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Captain John Monaghan, formerly mate of the propelier Japan, toot command of the propeller Arizona, vice Captain Mooney, who returned at__ once from Detroit to Buffalo to take another position on one of the Lake Superior transit The tug Bennett has recovered the anchor and [ chains of the schooler Lawrence. K\\t\nt REMARKS. __. _unk twentv- __________ Helena. John Dadd, who did the diving, says the hull is in good con-riinr.« w«* -»— ¦-' mud. An at- three years atro off St. who did the diving, says tii dition, but deeply imbeded in the temp mpt vwii be made to raise the vessel-S."A. Murphy has received a telegram Captain Merryman. a telegram fren TERRIBLE AFX^IilCTIOIT. At Escanaba on Friday a most terrible accident occurred on board the steamship Business. Howard Wolf, son of W. H. Wolf, Esq., the well-known shipbuilder of Milwaukee and Chicago, while hurrying along the deck, stumbled and fell into the deep hold of the steamer, sustaining fatal injuries. He died a short time afterward. The Business is owned by Wolf & Davidson, and Howard Wolf, who was 16 years of age, was on board as a passenger. The, family have the sin-e sympathy of a host of friends in their deep 1 amotion. lived ^^^^^^ .._____ who is in charge of the^ wrecking expedition at work at the steamer St. I Catharines, stating that he had succeeded in placing the chains under the St. Oatnarines and was ready for the pontoons. A tug will be sent at once to tow tue pontoons into position. Captain Merryman thinks he has found the tug M. L Mills for which they have been sweeping for W' ^_^^^_^ DISASTERS. | Special Telf'sram to The Inter Ocean. Poet Colborne, Ont., Aug. 19.—The schooner Paragon, which was ashore at Mohawk Beef, was released last night, after lightering a portion of her cargo. The schooner Pride of America, from Milwaukee to Kingston with wheat, arri ved here 1 this (morning leaking badly. After lightering ] a portion of her cargo she proceeded to Port Dalhousie, where she will be clocked and repaired. She sprung the leak when off Erie yesterday during some rough weather. Special lVjlouram to The inter Ocean. CJpEBOTGAN, Mich., Aug. 19. — The tusr Leviathan arrived last night with the Barbarism i in tow. The schooner's stern is badly used up. ' A diver was sent under her before leaving: j Beaver's. Another steam pump will be nieces — sary to take her down safely. One hundred touts i -*f ore was taken off by the lighter, and will be; ft here. : > pecial Telegram to The Inter Ocean. | MARQUETTE, Mich., Aug. 10.—The steambarge ¦ Alpena broke down outside to-day and a tUK flowed her to this port, where she will be repaired and clear for Portage. RECOVERING- LOST CARGO. Sault Ste. Marie, Aug-. 19.—The tug: Peck and lighter arrived here to-day with be-tween 300 and 400 barrels of flour/- thrown \ overboard from the propeller OntaJro. The $ flour was recovered between Whitefish Point and Persian Island, in Whitefish Bay. The tug1 and fig-liter will start a<ram to find the wool, four car loads of which are floating iibout partly sunk in Pun Cake Bay, Ont. This property is in Canadian waters and will be delivered to the Canadian authorities here. The goods are American, but are in transit through Canada, and are bonded. BIG- SEASON CHARTER. The steambarge Burlington, with the barges 4 "O. Keating, O. J. Hale, H. F. FELL FROM THE MAST-HEAD. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Frankfort, Mich., Aug. 30.—The schooner J. L Case, coal-laden, from Toledo to Chicago, displayed her colors half-mast this morning, and the tug Hall brought in the body of a sailor Darned Duncan Brown, aged 34 years, who, while abreast of the Manitous yesterday morning, fell from the foremast-head while shifting the topsail, a distance of 100 feet, to the deck, and was instantly killed. He is a member of the Cleveland Seamen's Union, and leaves a widow in needy circumstances. His remains will be sent to Cleveland. LOSS OF THE OLD PROPELLER CHICAGO. I The old propeller Chicago, coal-loaded and bound for this port with the barges Manitowoc ; and C. B. Jones in tow, took fire abreast of the North Fox Island, at the foot of this lake, and burned