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Steamboat Empire, 1844, Capt. D. Howe. m- Steamer Kice, 1868, McKay. Detroit Jottings. A FLOATING COFFIN. 13.- When Jhe St. Louis ntered the new !/ DETROIT, Oct. 14.—The barge Waver!?/, Ds. ftoiT, Oct !SS SL^^^^^^iJKLtVa^ ^f8, ^TxPSnt ^ Ignace. ~ She wa^ built E^OonpjjS[tar'"abo>T eight "year* posed that some rubbish had caught in the worksfitlibe ft Hackett's Harbour m 1«53> was at onetime a purchased by Dry-dock MKine Works, bottom, but further examination discovered that the elbow-in the pipe that feeds the cylinder which works the irate had been cracked and would not pen-'onn its duty The boat was locked through, and all of the gates of this lock closed and pumps put to work, and in forty-seven hours the gate was in working order again. Bennett has left Eilbeck's elevator for Oswego with 7.c bu barley, Th« iron shipments continue. Titrate is low, but vessel men are glad to accept it in the absence of better freight. Ifcetug Champion, owned by the Montreal Transportation Company, on her way to Kingston was nartially dis-. aolea. She broke one of her crank pins at Dickinson's Landing. The tug Conqueror, under the direction of Captain Don-nelly, has gone to the assistance of the schr Gulnair, sunk at loronto. The tug Folger will relieve the Conqueror, and stay by the schr Pandora while she loads barley at Wellington. Tne Mun^on's dredge is again in operation at Porta* mouth, whose harbour will be greatly improved by the time the S5,ooo appropriation had been expended, Buffalo Notes. Buffalo. Oct. 13.-The schr Michigan, which arrived in Wild port to-d iy lost some of her bulwarks on the starboard side in the gale off Port Burwell on Tuesday. The schr Manitowac, grain laden for Buffalo, sprung a bad leak while working down Lake Huron Tuesday night and put into Cheboygan for a tug to tow her to her desti-nation. Extra help was procured to man the pumps The (.'anal boat Charles H Arbor, loaded with wheat. struck on a rock in the canal, near the New York'Oentral bridge, back of Fort Porter, and sprung a leak. She Was towed to Mj.iinine's malt house dock and tied up. There is a great deal of water in her, and it is probable the cargo will be considerably damaged. ' ^ , , i y Kingston Notes. 'fKSK^Sk The Montreal Transportation Comoanyhas contracted to carry 4;000 tons of railroad iron from Montreal to Trenton It will be used in connection with the extension of the Ontario Central Railroad. The harbour is dull. The schooner Annie Falconer is loading 13,ooo bushels Of barley for Osweeo The tu- Active will leave for Montreal this evening with six barges carrying 4oo,ooo busheis of wheat and loo tons of phosphate and soapstone. Men are at work pumping out the old barges above Cata-rauui bridge. 1 hey will be raised and laid alongside the drydock, shortly to be located there. The barge Mayflower while coming from Collini" Bay last night, idled with Water. She was towed above the bridge and will ba pumped out and repaired: ' ISutl'iiWi Notes. BUFFALO. Oct. 14.-The prop Wm Edwards struck the piers of the Michigan'street bridge yesterday evening and carried away three piles and broke some of the chains A. lumber/arrier has made thirty-nine trips this season and alter tjh/ insurance and captain s wages are paid there Will not be^lOO left to the credit of the vessel. She is now Btapariug to lay up for the winter, another victim of low Detroit Jottings. Detroit, Oct. 14. —S A Murphy has taken a contractor raising the Bchr Russell and her cargo from the bottom of Sault River. The tug Gladiator, With two divers, steam hoisters. tackle, and all necessary appliances for railing the cargo will ieave to-day for the Sault, towing the schr Harry Bissell, winch will be used as a lighter. When Capt Merri« man gets through with the schr E K Sims the pontoons will be taken up to raise the schooner with. This is one of the most difficult wrecking jobs aver undertaken on the-e ft waters. The schooner lies in 42 feet of water and the divers' work is very difficult. The schooner has a large hole in her bow. ^^ ¦¦> —^—^^ ' efliNwiimiMi fqir«na»ig;it!oii is not -supposed to close1 nhtir November 15th, when ordinary insurance expires Tt is however, near a termination, for