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Steamboa'.t EMPDffl, 1844, Capt. D. Howe. /^fe^ > ^/^ TJ-IE LOSS-OF THIE COLLINGWOOD. The schooner Coilingjwood, with cedar posts for Chicago from St. Heilen.it, was lost ou Thursday afternoon on Laake Michigan. Captain Hugh Willis and three oif the crew were drowned. K. D. Sheldon, mate, of Chicago; Frank McFee and, Nicholas Johnson, seamen, and Herman Gruter, the steward, took to a laft made of fragments of the vessel's caibin. Gruter died from tne terrible exposure amd his body washed overboard. The other threes were picked up by the propeller Wisconsin, (Captain McGregor, and were landed at Milwamkee Saturday morning, whence they came to CJhicago by rail. They are in a pitiable conditions The following statement, made by one of tine survivors, gives the whole sad story. Whem the vessel went dowu she was fifteen miles mortheast of Milwaukee and aooutfifteen miles ffrom land. The Wiscoo-sin picked the survivorrs up about twenty-five miles off Grand Haven, they having drifted over to that shore: A HAHKOWIING RECITAL. "The Collingwood ware ioaded with cedar posts, aud was bound from Ste. Helena to Chicago. St. Helena is near the motuth of the Straits. During the gale Thursday after:noon the vessel became waterlogged, and we worked the pump for all it was worth. About 4-. o'cliock in the afternoon the pump got choked, amd things looked pretty blue, I tell you. The scale was blowing from the northwest, and about 5 o'clock the sea made the vessel roil over. Therre we lay, right on the broadside, till the topmiast went out, when with a great groan she straightened up on her beam ends and kept that way for about an hour. Then, all of a sudden, the decide burat up, caused by the pressure of the water aigainst the cargo, and she rolled over and went down head first. The whole crew, eiyht of ns, were all banging for dear life to lhe tfcaffiail, thinking that it would be the last tilling that would give way. After she wenit down the sea washed over us. The captain ; and the,three other men who were lost were seeen floating with posts under tneir arms. Thhere was a piece of deck about six feet square, aand three of us got onto that. Sheldon got ontto another raft, tne one we three were on when-we were picked up. Four of us finally got on thait raft. We suffered terribly, the air being bitiing cold, and a fierce gala blowing. To make maltters worse the STEWAKD BECAME^ A HAVING MANIAC during Thursday nighty., aud it was all that two; of us could do to keepp the poor fellow on the" raft. All through the might and during Friday the man fought us, afittd several times he succeeded in getting Inn to the water, but we dragged him out. Aibout 4 o'clock Friday afternoon his strengtth gave out, and after a last maniacal struggle he died. We held on to his bodv itor awhile, but had to let it wash overboard. Finally, as we had no way of fastening it tot the raft, we took some papers and things out oif his pockets, and among them was a receipt foir a considerable sum of money that he had dleposited with a Chicago storekeeper named Jaoeabs. Early Friday morning ail of us became ailmoat totally blind from the terrible exposure. '.That, of course, tended to aggravate our sufiferinggs. How we managed to live so long under the < circumstances the Lord onlv knows. Bnt we comldn't have lasted much longer. Friday night wve were so sleepy that it was with difficulty we c;ould keep our eyes open. The raft gradually beg:an lowering as the posts under it absorbed the wvater, and from dark on until the time we were .found we stood in water the whole time nearrly knee-deep. If there had been anv plaice to sit down wo would have gone to sle*p and frozen to death. We continued walking from one end to tne other, and some onte would occasionally go to sleep while waikirag and step overboard. The others would pulH the unfortunate back onto the raft. McFee -walked off the raft three times during the nighit, aud I succeeded after THE WRECK RECORD. THE ECLIPSE ANI> SIGEL. Wpecial Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Ludington, Mich., Nov. 25.