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Steamboat Emipire, 1844, Capt. D. Howe. L'l Steamer K. N. Puce, 1808, Capt. Wm. McKay. NEWS FKOST FKLANKFO&T. Special Correspondence of The Enter Ocean. Frankfort, Mich., Nov. 1.—The fishing tusrs A. McMillan and Sweet Brothers, stationed at Frankfort the past summer, found it improiita- ble and have returned to St. port. Joseph, their home Dotroifc Jottings. Detroit. Nov. 3.-The barga Burohard, in tow of the prop Don M. Dickinson. on Monday night broke her towline when about JO miles this tide of Charley Islands, and went ashore in six feet of water. She is stone laden for Bay City, A steam pump and tug; have been sent to ber. JO Wilson, commander L' ,s Navy, inspector of the eleven lighthouse district*, sends information that the Staunard's Rock light, Lake Superior, will not be shown any more this season. A sailor, name unknown, was lost overboard from the schooler William Jones on Sunday, while off Cheboygan. ¦ The lighthouse tender Warrington will make soundings at J-ne tug St. Mary has ffone to Green Bay to act | Bar Point tor the new United States lighthouse to be con-* structed there. The schr Ceo C Wren, had her foremast head and her fore and main topmasts carried away off Milwaukee. The steamer Byron Trerice is in the Detroit dry-dock being sheathed with iron for winter navigation. The barge Sylvia Morton, in tow of tug Johnson, lost her ruduer between Pt Aux Barges and the Charaties audi* now at dry-dock. While off Sandheach she sighted a yaeht that had been capsized by the gaie with a man on the unturned keel. The tu? rounded to twice in order that he might be saved. The second time a boat was l^wer ed, into which the man more dead than alive was placed. The Bay City preas of Tuesday says one of the heaviest galeK on Michigan waters known in a long time blew yesterday on Lake Huron. Already information has reach* ed us of mishaps, and worse ones are feared. A part of Mitchell & Boutelle's Meet, iuciuding...the Music, Moiles Westover, and Sea Cull, were caught outside yesterday and lost altogether seven rafts. The Moiles, while abreast of Pinconmng, got lose from her. it being Impossible to save it. She was on her beams and the sea dashing clear over her pilot house;. By the use of her siphon pumps and ash pans she was kept decently clear of water'; and reached here during the night safe, 'jt'he Westover also got in under cover, but this morning nothing has been heard from the Seagull and the Music. Yesterday a contrast was signeilfor building a new iron steamer by the Detroit Dry-doGTOompany for the Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navigation Company. The steamer will be bunt in the best iirygnuer possible, and will cost $163,000 when all ready forworlt. She is intended for the shore route, ami will be speedy and safe, as tender to Bodge <fc Pctrio's dredsrc, and will remain there tile balance of the season. Quite a novel suit w.is tried in a justice court hero recently. E. E. Banks, owner of the steam yacht Jay, has a license from Benzie County Board of Supervisors to run her as a ferry on Betsy hake, between North auul South Frankfort. The tut' Jessie rilvfield later on commenced to carry passengers between the same places. Banks had Captain Slyiield arrested, and although Slyiield had his papersfrom covernment inspectors to carry passengers on Betsy Lafce and east shore of Lake Michigan. The Justice would not allow the papers in the court as evidence, bur when the case came to the jury they decided not guilty. Later on Inspectors stance and Pearson instructed Slyneld to go right on carrying passengers; that Betsy Lake was don -trolled by the government and were government water?, and tn.it the Supervisors had nothing whatever to do with it. The Chicago Seamen's XJnion have purchased a lot in Crystal Lake Cemetery, in which the seaman Duncan Brown is buried. Captain H. S. Bead, of the schooner A. J. Dewey, intends to go to Dakrota and spend the winter on the rollinsr billows of the prairies, perhaps drop his anchor Co some nicely located 040 acres. It will be a fine sight to see Read, with his sails spread, anchor tripped, decks cleared, plowing through the sod behind a yoke of oxen. 0. B. FREIGHTS. Com to Buffalo, 