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THE MARINE' RECORD. 3= MARINE LAW. ' - .. From Ihe Maritime IbgUltr. SALVAGE. High Court of Justice.—Admiralty Divis¬ ion, Londd|.—Bcforo Sir J. Hnmlon nnd Captains Bitlloy and Ncsblt, August % This was nn action of salvago brought bv tho owners of tho Coronllln, n sorow steamship of 1,301 tons groBB rogUtpr, and belonging to tho port of North Shields, against tho Car¬ man Lloyd's Steamship Company, the own¬ ers of tho Hababurg, a steamship of 8,180 tons register, belonging to Bremen. TJio facts of tho caso'woro that the Haba- bnrg, on a voyago from New York to i$ro. merhavon, with a general cargo, on April 10th last, broko the thrust shaft ot her pro- . poller. Being schooner-rigged, .gall was sot upon her to keep her In tho track of vessels going aci oss tho Atlantic. At about-8:30 p. in. on the 27th tho Coronllla, on a voyago from New Orleans to Bremen, Indcri with a cargo of cotton, cotton-seed, and oll-cakCj observed the lights of the Habsburg right ahead, nnd about throe miles off. The Qor- onilla was yearning about 9'£ knots an hmir; and on tho 28th she lay by the Habsburg for a time, nnd then steamed towards her nnd asked to tnkp her in tow for Falmouth, which .then bore about E., distant about 000 miles. The sen was at this time too high to put out a boat, but nfter.some trouble a ropo was at¬ tached, and the Coronllln began to tow the ^Ilnbsburg, but in about an hpur the lmwser '•^parted, Ihe two vesfels then heading about 'n. E. by E.;'bnt (ho Habsburg fell off to N. E. by N., under her square sails, nnd with her helm hmd nport, forging ahead. At about dusk she signalled the Coronllln to IIq by for the night. At daylight on the 20th . the Coronllln ngnln steamed under her lee, 'and a hawser was again made fast, and two 'other ropes were also attached. The Coro- nilln started^ nlicnd again mid begun to tow, but all three ropes broke shortly afterwards? Owing to the strong wind nnd high acajio further nttemp:s could be made to re-nttnoh the ropes, nnd the Coronllla lay to till the next morning. On the 30th. the weather moderated and another hawser was attached, and the head of tho Hrfbsburg was got round to the eastward, nnd she was towed for about nu hour when tho hawser parted. Having bOiMi recovered and fastened again the tow¬ age wns resumed, but no the hawser ngnln parted, the CoronlMa had to lay by the Habs¬ burg ngaUi all night. On the Hist of May, the weather having moderated, the captains of both vessels were enabled to confer to¬ gether, anil hawsers having been ngnln at¬ tached, the towing recommenced, and con¬ tinued until the Oth, when the Wolf Light was abrenst of tho two vessels, nnd a course was slinpcd for Falmouth, nnd ultimately the Habsburg was brought to an unchornge n tho harbor In safety. Tho vnluo of the Habsburg, with her cargo aud freight, wns above 00,000/. _Hls Lordship, having consulted tho Trin¬ ity Masters, said: We nre of opinion that the services rendered in this case weroofn meritorious character, but not of thnt -high rank which has been represented by the counsel for the .salvors. The Habsburg was in difficulty, nnd therefore In thnt dnpger which nlwuys accompanies the fact that a vessel is disabled at sea; but she uas not in imminent llsk of shipwreck or loss, and she was In lior course, met by several other ves¬ sels, Wo cannot but think that tho clrcuni- stanco of so many vessels passing her with¬ out rendeiing assistance or continuing to render assistance, shows that In tho opinion of those vessels she was not in imminent dangci. However) tho servicos were of great value. They were not accompanied by any serious danger to the salvors, and thoy wore rendered lit a course that was not greatly Out of tho wny ol the vessel that rendered thorn I mention these circumstances aB tending to show that tho servlco was not of tho high chits Of seivlco on which Dr. Phll- llmore bns observed In cases, where a large amount has been glvon. Taking all the clr- oumstanceslnto consideration, I shall award 3,500/. FININP VE88BI. MASTERS. During the recent visit horo of tho rovo- nuo cutter Terry only two boats wero report¬ ed for violating the laws. This is an unus¬ ually small number, and Indicates that mast¬ ers aro paying totter attention to the navi¬ gation laws. It was repbrted that the S. P. Ely was IInod for not, having her tonnago marked properly, but this proves not to hnvo boon the case, tho law says the vessel wll not bo recognized as a vessel of tho United States, but no' lino is attached. The flno was on a violation of the law In lotting her papers run out. ThopropBllor S. E. Shel¬ don was flnutl $100 for not having hor