some-crafts it is over, and they have gone iuto ordinary. The Menominee mining "companv, of Milwaukee, has telegraphed Capt Goldsmith, of the stearnbarge Progress discharging a cargo of coal at Chicago Port, ordering him to bring his boat to Milwaukee and lay her up. The 1 ro-gress is one of the largest and finest steambarges on the lakes, aud has been engaged exclusively all the season, except during the past month, in the ore trade between Esca" naba and Lake Erie ports. It is probable that by November 1st at least hall' of the propellers and schooners, especially of the larger class, will bo in their winter quarters / It is reported tiiat Capt Young.'of the steambargo Bur* liugfcon, arrested at East Tawas a short time ago forJ"as-sauitiug one of his crew was granted permission to go for an attorney. Instead of doing so he went aboard the barge and anchored in the bay beyond tne reach of the officers Jhe steamer M " Co, On Monday the propeller Peeress entered Marquette harbour very badly listed. While on Lake 8uperi< r during heavy weather the Peerless rolled so badly that a pipe connected with the air pump broke, and the water entered in a large stream, rendering every effort necessary to prevent Jamasce to the cargo. Repairs were made at Marquette. 1 tie storm on Monday is reported to have been the worst of ,t.io season 011 Lake Superior. TJ24 barge Waverly is ashore at Point St Ignace, and the tlVg l.ennett is working at her. The captain of the schooner Wm Home claims to have made the run from Buffalo to Detroit in 29 hours. It is feared that the south-east gaie on Lake Michigan will rcake a total wreck of the schooner C H Burton ashore on fisherman's Shoal. " Capt Habner claims that his stearnbarge. the City of Concord, narrowly escaped being run down on Lake Erie on Tuesday by'the schooner David Dews, which was flying along seemingly out of the captain's control. The new tug E Shelby was launched at Saugatuck on Wednesday afternoon. She is 57 feet keel, 14 feet beam, and is one of the best tugs ever built at that port. Kingston Notes. -Kingston, Oct. 13. -(Special. )-CaIrin & Son will send tneir eleventn raff to Quebec to-morrow. They-ill despatch another before the season closes. The schr White Oak is loading 14,000 bu barley at Richardsons wharf for Oswego. The schr Annie Falconer will loyl 13.000 bu at the same place. The barge Ontonahee ^T7he Jennie KumDan, owueuuj ^y. ...^-.----. fsioadmg 127 tons of soaustone for Montreal The Philo erleeb. and*in charge of Capt Thdtf^FetiM. ien>.rm The engine of the old propeller Detroit, which as been lying in the yard of the Detroit Dry-has been and will tearque, and was considered a good one in her day. 5e broken UP,'or old 1,ron'CT This er!jr.11?0 flrsfc did Wngiston 262 tons, but haf StiBa^Sr daty-?n-tb*oU* p-ropeiie ¦walue according- to the Lloyd's Hull Roaster. 3The _ Waverly rested on the bottom of the IHDetroit River for several years and was r;aised a little over a year ago, when it was found impracticable to rebuild her, auid in order to prevent her leaking 3he was K£fined' siheathed all over with inch and a half lumber &. amd several iron rods were run through her to luold her together. In this shape she has since niavigated the lakes in the lumber trade. She is uminsured. / A Buffalo dispatch says: "The new elevator ait Fort Erie, at the Canadian end of the international bridire, is now m working condition. 'I he canal boat Homer, which finished loading to-riav with 8,000 bushels of wheat, was the first boat handled there. The elevator is owned by Baxter Bros., and has storage capacity for 75,-000 bushes. Grain is received by the Grand Trunk, Canada Southern, and Great Western Kail ways, and also from farmers' wagons, and delivered to boats for shipment Bast. The i'reicht on the Homer's o&rgo to New Yurie is 7^ cents, or ifl cent, above yesterday's rate from this piort. the boat bein« placed yesterday. The now humse is well located and well arranged, and smpplies a want that has long been felt." ¦¦ trgo of Bay/ on the 7th instant, bound for Godeiieh with a cargo fcE ber All went well until 3 o'clock Monday-morn:ng, * wheen near Pike Bay she encountered a temn, gib- iron " The vessel being nearer the shore tnantne the : westward; xne vessel umuK »=«»»* ¦*•- "iu. ii«dwto attain anticipated, he found impossible to ^^ headway. JlZSly the vessel struck on a reef about * ™le from shore, wheere she remain, a wreck. A gang of men ^e^,1,,^ Finaally the vessel struck on a reef about a mile wheere she remains a wreck. A gang of men M gagged all the week saving what property tney could. inei wass no insurance on the vessel or cargo. Ihe crew nau Detroit Jottlnfr*. Dietroit. Oct. 16.