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""-^ Steamboat Empire, 1844, Capt. D. Howe. MIDI AND HARBOPR, Midland, Sept. 13.— The facilities created by the Mid* land Uailway have made a. comparatively busy portof thii new place. Since the 10th of August last the arrivals of Steam barges and schooners grain*laden number 34, with sargnes aggregating 790,000 bushels. The schioopers are mostly of th-- hiryer si/a. that :«v engaged in th<« trade between Chicago and Midland Harbour, fhenje were 29 cargoes of com and 5 cargoes of oats, and mo growlicg "lOUt "1*"-'T|||° ¦IIIIWMW*¦WT—"M*>———------rj-----g BUFFALO NOTES. BUFFALO, Sept. 15.— The schr H M Scove. with coal for Sheboygan, which left here on Wednesday night, ran back: yesterday morning. When off Dunkirk, about midnight, she was ran into by a canal schooner bound down. Tim Scove lost her iibboom, cathead, and sustained other damages, and the canaler's main sail was torn. C Coyne, of the Scove, puts the blame on the canal which is supposed to be the Mima Belle, as shear gjport Colborne yetterday with her main sail torn. Ipoyne w>=nt over to look-in,' umtter. THE OTHER SIDE. DISASTERS. THE PEOPELLEK CUBA AND THE YACHT COUNTESS. THE EXPERIENCE OF THE potomao AND TOW. A. teleKram published yesterday morning 2ave Mr. Peter Wex, the owner or the propeller Po the particulars of a collision between an un- tomac, who was in Chicago'on Saturday, receiver known steamer and the yacht Countess, off Point Uw following; Betsey, at 2 o'clock on the mornins of Tuesday |gj|| Bay City, Mich., Sept. 15.—Peter Wex, Chi. i last. The account also said the steamer was fcnt/d^ck!C\he^v"S°^r&SaSSr£ I"""* to blame, and teat she even relused to || N. Rice lost. Crew of Straits safe in Harrisvtlle. reader assistance after the collision. It is learned 3f Nothing known of crew of Rice. I taat "the unknown steamer" was the propeller . Mr. Wex left for Ba'y Sn yooTbe "„£ ftTam^ J Cuba- °£ th0 Commercial Line, Captain Gebhardt, \ later dispatch announces the saving ot Lheff which was in the harbor here yesterday loading. Rice's crew by the schooner Unadilla.^Captain Gebhardt says the yacht was under full sail at the time, and that she had no light whatever. They Baw her aboard the propeller, how-lever, and endeavored to clear her, but she sailed CHARTERS, AtTD FREIGHTS. Buffalo. Sept. 18.—JThe only cargo of coal taken was the schr Jessie to Dttroii at 2a cts : the schr Venus took brimstone to Clevelai' A at 65 cts per gross ton, f o b ¦.and the schr Hungeri'ord. .'laving stone to Cleveland at $2 60 per cord. ¦MISCELLANEOUS. Barnum's month1* list of vessels for sale has made ita appearance for Se fttember, and comprises four pases of closely printed ma* £er. The list tells a tale of dull times among vessel-owrfsr$. Bay City, Sej/t. 18.-On Saturday afternoon the tug Witch of the W fet, owned by Capt Will Gordon, wnii The Potomac's tow Consisted of the City! of the Sti'aita, the R. N. Rice, and the * Annie Vougbt, all lumber-laden for Ohicai The Vought was towed into Tawas by the Po tomac, and is all right. The City of the Straits vas picked up by the steambarge Business and towed to Port Huron. A salvage claim will be made against vessel and cargo. At last accounts the Rice had not been found. The propeller (Mean's tow also met with dis aster. The Mohawk sot into Mackinaw with seven feet of water in her hold. Pokt Huron, Mich., Sept. 1G.—The steam- Ibarge Business arrived this morning with" the , tow-barge City of the Straits in a water-logged | condition. Her deck-load of ash lumber, for towing a raft up the river took lire off Stone Island and \ Chicago parties, wan washed overboard and car-1 'fS^ttBPWIIIfflB IllBuiUii hau been appointed to coin* jnand the small propeller A J Wright. The WrigtttfwUl tow the barges Snelts and Sherwood to Parry Sound, to load lumber for Tonawanda. There was a heavy wind down the lake yesterday, which shifted to north-west in the eveuiug. The Unmber laden barge Klrua, of the passaiac's tow, was brought in watert logged. Captain Oliver Pease attempted to clean a shot gun on his boat, near MirVville, yesterday. The weapon was ihs-* <.