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V .* /•N *■■ $he Marina §ecord. Journal ilovoltd tir Commerce BclLlllit, Navigation mid I'uMlilira WdkljF. AT *-_ (XfVr.l.AND,* <»!■!» 'OffioeHor lTlSaporior and 136 Bask Btrooti Boom 7. _____ > TEItMNl S200 per Annum. .isvjtitmiA IN AUV VSU', * . AGEHTS ABB"vVANTED IN<£VEItY TOOT Xi>vi;iiTiHi\<J itAir.s. Ton cents jtor linn "olid Noupiirlrl inenmircmljnt >■ Twelve lines ol Nun|inrlel not solid nuike one Inch. Twenty rents ner line for run ling noticed, solid minion nienmln nn nt. / __ Articles, K ttcrs mid qntrkt nn nil milijcits tire soil- clteil. ' BWTho I illlor nsaiiiius no leKponsibtlily for the opinions of LorriH|iiiinluits , To Insure notice, (Ttntrllnitom must Klvo naino mid address, nnd vv rite on unu side of the puner on)). THE MAItlM. UIXOKIl lu, nn Agent in ever) port on the L.lUs nnttHUiiH, and will culiM!qucn1]yr clrcii- lato more or lens in nil of tliem Attn meiliiiin for advertising it lies no snpi rior, ns It circulates among n class of people tlutt can lie renclitd in no ether vvuv.. T1UC BLOCK ADV. \Tl.cy« hnve Lonimi'iieed llio fun again nt Cnjcago. The business loi thi* season him opened up so lively elial the ueek resemble* the scenes of some of the most |iiospermis yours known in marine ciioles. The Inter- Occnn In n ircont issue says- "Theswllt current In the hiiiboj,riinniiig east into the lake, Which wnsbiiillly iiniiouiii'ed jesteiiluj morning, eoniinued nil day vesleiday. It wne reported during the day that the Des- plnlnes Kivcr ilain at Mimmlt bad burst, and that thin fact explained the high water hi-llie river nnd the bw Ifl current out. The water was two feet higher In tlic lrntbor thitii tistinl and was tlie highest It bits been since 1877. Tho curient at 2 o'clock yesterday moiiiing was nt least eight miles an hour and dm lug the day it wits tiom six to four miles, grad¬ ually lOBlng Its velocity. In the morning the Wind was cast, but later in the day It chariged to Northwest. "There wns confusion and trouble In the harbor. The tugs could not manage their tows, and various craft got fnto trouble. There were numerous jams and blockades, but tho-most sctlous of tho«o occurred at the mouth of the harbor, where limitation was wholly obstructed inost'id) day and up to a late liour at niglit. Tliopropeller Arabia of the Western Line, got across the river at the Illinois Central Railroad bridge in the morning anil bloyked things for two bonis before she could be straightened up. Shu sustained no damage. At 2:30 o'clock in the alternoon the large propeller Wo-co-ken ni lived hcavllv.Jaden, and she attempted to pins up the river with the V . 0. T. tug TnyJor at her head, At Rush sheet bildge the gieat "emit took a sheer acioss the liver. Her,stem jammed into tho doek on the ninth sidi'of the rfvei, and, with bei stern within a lew leet ot the abutment mi the south side, she took" up a position which she still held at 1 .10 o'clock this morning. No iiafi u>uld pass her, not the smallest tug, and things came to a stand¬ still. Craft arriving weie compelled to.he east of Rush sticet blidge, ami those bound nutate strung all along the Inn I,in. The BvvTft eiuient east held the Wo-i o-ken in her nncomfoitable position, and tugs which worked at lici from either -fclilc muld nut stilrfghten bei up. She wasbioadsldc to the current. The water Inside ol her Was a lull loot higliei than on the east side blio loi ined a pellectdaui, and after she took her posi¬ tion the stage of walei In the entlie hniliiu ralst'd se\eial Indus hlghci than the high stage it had been at dining the eaillei purl ol the dm . The only damage to the piupid- lor ar last aecuuntH was the; splitting ot hu stem. The loss by tile blockade Is heavy. A fleet of twenty-live vessels hound Hi could not get up to their docks, and as -many craft bound out could not leave. N'uuieions tilgs weie caught on elihet side ol the blockade, and lhclr loss Is Ml J heavy. The steamship Pnekei got aeioss the livoi at Adams stru t. Four tugs and a piopcllei worked at liel and llnally Hllalghteneil bei Ilarrleoii street which continued for a long time. . ■ All day the confusion continued, and Itcx- tended to all parts ol the harbor.