—The schooners Eclipse and Sigel are both lying just above Great Point Sauble, wrecked by yesterday's gale. Both had left Manistee loaded with shingles for Chicago. About noon yesterday Anton Easmusaen, a Norwegian, aged 24 years, started to swim ashore from the, Eclipse, but was drowned in the attempt. This was to be his last trip, and he was to be married upon his arrival in Chicago. The inquest was held upon his remains to-day. The Eclipse is reported to be badly broken, and is probably a total wreck. She was the schooner which was stranded in the gale of October, 1881. A man whose name cannot be learned was lost off the Sigel. THE BOB BOY DISASTEB. Special Telegram to Tne Inter Ocean. Feankfobt, Mich., Nov. 25.— The boat Rob Roy, which broke away from the steamer San-ford on the night of the 23d, was beached at Burnham's Pier. The three men had a terrible experience, barely escaping with their lives, ana completely exhausted. The boat and cargo are badly damaged. GALE AT ESCANABA. Special Telegram to The Inter ocean. Escanaba, Mien., Nov. 26.— Arrivals—Prop D. C. Whitney and consort Wayne. The schooner Zack Chandler returned last night, and is at anchor in the harbor. About three inches of snow has fallen during last twenty-four hours. The wind is blowing hard from the northwest, and the weather is growing colder. THE P. 3. SKINNEE AND -JESSIE MABTIN. Special leieararo u> The inter ocean. Guano Haven, Mich., Nov. 2ti.—The P. S. Skinner is a total loss. The life-saviug men ferried what was left of the sails and gear up to the station for storage. The Jessie Martin will be go toff when the weather permits. A big fleet is in port here. Wimd northwest, brisk, with snow; big sea running: HEAVY SNOWSTORM AT THE EAST. Special Telegram to The Inter Oceau Cheboygan, Mich,, Nov. 26.—A tterrible snowstorm is raging, with a high west --wiud, and if it continues till morning there will be eighteen inches of snow on the level. The snipping in transit will suffer severely. The propeller Annie Young was at jYtackinac yesterday. The steamer Keewenaw and schooners Joseph Paige, Johnson; tugs Gladiator, Natt Stickney, and Carkius are in port. The schooners Panama and R. J. Gibbs have gone into winter auarte>rs. THE EGYPTIAN AND "WOOD'HUFF. Special Telegram to The Inter ocean. Poet Hueon, Mien., Nov. 25.—The disabled steam barge Egyptian, in tow of the tug M. F. Merrick, bound duwn from Marquette to Cleveland, ran aground at the southeast bend last night. She was released by the tugs Frank Moffatt and Merrick. Tne schooner J. C. Woodruff sustained severe damage and lost her deck-load of lumber in Saginaw Bay Thursday night. PEOPEIXEES EELEASED. Special Telosram to Tut, inter ocean. Ebie, Pa.. Nov. 26. — The propeller Philadelphia was released last nigho by the propellers Delaware and Japan and the tugs Erie and Thompson. She lefi> for Chicago. The propeller Argonaut was also released to-day and left. THE DOANE BROKEN LP. Special Telegram to Tne Inter Ocean. BUEI-'ALO, N. Y-, Nov. 26.—The schooner J. W. great trouble in gettmig him back each time. ;>Dc-ane, wrecked on the breakwater, is badly For thirtv-one hours wro didn't have a thine to t;at. I managed to dig: a little bit of oakum out;, of the raft, and the thrree of us chewed this for twelve hours. McFee would have died in a couple of hours if wo; hadn't been picked up. He was beginning to ac:t crazy, and was so numb that it was with difficulty that we kept him on his feet. If the Wisconsin hadn't come along just when she did it would have been good by with us, for we couldh't have lived much longer, and we realized also tluat the raft was gradually becoming waterlogged and sinking." THE. NAMES of the three Beaniem drowned with Captain Willis are not learnecd. They hailed from Chicago. Of the survivors, Sheldon resides in Chicago, where he has a wdfe and family. Jonnson resides at Wallaceburg, Ont., and McFee, on Amherst Island, Ont. Captain Willis haileal from Kingston. He was about 45 years of age aand is stated to have been single. He was an old and thorough navigator. The Collingwood Vfrna built in 1855, but had been several times rejbuht. Her measurement was 258 tons. She win owned by Captain Will-; iam Keith of Cnicasoj. The vessel was worth about $4,000 and tne cargo about $2,000. No: msui'ance.