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Steamboat Empire, 1844, Capt. D. Howe. Charters and Freight*. Charters and Freights. -Nat charters reported yester- DETROIT. Mich., Not. R-Thie E P Beals takes wheat to -Biittaioat 2fr per bushel: the sechr OonsuuJo takes lumber from Alpena to Detroit, and the Mary Hattie from Au Sauble to Detroit, at S2 per M Detroit, Mich., Nov 12 day. Buffalo Nov.11.-Coal freights are unchanged. Char-intctxvV1 FTrt011' JMJ HutchiriBon, J G Marten, Chicago auS Pr°P Lyou take carScesto *iSrCAa-°* ft 30--Td« am.ount of businesa doing in SSSTiS"^ lumber' °,f,lany othen" height is small, and will doubtless decrease The engagements yesterday were :-Hcnr, K J McVea, 21,ooo bu corn, for Sarnia. Kingston .Votes. Kingston, Nov. 12.-(SpeciaI..)-The sehr Erie Stewart Dove* °*e° °f "^ *^*** * *""* ]¦ taP«5fc5n Brt The schr V/m Elgin has arrived licbt from Oswego, and will load barley. The tug Bronson leaves for Momtreal to-nhmt with four stone"' bushels of wheat and 100 tons of soap- ' i'^ SC^ Mary Merritt ran intio the harbour during the night. She has a full cargo of morn for Ogdensburg from Chicago : rate o^c. * The str Conqueror left last evening for Georgian Bay iu order to rescue the prop Georgian. Captain J. Donnelly wrecMng master, meets the Conqmeror at the Canal Several propellers are wind boomd hero by the'caleof last night and to-day. Buffalo Notes. Buffalo. Nov. ll.-The barge; L N Drake, which had been stripped for a couple of weeks, is being fitted out again under the command of Captain Lyman Cook, and will load coal for Prince Arthur'.* Landing in connection with other vessels; It is pretty lat* in the fall to start vessels for the north shore of Lake Siuperior. but the weather mi-ht favour the venture. The freight paid on this coal is better than #2 50 per ton, the higlhest rate made since the war. Ihe Drake and Iowa will be: towed to Detroit by the tug Sweepstakes, and from there uip by the Champion. Th» coal charters of the str Wet more and consort Brun nette have been cancelled. They will go to Cleveland for some repairs and take on up cargoes there. Supt. Dutcher announces that unless sooner clossed by ice, navigation on the Black River Canal will be closeid on Nov, 23, and on the Erie. Champlain, Oswego, Cayugai, and Seneca Canal on December 7th. The canal boat John N Mary, loaded with lumber, filled with water in the creek this affcermoou, but did not capsize nor upset. One of the crew jump.ed overboard, and got a good ducking. One mule was tatken out, and towed to land, and another kept iu his temporary bach tub until the boat could be towed to a place of ssafety. Detroit Jottfmss. Detroit, Not. 11. -Captain Siwain reports that the barge Geo H Ely, ashore at Detour., has broken in two, and cannot be saved. He says that Iher deck was cut across near the mizzen mast, in order to get the coal out of her I and this weakened her to such am extent that the recent] heavy seas broke her off. He is confident the barge could? saved had he arrived a. fww .1 ,va sooner. — pumps aboard, arrived down yesterday. The schr Canada, of St. Catharimes, is ashore at Colchester, and the tug Erie Belle is working%t her. An item appeared some time atfo about the schr Steven-son's way of getting her release fro.m the Deputy-Marshal She has not yet returned, and several claims against her remain unsettled. The schr Argffl. Canadian, was seized here a short time ago, and some bulls presented for settle* meut. The ship wa.s taken to the boneyard, and her cap-. tain appointed ship keeper in orde;r to avoid expense On Wednesday the captain quietly hauled in the lines, and stole away, leaving the claims still unsettled. The result //sf/P t ' os *kat these Teasels will in failure have much heavier //'/. I I IMfthses tlf pay whoa they once imore get within the grasp The wrecking tug Leviathan airrived at Milwaukee-on Thursday afternoon from Charlevoix with the steambarge Lr J Truesdale. recently ashore afc that port. After the Leviathan had released her, she wais towed to Charlevoix where a diver patched her. and the ILeviathan left with her on Tuesday. She ivas obliged to reimain at South Manitou on