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Steamer R. KlKOsTOK. Not. 30.-(Speci»l) -One of the Montreal Transportation Company's elevators sprans! aleak this mornii.j and sank at the dock. She was pumped out and raised this afternoon. ' . . , Forwarders aro particularly blue about the resu.t of the seaWa operations. The future is not promistajj. Opinions asree that much depends upon the action of the Government in abolishing the tolls on the canals. Some 42o hrls of the cargo of apples and onions of the wrecked barze Carrie and Cora have been recovered and sh ipped to New York. . „ ¦ . . Considerable pine and oak timber nas floated ashore along the lake side in Prince Edward County and awaits claimants. Detroit Jottings. Detroit, Not. 30.—The raft belonging to Reed & Sill is aground in the Cunard River. The tug Coleman is wait* r CHICAGO AS A PORT. Liverpool ranks as tlie most important port in tho world, with an annual tonnage, of 2,617,:_>7w: London stands second witn aril annual tonnage of 2,330,088; Glasgow tnird, with 1,432.264; New York fourth, with a tonnage of 1,15o,670, The above is the way nearly every newspaper and every work has been ranking the great ports of the world. The Intek Ocean has already repeatedly shown that the port: of Chicago, on the *linland lakes of North America," is a greater port than New York, \ and. it proposes now to show that Chicago is1 To do this 1 iug for it. The tug W F Merrick has gone to Cheboygan to tow XSnisifS.o^hop^city of Ludington, reports J the greatest port in the world. that when he passed the schr General Sigel, ashore at lhg| IS nOD necessary either to present the sfca Point Sauble, Tuesday, she appeared to be resting easy. Her 4 tistics of the largest season—and it must be soars wore all standing, and she did not appear to have re. 1 borne in mlud< too tua(. hcre lQ QhicaSO C^;VeL'u1,e:rs!ncel873"hTiu.nber trade of Muskegon [navigation is virtually closed for Several more than douMed, amounting this year to 639,505,571 fjmonths (during the Winter), while at the ,"great seaports" they have the whole year A .-.p^eiiil from Sandbeach last evening says the schr Henry A Kent, bound from Escanabo with iron ore, encountered very heavy weather oft Thunder Hay Island on . Thursday nieht. and at 4 a m on Friday nor ma3ts ail broko1 off, leaving her helpless. She was pic«ed up yesterday by the tug John Owen, and when five miles above here her tow line parted, and the sea was running so high they could not get a line to the tug again. One of her masts in failing opened the deck, leaving her in dangerous shape. At nine thifi morning shy waa sinking, and flying signals of dh>tre?a. The tug Owen, with the life saving crew, at once went to her crew, and were able to carry a line from the schooner ¦to the tug and assisted in jotting her large anchor. They then shipped a small an. ir, and the Owen brought her into port. The captain .. -he Kent speaks very highly of the prompt and valuable assistance rendered by the life; saving's boys. i " . . iju ' ' __ — The tug Wlnslow with the schr Boody, tug Castle and schr-; Young and Leighton are also here. The wind is still idowing a heavy gale from the north" west with snow squalls. On Tuesday evening shortly after reaching ,her wharf at' Gibraltar and while the crew were eating their supper the steamer Carrie H Blood was found to be on fire. In a few minutes she had burned to the water's edge and sunk. The eight members of her crew escaped with their lives, but lost all the property they had on the boat. The freight ou b<»ard was valued at $150, and this with §5oo of the boat's money was lost. The steamer was owned by W K Muir of this city, who estimates the loss at 310,ooo, partly covered by insurance. The Blood formerly pliel on the St Clair River route, but last spring was placed on the rout* between (Jibraltar and Detroit, where she succeeded ii: working up a fair trade. She registered 95 tons, was built 1 1871, and rated Bl. ,, ¦ ' - ¦ ^—^niaffalo Notes. Buffalo. N'.Y., Nov. 30.—The barg» Fame WM damaged by fire on Sunday at Toledo to the exteut of $200. She ost her forecastle and tow line. The schra Niagara, Ellen Spry, Ed Kelly, Leonard Han-ina, and Columbian are stripping at Cleveland. The strs Wallula. Columbia, and Jas Davidson wer« quite fortunate in their trip to Prince Arthurs Landing, at high freights. They will be hero with wheat from Duluth in a day or two, on which they get 6, 6i, and 7 cents freight respectively. Miscellaneous. The old Wei laud Canal closed on Thursday for the sea" son. The ferry steamer at Bellevilla haa ceased running owing to heavy ice at her landing. 