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VASSJElSTGEliSi A' A. cH (7l^ 71 IU f -^UJL IMS Rathb 7liii, t'.U. "T^________ The lasfesteamer of bl'tVwHgon uvriveo. au .•_.>-...- ¦-.. on Thursday from Rosseau, The durai navigation on Lake Muskoka this yejarjffaa t*o hundred and twenty-three days, beingpj about the sarce length a* last year. At Chicago on Thursday t«|» vessels *camo mio the hart; hour completely covered '"ith lee Th<- cr=ws were 'nearly perished, their hands, feels, and ears Hieing frozen. Many freight trains were abandoned owing to tha difficulty Itt leaking sufficient steam and preventing* ths water frying iauks. ____ Mind and TVe.itIi«r. KOroffTDV, Ont. Dec. 9. 6 p.m.—Thmrniometer 23 d«f. Wind northeast, light. Weather—sno.wing. Vessel SLovemoiitSi. Goderich, Dec. a—Navigation her* is dosed. The last vessel to arrive was the schooner Ontario from Buffalo. The following is a list of the vessel* wintering here :— tiohra Lady Dufferin, J (i Kolfaga, Wanderer, Heather-Bell. Florence, Jane McLeod. Ontario, H N Todman. M S Gordon, E YV Kathbuo; tugs C Lucas. Despatch, and Belle Shelby. Caps Vincent, Dec. 9. - Arrivals—Sch'rs Folger, Julia, and Sloop Lorraine Kingston, Departures—Schrs Folger, Juiia, and Sloop Lorraine, Kingston. Kingston Soles. Kingston. Dec. 10.—(Special.)—Ciaptain Dennis, one of the owners of the schooner H Folgeir, passed through the city yesterday en route to Clayton. Hie saya the vessel is a complete wreck. Nothing is left of it, Uie| demolition being the most complete ever heard of. Nto more bodies have been found, but he left (instructions to have any that did float ashore decently buried. The cargo has been re* covered, or a large part, and some of tlhe rope rigging. The ciptainsays there is Redoubt about th» insurance, that itei-pired'on the day onwhich the vesses wats lo3t,but that be was afterwards apprised of the fact that it was intended that the amount on the face of the policy would! be paid lu due time, He has not a very favourable opiniion of the people of Salmon Point, whom he accuses of rifling the valise and trunk of two drowned sailors, and wluo. he saya, are iu the habit of pilfering from distressed vessels and robbing the dead. The statement seems rash. The schooner Alary from Rondeau discharged 7,000 bush, els of wheat yesterday. This is probaibly the latest period that grain has been elevated for many years, Capt Donnelly, Superintendent of tha Dominion Wrecking and Salvage Company, (toes to the Gluh* to supervise an important Contract the Company has undertaken. There is a belief here that the schir Quinlan, ashore at Poplar Point, will become a wreck. The tug McArthur has not had a good opertunity to worrk at her, and may have to abandon operations until sprang, and then there may be nothing left of the vessel. Detroit Jottlngsj. Detroit, Dec. 9. —The following special was received from Amhertsburg last night:—The tiugs Balize and Kate . Williams left here this forenoon to atttempt the release of the schooner Unadilla. which is stiiil in the ice off Bar : Point. After leaving the river they were unable to pro*. ceed owing to the ice. and had to hielp each other back. They did not get. a site of the LTnadiilla. The ferry Car-;' land will leave in the morning and tray to cut the Unadilla out. The schooner Bissell, which amived here last night. • was torn from her nioorings by runming ice, and carried some distance down the river, wherte she stuck fast/the' tee cutting her open. A gang of mem are now at work on] the pumps and manage to keep her frece, She ha« the outfit, of the sunken schooner Itu&seu on boaircL^jpHpfMMMMMM**' The birge Manitowoc laid up here-amd loaded with hard coal for Chicago was also cut open by the ice last night, and has been leaking all day. She may have to be im-< loaded. The tug Kate Williams, while cominig down the river last night, got ice in her wheel and was carrried to the mouth of the river before she cou Id recover herself. Three unknown schooners are fasft iu the ice off Colchester Reef. A