to the water's edge. Captain and all hands were saved. The steamship Northerner, bound down from Chicago, reports at Detroit that "on Thursday night last at 10 o'clock he | az about JO o'clock Saturday Floretta was on this lake off the and had about completed her voyage, WHEN A COLLISION OCCURRED. by which she sustained severe damage. The £ other colliding craft was thef£lumber schooner R. B. King, bound out, light. The master ot the King says the tug having the Floretta in tow was' in the wrong; that she tried to cross the King's*] bows, thus causing the disaster. And the officersl>. of the tug (the Union) and of the Floretta claim Iv that the King was in the wrong; that if she had gone along about her business she would have cleared the Floretta; that though it was broad j daylight the King did nob seem to have seen the I tug and the Floretta until it was too late to avo^d j the collision that followed. They say the tug Protection had just given the Floretta's line to the I Union, ana thattney were hardly moving when | the King struck, the line being not yet taut between the Floretta and Union, proof of which is \ that the line afterward got in the Union's wheel. " But as to the merits of the case, THE Inter Ocean does not propose to say. The courts will probably have to decide the question. The King went stem on Into the Floretta's starboard side amidship, carrying away the Floretta's main rigging and mainmast, rail, and i bulwarks, for a distance of thirty feet, spring- 1 ing the mizzetimast, tearing canvas, etc. About A telegram announces that the schooner Florida, owneff by a number of citizens, Including A Cann & Co,j has been sunk In eighty feet u£*r»ter. about 18 miles from Port (&!*• borne. The crew have been saved. The vessel was from Cleveland on her second trip with coal for Toronto [was not Insured. The schr was built at BatlscSh by Callagney in 1875- was 386 tons burden and valued at $5.ooo, and rated li 2. Slits m&it have sprung a leak. [ There is little hone of her being raided. CHARTERS AND FRMGHXS, Detroit, Aug. 31.— Yesterday's charter? - The sc'.ioonefc Hercult . takes lumber from Pigeon Bay to 1 oil at SI 5<): and the at.'ambarge Kincardine lumber from ,hc rarue port to Sarnia at $2 25. Chicago, Aug. 31.—The Chicaso^Board of Marine Un-* del-writers met on Tuesday, and the Comtni f the first half of September presented the i which was uuanimously adopeu :— From Chicago. A Vesse* To ports on Lake Michigan........ •"-'¦" To porta on Lake Superior......... 50 To Collingwood.................... 40 To ports on Lake Huron, Sarnia, and Detroit Kiver................ 40 To ports on Lake Erie............. 50 To ports on Lake Ontario.......... 23 To Ogdensburg.................... 85 To Montreal...................... 110 rates for \scing report, B 1 Vessels. $27 50 55 41 44 55 82 50 93 50 m « „*> vn,th irrtY Talarid and headine for I tw©nty stanchions were torn out. The King lost saw a lire oft North Fox Island, ana fieaaing lor |j jibboom and bowsorit, stove in her star- it found it to be ^.^t^l^^^.^h^ fboard bow to some extent, broke her windlass, the Northerner arrived tne crow had a™** a£ * sustained other damage. In falling, the "Z" ".i i°i„JJ^"AXr,ti^^l^""iTl^"f^onn*oveTD"owered tdeck. T'10 crows of both vessels had narrow th?£U^tho tookVo^heSoatr^auSla Shop- escapes but none o( them were injured serl-herd of7eVed to take tie crew to Detroit, but they IB™'* J*f«L8t. o^PS!?10' ^ Fl?re"a ls_esM itr tn &md preferred remaining on the barge and going to Chicago, whither the tow was bound. The lake : was perfectly cairn, and when the Notherner left : ¦ the steambarge had burned to within six inches ; of the water aft, but the fire had not yet reached the forward part. The Chicago was still afloat I when the Northerner passed out of sight, although the slightest swell would cause her S to sink." A dispatch from Glen Haven, received in I Chicago on Saturday, connrins the anaounoe- ¦ ment of the disaster. The captain and crew of the Chicago are on board the barge Manitowoc, which, with the C. B. Jones, was looked lor in Chicago late last night. Since the disaster they have had good northerly breezes behind them. The Chicago measured 746 tons. She was built at Buffalo by Bidwell & Banta, in 1855, rated B 1, and had a valuation of $'J0,000. C. H. Lane and others, of Buffalo, were the owners. : Among the insurance companies on the hull are : the St. Paul, Shoe and Leather, and Continental. The cargo, about 1,000 tons of coal, was consigned to the Chicago Stove Work3. It is in- I eured. The steamer's freight list is also insured. It is generally concluded that the burned Vjbulk sunk, but this is not positively known. ated roughly at $1,200; of repairing the King, l^ahont flirinn .....