account of head winds until Wednesday morning She had three steam pumps on board, biut one worked continually kept her afloat. She was plaesed in dry-dock, where she will be re-built. It is thought that she has received considerable damage, being conr.ider-ably hogged, especially on her starboard side. The oakum has all worked out of her seams, and her bottom is supposed to be badly chafed. ¦Miscellanoouii. The captain of the schooner Mo wait, which is trading between Sodus and Kingston, has hirred sailors for the remainder of the season at £30 a niontth each. Chicago is elated over the discovery by a suburban reals dent of a "smoke purifier" for steamers, which so completely cleanses the smoke by passing it through water that a sheet of writing paper held in it shcowed no stain. The steam barge Niagara and prop A L Hopkins ran into Port Colborne Sunday for, shatter, fi.hr. j Mm^ i.i Uiiummis*. and Untftsmaii'ijft miW lllei'e wind The captain and crew of the schr CJanada, on Colchester reef, arrived at Colchester Sunday im their small boat aukj report the vessel broken in two amidships. The schr Beif son is on her way from the canal to take on the Canada's cargo of timber. She is likely to become a total wreck During the thick mntUier on Lakte Michigan early Than* day morning the tug Tom Brown ram into and over a fleck of wila geese. The captain secured;a 15-pound one. The steamship Jewett finally gott away from Chicago Thursday afternoon. Her cargo was a large one, consisting of 4,200 sacks of flour and 60,200 Ibushels of corn. She started out of the harbour last Suudiay. The schr Canada was still on Codchester reef Saturday /*-\ w/f The tug Erie Belle has been renderimg assistance, but so % tsyL far without avail. The weather hats been in her favour. A* but should & southswest gale se; in btefore relieved she will likely go to pieces. A large amount of wreckage, consisting of apples and / A\ potatoes in barrels, and cabin furuiiture and fixtures, is V y*7yC -Ct coming ashore and being picked up between Point Peter ^^ ^ and South Buy Point. The apnle- barrels are marked "From J. ami M. T." This wreckage is supposed to be from the Carrie and Cora, whose attorn and "cabin came ,-. ashore two or three days ago, and wan reported. Mr. John Palniater, of Long Point, has threte hundred and fifty barrels of applet in his charge that mere picked up yesterday. //¦// Buffalo, Nov. 13.—Coal freights were reported unchanged to-day, but no charters made public, As there is a large fleet here a decline is likely. The schrs Scotia, Pensaukee, Wells Burt, and Halstead were put in for Chicago on Saturday at ifcl. Chicago, Nov. ll.-The Prop St Paul took 24,ooo bu corn to Collingwood yesterday. Kingston Notes. Kingston', Nov. 13.—(Special.)—Maritime Court on Saturday morning a demurrer in the cause of Erie Stewart was argued before Judge Price. The schooner delivered fa cargo of 16,ooo bushels of wheat to the Montreal Transportation Company during October. The consignees claimed a shortage of 75 bushels, for which they charged the vessel #74 47. and this they deducted from the vessel's freight. The vessel-owner seized the cargo, claiming a lien upon the same. The consignees demurred, contending that there was no maritime lien for freight. The demurrer argued and judgment was reserved. Scl.ooners Prussia and Augusta arrived at Garden Is* land with lumber for Toledo. A dredge is now at work in Cataraqui Bay clearing space for the dry-dock. This afternoon a schooner is reported-ashore on Snake Island. She is a three master. The tugFolger will leave to-night for Montreal. She will be one of the winter line of steamers to ply between Kamouraska and Murray Bay. The wrecking company own the line. During the blow on Saturday evening: the schr Kate Kelly, whoat-ladeii for Ogdensburg, ran hard on Simcoe Island shore. Yesterday the tug Mixer, str Watertown, and schr Forest Queen went to the rescue, and about thirty men were ta-ken up, and with buckets lightened the vessel of 5,000 bushels of wheat. It was put into the schr Forest Queen. The vessel was Anally pulled off, after considerable trouble, and brought, into this port. She suffered no serin ous damage. The captain has entered a protest. Buffalo Notes. Buffalo, Nor. 13.