P. t SA / COLLISION OUTSIDE. tOSS OF THE SCHOONER THOMAS C. WILSOtf. The steambarge Gordon, CamDbell, coal-loaded is in port from below. On Sunday night, off Racine, the Campbell came in collision with the ¦ little schooner Tnomas C. Wilson. Just which craft was to blame for the occurrence does not appear, but, at ail events, the Wilson was run ' down and sunk. The Campbell picked up the crew, and landed them afterward at Kenosha, from which point they have returned to Racine. The collision occurred from seven to ten miles out m the lake oil Racine, and Captain Anderson, reporting the affair at Racine, says his ves-"'gone down for good." It is estimated I *bat the Campbell will be called uoon to pay for I her. The Thomas C. Wilson measured twenty-four | tons. She was built at Black River in 1808 by Thomas C. Wilson, and was owned by JMaas, of Racine. She rated B 1, and was valued at about I $1,600. It is not known whether there ism- 1 surance or not. The scow schooner S. P. Wilson is not in J trouble at all. It was supposed very generally [_last evening that she was the craft run down. PERRY'S FLAGSHIP. IT WAS THE LAWRENCE, NOT THE HARRIET BOSS. The schooner Harriet Ross (now afloat on Lake Michigan) was not Commodore Perry's flagship, as has been stated. She was never in that service, and is not a rebuild from any vessel that was in the service. The Ross was built on the bottom of the old ship Trenton. Captain H. F. Wing, an old navigator and a Lake Erie man, now in the Chicago Custom House, saw the Ross built and served as first officer upon her. Perry's iia#-ship was the Lawrence, ' and that craft's grave is in Erie Bay, or Misery Bay, as it is called. The wreck was raised at the time of the Centennial celebration, the intention being to take it mo Philadelphia, but the project was afterward abandoned. Captain Wing has various relics of the Lawrence, having been there when the wreck was brought to the surface only to be let down again—what remained of it after the relic fiends were satisfied. He has a large section of one of her ribs, some old coin found 6n board, e;tc. l"Bv the way, the captain yesterday presented the reporter with a section of the old ship three inches long by one inch square.) On consulting the records Captain Wing is found to be accurate in his assertions, and, once for all, "the Harriet Ross, still afloat," was not Commodore Perry's flagship. rjlOPlCLLKK SWEET, V SOUTH MANITOU ISLAND. A COMPARATIVELY UNKNOWN REGION. Special Correspondence of The Inter Ocean. I'kankpoet, Mich., July 24-Your correspond- ^"ag the passage of the steamer Sheboy-ent made an excursion trip to the South Manitou g'an' o£ Goodrich's Line, to this port from Island to-day on the fine steamyacht George D. Manlt°woc Monday night, or rather yester-Sauford, Jr„ and had a very enjoyable time. The ^ay morning. At Milwaukee, Thomas May, tShAnfl1i.S l,ti"^ milea,nort V' *'railk£or" and is a compositor on The Inteb Ocean, aecom-thehrst ot a lomr chain ot islands comprising , , . . . , ' the Beaver, Fox, North and South Manltous, etc., Panled by his sister-in-law, Miss Lizzie Van-and are all set off Into Manitou County, with St. derpool, embarked for their homes in Uhi-James, on tne Beaver, as the county seat. Thus. „_„„ „ -r . . ,., , the inhabitants ot the Manltous have to pay ca£°- Mr- May< wh0 was an invalid, had taxes to suddoi t the Beaver school house, eighty visited Milwaukee to see about his pension miles away, auite a trine too far for the children *. Vessel Longevity.—Sclir. Tempest down to death. 34 years; Plymouth Hock 30 yrs. 0. There was a sad and terrible occurrence Cromwell 27 yrs; Sparton 34 yrs; Sea- man 34 yrs; Gen Burnside 37 yrs; Arab 28yrs;Evelynl5ates24yrs;Supply27yrs; Dreadnought 26 yrs; Old Concord 27 yrs; Quickstep 27 yrs; Ironsides 26 yrs; H. W. Hoag 22 yrs; Banner 35 yrs; Tug Leviathan 25 yrs; Schr Ellen Williams 27 yrs. Vessel Longevity.