papofs accessible to a boarding oflleer. Tho law, as found in tho synopsis Issued by the Ci tom'Houso here, rends: "Captains aro quired tooxhlblt (heir papors whon demand¬ ed by an ollloor of tho rovonno." If this Is a proper Interpretation of tho law, wo think thiS flue »111 bo romlttcd as requested by tho captain. The request was not mado to the Captain, as ho was abBont from tho vessel at the time sho was board¬ ed. Of course, the papers aro not tho Cnp- taln'B private 1rjroperty, but ho Is responsible for them. HonSsually keeps thorn, In his room, nnd it would bo ridiculous to require him to glvo the papers to tho mate ovcry tlmo ho wont ashore. And again, wo do not think thoro is nny law that cnn requlro them to be left with the mate. In nil this mutter of examining vessels and papors It should not be forgotten that tho owners and masters are citl/cus of the United Slates —not thieved nnd crliii'imle—anil that their rights should receive consldoiniioii.—Cleve¬ land Haalil. l GENERAL NEWS. According to Eggertz,, sleol mado from an Iron containing so small a. proportion as 0..*) per cent, of copper is found to be worth¬ less, At Serram, In the Island of Ischln, nn earthquake is believed to be Impending, as tho springs are drying up and smoke Issues from Insures In the earth. Old Nantucket, which once wns glvon over to whale fisheries, has now turned Its attention to keeping '-summer boarders." The latter have Increased even more rnpldly than tire wales have diminished in numbers. In the Watklna, N. Y., legatta Wednes¬ day, by a foul In tho trial heats, Courtney could get no better than third place, and wns therefore thrown out of the professional contest. Tho latter (three miles with turn) waB won by Hnnlan in 2:10, Hosmer second and Ross, third. Somebody put a pmall mud turtle, about tho size of a fiver dollar, In a bed at a New Jersev hotel, and the stranger who wns as¬ signed to that room, on preparing to retlie, cnught sight of it. He at once resumed his clothes, remarking: "I expected to haven pretty lively nlghtof (f, buf if they're us big as that, I don't propose to get In with 'em." Out of 6,417 leather establishments In the United States seventeen have tailed. Our only Bccmity that wo shall continuo to have leather Is to be found in the 5,400 that leuialn., The leading firms that havo failed claim to hnvo $2 of assets for every dollar of liabilities. Taken as a whole the situation dqeg not seem to be veiy alarming. Tho German Admiralty aro to try the ex¬ periment of sending a completely equipped hoppltal with the bnltlc squndron on Its evo- tlonary ciuUe. The ultimate intention is that in any future naval war a ship of tills kind shall accompany the fleet Into action, cariylng the Geneva flag, and having her bull painted while, with n red streak, In or¬ der thnt the enemy miy be able to distinguish her I'tom a combatant and so rofrain from filing nt her. The question of the practicability of up- plying electricity to lighthouse Illumination hi the lighthouse eetnblismont of the United Stntcs is being tested by tho erection of an electric laboratory nt the Lighthouse Depot, at New York, which will be furnished with nil the necessary electrical apparatus. An experimental tower to bo used for the avail¬ ability ot the electric light in lighthouses will also be erected shortly nt that depot. Tho report of the supervising Inspector of Btenin vessels In the second district for the past six months, shows fifty-three accldonts by collision, six stenmors wrecked and two lives lost. The number of passengers car¬ ried Is estimated at 210,076,500, and are di¬ vided as follows: New York, 25,000,000; Philadelphia, 8,500,000; Boston, 0,181,600; Now London, 775,000; Albany, 13,000.000; Portland, 230,000. Tho va|uo of property lost by'11 re, wrecks, collisions, etc,, was 1304,000. "Cholera In Egypt," says the Lancet, "has, notwlthstaddlng all sanitary cordons, progressed steadily along the lines of human traffic, and should It unlortunately extend to Kuropo, wo shall fcol mora trust In an otllclont system wiilch Involves tho caroful examination of nil "siispocte'd vessels and persons, together with the adoption of meas¬ ures for dealing jvltFi Infected persons and things, than In a system of quarantine which" 'ds tho healthy and tho sick together un¬ der circumstances which odor ovory Induce¬ ment to fraud mid evasion." It Is reported In Vim Nostrand's Engi¬ neering Magazine thnt a firm In Paris has patented an Invention for the Instantanccus- formiitlon of steam, so that It can bo used at- once in the cylinder of the engine. A pump sonds tho required quantity of water be¬ tween two plate surfaces, whloh aro heated, and