-;-ar, tA. accidentally, and the right arm shattered and after-" wards,amputated... Peace died at midnight. Charles Gilbert, captain of the schooner B ¥ Bruce,'was to-day arrested by Deputy United States -Marshal Levoly, oca charge of smuggling butter from Canada. Ho was im-ai'iied before United States Co-.nmissio'ner .Serous, and pleading not guilty gave bail for appearance for examination on Saturday. CHARTERS AND FREIGHTS. Buffalo, Sept. 15.—Coal freights are mot quite as strong as yesterday. No charters were made this morning. Yesterday afternoon the following were reported :—Prop H A Pajker. Sehrs John Kel der house, Michigan. A Nicholson coal,-Chicago. tiOc : Goshawk, raiiis to Duluth, Jl 25 ; Thos Parsou3. salt, to Menominee, 'i'J.Uc per barrel, and lumber hsn.ee to Chicago at $175. Proyp A o Wnght, barges Mills and Sherman, lumber, from P'arry Sound co Tonawanda, S2 25. !"»i.: fcOIT, Sept. 15.—Yesterday's charters were :- Schr Sweetheart, iron ore, Escanaba to Black Ib^ck, ii 20: Ed* ward Blake, lumber, Detroit to Pt. Metcalfe, SSil par thousand cubic : the Kate Kelly takes wheat to Buffalo. had her upper wjbrks completely destroyed. She ally sunk with Iter hull and machinery all right, insured for So. ooo. Detroit, :.d'ich.. Sept. 18,—A young Swedish sailor named Ohas F'Butties fed from the main topmast of the schr Felicitus and was killed as the schr was passing Two Creeks on Friday afternoon. The vessel put back to Manitowoc and handed his body over to the authorities and went on her voyage. The schr Mockingbird for Charlevoix drugged her anchor aad went ashore high and dry at three o'clock on Thursday morning at Norwood. Sha is expected to no to pieces. She lie* broadside on the beach. Bellkvillk, Sent. Vi. --The str Varuua and the for ry is parti- fried her rail bulwarks, stanchions, plank-shear, She was * &way on one side. The crew of the vessel badl taken to the small boat anil started for Harri ville, where they landed safely. The barge R. N.rj Rice id adrift on Lake Huron. The tug John str Prints It, r\ght across the propeller's bows, and the res was a collision. The Cuba is iron, and her stem is very sharp. IThe paint is brushed off tor about six inches, where she sUucs: the Countess.J After the collision, Captain Geb- r hardt claims, ho followed tne yacht and signaled her, so that if she was in danger , her crew might make it known, but they said nothing. The Cuba resumed her course, but the ; captain, fearin;; for the yacht's condition, again headed about and followed her some distance, I whistling signals, but as the Countess paid no attention, sue once more resumed her course. . Captain Gebhardt emphatically denies that any conversation occurred b.diveen the crews of the \ two craft. lie says the Countess did not ask for assistance, and that no such expression as "Go * to h—1" was made from the Cuba. barge City of the. Straits thirty-live miles froml utsr mew, aim W9us/wa> feet of her deck load g | order. Captaiu 3tinua I boy, where sheiiawli< "mi —jm-i-.....'¦ MtSCKLLAKEOUB. fSKB, Wis., a«pt. 13. -Sailor troubles JftlLWAUZSR, Wis., Sept. 13. -Sailor troubles at this port continue. The non-union crew, which were forced from the schooner Selkirk by a mob of union saUoM yesterday, to«day tied that vessel up for wages, but they were paid and she was released. The Selkirk was char*.^ »Vve*ald»ysagotoloa<lt>reat Escanaba, but her master. cannot procure a crew. To-day he offered union men union wages, which are $2 a day, hut they would not go lor less than S3, and wanted articles signed lor the round trip Of course the present freights would not allow any such wages to be paid. __ __ Port Dalhousie, Sept. 15.-The prop L-ake Miettwai arrivedjearly this morning from Hamilton and went ou dry. dock to ship a new wheel The str Picton arrived from; Toronto at 6 a m., ¦»...! .*!