—*r~***~*-*»»*«u.^ — „„_ The schr Bolivia takes wheat to Kingston at 5c, an ad* vance of half a cent. Tho prop Prussia takes wheat to Montreal on throngh rates. MIS CELLANEOtJS". Detroit. Au?. 31.—The sehr J S Case dUplaycd colours at half-mast off Frankfort yesterday. XfoS trug Hall went to her and brought in the body of a sailor named Dun-can B;own, aged 34, who. while abreast of'the ManitoUs yesterday, fell from the foremast head while shifting the fore topsail, a distance of 100 feet to the deck, and was instantly killed. The body was completely 'crushed. He is a member of the Cleveland Seaman's Union, and leaves a ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ widow in needy circumstances. Deseronto, Aug. 29.—The steam ferry Mary EthxR Detroit, Aug. 31.—The name of the seaman lost over- from Belleville', is on the Marine Railway .here for repairs. Aboard fr m schooner J A Travis, off Port Washington early Detroit Aii"- 29 — About one o'clock yestenW mornlufSunday morning, was Robert C'orde. The schooner i) M the tug Mocking Bird collided with the tug Gladiator oi'Bond, of Oswego, is at Itadne leaking badly. As .soon as the lower end of Walkerville, and immediately sank in 3r1;he discharges lit¦:¦¦ cargo of coal_she wty_sail for Milwaukee feet of water. No lives were lost and no one was injured.-^/-duck loi- ropauv.. The Slocking Bird was bound down, running ligiit. The Gladiator had just started from Detroit with the barge Fame in tow. The Mocking Bird was struck on the starboard side, which would seem to indicate that she was guilty of the mistake that resulted so disastrously. Her smokestack is just out of the water. Her pilot-house ! PChurch&11^ ^ elson, have been chartered to run m coniiec ti(m witix thfl Qmo Central Bailroad, ^ud ^ ill ply for the remainder of the present reason between Toledo and Green Bay, bringing- up coal and taking back iron ore from Escanaba They broug-ht up this time between them 3,500 tons of coal. r? | Erie, laden with 350 tons of copper." It isn't likely that any vessel "fiftv years ago," or at any has been announced that Captain D. Chapfn, "mine locator" of New Jersey, "has discovered ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_^^^_^^^ here the sunken schooner "Vermillion lies off If'pHE GKRACE PATTEKSON" TOTAL LOSS beached on tho Canada side, opposite Third-3treet. She was owned by Moff,.tt & Son, of Port Huron, and valued at $20,000; insured for $12,800, It will cost 34,000 to put J her in shape n?am. The Gladiator immediately released her tow and will «o into dry-doc-it for a new stem. Thomas and S. V .\l ii-phy ;ti-« her owners. . ¦ inday n.o'niiug a sailor, whose' naiiic cotdd not be ascertained, was lost overboard from the schr Traviss off Point Washington, Lake Michigan. He was Standing on the deck-load at the time.and was struck by the main boom, which carried him overboard. The efforts to save him were ineffectual. James Jamieson, a seaman, died at the Marine Hospital yesterday from consumption. Dr Porter, Assistant Surgeon United States Marine Hospital. Chicago, yesterday received orders to report for temporary duty at St. Louis. Dr Porter has hosts of friends in Chicago who j jae does not leave Chicrgo permanently. fecial Tele-ram to The Inter Ocean. y ________________________________________, W^voc, Wis-, Aug. 22.-Truman « date"had350'tcnsof copper on board. A pecu-i, c 0DeT wuo had the contract to raise tne hilarity of the announcement is the number of; | • Grace Pattarson, at Two Biv-f times "50" occurs. The vessel went down oOf sunken barge uraoo^»«» _™ _^-----,r v years ago, her cargo was 350 tons, she U\ feet of water, and the treasure is worth Captain Chapin is a monomaniac on his "mag- lies in 50 \ ers, w $150,000.1.1 aiao « CHARTKRS AND FREIGHTS. BtjPPALO, Aug. 23.