—Prop. Araxes, papers, and he and his sister-in-law took the 26 yrs; barge Seminole, 37 yrs; schr. There is a good lighthouse and two steam fog water route there and return, becarase it was Pilgrim, 35 VIS; Schr. Petrel 35 yrs wffi^^SZES^ftffiESi'K. th°™ht * w°uld toprow his hearth some, schr. Pilot, 34 yrs; schr. Empire State, the old keeper, has revive him for the time being at Least. An 28 yi'8; ArcturuS, 29 yrs; Bay City, 25 to walk or swim to, as the case may be. wh night of His wife, Mr. Sheridan in^nisS i^uaTSaoSecf £"& aflection °f tte »v™ had ™*° ?°™ <" ™ yrs; Eagle'wing, 26 yrs! Adriatic, 26 place. He will no doubt keep a good light. On <"' intimately called him), yr8; Guido, 26 yrs; C. Williams, 27 yrs: the North Island is a liie-saving station, with an niVAim wm xrvuuiT Vd.»« r\ r\ i „ orj \ i> ,, ^-r 1 nr Mr. Bose as keeper. On aoproaehlng the islands . . . D"TALIlD P0R SEVERAL TEAKS, 0. Culver, 27yrS; A. Bradley No. I, 25 the sight suggests a pair of twins in their cradle an°- at times he was very despondent. Gen- yrs- Cascade 2Q vr*e Kntrhnm l>7 vru- tt^^^^^^^^&S^r^^ f—¦ >e was cheerful ^^^^S 37 JS master with ~__'___ ~M at~l" ~ ___- ' ^T" ivno hnnofni nf i-, i#-,-m« t~r-. %.A^n_ -. - , •. ,<•. ._.. ___.. ._ * __" salary of $12 a year, and is en°ugh, and was hopeful of ultimate recoy-obliged to sail over to the main land to Gien ery Haven to get the mail. Mr. K. says r,„ *», -u ,r he don't "hanker after the position," and wishes cm the passage home Mr. May became some hungry office-seeker would stray out there very weak and faint. At about midnight the and take it oft his hands. . & Captain Bundy, of tho gosnel ship Glad Tid- steward made a cup of strong tea for him, ings, makes annual trips here to attend to the and, owing to his condition, he was given a 200 inhabitants' spiritual needs. In former =(•„*«„.„___ u * ,., - „. \rl -r, "f , years Mr. Kitchen and also a large number of stateroom next to that Of Miss Vanderpool, small schooners supplied the people with "spir- bo that she would be within call. When he its," but siace the revenue cutter Andrew John- iai(i cruising "- Metropolis, 25 yrs; B. Walbridge, 25 yrs. These vessels are nearly all of them afloat on Lake Michigan. son has made this her ground this down the steward knocked A Kingston dispatch says: "Captain McLeod,*! of Buffalo, was in the city to-day. He repre. | sonts a company in which the Sam Cook is in- f sured. He visited the wreck, and says It will I — ,,. „ cost as much to raise her as the total insurance liquor traffic is done away w th. Miss vanderpools door and told her amounts to, $12,000. of1Umberr'Land0rL(S%s10'engaged,YnS°cuuTng tUat T°m *>* *>een P^ed *» the J^„™W>*.«" owner of tho sunken and supplying steamboats vwith cordwood. next stateroom. She had only yu,t»ra»Tfn«%h2 «„»,n/i ht^oye^n' le»rnel1 &%ttS^*S&3ftto:X -"red a short time before, but aroS,e when SSSSSlSSF?35 ^j^z^a^v&^t z^l^:^rT^ryrr:i sSmSSK^SSsB A Goderich Woman Drowned. ]^ui"FAr-<x July 27-—Annie Doyle, cook on the schooner B. Evelciylxb, fell into the slip at the foot of Erie-street, while s:oing on board about eight o'clock last evening'. She was brought to the surface within a minute afterwards, and means of resuscitation applied by the life-saving crew and two physicians without avail. The body was taken to the morgue. She was thirty years of a^e and lived at Goderich, Ont. i inMWimii«iMM~™ it n imrnn-ffnT'"-"^ Mr. PhUo Chamberlain, Treasurer and Vico resort. The air is pure, co-ol, and bracing and tiBS 20 response, entered, only to fluid the the water is so clear that the small pebbles, tish, apartment vacant. She looked aboiut tho eta, can be seen at a great d.enth, while a small .. lake in the center of the isla.ud is well stocked cabin and out on decK, but could mot find with pickerel, trout, and basis. It is fun to land her brother-in-law, and, becoming akarmea the "speckled" beauties. . , . .. m * , " The people are eDsaged in farming stock- aPPealetl to the officers of the steamer, raising, and fisbinir. Fruit threes b^ar weli, and Thorough search was then made in every at present are just loaded down with fruit. , ^, v_ * **. u * ' .1 ^ Fishermen say the "catch" is better than it has nook and corner about