vessel. Jk PAY FOR OVERKTTNS. The case of Wallace & Kingman against John . Long, the owner of the schooner Groton, to re- j cover $39(i.9G, the value of flaxseed which the ' vessel overran on a cargo from Chicago to Bui- : falo, came to a close in the Superior Court yes- f terclay. The jury decided that the money prop- \ erly belonged to the vessel. Mr. Condon was for . the vessel and Judge K A. Otis for Wallace* ! Kin gin an. sight of this harbour, all working up the lake. The wind was south-west on the south shore blowing hard with heavy sea ¦ the wind was west on the north shore. About four o'clock the schooner Wave Crest, Captain Taylor, had her jibs blown away, and the cap- * tain knowing that there was no harbour that "£ he could run into, and drawing ten feet of ¦ water, decided he would put into Frenchman's k Bay rather than run his chance of going to i the foot of the lake. He succeeded in getting I into the piers about the length of his j schooner, and as the sea was running Hhigu and she was pounding badly, he scuttled her. She is now lying easy, and if the weather moderates she will be lightened. She has 300 tons of coal consigned to P. Burns, ol Toronto. Captain Sylvester, the owner, is here, and says he considered the Wave Crest was lucky to get where she is. The schooner \ Guelph, class A 2, nineteen thousand bushels capacity, was more unfortunate than the Wave Crest. She succeeded in wording up to Toronto - Island, and Captain Uglow says he was in good hopes of getting into Toronto about d;«rk when the gale increased and his whole headgear was : carried away. Nothing remained for him " to do but to pat about and run back, as all his sails were frozen. He let go his an-; chor off Port Union, where he lay very nicely , for a time, when the chain parted. xSTot being able to put sail on, the schooner drifted with the heavy sea to Frenchman's Bay. The captain tried hard to make the piers, but could not. and the schooner fetched up about half a mile from the oast pier. The crew remained on board all night. At daylight Captain McCourt, of the schooner ' John Wesley ; Captain O'Brien, scow Brothers ; Captain A. Hilts, of schooner Belle; and Geo. Moore, got the boat of the Wave Crest and and made two trips to the Guelph. The sea was very high. Captain Uglow was the * last to leave his ship. He says he thinks that if he had had some of the members of the Government on board the Guelph on Saturday morning they would be willing to make a harbour of refuge on the north shore somewhere. If there had been ten feet of water Frenchman's Bay on Saturday nine loaded schooners would have been safe. About four miles west of here there is another large schooner at anchor, supposed to be the Queen of the Lakes, and there is still ano^ar further west. What these sailors are su..wring, and have been suffering during the last forty hours, no one can tell. THE OSWEGO COAL FLEET. Kixgstox, Nov. 22.—The storm of Saturday night is reported to have been much more severe on the lake than the big blow of two weeks ago, and the extreme coldness of the weather made the handling of vessels almost impossible. A fleet left Oswego on Friday night, loaded with coal for Toronto, but not one of them reached their dc.-.Uuatiou, &B having been compelled to put back to Kingston for shelter. The China had her sails blown away, and was so iced up that the crew were unable to do anything with the rigging j at all. The Caroline Marsh also was relieved of her sails, and her running gear was somewhat damaged. The Mystic Star succeeded in getting within twenty iriles of Port Dalhousie, but becoming iced up, could not race the gale, so she put about and ran the whole way down the lake with bare poles. The other members of the fleet were the Sujfle, Undihi* trad Speed* well, all more or less-L'iuagtui both by the ice and the gale. The licet arrive ! here yesterday afternoon, and all appeared feo be like so many "¦¦ b^rgs. Several steamers have been storm b)U:;d. At Swift's wharf alone this morning ti'i propellers Lair. Mhhhjan, Aeodia, S ilia, Calabria, and B'.n:-,>•< were await- »::: a calming of the storm tor the lake. The propeller Cuba was also | detained, but proceeded westward at an early ho. "ids moi"irng. The schooner Gulnair left Poi. Dalhousie on Saturday afternoon at one o'clock for Collins Bay, but found it impossible to get there on account of the ice, so she came on to Kingston. During the trip down sti< split her foresail, and her yawl was smashed j'uto pieces right under the mizzen-boom, and portions of it washed on board. A tow-line I was kept dragging behind, and it was feared at j one time that three men had been washed over- I board. This morning the schooner Kate Kelly j was observed flying a flag of distress at Nine Mile Point. The tugi*VartH/nwenttohei assistance and towed her down this afternoon, was not damaged further than her riggingL disabled by ice. The captain of the steam barge Carlisle, from Millpoint, reports that he' saw a small schooner ashore near rhe Brothers,i and that ice was formed upon her rigging and. masts as high as the cross-trees. Her name was unknown. To-day two attempts were made to blow up the hull of the old schooner Governor, sunken below the Cataraqui bridge,-] and an obstruction to navigation. The twof thscharges of nitro-glycerine were not produc-J tive of the desired result. j X ANOTHER FATALITY ON WELLER'S BEACH. I ^onsecon, Nov. 22.—The schooner GaribaldV went ashore yesterday morning about seven o'clock on Weller's Beach, a short distancj from the late Belle Sheridan disaster. The ves sel was bound for Toronto, loaded with cbal and was driven out of her course by the gale She then tried to make Presque Isle, but could not, and dropped anchor on what is called thi Middle Ground, but broke her cable. Peoph from the shore succeeded in rescuing three o. the crew and the cook, who is a woman, bu i three remained on board all night- This morn ing them were also taken out, one being de.a and the other two badly frozen. The captaii and the mate were two of the three remaining! on board over night, the mate being the deH ceased. , His name is Lewis Stonehouse.] The captain was saved alive, but his feet ard] badly frozen. Those remaining on board ovei night had to be chopped loose from the ice. THE WRECKED CIT^ OF TOLEDO. Captain Falcon, the diver, left Chicago fo Ludington yesterday, to superintend the loadin; of the engine, boiler, etc., of tm.1 wrecked propel! -City of Toledo, on the N. T. barge Keating, wind is to take them to Milwaukee. Wolf 6c Davidson ship-bullders of the latter place, have purchas* d ; them for a new boat. OBITUARY. Captain A. C. Chapman, for many years masti'; j of one of the Northern Transportation Company' ¦ steamers, died at the residence of his soi.| Captain E. Chapman at Cleveland, recently. GENERAL. Eodney W. Daniels has been appointed C lector of Customs at Buffalo.