—Coal 'freights a little firmer, on account oi the scarcity of tonnage. The Chicago aud i MilwauKee rate was 75c on propeller and 80c on sail vosstila. Charters-Schrs Kate Kelly and W H Oades, to Detroit at 25c; propH Chisholm, to Milwaukee at 7oc : and the C J 1 Kershaw, to Chicago or Milwaukee at 75c. A promiueiit vessel-Owner says while this has been the worst season for viiive!-owner:- since 1873, I believe it will prove a blessing netic rod" for discovering metal treasure. He' claims to have discovered Captain Kidd's hidden treasure, "but lacks the means to recover it." BUFFALO NOT15S. Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 26.—At 2 o'clock this afternoon|| the mammoth new iron propeller II J Jewett, of the Union Steamboat Company, Viti be launched from the iron con1*! I stiuctiou yards of the Union Dry Dock Company, The .. ^____-._.-, ^_______ .......r____-________ J Jewett is the largest boat ever built in this city, and ranks in the end. Had the season been a paying one enough uew '} in point of beauty and staunchness with the best craft now keels would have been laid at the different ship-buildiag I sailing the great lakes. The construction of the i ropellor points to have reached from here to the Manitous, and they 1 was began in November of last year. After many delays in ¦ vo been big ones too. As it is the tonnage is fax 1 getting material since that time work has been pushed with - .. . . .,__-_. all due speed. The dimensions of this craft are as follows : — Length of keel 260 feet, length over ^ah 287 feet, breadth of excess of the wants of shippers, and that is why ratea low. And yet there are a dozen or more large ves-* q the stocks which will soou be ready to help the others statye.___ —' _._ inisiw mm K.......¦¦*_ ^^^^^^^^^^ SIISCKLLANEOtTS. __________________ Detroit, Aug. 23. —The steam barge Niagara will be outl ; or dry-,lock in about a week. The work of lengthening Iher out is very thoroughly done, and when completed the [Niasara will be the best Canadian steam barge attoat. A i Of Muskegon mills already made contracts for next I year's logs. Torrent and Ducy have contracted to havei P'25,ooo,ooo feet put into Houghton Lake, lo.ooo.ooo feet1 [ into West Branch, lo,000,000 10 be cut in tht a>Q9n^f|i)hftnri'ii 1.....n—i _^^____ .Jjf Colborne, Aug, 23.—The schr Florida, of Quebec, foundered to-day off Grand River, about IS miles from here. When she went down the crew took to the yawl a;id were picked up by th<i propeller Blanchad bound to Buffalo, and brought here: The captain says she sprung a leak when, off Long Point, and although the crew worked hard they were unable to keep the vessel afloat. The Florida is owned in Kingston by Messrs. Oldrieve and Horn, and wa»| bound from Black River with 662 tons of coal for Toronto. ' LOST OVEBBOASD. A RAD OCCUKEEKCE OUTSIDE. * Caotain Hutchinson, of the propeller Favorite, reports that about 6 o'clock a. m., 29th, near Centeryille, Charles Erikson fell overboard and was drowned. He was not seen to go over by anybody. The mate was filling the water tank at the time. He thought he saw something alack in the water resembling a man. and called out "man overboard." The steamer was stopped, ^nd the barges behind in tow were notified, but nothing could be seen by either the barjres or i-he steamer. The crew were then mustered, and Erikson was found missing. Nothing came to the surface. He is supposed to have been struck by the wheel and killed. Erikson made his home in Chicaeo, and boarded at No. 24ii North Haisted street. He has cousins living in Menominee. OILMAN'S NEW TtTG. The fine new tug built at Saugatuck for Giiman and Mr. J Mr. Patrick Murphy, the engineer i Detroit to Buffalo, 2c: Sweetheart, lumber. Al mstitution. will ha banned ™ I Pea» to Chicago, $1.75: Consuelo, staves, De- of the tug Constitution, will be launched on Monday. Mr. Giiman, who left the city on Tuesday, accompanied by his wife, for a pleasure tour on the east shore, will witness the event. The new boat is 65 feet keel, is well and beautifully built, and