the boat, and the been for years. One of them has caught about terrible truth that liOO packages (half barrets) the past month. -c^t. m^,^ rr.n ™*-1-, nm3«nA*«« Communication with the main land is kept up PoOR T0M nAD G0NE OVEBEOAED in the summer by sailboats, and in winter, in into the lake was realized. There is a severe weather, the channel, 12 miles wide, oh(lT™ of POnraP fevo* hp f^ll freezes over solid, so that teams with loads can cnance> 0I rse' tnat n' money" for the wreckers. pass over in safety. CHAELE3 BUBlfcEISTBB. Presrtfentof the Nortahern Transit Company of, Chicago, when in thffi city this week in conversation with a promiiiesut gentleman of this city, said that if the lake tirade adapted itself to the enlarged Welland Carnal, there would be an increased trade on tne lake to Oswego, Ogdensburg, and Kingston, a;nd with the facilities to giva return freight ion coal at this port, he thought Oswego vroulid receive her full share of trade in the future. The building of the new tresile was a very important movement, enabling them to load vessels with dispatch, and must have a great effect upon the trade. He also believed that a bushel of grain brought from the West by way of Oswego could meet ;i bushel of gaain by way of Buffalo at Syracuse at a cheaper rate. M.r. Chamberlain has been for forty years engagesd in the lake trade, and has watched the fluctuations of traffic, and is fully competent to epetak with authority on the The steambarge Kin.gaford has been raised. She floated when the Siaxon, which collided with her, removed her deck load of 115,ODD feet of lumber. Her damage i.s not great, but a bad leak^ has been caused bv a butt being opened by thej concussion. The Kinirstord is insured for $10,-, 000. She is owned by .Messrs, J. K. Post & Co. O. F. Gaylord, J. H. Mavttoou, and Captain Mc Oaithy. Yesterday Mr. Post asked the Canadian: authorities for permission to send a wreckin boat and party from Oswego to the Kingsford. but his request was ' denied. II was then referred to the Kings ton wreckers and recommended to secure them. The Express is mad about the matter, and savs the refusal to allow an Amer ican tug to go after the Kingsford is a breach of courtesy that only a "Canuck" would be guilty of. The sharp practice of the Canadians is not to be commeuded, but it has been inspired, w presume, by that o£ our American friends in the case of the tug Conqueror.— Ki)iQsti>n )VLlgr JSllSCiflLLA'JSi Detroit Au* 14.—Conradl Enberger, cook on the schooner Theo Vaws, fell overboard at Cleveland on Ihurs-tUv nulit, and was drowned. fiike AieUouoiuh, r.rowan <>i t)n tug Florence, was feai. fully sc'ilded uti Thursday aboa-t fm client and body by tno banting of the syphon hose at Cleveland. OuHaturday a number of inasuraiico f-gonts interested in : 0!ir-o insurance held a uieftliuiE to discuss the question 0. rates, which resulted in tho abolishing of regular rates ¦ ier. Each agent now fixes a rats to suit Hnueu. ¦T;t reason ot ^is state ot aJiairs is that one a-ent is known to have mad- a rale different to the rato agreed upon aU similar meeting held on June 9. Cut rates will now be in order. JJciroU J-me .Press: "On Tuesday ncxtTKIP new propeller Osoftoia, of Ward's Detroit and Lake Superior Line, leaves this port for Lake Superior by way of Bay Citv. The Osceola was built at Bay City by Wheeler <fe Crane, and after beine launched was towed here to receive one of Samuel F. Hodge's best fore- ami -aft compound engines, and to have her cabin constructed. The excellent model and admirable management of this steamer are the result of long experience and a thorough knowledge of tine requirements of a freight steamer for tne bates Superior business. She is high between decics, and her large gangways fitting her for handling large, heavy and cumbersome freight. She will carry a large cargo on a light draught of water, which quality flta.her for doing business at the smaller ports" on Lake Superior, into which large propellers1 cannot .go because of the shallowness of the water. The dimensions of the Osceola