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-L THE MAHfNE RECORD. 'I ho winds for tlio past day or two hilve liocled no good to our linrbor tugs, Bolng fre«h mid f»lr «P tho rlvor, snll uraft took advantage of canvas and sailed up the river in considerable numbers, demonstrating the fact that it-la an III wind thatdoes not benefit tomebody. Perhaps there la no vessel of her tonnage thst has put In a bettor season'* work than the schooner Smith & Post, whloh piles in the lumber trade between Detroit and Alpena, averaging Irom one to two trips . per weok. Captain Henderson Is energetic and hos an eye to business, keeping his craft oll'irom a Icoshoro. The repairs to tbe steamer Alberta irre be¬ ing pushed forward wttli might and main, night Snd day, with as strong a force of men as can work to advantage. The gates lead¬ ing to the shipyard are kept closed and out¬ siders denied admission only In exceptional cases, and even those are debarred from go¬ ing on board the ship. Owln,g to tho coolness of the weather for s few daya past the excursion business has been on the decline, and the lew who do partokeof tlfltTenjoyment Hud no room for complaint of being crowded. ,The boats which lef( here on Sunday had but a meagre aowJ, and the profits wore proportionately dim. IheLako Superior lines are doing a good business, arriving and departing promptly on time. Notwithstanding theVe are four first-class steamers on the Detroit and Mackinaw route ihe patronage has been as llbeial as in any previous season. The steamers City of Cleveland and City or Mackinac make con¬ nections with your city by the Cleveland line of boats. The steamers Atlhntic and Flora go direct jo Cleveland and Toledo, ie- .pettivojy,___ __________ 1 here are bM few of the larger class of tugs that art' net employed either In towing from port to port, otherwise through towing, or rafting, and the old time custom of going out a few miles on the lake In quest of a tow is becoming a thing of the past, and ere long will no longer exist In short, tugs have had their day and, like vessels, will have to take the place of steam or tow barges The rev¬ olution In our lake shipping is fast verging that« ay The tug A. J. Smith has just arrived* from Marquette, with the schooner Harry Blssel laden with ore for this port She was but ilnee daya on the passage which Is quick Ime, ihe revenue steamei W. 1*. Fetisenden arrived this morning from Bullalolaiip Is, again at her old anchorage. ^~^\ fliefe seems but little or no prospect ok the steamer Manitoba getting released and repaired. The Detroit Drydock Company Jo not care td place Iter in running order without positive assurance that when the work Is done the bill will be pah] without being compelled to Institute a libel, as Has the case with the steamer Spartan. '1 tie MSts are similar to all Intents and piiMoses, and the latter steamer doubtless entertains a sjnipathetlc feeling toward the former, as the knows how It 19 hernell. Ihe steamer Essex, which In the long ago »ns the pride ot the Detroit and Windsor ferry, but jears ago cast aside and taken to ^alkerville and there sunk, has been resur- recteil. She is being put in good shape and will be taken to Port Hiiiun and ply as op¬ position between there and Snrnlo. J. \V. H. SANDUSKY. Tho sclioonor Charger, which sprung 'leak while en route fiom Ogdunsbiirg to 'his port, caused by oakum working out of the seams, was iccalked at Monk's shlpyarc Local inspectors Stanard and Flupatrlck '"•peeled the Hayes, Mystlo, Olive, Philip Walter and Parknnn this week. They re¬ turned to Cleveland Tuesday. HOLLAND. Ihe old appropriation for the harbor here his been used up.- Tho north pier Is com¬ pleted, including the head. As soon as or¬ ders ore received lo commence under tho new appropriation work will begin in re¬ pairing and renewing tho upper work of tho with pier, and building up a sunken part "e«r the end. The depth in tho slioalest Places is eight feet, which ought to he dredged down to St least twelve feet, to al- tow boats to enter without pounding on the bottom when there Is any sea running. BUFFALO. Sptclallo Iht Marine Jltcord • . Captain Thomas Wilson's r.ew steamer Goorgo Spencer was at tho salt-dook coal pockets Tuosday aftornoon finishing ^ler cargo. She Is a handsome looking oriifti and won tho admlratloji of all who.saw her. Captain Charles MuCrea Is hard at work fitting out the propeller