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/ • ~4T THE MARINE KECOKD. ghe Marine Mecord, PuMI«'li«l Kvory Tliumdiiy nt 144 Superior '. Hlrrt'l, [Lender llnlldlng.] A. A. POMEROY, Editor anil Prourietqr. s-. TKHMS OK SUIISCBlrTlONi One year, po,»t cgc pilil................................82iOO Six months, |'91t»R» l»'d..........•......................... '•*" Invariably In advance. 'I lib M A KIN B ItECOltb can bo found for tale nt f ho following places: Joseph Gray, No'. 281 South Water itroot, ClilcngoT) r. Hohmor, Ibehlgiin street, Hultalo,Now York. / D. McMastors 4 Co., Sarnlu, Ontario Win. Galley, Escunabn, Mklilann. J. I;. Sotuorvllle, Manlsteo, Mcblgan. Articles, lcttsrsjiud queries on all aubJocU are solid- led. aW-Tho Editor nsMiiuc* no responsibility for the oplnlous of correspondi'iits, ( ( To Insure notice, contributor! nrast give, namo nncj address, anil write* on ono side of file paper only. BRANCH OFFICE, 313 SOUTH WATER NTKKI.T. CHICAGO'. ADVERTISING HATES. T(n cents por lino, nonpareil measurement, orSl.20 per Inch, each Insertion: tour weeks S4.00| with a Jlboral discount on orders amounting to 540.09 or over. Entered »l 'ho Tost Otllcc at Cleveland as second- class mall matter, A iieQUKsi lias been made fur lite Urait Eastern to be used ns n flouting hotel In the -event of tin' Woi Id's exposition nt New Or- leuin. The laborer* at the Cnpe Cod shipcnnnl, who tire not satisfied with the qtudl:y of food furnished thi'in by tho conttactors, have struck. 'i'ltK House committee on commerce has decided to Include in the bill for iliceiiuour- ageinent of American tneiThnnt murine Mr. Builejgh's hill, which abolishes tonnage dues on small vessels. ...A Iiiu. was presented to the Semite on ihe ' 14th Inst., providing for the establishment of life saving stations nt or near Plum Island, Luke Michigan; nt Houtli Mnnitoii Island, Lake Michigan; nt or near Bnls Blanc lslund, Straits of Mackinac, and at or near Point Admits, Oregon. DiiLimi marine men who are Interested In north shore navigation are about ftrpetitinii Congress lo urge Upon the llglithouee board the necessity of placing a light nt Grand ' Muials. Much money lias been expended by the Government to build it harbor of refuge there, and a lighthouse has become a no 'easily. Tin: Kingston News comments as follows on the extensive prepnlirllons being made by the United States for a grand navy: 'The Navy I)e|rnrtmont has ordered six new pop guns antl ti cheese knife for the American navy. Tho rotten thrones of the ellete monarchies of (he old world aro just 'qttak ing In their boots,1 or words to that efleet 'Her bnntieis make tyranny lieifiBIl!' J. TnE Travolors Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn., Is performing a graceful missionary enterprise In the interest ol tut, as Well as contributing a noble subscription lo the great Unrtlioldi Statue Fund, by distributing u splendid picture iof that masterpiece nf sculpture to all the newspapers In the laud. A copy Is now In qur office, and Is certainly a worthy presentation of a magnificent sub¬ ject. THE FA'TE OF THE MORRISON BILL, Iron ore men, vessel owners and freight curriers on the lakes, together with all who . may lie Interested nearly or remotely In lire subject of fiee ore, or tariff for revenue only, as exemplified lt| Mr. Morrison's bill, cnii now ien easy that the matter will not hi disturbed dining the present session of Con grots. In the niluilsoi «oine who have given the bill and Its mifnlpuhitorsclose iittenilon there has been an abiding, and we may say, gratifying inlsglvlpg as to Its success from thif vely start. These doubu have been con¬ firmed within the past few tin\b. At the latter part of last week, when the uiensuie was considered ripe for broaching, the forces oil Its supporters were considered hopolessly| demoralized, Its promoters raged, cjtjhorled mid threatened, but they might ns well Have strove with the waves of tho sea. All was tossing In confusion- The adherents proposed II caucus, When from thirty to fifty fcciilelirnnls were found who openly refused to go Into caucus./or abide by- a decision If a ciineus, wcro held