3e; wheat, S^c. Charters were; RACE TO BUFFALO. POUR C1IACK VESSELS, GftALN I/JADED. Among the grain-loaded craft ready and wait-. I ing last night for the first "slantt" which would J admit of their departure were fcour of the finest J on the lake$| every one of whiten, has distinguished herself at fast sailing. TThis particular group of craft .have never raced with each other before, however, though, as stated, each has outsailed numerous others of the "race-horses'* of the lakes. Ail tins being true, the present passage to Bnffalo--aU are bound there—will be the occasion of hard work and very little sleep for the masters of these four crack craft. There isn't a man among them who will be beaten by auv of the Others— Jf he can iaelp it—and the hardest race on record may be looked for. The vessels are as follows : Schooner Porter, Captain Orville Green, 747 tons. Schooner Annie M. Peterson, Ca ptain Peterson, 631 tou3. Schooner Pensaukee, Cuprain Bentley, 555 tons. Schooner Wells Burt, Captain Tom Fountain, 750 tons. All these crait arc stanch and strong and are well fitted and found. The commanders are known as our very best hard-weather navigators. The vessels are loaded ass follows: Bushels. Schooner Porter, corn.......................50.000 Schooner A. M. Peterson, corn..............43,000 Schooner Pensaukee, wheat...............30,000 Schooner Wells Burt, corn................53,000 There will be the greatest intemest all over the lakes in this great race. May the best ship win! There was a great deal of talk and several bets last night, and one of our well known vessel owners challenged The Inter Ocean reporter, in the presence of quite au assemblage of vessel people, to name the winning vessel. The reporter responded that th^y were all excellent vessels, and that perhaps - there wasn't much choice, but since he had .been challenged ne would name the Porter. _T!ie fact was put on record on the blackboard, and might as well be mentioned. Some bet e>n the Peterson, some on the Wells Burt, and several on the Pensaukee. The Peterson and Pensaukee had the most friends. Detroit Jottings. Miscellaneous, The schooner Mary Grover lost her jibboom off Thirty Mile Point yesterday morning. The schooners Phcebe Catharine, Serepta, Mary Grover, and Highland Beauty ran back to Charlotte for shelter yesterday. The wages of seamen have been raised from $2 50 to $3 at Chicago, Buffalo, Milwausee, Cleveland, and other ports, commencing Wednesday last. The schr E R Williams bound from the Canal to Oswego ran back yesterday morning and left again in the afternoon, She reports a very heavy sea and a strong breeze from the north. The prop Dominion loaded apples at Jordan anal flour at Port Dalhousie Wednesday night for Montreal. The prop Dromedary is now loading flour at the Welland ' iMiTphnmr TYidi TltiPr ii'i HTiniiiiiir— The new propeller United Emoiro was successfully float-* ed yesterday, and after being towed to Tore Huron where her smokestack was adjusted, she was brought to Sarnia and laid up at the brewery dock, where the work of fitting her out will be completed during thtMrhrtflE.,, "i4]<MSiafi Bl«Jl!LlUl!in,Ww?ierswBo were loudest in BSropbesy-mg the early withdrawal of lake craft on accou nt of the meagreness of carrying rates are doing their best to belie these prognostications by still running their vessels, ' Pers haps the fine weather proves too tempting. The schr D O Fort broke herruddsr shoe coming out of Lock S when on her way down the Welland Canal, and on her arrival at Port Dalhousie had a diver examine the damaged part, who pronounced it unsafe for her to go out without a tug to tow her. She left yesterday morning for Ogdensburg in tow of the tug Harvey Neelon. Charters and Freights. Chicago, Not. 2.—The new grain cargo insurance rates, winch went into effect Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock, are :— On Lftie Ontario. 93 25 : to Ogdensburg. $Z 40 : Montreal, »j, all net, wi h an adition of 10 per cent, oa B 1 vessels. I he expected rise in carrying rates has has not yet hap-Pen*d, and but little is doing as a consequence. The propeller Canada yesterday took So.ooo hu corn to Coiling* wood : the schr Adveuaurer 9,43o bu corn to Sarnia. Buffalo, Nov. 2.