Russia and Sootla. He will tako command of*the former, a mas¬ ter for the Scotia having not yet been namod. As stated, they will be run In the Lake Su¬ perior trade. Arrangements have been made to take evi¬ dence in the Alberta-Osbdrhe collision oase in Buffalo. B. H. Williams, of Buf¬ falo, Is counsel for the pool companies, Mr. Hafvoy Gouldor, of Cleveland, for tho Osborne, and Mr^ Moore, of Detroit, for the Alberta. It Is thought that th's attempt at arbitration may bting out some Important lads, but It will hardly ellect a settlement short of a court. It is stilted that-if the whole (100,000 covered by the collision clause in the Alberta's policy has to be paid It will ruin some ot the pool companies. Coal freights remain steady. The schooner, S. L. Watson was chartered for Chicago at 70cenip, Southwest for Detroit at 25 cents, 'T. L. Parker, for Marquette on private terms. Steamer R. A. Parker loaded with owners, coal for Chicago. Steambarge Enterprise railroad iron for Port Arthur at $1.35 a ton. MILWAUKEE. Signals of dlstresB»disployed by the schoon¬ er H W. Sage, wjien off Point Betsy, Satur¬ day afternoon, were seen by the steambarge Chauncey Hurlburt, and she took her in tow for Chicago, passing here this afternoon. The Senator, which was in tow of the Hurl¬ burt, came In here. Her master reports tbat the Sage-came.ncar-sinking, having spiung- aleak In tliegaleof Thursday, and her crew were unable to remain longer at the pumps, and Ave of the crew of the Bchoener Fol«om, which hove to near the Sage previous to the arrival ol the Hurlburt, went on board and assisted In pumping her out, and two of the men remained on board to accompany her to Chicago and assist at the pumps. A can vus~'jacket had been placed on her forward, 'ihe leak is thought to be In the forefoot, which Is thought to have been splintered when the Sage was ashore recently on Fish¬ erman's shoal. Judge Dyer, 6f the United States Circuit Court, decided the case of Johiitton et al. vs. the schooner C. A. King In favor of libel¬ ants, 'i ho case was one of collision occur¬ ring on Lake Michigan near the Nor 111 Munitous. The court held thin the case came under rule 17 of navigation laws, which pro. vldes that when two sail vessels are crossing so as lo Involve the risk of collision and lime wind on different .•Ides, the vessel with wind on her port shall keep out of the way ot the vessel wllh wind-on her staiboard side nili in bpetial to tftt Minim hevotd *~ * Tho propellei Glasgow on the way up on- countered a severe squall below Marquette She ran under the lee of Grajid Island, and wejit aground. Befoie she was loleased seventy tons of coal were jettisoned. Sheila leaking a little now The captain does, not think her damage 1b seilous onougli to prevent her making tho trip. The Indications tor Improvement in the shipping Intoiests at this port are favorable, although freights are very dull at present. It is expected that at least 0,000,000 bushels of wheat w 111 be shipped from hire this fall, and fully 250,000 tons of coal will be Wanted. Large shipments of salt and nillioad lion are expected 'ihere will be three new ele¬ vators In running order before the close of navigation, two of them having a capacity for 1,000,000 bushels each und the other tor 800,000 bushels. Six hundred men are at work on them. When these elevators are completed Duluth will have a storage capac¬ ity aggregating 0,000,000 bushels. It Is proposed to bring the propellers Seaverns and Georgian,now ashore at Mich- Iplcoten river, to Duluth lor repairs us soon as released. The new steamship Kasota his mado her llrst trip to Duluth wlth.1,700 tons ot ioal. "The annual editorial excursion from the Northwest and tho Northeast have-now hap pily done Duluth for the season. The North¬ western Editorial Association, of Wisconsin Minnesota, Iowa and Dakota, and tho North¬ eastern Association of Ontario and Quebec, were appropriately ontortslncd byjourcltl- pen*. While here all iwere treated to abort excursion* over the harbor', And each mjehri- bar was presented with a copy of Arvetnri & Johnson's annual trade report for lfi84. The'tug Slsklwlt, formorly owned by Cooly and L. Vaquc, has been ptirehasod by the Canadian Pacific railroad company for their own special use. The new ferry boat of Captain J. J. Hlb- bard has been named the Free Trade, in ac¬ cordance with the captain's well known pro. cllvltiea In that line! 