<* nnt make her usual trki> to-.da.y_ •;: ¦ - ¦-"^-""¦lili'i.:"-'ll"w,^'riiuii4er Bay island,'and towed her to Pei * Huron, where she has been left in the custody^ of the Wolverine dry-dock subsequent to the settlement of a wrecking ciaiin against her.j The City ot the Straits is loaded with ash lum-' -'mwftM mi *" Bai' CiTi-, Sept. IS. -The tug Andrew J. Siiiith, v which went out on Friday in search of the lost barges City o( the Straits and R N Rico returned to this port at noon to-day, having found the laUer barge ten miles off Charity Island,1 drifting ou the Canada shore. She had been deserted ty her crew, and waB/wajer-loefed. She had about 2o,oo<: * gone, and her steering gear out ofj es at anchor. AY City, Mich.. Sept. m— As the tug Witch/ of the West, one of the- strongest towers on the Tl?V?:ZLh*Jt0"llhm m *°' !^ P«itrinaw, was towing a raft up the river, she caught tiro and had all her upper works burned hiway. Fire-tugs went to her aid, and it la thought Iber machinery and hull are all right. Sue is ¦owned by Captain William Gordon, of Ray City, *md insured foi^.UUU. • (.HCTitoiT, Mich,, Sept. 10. ¦ C: V "SARNIA, Sept. 15.—The new prop ICeewatin. building Sarnia and owned'by James Beaty, wiU be launched »excj J"mv'kin\v,. Sep:. jr.-'L'he b-trge >Joj&w k .lumber laden J a,,dintow of the stoambarge Olean,'barttod her tow-ltaej early this moruins off the Beavers during a gale from th/.j west- She returned hero to-night with seven feet oi ml m her hold- The wind has blown liard all day trom*»-west, and the schr Monguat ^Duluth, Sept. 15.—The report of Major Allan, of- ttj« United States Engineer Corps, regarding the Government, work at Duluth, *aya that the whole remit- to date is »»M* channel between the piers, and J^erally isuff^t dt|4U within the naval anchorage ground of tlie harbour, aiwliai a portion of the channel from the railroad docks to »a«»M of vessels drawing 15 feet of water The railroad auaUbrr busine? -. deveh-piir: alonff the whole water front of Oulnth.. ng the west side of Royse's Point to the main shon of St Louis Bay toward Oneota calls for a large amountoj di^dgim; witlui-'. the Ne\t j-L-ar or two. Special Telegram to The lute:* Ocean. KINGSTON, Sept. 15.—The gale of yesterday was very severe on tha lake. Captain Saxie Brooks?, of the schooner J. E. Benson, carrving 122,400 bushels of wheat from Toledo to Portsmouth, left Port Dalhousie yesterday morning at 7 o'clock. He was in all the blow and said the waves rolled mountains high, fre-riuently "sweeping over and engulfing his Tessel. The water was two feet deep on deck, and the cabin was filled. It rushed in faster than it could run out. A jib was split and no doubt the cargo is considerably injured. The captain noted a protest. The Oliver Mowat left port on "Wednesday evening, with iron ore for Bis Sodup. She was caught in the gale. After plunging around for a longtime, matcing no headway, he started for Kingston, arriving here late last nignt. He lost his foresail, foreboom, and foregaff. and Bplit his lib. The captaiu reported thatne saw numerous vessels, lumber laden, off Snake Island, bound for Oswego. Some of them lost their deck loads. The schooner Mary Ann Lydon, from Port Hope, was carrying only a staysail and jib, when she lurched over, clumping her entire deck-load. She righted up at once, but had her cargo been other than lumber, a disaster would, have happened. The schooner T. R. Merritt lost her fore «*iUl main stall ami *<iaaire-fea.d y^rd. T THE SCHOONER. MYSTIC STAR, with 22,300 bushels oi corn, Chicasro to Ogdensburg, had a terrible time off Wolcott, eighteen miles from Niagara River. Tho gale struck the vessel in all its fury. The mizzen mast snapoed and came crashing down, taking the mainmast with it. Both went overboard. The only alternative wa*s to cut it away. This the sailors did with alacrity, of course. The canvas went with the masts. The captain of the propeller Nashua, seeing the accident, went to the assistance of the dismasted vessel^ and towed her from '1 until b" o'clock. The line parted, and she made her way to Kingston. She looked a wreck. This afternoon a tug of