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_£ r* ..;" M^lINBLAW. Judge Bljllrrgal of the United States Court, nt Now Orleans, dollvorod tho following opinion In tlio qnso of V. H, GUI vs. 8. B. Packard, brought to recover tho value of 11 vosboI destroyed while laid up for ll'ool: . 1. That It nppenrs that tho vessel, whlcli h alleged to hnvc boen-tho property of tho plaintiff,'for the destruction of w|doh diim- agos are Bought to bo recovorcdj had boon seized iihtlor a proceeding In rom., and that tljojilnlina of tho libelants and - tho In¬ terveners In said'proceeding, whluhworo . nSBortoil In ' nnd .upon said Vessel, wero largely tnexcess of tho vnluo'of >ald vessel as stntod by'the petitioner; nnd that It Is not stntod In said petition that thoro was any vnlud to said claims, so made nnd binding; nor Is It dented that nil of salt] claims wore vnlld. ■ 2. That whore a res la seized by itjudlclal procoBB for a debt, which carries with It 11 jui In re, ns hotween debtor nnd creditor, the mnxlum domino per'titres mentis that tho destruction of the seized ■ property, without fault ot tho debtor, works n payment of the dobt to tho extent of Its value. Whero third parties voluntarily join tho seizing creditor in his proceeding nnd unite, so to speak, In carry with them liens, the destruction of the tho common bed-plate al both engine nnd windlass; nnd tho Iniproyonieut' further nltoWa,the pnwl-plt Itself, which Is always a neopRs~iiry ntliunot ol n windlass, to b6 utll Izod for'resisting tho strain upon (he worm shaft, whether the same is irioun'tqd on ,tl|e b'od-'platq or' not, itnd also tho puwl-pltiltsifli', can he made hollow, mid the hollow spneii sorve as n housing for'n portion otflie ratchet gear for tho holding-paw's" andipof gearing ndjncent thereto, whereby great economy In tllnapnco occupied by the citglu6 nnd windlass 1s obtained. 'iW'lmprovcd, windlass has iilroady boon applltjd to several large steamers, and hits proved to-be all thai Invontors bnvo-oliitfiftd for'lt.—.Votitfca(.8ajrel(e," ' .first movement' townrd popularizing this section ns 11 summer ronort. Huronln Beach rollowod, and then came'tlio Oakland House nt St. Clair, which Is'to-day unsurpassed as ah elegant Itnd well supplied hotel and tioaith nnd summor reaorti Now Brighton Boiiijh Is to follow, with mnny now attrac¬ tions, and 11 few yenrs, wo believe, will setr tho lake shoro maliy miles north of Port Huron,nnd ninny, pjirtsof the.river front south.ns tut as '.Rccor'n Point, lined with' cottnges, hotels nnd elegant residences. TKIPPI.E SHIPS. An Improvement relating to the construe- tlonol vessels, by which'the Inventor claims 10 nttnln greater speed, stability nnd safety than iB^obtalned In vessels of Ordinary con¬ struction, Is patented by Mr. William Cop pin, of London, England. Tho Invention consists of n compound ship, composed of three slilp hulls united us one vessel, the two outer hulls being longer than the eeutinl and the whole being decked'over..The miter tho seizure, nlso asserting,claims which bhttlls iuo ot narrow beam nnd equal length. The three hulls are rigidly connected in proporty without fnult of tho debtor works a | such a wny as to form complete decks, and payment of their respective elulma to the extent of the value of tho proporty destroyed in order of the priority of their claims; that the destruction of .the debtor's property under such circumstances operate* ns a pay ment up to its value precisely as would Its sale and the application Of Its proceeds. 3. And, consequently, that unless there wns n residuum of vnluo ovor and above the vnlld claims rightfully Interposed against the res it furnished for the owners of them, nnd Its destruction worked no Injury and gave no right of nc'.lon to the plaintiff. It is therefore ordered, adjudged nnd decreed that tho said peremptory exception Is good ~nud valid in law; that It be maintained- and that the petitou herein be dismissed nt the cost of the plnintlff. IMPEOVED PROV.IDENCE WINDLASS. STEAM Herman Winter, tho well-known engineer, nnd Frank S. Manton, agent of the Ameri¬ can Ship Wlndlnss Compnny of Providence, bavo jointly invented and patented a very useful improvement in power -windlasses, Intended