^^*^^"" ^^¦"^¦¦i«« ¦•¦<¦—¦^¦^J i- _ ^rrrr theoiugh the gate. As seen by tne port llist, a numoer of vessels from the east shore, which were caught m the northwest gale, have smcceeded in making Chicago. Most all are mimus portions of their deck-loads of lumber and have suffered in outfit, sails, etc. The hardship and suffering of the crews was terrible. A.raong these arrivals is the scow Moses Gage. -Sine was over tbere on that lee shore with the vessels which stranded but, scow as she is, weatheired the storm, and has not lost a board off her detuk-load. The schooners J. Mcnrla Scott and Daniel G. Fort, barlev loaded froant Belleville, Canada, arrived yesterday. Theyy had a hard wrestle with the elements and are damaged in outfit- The Fort's bulwarKs had too be knocked out iu places to clear her decks. The propeller Lehigth arrived from below yesterday. Her cousort, tme Alleghany, coal loaded, broke away from her om Lake Huron and afterward sprung a leak, biut got into Port Huron. She will come up iu totw ot some other nroncHpr It spears ontheauthoritty of Capt Hall, author wftb i?" Record of Lake Marine,'" that the first propeller on fchi FBOPELLEIl PIICENIX, Kingston Notes. CAPT, B, G. SW'EKT, Kingston, Nov. 23.—The schooner Prince Alfred, ore laden, lor Fairhaven, in starting from the Kesper Dock ran ashore ou a shoal near the Tower. The steamer Pierrepout pulled her oh. All the Montreal Transportation Company's laid up. boats are broken up. Her remains will b.e sold in the morning to the highest bidder. Charters ami Freights. Chicago, Nov. 25.—The charters for yesterday were :— Schr Adventurer, 9.000 hu corn to Sariuia ; prop Canada, 4,424 bush corn, and sundries to Midlamd. Kingston Notes. Kingston. Nov, 27—(Special.)—The str William John ston. the bottom of which is 40 years old. left the marine railway to-day fully repaired. The schr Annie Falconer is on the way getting her butts ; caulked. She pounded a little while at Bath recently and sprung a leak. I The steambarge Niagara, with 26,ooo bush wheat for Ogdensburg, ran ashore on Four Acre Shoal above Snake. Island about 12 o'clock last night. She began to pound, when the captain jettisoned 4,ooo bu aud she floated off. The grain belongs to Mr Coffee, of Toronto, aud is.web. insured. Ituft'alo Notes. Euffaxo, Nov. 27.—The prop Morley, with wheat from Toledo to this port, at five o'clock yesterday afternoon, ran on a rock on the Canada shore, about five miles above here. ¦ It was snowing heavily at the time, and though under check: the Morley went out about eight inches forward. Signal':; ling for assistance the tugs Compound and Bryant went to : her, but, could not pud her off. At ten last night the Compound took out a lighter and a gang of men. There was plenty of water all around the Morley except, u.i der her bow. She was leaking, but her pumps easily kept her free. The wind was light up the lake, and tbere was no sea, and the prospect was that she would soon be= released, 1 The sehr Nellie Gardiner, which canue down this lake through Thursday's blow, wet over 600 bushels of her corn. and the prop John Pridgeon damaged a small lot of her fttuc .seed. These vessels left for Detroit to-day to lay up. The schr Monitor, with wheat from Milwaukee, arrived here at 4 a.m. ou Saturday. She was at anchor under the Evtu diwing the htorin, and suffered no damage. In consideration of a four cent freight, she win hold her cargo till next spring. She was stripped on Saturday. The schr M J Wilcox went iuto winter quarters here on Saturday. Uaptiun McLeod yesterday began lightering the schr. Moss and Captain Rice the Groton. The schrs George Al Case and Henry Folger, after repairing their canvass, were towed over to the Welland Canal on Saturday night. The wrecked schr J W Doaue was sold at the old breakwater this morning to Capt Maytham for $1,425. Capt Maytham will strip her lhe barge Dalhousie was launched yesterday, after hav-ins i'oen rebuilt. The barges Star aud Eiule will be placed on the ways at, once and rebuilt during the winter. Prop. Lake Michigan is loading 3oo tons of railway iron for Hamilton. Work has been commenced in connection with the con^ strncwon of a new tug for the Montreal Transportation Company. Ituffnlo Notes. Buffalo, Not. 25.