- Towing light vcshcIs the tiigslinil to run wide open In oider to move taster than the current am) keep steeiage way. The schooner Metc'i'ity collided wllli Clink street bridge, tearing flic mil and foot walk nnd looping her Jlbhomn. At llKi'liiuilKTTTrtrket, every time a c|irgo was sold nnd llio vessel towcd)l'way, there wasagraml snn'rl of the numerous limit and grain) excitement, T'bc 11, J, Glbbs losthui jlhliooni'iliri head- gear liy tho Annie O. llnnsnitf iuu| Mystic dillllng down on her. Viiifnus craft sus¬ tained minor damage, Cltl/eiifi wcicilctained at I he bridges, mall anil baggage wagonnnlsscd their trains, ex¬ pires niesscugors weie laic, and business, generally was in the city was much demor¬ alized by the double. It was a day ol delay ami annojaiiee that has never lieloie been ('quilled In Chicago, home basements along the ilvel lionl wcieilooilod, but the damage in this way Is veiy light. Delay was the big Item, ami In the shipping and tug Intel - osts alone It oils estlnin'.ec last night at not less than $100,000. Then.1 Is just one icileemlng feature of the flood, the first enuBcnl which was, of course, the cxhaortlliiary iniiil.dl. ThMs that the swlitiatrient has (leaned the hallux of all its tilth. The water bad Been lecking In rot¬ tenness, and lids cleaning out conies to the PC( pic of the community like a blessing In-j disguise. Among the craft detained In port by the Rush street blockade was the steamship Tn- eoina and propolleis Buffalo and Avon, all grain loaded. The Buffalo belongs to the Western Tiansportalioii Company, and the Avon to the Union Steamboat Company These regular lines cannot nllord to suffer delay. The east shoie line piopeller bora and various others and a large fleet of light vessels also had to wait.., The cp£_ bound In, which was still east of Rush sheet bridge at 1:30 this morning (and rapHJIy accumu¬ lating) were too numerous to mention. Many arrived whosejmmosjiro not eveai/glvou In the Poit List,,for the leason that they could not he ascertained. The names are taken as ei aft pass Rush street In, and as they uudd pot got up to Rush street flioy are not announced. Before the blockade there had been forty-one sailings dining the day. The propellei favorfte and tho echooneTs Stephenson, T.,I. Brown, and b. A. Wood are among the craft compelled to remain in port here. The .1. L. Ilurd, Lawrence, Oceauica, and Erie Belle, gialn loaded, got away before the blockade. At '2:30 o'clock, this morning the Wo-co- ken was still aground and, fast at Rush street bildge, deiqilto the eflorts ot several tugs to move her anil straighten her up| It was thought she would have to lighter a portion of bei cargo. The ofllccis of the boat ale In .no wise to blame for the mlsliap and block¬ ade, unless It he in bud judgment in taking nslngletug when coming Into the huibor, nnd the-cnpt.ilu explains Unit of cnuise he did not know tint such an cxiriiordiuaiy current was running. j the new steel cruisers. The law requires tho Navy Department to Insert uu-iidvertUoiuoyt for proposals for tHe new steam cruisers- in live of the lending newspapers of the United States for 00 days. The Depiulinont'detci mined to publish It in two piipeflUn Now York, and in one of each ofthoclilcBof Boston, Philadelphia, and Bal¬ timore, and to select only those, papers that lllivo the lai gest circulation. Thd live novvS- papeis have been ^elected, and the following detailed invitation for piopo'B*a|s appealed in tlrt'in 1 ist Tuesday morning: New Steam Cruisers lor the United StnlcB Navy.—Sealed proposals are beiehy invited until uuoii^LSlimdiiy, .Inly 2, 18811, lor the constiiiclion, by totitliicts with the Navy Depaitinent, of one steam cruiser of about 1,500 tons displacement; two steam cruisers each of about 3,000 tons dlsphiceinent, iilid-l one dispatch boat of about 1,500 tons dls- aiithoil/.ed by Congress to be nvy.^l'roposf' Aiiicilcau Blitp builders, whose shipyards ate luljy equipped for building and rcpaiiing lion and steel steiiniships, or Iroin constructor ol mailne engines, inachlnery and boilcis. Satislac- tory evidence that the bidders are such bulld- eis or constructors must accompany .the pro¬ posals oi be Submitted to the department. In advance. These vessels are to be built In ac¬ cordance with all the icqulrcuieiitii of the nets ol Congicss of AtlgUBt a, 1882, mid M • Tho Dlspatcli Bout.