—Coal freights are very firm, with 95o Did to Chicaio and Milwaukee and SI asked, which can ly be rkidily obtained. The schr M L Higgie goes to Manistee at $1 15. and the A L Andrews to Detroit at 30c with lump coal. Prescott. Noy. 2.-Charfcered~Schr Speedwell, rye to Oswego at 2jc per bush. Detroit. Nov. 2.-Yesterday's charters were as follows : -Steambarge Mary Mills and two consorts, lumber tows to loiedo ao Bay City rates. Hears Guiding Star and Win Home were chartered to take wheat to Buffalo at a rate eaid to be gjo. Buffalo Notes. Buffalo, Not. 2. —Commenting upon the alleged ill'. treatment of the prop California at this port by the customs officials, papers here point out that the Buffalo oiheiaU acted strictly in accordance with the rules laid down by the Treasury Department. Buffalo. Nov. 2.-Smith & Davies yesterday received a despatch from Capt. George McLeod saying that the schooner Sweetheart had arrived at Duluth and was un* loading her railroad iron. She was badly strained, and would be tewed to Detroit.. The Sweetheart was'sunk off Grand Island near Marquette. Kingston Notes. , Kingston, Nor. *.—(BpecUtf.) — In unloading the schooner Canada's cargo ac Garden Island the do^ sprang out of the timber and striking the mate, Mackie on the head, split the skull for au inch or more. The Captain of the Eureka states that he will run for one mouth yet, Thescliooosr Bavaria has arrived at Garden Island with ¦¦¦¦- She will go into witter quarters after being unloaded. The waters of Opinion Lake hare falfien Tary much, ard ^¦2-uc\T 5<Mne three ieer> f-vom the ""a*! mark, and it is difficult for steam vessels to carry much freuhfc. The schr A G Ryan left last evening for Oswego with S.30O bush of barley for Gananoque at 2jc. The steamer Maud now makes but cms trip per day to Cape V lucent. The L D Bullock Oswego. The arrivals at Portsmouth this mdutd* are :~Schr Ariel Port Whitby S.loo bush wheat: prop Vanallau, Chatham, lS.ooo Push wheat. The tug Jessie Hall left for Montreal to-day with barges carrying 5m,ooo bush wheat and ooo tons coal. TbeschrMo Gorman came in light laat evening from CrSrom Clayton ° *** «n»-a*a" Poiut « ¦& it is reported that" while he "was on watch the chief engineer of the tug Erie Bella was assaulted by the captain, i second emdneer and severely beaten. The tug was sapped at 1 oint Edward and the eaalueer put ashore, ie tug proceeded to the Georgian Bay on a wrecking ¦¦¦ whatever has yet beeu discovered of the missing Edward Fitzgerald, though his brother and the • kept up a constant search for him, is loading barley at K"orthport for Saturday's Storm. */ ;0 The heavy storm on Saturday doubtless did considerable Pfdamage on the lake and on other waters exposed to the 'hurricane. The steamer Norseman, with a load of cattle and about fifty liii^eugors, left Port Hope hafhttur early in the evening for Charlotte, but before she got out many miles the waves began to roll very high and the wind in-creased aUpost to a hurricane. The passengers became alarmed, and in fact there were few on board who thought that the steamer could live in such a sea. It was impos-. sible to cross'the lake in such a gale. Something must be done, and that without delay. A few of the passengers went to the cantata and prayed him to turn around and make for the Canada shore again as fa:it as poaaiible or they would all be lost- The women were terribly frightened and they could scarcely be comforted by their male companions. The master of the boat finally Boeing tha there was no chance of crossing the lake that night in such a gale, concluded to run back, but now fchet difficulty of turning around presented itself. The wheels-mau attempted to bring the boat about, .and those who were on board can tell better than we what a narrow escape they had. The steamer lay over on her side and the waves dashed over the deck in a frightful manner, carrying away all the floatable material, and it was with the greatest difficulty that the passengers who were on deck managed to get below without beiug swept overboard. The gangways were broken in, and the water rushed over the boat apparently without any difficulty. Other trifling damage was done to the steamer, but she managed to make pert again without the loss of any lives, and remained there over night. ¦nine—nff.w-"1' ' Ml~' '"*'"' Kluirstou Notes. Kingston, Oct. 31.