the Dominion Wrecking Company went to her assistance. Captaiu Saxie Bvoooks, who saw the disaster, says that Captain W. S. Hay, of the propeller Nashua, is a "* ame *un." With the eaie howling terrifically, and at the peril of the propeller, he turned her around and went to tiie schooner. tlI can take my oath," said the speaker, "that when the propeller changed her course, her wheelhouse touched the water. Had the steering-gear broken, the captain of the propeller would not have known what struck him. Alter she picked up the Mystic Star I watched her with a glass for three solid hours, and at times yon could not tell which was on top. They seemed to be all mixed up. Sometimes nothing but spray and foam was visible, the vessels being buried beneath it." ___________^^^mmmt^m^^u^ ¦ItW'V'JOTUlTTiLl left Vhil 1); .¦HIM...... Tnousie the wind, which was very light, carried away his fore and main gaff and square sail yard. Her captain was equal to the occasion. He unbent the mizzen, made it into a foresail, and successfully ran the vessel into this harbor. His experience during yesterday on the lake was trying, THE ADMIRAL. Special Telegram Jo The Inter Ocean. Sarnia, Ont., Sept. 15.--The schooner Admiral .arrived in this morninsr from Goderich, having 'icen disabled in a heavy storm. Sue'had her t mast blown off, her sails all tattered, and was king heavily. LOST ON THE LAKES. A DREADFUL DISASTER. Special Telearam to The Inter Ocean. Collingwood, Ont., Sept. 17.—The following report has just reached here by tho hands of Captain John Davis, of the tuu Minnehaha, sent from Parry Sound by Mr. J. C. Miller, which gives the details of the loss of the steamer Asia, of the Great Northern Transit Line, which left here Wednesday evening last for the French River and Sault Ste. Marie: "Parry Sound, Sept. 17.—Captain A. McGregor reached here yesterday by tug from Owen Sound, and reported passing the wreck of a steamer off the Limestone Island, lie picked up and brought with a tiunk, a door, and a pillow-slip marked 'Steamer Asia.' About 10 o'clock th is afternoon an Indian boat reached here from Point Au Barrie, about thirty miles distant, bringing Mr. D. A. Tinkiss, of Manitowaning, and Miss Christy Ann Morrison, from near Owen Sound, supposed to be^the ouly two survivors of the ill-fated steamer. Mr. Tinkiss made the following statement: THE SURVIVOR'S STORY. "'Iwent aboard the Asia at Owen Sound about midnight on Wednesday, in company with J. H. Tinkess and H. B. Gallagher, both of Manitowaning. The steamer was crowded, all the state-rooms being full and many passengers lying on the sofas and cabin floor. AU went well until about 11 o'clock Thursday morning, when a storm struck the steamer. I was in my berth at tho time. My uncle, J. H. Ten-I kess, jumped up and said the boat was dooixod. Dishes and chairs were flying in every directon. We left the cabin and iound difficulty m getting on deck, the boat wus rolling so heavily. I (Ot a life-preserver and put it on. The boat wont Into the trough of the sea and would not obey her helm. She rolled heavily for about twenty rum-utes, when she was struck by a heavy sea and foundered. SHE WENT DOWN with her engines working, about ll'.iiO o'clock. The Asia was making for French River, and had men, horse.:!, anc| lumbermen's supplies for the shanties tbicre. I saw thixe bloats^ftWGj^d. I waa.lq.. the first boat. JsoTmY^rglnwere^ got in, till tho boat was overloaded, and turned over twice. Parties were hanging on to my life-preserver, whiehgot displaced. 