—Tho dimensions ol boat will bo: Length, 210 feet; breadth, 32 "'J-1 feet; nienii draiiglit, excluding keel, U% placement, built torthe United Slates Navy.-_J.'roposiils will be icccl.cd either from SIXTY HOUHl IN TIliK WATER. A rciiiaikablc Instance ot sustained niiisculai elloits I-given In the Medical l'ics up. 'The steauishli> 'Tiiloiiiii is liaxing iiccuned in all Australian mine. The diitt hum one shall having unc\- pictedh bioken Into auothei, n rapid In¬ undation took place so that in a lew minutes lhu lower levels weie Hooded and the watei stood fhiit} teel in the shall. Tw,cuiy-sc\cu men in one pail ot ihe winkings weie umihle lo iisiend the shall, hclnc. euiighl In a drllt » heie the walei soon lose so high thai only h) clinging lo the Llinheis could the) ktcp (heli chins abo\u It. One ti> one dining tlic terrible sixty hours that elapsed beloie help came did the men drop oil' exhausted; but five ot them siicoeeded In holding on dm lug th( vjiole of ibal time, and weie, himiglit out all\c. I'lu Iiudles ol the otlici Ivwnlv- twe weie toiind sialleied tibout on ibc Modi ol the til lit. (ileal indeed III" Ihe stlillglll and teiiacilv liisphed by dcspoialion, ^\ lieu the) iiiufil cualile li\e men lo hang on h) theh hands with theii biidles Iniiueisid'lu imd a Jam at I water loi slxij houis. ^ March 3( 1883. '1'hey aio all to be consuuet- ad ol'stcul of domestic nuinufiicture, having as near as may be, (according to the tests to be piovided for in tho eonti acts,) a tensile strength of not'less than 00,000 pounds to the square Inch, and a ductility in eight Indies ol pot less than 25 per cent. The 4,500-ton Crulsur,—The dimensions of the4,500 ton cruiser will be: Length be¬ tween perpendiculars, 315 feet; extieme breadth, 48 leet 2 Inches; depth of hold from top of spar deck benniB to Inner bottom, 31 feet i inches; menus draught, 10 feet. The vessel iBto'bo constructed with a double bot¬ tom of 42 Inches in depth, extending through the entlie spaco occupied by tl|e machinery, hollers nnd transverse coul bunkers, over which, nlso, wjll bo fitted u deflective steel deck \Yi Inches thick, the outer edge extend¬ ing about 4 feet below tho load wn[er Hue. The machinery will be two complete sets of compound beam engines for twin screws, each engine with one higli and one low pressure cylinder ot 45 and 72 Inches, re¬ spectively. Each set will have one condens¬ er with a condensing surface of not Icsb than 4,800 square leet, and one Independent com¬ bined air aiidclieulntlng pump. There will be lourteen steel hollers ot 9 leet'diameter and 10 feet long, each capable of sustaining a working piessuio of 100 pounds, with an a'ggiegate grate Biirfncc of not loss than 802 square leet and a heutiug sin face, of not" leas than 20,000 square feet, all fitted for forced combustion, with lour blowcisof stifllclent capacity tbcicfor and for ventilating the ship. Tlieie will also be required the nec¬ essary steam pumps for lire and other pur¬ poses, and two scu'W uropellers, each 15 feet in dlametci, witii 22 leet 0 Inches pitch. 'The 3,000-ton cruiser.—Tile dimensions of the 3,000-tuus ciniseis will be. Length,270 leet; biendlh, 42 leet; depth from top of nulln deck beams to top of flat keel-plate, 30 leet 1 ,'o Inches; main diaiight, 17 I em. 'The vessels Hiu to be constincted with double bottoms 10 Inches deep amidships, extend- thioiigh the entlie space occupied b) boilers, engines, and iiuns\erne coal hunkeis, ovel which, also, will he lilted a pioteetUe steel duk 1).. Inches In tbli kuess. 'The inathlu- ei) wIT. he a hack-acliug compound engine, with one high, and two low piessuie cylin¬ der, ol 51 and 71 Inches In dlamclei, wlth.i piston stioke ol 12 Inches; two uindfuscis with a condensing sin lace ol about 5,500 squnic led, and two Independent combined ail and ilKiilalliig pumps. Theic will be eight LVlludlleal slul bnlleli.nl 11 loci » Inches In diameter and U leet 0 Inches long, each capable of sustaining a woiklug pies- suru ol 110 pounds, with an aggregate giate nil lace ol not less than 100 square feet and a heating siiilacc ot not les,s than 10,0110 squaie In t, all lined loi limed (ombustloii, with blnweisol siilllclenl capacllj theicloi and loi \enlilallng the ship. 