have already been published in these columns. She is iron strapped, two masted, rates Al, and cost: $63,000, Her official measurement ia 080'-tous. In the way of auchors,^ chains, and outfit generally, all moderni improvements have been employed so a maice the steamer safe aud easily handled. He officers' quarters are forward, and tho hurricau deck is flush with the rail, thus rendering bridge for the captain's convenience unneces eary. Iu the after cabin are the engineers' au firemen's rooms, mesa room, wash rooms kitchen, aud pantry, all compactly arranged and neatiy finished. The business of this line has been steadily increasing ever since it started and, now that it is thoroughly mattablished, Dei troit merchants are bestirring themselves to re| gain the Lake Superior trade, which for several years back has been largely monopolized by Chicago. The comuletion of the Detroit, Mar--quette and Mackinac .Railway, and the establishment of Ward's Lake Superior Line, give the assurance of transportation facilities both during winter and summer, and render competion with! Chicago more practicable than ever before. Tne] Osceola wiit be officered as follows; Captain, M j H. MurcU; Mate, Mr. Cobnrn; Clerk. O. 11. Mor-I rison; Chief Engineer, AVm, Wills." overboard, but the probability is that, becoming de-et>ondent at bis ill-health and poor prospect of recovery, he deliberately committed suicide. It wag about 1 o'clock in the morninsr when he disappeared, and he must have gone overboard somewhere abreast of Wau-kegan. Vessel and tu» masters are requested to keep a sharp lookout for the body, and, if seen or picked up, to telegraph, write, or report the fact to the marine department of The Ikteb Ocean- ilr. May was 33 years of age, and leaves a young wife who, with his aged mother, are BISTEACTED OVEE THE TERRIBLE EVENT. The family reside here in Chicago. William. May, now residing in Cincinnati, and John B. May, of Water town, \Vis., are brothers of the deceased. Tom May never committed a mean act in his life. He was well known and universally 1 Milwaukee Republican: "Yesterday the steaniburge C. J. Kershaw was placed in drydock at Wolt & Davidson's shipyard, for the purpose of ascertaining what damage she sustained by running ashore on Eleven-foot Shoal, in Green Bay, recently. Her forefoot was found to be knocked into splinters, but otherwise no repairs are needed. There exists quitea blockade of vessels awaiting an opportunity to discharge cargoes of coal at the dock of the Northwestern Fuel Company. The steambarge Minneapo is finished unloading last night, and the scnooners Nellie Wedington, Potter, M. I. Wiicox, and steambarge W. H. Barnum are ready to unload there in their order." COARSE FREIGHTS. Lumber unsettled and weak. Cargoes scarce. Iron ore, Escanaba to Lake Erie, S0@82c. MONTREAL. Special Telegram to the futer ucean. Montreal, July 25.— Rates of ocean freight - - from Montreal to Liverpool: Grain, 5s; provisions, 20s. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Buffalo, N. Y., July 25.— Coal freights were inactive to-day. There were only two engagements—the schooner Nellie Gardner, for Chicago, at 85c, and Mary Hattie, for Detroit, at 35c. The propeller Coffin berry and consorts, Guido, Pfister, and H. Newcomb arrived to-day light from Ashtabula, where they delivered ore. They are loading railroad iron for Duluth on contract. Canal freights are quoted at 4^30 on corn and 4*2C on wheat. But little grain is moving east by water. Cleveland Leader: "Schooner Ganges, coal, Lorain to Sault, b'5c. Schooner David Wagstaff, coal, Black Uiver to Saver Islet, p. t _ Schooner Unadilla, wheat, Cleveland to Buffalo, l^c. There was a good demand for respected and popular among the craft in ¦* vessel tonnage yesterday, but engagements it-* —------—-^ f->--------¦-— —' -I--.