— The strong westerly winds which have prevailed since last Saturday morning have wafted into our harbour a very large fleet of vessels, the receipts of grain being the largest during the season thus far. The harbour shows more life than it lias since the busy season of 1380. Many vessels are delayed in unloading, owing to the fact that so few elevators are in operation, and the masters are grumbling considerably. Most of the cargoes are for the Niagara and City elevators. More than a dozeu vessels are Waiting to unload at the first named. Out of a total of about thirty elevators only ten are working. The imports of grain aggregate 1,438,118 bushels, as far as reported, which includes wheat, corn, barley, rye, and flax seed. Buffalo, Nov. 13. - Lake receipts last week, 2,071.600 bushels grain : coal shipments, 15,500 tons. By canal there were shipped 1,122,600 bushels of grain, and by rail 271,760 bushels. The amount of vessel tonnage in port yesterday was unusually large, by far the largest of any other clay this season.' It would have footed up closely to a hundred thousand tons. ii».....M-i.._..m n The fine steamship Wallula. Captain ,T. Lowe: ftn E. N. Rjcb, 1868, Capt. Wm. McKay. on with wheat from Duluth. She1 i the unusual time of 105 hours, \hi-teeu hours at the Sault. Her actnal arrived [here Saturday afternoon with wheat from Duluth. (She made the run down in chiding a delay of fourteen running time was three days and nineteen hours, and she towed the schr Frank Perew 200 miles out from Duluth. The Wallula will carry a cargo of railroad iron to Prince The schr David Dows, v.'ith wheat from Toledo, arrived yesterday morning. Captain Skelton says she came down the lake in exactly eighteen hours, and it wasn't blowing hard either. This is almost equal to running down in day-l)ows whe: sin; ¦ aiue out. msort Wenona have arrived with lumber from Lake Superior, and after unloading will be laid up. The grain taden schooners Porter, Pen^aukoe, TVeHs Burt, and A M Peterson, left Chicago early on the morning of the 3rd instant for Buffalo, in the order nav: intervals of about an hour. Chicago vesselmen at once li-lit-, which wits produced oi the i The steam bargt- Alpena and < of the 3rd instant for Buffalo, __in the order named, afty cc up a race between them and bets were made on the . The V while > iuGr, - TO SANDUSiSY. Bushels. Schooner Ishpeminsr. wheait..............35,000 TO BUFFAiLO. Schooner Nellie Gararu-i;. poiru............ 39,000 Schooner Bolivia, wheat...,,.........,___22,000 Propeller Juaiata, wiiett...................S&OOO Propeller Juniata, corn....................12,000 Propeller Annie Youna. vrQf&at............20,000 TO OSWlEGfD. Schooner George M. Case, roye.......,......24,000 COAP.SE FHB10SHTS. The steamship Pat mer amd her consort, the Ogarita, and tile steamsniiu Hecia go to Escanaba to load iron ore for Ibake Erie; also the schooner KUen Spry. Lumber freights were firm as follows; Mnskeffon to Chicago............... $1.75 Grand fiaven to Chicago............ 1.75 White Lake to Chicago...... ....... 1.87^ Lucimstofli to Chicago___........... 'j.00 Pent water to Chicago............... 2.00 Manistee to Chicago..........,...... 2.12^3 Cheboyjran to Chicago.............. 2.25 St Ignace to Chicago.......„....... 2-25 Black lliver to Chicago............ l.i>0 Menominee to Chicago..............2.1212@2.25 Charters am! F'reifrhts. Dktroit, Not. 15.—The folio wiinp charters were reported yesterday:—Schooners Reuben IDoud, wheat to Ogdensburg, 5jc ; John Burt, wheat to Oswego, rates not stated : Krie Belle, salt, Goderich to ONUcago, Si 25 : steambarge Empire and two comorts, bolts, IBear Creek to Buffalo. .52 per cord: steambarge Kincardine, supplies, Owen Sound to Algoma Mills, $500 for the triT-p. Buffalo, Nov. 15.—Coal freights are unchanged, with no special demand for carriers. 'The rate is nominally SI to Chicago and Milwaukee. The > schr W H Itoundi go«s to Detroit at 25o. Kingston Ncotes. Kingston. Not, 15.—(Special..)