'ihe lute vigorous report of the ipeolal committee of Duluth Chamberof Commerce has had the effect of causing a thorough In¬ vestigation of the condition of our harbor by United States engineers. Their finding has hot vet been made public, but tho rec¬ ommendations for next year's appropriation have^been made $125,000 for Duluth and $50,000 for Superior, instead of the saitfe amount for both places, as was the case last year. B. rOBT COLDORKE. The schooner John Mugee, bound up the capul, collided with one of the swing bridges this mornjng, canylng away all her foro- rlggtng and springing her foremasts. The damage will be repaired at Cleveland, where she is bound with ore. CHEBOYGAN, The schooner Newsboy, grain laden for Buffalo, ran hard aground at McGulplilii's Point Tuesday In a dense fog, Tbe Leviathan has gone to her assistance from here. -------------- ■ m ■ The schooner Heather Belle, which was wrecked In Lake Huron, last fall, has been raised and tewed to Southampton harbor to be rebuilt. The schooner lias been purchased bj^MeLearTBros. of An Sable Mills. CAPTiflN ARTHUR ATKINS^ Captain Arthur Atkins, one of Chicago's best known vessel and marine Insurance agents, died at his home. No. 20 Wllllurd place, aftei a long illness. Dropsy was the dlsea«e which carried oil Captain Atkins. He had Well sutlerliig with it for more than a year, and has boon Incapaclted for busi¬ ness, nearly that length of time. Captain Atkins was H(iy-five tears old. For many years he commanded vessels out of Chicago, his first expeilence as a master being nn board the schooner George Roberts In 1851. Subsequently he sailed the L. B. Sheppnrd, the Northwest, and man} other welliknowu craft. In 1S00 he established the vessel .ngenc) which Is now operated under the ih in name o'f Atkins, Beck with, and Flem¬ ing. Captain .lames Beckwlth and Jlr P. II. Fleming were his partners Deceased leaves' A wife and six children. Ills eldest souls Arthur Uklns, nineteen,.)ears of age, who has been acting in the capacity of marine c|erk tor the tlrui of which Ills father was- the head taptalu Atkins was a member ol the Cletelund Lodge, ChicagoC'ohiiiiaudery and past giand high pi lest for the Mate of Illinois 'Ihe Uoaid of Mflilne Insurance I ndbi « liters anil the Doiuit df 'I nule will hold meetings to day and will take suitable action npoji tlie death of Captain Atkins, ihe lunerul services will be held 'Ihursday II oin the- late residence of deceased uuderjhe auspices ot die various bodies and orders of which he was a member. NEW WINDLASSES) 'Ihe Ameilean Ship Windlass Companj will rutnish the aehooiiei William Cobb, ol Boston, with a l'io\ldeiiee patent pump biake windlass, to icplace her pre»»eni wind lass. Also stlioonei John Proctor, of Boston, In place of liei old windlass. I lie schooner building by s S. Gerr) & Co., at lliomaston, Me., with a pump brake windlass, the other two schooneisnt same fdace having just been shipped with wind- asses from same makers. The pilot boat building by Mon'gomery & Howard, Chelsea, Mass , is to have a Provi¬ dence pump brake windlass. 'Hie balk building bv D. Lynch tor Cap¬ tain 1). W, ( onilng, New Brunswick, Can¬ ada, a PimUlenco patent capstan windlass Ihe ship building by Geo. It. Skollleld, at North Jlar|«well, Mo., with Providence patent capstau windlass, patent capstans, ruddei supporter, as well as the ships build¬ ing by John McDonald and Z. II Bl ilr at Hath, Me., and A. R. Read, Wuldoboro, Me., these four i-liips being the only ones now building in Malm'. Tbe schoouei building at Coo| er's Point, X. J . for ( nptaln King, with a ProWdeiite pump brake windlass. AMERICAN AAVIUATORS. It is said "a large number of Canadian's shlp'nn American lake craft during tho season df navigation as propeller captains and m ites, tug captains, and so on. Their families reside In Canada, and tbnlr wages are all spent In Canada. Thero are numerous naturallzod American navlgntors.who are In enforced Idleness during every season be¬ cause these aliens step in and secure berths byaoceptlng lower wages. The American Lake Pilot Association have been, making nil organized effort for years to have Con¬ gress change the condition of thing*, *nd It seems thaUctlon was taken at the last session, though nor generally know n-untll now. The following notification from Washington has been rocelved, and Is ot widespread Interest, along the lakes and -it everv port. Treasury