to remedy somo of tho difficulties which have heretofore existed, from the want of a,single, unyielding bed, common to the engine and windlass. Heretofore the Wlndlafs has been usually located upon the main tleck, und'Uio engine for driving It bolted to the under side of the upper deck. Sometimes, however, the wind¬ lass luiBbeen located upon the main deck and Ihe engine bolted to the under side of the .main deck, in which position It is necessarily Inconvenient of access. Under cither y plan there Is great liability pf the disarrange, inent bf the worm-gear which' connects the windlass and the engine, as the result of ihe springing of the .tleck from ihaTwarlmin accidents to which seu-goljig vessels are ex- • posed. Besides, loo, ihe strains to w hUditlie wildhKuppai'iitiis Is Btibjecti d to Ii. working ale Irregularly distributed, from the fact that the two inaclilnes—the windlass and the engine—aru not constructed mid put together us an entirety. The characteristic feature in the construc¬ tion of |he improved powei windlass is that the Windlass and tho engine which drives it aru mountud upon the surface ol and seclnei'. to a, Blngle bed-plate, which Is common lo both, anil 'id»o the worm-shaft which Is driven by tho engine and wliloli connects tlio windlass with the engine Is located In a horizontal Instead of In a vertical position, so that tho axis of the worm-shaft Is parallel, or nearly to, with the lino .In which t|ie iinchor-chalna pull In passing over the wild cat to the haw«e-plpc8 when the anchor Is being.hove, Instead ofJ>elng nt right nngle^,. or nearly bo, therewith, ns under the former ' nrrangeiijents referred to. Another feature of thti ImprovetTcoiistruc- tlon Is that the 'worm-shaft Is Journaled,In the pawl-pit, or in an equivalent standard connected with the common bed-plate, so thft the strain upon tho worm-shaft In tho direction of Its nxls In working tho windlass. Is transmitted to and distributed throitgliopt su ns to lenve considerable extra spaces be- tweon tho hulls; the center hull Is with n propeller at each end, This arrangement brings the screws well toward the longitudi¬ nal center of the outside hulls, and^prevents the pitching motion of the vessel Irom lift¬ ing tho propeller outbl tho water. AllOf the hulls are tapered vcrtlcnlly 'and come to a rounded point at both ends, so us to enter the wnves and reduce tho pitching motion, the rolling motion being done away with by the extei t of the water spaces between the hulls, These Improvements are especially applicable to war Bliips, as their stability ennbles them to carry a large amount of armor, plating, and their bredlb gives an extended battery platform, and complet protection Is given 10 tho engines, propeller and steering apparatus, and the construction Is such that onu.of the vessels might be com¬ pletely riddled with shot yet be supported by^the other two. The light draught gives gteates facility for uianoverlng and for enter¬ ing harbors.—Mnratime Jleparur. TKAGEDYOFTIIESEA. A message Irom a doomed ship captain comes ashore six years ufter he is lost, If an Ocean Bench dispatch of June 2 Is reliable. In 1877 Captain Brewer,of Point Pleasant, suited south 111 hlsdclwofter, and oll'llatteias he was overtaken .by 11 terrific sioniinud tho vessel went down. Nothing nlmteven. wns found of the vessel or heard of.lts ciew until Thursday evening, when a boliel w as picked up heie containing a scrap ot paper on which a few lines were scrawled. The paper was old and wiiukled and It wits slguei by Captain Brew ei, nnd said that the vosMd-was In liuuiineunlanger of foundering and that In case the vessel was lost, and bottle, loiind the message theielu bhoulil be coilieyed tu Mrs. Urewei, Point Pleasant,'Ocean (jiovtj ('i)unty. The.wiiler sentjils love tuMrs. Brewer anil exhorted Ids boys to take good cure of their .oollicr. Mrs. Brewer and one of her soils recognized the w tiling as ihat of Captain Brewer*.. The slrjingc part-of It is that the botlle should have been bulletud by seas for six years, travelled over 700 miles in that liuie hIi'I east up within sctcn miles of the writer's homo. ' IKON V9. WOODEN SAILING SHIPS. The Marltimo Register hits n timely artlcla