between which thoro fifotrly capillary space. Tho liquid spreading Into n thin layer evaporates instantly without going Into the to-ciillod spheroidal state, and tho steam nets in the cylinder ns fresh formed steam. The speed of tho pump Is regulated by tho engine. It is reported In Engineering thnt Laurls- ton House, Bromley, England, the residence of Mr. Sunn, tho Inventor, Is lighted throughout with electricity In a most com¬ plete manner: Every room and closet In tho house to the very ooal cellar, can be lighted at will. If a person wishes to enter a bed- room, for Instance, the movement of a switch illuminates It beforo ke opens tho door, nnd then whbn ho comes out ho can as easily make tlic loom dark ngaln. Tho fittings, from those of the gate lampo, to those of the drawing room, arc most elaborately and ar¬ tistically designed. . Tho bottom of tho propeller Middlesex, burned several yenrs ago at L'Ansc, was bun led out some time ago at Algonac, and has been rebuilt Into n handsome nnd sub¬ stantial schooner. She Is 102 feet long, 33 feet 6 Inches'beam, 14 feet depth of hold at tho forward hatch. Her bottom Is of 0-Inch onk around the bilge, and her topsldes are of 6-Inch onk. There is a hanging kneo to every second beam, and tho ship hns been thoroughly refitstencd. She has five hatches and three schooner-rigged masts. The schooner Is the property of Commodore Al¬ len, Abram Smith, and Captain Albert Stew¬ art, and will be commanded by the last named gentleman. foro nn open log firo or an opou grnto of coals 1 Thbao, In ovary double parlor, under amplo mantels, requlro not only grates of an Improved Ulnjl, but n varluty of furrlturc, tho ornamontatlon of whloh draws largely , on tho brass founder and his most skillfull and lpgonlous workors. Those very beauti¬ ful, brass-decorated, open grates have proved to be oxtromely attractive to young ohll- dron,,and genius of a high order has boon / BRASS AND ITS USES. From The American Arliian It Is an Intel eating fact that all the piiu- clpal metal*, with their amalgamations nnd alloys, have certain distinct and exclusive uses to which thcyaie adapted, and loi ulilch no oilier metal cnn be substituted u 1th as good .results. The fuel that for niiiur Uses one metal may be substi¬ tuted tor aiiiithci to advantage does not change tho otliei tact that there are certahl n l.ipinllons and certain fitness of things \ aicli give exclusive value to certain metals fi.i ecitaln uses'. Thus, no njattcr how golden the age In which we live, the use ot gold for llrvplace fenders would booutot place, and not alone on account of its cost¬ liness. So I lie use ol brass for personal or¬ nament Is equally untitling. Ttiiiss is mentioned in trie earliest writings, although In inniiv Instances the word bronze would moie correctly lepiesent tho charac¬ ter of the nicml spoken of. Among tno an¬ cients, those who could not ornament with pine, solid gold seized thnt which looked ihe most like It, nnd answered, prnctlcally, the same purpose*. Brims, ns nn alloy, will beni a vni luiy of metals. Corinthian' brass of the ancients combined, In Its make a proportion ol gold and silver, ns well as copper, III) and other metals. Metallurgy is now so well understood that copper, zinc, tin, magnesia, sal ammonia, crude tartar nnd other chemicals, In tho hands of practical artisans' may be so combined that a metal can be mnde which will not only look like gold, but take n finer Hnish nnd remain long¬ er bright, whether in use or in a state of rest, than the purest gold of California! For this higher grado of braBS there Is an in- crossing demand for many purposes. First- class banking houses become resplendent whon finished up with choice rolled, perfo¬ rated, pllshod and otherwise ornamented brass, according to tho position it is to occupy in forming divisions of the departments. Such brass shields may be so finely finished that for months, with a very little dally care, they will remain as bright and beauti¬ ful as a newly coined doublo oagle. For these good reasons perforated plate brass Is In demand for not only bank work, but In tlrst-clasB offices of nil kinds, Then, however coiulortnblo our best auto¬ matic turnnces, or soft and diffusive tho warmth of our extra plated and ornament¬ ed base boaters, gontlemon who aro finish¬ ing up flno dwellings for their own use, In which thoy expect to spend tho greater pro¬ portion of thalr remaining days, ilka lo re¬ tain thdWood old style of both their Euro¬ pean sud\Vnicrlcan .ancestors, who .sat be- in demand to concentrate Its best powocs. lurnlsh such n Mfondor" ns- shnll provo a guard not only for uncertain steps of child- -hood, but for the Inlluonoo