— The steamer H J Jewett arrived ill port Shortly alter noon, having made the round triin bt-tween Buffalo and Chicago in one week, the fastest tame on record, .She was detained by being aground on the Xiime-Kiln <_,rossh}g. A special effort is being made to ge>t her cargo of wheat to New York next Monday, in order to maka the fastest time on record between Chicago aud New York. As soon as the water becomes calm enough. Capt. Geo. VrLeod will undertake to release the barge A H TVfoas ashore at the foot of Georgia-street, and Capt John Rice will go the assistance of the barge Groton, ashore neair the .Sand Catch. Orders have been received to sell the wrecked schr J W Doaite and all her outfit. The propflirlecla. Oscar Townsend, and Raleigh were re* ported at Krie by Capt. Constable, of the Perry, for having their steam whistles abatt the smoke-stack instead of before. Oapi Frank Perew has ordered the O J Wells and J Q Maston to strip and lay np at Chicago. Detroit Jottings. PETROIT, Nov. 25.-On Thursday a number of vessels le/fc Manistee for Chicago during a snowstorm. In the evening the wind shifted north-west, and blew a gale. There are five vessels ashore between Manistee and Rent-waver. Among the number are the ESclhtSe and General Blegei, and one oi' them is supposed to be the Arendal. The schr Tom Simms is ashore at Pierport. Shingles branded Peter Sands and Haines are coming ashore in considerable quantities. The steamer Geo Sanford arrived at Frankfort Thursday night, reports a very rough passage. A boat named the Rob Roy. containing three men. which she was towing, was lost by the tow line parting. As yet theree are no tidings of it, and the worst is feared. The prop City of Ludington arrived at Manistee from Milwaukee last evening, and reports the schr H B MIoore ashore at Port Sauble, high and dry. She is light. At Grand Haven Thursday night, during a heavy gale, the scow Skinner, of Muskegon, lumber laden, went atshore south of the pier, and will probably be a total wreck. About the same time the schr Martin, of Racine, ltoaded with oats and salt, also went anhore. Both crews were saved by the life-saving crew, but one man named Ccosgss well was injured getting into the life-boat. The schooner Vermont got into Grand Haven disalbled. The big prop Panama lies high and dry on Barpoiut, Lake Brie, and is in an unenviable position. The Smith and Post is stripped. The disabled barge Egyptian, bound down in tow of the Merrick, is hard aground on Lake St. Clair, just outside the cut. Two propellers and five sailing vessels were driven into Charlottetiy stress of weather. Tho prop. Nashua, bound for Detroit is one of them. THE DONALDSON ASHORE. ANOTHER LAItGE YESSEL FALLS VICTIM. "Another bis; fellow ashore," broke out Captain Sutherland at the V. O. T. office laat even-in}-. He held a telegram in his hand, and all turned to him to hear the name of the latest-learned victim of the izale. "It is the schooner Donaldson," continued Captain Sutherland, "and she is on the beach, the dispatch says, about twenty-five miles south, of Muskegoa.." "Which way is she bound?" asked several, "and what is she doing there?" No one knew which way she was bound, but several said "the gale put her there, of course." Another tugman came in at this juncture and said the captain of the schooner Scotia, which arrived during the day, had been inquiring if the Donaldson had arrived, and it was concluded that rhe two vessels had been in company and that the Donaldson, like the Scotia, 1845, Miscellaneous. The schr Queon of the Lakes has been lying at fPorfc Dalhousie wind bound for two days. The str Oneida, of the Collingwood and Chicago Line, is reported us being at Midland on Sunday and will winter at Collingwood. The schooner Enterprise, of Oawego, went ashore at