—Vessels from Chicago net to ports on Lattia Michigan. 60c : to ports on Lake Superior. SI 50 ; to Coiiiirii-'wood, SI lo : to ports 011 Lake Huron, Sarnia, and IH" -oft River. £1 : to ports on Lake Erie, si 2a : to pores on Lake Ontario, SI 75 : to Ogdensburg, SI 9o : to Montreal, S2 25. For Bl vessels add ten per cent. The s s Oceanica arrived Up on Friday night steering very badly. She irst collided witii the schooner Cataract, which was anchored in the stream, crushing in some of her frames. Ne\i she run into the steamboat Loid, lying at D G H & M wharf, doing slight, damage. The Oceanica, then went to the Detroit dry-dock, where her rudder was taken out to he repaired. . , The New Hampshire is receiving a new mainmast at Detroit dry-dock. / ' Stearnbarge Miclrgan is in port having her engine hxed up. She will prdHabiy go into winter quarters at once. While the schr Ironton, in tow of the steamer Hecla, v.as comiiUK through the Sault Canal on Friday last, a sailor nanned Samuel Patterson was caught in the head line as it was rendering around the timber head, and had both legs cut < oil' below the knees. He was left at the Sault. His re-owBfiry is extremely doubtful. Ai Sault Ste Marie special last night says :—On Thursday. ^ at 111 p.m.. the stearnbarge Tuttle and consort J H EbY I struack the reef running out from lighthouse Point at th-1" detouur entrance to the Sault River. The steamer struc heavvily, jumping over the reef : hut the Fby sank broadsid Un thhe sea. In thirty udnutes a heavy sea running from ; Jthe ; Sault east caused the Bby to pound heavily for twenty-l i'our-hours, and washed away part of her cabin and all off her 'bulwarks on the lee side, tne crew clinging to the upper wml;;.s till three the next morning. The Tuttie arrived today in.charge oi the tug Peck, leaking so that her pumps can hardly tree her, and she is being dry-docked in the gcanail with a diver to stop the leak, all the water being out got" thte lock. The steam tugs and pumps will go to the Eby .'assistance. The Eby has a cargo of coal consigned to Iporteage from Ashtabula, and iiniK in fifteen feet of water1 ivvemt«K-C|.--i'rops Commodore. St Louis. Down-Stearnbarge* H S Hubbell aud barge, Benton and barged MisH.ouri and barge-:. Jno N GUddeu. Mchrs Watson, Thos Parsion, Bolivia, Conrad Reid, Sophia Minch, H J Webb, M F Minch. Bttffiila Notes. BrrFr.vLO, N.Y., Oct. 16.— The schr Josephine was towed to Girand River yesterday to lay up. She was badly strained on tlhis lake some time ago when loaded with ties, and was towestf here from Ashtabula. S A\ Murphy has gone to the Sault to raise the schr Geo D Ruissell. Thte lane receipts for the last week amounted to 2,179,850 busKels <-l grain, and coal shipments were 26,ooo tons. By camdl there were shipped 1,oil,Soo bushels of grain, and by rail i:SS2,94o bushels. Thte river, tug Crusader left early yesterday morning towing tliie coal laden schrs Michigan. K A Nicholsoo, L A Law, and ."Marengo. Thee schooner C H Burton, ashore on Fisherman's shoal, has tiseen abandoned, and her outfit will be taken to Mil-waukcee. Thte new elevator at Fort Erie, at the end of the International bridge, is now in rubuiug order, Tiie canal boa' : JS Homer, on Saturday was loaded therewith with 8,00 ¦ bushels of wheat for New York. The elevator ha-i a stoi'ax-, 9 capaeity for about 75,ooo bushels of grain, and is owned by the Baxter Bros. It U well located and arranged, and supplies a want long felt in that neighbourhood. Grain is received from the Grand Trunk, Canada Southern, and Great Western Railways, and also from farmers' waggons. dismantled alfter being sunk by a collision. It was taken out. of the Hnuter and placed in the iDetroit, which had previously been, a sidewheeler, amd after four years' service as