on Iron and wooden salting ships. The builders of wooden Balling ships must be*tlr.thomsolves, or elso their,iron rivals will have the whole field. . Although mnny good, judges mnhitWn thnt tho Woodeii hull Is the best nndliiTesrnntio end, ship owners and.underwriters have come to tho con¬ clusion that the Iron bull Is the best and cheapest. ■. As an Investment It pays better thfln the. wooden one,' nnd as an Insurance risk, It Is considered snfer, judging from tho length of time given In Iho classifications. What few Bulling ships tho English liuvo built of late yenta havo.beon. Iron.' But on this side of the Atlantic, wood line beob the material used because ships cnu be built of It much cheaper here than those of Iron. Tlio iron ship building yards on tlio Dela¬ ware, however, nro, now glvllig attention to Iron sailing ships, and now Conies.Mr. Gor- rhige of the American Ship Building Com¬ pany, with tho statement that his company can build an Iron clipper ship for about what a wooden one would cost, An Iron Bulling Bblp Is to bo built by this company nnd n contract Is to be- mnde for building 1111 Iron schocner. the owner saying that tho dif¬ ference between the bids of the iron ship builder and the wood ship builder wns not over one hundred dollars. This will bring the Delaware ynrds .Into active competition with the Maine builders, and unless there Is much dift'erenco in rates, the largest num¬ ber of orders will ccttalnly be given, lor tho Iron vessels. It Is well known that from tl.o time a wooden ship goes Into commission her repair expouBCB or what mnv "be cftllcd deterloiiillon begins, but beyond some pulnt and oil tho iron ship Is comparatively free of expense for two years at least. This Is de¬ barring accident In both eases. .Under such circumstances, a little Increase In first cost still leaves the lion ship comparatively a. much better Investment than its wooden ilval. The course of the competltou which will assuredly arise between the two cla»ses will be wniched with much Interest, for It will bo friiughl with great consequence to the future of our shipping. BitlGUTON BE-ACI1. This Is the 11:1111c C' A.-Ward proposes to give his new summer resort on the shore of Luke .Huron. The Port HuroivThnCs thinks the lako sliorj north of l'ort Huron, and tile St. Clair ltlver front ns far south as a point four miles below SI. Clair, oilers facilities and attraction for slimmer resorts hardly sur¬ passed In the United Sta,tcsK.The vast volume of water in Lake Huron, pouring -Southward through $t.' Clair River, bo tempers the sum¬ mor heat that it Is nearly.always cool, while the facilities for boating, bathing, tl.slilng' etc., are unsurpassed.' The accessibility of the lake and river front is also greatly In their favor as a popular resort. The location of cottages nt Brakvman Park, now generally culled "Idlowlldr" was the BOAT BUILDING. Tho following facts and figure* wilh ref¬ erence lo bouts and tonnage will be Interest¬ ing lo those engaged In l,ake commerce: Theie were built on the northern lakes during the'yeiu-ending June 30, 1SS2, 254 vessels, steuiii nnd snll, measuring 5S,3(19 tout. Of tliesu, 23 vessels luensuriug 13,1(JU ions, were built nt Detiolt. The Iron'vessels built during the same lime numbered lour, niiil.ineiisureil.tS2 IS Ions; CI these Detroit furnished three, aggregating 4,077 ton-. The slilpplngol Ihe northern lakes In 1»77 was ci.ini)()sed ao follows- Meninrru ..... Marges .. . Total .1 So. •93 . ..1,014 192 2.739 ToiuiiiKe aoi.ssa 321 ,J94 47,207 fisJ.OSO The tonnage ol the 1101 tl ern lakes III 1882 Was as follows Sieinnera .. .. hull . . .. llursos , . No. l.iul . .1,412- 101 Tonnage ' 2lr2,&7 aiajj.11 4J.WW Total....... -2 077 i,St SU The Increase In tonnage from 1877 to 1682 averaged less than 5 per cent, per annum. To this, however, should he milled as much for tliu Increased draught o( water no.w as compared with live years ugo. The average tonnage of vessels in 1877 as nbove wns 200 toils. .Tiiq nverngo In 1882 was 242 tons. . - . • . LOST OVERBOARD. The bcow Essex arrived tit Clicboygnn Juno Sand reported losing 11'man by the name of John McGlnnls on Lake Huron Inst Thursday, Ho was knocked overboard by tho forebooui. , 8OME.ITOENIOTJ8 8UBBT1TUTE8 ON - 8TEAM,ER8 IN CASES OF. AC- • • CIDEN'fS. : / ■ The old saying holds good that hccosslty Is tho mother of Invention. An exchange furnishes the following Illustrations. There has lately come under our notice* two Instances on slonmera, whero tlio skill , nnd energy of the olHcors In -charge have Btibailtuto'd Ingenious contrivances to over¬ come (he dlfiiouitloB occasioned by accidents to-rudder mid mnchlnory.