— (Special.)—The schooner Julia ia loading grain for Oswego. The schooner E K Kutherford arrived froo* Hamilton with 15.ooO bushels of wheat, The tug Active and five barges from Montreal arrived last evening with Soo tofls of iron rails. The schooner Pandcra. lying in shelter at Weller's Bay oh Sunday, dragged her anchor and was driven atshore. The steamer Conqueror hauled the Alma Mumro off the reef near Gananoque on Sunday, but broke a hea'.vy hawser in the pull. The schooner Singapore, from Toronto, arrived this morning with 12,673 bushels of wheat. The steambarge Norman has been sold by E W Rathbun, of Deseronto, to Hallett Hix, of Athol, Prinice Edward county, for $3,ouo. Schooner Norway, engaged in picking up timbeir for Mac-i dougall, ot' Barrie, is driven high up onj Presqu' Hsle shore. Steamer Hiram Calvin could not pull her ofi', and the Chieftain left this morning to lend aid. Last evening the steambarge Adventure left £or Rideau Canal, having been chartered to collect grain for Richard-sou & Sons. She ran jupon a snag near Washburn's Cut, knocked a hole in her bow, filled and sank. The craft will be pumped out and brought to Kingston for repairs. Charters and Freights. Detroit, Oct. 31.—The following charters werte reported yesterday :—Sehrs lahpeming, lumoer, Alpeua to-Chicago, ~'2 12"j on rail : Gauges, plaster,- Alabaster to Manito-at §1 per ton. and lumber. Manitowac to Ogdensburg, at $1 50 on rail. Buffalo, Oct. 31.—Coal freights are firm at 3+0c to Chicago, and earners expect a further advance within the week. Charters—Schrs Ellen Spry, Chicago, at !?;He : Cata^ ract, wheat, Leamington to Buffalo at 4c : B P LSruce, salt to Chicago on p t. CHICAGO, Oct 29.—The prop Oneida took 25,000 bu. of corn to Collingwood at- 21c. The prop Toledo took 8,368 bu corn. 10.70S bu oats, and merchandise. So the, Siki^e^iwrt. .. Buffalo Notes. i/ Buffalo, Oct. 31,—The steamer Oceanica, bound from Chicago to Buffalo with a cargo of corn, had a ha,rd time in the gale of last Saturday ofeht. An hour after midnight, when off Long Point, Lake Erie, in a south-east gale, the vessel fell into the trough of the sea and lurched heavily. Her boilers broke from their fastenings and shifted about six inches to port This displaced the steam connections, and the steam and water rushed into the fore-hold where the firemen and a deck hand named John Christopher, were, the latter handling coal. The fireman escaped to the upper deck by the ladder, but Christopher lost fcis life in the hot water below. Nearly all the water from the boilers poured into the hold, and it required over one hour to bail it out. When this was done the man was found lying with his face to the floor, He was about 43 years old. and was shipped on Oct. 12 at this port on the steamer's last up trip. None,of the men aboard knew where he came from or who are his relatives. Coroner Scott directed Undertaker Rodney to take charge of the remains. Shortly after the accident the Oceanica came to anchor in the middle of the lake, and remained for 24 hours, reeeiviug a lively shaking up in the heavy seas. Temporary repairs were made, and she managed to run here with her own_power. " "~ '¦' "....... f~" Dktroit, Oct. 31.-John Anderson, a sailor on the schooner Wm Jones, which left Chicago Saturday was knocked overboard by the foreboom and lost, about'eiaht miles off Grand Haven, The schooner city of Cleveland, aground in the river at Milwaukee, has been released. The Steambarge O B Baie was damaged on Sault Ste Mane R;c«r on Hatuniyf by grounding and being run into by her consort Esoanaoa. The steamship Iron Age and consort Iron Cliff will eo into winter quarters on arriving hereof freights do not advance. Other iron boats will also lay up. The following exhibits the gross tons of total lake ship merits of iron ore from the upper peninsular for the present season, up to and including October 115th :—Escanaba '9,816 : Marquette, 846,24o : Lsnse. 