a propeller the Detroit was lost, but the engine was recovered by the stearnbarge Monitor, and was then brouarht to the dry-dock, where it has re-itnee. Although large and powerful, it Ss of very little use, because of the improvements recently macla in propeller engines. "The Canadian GoverArhent Has^established a life-boat station at Cobourg, and a metallic lifeboat, built by Francis, of New York, has been placed there. It is fitted for tour oars aud a captain or steersman, and it is also tarnished with a waaron, so that- it can be conveyed to distant parts of the coast. Arrangements will be made for horses to take it wUere it may be required. A captain and crew of four will be appointed, and they will drill twice a week during the season of navigation. The men will be furnished with the most approved description of cork jackets, and the boat will have life buoys attached to it. The municipality of Cobourg has agreed to provide a suitable boat-house, where the life-boat can be kept ready for service at any moment. When the St. TiOuis entered the new lock of the Sault Canal, on Tuesday evening last, it was found that' one of the lower gates would not clorie. It wvas supposed that some rubbish had caught in ithe wortcs at the bottom, and a diver was sent dlown to clear away the debris, but could find (nothing to hinder tne gate from closing. Upom further examination he discovered I that the elibow in the pipe that feeds the cyliu-i der which wvorks the gate had oeen cracked, and I would not perform its duty. The boat was : locked tin-rough, and all the gates of this lock closed and it be pumps put to work, and in forty-seven hours* they had the gate in working order again. This was considered very fast work, and finished ju.st in time to lock through a fleer, of vessels, 'i'be accident did not cause a detention owing to thick weather. The crack, in the pipe is supposed to have been caused by some heavily loaded vessel with her centerboard down entej> ^aauaa, .tacJe.^r.-iMaalbTjLtf §Lfl >wi. pr eaanre fenrst rr.' S. A. Murphy has taken the contract of raising the schooner Kusseli and her cargo from the bottom of the Sault Kiver. The tug Gladiator. with two divers, steam hoisters, tackle, and all necessary apparatus for raising the cargo will leave to-day for the Sault, towing the schooner Ifarvey Bisaell, which will be used as a lighter. When Captain Merriman gets through with the schooner 0. K. Nims the pontoons will be ta" The Bteaiter M C Hawley has been sold to McCormick & 0, of Green Bay, the consideration being §13,000 The .-t;\(,nu:r runs on the route between Green Bay aud Manis-tique, Mich, in both passenger and freight trade. The schooner Blazing Star left yesterday for Kingston with a cargo of wheat. / The steamer City of Oleveland has made 52 round trips to Point St. Ignace sd/itr this season. DISASTERS. Special Telesram to Tug inter Ocean. Mackinaw Citt, Mich., Oct. 15.—The transfer boat Aigprrrah, while tied up at the dock at an early hous/thia morning, was ran into by the propeller Oneida and a five by nine hole stove in her stern. Special Telesrramro TTss Tntfir fl:ci.in. ' ' ' Sheboygan, Wis., Oct. 15.—The stearnbarge Oregon, with the barge Plymouth in tow, arrived at this port at II a. m. to-day. Signaling for assistance. Captain Oley Groli and his lite-boat crew answered the call. It w is ascertained that tne Plymouth sprung a leak yesterday afternoon, which by constant work at the pumps was held until this morning, when the water kept caiuing. When the lifeboat crew manned the pumps there was six feet of water in her hold. Captain Groh, of the Ltife-navmg Service, piloted the stearnbarge inside, the Plymouth following in. tow of the tus Wetzat, which had just arrived with the scow Forest in tow, recently released from the bencb. There is still five feet nine inches of water in the Plymouth, and a steam pump will doubtless be required to finish the voyage to Chicago. Both were loaded with lumber, bound from Bay City to Chicago. \ Buffalo, N. Y-, Oct. 14.