-—1 ' were few and far between, vessel men get- weir-anfinott waterspout was descried upon Lake hirit about sfisruUes from ahore anHjiearly 1 opposite Windmill >nint Saturday mining. Two waterspouts were dfeen off Angola a day or two ago, and experts In sucXmatters regard tne present weather very favorable to taeir formation, the atmosphere being surcharged with tne evaporation Jropi.the iake surfaces. The'irrand pulling stuarztbargo R. B. Hale will I take the schooners Alva Bradley, Ahira Cobb, TJN-CHABTS3ED GBAIW C3AFI. Unchartered prain-carriers io.DOrbara {riven below. Toey are discuarsmu np-oargoes. From trie tonnage tho grain capacity la easily estimated. 6TEA31 CP.APT. ti ,, « Tonnacre. Propeller Jay Gonltl......................... 993 Propeller John Pridgeou...... .......1 ->s-> Propellor Philadelphia......... ......I'-liii Propellor Vauderbilt................ "l'soi Steamship Wallnla.......... .' *"l'924 Steamship K. A. Packer.... .'."..7.7."."..'.'." '.' '»21 Steamship Siberia (new).............. , ' 1 0i« Propeller Nebraska..................." l'4S3 Steamship J. SI. Osborne...!'..."".".".'.".'.".' VtS Propeller Milwaukee........ ......1770 Propeller Colonial (new)............'.'.'.'. i" l'800 Steamship Kershaw....................7.7*1*323 ¦'teimbargo Lincoln (Canadian)".'.".! 7.7" '373 teamship Onoko..................... ° 164 Harrison, Nesaunee, and Escanaba to Marquette. The two last she will p iok up oft the mouth ot Detroit Kiver. They mate the handsomest and 1 best tow that ever sjets toigetner on fresh water. 1 Mr. Alott A. Bradley gores as far as tho Sault, aboard tho Hale, on buslmess connected with tne welfare of the fleet.—Cleveland Leader. . ,v >-.,ii are preparmp; for the construction of a Bteambanse at Garden Island to have a capacity of about . , m,li The model is not yfflt fully decided upon. The bar e Hero,,, built at the Island, is now the property | of the Kingston it Montreal Co. The schr Lily of Hamilton has been sold by W \ Emery of lert Burwell, to J Sutherland, of Owen Sound for || which place she cleared this mornins. Capt Davidson t-iies charge of the schr Fellow craft, received in part pay-Sent to?the Lily of Hamilton. The last-named craft will be converted into ft barge. . Yesterday while the ktr Maud -was lying aR the Thousand Ishmd Park the str Magnet came along, and iu leaving the L durk she ran into the hUud, erushine into th« stern ouN kwarkSand damagias her rud der post This morning^the Maud nw unable to make her usual trip. She has been laid up for repairs. The schooner Lilly Hamilton has been sold by r \V. Y. Emery, of Port Burwell, to John Suther-¦ land, of Owen iSound. The vessel ia commanded by-.Captaiu Davidson, who takes cliartce of the , :, schooner Felloworaft, received in part paympntj for the Lilly Hamilton. The last-named craft i } lyrill hft »nttyfYri «»*¦¦» » *«™* ..... U The steambarge Egyptian, in passintr throush*^ I the Neebish Bapids, grounded her consort, the Pelican, on the i)th inst. The vessel is out aft considerably, and her stern iies almost in mid- [ channel, which makes the Neebish extremely hazardous for boats deeply laden. A steam lighter is at work on her, and sho will probably , "|e released to-day. . ,„.,.„„.¦- Chicago and Milwaukee, and also in all the principal Eastern cities. Ho had traveled a g'reat deal. Tom did not intimate to his sister-in-law that he contemplated any such act, and left no note or letter. A short time agrO a g-entleman committed suicide by leaping overboard front the steamer iluskegon. There was a similar case from the steamers White & Friant a a ay or two afterward. Two cases of suicide from steamers on Lake Huron and St. Clair JRiver have also occurred this season. FREIGHTS. Freights to Buffalo, 2o; wheat to Buffalo, round lots, 2c; wheat to Buffalo, small lots,-214C. Collingisvotfd, corn, nominal at 2c; Kingston, wheat, nominal at 5%@6c. Several of the few large sail vessels here will go to Escanaba for iron ore to Lake Erie, the rate being 85c. The schooner Red, White and Blue left for Escanaba last evening. Nelson Remeir, a sailor, was drowned at Bay City on Sunday. The Lizzie A. Law got away in quick time. She left last evening. The Wallula took out 78,000 bushels of wheat. She is a jrood carrier. The tug J. P., GKfrk is in dry-dock at Detroit. Her injuries afcenot very severe. OVERRUNS AND SHORTAGES. Special Teiejrrain to The Inter Ocean. Kingstox, Ont., July 27.