—The schr Jessie McDonald cleared for Oswego with aash lunibor. The steam barge Norman is loaading ties and lumber for Oswego. The schr Polly M. Rogers, of Cape Vincent, is the vessel reported to he pounding to pieces on the " Whale's Rock," Green liay. The schr St Louis has arrived with coal from Cleveland. Sh« will atrip and lay up here, the coa.1 being left in her until spring. The round trip of tmis vessel has been a very ouick one. mad' result. The vessels sailed down Lake Michigan, and the Peterson was the first to make the Straits. The Pensaukee was about eight miles behind her. the Porter four miles behind the Pensaukee, and the Burt the same distance be* hind the Porter. They all came to the foot of the Straits and lay there about two days. Here they were picked up by river tu^s and towed into Lake Erie. The Porter and Peterson were in the same tow and got two or three hours start of the other two. They, of course, had an even send-off on this lake, and the run down may he taken as a test; of their sailing qualities. The Peterson reached porwat 9 a.m. Saturday, and the Porter two hours later. The Pensaukee came in an hour after the Porter, and the Burt shortly after the Pensaukee. These two also making a gain on the Porter on this lake. All of these vessels are tine tailors, but, without doubt, the Peterson is the fastest ' sehooner on the lakes. r"»...........' """Dgtt'UU JHIHIHW1*"'.....w.ii.».„i , ... DETROIT, Not. 13.—The, tug Erie Belle came up from Colchester reef Saiurdav/without having released the schr Canada. Another atjefiipt will be made to get her off. The Canada is on \hVraef a few feet from the spot where the tug May Flower went to pieces. The captain of a vessel arriving at Chicago reports that de passing some distance to the east of " Whale's Back," "reen Bay. lie descried a schooner ashore there, but could not make out her name. She was thumping on the S bottom, and in damrer of going to pieces. Some of her . y'crew were visible. The supposition is that the vessel is the schr Polly M. Rogers. Her hailing port is Cape Vincent, \and her owner Captain Burnham. She is valued at $3»,000, ranks B 1, She is of 250 tons burden, and wa» built at Charlotte by G. Hardison, about twelve years ago. aMMaHI0**"?*, Miscellaneous. Vessel captains say that the lighthouse system on G-eor-r gian Bay is very defective. 1 The strs Flight and Utica are at Deseronto port. The former goes on the marine railway for repairs, while the latter has broke her shaft. The' prop Dromedary ran into Port Darlington for sheK ter on her way up, and the schr Phoebe Catharine ran in for shelter, bound for Toronto. k_ln confirmation of what has been said with; reference to the necessity for a permanent life-saving crew on the Canadian side of Lake Erie, a correspondent writes that about ten days ago a schooner was off Portt Colborne in distress, when a tug endeavoured to reach her butt had to run back on account of the heavy sea. He reanarks :—*' If that vessel had goneSon shore, even close to port, in the middle of thflfeight, you could not have got a life«boat crew to turn out. This is not merely my own individual opinion but that of many others, who believe with me that through not having a permanent crew many lives and much pro» perty is lost." , , FREIGHTS. There was not a single grain charter yesterday. Rates were nominal at 3c corn and 3@3J*c wheat ACCIDENTS AKD FATALITIES. Charles Brady, fireman on the tug Van Sohaiok, fell off the boat into the South Bide dry-dock and was badly injured. He did not come to for twenty minutes after the terrible fall. The sufferer was conveyed to the County Hospital. Kothiner has yet been learned of youns Smith, of the tug Protection. It is generally concluded that his body is in the river. The body of a young man was found floatina: near the Galena elevator last evening by OaDtain Chas. Muzzy, of the tag MoClellan, who towed it to Wells street bridge and then summoned a patrol wairoii, which conveyed it to the Morgue. The remains are cnose of a larce stoutly built young fellow, with dark hair and mustache. There were cuts about the head and forehead. The body is not that of Smith. A little bov, name unknown, fell off Eighteenth street bridge yesterday and was drowned. Special Telecram to The Inter Ocean- East Tawas, Mich., Novi 13.