will have trood power. She will tow in Chicaeo, and of course will run in the Union Line, of which Mr. Giiman is one of the owners. It is stated that she is to be called the Patrick Murphy, but it is more likely that the name will be Giiman. Mr. Murphy owns a ^, carter interest and Mr. Oilman the other three-quarters. beam 3S feet 8 inches, depth of hold 25 feet. She is divided into five freight-earrying compartments, which are separated by water-tight bulkneads. The wheat-carry nig capacity of those compartments is estimated as follows ;— The first,1 17.835 bu : the second, So.ooo bu : the third, 18,3oobu ; the] fourth, 13,ooo bu ; and the fifth, 3,5oo bu. This is a total of 77,685 bushels under the main deck. On the upper deck has room for 3o,oooj bushels, but this part will be used coarse freight,^^^*-",^^l^",'*,,*'»*^»i»«*»***^",,,,— he large tug CladJrator, Capt N llimtooti, arrived down ___v night with ft Mft containing tmee million feet pine logs, without doubt the largest rait ever brought down Lake lie. —— -***" TnE DULL TIME-*. MM^ Early In the season it was said that wc wereinthef! dullest times that had been known to modern vessel -men, Hut they were not so dull as some periods have beeu since! that time. Then, what lumber was moving was paid* for at the rate of $L 20 per 1.0J0. And. somehow,' if a cargo was not to be had here, there was something .' somewhere else. At the present time it is said there is about one load of lumber for every four vessels wanting loads. And the rate now is said to be not bettor than 9Uc. Coal is not, either, always to be had as a back freight. Now when a 28U.Q0U feet lumber vessel guts her cargo discharged at OiWegO. taking out of the freight 15c per 1,(100 for loading and 25c for discharging, it leaves Me pec 1,000. Out ofj the 00c balance have to be paid tow bills here and atj Oswego, entry charges at Oswego, wages, which are exoefr siYe, and the "board" bill, which is also heavier than in years past. But the fall trade is coming, and vessels miwl have freights and higher carrying rates Tho railway can. not readily take barley from Toronto to Ostfi A prominent vessel-owner says :—"While this lias been tin worst season for vessel-owners since 1873, I believe it will prove a blessing hi the end. Had the season been a pay ing 0110 enough new keels would have been laid at the different ship-building points to have reached a great distance, and they would have been big ones too. As it is the tonnage is far in excess of thu wauts of the shippers, and thai is why rates are so low." __^^__ T*he new Iron steamship Jewett has a carrying capacity, it is estimated, of 2,600 to 2,800 tons. It Is also expected that she will be fast, making thirteen miles au hour. Captain P. L. Balis succeeds Captain John Dhddleson on the steamship Palmer. Captain Duddleson takes charge of the new steamer F. and P. M, No. 2, to run between Milwaukee and Ludington. Charters at Detroit: Schrs E. P. Beales. wheat, , jrked on her all the past week, having-also fmployed Captain Williams and his wrecking schooner, divera, etc., to attend to submarine work. The stern or the craft was raised two feet, but on examination ic prove i that the hull had Darted and was worthless, and they abandoned h . loss. Truman & Cooper lose $1,500 on the job. 0. B. iSurninsr Oil. Cleveland, Aw. 29.—Sparks from a loco-Bootive, as it is supposed, set tire to-night to the Bee lines oil sheds on the flats. Three hundred barrels of refined petroleum stored there burned furiously, and flowed all about in a blazing stream, consuming a saloon and boarding house near by, and firing a train oi fifteen cars, loaded with petrolum, which also burned, together with ten other empty freight cars. The burning oil 1 ran down tbe catch basin into the sewer, flowed under the Scranton River, a distance of several hundred foot, and set fire to the schooner Jmttes Wade, which was considerably damaged before she was feowed ;." a place of .safety, and the flames extinguished Loss, $;SO,000. KIN'OSTON NOTE3. Kingston, Aug. 25.