Westpoint, on the lake shore, yesterday, and is a total wreck. Lo83, 835.1)00 • 110 jiV6H iC)8t. The str Norseman has arrived from Port Hope to go on dry dock at Port Dalhousie to bo caulked, so she and the schooner Leadville will'go on the dry dock on Monday morning. The schr Wm Home, bound down with salt, has arrived at Port Huron in bad shaue, having experienced the gale in Saginaw Bay. The schr Jane C Woodruff, with a cargo of lumber from Georgian Bay to, Sarnia, lost her deck load on i Lake Huron. The Sarnia " Observer" claims that the Beatty line pro- I peller Quebec had a brush with the China, which she ran J away frutn, and that she then tackled the Nyack—the best 1 boat on the American side, on Saginaw Bay. This was a j neck-and-neck run to the river, the Quebec coming in a j length or two ahead, thus outpacing the fastest boats of the rival lines. The schr Alleghany, of the Anchor Line, arrived at Port Huron Saturday morning in tow of the tug Swain from Lake Huron. The Alleghany was bound up in tow of the I prop Lehigh, when off Sturgeon Point during the recent heavy gale she sprung a leak after beign parted from the Lehigh Thursday night in the snow storm. To-day the leak was found to be in the centreboard box, and was soon repaired. She suffered no other damage, and will leave here to-morrow in tow of some of the line propellers. The Kilgannon crew of divers and rock blasters arrived at Meaford a week ago. Their work baa been watched with interest by large crowds of citizens daily, and especially have the divers, with their cumbrous suits, been tho cynosure of all eyes. They found a very large rock of the hardhead variety in the centre of the harbour channel, and on Thursday shortly after one o'clock succeeded in blasting it. The local paper says the crew are fine fellows, who not only understand their work, but do not object to; explain thy modus operandi to the inquisitive townsfolk. The shipment of grain by lake and canal has been almost completely knocked ou the head by the cutting of freights on American railways. At Chicago Thursday there was only one solitary vessel shipment. The consequence is th-it nineteen out of every twenty grain'carrying craft ar* riving at that port pJefer to lay up for the winter rather titan acceuo the meagre pittance offered by shippers It is a good thing for them that the railway companies did not commence their suicidal policy sooner, as at best there could not have been more than a mouth of open weather. With the present rates there is need not only for the free-. ug of canals, but also the providing of gratuitous tinis, in uabie earners to make a decent, living. iron steamship Campana, of the Canada Transit t, ouLjr u» euabi T6e Hue iron _. * Company Line, arrived at Collingwood at noon on r.ui-nt Satur- day on her last trip this season, having experienced one of the roughest trips this year. When off Whitefish Point, ' Lake Superior, during the gale on Thursday, parties on beard the monster ship described the sea as running mountains high, and completely washing over the steamer, but speak very highly of the craft as a sea boat and the skilful manner in which each and every officer performed his duty. The Campana has just closed her nineteenth trip, having made more than any steamer sailing from this port for Duluth, and has not met with a single mishap. As well as a l;:-*ge consignment of freight she had on board upwards of 50 cabin passengers on the down trip. She left Collingwood for Owen Sound Suuday morning to go into winter quarters. #wni|"rT'<nir""^'"'"—'**--——**• "rt^Gfflre senr L D Bullock, Captain EaQteBi was from below with coal. During the recent storm there have been numerous disasters, great hardship and suffering, and aiso sacrifice of life; but the vessels lost nave moat ALL BEEN OLD CEAFT, and of the smaller cl&ss. The fine schooner J. W. Doane, at Buffalo, and the Donaldson are the only excentions. The Doane is a bad wreck, but the Donaldson ma.y be saved. At least there are hopes for her if the weather is any way moderate for ;a few days. Not a grain cargo (except a little (Canadian craft below) has