6o78o ; St Ignace 49 o!i'>: ¦U[ 2.535,988, showing an Increase of 554,947 tons over ig aame period of last year. Miscellaneous. The schooner Oshawa in entering South Haven. Mich harbour on Sunday morning struck the north pier and glancing over struck the south pier, carrying away her head gear, breaking her bowsprit, and unstriopiug her steering apparatus. s The captain of the tug John Leathern reports that whan off Racine Point a day or two ago he saw the schooner George W. \\ rea, lumber-laden, for Chicago, with hear jibboom, fore and aain topmasts, foremast head, and fore gaff gone, tbeMpjult of experiencing heavy weather recently The lug Gd.-.gf. ilaythaui has been detained at Owem Sound by . the Collector of Customs pending the receipt of the inspector s certificate. Tljuj \geltzel Horror. In addition to the particulars given in the telegraphic despatches it appears that the exoiotfiou of the tug Weitzel was witnessed by the crew of the ^- -JOiter Emeline and fcy aeveral persons at Oak Creek....e* . ¦..; u after telegraphed, that a tug with a ereen bstlo-h i*ttd blown up AtMUi o clock Saturday morning •Uill[.\^i2el and tug Sill -tyft Chicago and stood up the late for the purpose of picking up tows. After passing Racine point they sighted the schooner Eineliue. bound for Chi-' am Vh+ mi want to hoc. but, f^'t* W secure a tow, again gave chase to the Weitzel. A few moments before the accident the Sill had got Within 30 i© 60 feet of the Weitzel, but coMil gain no further on her blS account of the undertow caused by the Weiasl s wheel. The fireman of the Weitzel was noticed piling fuel on the fire, and all seems to have beeu excitement on both tugs. Cap-taiu Bovell had several hundred dollars on his person when the accident occurred. He was well-known amqMi a lilors and vessel men. and lately among harbour. imwwSWffitit contractors, of whom he was one. He had ruu nqt«.f jjhc • hoyhoixl, and his brother Will Lovell was for pr^me Vc- a tugman in Chicago. The latter quit the tug && ess several years ago. saying that in his opinion at a em dangerous as dynamite. Caotain Lovell was cm jrriedl. but leaves a mother, brothers, and sisters to mourn uis untimely end. Kelly was a widower) without children. Thie Weitzel was a good boat, and was owned principally by Captain Lovell. It was uninsured!. Both captain and engineer belonged to Racine:. where Mie disaster was feelingly aliuded to iui several of the churches on Sunday. Chicago Tug ownerra who knew the dead captaiu well say he was a very careful] man, and that they do not believe he ever allowed thte government valve to be tampered with : that it was nott necessary eithur. as the Weitzel always passed the Sill iin their races for tows. '""mngsEon noies. Kingston, Nov. 3.-(Special.}~The barge A':"» Gracr. 17,ooo bushels of barley for the K. & M. Co., is asn *r« nes* Belleville. .She is not leaking. The Chieftain has ^oi.e ro hsr release. ,, . , : —, t The sohooner William Elgin Is loading barley at Brock- Th'e sailors' wages at all American port have advance** ;o A3 per day. . . /«.»„ m The new rate of Insurance on grain cargoes from Chicago to Lake Ontario ports is $2 25. The schooner Jessie Macdouald cleared from Hay Bay with barley for Oswego. The steambarge Erin was aground in Belleville harbour, and considerable trouble was had in getting her off- Captain Donnelly left eight days ago with pumps.hawsers, etc, with which to relieve the schooner George 'lnurstoa, ashore at Bvng Inlet. Yesterday a telegram came from Meaford to the effect that a start had been made tor tiJd vessel three times, but that the wrecking tug hau to ran back in. consequence of stress ot weather. Detroit Jottings. ( Charters and Freights. Dktroit, Nov. 4. — Yesterday's charters were :—Schrs W H Rounds, wheat to Buffalo at 2ic : Emma L. Coyne, wheat, Port Huron to Buffalo at 3c/ Chappel, Chain. Marysville to Black Riv *r, Mich., at .*2-.VJ per ton. Detroit, Nov. 4.—Yesterday's chart' . were schooner A- Broady. coal Toledo to Oheboyr: ¦¦ at u i rents per ton. Buffalo, N.Y.. Nov. 4. — Coah freights are very firm, with charters to arrive reported at one dollar to Milwaukee. [P-"Vessels are very scarce. , The propelJer Lehigh goes to Pr Chicago at $1, the Jarvis Lord Jw Milwaukee at ^1, and the of M. M. Drake to Ds-.'.&h at $ 1 10. -¦ . ike Chicago, Nov. 3.-~The proi>hOneida, Collingwood, tmo^-j 23,0jO bu corn. .,fg | l$f Kingston.Notes. / }u L lus DETROIT, Nov. 3.