—The agitation by the press seems to have stopped the overloading of vessels. Captains have been awakened to the danger, and did not dare to risk a continuance of what was liable to lead to the intr ductiou of stringent regulations by insurance companies. ' miners at this port say the time has come when the Gov i_. tneut should appoint men to see that life and property is eu-> dangered by no man's carelessness. The Man/.diiiUa, is 15 bushels short, and Capt Simmon's is nearly 819 out. The schr G li Sloan arrived yesterday with 21 -13 bushels of wheat from Chicago. Capt Tohu Donnelly, wrecker, has left for Nicolet River, where h nperinteuds the raising of the sunken dredge. A brother explains that Capt Anderson, of the barge Russell loading timber at Byug Inlet, was not decapitated by the hoisting accident. The grips did slip and struck him, crushing in the front part or his head, but he did not die until three hours afterwards. much Cor bringing rthefct from Toledo Detroit to iJuri\...„ a*. ..om Chicago to IJutialo—2 cents Special Telegram to Tho Inter Ocean. Manistee, Mien., Aug. 31.—The steambarge: Miller was badly burned off Point Sauble this moruing. A large propeller passed her, and' though signaled to, refused to render any assistance. FURTHER PARTICULARS. Special Telegram 10 The intei; rfcaaii Detroit, Mich., Aug. 31.—The steam bar te Albert Miller, with 300,000 feet of ]umbel.. bound to Chicago, caught hre between Manistee and Point Sable last nmht, and burned her stern and cabin. She was beached on the Point and her deok load taken off. She wasvaluedat $20,000, and fully insured. She was owned »y M. EnKleraann. Special Telegram to Tne Inter Ocean. Milwaukee, Wis.. Aug. 31.—The steambarge Albert Miller, lumber laden from Manistee to Chicago, when abreast of Biz Point Sable, at 0 o'clock last night, caught fire from her boiler, and all attempts to subdue the flames were frnitleas. She was run ashore high and dry on Big Point Sable, where she burned to the water's edge. She was insured for $15,000, and was valued at $20,000, and abandoned to tne insurance companies. The following companies held policies: Continental, $5,000; Western, $4,000; Mercantile. $3,500. and St. Paul. $2,500. Her crew were removed by the life-saving crey j from Big Point Sable. 1 """ I------" • - ¦¦ iwJ* "Buffalo, N. Y., Auk. 31.—Coal freights quiet. Cargoes are not freely offered; rates quoted at 80 and 85 cents to Chicago aud Milwaukee. Engagements—Prop J. H. Farwell; schrs Golden Fleece, J. H. Butter, aud J. Godfrey, all reported pena to Chicago, $l.vo: Consuelo, staves, croit to Buffalo. 4, 6, and 8c on barrels, hogsheads, and pipes. The two sailors, Roach and Griffith, accused of being members of the gang committing the outrage uuon the crew of the schooner Higgie, are still In iail at Kmgstou. They claim they are innocent and cannot get a trial. Cleveland Leader; "There was a very large at-|| tendance at the saio of the wrecked schooner { Baldwin, sold yesterday at marshal's sale. Sue J was bid in by Mr. James Cunnea, of Smith's tue ' office, for $2,900. She will make a capital lumber barge." I ' abandoned her, a total I" at 85 cents for Chicago. The schr Monitor takes " ----- ^*-- bulk salt to Milwaukee at 90 cents. Canal freights dull, aud rates unchanged at 434 cents on coin and 51* cents on wheat to New York. THAT MYSTERIOUS "V7R3CKAGE. Special Teletrrani lo The Inter Ocean. Charlevoix. Mich., Sept. 3.-A propeller's hurricane deck, with state-rooms and everything in the cabin, was found by fishermen Thursday at 4 p. in., between the Beavers aud Charlevoix, with a schooner's cabin deck on top, bearing tne name, '\,oim Miner.-," in oencil. There was also found a shirt which had beeu worn, pillows, aid lihree mattresses not wet through. Ihcve was no lire, but it is supposed a collision happened. THE GOLDEN HARVEST. . elegram to The inter Ocean. KENOSHA, Wis., Sept. 3.