Kelly'a Island despatch says that 'the steambarge Mills arrived up from Cleveland yesterday atnd laid at anchor on the east side of Put-in Bay, when tlue ice was found to be four inches thick. The Mills is boumd for Detroit, where she will yet go if the weather permits. The schooner Colonel Cook is lying :at N. Kelly & Co.'a dock loaded with stone for Cleveland.. The steambarge iu at the same dock, loaded and bound for Cleveland. There is but little ice iu the channel! as yet between here and Marble Head. The schooner Metropolis, lumber ladten irmm Elk Rapids to Chicago, went ashore near the Catlhead Light on Ttiss- / day night in the snow storm, and aftenr throwing over 2.0W / feet of lumber got off. The ferry Excelsior has gone to Lalke St. Clair to release the steamer Saginaw which is fast in tlhe ice, A despatch from Fraukfort last nigiht says the propeller Milwaukee and ateambaree Hilton :are frozen in at the upper end of Betzy lake. They have tbeeu breaking ice all day to release themselves, but as they are not iron sheathed they made but little progress. The hiarbour is clear as far as the steamboat dock. A quantity o>f lumber ia washing ashore this evening, probably the deck, load of some vessel The ferryboats Garland and Fortiune, which were sent from Detroit to rescue the schr Unadillla. frozen up about four miles from Bar Point, on Lake Erie, are both stuck fast themselves in the river about a mule north of here, and are unable to move. p The tug Coulton with three barges, which left here Thura* day noon for Toledo, has not as yet been heard from, so they are supposed to be fast in the icei iu the lake. The steamboat dock at Pelasky was swept away by Saturday's gale on Lake Michigan. The steamer Saginaw arrived dowvn from Port Huron yesterday and went into winter quarters here. Her progress down the lake was materially impeded by ice, some of which was five inches iu thicktuess. The Saginaw, however, made her way .through without receiving injury. | A Milwaukee despatch says :-—Tug; J J Hagerman which ". left this port Monday to attempt to release the sclir L W Perry, driven ashore sii miles north of Cheboygan during the gale on Sunday night, has returnoed, Capt Sweeny reports that he made an examination ODf the Perry and found it would be useless to attempt her release as she lios at present. She does not appear to hhave sustained much damage, there being iittle water inheer. She will have to be raised with screws, and as she is mot in a very exposed Vplace she will probably be allowed to remain on the beach all the winter, jri i n iii. mf - t wmw ftuiliiiilTTme; prop Depere, assho: of Two Rivers, lies in a hard sandy bo: badly strained. She has water in of the water surrounding her. Shouild it be found that the expense of getting her off and makiing the'necessary repairs will reach #14000, she wilt in all probability be I abandoned, and a new hull built ffor her machinery and -upper works which can be saved. Thae Depere is now tan £ears old and the value of her hull haas in the time depre-> elated. It is estimated that the costt of a first-class new . hull, in the present depression of tthe shipping interest, would not exceed 939,000. | , ir-|n—fc— | j remaiu on the beach aashore one mile south j o'Jttom.and is said to be j her hold to the level bla&tii. Their decks had solid blue ic«. *..i,s.-crews suffered Untold hardship', and when they arrived in . the harbour were worn out and nearly perished. The captain of the Williams had his face badly frozen, and the ! crews of both craft have frozen hands and feet and ears. When the Coaster towed past Wells-street her colours were at half, mast, and the general conclusion was that one or more of her crew had been washed off the slippery deck and drowned, or had died aboard from freezing. This, fortunately, was not the case. The signal of distress had been hoisted while outside so that a tug would come to her, and was not taken down when towing through the harbour because it could not be. it was frozen in position. The