—Word has been received from tfiw barge Burchard, ashore near Point Lookout, that her owner thinks of abandoning her. The Burchard was built «* Huron in 1847. and measures 170 tons. She is loaded witn The barge Geo H- Eby. recently abandoned at Detour, was valued at. $2XQH ¦ and insured for fclfcOOQ. Lumber shipments from the Saginaw River during ber were 12;\ooo,ooo feet, and fo>«ia aeaaQu, 781,o80,l»w feet, being the largest in the histoc/of the Saginaw RiTer, and 7'!.uet!.000 feet in excess M hfst year s shipment tor tne corresponding period. The Wingles shipped during Uie season amounted to 155,7fiti,000, and the lath 30,163.000. Miscellaneous. The barge Alice Pacey, in tow of the tug Marquis of Lome, ran on the shoal at Camp Meeting Cove on lhurs* day night. She is still aground. ...jk.tr i The schooner America has been towed to the vessel Owners'Dry-dock. Chicago, where she will receive some necessary caulking preparatory to taking on a cargo of gram for a Lake Ontario port. Strikes among the lutubershovers at. Chicago have been very rare this season, the extreme dulness in the lumber * carrying trade having had a very depressing effect on tbaa class of labourers. ... . , Eieveu thousand two hundred barrels of salt arrived a»6 Chicago by lake Wednesday. The propeller Colorado I iug 7,ooo oris from Osceola and the prop Lycoming 4.2"W brls from Buffalo. The schooners J Loomis, McLaren, Four Brothers, auid Col Eds worth have had their canvas taken off at Cbieagm preparatory to being placed in winter quarters, their owm" ers seeing no money in carrying lumber at the presemt rates. It is nuite likely that all the tug lines at Chic?. each keep one or twn of their boats in service all winter, and for tha* purpose will have the™ n^Y'^^£°£gfrr^-1 ,*•*«•* Advices from Charlevoix, Mich.-, state that the steambaiMI Truesda Ie is still ashore. Two steampumps failed to low^r the water in her and a third was sent for, which ha arrived, The Leviathan is here and the prnpell&r will be saved It no bad weather occurs in the next three days, but her back is broken and she is otherwise badly damaged. The schr Driver. Capt Tom Page, arrived in Chicago lata Tuesdav night. Cant Page reports that Monday i blow was one of the .severest tint He ever experienced. He also reporbs that the weather during his whole trip W8 n;i'-ty, the Driver having been compelled to seek shelter three times on her trip up the lake. Notwithstanding the roughness of the weather the little schooner lost none of her canjo nor made a drop of water. ___ -----WUII l Iff* Kingston. Nov, 4.—The tug Active has been chartered to carry barley from Porststpouth to Erie at 3^c. The schr Oliver Mowat cleared for Charlotte with iron ore. The schr B W Folger has arrived from Oswego with coal, i The.prop Niagara has been chartered to carry barley to Erie at 3io. The schr A Falconer cleared last night for Oswego with barley.> ;The,.tug Active went, up to Trenton this morning with barsjea carrying 750 tons of 'iron rails. The tug Giide cleared for'Montreal with four barges having 23.000 bushels of.JVheat,. 1,200 tons of coal, and 400 tons of phosphate. The schr Pride of America arrived nine days ago with coal. She is not yet unloaded- The owner of the coal has been taking out a littlo^eh day and claims that the cay. tain is entitled to do demurrage. The sailors on the schr Bavaria, just arrived at Gajrden Island, had a hard experience in the gale of Saturday night last. The vessel then passed down Lake Erie in a terrible sea—the worst, the captain says, he has ever en-Countered. The waves dashed over tha vessel sweeping away everything moveable. The schr A Falconer has cleared for Oswego with 12,000 bushels of barley. "The Porstoouth arrivals are:—Schr Hyderabad, 19,767 bushels wheat. Port Lambton: prop Niagara, Chicago, 23,600 bushels Wheat: schr Sweepstakes, Kincardine, 12,379 bushels wheat. Schr Acacia, detained H days at Ogdensburg, obtained $45 for demurrage. The Pride Of America was detain Hi nine days unloading coal. Demurrage was claimed but not alloWedv The schr "Bavaria, arrived at Garden Island, had a rough passage. On Lake Erie the sea was the stormiest the captain ever saw, and everything moveable on the vessel was swept away. Four sailors on the boom/reefing the jibs were repeatedly carried under water and almost drowned. The