— Coal freights were I quiet, but rates continued firm and unchansei, 1 Kngagaments for Chicago—Propeller Juniata and schooner Lizzie A. Law, coal at 70 cents;' «chooner Redwing, coal from Erie at 80 cents. : For Detroit—Schooner Mystic Star, coal at ' 25 cents. For Cleveland—Schooner Anna P. Grover, suiphur at 50 cents per ton free on I board. Canal freights are very firm, with an advancing tendency. To-day's rates were 7^ cents on wheat, 7 cents on corn, G]a oenta on flaxseed, ma 4*2 cents on oats to New York. th tne it taken [¦ me of 1; up to raise the schooner with. This is one the most difficult wrecking jobs ever undertaken in these waters. The schooner lies in forty-two feet of water, with a rapid current, which will render the divers* work very difficult. The schooner is ilarge, and the hole in her bow is also arge, and ill will certaimy be greatly to the credit of thoise engaged in the work if it is successfully accomplished.— Detroit I'":J. SSAILOR DROWNED, Special Telegrcam to The Inter Ocean. HoitN'sPiEiR.Wis., Oct. 16.—The schooner Tom ; Paine, boundfjfor Two Rivers, while at anchor in Bailey's Harlhor yesterday morning, lost a sailor named Chas. Lapean overboard. He was in the yawl hanginsr on the davits, and in some manner lost his balance and fell overboard. He was seen by the mate as he fell, but on account of a heavy sea rolling no assistance could be rendered, and he was not seen afterward. His body has not yet been recovered. Charters and Freights. CniCAGO, Oct. 14.--There was a fair demand for vessel room yesterday, with rates unchanged from the past feu-days, corn to Collingwood being 2^c. The engagements were ::—For Collingwood, schrs George B Sloan, 21,ooo bu corn ; Ciiy of Chicago, 21.000 bu corn. Bl*H"fat.o. Oct. 16.— The schr Typo has been chartered to carry :22,ooo bu wheat from Green Bay to Buffalo on private terms*. fcBUHiSAXO.Oct. 16.—Coal freights are firm and unchanged, ('harriers-- Prop Business, to Milwaukee, at 60c : prop ,'Iiiuialta and schr GV Law, to Chicago, at 7oc ; schr Mystic Star, tto Detroit, at 25c. The Anchor Line boats are brings ing incore grain to Buffalo than formerly. 3IisceIlaiieoiis. The 'Gulnair has been pumped out at Hamilton and started for Kingston in tow of a tug. The propeller Shickluna, of the Western Express Line arriveui at Hamilton yesterday morning from Montreal. She paissed Toronto without stopping, and will return to unload htar Toronto cargo. / A Biay City despatch isays :— At present lumber freights are nott very lucrative. The boats are preparing to lay up. The b.aige Gebhardt after this trip will dischage her crew. The sUcambarge J I* Donaldson and bari;e Brightie leave the luunber trade and go to Lake Superior. There are dozeOBB 01 crafts whose owners intend to place them in ordinairy. Plenty of freights are offering, but there are no takers., the bulk of the fleet being below. The Incoming fleet wiill not look at present figures, and a stand still in the lumbers traffic is looked for. The owners of vessels claim that waiges and provisions have advanced so that there is no money for them in the business. Theree are four medals which have been awarded for rescue Ing life: on the lakes that remain in the U. S. Department. V One is ;a gold medal awarded to Capt Smith, of the steamer I Sewaulka, who died from the effects of his injuries the day -the menial was received at the Life Saving Bureau. The other is a medal of the second-class awarded to Editn Morgan, daughter of the keeper of the station at Point au Sable. Mich It is not to be wondered at that the girl who had the courage to take an oar with her father and venture out on the lake in the height of a midnwinter storm to the rescue of a shipwrecked crew had the spirit to refuse a medal of the second'class. The decoraiiou, therefore, remains unclaimed at the department, where it is likely to stay. The wrecking tug Mary Ann, of Collingwood, went aground off Point Clark on Sunday afternoon. The tug Clucas tried to take her off yesterday morning but could not move h<er They lightered her by throwing off part of her cargo oft' coal, and managed to get her off yesterday afternoon without receiving much damage. Ambejklby, Ont., Oct. l(j.—The wrecking tug Mary Ai.nn, of Collingwood, went aground off Point Clark, Sunday afternoon. The tug C. Lucas ffcned to take her off this morning, but could mot move" her. They lighted her by throwing off mart of her cargo of coal. She managed to get oif this afternoon without receiving much dama.. DISASTERS. Special Teleeram to Tne Inter Ocean. Pobt HukoM, Mich., Oct. 16.