—The barce Golden Harvest, with lumber for Chicago, became water-logged Friday night, and at 9 a. ni. to-day was six miles oft this port with a flag of distress.1 The life boat at this station went out tojth^ barge aud Captain Emerson and his life crew. With 1 he aid of the nig Wetzel, brought her nitc t his port- Captain Bunuester has searched out tk and overcome it to a considerable et-. tone. The Golden Harvest sailed for Chicago at G p. m. to meet a tug of the Union lino. The Pride of America is now in trouble as far as the consignee and captain are concerned. The vessel's leak near the centre^box had on the passage been deteoted and : stopped, but not before 75 bushels of her caryo had heen : wet and damaged. The surveyors here failed to find tbe defect aud so reported. The captain claimed his freight, but the consignee would not pay, and so the matter stands, 'The case is a peculiar one. Yesterday Captain Pierce exhibited to the St. Lawrence Steamboat Company the model of a new steamer which it is proposed to build here during the winter for the Gananoque route and excursion business. She will be 13S feet long, 25 feet beam, side-.wheeled, calculated to carry l.ooo passengers, and run very fast. Buffalo, Sept 3.—The launching of the M M Drake ¦was concluded yesterday without noteworthy incident. Captain Peter B Falon, the well-known" diver, has succeeded in raising the scows May Walker and Brilliant, sunk some time ago at or uear the mouth of the Canal. Sail vessels are driven out of the Buffalo aud Chicago grain trade. The ancient philosophers maintain that""Sails will ne7er be driven from the sea.," Right here on the lakes, on the Chicago and Buffalo routes, Bteam crafts can (they do) run at the going rates, and sail crafts can't and don't. A fine of $25 was recently imposed upon two masters at Lrie. who had failed to comply with the new law which City of CI h t largest sail craft afloat on w""*.ouna«a Is 1,5.!S ana she carries 2,300 tons of ip th*e command of the vossel aS'ter one more tr^p, and I ¦ ¦ au ;ceeii I Thornton, first mate. L'eipts by lake of grain for the last week are* 2,o43,2oo dls, audi' ' i,;iiio tons. By canal there ------shipped 1,161,2.-0 )r..i ;hoU of grain, and by rait 293,7oe bushels. C-IIARTEHS AND FB.KT.aHT3. FALO, N.Y.i Aug. 21. — Goal freight* rather we akst" ratesqn - large vessels, and £>c for small ves» Bets to Chicago and ?-! v:¦,¦;¦ ¦<:¦;¦>•<. Vo charters reported. I 1 -v\"i'.(i; A Sault Ste/Marie special on Satu of the North *1'-'- Detroit, Aug. 21. - day says that the uropi ___ pauj ¦ W^'Oaiia. from Duluth, ran on Pancake, on the _„ fifteen miles north of Whitefish Point on the morning ofi the loth. To release herself she was compelled to thru* overboard 7a0 barrels of Hour, six ear loads of bian. ai tour car loads of wonl. She pot off on the 16th without i: jury to herself, rags Lighter and Diver have^gone to * cover the freight, whichhas floated ashore ii ** *"~1 ____ ,------ ,, . , - ----------- -- wuu.jj.j n,uu uWUDWiaW WHICH on her May du.vj requires the vessels name to be painted on her quarter, j Canadian shore,] Considerable^ Indignation is expressed at the sentence, as l~ Pancake Bay) Chicago, Aug. 20.— The prop Chicaafc, owned by G M Lane, of this city, was burned on Tuesday night off north of Fox Island, Lake Michigan. All hiiWls were saved. She was au old vessel plying betweeu Cfiicago aud IJnlfaloiu the grain trade. Loss a25,009. CoLiioi'.NE, Aug. 26.—This morning as the steamer Norseman was coming in one.of her wheels struck the dock, damaging her so that the tug A Wright had to be sent for to tow her toi'ort Hope for repairs, which will require two or three days. FREIGHTS. sal marine rates- Coal was _........,--------„ .0 expressed at the sentenci the masters hail not known of the law. CHARTERS AND Buffalo, N.Y,, Sept 3.—Lo quoted at 55c again to Chicago. . . Freights were strong aud fairly active yesterday. Coal advanced again to SJc rate, at which figure the iicutia and Oceaoica were put in for Chicago. The Benson was given 2;"c to Toledo. The strength of coal freights was in sympathy wi%li other values. Canal rates were especially brilliant and as high as tie was at'ked on wheat to New York, some vsaselmenQ holding off for this figure. Shippers paid 5jc early and afterwards 5£e. Corn was §c to %c under. Business was thie best that it has been any day during the week, and the belief was that a prosperous fall season was opening. Advice;s from Chicago stated that the market was strong, witlu no material chauge, the rate being 2}c to 2£c on wheat to HSuffalo. aud 2c to 2|c on corn. Ore freights were also stiff through not very active.