tug Active has taken barge3 to Trenton with 750 tons railway iron. The Prince Alfred cleared for Charlotte with ore in tow of the Conqueror. The steam barge Niagara has cleared for Brighton to load barley. She will finish at Toronto, and then proceed to Lake Erie. The tug Glide leaves to-night for Montreal with four barges with 1200 tons of coal, 17000 bushels of wheat, and a quantity of stone, Jhe O Mowat ha3 arrived back from Sodus, where the captain hired a crew for the remainder of the season at $30 per month per man. The barge Alice Pacy arrived here this afternoon in tow of the Hiram Calvin. About 1000 bushels was lightened from her. when she was nulled off the shoal near Belleville easily. Her cargo sustained no damage. The schooner Hyderabad unloaded at Portsmouth, and was 12? bushels short. The shipper will bear the loss. The chonner Norway arrived at Garden Island yesterday, having been pulled off by the Chieftain. When the schooner struck she was scuttled in rive feet of water. She was pumped out by the Wrecking Co.'s pumps and released without having sustained any d-vmage to spe-ik of. The statement relating to the steamer Norseman's performance in the gale of Saturday week turns out to be exaggerated. The owner is in receipt of a letter from the captain seating that the steamer was never in the slightest danger She was out in the sale during the day and not at night. The captain turned back finding the steamer mak-. ingbiK. little headway against the wind and sea. but there was no difficulty in turning her, and nothing was broken or carried overboard. Her decks were perfectly dry throughout, and she did n t ship a single sea. She careened somewhat from the force of the wind, this was all. Detroit JoUini,'>. . Detroit, Nov. 4.—The steam bar^er ttfJg.jTuttle, re* ceutly ashore near Detroit is in the Globe dry dock at Cleveland for repairs. Her bottom had two or three holes lllluillllll U1J IlllF'.lll P^^VR§Rtd tha plans and specifications for the new lfeftthouses to he erected in that harbour. The inner Light is to be forty feet south of the present .one, while th'j oner one will bw erected on the o.d site.' The plans look as if the buildings would be substantial and complete. In addition to the two lighthouses, a boathouse us to be erected on the east side of the river. Captains complain that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between the range lights and other lights ia the town, and suggest that a flash liifht or some other distinguishing feature be introduced. There is a good deal of force iu the complaint, and it is probable a memorial wiU ared and forwarded to the Department embodyiiii the ;u,-iiestiou—Owen Sound Times. Petroit Jotting*. forest produots i i, ling Saturday ibi. ties, 81,532, » i markM Detroit, Nov. 6.— The shipments o from the port of Bay City for the season are as follows :—Lumber, 502.837,173 feet ; ooo pieces : lath, U,054.ooo pieces. Between November 5th and 15th the iron can buo ing the dangers to navigation in Lake Huron. Straita cm Mackinac north end of Lake Michigan, and the outran * to Green Bay will be removed by the lighthouse .teuueir Dahlia. Wooden spars of the same colour as the bnoyoj removed will be substituted and allowed to remain unUU carried away by the ice. The annual report of Surgeon-General Hamilton, of th«» Marine Hospital Service, fiives the number of pat enUs treated in all the hospitals during 1881 and 1S&2 at 36.183, am increase of 3.572 over the previous year. The hospitals ane all in good condition. ._, . A Sand Beach despatch last evening say3 the wind ha* been blowing a gale from the south-east since 12 octocuc last night. In the harbour to-night are the steamers Ward and Pearl tuKs Vulcan, Torrent, and We-too.t.. Albert Wright and tow, Glasgow and barges, Cowie auu tow, Ella Smith and tow, aud several others whose name* could not be obtained. The clipner steam yacht Permelia was in port on Saturday. She made the distance from light to light croaaiui Lake St. Clair in one hour and aioht mlmitea. ¦ » knocked iu the starboard side, which had been stopped with canvas. The tug Sill, with a diver's outfit, weut from Racine in search oft the wreck of the tug Wetzel on Tuesday, but returned in the evening, having been unable