1870. round. In 1878 arid 1879 the arrivals oi" easels in Chicago were as follows: 1878. anuary..., ebruary.. arch..... pril...... ay..... uue...... uly....... ugust___ epternber ctober..., ovember........................ 1,141 ecember...........,........... 194 5 i? aw ay. Her gallery was throvvn into a con-Jf heap, stove, furniture, dishes, etc., knocked into hinders. —Detroit Free 10,490 y 'JThe tonnage of the arrivals m 1878 was ,#08,534; tonnage of arrivals in 1879 was ,8887,095. 'JL'lie number of clearances in 1878 was (X,494; tonnage, 3,631,139. The number t clearances in 1879 was 12,014; tonnage, ,S70,300. Take 1878—a small season for Chicago— J ad add the arrivals and clearances to- ; ether, thus getting at "the tonnage of Ejport," and the result is, 20,984 vessels, and "total tonnage of 7,239,673. This makes News comes from Bay City that the stea ship Oregon, lumber-iuden, got asnore on ; reel outside ot Bratton's dock, while going after thet-ow-barge Plymouth, and remained 011 until the day utter at noon, when she was pulled off by the tug James Reid, ot' Alpena, jj assisted by che life-saving crew. • On going-up the channel for shelter, to the northward ot the island, during the southeast gale, she g'ofc on the middle-ground between the island and main land. The life-saving crew was on band, again, and tne tug James Beid| /got her off again. She had two buckets of " her wheel broken, but otherwise was uninsured.^ 1 11 ¦-------------1.....H ......."^san The Bteainbarge Antelope. Captain Bowie, reached here at 4 o'clock this afternoon in a jt bad plight. She left light on Wednesday evening, towing the schooner Manitowoc, coal laden, for Chicago. Early on Thursday morning they put in under Long Point and were there when the storm arose. The AnteIox>e being light could not be hold up to the wind, and during the night she drairj^ed her anchor which she was obliged to lot go. She was then forced to run back and suffered greatly In the high seas. Both of her arches are broken. Her smoke stack was carried .¦.¦¦¦. The prop Dean Richmond, towing the schr F A Georger. had a rough experience on tlhe lake in yesterday a storm. When off Port Colborne, about live o'clock p.m., she broached to. A big wave struck her on the starboard side 1 r> It broke iu one of the gangways and passed across the deck:-and broke away the bnllwarics on the port aide. Her bulwarks were damaged, and paut of it carried overboard. I he schr Georger had to look out for herself, and this morning was discovered at anchor in the Bay off the South Shore. The Richmond came into port and went to the Tne arrivals yesterday were :—Props J C Gault, Green Bay " Nyack. Duluth : James Fisk, Chicago : Northerner. Duluth- R A Packer. Chicago: Russia, Chicago. Ihe Gault will go to Toledo aud the Northerner to Detroit to lay up, and the others will winter here. The prop Scotia, with morning. _ , .„ t q{ ^ ^.^ dry,dock A>'. , was to leave for Chicago this The prop Morley will come out oi this forenoon, and leave for Toledo for winter quarters Owing to bad weather only about half of the stave bolts of the stranded schr Grotou have been wheeled ashore, Ihe stasias was washed away yesterday afternoon by the seas : a couple of days' good weather would enaule Captain Rice to pet the vc3sel off. *.„-v „„ The schr A H Moss was released from the beach on Wednesday availing aad placed in Mills' dry dock yesterda morning. The water having raised she worked outward some distance in the afternoon by means of her anchor, which had been placed in deeper water. In the evening, after the tug It F Goodman had done s'une dredging, the Moss was readily pulled off by the tug Dorr. The wreck r. Infi was under charge of Capt McLeod. The Moss was leaking but little, and shows no material damage. A Chicago despatch of last night gives the following rather startling information :—" The season now closing was more prosperous than any previous on the lakes except that of 188a The arrivals at Chicago have been 12,447 against 12.788 in 1880. The rates of carrying have been fair mo^t of the time." Capt Tom May t ham yesterday sold the wreck aud outfit of the schr J W Doane to R. S Murphy, of Detroit. The