1 threw i it off, then laft the boat and swam to tie captain's boat, which was near by, and asked Mr. John McDougall, the purser, to help me in. Ha said it was but little use, but gave me his hand. When I got in there were EIGHTEEN PERSONS in the captain's boat, and by that time there was a larger number in and clingingto the boat I had left. I know nothing of the third boat. Our boat rolled over, and I remember missing poor John McDougall a few minutes after he helped me in. People were hanging on to the spars and other parts of the wreckage. Our boat was full of water and the sea was constantly breaking over us. One of the first to dio on tho boat was tho cabin-boy. Ho was dying and being supported by one of the men when a wave washed him overboard. Next to go .was a boat-hand. He was near the gunwale and jumped out. I could see him PADDLING ROUND IN THE WTATER for nearly a hundred yards, our numbers were now reduced to seven, five of whom died before reaching the beaeh. Captain Savage was the last to die in my arms about midnight, On Thursday Mr. John Little, of Sault Ste Marie, the mate McDonald, and two others, names unknown, died. The boat finally stranded near Point au Barrfe about daylight Friday, with Miss Morrison and myself the only two survivors. I put the bodies out on the beach and pried the boat off with an oar, but did not bale i it out. Miss Morrison and I went down the , be&ob in a boat to a derrick, about one and a half miles distant, and laid on tne beach all the night. About 8 o'clock Saturday morning au Indian came along, and I engaged biro to BRING US TO PARRY SOUND. He would not bring the bodies." "The steamer Northern Belle, of the same line, which reached here this morning, has been furnished with ice, etc., and has left foj- the bodies, i Miss Morrison and air. TitiRiss are being well ; eared for here, and Dr. Potts thinks neither will suffer materially from their long exposure. There were probably about 100 on board the Asia." The propeller Minneapolis, whicu has been detained about one one week on account of her boiler being out of repair, is now again seaworthy and left last evening for Escanaba. The propeller Mary Jareeki is at the dry dock aptaln Hamiaoliff "l i;teent a pump and diver to Cleveland last night. They will be taken by the tug Win-low to Ashtabula, to assist the schooner Breck in trouble there. ... - - . ;8p-ectal-Telegranito The Inter 'Ocean. t Bay City, Mich., Sept. 17.—Tho tne Andrew J. Smith, which wont out Friday in search ot the lost barges, City of the Straits and R. N. Rice. returned to this port at noon to-day, having found the latter barge ten miles oi'f Charity Island, drifting toward the Canada shore. At 10 o'clock Saturday morning she had been deserted by the crew, and had a flag at half mast. She was water logged; about 20,000 feet of her deck load- was gone, and her steering sear was out of order. By rigging relieving tackle him ' and the tiller Cautain Kinney, of the Smith, managed to tow her until the sea subsided, when he went alongside and xoade fast, bringing her along slowly but surely in that manner to within a mile of Can buoy, where she now lies at anchor. In coming through the channel at Charity Islands the Rice grounded in twenty-two feet of water, but was pulled off in a few hours. The barge Carney has been chartered to take off the deck load of lumber, and goes out this afternoon with a crew of men. Captain Iviuney thinks the Rice's crew were taken by a passing schooner. The steambarge Bay City left port yesterday Lafternoon. with the barge John Sherman in tow, ifor Sand Point, to pick up the barge St. Clair, puring the night she grounded off" Point "Augres, and the barge Sherman ran into her. cutting her stern wide open. A steam- pump and the tug Park were sent out this morning to give assistance. Northport, Mich., Sept. 15.—The schooner Mocking Bird, light, from Charlevoix, dragged her anchor and went ashore at Norwood Thursday morning. She is now broadside on the beach, and unless the wind, which is northwest and fresh, subsides to-day she will doubtless go tip pieoes,____ 'am to The Inter Ocean. Bay City, Mich., Sept. 15.