- To the landsmnii . tliuy-wlij.be found most oxtraordrnhry and •will Whig Irom him 11 tribute to tlio men who-iiro ablo to, roapunil bo quickly to de¬ mands - which cull lor 11 special clnsa of talent. These cases are nnothor evidence of, the ver>>ntlllty of the enllpr. The first clnss is thnt of tho British steamship Amethyst, . Captain Bennington, which nrrlvod at Havana February 14, from'Cardlff. with the loss 6f ber rudder and outer stern post,, brokeii, having run aground on Dry Salt Bank. Stio was steered safely Into tho port | of Havana by tho ingenious Jury rudder con¬ structed by Cnptnln Bennington.. 'This, rudder wns com posed: of two lnrgo enrgo derrlc,ks30utid20 feetlnlength.respectlvely, . rnatened together much hi tho form of 11 triangle. The apex of the angle, or where tho ends met, werofastonod with Iron bunker doors screwed tast to the wood. To those derricks were then. I'astenad crosswlso, with chains, planks, and shifting boards nnd the whole then set uptight with the brond end outwnrd' and made fast by the apox- or Btnalt . end vrlth two ends of moorhig chains, run through the rudder trunk to the stem of the vessel .Immediately above the broken rudder post. To prevent the rudder from sinking and to keep It In tui upright position, n wire rope wns mnde Inst to the base of the triangle or outer uppermost end, then run through n blook fnstened to the uiizzentop and subse¬ quently to the deck of the vessel. Guys were then fastened to this spnn to keep it nmld-Bhlp. Better to control the rudder nnd to deorense Its buoyancy, thirty fnthoms of moorli'g chain were fastened to tho outer bottom part of It. The steeling of this Im¬ proved rudder was apparently done with great ease. • At about three-quarter distance of the length of the rudder on the starboard and port sides of It were fastened wire ropes. which passed through blocks fnstened to outriggers 011 each'sldo of the stern of tho vessel, and thence through blocks placed In the mlzzeu head from which they deceuded to tlielr respective steam winch 011 tho deck. The second cuse wiurMiat of the British Bt'euiner .Ardenrigh the propeller blades of which were broken nt sen. This steamer loft Fonmndlnii, Florida, ou the 11) of May for Eulinoiith, England, under command of Captain Ewer. When about one hundred and fifty miles out she broke her propeller blades, tendering her motive power un¬ available. There was no*ii d, and her sails were useless. In the dilemma Cnptnln Ewcrsel nbout arranging a plan by which he could reach land, mid succeeded In cou- 'klruutlug.onc of tho most novel devices ever usi'il in propelling a vessel. Openings weie made In the Iron sides ot Iho vessul Immedia¬ tely above the forward decks, through which . a wooden shnft made from hoisting spin's was placed, An each end of the slialt paddles of heavy plank weie fastened, and the whole was men coi'iiecled with the donkey engine *. by menus of cog-wheel* and hands. The engine Was started, and to the great grulltlci.- tlon ol olllcers nnd men,- Ihe Improvised side-wheels revolved, and the vessel lnoVvit—-- oil. TJie Vessel', had, however 10 be tukVb In low, but the rudely constructed ' pnddte wheels were 1111 advantage for. a tfme and demonstrated what could be done with sticb contrivances In all- emergency, t'aptnlu Bennington and Ewer deserve great praise for their work- CANA1II.\N STEAMERS. Wasiiixuion. June 9.—The Treasury De¬ partment to-day received a communication from the. Collector of Customs Jit Detroit're¬ monstrating against tho action of Canadian . steamers In carrying passengers between American ports on tlio Northern lakes as . prejudicial to-Amorican Interests. The ile- pnrttueut will take measures to stop the practice complained of as'lar as their power extends.