—The schooner West Side, from Chicago, discharged here to-day and overrun 400 bushels. The forwarders claim, the majority of errors in weighing are made at shipping ports, ant* cite the following instances: In May last, the schooner O. M. Bond, on delivering her cargo here, was 734 bushels 40 pounds short. The captain was amazed. On careful investigation, it was ascertained the eievating company in Chicago was to blame, and they footed the bill. The schooner Siigo, last, from Toledo, was 886* bushels 40 pounds short of what she was supposed to have. The mistake was traced up, and the error, it was found, aap-penea in weighing at the elevator. / THE KAI.BIGH StTNK. Special Telegram to Tile Inter Ocean. Cheboygan, Mich.. Aug. 14. —The steambarse Ilaleitrh struck on a reef at the detour at the mouth of Soo River and sunt. A tu^ and pum hnve jrone to her aid. She tows the Lucerr which iti all right. pobt;dalhotjsie. ]>r«wil«l While BatllliiB. I Pokt Dalhousie, July 29.—A young- man ^lhany faameri Joseph Lalonde, son of Mr. Solomon La-"londo of this place, was drowned while bathing in the harbour in Toledo, Ohio, this morning. He : was employed on the propeller Acadia. ting a little more backbone and holding- off for better prices, which they will undoubtedly obtain, as there is a large amount of coal and heavy freights to be moved." An Unjust Tax. The Customs regulations came in for the declaration of strong opinions by a couple of vessel captains to-day. Enough profanity has been used over the shortage recently to bring serious judgment upon the whole harbour, the Government; and all acting under its direction. Yesterday tiie Montreal Transportation Company unloaded the schooners Emerald and Gummings, two of the fleet which came in on Sunday from Chicago. The former was 40 bushels less than the cargo which she was supposed to carry, and the latter 39 bushels. As explained before, had they only been 20 bushels short no duty would have been exacted, but because the deficiency overruns that amount the tax is inflicted upon, not only it, but all in addition. This is a stipulation which, as one captain sarcastically observed, " No fellah can understand." " I believe," said he, "that the shortage should be charged to Chicago because the weighing here seems to be fair and satisfactory, and yet why should we be charged duty upon grain which the forwarders cannot find in the vessel 1 This is a piece of business I hope the Government will adjust,and that speedily,if tho trade of the St. Lawrence is to be kept up. Freights are low down, and the margin of freights narrow enough in all conscience without the Government j putting a hand in my pocket, as it were, and ' taking money for which I receive no consideration, and not even a satisfactory explanation." Not only the schooners Cummings and Emerald fell short, but the Motl also. The latter's deficiency is only four bushels, so that she escaped assessment under the obnoxious Customs rules. OnAETKRS ANP FREIGHTS. BUFFALO, July 25.—Freights firmer. Kates on coal ail-, vaiic'd t<> sto to (,'hicaw and Milwaukee. L'liarters-1rou Clyde, sChre ! AGeor-er and Xellie Gardner, coal to Chi-. ca'oatBSc: prop Gordon Campbell, Chicago, 82JC¦: prop James Davidson, Chicago, 80c ¦ prop Cumberland coal to Milwaukee. S'i- : Columbia, c to Lake Linden, 80c: schn Benedict, al t Windsor, 25c; Atmosphere, stone to Cleveland *2 7o par cord : prop II D Oofflnberry aud schre H u Newoomb. Guido Pfister rails to Duluth on con-iS Canal freights firmer, Quoted-Wheat 41c corn 4c - New york : lumber - , New Vnrk S3 per m ami >2 50.to staves $1 25 per ton to New York ; up freights 700 of Mr. Solomon La- per ton from New York to Buffalo. ........ y..—......¦ i«i..«rc 'i.|le following charters were reported Df.tkoit, July 25. .. yesterday :- Schr Unadilla, wneat, Cleveland to Bniral. Uc- i..u-.;.«i Cyclone, iron ore, L'Ause to Detroit, si per ton . Hope, wheat, Detroit to Kingston, 4;c. to oo I . i m A