to find it..The buoy which was left over the spot where the Wetzel ex» ploded was gone. The search will be continued. During the heavy gale from the north-east the tug Vulcan had to let go her raft off Huron City. Captain Rolls thinks it all went ashore together, aud can be pulled off with less than the usual expense. Two barges in tow of trie tug Stranger Imx. part of their deck loads of lumber aud lath off Port Au Barques during the same storm. The M. C. Tremble came in with her upper topmast yard carried away. The schrs Or G Houghton, Typo, and H M Scove, and barges D K Clint and L C Butts stripped to-day. All of the Menominee Transportation Company s fleet is now laid up. The steambarge City of New York arrived at Tawas Bay with a barge lumber-laden leaking badly, and just before dark run up with her into the shoal water in.the bight of the bay. The revenue cutter George M Bibb, arrived down Wed-. nesday and came to anchor at the usual point opposite the foot of Bates-.street, known as Chicken-bone Reef. The Bibb is a terrible runner. She had a set-to with a Canadian wood-barge coining down yesterday, and would have scored a glorious victory only that the barge got away from her aud was partly unloaded when the Bibb hove to in the offing.—Detroit Free Press. Buffalo Notes. Buffalo. Nov. 4.— The four crack schooners Porter, Wells Burt, Pensaukee, aud Annie M. Peterson are now on their way from Chicago to this port, and beta are peuding as to which will yet here first. The steamship Oceanica, loaded with coal and with her boilers securely placed, will leave for Chicago to-day. Avery strongly-built triangular c.ib was placed on Thurs" day to protect the south eud of oue of the breakwater cribs which had been forced outward, _ The banre C F Curtis/owned by the Toledo and Saginaw Transportation Co^/fias arrived hero with lumber from Saginaw. She wiB^ay up after unloading, aud during the winter will receive a fore and aft compound engine with cylinders at 26 and 48 inches and 42 inc;ies stroke, made by Trout, and a boiler of 12-foot shell and 17 feet in length. The latter will be made of 11*16 inch steel, and will be the largest on the lakes. Miscellaneous. The propeller Scotia arrived at Hamilton from Montreal on Saturday, The schooner Baltic arrived at Hamilton on Friday night and got stuck on a bar opposite the old hospital. While ou her last trip up the lake the schooner Bessie Boalt lost a sailor overboard. Capt Freer threw a life-preserver to the man and put the schooner about. The small-boat was then launched, and after a long row the man was rescued. The Boalt was sailing about nine or ten miles an hour at the time of the accident, and but for the presence of mind aud prompt action of Capt Freer the man would have been drowned. The steambarge U B Hale was damaged on Sault Ste Mario River on Saturday by grounding and being ruu into by her consort, Escanaba. The schooner North Star and schooner Ida Walker are loading lumber at Port Whitby for Oswego, and the schooner Erie Queen if loading wheat for Prescott. Miscellaneous. The Canadian schooner Arabia is at Chicago from Georgian Bay. T*lie steam barge Erin, which ran aground near the Belleville righthoute on Saturday, was lightered by the steam barge Maggie and got off. Thetoarge Alice Pacy, aground on Camp Meeting Shoal, was hauler] off on Saturday by the tug Hiram Calvin. The tug Bouar ran into the sloop Frank Hmlth, laden with wood, in the harbour at Belleville ou Saturday night, aud sank her. Albert Hall, of the propeller Cuba, fell into the hold and sustained serioug injury to his spins; Bte cftnuot move his legs. The sufferer was conveyed to the Marine Hospital, Chicago, on Friday eveuing. On Thursday last no less than 102 vessels arrived at Chicago. During the northerner early iu the morning the Schr J VV Brown in trying to make the harbour ran on the north>weat end of the new exterior bmiKwater now iu course of construction. The master claims that the usual light on the breakwater was not burning, *nd that ibis caused the accident. She was badly injured, and would have sunk but for the prompt assistance of the life-saving crew. It is thought the light on the breakwater was cai-ned away by the rough sea. Many minor cai occurred duriu? the day, ¦