price was not .stated, but as Tom keeps a good look out on Maytham's pocket, it is more than likely he has made a round profit on his investment of §1,425. Murphy having the facilities will make an attempt to release the Doane if tha weather permits. if used "bemg Press. with the great seaports ot tne world as follows: ¦ Port of Cnicagro.........................7.239,073' Port ot Liverpool.......................2,647,372 Port of London........................2,330,688 Port of Glasgow .......................1,432,2<»-4| Port of New^ork.......................I,153,b7(; The vessels plying to and from Chicago! are, as a rule, smaller than those plying to and. from the '"great seaports" and, their aggregate tonnage being greater, there are, or course, a great many more of them. Chi-o is the greatest, busiest harbor in the Tor very many years, a score or more, the buoys in the harbor were locally attended, the government allowing $00 per annum for fixing them in the spring, lifting them in the winter, painting, etc. But about three years ago this practice was discontinued, the $60 was cut off, and the work has been done by he lignt-house steamer from Buffalo. A oomplaint comes to tbe Disvatch that the steamer does not fix or lift the buoys in proper season; that had the buoys not'been removed the Philadelphia would not have gone ashore last Saturday. The correspondent calls attention to the expense of a steamer coming from Buffalo to perform this service, and asks if this is not anotner instance of being penny wise aud pound put. The Hamilton (Canada) SpvctaU says: "Strange lights are still seen, tuey The schr nulloek has been stripped and will be repaired .woirld, and she demands credit for what she at Belleville during the winter. Schr Tecurnseh is reported ashore on Pt. Clark, Lake Huron. No other particulars. The schrs D Freeman aud N P Downey were to le ¦. ,v Oswego with cial for Belleville lastniirht. All »the stave bolts have been taken off the straaued schooner Moss and her anchor placed in deep water. Michael Wilson, a Toronto sailor, died of inflammation of the lungs at Escanaba last week, and his body was sent home by the Sailors' Union. Tiie schr Fellowcraft h,vs arrived at Port Dalhousie to lay up. The Str Norseman came off the dry-dock there last evening, and has locked down jfinto the harbour, and will leave for Kingston at once The str Varuna has laid up at Trenton, where a schooner loaded W th grain is frozen in. The schr Olivia has gone hato winter quarters at Uelleville. Th-; str Quiute is still running between Belleville and Deseronto. The wrecking tug Prince Alfred wout aground on the bar at the mouth of the River Thames. \i\ attempting to get her off the str J W Steinhoff got in the same predicament. The River Thames was skimmed over with ice yesterday morning, but opened again last night. A Grand Haven, Mich., despatch reports that at 10:30 a.m. yesterday the schr Jessie Martin, which went ashore last Thursday, capsized after being towed off the beach out-* aide the pier during a south-west gale. John Diffee, con™ tractor, wail drowned. Six othurs were saved by the life-saving crew. Captain Sinclair, of the M M Drake, which is lying at Chicago, reuorts tha prou City of Duluth, the steamships Whiting, Northerner, James Davidson, and Wallula. and t the tug Sweepstakes, with two schooners, behind him on ! Lake Superior, A steamship and a three-and-after were at Old Mackinaw Sunday, and he saw vessels' lights at the Manitoua and Beaver Island. These craft were bound up for Milwaukee and Chicago. If they had been bound down they would have been moving, as the wind was fair thai Tjkr thnnuli lil in in j lmil. "1 n - frTnt^M^KM^ A private despatch from Charlevoix stales that the schr "City of Cheboygan was fast on th>j bar there yesterday, an* could not pass In or out. The channel is narrow. Onii of the vessels detained is the selir Yankee Blade, which? has on board 325 tons of the propeller Truesdcll's cargo.