—The steambarge Potomac, towing the barges R. N. Rice, City of the Straits, and schooner Annie Vought, left pore Wednesday all lumber laden for Chicago. Thursday morning tkhe tow was broken up off Sturgeon Point,the barge City of the Straits watsr-logging and the Rice losing her rudder. The Potomac had her stern stove in on the starboard side by striking the bow of the Rice, which was also stove in. Captain Taylor, of the City of the Straits, telegraohs from Harrisville to-day that his crew got ashore by taking the yawl. He last saw the Rice in the trough of the sea. and thinks she went to pieces. The Potomac towed the Vought to '> shelter in Tawas Bay, and then came to Bay: City for repairs. She leaked badly, and had*to keep the syphon and pumps working. The tug Andrew J. Smith was sent from Bay City this' <$A.KTOT75 DISASTERS. THE STORM OF MONDAY SIGHT proves to have been very severe at the foot of this lake. Trouble is already learned of, and it is feared much more will be reported in a - "¦'- or two. For several days the weather at the loot of the lake and in the Sferaita has been bad. SCHOONER YORK STATE SUNK.- Tha steam barge'Buckeye and her ooasort, the schooner York State, lumber Loaded, got the full fiu-y'of the storm and made bad weather of it. The York State sprung: a leak and water-logged. The .Buckeye worked along with bar until within fifteen miles of Chicago, when a tug tt*>k bold and helped her with the .sunken vessel; there being great danger that she would capSize. At dark last evening they'arrived at Chic, the York State ground - north pier, in tho mouth of the harbor. Other tusrs were called, and were worl !^ a hue hour. A private dispatch irom Ctf] :ai:i David Mujr, I of the schooner Margaret: Vluir, dai d Detroit, ' says the vessel lost hei tusaU, jib at the Eoofc'oE this lak- . ship Nevada towed nor I'rcn to Che- i bovgan. She has grain from ¦ hicagplDjQjrdeiu^, harbor y The steambargo Michael * ¦¦ the large schooner John M, HntuMordu In ine harbor yesterday afternoon, en plan king on her stern to some is above the water line, and ivili be re] to-tiay, when the steamshj > •!. B. Lyon, which tows the Hutchinson, is i v'e. The Hutchinson is grain-loaded. ier J. AV. Doane, damaged in the harbor last we.de, ooin-j Dieted her repair.-* v - i wili-fiO to aia ^levatorto load "ri ¦" ^'t-i/'i Vw wi ir i at Lake -'street bridg . a strung along The canaler was sunk. Tne uci on Monday night. It is said ill- Tri ' \. ¦ not to blame. The damage and : an espehseof raising: tne sunken c/aft wiii I TThe tug Prindivi-)e,.ot the Union Line, broke her shaft in the harbor, ay ;,-.-!¦ to be a o be necessary, and the boat wjii a o bo laid up for some time. The Canadian propel | metwfth an accident to her r ¦ . ijafce Enron, arrived here yesterday. afternoon to go in search of the lost barges. The City of the Straits wa3 owned by Peter Wex, of Buffalo; the other by R. R. Hefford. They had altogether 975,000 feet of lumber, consigned to Soper Bros. <fe McCormick. The Potomac had some of her lumber washed overboard. The Rice had a crew of six or seven men and one woman. They boarded the Potomac at the time of the collision and same to port. _/ -'-tf'SCA.NAiiA, Mich., Scut. 1.x— The steamer Welcome went ashore six miles north of SturgVon Bay about 3 o'clock on the morning of the 14th. She is on the rocks four feet out forward. She has hec planking stove in. The Captain has telegraphed for a steam pump and the tug Waters. The schooner Brooklyn, ashore near Ford River, jettisoned about 200 tons of ore and worked cl*ar. About 9 o'clock last night she was towed to this port by the tug Owens. Is not leaking much, and does not seem to be seriously injured. The propeller O. P. Townsend will tow her down. Wind south; light. L r'KALO KOXBS. Beytas. ¦ BUWAIO, N V'., Sept. ID.—It was the iron pr<£ whi-hruu into thefraimt Contitettoif Point Bet week. Captaiu Oebliart safa the yacht Showed py light. and was altogether to blame for the accident. The schr James Couch wet about ;VJ t,. seed. Her leaks were ^tupped in the Mi,Is dock, B ¦ailed last night for Cleveland to load coal for (¦hi-;-. T?na steambarge llaiaigh ran into tte wmr U "W !- via at Ashtabula on Sunday morning after daylight. was at the dock unloading ore, and was considerably damaged forward. Oaptaialfii Pope has left the prop Colorado to take Charge of the new steamship Fred Mercur, and Captain C'. W Fellows has been given command of the Colorado. Captain Oeorge Bowie lias been assigned to th | ip Nebraska vice Captafn W. J. Lam.dy, who has gen home la Ohio ou account of his wife's sickness. CHA&TXRfl AND ITAKtaitTS. Mauouette, Sept. 19.