been lost so far as meard from. Ud to the present writing the Cuiicago Gram Insurance Pool have not had a serious loss yet this season, something never before kmown in the history of lake navigation. The dispatch concerning the Donaldsom, is dated Muskegon, yesterday afternoon, is signed by the mate, Mr. Cameron, and asks for atu^rand line. The mate will arrive in Chicago by rail this morning and will return to the stranded schooner on the tug. The vessel's condition is not believed to be bad, and the entire CRIiW ABE UNDERSTOOD TO LE SAFE. The Donaldson measures 420 tons, rates A 2, is valued at $20,000 and is fully insured. She is a three-master and is one of the finest vessels on the lakes. She was built at Touawanda bv j. Martell in I860, and is the property of Donaldson Bros., of Buffalo, the master, Captain Young, probably having an interest in her. Captain Young and the crew remain at the scene of the disaster, doing all they can while "Adespatch"to"Smith&Davis says the schr Donaldson, the mate comes here for assistance. loaded with coal for Chicago, is at anchor off Muskegon J with her bowsprit and sails gone. She is owned by Donald ,aou liros, and Capt Dan Kogers of this city. The iron prop Cuba, of the Commercial Line, bound jip, d the schr B F Bruce, bound down, collided this mWn- hard ¦ •» sja Ks&A'srJtas os>a»* H»wkfmT. She arrived on the uWer lakes early in 1S43.C siderable cither damage. The Cuba a starboard boat K She was afterwards enlarged and named the Milwaukee. iv eed ;md named the Milwaukee. a>»"b^'"<"<" a .wt .u, scoidinn to a oamth liKtlier the vessels which took coa- 'patched before she goes — ¦¦inuTwill not have a very nice tlnK tow and brought her to ,-h,w*jiiiji ^" — ~ <.-'-»~ ' to Prince Arthurs Laudi—... It says :-" At Buffalo on Thursday last the following Cuaj charters were made for Priince Arthur's Landing -Steau: barge Isaac May and two 1 barges, LWDrake.lowa, Waubai \,$jj£* sheue, Muskoka, and Sev.ern. This fleet will, carry in tl neighbourhood of 5,ooo turns. It was intended to keep tl freight rate private, but it, has leaked out that the induct nieut held forth was S2 550 per ton, free in and free ou There still remains 3,ooo ttous of coal at Buffalo, whit was sold to Winnipeg partties on condition that the sau te forwarded this fall, anid it is now thought that even higher rate than the abovfe will have to be paid before tl owners can net boats to tcouch it. But even if boats a secured at the same rate iit will cost over $25,000 to lay tl: S 000 tons of coal down ;tat Prince Arthur's Lauding, rate that will knock the p.rofits on this coal sky-high. Al when th 5 fleet reaches thte Landing the fun will commen in dead earnest. There is only oue dock there, and tht will only hold 000 tons at the outside, aud only one boa can unload at a time, "" with a bucket, dumped ... country and unloaded, anid it will take three weeks at th The Cuba s starboard boat was bulged in aud a hole made in it, which will have to be out. The Cuba took the Bruce in this port, arriving at lu:30. The Bruce is owned by John Klelderhouse of this city. Her damage will amount to nearly .:4.ooo, and there is no insur -.-.;.. - -.¦.. The cause of the collision could not be learned. Detroit Notes. Detroit, Nov. 27.—The props St. Louis, Empire State Arizona, and V/iuslow arrived down from Lake Superior on Saturday evening. The officers report considerable snow and a stiff north-west wind, but no disasters. 'The props Hyack and India are expected down in a few days leak in the prop St Louis was stopped by a diver at Sault Ste Marie, and the steam pump sent to her was left at Port Huron. The leak was directly under the engine, and was caused by the bending of a bolt. The Bar Point and Colchester lightships have both been towed in, and will be statioued at the wharf the remainder of the season. Dunbar's new iron tug Shaughraun broke her wheel on A Ludington despatch ean the schrs Eclipse and Sigel, I'li« anj>- she rode Into Oswego Saturday afternoon mdicatett^Wai she had just passed through a terrible ordeal. How hei iptain managed to bring her in in the shape she wa: _i a mystery, TheBultook left Deseronto Friday night'witl barley for Oswego. The wind was blowing about 8 or I miles au hour from the north-west Nothing unusual hap' pened until about nine o'clock Saturday morning, and I when they were 15 miles south of the Fatz ducks, with * a mainsail, foresail, and three jibs set. Here a squall sud- : denly came down on the schooner with terrific force. Inj an instant both to]iin:i.rii.s and part of the mainmast were! snapped oil. The bowsprit and jibboom sprung. The jibs! were blown into ribbons, and the foresail and mainsail! split. 