—The schooner D. P. Rhodes arrived up and went in the dry dock to stop a leak. The tug Mary Ann Is ashore near Point Clark, some miles apmve Goderich, Ont. The schooneir Ohas. Wall was aground for ten hours at the {-southeast bend in St. Clair River last night. Special Telegraim to The Inter Ocean- Cheboygan,, Mich., Oct. 16.—The schooner Geo. P. Ely is ;ashore at Detour, coal laden. Tugs are working at her. Captain Jerome McBride, drowned from the tug Boss, near Escanaba, was widely known in Chicago aud had hosts of .friends who will sincerely rearet his untimely fate. Captain Sager, of South Saginaw, died recently of quick consumption, after a brief illness. Deceased was master and part owner of the A. W. Wright, was an old man, and was weil and favorably known on the lakes. ^ CAPTAIN WILKINSON DROWNED. East Tawas, Mich., Oct 17.—Captain Ed Wilkinson was lost overboard about noon from tbe schooner Mary Lillia one mile off Tawas City. Miscellaneous. The Department of Marine is taking prompt action in regard to the alileged conduct of the keeper of Lonely Is--land lighthouse iin connection with tbe fiuding of the body of Mrs. Woods, -one of the victims of the Asia disaster. Dominic!; Solomon, the keeper in question, will be called upon for an explanation, and Capt Richmond, the master of the tug who made the discovery that the body was on the island, will be asked to make a full report of the circuin-stan ces of the case. ^ g Kingston Notes. Kingston, Oct. 18.—The schooner North Star is loading ties for Charlotte at special rate. The schooner A M Foster cleared for Belleville with grain. The schooner Forest Queen is there to load ore. The stearnbarge Belle Wilson loaded 4,ooo bushels of rye at Brockville, 2,ooo bushels at Gananoque, aud the balance of her cargo will be taken on here. She is bound for Oswego. The tug Active leaves to-ni^ht for Montreal with three barges, carrying 60.000 bushels of grain. l,7oo tons of coal, and loo tons of puosohate. The schooner Mowat will load ore for Sodus, and Eureka for Fairhaven. Messrs. Richardson are loading the Julia with S.ooo bushels of rye, aud the barge Lancaster with 6,000 bushels of ueas for Montreal. 8: hooner Jess;ie Scarth, with 45o tone of ore for Big Sodus. Steambmrge Erin and consort Maggie arrived from Detroit, Captain Clifford reports that when off Port Stanley on Lake L'rie Tuesday week the vessel was struck by a gale which caused the water to roll mountains nigh, Vessels ran back, but the Eriu ¦ and her consort ploughed their way until the barge got iuto the trough of the Bea aud was in danger of being Bwatnptd. As the steambarg;e was turning the bow line broke, and the barge drifted off. The water swept the deck in such quantities that the bullwarks had to be knocked off to giv," it clear passage. SVext day the Erin picked up the Maggie, and a run was mwde for Port Colborne, where a protest wes entered. Tbie barge when she arrived here was leaking, the men havung to work at the pump3. The arrivals are :—Schr A G Ryan, Oswego, light. Erin, Detroit, 2<)),ooo bu wheat. Barge Mag i> 2o,ooo bu wheat : Cayuga, Oswego, 633 tons coal . . Oswego, 671 touis coat. Schr Sea Bird, Deseronto, loo cords wood. Buffalo Notes. Buffalo. Oct. 17.—The schr S V R Watson, owned by1"' John Cramer, of Touawauda, will he towed to that port to lay up. She is agood lumber aud grain carrier, but her owner sees nothing in present prospects. R Mills & Co have completed repairs on tbe canal schoon« er Mystic Star, which was dismasted on Lake Ontario a few weeks ago. She was loading coal yesterday for Escanaba under an excellent round trip charter. The stearnbarge Business will load about 1009 tons coal here for Chicago, and stop at Port Huron to take on the lumber of the barge City of the Straits, which is also bound to Chicago. When the barge broke from the Potomac's tow on Lake Huron some ti:_e ago and became disabled.the Business picked her up and towed her to Port Huron. Capt Chamberlain will now complete the salvage job. Buffalo, Oct. 17.