—Heavy south winds. The schooner Home, while nouncling acrainso the dock, tore away considerable of her offender-streak, started the oakum from the seams, and is leaking some. The barge Montgomery pounded on the bofctom atSthe docs and hoisted her union down. The revenue cutter George W- Bibb, at anchor in tho bav, responded, and towed her out to anchor age. The captain of the Montgomery signed a billl of lading under protest, taking only part of her load on account of low water at the dock, the depth of which was misrepresented to him. He will lay up this trip at Buffalo. The first snow of the season fell this morning; verv iisrht. bpecial Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Duluth, Minn., Nov. 13.—The severe sale of Saturday night and all day Sunday, accompanied by heavy auow, has done no damage to navigation as far as heard. The propeller Celtic, from Montreai, arriving Sunday morning, had a narrow escape. Navigation will close here in ten days. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Kingston, Ont., Nov. 13.—During the blow Saturday evening the schr Kate Kelly, wheat-laden for Ogdensburg, ran hard on Simcoe Island shore. Yesterdav the tug flfiier, atmr "Watertown, and schr Forest Queen wpnt to tier rescue. The vessel was pulled off after bedng lightened and brought into this port! She suffered no serious damage. Charters and Freight*. Chicago, Xov. 13. — The prop Toledo took 24,ooo Ibushels of corn to Collingwood, and the schr E J McVea,, 2o,ooo bushels of corn to Point Edward yesterday. I liUFFALo, Nov. 14.—Coal freight* are unchanged at SI j to Chicago and Milwaukee. Charters- The schooner Homer goes to Chicago at $1. The schooner Guido Piisster was ye terday chartered at Duluth to carry 42.ooo busshels of | wheat to this port at 4-^c freight. J Detroit, Nov. 14.—No charters reported yesterday. ! Marine matters very dull. Several vessels are here waiting fur loads. Kingston Xotes. Kingston, Nov. 14.— (Special.)— Few vessels are now in the service besides those engaged in the iron ore and barley trade, and they will run until navigation dps harbour is very dull. . .. x-k h -, f~ ""'HliV'KoVpelnBWp " Glnd Tiding*." f A Chicag.> exchange says :—" The Gosiiel Ship^Glad "Tidings, Captain Buudy, is known by nearly every sailor on " this Lake, having been in the missionary work for the past hii years on lake Michigan. Who is the property of Captain . Bundy, and is under the direction of tho Western Seamen's 2; Friend Society of Chicago. Last winter she wintered at |j Menominee, where she was fitted out on May 15. Previous to her leaving Menominee Captain Bundy nut up his large tent, which he carries on board, and for three weeks preached the Gospel among lumbermen in the vicinity of that port. She left Menominee in June for the Beaver Islands, where she remained for twenty-two days.. The Heavers have ab.'Ut 1.20J people living on them, audi Capt. Bundy, with his Gospel ship, makes this one of his annual stoppiug points. From the Beavers she went to Mackinaw ~ ;land. thence to the South Manitou, North Manitou, South mat Charlevoix, Epouppe, Point Patterson, Swiaswash, nistique, Summer lsiaud, Saqut* Bay, Sturgeon Hirer, Cedar River, Washington Island, Sturgeon Bay, Two Rivers, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan. Captain Bundy had on board Bibles in four different languages, wbkh he sold ami uave away ;«1bo hymn-books and other reliyioua docu- Miscellaneous. The Welland Canal will be closed for the season on De* comber 7th. , The ascent in the Welland Canal is about 330 feet, with a distance of twenty-seven miles, and is achieved by means of three locks TIi'j bull <f the new tug built at Manitow^j by Rand &1 Berber for the Sturgeon Bay Lumber Company will be j completed in About a week, when the machinery of the tug | Lawrence will be placed iu it. The new boat will be con- f glderably larger than the Lawrence, and is to bu used for towing lumber lwrgefl to Chicago next year. The work of tninsferriiiif the machinery and boiler of the old Ben Drake n progress at Manitowoc. ,ttmg^0mmU0fmmt^^_ ty of lighthouse repairers are at Frankfort