department, Washington. The attention of supervising and local Inspectors of steam vessels l» directed to the fact that the first section ot the not "to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carry¬ ing trade, and lor other purposes," approved June 20,1884, repeals. In substance, the act approved April 17,1884. entitled, "An act to authorize the employment of certain aliens as engine*™ and pilots" Inspectors will, therefore, after the receipt of this circular, refuse to Issue original, or renew, lloensos to any officer of a steam vessel, ex¬ cept upon evidence satisfactory to themselves that the persons applying lor such licenses are citlzjns ot the United States, either by birth or by naturalization. The section ot "the net governing In the matter of "alle"n officers of vessels of the-. United States" reads as lollows • "Be It enacted, etc., .that the last clause of section 4181 of the Revised Statutes bo amended so as to read as lollows: , "All the officers of vessels of the United States shall be i Itlzens of the United States, except In cases' where, on a foreign voyage, or on a voyage from an Atlantic to a Pacific port of the United States, any such vessel Is for any reason deprked of the services of an officer below the grade of master, his place,' or rt vacancy caused by the promotion of another officer to such place, Inay be sup¬ plied by u peraun not a citizen ol the United - States until tho first return of such vessel-to^ , Its home port; and such vessel shall not bo liable to any penally or penal tax for such employment ot an alien officer." * # # # * # * Sec. 30. "All laws ond ports of Iiiwb In conflict with the provisions of this act are heieby repealed,; and this net shall take effect unci be In /orceon and after July 1,1884." CiiAKLFs E Coon, Acting Seoretary United States Commissioner Falrchlld be gan taking te-timoii) in the suit of Frank¬ lin Lee and Charles F Dunbar against the United States tor $11,475 for drilling and blasting 500 cubic yards of rock in Ashtabula harbor In 1872 and 1873. They claim tbey worked during the winter of 1872-78, and that after the con 11 act was completejL an other was entered Into by the government with F. A. Sejmnur, which Included the work done by Lee and Dujibnr, and for which the latter were not paid. The case has been before the House ol Representatives, and was referred to the United States court of claims lor adjudication. John L. Romer represents the i laluiants and John C. Fay, Assistant Attorney General, thedelendants. It Is said that Mr I'lene Lorlllnrd has sold IiIh steam) aeht Radha to a Chicago gentle¬ man lor $05,000 She is to be takeji to Chi¬ cago, and will be the largest and most elegant pilvatc pleasuie boat on the lakes, Ihe Radha Is a coinposlt screw steamer, built at \ewliuig on-the-Hiidbon by Ward, STiinton&to In 1880. She Is 140 15 tons new inoasiiio'i ent Her length is 150 feet over all, 185 feet on the water line, 2Q feot.l Inches beam, 0 feet deep, and she draws 8 feet 8 Indies of watci , Shi' Is propelled by a compound engine with three c>linden, two of 20 Indies and one of 28 Inches In di- ametei, with 24 Inch stroke of piston, sup¬ plied with sleiiiu fiom a boiler 0 leet 4 Inches by 14 leet. She Is one of the fastest yachts ot her size iu the New York yacht club. The weather was rough one day, and the ship was tossing wildly about. A parson who was on board, approached the captain in a state of consideration trepidation anil In cpdrecl If there was any d inger He knew that he was In thedinllow of the Almighty hand, but realized that the said hollow con¬ tained enough moisture to drown him. The captain leferred him to the crew- 'ihe preacher woiked Ills way to the forecastle and found the occupants swearing at the weather with an emphasis that nearly paralyzed . him. He returned to the captain arid reported that the d cugei must be great,™ the men were blasphem¬ ing horribly The captain hastened to re¬ assure him. He said "If the crew are swealing It Is nil rieht, but when those fellows begin W pray )ou can put on )our llfe-prcservei." The preacher went oil again, tilled with new and serious 'reflections.— 'Jntthnuktir. r Tlios. Larson, biother of Captain Laraou- of the schooner Mocking Bird, was lost from tho jlbboom of the vessel off the Manltous Satuiday night last. The wind was blowing hard at the time, and the unfortunate man was trying to uureet the Jib.