— The J P Donaldson aud Brightie, which came in on Saturday, will go to Lake Superior, and many others will lay up. The practice of bringing lake freights in packages has in" creased so much lately that there is great delay at this port on account of oversowing warehouses^ The Central warehouse, Ohio-street, is full, and the Wabash line of propellers are all here waiting to unload. The Itussel Sage has been lying here since last week. The Hopkins came last Tuesday, and the Morley has been here two days. Others are also waiting in the jam above Michigau'^street. Detroit Jotting*. Detroit, Oct. 17.—Receipts of coal by lake at Chicago ou Saturday were 2.9oo tons of hard and 1,350 tons of soft. There were also received 4,754 barrels of salt. The tug Champion claims the boss tow of the season. She passed down with four schooners on Sunday, tow bills amounting to 3720. A fight between George McKwen aud Michael Thurston, dock hands, at North Muske^ou yesterday afternoon, ended in the stabbing of the latter by the former with fatal ¦ Will ______ ¦ The new iron steamship H J Jewett, arrived down from Chicago on Sunday with considerable water in her bottom. Her pumps could not be got towork, and had the leak been a bad one, witlxher pumps in such a wretched condition, she would prouably be on the bottom of Lake Huron in> stead of here. The Jewett came from the Straits to Port Hurou in twenty-two hours against a head sea, and is re* ported as behaving splendidly in rough weather. She is loaded between 7o,ooo and So.ooo bushels of corn, which it, is thought will not be damaged. ^^^^^^m^^ '•sbed in cargo insurance at this port met on Saturday, and adopted 60c as the rate of insurance from this port to Buffalo. Yesterday tne steamship Iron Chief began loading a cargo of over .-iS'J.OOO. and agents expected to reap a moderate harvest out of it. Their sorrow and surprise, however, were both great when it was discovered that the agent for the Continental had taken the entire risk at 35 ceuts. It is probable that cut rates will noyf be in order for some time, and a.i it is la-te in the season, when disasters may be looked for almost any day, companies may De very likely to suffer. The Huge J D Hungerford is at Bay City in a leaking condition. 'The Canadian tug Mary is ashore at Point au Barque'. The imw stearnbarge Oregon and consort PlyiuyQth appeared off Cheboygan ou Sunday flying a signal a^distress. The life-saving crew went to their assistance, and found the Plymouth with five feet of water in her hold and the Ore* gon out of coal. The crow of the Plymouth were nearly exhausted frjm keeping at the pumps. The life-saving crew manned the pumps, and both crafts were run into the harbour. The Oregon ia coaling, and a steam pump will have to be procured for the Plymouth. Both are lumber-laden for Chicago, Kingston Notes. Kingston, Oct. 17.—The Bismarck has gone into winter quarters at Garden Island. The North Star has arrived from Toronto with lo.ooo bu of wheat for the M. T. Co. Captain O Malone claims to have made the fastest time on record with his ve-sel. He left Kingston at six o'clock on Wednesday morning, and at 4:25 was at auchor at Salmon Point, a distance of 70 miles. The schr Gulnare arrived last evening at Garden Island in tow of the Couqueror The vessel is now discharging her cargo, but the steam pumps are aboard. She left To» ronto on Sunday evening, but became befogged, and had to lay up off Gull Island lighthouse. The work of ntting up the dry-»dock of Commodore Fraser is progressing rapidly. The schrs Julia, Fairhaven, light : Philo Bennett. Oswego, light. Prop City of Montreal, Ogdensburg, passengers and freight. Barges Jet, Montreal, 120 tons iron ; Swan, Montreal, 121 tons of iron : Finch. Montreal, 58 tons of iron. Schrs North Star, Toronto, I6.000 bu wheat : Maggie McRae, Manistee. 35,ooo bu wheat. Barge Ontario, Cataraqui Mills, ties. Charters aud Preigh Is. Detroit, Oct. 17.—Yesterday's charters—The steamship Iron Chief and schooner Belle Hansoom take wheat to Buffalo at 2o: the stearnbarge Mary Mills aud barges Worth" ingtoti and fame take lumber from Au Sable to Detroit at $1 622 per M. Buffalo, Oct. 17-— Coal freights are steady at unchanged rates. Schrs Weils Burt and James Couch go to Chicago at 70c, aud E P Beais, Detroit 25c. Vessels are going out of the lumber trade. lluifnin Notes. Buffalo, Oct. 18.