* The Blade will stop in at Milwaukee and take on the loo\ tons of this iron taken there on the Truesdell. and then proceed to Chicago. The Truesdell, it will be rvnMmberad, was sunk at Oh-irlevoix a Short time a>ro, but was raised asjOaken to Milwaukee for repairs. A Milwaukee de*v*tchot luuwlajr s»Ys:-The entire c'rfw, jpnx in number, with the exception ot the captain and S J tKusseii, owner of the schr Tom Sims, wrecked at Pierpsrk farrived here this morning from Pierport on the prVp I City of Ludington. The Sim* was loading hardwood lumber owned by the Hopkins Manufacturing; Company, of Bear Lake, and consigned to Chicago. When the gale of Thursday last came on all her lines were placed on the dock and made fast on the vessel. She Stood the gale for some time, but about 7 p.m. the lines narted. and she was driven on the beach about 500 feet from land. She lies broadside to the pier, head on. The crow had a narrow escape, and ;is she commenced to go to pieces immediate-" ]y none of them could save any clothing except what was on their backs. Some of the sailors have no coats or hats. The Captain saved none of the vessel's papers. Her hold was full and there was considerable lumber on her deck when tha storm came on. all of which will be lost. Soon after the vessel struck her spars went by the board, and her cabin and upper works were washed off, her decks became loosened, and she became badly logged. The sailors recovered part of her canvas and ropes, which were brought " to this port on the Ludington. The Captain remained at ; Pierpont to attempt the recovery of her anchors and chains. . WELLA^-D CANAL. Port Dalhousie, Out., Nov. 30.— TJwold Wei-land Caaai closes to-m'triit fur the season. VABIOU3 PORTS. Special Telep-ram to The Inter Ocean. Buffalo. N. Y., Nov. 30.—There were three arrivals to-day, the propellers -James Fist. Jr Dcau Kichmoad, ami F. A. Georffer, from Chicago, and tne propeller Nyack, from Duluth John.Keldeunouae to-day received a dispatch from Prince Arthur's Landing statin* that, tb> iujc feweepstak.es had arrived with the barct-s Drake and Iowa, coal laden. Thev will discharge, cargoes there and return, if possible, this fall to • Hpughton. The propeller Jotm C. Gault to-day arrived ' from Cvresn Bay with a cargo of barley. Her up- C cargo was also barley from here to Milwaukee a ' singular trip it was, to cany up and do wa a carao of the same. The wind is blowing hard from the southwest-weather eoid; snow falling fast Special Teieprrain eo i'uu later Ocean. Ciieboigan, Mich.. Nov. 30.—Passed Down— Schrs O. M. Bona. Zach Chandler, steamsuip »Vhitney and cousorc . Up—Philadelphia with Allegheny. Cleared—Atlantic. South wiad moderate; weather fine. is a.nd does. H ow take the "great seaports" of Europe' audi add their tonnage all together: Port of Liverpool.......................2,647.372 Port of London.................. .......2,330.688 Port of Glasgow.........................1,432,264 Grand total...........................6,410,324 AGAINST THE WHOLE Oi' EUBOPE. One can even now subtract this jrruud total from Chicago's tonnajre. Chicago's tonnage 1g greater than all these "great European ports1' combined: Port of Chicajfo........................*.7,L'39,(;7;> Liverpool, London, aad Glasgow......6,4.10,32-1. Chicago over all.................... 829,349 Now take all "the great seaports," including New York, and see how Chicago compares: Port of Liverpool.......................2,647,372 Port of London........................,2,330,688 Port of Glasgow........................1,432,264 Port ot New York................ .1,153,676 Orand total__ Chicago........... .....7,564,000 .....7,2;;y,67o Balance against Chicago only...... 324,327 T5ae average craft plying to and from Chi-s cagois now about 600 to 800 tons, but there, are numerous craft of about 2,000 tons and] over—craft that carry 100,000 bushels and 120,000 bushels of grain at a single zargo,* Another important fact is that most of th^ .craft plying to and from Chicago have cargoes both wave—bring in cargoes and take out cargoes. This cannot be claimed for any ot the "great seaports." The facts and figures have been given, and Chicago juslIv takes her place, not only as the greatest port in the world, but also as great as all the other ports combined. Captain D. Hood, present master of the schooner Seaman, nad the honor of taking the first cargo of lumber from Alpena, some twenty-four years ago. Northwest wind and cold weather all Wednesday night. At 5 o'clock yesterday morning the wind changed to southwest and so continued last night. Tlhe propellers Scotia and Boston have Jcoal from Buffalo at $1.30 and $1.25. The Mercur and* Jewett and one or two other ^steamers and several sail vessels are still on the way from L<ake Eric. The tug Mosher towed the schooner Two Fannies to Kenosha (to lie up) and returned