'The schooner came into port with a portion of herl foresail and mainsail set. The damage is about Igl,O0o, and the schooner is insured for about threc-riiths of bar value. Consequently the owners will recover three-fifths of her ionabee, Capt. George McDougall, on her last trip from Sarnia port to Owen Sound, claims credit for having made the fastest run on record. She left with 30,000 feet, of oak lumber on board, on Suuday afternoon, 12th inst,. the Beard towing her out to the lighthouse and casting off her towline at 5:30 p.m. At 9 a.m., Monday, she entered Cane Hurd passage, making the run ou Lake Hu--ron in 15J hours. At 7 p.m., tne same day.-.she let go her ¦ anchor in Owen Sound harbour, making the full rim from Fort Cratiot light to the Sound harbour iu 25.; hours. On the run up the lake the Otouabee had the wind fresh from the westward, and she carried fore and aft, canvas three jibs, and fore gaff topsail. Off Saginaw Bay the breeze increased to a gale, and they had to shorten down to a squatted mainsail, foresail and two jibs. Entering Cape Hurd passage they encountered light snow for a couple of hours, which increased so that they could not see the vessel's length ahead, Capt. -McDougall steered her by the compass from Cabbage Ileal to Griffith's Island, and made the run as exact as if he had a full view of the land to guide him. Entering Georgian Bay. there being no sea on the weather shore, they set the foregaff topsail, and carried it until the snow increased, when it was taken down again and remained that way until'they entered Owen Sound Bay, where, the wind being from the westward, they had to J shake the reefs out ot the fore and aft canvas in order to work her up the bay. This run is considered a remarkable oue, ;.nd establishes the Otonabee's claim to be one of the fastest sailers of her tonuage on the lakes. The Otouabee, having delivered her cargo at the dockyard in Owen Sound, ripped and laid up there for the winter: The tine large steamship Oneida, of the N. E, T. Line of' steamers, arrived at Midland, from Chicago, Saturday afternoon with an immense carno of corn and package freight. She came up to the docks with all colours Hying stem to stern, and steaming on the placid waters 01 Midland harbour made a very pretty picture for a marine artist. The Oneida left Chicauo on Tuesday last, called the same day at Milwaukee, and left again for the way down Lake Michigan at four p.m.. having a pleasant but cold sail to the Straits of Mackinac, when a dense snow storm was encountered from the east ward, but arrived at Point St. Ignace safely at midnight ou Wednesday. At thia point eight* i tons of general merchandise were docked forfLake Superior -1 ports. She left St. Ignace at daylight on Thursday, called at the famous Mackinac Island, aud remained there until ¦ noon, awaiting clear weather for her run across Lake I Huron. She left Mackinac at noon, the weather calm ¦but cloudy, with a light easterly wind. Off the Duck Isles, Iat6 p.m., she met with a brisk north-easter, and rain with j "jsnow at intervals : made Fritz William and Yeo Islands -at four a.m. on Friday, amidst the heaviest wind stoi-m of j itbe season, but no light visible to mark the passage at Cove 1 (Island, the steamer then being in a hurricane, and a heavy ¦ sea running. This same storm has swept over the lakes, | [causing irnmeuse loss to shipping. The Oneida left Tober U both lying just above Great Point Sauble, were wrecked by [moray this /morning at four/in company with the Campana , 1 t riday s gttle. Both