- Schr Thos L ParHer will hav» her deck recaulked at the Mills yard before ieavin k nort The steamship Siberia \vill likely fcake a cargo of coal from Toledo to Duluth at 90 cents. Toledo is seudiug a great deal of coal to that port just now. Capt Skeidop says that his schooner the David Dows has made fourteen round trips between.Buffalo and Toledo in thirteen weeks. She brought down wheat and ran back light. Her gross freight in that time amounted to over S2o,ooo. The schr Manitowac. with corn from Chicago, was towed in at four yesterday afternoon, and at once went under an elevator. She sprung a leak above Lake Hurou, and was towed from Cheboygan to Port Huron by a tug. The stearnbarge Araxes brought her down from there* Four extra men were used at her pumps coining down, but her master does not think she wet very much of her cargo. The barge Cur^ft is to be brought to this city and converted into a iteamharge. The C K Minis has been abandoned for the present. The diver on examining her found that- her bow was gone. Detroit Jottings. The report circulated that the schr Prank Perew had foundered proved to be without foundation, as she passed down yesterday in tow of the D M Wilson. The tug Crusader yesterday passed up with the schrs Michigan, E A Nicholson, Marengo, and L A Law. their total tonnage being 3,145 tons, and their tow bills aggregating 3775. There is very little hope of high rates this fall, and Vessel owners are preparing for ai* early close of navigation. A despatch from Home's Pier, Oct. 16th, says the schr Tom Paine, bound for Two Rivers, while at anchor at Bailey's Harbour yesterday morning, lost a sailor named Ch as Lapean overboard. He was in the yawl hanging on the davits, and in some manner lost his balance and fell overboard. He was seen by the mate as he fell, but on account of tbe heavy sea rolling no assistance could be reu-> dered. and he was not seen afterwards. Capt Edward Wilkinson, late of Wallaceburg, Ont.. left East Tawas with a load of posts for Bay City yesterday. While tbe crew were at breakfast his sou heard a splash in the Water and rah aft, when he saw the captain trying to swim and launched a small boat, which got away from them. The cautain raised both hands and sank. He was probably struck in the head by the bcom jibbing while at the wheel. Charters and Freights. Buffalo, Oct. 18— Coal freights 7Uc to Chicago and Milwaukee, with rates tending upward. Charters—Prop. R A Packer to Chicago at 7oc : prop J B Lyon and schrs Hutchinson and Masten to Chicago at going rates ; prop C J Kershaw to Milwaukee at 70c. Vessel owners seem inclined to send their crafts for ore rather than accept present grain freights. Shippers continue to offer $1 25 on ore from Escanaba to Lake Erie ports. Detroit. Oct. 18.—Yestet day's charters—The schr Wm H Rounds takes wheat to Buffalo at 2Je. Chil'aoo, Oct. 17.—Charters were yesterday made with the propellers Toledo and St Paul to carry 25,ooo bu each offcorn to Collingwood at late rates-Miscellaneous. The schooner Chas. Wall was aground for ten hours at the south-east bend in St. CI.air River Saturday night. The survey of the Canatdian Tay Canal is about completed. Messrs Wise and Page intend going over the ground and selecting a site for the canal basin, and re» porting on the work, nreparattory to asking for tenders. The Kingston " Whig " esstimates that with the present force it will take about tweuity-five years to complete the Murray Canal. Still it is a ;stirrmg enterprise at election times. The digging is not ggoiag on with oua*tweutiet.h of the speed made in producing ".the advertisement for tenders before nouiniHtiou day. The new iron steamship H .VT Jewett, got away from Mar» - j quotte on Tuesday afternoon . After talcing ou board a pony Detroit, ; j>ump to free her from water. Before the pump got to work 'e-S°- ! it is reported that she had leaaked so that some compartments had six feet of water inn them, while the cargo in all had suffered more or less damnaee. The cause of her leaking is not known. Some thinhkahe was strained by running her bard against a heavy headd sea, hut possibly the water . - • - tjolt hole h which was missed. Prop i b *2?L V- 'J/q