in the afternoon. The captain of the tug reports that he didn't see ,*i vessel either way except the oac he towed. The schooner L. D. Bullock, which arrived at Tielleviile, Ont., in tow of the steambarge' Saxon, lost her fore and main topmasts, the former taking with it the foremasthead, and the latter snapping ten i'eet above the masthead. A Collingwood dispatch sajs that the iron steamship Camp an a, of the Canada Transit Company's line, arrived there on hor last trip Sunday, having experienced one of the roughest trip,? of the year. When off Whitefish Point, Lake Superior, during the gale of Tuursday, the sea was running mountains high and completely washed over the steamer. The propeller Newburg and the steamship Tacoma loft Chicago yesterday for Buffalo. The Tacoma was aground most of the way down the South Branch and stuck fast for some time in the draw of Adams street bridge. While there other tugs had to get alongside their tows a?id the tug McCiellan had her exhaust pipe scraped off and the schooner Bay State had her yawl-boat crushed. say, along the shore at Weller's. Beach, where the Bchooner Belle Sheridan was wrecked, and all hands lost, save a boy. Not far from there died Louis Stonehouse, mate of the schooner Garibaldi. When the Garibaldi was wrecked some of the crew of the schooner were taken off, and the others remained on board till night came. The rickety old substitute for a lifeboat couid not make another trip. All but the mate climbed i ii to the riggi ng and lashed themselves to the frozen shrouds. The mate went below. The terrors of that night ean never be expressed in words. The decks | were deep with ice, and the rigging was like iron bars." Every sea that dasned over the I schooner piled the ice higher, and the ves-% sei was slowHy breaking up. When the res-' cuing party came with the daylight Louis Stonehouse \wasdeau. He stood in the cabin] frozen in the midst of a block of ice. With his hands above his head, as if to ward oft' this terrible and certain death, he was monument to the niggardliness that allowed' him to freeze and die for want of a life-' boat. Willing hearts and strong arms were on the beach, but boat there was none. So died Louis Stonehouse, the mate of the Garibaldi, and hia ghost still walks the beach." , •/ Friday, Deo. 1. leave to->ni£ht with barley Detroit Jottings. Dktboit, Dec. l.-The schr Martin, which went ashore last week, was patched uu aud got afloat; no signs (if a storm approaching a crew of six men, including John Dibble, of Musxexan, who had the contract of raising her, were put aboard to bring her into Urand Haren harbour, but when almost opposite the lighthouse she suddenly capsized. The life-saving crew saved all except Dibble, who had but one arm, end was entangled in the wreck. A Xeir Propeller. A Collingwood despatch says :—The fine new prop At- 1 lantic, built by the Owen Sound Dry-Dock Company during : the past summer, for the Cireat Northern Transit Company, arrived down from Owen Wound yesterday with 1.60U brls. * of Hour on her trial trip, and made t an average mileage of 12 miles per hour. The Atlautic is ltk) feet in length, : breadth 30 ft., depth of hold 10 ft., tonnage 700. Her en* f glaes are large and powerful, and are working in first-class order. Every precaution has been taken to make the At- I lantic fire-proof and staunch in every particular, having I iron doors passing through her cabin, and the boiler niid I engine department cased in iron. The Company feel well \ satisfied with the magnificent steamer, and Captain Camp-bell, late of the Manitowan, who commanded her ton her tnp, might justly feel proud of the craft. The Atlantic will winter here, and tako her place on the Sault route at the commencement of next season's trade. The Company have also completed arrangements with the Owen Sound Dry-Dock Co. for another stea-ner 183 ft long, 31 feet beam, depth of hold 11 feet, and will be built for speed, with full cabins. This new steamer, when completed by May 1st, 1883. will also take her place on the Sault route j with the Atlantic. __¦ , ¦,,, ,. , --- ¦-, mi...... umi___/ Miocellaueous, Port of Toronto. The Mitohell was Oswego. A daspatch from Oswego to«day conveyed the intel gence that the schooner D. M, Foster, lumber laden, fro this port, was driven ashore under Fort Ontario. It is sa that the vessel will be a total loss. The Foster was a Ti ronfco vessel, and belonged to Messrs. Sylvester Bros, of th city. The event was the subject of much remark on tl Corn Exchange, where the firm of Sylvester Bro3 is held respect. The vessel was actually laid up about ten da ago, when the owners were urged to make this charter, a: she was put in commission again. The crew were saved. Wind and Weather. Chicago. 