propeller Lawrence and the small propeller Lady Washing" ton are also iced up and report terrible passages. Government Wrecking Enquiry. The numerous disasters which have occurred on the lakes during the past few weeks have attracted the attention of the United States Government, and it has determined to investigate them. For this purpose the General Superiu* tendeut of the Life Saviug Service at Washiingtou has ordered Lieut. Newcombe to proceed without delay to Grand Haven, Point Au Sable, and other porta, and take the testimony of eye witnesses of the;e disasters as a preliminary step towards a thorough investigation into the causes. There have been some unavoidable accidents to vessels when the lives of sailors have been eiither lost or I imperilled, others have been the result of negligence, such! as allowing unseaworthy crafts to carry cargoes and human freight during the worst season of the year, when danger to life is imminent, and old unsound vessels liable to go to the ._^_^^^_^^^^_^^^_ bottom any moment. These cases will be strictly enquired, Midland Rovor, stranded at Toronto, and two into to see where the responsibility belongs, aud summary ... , . __ . . . . * ¦'- --- "-- «—.._=-- _#. of tho crewlost, makes serious charges against the master of the vessel. He STEAMEE VAN BAALTE SAFE. Specta! Telesrram to The Inter Ocean. Cheboygan, Mich., Dec. 9.—The Van Eaalte arrived from the north shore to-niffht, uavinff corny throueh 3eventy-five miles ol broken ice. The bays in that locality are full of solid ice. She will lay up. The Straits are full of floating ice. Wind eaat, brisk; snowiner. SAILINa O.F THE BUCKEYE FOE CHICAGO. SpeciaL Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Gband Haykn, Mich., Dec. 10.—The following boats have gone into winter quarters here: Steambarges H. O. Akely, Tempest, White & Friant, and New Era: schrs Ottawa, Leo, Hunter Savage, Charles A. Wymau, David Macy, Prentice Bov, and Waukesha; barges Golden Harvest, City of Erie, Mary Amanda, C. O. D., Transfer, Wolverine, Grand Haven, and Mont-pelier. The steambarge Buckeve left this port at noon, lumber loaded, for Chicago. Wind Light, east, with snow. GENERAL. MARINE. CEOKIN AND THE MIDLAND BOYER. John Naison, ilie second mate of the schooner punishment will be meted out tb offenders. Captains of Oftho < craft and all survivors of vessels which have been lost re- Captain Crokln, utly will be examined by the inspector. THE MAGDALA MISSINO. Special Teleorram to The Inter Ocean. Tobonto, Ont., Dec. 10.—A report has reached here that the schooner Magdala left Oswego on Tuesday night last for Whitby, Out., and has not since been heard of. Fears are entertained for her safety. SAFE IN POET. Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 10.—The steambavrge Caldwell and row, consisting of the barges Buckout, Ogden, and Dobbins, which left Maldem for this port on Thursday last and were caueht in the ice in Maumee Bay, came in safely to-day, having made thuir way through the ice in change of the tug Colton. STUCK FAST IN THE ICfi. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. AMHEESTBURO, Ont., Dec. 10.—The ferryboats Garland and Fortune, which were sent from Detroit to rescue the schooner Unadilla, frozen up about four miles from Bar Point, on Lake Erie, are both stuck fast themselves in the river about a mile north of here, and are unabie to move. The tug Coulton with three barges left here Thursday noon for Toledo and has not as yet been heard from, and is supposed to be fast in ice in the lake. The schooner Bissel, which was lying here, was cut through with the running ice Thursday night, and a steam pump is being put aboard of her to keep her afloat. The Canada Southern ferries, although constantly on the move, have been greatly troubled by the ice, and have been stuck in largo cakes of movine ice at times. FEOM GODEEICH. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Godeeich, Ont., Dec. 10.—Navigation has closed. The last vessel to arrive was the schooner Ontario, from Buffalo. MILWAUKEE. Special Telegram to The luter Ocean. Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 10.—Nothing is yet known concerning the whereabouts of the wrecking tuff Leviathan. She started from Cheboygan, a week ago to-day, for Bailey's Harbor, bub has not yet arrived there. Arrived—Steam barge Daisy Day, from Kewaunee, wheat laden: propeller Michigan, from Grand Haven; City of Ludington, from Manistee, and F. & P. M. No, 1, from Ludington. CAPTAIN JOHN LABSON—A FRIEND'S TRIBUTE. Special Correspondence of The Inter Ocean. Fbankfobt. Mich., Dec. 6.—Captain John D. Larson, who was lost on the burned steamer E. G. Peters, was a former Manitowoc (Wis.) resident. His brother, Perry Larson, was drowned in 1878 by ihe capsizing of the schooner Glen Cuyler on Green Bay. He has two brothers chat survive him—Captain Andrew Larson, of Clay Banks. Door County, Wis., a farmer—and Joseph Larson, lumber-tall ier, of Manistee, Mich. Also a sister, Mrs. Torrison, of Maaitowoe. Captain John Larson was well known all over the lakes, having been in command of vessels and steamers for many years. The schooners Belle, Transit, Selt, Erie, Trial, Pilgrim, and the steamer Crippin are among the craft he sailed. His death is sincerely mourned, and his relations have the sympathy of all. He will be missed in marine circles. Charles Burmeister, deep snow. Special Telegram to Tnc inter ocean. Cheboygan, Mich., Dec. 10.—The weather has been stormy all day and snow has been falling fast, and is now quite deep. Snow along the line of the Michigan Central, to and out of this place, is reported over nve feet deeu. Snow plows are constantly at work clearing the track. Wind east, fresh. ACCIDENTS TO THE MILWAUKEE AN© HILTON. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Frankfort, Mich., Dec. 9.—The propellor Milwaukee caught a sunken log in her wheel last night, delaying her; but this noon, with a full head of steam, she crushed her way through the ice and departed for Muskegon, where she will go into winter quarters. '.. , charges drunkenness and says the disaster was avoidable, and adds that the sacrifice of life might also have been averted. The vessel, he says, was in no danger of going to pieces. When abandoned by Captain Crokin she had only two feet of water in the hold and the seas did not break over the deck. Nelson and two others of the crew remained on board the Hover until the next day, and then got ashore without the least danger, the storm having abated. While aboard they had afire in the galiey and had warm meals. Nelaou says that during the whole passage from Cleveland Captain Crokin acted like a crazy man. All this is Nelson's story. Before condemning him the public must hear what Captain Crokin has to say. LAID UP AT BUFFALO. Props Potomac, Empire State, Conestoga, Portage, Newpurg, Arabia, Fountain City, D. W. Powers, India, St. Louis, Lycoming, Waverlv, Oregon, Commodore, Clyde, Antelope, WinstOW, Arctic, Buffalo, Dean IticnmoDd, Wallula, Russia, B. A. Packer, Ontonagon, China, B;ulger State, Montana, Starucca, Columbia, Oceauica, Huron City, Araxcs, Japan, Nyack, Rochester, B. W. Blanchard, James Davidson, C. J. Ker-snaw, Alpena, Idaho, Arizona, Alaska, Avon, J. Fisk, Jr., Tacoma, Hecla, A. J. Wright, C. F. Curtis. m Schooners—Chenev Ames, Schuvlkill, E. Fitzgerald, P. B. Locke, G. S. Hazard, Monitor, D. S. Austin, F. A. Geortrer. B. F. Bruce, Sea Guil, A. H. Moss, Lonise, E. P. Beals. C. B- Jones. Gladstone, Minnehaha, M. L Wilcox, China, James F. Joy, Jura, Bolivia, Comanche, Maria Martin, William Lewis, Unadilla, Guido Pfister, A. L_. Andrews. F. J. King. Barees—John Breden, R. N.Rice, Journeyman,, William Crosthwaite, W. A. Sherman, Banner, Samuel Flint, T. H. Qrton, May, Wenona. S. D. Hungerford, H. J. Mills, Plymouth, N. L. Wagner, Norway, Ironten, R. J. Carney, Goldetk Rule, Colonel Brackctt. FLOTSAM. The steamship Pahlow left on Saturday for Milwaukee, where she lies up. The little scow Irish, laden with Christmas trees, arrived yesterday from Sturgeon Bay. Tne official report