engaged in putting a new foundation t> the pier headlight, etc. They have also completed some needed repairs at Point Betsy Lighthouse. This building is one of the oldest on this shore, and badly out of repair. A new light anil tower are much needed there, also a fog signal station. The Thunder Bay Sentinel says: —Captain J. B- Symmes, of the steam barae Lothair, of which he is part owner, ar« , rived in port on Thursday morning last, having a consort of •. two barges—the Van Stranbetizie and Corisande. These barges had on board about 900,000 feet of lumber and plank for Graham & Home, of Fort William, part of it being for the Winnipeg market. The friends of Captain Symmes were pleased to see him once more. These vessels, all heavily loaded, were taken over the bar and up the Kamin-jstiquia. An exchange :—'* Well, the Annie M.Peterson won the race to Buffalo, and won it fainy. No question whatever can be raiseo. The Peterson is an excellent vessel, and her master, Captain Bent ley (formerly of the Amaretta Moaner), knows how to handle her to the very best advantage All honour to the Peterson. Any vessel that beats | tho Porter and Pensaukee is entitled to praise. The four ^ racers, the Peterson. Porter, Pensaukee, and Wells Burt left Chicago on Friday. November 3rd, and arrived in Buffalo on Saturday, November 11th. The Peterson reached the harbour at about seven o'clock in the morning the Porter about two hours later, and the Pensaukee and Wells Burt about an hour after the Porter. Head winds caused the slow time made. The construction of a ship canal from Irondale, on the Calumet River, to Calumet Lake has occupied the attention of the psbllo for some years past. It can now be stated, on the host of authority, that work on this important improvement will be commenced this morning, as dredges are already on the ground. The canal, when completed, will run east from the hike to Calumet River, and will be 100 feet wide and 16 feet deep, with slips, docks, eta About half the distance between the mouth of the Calumet River and Calumet Lake will be saved by this canal. The point where the canal reaches Calumet Lake is directly opposite Pullman, and but a short distance from the site of the United States Rolling Stock Company. This canal will he one of a j system of canals which will connect Calumet and Wolff ! Lakes with Lake Michigan. J me Hnflalo Note's. nm£ Buffalo, Nov, 11—The str A h Hopkins, bound up the lake, became partly disabled while abreast of Port Colborne Sunday morning, and was forced to run in for shell ter. The schr Niagara also ran in for safety. A large amount of wreckage, consisting of apples and potatoes in barrels, came ashore bob"."- m Point Peter and South Bay on Sunday. The wreckage is supposed to be from the schr Carrie & Cora. The steamer Nyack, which was to leave port Inst night or to-day, will be the last boat for Duluth of the Lake Superior Transit Line this season. A large.numher of vessels are wind-bound in port. There is a Stiff sniith-wcstern gale blowing. The str Oregon and the gchr C B Jones have cancelled their hiBuriMce, and will lay up here for the winter. Captain Malcolm Stalker, of the sehr Chas Foster, bad a stroke of paralysis at noou to-day. His condition i:s critical. Captain Duncan, of the schr Dauntless, went tobied last nivdit on the sciir Chas Foster. This morning his hm-t and coat were found in the berth, and Duncan is missing. It is supposed he got up iu the night, and fell or walked over* board. The body has not been recovered. Captain Edward Fitzgerald, whose unexplained 'disappearance was a nine days' wonder, has not yet been he^rd of. and it is generally believed he was drowned iu Buffalo Creek. Captain McGregor has been appointed to succeed, him nr i" .i.-..«~ ""-"n-m—¦niHirtrr—^^m Ihe three-masted Canadian schr Gleniffer, Captain Jas eyfug CAPTAIN" FXTZaSBALD ALIVJE. EE TC7.KN3 UP IX NEW YOIiK CITS". After all tfrac has been said and written oi' i the disappearance and "sad fate" oi Gap tain j I'klward Fitzgerald, or the steamship Bav-num. he turny up aihre. The captain disappeared at Buffalo some time ago, and it <,vas generally concluded that, bv accident or foul play, he had been drowned, and that his body would be iloimd in the river. The following' telegram was received last night from The Inter Ookas correspondent at Pore Huron: Special TelejrM.ni to The intoi- Ocean. Port liuitox, iiiutk, Nov. 11.