111., Dec. 1.—Thermometer, 42 deg. Wi south, light. Weather clear. Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 1. -Thermometer. 36 deg. north. 7 miles per hour. Weather cloudy. Toledo, Ohio. Dec. 1. -- i'iierjiioraeter 43 deg. west, 9 miles uer hour. Weather cloudy. DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 1.— Thermometer, 39 deg. north, 8 miles per hour. Weather cloudy. Kingston Notes. Kingston, Dec. 1,—There was a srreat Btorra on the bike last night, and a number of vessels now at Cape Vincent show demonstrations of its fury. The schr G M Case had her bulwarks carried away, and her cargo was also shifted. The schr (.Sanues had her canvas split into shreds, aud lost her yawl aud davits. They were carried away by the heavy sea which wa* running. The schr Henry Folger cleared from the Canal at the same time as tha other two, and passed here to-day. Capt. John Donnelly, wrecking master for the Dominion Salvage aud Wrjcking Co.. has returned to the city after operations on toe Upper Lakes. The Str Conqueror first pulled oft'the prop Georgian ashore on Club Island, Georgian Bay. The prop will require a new bottom, costing $1,-700. Her cargo of flour WM sold for $6,000. The str next rescued the nrop Kincardine, ashore near Little Current. She had a deck load of stone.her hold Was full of cartwheels for Algoma Mills, and a 86.000 consignment of merchandise from Michael s Bay, Manitoulin Island. The propeller was taken off aud her cargo of stone aud car'wheels delivered, The merchandise was damaged to the extent of S3,ooo. The injury to the propeller will not be over ^5oo. The str Conqueror towed the prop Kincardine to Owen Sound. At; Detroit orders were ritou to have the Conqueror rescuo thej str Maple Leaf, ashore at Turtle JPoiut, Lake Jflrie, near Fort Dover. She will then return to Kingston and winter . here. ^i^^^—— > Captains1.! Donnelly and Rondon, Marine Inspector, Buffalo, yesterday visited the schr Enterprise ashore at West Point. She was found sunk in five feet of water, and her cargo of barley damaged. The latter has been sold, and negotiations are in progress for the rescue of the vessel. Mr S E Gregory and Capt Herriman, the latter President of the Wrecking Company, arrived here last evening from Hamilton. ^Immediate steps will be taken by them to build a first-clarfs .wrecking tug for the TTpner Lukes next year. The company will probably open an office at Windsor. Buffalo Notes. Buffalo. N.Y., Dec. 1. —The schr Selkirk is ashore at Kelly's Island. A despatch to-day says the barge C H Weeks was partially burned at Toledo yesterday. The barge Minnehaha was at anchor in the bay this morning, and the tug Bryant went out to tow her in. The prop Hiawatha, which tows the barge, was not to be seen, and probably is in some Canadian port for shelter. Both were bound down for this port, While the prou Northerner was being unloaded at the city elevator this morning a water pipe was broken in her hold, it is said, by the steam shovel, and before the water could be stopped running a large part of her cargo of wheat was damaged. The amount of damage is not stated. Schr HNTodman. Penetanguishene to Sarnia, put In ' at Goderich Thursday night under stress (of weather The prop California went ou the drydock at Port Dak housie Friday for repairs, She will also be lengthened this winter. 1 lie str Norseman was iu the harbour. Steambarge Belle Cross, with one barge, hound for Bay City, went ashore on Port Hope reef last evening. She was pulled oil by the str Saginaw at noon to-day. without anv damage. * Au Oswego despatch says the schr D M Foster. Toronto to Oswego, lumber laden, went ashore under Fort Ontario Inday morning and is going to pieces. The crew were saved. The steamer Quinte will, until the close of navigation run between Deseronto and Ogdensburg instead of the Armenia. The steamer Deseronto is still plying thrice daily between Deseronto and Picton. A vessel is reported to have gone ashore Thursday night ou Salmon Point reef. Her name cannot be made out It was impossible to get to her yesterday