whicli a strong current of nir has over tho apron and pina¬ fore; for these artloloa also need a barrlor to tho attractive draft of a glowing flro of of conls. Tliese brims fenders a'dmll of very groat elaboration. While very beautiful as shields thoy must neither hide tho glowing conls nor obstruct their light or warmth. For th'eso adjuncts of tho open grnto no metal has been discovered so good ns bNnjs, for while it reflects muoh wninith It l» no? InjurloiiBly-allootod, either In texture or polish, by nn ordinary grnto fire of coitlsv It Is, therefore, an admirable metal for all stovo and grate furrilturo or ornaments. Fenders, flre-lroni", etc, In polished brnBS / with coal vnsos, tire-brasses, nnd dogs en suite, are In demand on both s(do« of tho sea. A staple trade is done In polished, all- brass fenders nnd curbs, composed of rocd- cd rails nnd spindles, .alternating with re- pouase or cast panels. A brass, ombois d Japanese fender Itr pnness with bright steel bntoom gives a pleasing efleot. Pretty de¬ signs in Berlin black, relieved by buffing, Biipply the chenpar goods. An eflcctlve fire-dog Is a T-shaped tubular rest, with reeded base anil knobs,-'and connecting- scrolls In the Renaissance style. Another popular design is of tubular brass with east supports in the Renaissance stylo, relloved by poitionn in gliding metal. Among Into and most beautiful tea and coffeo urns may be seen those of brass. Mounted on a baso or stand of the same metal, they are suspended on triinnidns— similar to tho latest stylo of Ice pitchers— or hinged to their bnse thoy lip easily, and pour thelt contents with scarcely a, percep- tible effort on tho part of the Walter. These goods nre both exceedingly attractive and useful. There Is, also, n rlchnessand benuty about a flno harness all of whose, hardware Is brnss, thnt ennnot be gnlnod by any other combination. The piire polished black and yellow glvo tho finest "jet and gold" that can readily be obtained. Tho tendency in carriage, railway conch and, Indeed, In house furniture generally, Is in the same direction. Butts, hinges, door knobB for passenger cars, havo for somo time been of bronze, as have beon-ttnrhnnd hng racks In tlie finest passenger car conch¬ es, but flno brasB wlie or perforated-rolls aie now preferred on acount of superior brightness and beauty. And for draw knobs brass "half-shell" handles me—by all who use draws—gioatly prelerred both for beauty and convenience. These are but n few of tile tendencies of the times w ileh ludlcnte a wider and more extensive use of line, brass than heretofore. 1'hlie and spnc/i would fall to glvo merely a synopsis ol Its uses in Ihe arts; Its necessity to the uiachlncst, especially machinery of the finest kinds, clocks, watches, chronome¬ ter, and philosophical Instruments of all kinds; its adiiptnblcness for lamps, chnnde- lleis. giiBS-flttlugs, meters, and all kinds of scales. In proportion, therefore, us a people advance toward tho highest kind of knowl¬ edge— that of best adapting means to ends —will thpro be an Increasing demand for brass In machinery, in scientific insti umonte, and In all efforts to give permanent cm i- montatlon which shall be excolled onlv by pure gold. The Evonlng News publishes an inter- view with Cnplaln D. Rhodes, who Intends to swim tho Nlagaia rnpids In Ills patent ar¬ mor. Tho captain left Salaipnncn, hie pres¬ ent home, for Buffalo last evening, and wont on to thofaJJs this morning. Ho says he has notoBeii theie for sevornl yenrs, and tho reports that he has given up the swim are maliciously false, lie has not received the letter from tho Canadian authorities prohib¬ iting him from Bwlminlng, but, on account ot their action, lie Intends going cautiously to work. Ho will not stato the exact day whon the attempt is to be mado, as he does not ytnnt to bo frustrated. It will ocour within ten days. Captain Rhodes talks very sensibly, and, although somowhat oooentrlo nppcni-8 to be well balancod. He has a good education. HOW INTEREST EATS. Many porsons often borrow monoy at a rate ol interest that no legitimnte business can stand. Very few have figured on the difference betweon six and eight per oent. One dollar loaned for one hundred years nt six per centu with the interest colleoted an- • nunlly and added to tho prlnolpal will amount to |!H0. At eight por cent It amounts to »2,203, or nearly seven tlmos as much. This information Is glron gratis togothor with the wholesome advice to use Swayno's pills whenever you havo bullous attacks, headache, constipation or any of the many complaints peculiar to tho season. The first steam propeller tugB on tho lakes woro.the tugs Franklin and Frollo, In 1852.