on the Calumet River improvement will be found among the dispatches. The steamship Argonaut, due from. Escanaba, had not arrived in Chicago up to a late hour last night. The propeller Lawrence, of the Northern Line, came down the harbor last evening to her wharf. The schooners Wawanosh, Jura, and New Dominion are the only vessels laid up at Port Colborne, The schooner Ada, Sturgeon Bay, evergreens, arrived yesterday afternoon. The propeller L&-liind sailed Saturday morning. Charles Graham, of the propeller Skylark, and Michael Sullivan, of the propeller Lora, went into the Marine Hospital on Saturday. Thr wind beiug west yesterday the ice drifted off the shore into the lake. Where it hay not been broken in tho slips it is four inches thick. Chicago harbor is open. The wind on Saturday was south. There was a great deal of ice along this shore. The tug Prmdiville went uown to South Park and worked the ice clear of the waterworks, and yesterday Frank Hill, the divot', was at work taking off the screen and clearing the opening. Notwithstanding the cold weather, Mr. Hiii seemed to be doing his work without the least trouble or especial inconvenience. IRON ORE SHIPMENTS. The following table exhibits, in gross tons, the total lake shipments of iron ore from uppftr peninsula ports the past season, up to and including Nov. 39, together with the amount shipped during a corresponding period last year: 1S8J. 1882. Escanato.................1,459,815 1,735,229 Marqueiti................ 711,GOO 044,550 L'Anse.................... 53.G63 70,543 St. Ignace....................... 00,159 Total....................2,225,087 2,810,511 ._ Showing au increase of 585,424 tons. irtuDu liis wife ot - .y. going to Toronto with ,.uou he would draw the money and lay up for tho winter. Upon his death being made public his wife made application for the money, but was informed that it could not be paid to her as no order had been received from Bocku3 himself. The matter will be laid before the Postoffi.ee Department. His body was washed ashore. In a pocket was the postoifice order* but it was for $50. Of the Newburg, from Chicago, the Buffalo Advertiser of Friday 'says: "The Union Steamboat Company's propeller, Newburg, Captain John Byrne, came safely into port yesterday afternoon, being the last steamer of the seasou to reach Buffalo. She experienced bad weather all the way down from Chicago, being obliged to put into Milwaukee for shelter at one time. Her decks and sides were sheeted with ice when she reached here, the seas having washed clear over the boat, and even entered the cabin." The "situation" at Cleveland during the cold snap is thus described by the Leader: "Sealskins were taken out of ice chests, ulsters out of pawnshops, fur caps out o£ camphor, and many pet cats were killed to make mink and sealskin gloves and mittens, as the skunk crop was liiht this year. Everybody has settled down to the belief that this winter is to be an unusually severe one, and the same ones were hoard telling that they had known ever since August that tnis would be a close winter, who two weeks ago were diligently prophesying that toe weather would be 'open* until next winter. The mashers are paralyzed. They ail pawned their overcoats last spring that they might have a summer supply ot cigarettes, and now their effeminate voices are heard only in saloons, where they insist a better free iunch should be served. Winter has come, and come to stav." Kingston Notes. Kingston, Dec. 11.—(3peolaL)-Thcre have been one hundred and rive marine disasters of all classes during tho season, involving a lose of about one huudred audseventy-.five lives. The schooner A G Ryan is loadlnsi barley at Gananoque for Cape Vincent; The rescue of the schooner Eliza Quinlan has been abandoned until spring, It is then hoped to save her, and that she will not suftor much damage in the meantime. The schoonerHagdala was enquired for by Oawego parties ttusmoruinff. Cap.