To those who'understand tlio power of-n caucus we need not point out tho onormlty of this stand. It Is flat rebellion, but notwithstand¬ ing the fact that the party l.iali wis used most vigorously the "kickers" would not be corralled. It,ls thought by many that, dis¬ astrous political effects will follow this dis¬ integration. From Ihe nucleus thus, formed uynlnst the bllf at headquarters, discussion has spread pretty much nil over the country. There Is a lornildnble feeling ngnlnst the bill In the South pnrlicuhirly In Alabama and many localities itie sending In protests. If I lie Dcinncrnts'uiaimgc to save enough out of lhls.wieck to make a "tariff lor reventio only" plank In the national platform they will do mote than the shrewd oiicb expect. But at nil event's we may'bld a long farewell to the MoriIsou l>IH' CIIASCES OF THE III VERS AXD IIsi 11 BURS. All signs p'ulnt to a lively time In Con¬ gress when the river and harbor bill comes before tho House. We have seen no account of progress Indng made by the com- rultree having the mutter in charge except that it lud determined to report a bill based on ten million dollars fur the entire chain of lakes, a conclusion which, If report 1s true, will form more of a detriment to progress than anything else right at tile outset. The committee will have sharp work beloro it one nf these days, and when'the work Is reached there will be found-serious obstacles in the way, It Is said that tariP'discussions have reached such" a height that in order in save the dominant party the older bends will bring about an curly adjournment. This step the House is lu uocoudjtininotakc. A relln. ble renort says It will be so crowded with work that nobody will know which way to turn. The businessondhe,calendar, which has been iiccumu'hiling w liile lime was being frittered away! hns.llicrensed to astonishing proportions. On Saturday the number.of bills on the calendar of the House on the stnte ol the Union alone was ninety-four. On the regular House, calendar there are eighty, In the pi Ivate calendar three hundred and on the speaker's table one hundred Sen¬ ate bills await the action of the House. In the face of thlsr.ccumulutlon the appropria¬ tion bills stand In menacing proportions. We do not believe the tariff bill will come' before the'House and consequently no ac¬ count of It is taken. If the House thinks of an curly adjournment-under these circum¬ stances i^s proceedings will bo well worth watching. Of coun-e abandonment Is the at-sured fate of the glen' hulk of this busi¬ ness; and when these bills nre abandoned some hundreds of wry faces will bo pulled for the balance of the session. To imagine the livers and harbors receiving anything like Just treatment In this turbulent state of affairs Is beyond our most sanguine vein of humor. venn,. laden with nhptha for Liverpool; schooners John F. Warner, Goo, W. Holt, Captain Hnnscombe; brig Mechanic, Captain Kelloy.nlso went abroad j sohonner Challenge was wrecked on tho English coast., Mr. D. FlabbeekVof Milwaukee, sent'n sinnll vessel to Hamburg, and she returned In 1800; brig Pamlico; brig Sailor Boy, of Sheboygan, took oats for Liverpool, wng driven, outof her course, nnd reached the. Island of St.' Thom'ui, West Indies, and afterwards sunk with a cargo of railroad Iron In mid ocean. Schooners Ben Moe, Geo. Oscar, Stella, scow Hen Jones', tug Minnie, sclinonner II. Esch loft Manitowoc fortheGulfofM&lc&vIa the Mississippi in 1877-78. The first vessel that enme to tho lakes from New York was the schooner Thomas Bradley, Captain'Nat Bob¬ bins, In 1850.' She mnde.the passage all right, but was caught In n gale and wiccked on the 4th day of November, near St, Jnsrpbj/on/liike Michigan. The brig Slelpncr, 250 fans; wJtfl nenrgopf cod liver oil, liquor, etc:; arrived In Chicago jinrbor In the summer of 1803. She was the first foielgn craft that ever carried a caigo direct to, Chicago. She returned to Norwny ami enme to Chicago,with another cargo Ihe follow Ing season, accompanied by the slodp Skjoldnioen, 85 tona burden. The Un|ted States steamers Hnze, Dahlia. Bibb and others, besides many plensuro yanhts, such