— The many friends of Captain Ka Fitzgerald will be pleased to learn chat he is alive :u New 1'or.te. tie is very sick, however. A telegram was received bv his father to-nig-hc givius? the above faces. ADVANCE IN INSUEANCE. The following new rates fur grain cargo insurance out of Chicago went into effect at 0 o!clock last evening: To worts on Lake Michigan......... To worts oa Lake Sapsrioi:.......... To worts on (Georgian Bay........... To portion Lake Huron, Sarnia, ai troic lliver..................,...... To porta on Luke Erie................ To Dorte on Lake Ontario............ To Ogdensburg......Vi.............. .To Montreal..................... ¦ AU net. Add 10 per cent on B 1 vessels. ..$1.00 .. ^5 .. 2.00 .. 1.50 .. iMW .. %3Q .. 2.75 .. 3.50 SEAMEN'S WAGSS. The meeting1 of the Seamen's Union last night was devoted largely to the question of wages. It is understood that-a ball is also arranged for. Wages were nut at $3.50 Der day. but the men have the privilege of shipping by the trip. ; to Buffalo. The schooners Queen City and Golden Fleece ro to Escanaba for iron ore to Lake Erie. The rate is understood to be $1.40. Lumber freights were tending upward. Following were the iiaures yesterday: Mnekeaon to Chicago.............. *J"i? Grand Haven to Chicago........... ?a%. White Lake to Chicago............. J' >A Ludington to Chicago.............. -¦ JJJJ Peutwaterto Chicago.............. ^*Y<ji„ Manistee toChicatro................ 7>'7>i. Cheboygan to Chicago............. g.ZS St. Ignace to Chicago............... 7"£% Black River to Chicago........... »£*„* Menominee to Chicago.............2.1S13@2. ZZ> bpecial Telegram to The Inter Ocean. * Buffvlo, N. Y., Nov, 13.— Coal freights dull; rates nominally $1 to Chicago and Milwaukee. No engagements reported. o- — The schooner rligsjie has juafr' distinguished herself by making the most rapid roinyjr trip on record. 8he left Chicago Oct. 27 for Buffalo, arfftl returned Tuesday, Nov. 7. making the round trip injKdays and 18 hours, including eight hours at anchor, in jne Straits, and thirty-four hours iu Buffalo unloading]ja-am and loading coal. This is the fastest time ever msffe by a sail vessel between Chicago and Buffalo, and places the Higgle away up " in the front inks " as a ruuuer. The captain of the lake to wins steamer Favourite was lmmoned at the instance of the Chicago Citizen's Association, for an alleged violation of the ordinance with re» gard to the use of steain whistles, by the excessive and unnecessary use of her nteam fog-whistle on the night of Wednesday, Oct. 18, while signalling for the river tugs to come out and take her barges when she arrived off the harbour in the lake. The captain pleads that at the time he thoufht lie was justified in blowing this screaming whistle, as he believed his tow was in danger, by reason of another tow of barges that was bound for the river and close after him, making it necessary for him to get his relieving tugs at once to bring his bargtsS in out of the track of approaching vessels. He atafced that the use of this screeching whistle shall be abandoned in the future for signalling purposes, unless Under such circumstances of weather as would, iu his judgement, jeopardize life or property by its omission. The suit has been dismissed ! Itobinson, lumber laden for Tonawanda, in tow of tl i Neehm, went on Bird Island pier at three o'clock this .__. j noon, and the prospects are that she will become a total | loss. There is now a heavy gale from the south-west, and t up to this writing the tugs have not been able to render her ' any assistance. The tug Neelon is reported also to have f suffered considerable damage, but the report cannot be t verified at present. The Gleniffer is owned by Captain Jas ¦ Norris, ej-M.f., of St. Catharines, and valued at &13.ooo : to -SiD.ooo. The tug Neelon is the property of H Julian & i_Co., of Port Dalhousie, and is worth about Vo,ooo. Detttft Jottings. pETROlT. Nov. 14.