- Donnelly reports that he saw her paM up South Bay on Friday, and that EOe was making for either Cooper's wharf or Walker's Island, The Barges Huron and Cherokee, chartered by the Kingston and Montreal Forwarding Company to an American firm trading between Oswego and Montreal, returned t<» Kingston yesterday by the tug Gardiner. Buffalo Not«i. Buffalo, Dec. 11.— The navigation on the great lakes is virtually closed. A very few vessels are stiil out and trying U, finish their last trips, but they are meeting with considerable trouble from ice. The life saving stations on Lakes Erie and Ontario close to-day,' At last accounts the schooner Unadilla was still fast in a field of .solid'ic:e four miles below Bar Point. The tugs Balize and Kate Williams managed to get back into open water. The ferry steamer Garland, which has a reputation as an ice breaker, tried to force a passage to the Unadilla, but got fast herself. The ice was said to extend up into the mouth of Detroit River, where drifting had piled it up quite high. ^ ¦" n , in. ¦.-.. j - ¦ ¦ in ..__ur"" „,.—i j.— -—™ |IW* Detroit Jottings. .y/ Detroit, Dec. 11.—The schr Conway left Chicago Wednesday mor iua; loaded with corn for Muskegon. She Was caught out the desperate cold weather and north* west gale which set in that night. Not making her ap» pearauce at Muskegon and telegraphic enquiries failing t > bring news of her whereabouts, it was about concluded she had been lost with all hands. It Was agreed thd.t if outside with such a gale and such frigid we.ither she could not t have survived, that weighed down with ice. and her running | gear and sails frozen, and the crew helpless, she had 1 foundered and all had perished. To the glad surprise vi t all concerned on Friday evening,the tug Halliday arrived [¦ in Chicago with the Conway in tow. Tha vessel and crew | were la terribie plight. She had been outside on the lake J during the terrible weather wince WednesUay. had dragged I anchor up to thy head of the lake, and the crew had j suffered everything but death itself. The hull of the Little ] Ship was one mass of ice, and the masts heavily coated to B the cross-trees. The canvas and everything wivs tightly B frozen in. Thus completely disabled the Conway was dis- [ covered by the tug Halliday and brought into harbour I, The men described their sufferings as horrible. Not l Only wore they freezing to death but also starving. Their f faces, ears, hands, and feet were frozen, ana they ar terrible condition. A few hours more and all would have , [¦^¦A>---yr«TittfoTd despatch says :—The uropeller Milwaukee caught a sunken log in her wheel, delaying her, but with a full head of steam she crushed her way through the ice and departed for Muskegon, where she will go into winter quarters. The steambarge Hilton blew out a steam joint connect" Injt with the cylinder during the night, but has been fuliy repaired. Shu endeavoured to free herself, but has only got a few boat lengths ahead in twelve hours. A force of men with axes and saws are assisting bur. An Amherstburg special of last night says :— The ferry boats Garland and Fortune, which were stuck in the ice hure since yesterday, got out at eight o'clock this evening after working hard all day. Part of the time the Fortune was four feet out on the top of the windrow of U-v which was resting on the bottom. The crew of the Garland fl came ashore and draeged a hawser over the ice to the boat. 'i'li n the Garland pulled the Fortune off. The Fortune then jumped over the windrow and pulled the Garland, after which they had little trouble in reaching the wharf here. They will coal up tonight, and expect to go to the » release of the schooner Unadilla to-morrow forenoon. ' They will not likely have any great difficulty in reaching her unless the water goes down. The tuns Kate ami Batize cut out the schooner Bissell frozen in below here arid brought her to the deck. It took Several hours bringing her a quarter of -i mile, The Bissel! will probably lay up here. The steampumps ordered for the Bissell did not reach here as the Canada Southern ferry boats are also stuck in the ice.