as the Viking, ili'„aro salt water craft I should like to sec a full- and more ex¬ plicit ncco.unt of theso craft, nnd others which arc not mentioned here, and hope to see ti soon In your paper, f ' ----- Very re«poctfulJy, (HAS. BullMKISI Kll. , 'IHE FIRST STEAM WHISTLE. To the Editor nf the Marine Record: ' Ueaii Snt:—I notice'In the.Detroit cor¬ respondence in your paper of March 13, 1884. you state that the steamer Princeton was the first craft on the lakes to have a stemy whistle. I wish to correct the error, us the first steamer named the Cleveland-una the first steamer on the lakes to have a.stpiun "whistle, and It was placed on her several years befnie]840, by Walter Canieion. then first engineer of the Hist steamer Cleveland. ItlCAUKIt. SALT WATER CRAFT. Frankfort, Mien., March 14. Editor of the Marine Record. The article on pioneer craft of the lakes In your last week's paper calls to mind ninny Incidents ol the past. I wish some of the old lake captains would furnish iib, through yo'ur columns, a IIbI of the first lake craft that left for salt, water nnd their subsequent his¬ tory, also state time, cargo and destination at time of sailing. I remember a few names nf craft, but cannot recall much of daei. Schooners Richmond • and Blnckhawk made atrip to the Mediterranean Sen, the Inner returning to the lakes and being wtecked nt Frankfort; brig "ashler, Cnptalu Charles Gale, nnd the Saramic, which was captuied by the Confederates In Hampton Roads and destroyed, "etc inning the lake vessels to seek salt water; also the Chieftain, which ran afoul of a steamer then laying the Atlantic cable in mld-aixiitij bark Norman, of Sackett,i Harbor, after try lug Iter fortunes on tho ocean icturned to the lakes and is still In commission. The schooner Nnrrngansett, look over a cargo of kerosene ol] i baik Ra IRON' MAKKhl' KKPnHT. Ci.evki.4XU, March 19. The market for pig iron nnd ore Is dull Ore Is sold Ahead of production nnd the mar¬ ket well supplied. Prices remain unchanged. ClUnCOAL PIO IRON. No3. 1 and 2 Lake Superlpr charcoal.........(23 00(324 SO Nos. S«nd 4 Uko Superior....................24 00MM 00 Nos, S and 0 Lako Superior.................23 tfm'Si 00 Nos. 1,2, 8, 4, o, S-|l«uury„........................US 003117 00 Southern charcoal Iron?............................ 27 00@30 00 Reported by £'. X. Harper 3c Co., Cincinnati. Tbo business of the week has been con¬ fined principally to an ordinary current de¬ mand, and in the absence of any speculative spirit on the part of consumers, the market Is devoid of animation. Prices nre steady for reputable-brands. We quote us follows: FOUNDRY. Hanging Rock Charcoal No. 1....'.............8^2 21 lo 823 2J- Hnnglng Bock Charcoal No. 2..... 21 25 " 22 2ii Strong Neutral Coko No. 1.................. IS 60 " 19 00 " " '• No.-2................. 17 to "M8 00 Amerlcau Scotch, No 1..........................lo 00 to 10 60 . OlIKY KOIIOK. Neutral Coke.......................................810 so lo 817 00 ColdShort...................................... 1025" 1078 CAR WIIttKL ANI, MALLEABLE. Hanging Itock, strictly cold blast........ g ' 27 76 " " warm blast................. 2400 "2450 Lake Superior "charcoal" all grades........ 24 00 *' 25 00 botlttiern Cur Wheel, strictly cold blast . 20 50 " 2750' I Concluded from lut page.] loj^fcet brtndlh ol beam and 7 feet depth of hold.1 McKinnon Brothers, engineers nnd ship- sml'lie, will rebuild the engine of tbo tug Dragon. They arc busy getting ready to do repairs on several other boats. J. P. Deveney, shipbuilder, Is tenrlng the tug Dragon to pieces and 'Will give her a thorough rebuild from the keel up. The schooner M.F. Merrick, owped by Merrick, Esselstyi)_* Co,, of Detroit, is getting twenty new deck beams, new hutches, new docks, slid a new- jibboom. The.scliooner Montgomery Is getting' nil new beams and deck forward of her foremast, new bowsprit, new windlass bltts and pawl post. The schooner Edward Kolley is having nil now timber heads, now centreboard and minor repairs. Schooner Montana will have a new square sail yard nnd loregnlf and her decks calkeil. Tho steitmharge Everett hits hud new