-The Domiuion Salvage Wrecking [Company's tug Conqueror arrived at Windsor yesterday, mound from Kingston to Georgian Bay to rescue the steam* barge Georgian, which ha.* been ashore on Club Island since "Sunday, November 5th. and which lias ve»y likely gone to pieces before now. She came from Port Colborne to Am-[herstburg in twenty-two hours with a heavy sea, and aU tost every other boat on Bake Erie swekiu,' shelter.- . _ ^. ii .s n,.....w .- , ,-• ¦ , .;}, ,- v, '! •...:< mrthla all towards the completion of Colchester Beef lighthouse. The schooner Hercules is at Maiden unloading lumber. The s s Escanaba, bound down, is aground near the lightship on Lake .Sfc Clair. The tug Swain arrived down yesterdaay, having left the schooner Goshawk at Bay City. The Swuin has been gone about twenty days, during which time she pumped out the Sweet Heart, towed her to Duluth, thence to Marquette. At Marquette she pumped out the Goshawk, towed her to Duluth, and from D uluth to Bay City. ' Lake Statistics. The following data in reference to the area, depth, and elevation of the chain of lakes, derived from the latest surveys, will be of interest :—Lake Superior— Length;. 335 miles : width, 160 miles : depth, 688 feet : elevation, 827 feet : area, 82.000 miles. Lake Michigan—Length. 300 miles: width. 108 miles: depth. 690 feet: elevation, 506 feet : area. 23,000 miles. Lake Huron—Length, 300 miles : width, 6u miles : depth, 6'3U feet : elevation. 274 feet : area. 20.1(00 miles. Lake Erie—Length, 205 miles ; width, 80 miles: denfch, 84 feet: elevation, 261 feet : area, fi.000 miles. Late Ontario—Length, ISO miles : width, tS5 miles ; depth, 510 feet : elevation, 261 feet : area, 6,000 miles. Total length, 1,365 miles : total area, 135,000 square mileH. FBElaHTS. There was more life in grain freights yes- ¦ terday. The races were unchanged at 3o j corn and 3(^3^3 wheat to Buffalo. Charters j were: A sailor named Duncan, of the scnoooar ; Dauntless, went to bed ¦ lass msht on the j 'schooner Charles Fishei- This morning his hat j and coat was found in the berth and he was missm*.'. It is supoosed he got up m the nigut and waited over-board. His body had not been [ recovered to-day, Tue propeller James Davidson is still in port negotiating ior a cargo up the lakes. ¦ The steamer Nyact will be the last bout of the Lake Superior Transit Transportation .Biiuo to leave thia port for Dumth. ¦ ¦% Tne steamer Oregon and the schooner 0. B- j Jones have cancelled rheir insurance and will lay up h'ere for the winter. Captain Maloom Si.a:kor, of the schooner Oh&H. [ Foster, had a stroke of paralysis at noon to-day. ,. Ilia condition in critical, Tho Canadian three-masted schooner Crlesilfc-r, loaded witn lumber, for Tonawanda, and in tow ! of the Canadian tUK Jfeeloui went on to the Bird ! Island pier at '*$ o'clock this afternoon, and i.-i ' likely to be badly damaged. It is blowing j heavily, and the tugs that have srone to her as- j sistance will noc be able to do much for her to- ' : day, if anything. Tue Glonifur is valued at , $13,000. The Canadian tug N?eton is ashore on the reef I at the entrance, to Niagara liiver, just below Horeesheel light If not released soon, and the wind continues southwest, there is some danger ter goiuK to nieces. Rnno.ia.1 TflT«praui to The inter Ocean. Miscellaneous, At Muskegon, Mich., Henry Kenne, sailor, of the schr Alhrecht, fell off the dock and was drowned. The, stranded schooner George Thurston has gone to I pieces. The Thurston measured 324 tons. She was built I in 1853 and rebuilt in 1869. Roach, of Kingston, was the I owner. Insured. The fine propeller Toledo, Captain Scott, of the New England Line, left Chicago Monday evening on her last trip to Collingwood this season. She will return to Chicago I and lay up for the winter. The schooner Maple Leaf, en route for Port Burwell, ar« rived at Port Burwell yesterday disabled by tearing her I mainsail. The propeller Lake Ontario loaded flour at Port Dalhousie yesterday for Montreal. The barge Maggie left for Port ' Hope on Tuesday night in tow of the tog Munro, but had to run hack. She left again this morniug in tow of the tug Hector,