had left Manistee loaded with shingles around Cubot's Head, having a pleasant and fair sail across > ifor pnlcaeo. Sutan Hosmusser, a Norwegian, 24 years, the Georgian back. Captain Mcluues is enraptured with J tarted to swim asnore from the ii>3hpse, but was drowned, fche harbour at Midland, and speaks of its deep waters and J he Lchpse is reported baoTy broken and probably a total easy access in glowing terms, and has a high opinion of . Tf°i, 1 * .. , L i ,r ., (Midland City soon becoming a successful competing port { A 1-rankfort despatch says the boat Rob Eoy, which lor the upper lake trade, With a dozen such steamers of rokeaway from the str Sanford on the night of the 23r d, Ithe Oneida class trading to the North-West Provinces >¦ beached at Bur nam sPier, The three men had terrible 'Midland would soon be built up :i a 1 -fY-eeu', the owner of the st< ship M. M. Drake, in m tiio city, awaiting her ar- xperieuces, barely escaping with their lives. They were . ouipletely exhausted. Both boat and cargo were bt.dly damaged. Miscellaneous. Tine coal will have to be hoisted oub>' ue r(K;k8 at the Crossing while at work during low water. A c**iilit or ten feet above the mast head, imto a cart, hauled out into therOuiej0 tay wjh take her place until a new wheel is put in. I The palace steamer St Paul, Capt Cordon, is now*on ht ¦j in .1 if. will hale a three wwks nt. t.ht . .. a ...u —.1____.1..__»„i. '„..*„. . 1.,.. . 1__„.-.i, _ o________>_i: ln..<*>. t.rin frar "' The schr Midland Rover has been tied up at Port Dalhousie for damages done by colliding with a bridge over the new Welland Canal at the junction, tne damages amounting to 32,300. The prop California has arrived at Port Dalhousie to lay up, and will be lengthened by the Messrs Muir B,ros, shipbuilders. The prop Prussia is discharging part of her cargo at Neelon's Mills. The str Norseman was put on the dry-dock at midnight on Saturday, as was also the schr Leadville The schr L.I> Bullock, which arrived at Belleville Monday morning in tow of the steambarge Saxon, lost her fore and main top masts, the former taking with it the foremast he ad from the crosstrees, and the latter snapping y>me her An Amherstburg despatch says that the schr Benson rodeUla3t triP from Ghicago to St Ignace and Cheboygan, and at very earliest to unload thiis fleet. Some of these boats wi\ tne storlQ out an right with part of the schr Canada's cargo -tht> latter port will take ou a cargo of lumb. ' .ever get below this aesssou. as the Sault River will ui I OI1 board. The Canada, which was on Colchester reef, suc> doubtedly be frozen over .before they can get unloaded. j cumbed to the storm, and nota vestiae of her is to be seen. PoRtHopk, Nov. 27.—Fears were entertained by tr> 4 quantity of her car-o strews the beach, owners of the schr Lewis. Ross of her safety. She left this port for Buffalo on Satunday night with a load of barley, hut a telegram has beem received to-day that says she is suit) in the canal. for Huron, Ohio, where she will winter. Before next spring her boiler will be shifted aft some twelve feet, thus enabling her to :carry about 15,ooo bush more of grain than at present. She will also receive a thorough overhauling and mauy im- _ provemeuts will be made to her comodious and handsome ' Marine Hospital veaterdav cabin valiro:n Ashland. Dr. Porter, Assistant Surgeon at Cnicaeo, is in chared of the oorc of. Evausville, Ind., for the present, the surgeon bemg away ou leave. The schooner Truman Moss is laid up in Chicago. The J. O. Moss is wrecked on the east shore of tiait* lane, and the A. H. Moss on iiaKe Erie. Captain James Davidson arrived in Chicago yesterday on business. He remains until Thursday. He then tfoea back to Bay City, Where his latest new a teams hip is buildmg. The propellers Commodore and Xewbnrg and the steamship Rube Richards, with her consort. the May Richards, arrived yesterday from i^e-low. Also the schooner Donaldson. Alex. Furguson, steambarae Fayette; John Elbe, trig Rebel; Henry Deets, schoonap Cuva-hogar Allen McCleilan, steamship OceanT<;;i William McKee, schooner Scotia, went into