qu'icK~work forward and her decks calked. The schooner C. Wnll has hud her decks calked nnd a new rudder. The schooner i IV ' »■ — * Fltzhiigh litis had it now cathead, new foro- cnfltlo declHind general repairs. Tlio'eohoon- ef Reindeer will havo tier decks ovorhnu)et| and'caulked whero necessary - and aotno minor repairs. J/PrDevonoy has iiddod n steam saw mill to his shipyard nnd Is pro. pared to tin uny kind of ship work. Captain Johnson, of tho schooner Mont Blanc Is here fromToimwnndn superintend¬ ing the repairs on the Merrick & Enselsiyii ' fleetl , , ' BMK. Special to the'.Nartne Ittclrd The schooner F. W. Glflbrd, Cnptnln L. Davis, lias had new lopsldec, calking outside anil general repairs. She Is loaded with coal for Escn'nubn, nnd lias been chaffered to carry coal at going rates, and Iron ore from Esonnnbn to Erie nt f 1.10 per ton. W. W.'Loomle, shipbuilder, Is, nbout to build four siciim tlshiug bouts. These will be lu addition to two now'ljnlldlng by him. He will also do eonsuIera"ble. repnlrs on the schooners Lnfrlenler and Chnmpion, and make some alterations to the mugazlnos mid shell rooms, on the United Slates steam¬ er Michigan, to make them suitable for her new urniaiiient. W. W.. Loomls hnsthe most modern iiiul Improved-machinery'in bis steam saw mill for getting the timber rendy for shipbuilding, nnd he line recently added a stenm saw mill for snwlng round logs Imp- plunks. Mr. Loomls is negotiating > for the purchase of some hind nenr the ship¬ yard, so .that he may build one of the Inrgest mid best drydoi'ks on the lakes. LUDINGTON. Sjtecial to the Marine Record. The Flint and Pere Marquette 'steamers are having a rush of business. Both boats arrived here on the 10th with full loads,al¬ though ihe lake Is nearly full of Ice, They make the nips or run in about twelve hours, ' Storm'signals weic up'oli the lflth, nnd a henvy southeast wind Is blowing. The lumber vcpmOs as yet are not making any preparations. iu-fpalo. -• Sjiectal to the NarlneiReeord. 'The appointments ol the Wnbusli line of propellers trading between this port nnd To¬ ledo, for the season of 188-1 are as follows: John C. Gtmlt.^rt. W. bioddnrd, cnptnln; first engineer, Joseph Whliwham. Russell Sage, I lent y Root, captain; first engineer James H. Miller. Morley, R. C Goldsmith, captain; first engineer, II. Stone, A. L. Hopkins, F. \. Wetmore, captain ; first en' glncer, George Butler. MILWAUKEE. Special to the Mat-lne Jtciord, Captain Mulr, of the propeller F. &. P. M. No. 1, which arrived here nt 2 o'clock Frl- dny morning, reports that the lake is frozen over from shore to shore. The F. & P. M, No. 1 was seventeen hours out from Lud- IngtoH, having left that port nt 10 o'clock on Thursday morning. Very heavy Ice was en¬ countered from tho east shore to mid-lake, which greatly Impeded the boat's progress. Small Icebergs from twenty to thirty leet in height were seen along the east shore and in mid-lake, The jury In the casefof_tho Northern Transit Company of Michigan vs. Ihe Grand Trunk Railway of Canada tried beloro Judge Dyer of the United Stiites Circuit, Court, returned a verdict of $92,000 In favor of plaintiff. The trial lusted over six weeks nnd this Is the second verdict, the first having been for $111,000 whloh the defendant claimed was uiircnsonubly high, The de¬ mand wns'for $240,000 on account of delayed cars causing n heavy loss to Ihe Transit Com¬ pany. Tho railway company made n coun¬ ter claim of $00,000, alleging delayed boats on the Transit Company's part. Tho prosecu¬ tion was conducted by Flnohes, LyndeA Miller, and the defence by District Attorney Hnzelton and Joshua Stark. The flrst sail craft of the season to arrive here was the schooner North Star bound for Liidlngton. John Allen, Jr., president nnd mnnngcr of the,. Western Transportation company since 1800, died on Sunday. He wns 68years of age. " Cnptnln John II. Foley, who sailed on the lakes up to 18.78, died at Chicago on Sunday. Ills remains have beeii taken to Buffalo. 03WKOO. Captain George Richards has takon charge of thfi schoonerIloboken. Thoload h«» been taken out and she will receive a thoiougb overhauling.