—The schr, Singapore is I adlng i wheat for Kingston on owners account. !ii rrALO, Sept. 19.—Coal freights dull, vessels scarce. I Charters :—Schrs L A Law and Marengo, coal to < 60c : J K Bailey, coal to Toledo. 2jc , Jami innii Cleveland to Chicago, 75c; steambarge Business, wheat from Toledo to Buffalo, So. Dr.xr-oiT, Mich., Sept. 19.—Yesterday's charters included tha following :— Steambarge Kincardine and consorts, Her- ' cules and New Dominion, lumber, Owen Sound toAmaerat-burg, $2 : schrs Aoturaa. ties, South Hay, Stauitoulln ! Island, to Buffalo, lie ; (la -ties and Wi i Shupe, wheat to ¦ Buffalo, 2c : Consuelo, posts a ;d lumber, Prentis '.ay to l Detroit, §2 25 per cord on posi-s and $2p«* M on lum >er. ¦MisoELT.'Nrrcops. DETfcOtT, Mich. Pent. 19.—The sehooner Benedict, ! which was reported lost, paSBed/uu yesterday L. good i shape. The steetnbax je ik:/ A'ity, (owing the barge ' Sherman, ran aground onjroint AtigraH while ma uig for SafidpOint, andwW b.i-rie run into the iieambarne's stern nine ;.v . Phe Bay Citj sank. The captain came to Bay Ciry \\\v\ repotted the disaster, and hadtthe Bianchard steam-pump and RJpUoa towed out to her. CHARTERS AND FREIGHTS. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 21.-The following cheers were repiorted yesterday :—Schrs Maumee Valley, lu"--'er._ AU petaa to Kingston, S4 25 per M : Hyderabad, wheat t l\ii '* stom, 4Jc ; W H Rounds, wheat to Buffalo, 2c ; propEm.-. e, wfiaeat to Montreal, 7c. Buffalo. Sept. 21.—Some vessel owners seem to think graun freishts are now as high as they will get this season. It Hooks that way. Coal freights coutinue dull. Charters : — Pjmdps Clarion and Clyde, to Chicago, at 60c : prop J BI Jctwett, to Chi ago, on pt: prop Wm Edwards and schr M W iPage, to Chicago, at 60c : prop Cuba, Cleveland to Chi" ca^e, at 75c. Canal freights steady : lumber higher quoted : whieat at 6c, corn 5?.c, and oats 4c to New York ; lumber to 18 —The tug C A Hand was sent Nenv York at $3 25 per M.and $2 G5 to Albany : staves at vS^ijto^* riw tu" iu ««Wi».«»I §1 .'a per ton to New York. Sb bad broken ap oh bona *«&¦ KtSCEMASBtfJS. A>la:,kinawdi^ateb^y3wth^ge g^^^g DETROIT. Sept. 21.-Bate, forTarbour towing at this Mohawii ol rthe ^ ^ .„i ,."^^,i vT^r-kinaw with s^veij poirt and towing to Lake En - have advanced 10 per cent. Tbie barge York State was waterlogged on Lake Michigan dutring the recent sevwre weather &-ud grounded ¦' reaching The Kfer Jam rirea, oi She sprang feet of water m hei hold Cooeh, gram laden, from Chicago» w ciaicago near the uorfh pier Saturday afternoon iu tow ot the tag ChammonJ . ,...uraleaV:ou Lake Huron on Thursday, anu her pump just kept her free. Oat* Green's new steamahio MM Drake is expected beguiloadS bulk salt for Milwaukee ^'\^^\ «iSellent cargo for a Wooden v...,cnr.,t trip. Bhe W get ten cents over Oft going coal rate. seaman, died at the His ago WPlKCIOna ft tie steamer Picton came Hugh Luckey. a younj Marine Hospital yesterday morning. -was about 'S2 years. The disease waft typnoiu fever, of which there has been numerous cases at the nospital lately. s/ STEAMBARGE LAUNCHED. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. | Bay City, Mich., Sent. 20.—John Kelder- house's new steambarge Oregon, built at Croath- waite's ship yard, on the west side of the river, ^ was successfully launched at 4 THE PICTON Morpeth, Sept. 21.—The steamer Picton came atshore on Rondeau point last night. It waa iv diark they could not see the shore. A TOTAL WRECK. Rondeau, Sept. 21.—A side-wheel steamer ran Lashure last night about four miles east of the llighthouse. As seen through the glass her rpaddie-box was smashed and hull appeared crack-ttd in two, and she is likely to become a total \wreck. Could not ascertain her name. at Milwaukee. dimensions are 14. Keel, 200 feet; beam, 3J; The hold.