'Ilicie will also he u [pined the uucssaiy steam pumps loi Ihe and oilier puiposes, and a sciew pinpclhi 117 leet In (llainclei with 20Joel pilch. feet, and tho vessel will have a displacement of about 1,500 tods., The machinery will bo ' one compound engine with two vertical over- C head cylinders of 45 and 78 Indies diameter, respectively, and a piston stroke of 18 inches, with one sin lace eoutleiiAer having a con¬ densing siirlaco of not less than 3,100 square .feet; an air pump woikod by a beaml ooji-. iicetcd with the cross-he id of the low pros- stiic cylinder, and nn Independent cliCulat- Ing pump. 'There will bo two steel bollora ol 11 feet, diameter and-18 leet 8 inches long, each with two fnrnnces at each end with separate buck connections, ami two shell boilers of II feetdlainetornnd fl ft'et7 Inches long, each with two fnrnnces; nil the Uolleifl to he callable of sustaining n Working proij- sure ol OOpuunds ami to have an iiggiegati) grate nurface of not less than 275 square feet, and a heating suiface of 0,000 squaie feet, nil lined lor foiced combustion, with three blowers of stifllclent capacity therefor and for ventilating the ship. Thcie will also be icqulied the necessary steam pumps lor fire and other puiposes, and a screw propeller of 14 leet diameter and a length and pitch for a speed of IT) knots. No oiler for more than one vessel should be incliulul in the same proposal. Ench con¬ tract uu nrdud will be for the hull and ma¬ chinery of one vessel, with such equipments as may be specified. Each proposal must be [pieccdcdoi accompanied by a cash tlcposit or satisfactory certified cheek, payable to the order of the Secretary of the Navy, which shall become the property of tho United Slides In case the successful bidder shall fail to enter into a contract, with sureties as re¬ quired, within 20days after tho acceptance of his proposal. 'The amount of such deposit or check shall be $30,000 on the 4,500-ton cruisers, $20,000 on -each oi the 3,000-ton cruisers, nnd $10,000 on the dispatch l)oat. All deposits and checks of bidders whoso proposals shall not bo neccptcd within five days nfter the 2d day of July, 1883, will, nt tliofmd ol that period, be returned to them, and those of each successful bidder will be * returned, to him when his contract has been duly entered into. Every sticessful bidder will bo required within 20 days after tho acceptance of his proposal to enter Into formal contract fpr the performance of his work and to ,glvo a bond thcrelor, With sufllcleut emetics and with a penal stun Of $500,000 if to build the 4,500 ton cruiser, (300,000 if to build either of tho [3,000-ton cruisers, and $150,000 if to build the dispatch boat. The three cruisers must be completed within 18 months, and the dis¬ patch boats w ithln twelvemonths from the execution of the respective contracts. Pay¬ ment lo each contractor will be made In ten equal Installments, as the woik urogresses, upon hills duly certified, from which 10 per cent, will ho reserved, to he paid on the full and final completion of the contract. The designs and specifications of the vessels mav be seen at the Navy Uepaitmont in Wash¬ ington, and all Information essential to bid¬ ders will be tlieie given. Proposals in list bo made nccoidlng to forms which will be fur¬ nished by the Department. Will UM E. C'llANIILUt, Secrefuy of the NaVj. A LARGE TURTLE. < aptahi Augustus U. Hall and the crew ol the sehoonei Annie L. Hall \ouch lor the following: On Mnich 3n^T\h||o on the IJiaiid liniik, 111 latitude 10° 10", longitude .1,1°, the) dlscoM'ted an Immense live trunk linth, which was at 111 at tlrought to b»~a - M'sscl bottom up. 'The schooner passed wilhlti twenty-live leet ol lhu monster, and those on lioanl had ample oppiiitunlty to estimate its dimensions by a comparison w lib the length ol the schooner; 'Hie tin tic was at least lO'feel long, .10 leet wide, and ,10 leet tiom the ape\ ol the buck to the lioiioin ol the nuclei shell. The flippers weie 20 feet lolig. It wiih not deemed ad¬ visable to attempt its captuie. A MONSTER CODFISH. ' \ cnilllsli weighing'100 pounds, was cap- luied ne.u Piutlaiiil, Me., a tow days since, by a html llsheiimiu with a hand lino in tliiwl 'The llsb was 5 leet ii Inches long, and the length ol Its head, from tip ol nose lo •eMicinllj ol gill flap, measured 17jj Indies. 'Tlic gh III ol head was 3J inches. 'This Is said to he Ihe Ingest tod captuicd loi a loi g lime. 0