forenoon Ties' and staves are coming ashore, but the fate of the crew is un known. Thestr Northern Belle loaded at Collingwood for Parry Sound on Friday. It has been compulsory to send this steamer to Parry Sound, in order to dear out the large amount of freight accumulated here. The str Canada arrived this afternoon from Chicago on her last trip, and will at once go into winter uarters. There were no vessels moving on the Bay of Quinte on Friday, although there was seemingly no more ice than there was yesterday and the temperature was higher The steambarge Saxon has been laid up at Trenton. The schr Flora Carveth and tug Rambler has been laid up at Trenton. The Str Pilgrim has been laid up at Denuron to. A serious charge is brought against the keepers of two of the most important lighthouses on the lakes. Captain Williams, of the propeller Chicago, which arrived at Chicago yesterday from Buffalo, reports that at 11 o'clock on Monday night the light at Spectacle Reef was out. aud that at 5 o'clock (before daylight) Tuesday morning the light at Xovtbport Point (or Cathead Pont) was out The cold weather evidently put the lights out. and the keepers probacy being asleep, had not discovered the fact. At this season the lights are more important than during the Bum- tuer, and yet they were not burning. Captain Williams' der officers and several of the crew corroborate his retort, and the attention of the Lighthouse Department is ailed to the matter. Referring to the decease of Capt. Smith, a Chicago ex-bhauee of Thursday last says:—That the infancy, growth and present development of our lake navigation should be within the compass of a man's life is a marvel even to those who can say ; " All of this I saw, and part of this 1 was." Capt. G..VV. Smith, of Chicago, who died yesterday morn-, m- at Marine City. Mich., first sailed the Lower Lakes in 1833—fifty years ago. The port of Chicago was then so distant from profitable Oswego and prosperous Buffalo that it offered few attractions to the navigator of that day day, and Lake Erie ports, now in their decadence, were largely tile western points of lake trade. The period from 1832 to 18C4 covers the years of Capt Suuth'asailing the lakes, in £ (4 yj which time he had acquired an owner's interest in vessels in : thetemploy of aud In connection w.'th E G Merrick & Co., of j Detroit.. Iu ISCA Capt Smith was made the agent of Merrick & Co, at Chicago, aud Marine Inspector here of the I New England Mutual Marine Insurance Company of ] Boston. In this relation be continued until 187o, when j failing eyesight demanded his full retirement from bust* ! ness. Capt Smith was born at Utica, N Y, July 22, 18J6. Then almost at the frontier, Utica was an aristocratic place, and boasted of its facilities of learning. ¦¦< It Mas but a step from the Utica academy to the dignified post of district schoolmaster in the rude settlements of Oneida and Herkimer. *What with teaching school Id winter and rafting logs down the St. Lawrence River in summer, the boy was a man almost before he could realize it, and was already the master of au Ontario schooner at the age of 20 years. He was married Dec. 15, 18j5, and settled at Clayton, N.Y., prominent then and afterwards as a shipbuilding port, but better known to the present generation because of its convenient nearness to the Thousand Islands. Many vessels were built at Clayton in these years, and among them the last that Captain Smith owned and sailed, the Ctayton Belle, lost by collision on Lake Huron early in this season's navigation with all but one on board. The loss of his eyesight, in 1870, made au abrupt new departure in the mode of life of a man who had theretofore been active In daily business ou land, or fearless to face any dangers of the lakes. Thenceforward he was a prisoner by late. A few years after his blindness came on he lost the wife of his youth. For many years past Capt. Smith has been a Familiar figure at the Briggs House. His fund of good humour did not rise above his situatiou, but was rather, in these later years, a-wrestling with melancholy. His memory, strong to the last, covered the, whole history of our lake marine and of its personnel. When the Alpena went down in a storm on Lake Michigan, " the blind captain's " memory furnished a list of all lake storms in fifty years, with their losses of vessels and of men. The Captain was an authority unchallenged.