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y THE MARINE RECORD $he Marine §ecord, E9TAntiINirKD IN MTN. Entered according to tlio lawn ot tlio United States nl (ho Post Oinoo at Cleveland m second-clitu mattar* 1'nbltsiiod weekly nt No 2 South Water itrjot, Olotoliml, Ohio .. A. POMEROY, Editor and ProDrtetor, imANl'II OFVk'K, 1141 SOUTH WATER NTHEET, C'lIH'AUO. TKItMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: ffi.00 1.00 0<io year; pnstagu psld . Six months, postnkc paid Invariably in advance. 1 AUM!HT'lHINflinATK«. Jen AntB per line nimpuroil measurement, or*l 20 pir Inch,each insertion lour wcoln 8-1 00, with a libera discount on orders amountlni^tii 840 00 or ovor Articles, letters und qucrios on all suhjocts ara solici¬ ted tt»"Tlio Ldllor assumes no responsibility for tho opinions or correspondents To Insure notice, contributor* must give natuo and address and w rlto on one side of tlio paper only 1HEMAMM ItECOltD luu an Agent In every port on the Lakes and ltlvcrir, and will consequently clrcn lata more or le^s In all of chciu. Asa mcilium for advi rtlslng It litis no superior, as It circulates among a cl us of people that cnu be roached in no other wnv. EDIWMAL XOlEi, X'nitfd Stati s exhibitors nt the Colonial exhibition at the Hague obtained fifty-seven of the 255J awards. Ii 19 said thut a villainous, plot to blow up theHnvtian fnniijof-w ar Dessnllne, by means of an Infernal machine, manufaptured by George Uolgate, the celebrated maker of dy¬ namite machines, was ftustiatcd on Sunday In Philadelphia, by the Vessel sailing under American colors. DUMvo tlio storm Monday night the life saving crews at tlio vailous stations did much good sorvlco, sonio of tlio Crews being, out nearly all nlghti and suvliigiuiiny lives. Much credit Is duo them. informed Profcssoi Nonlensjnld that Coin, mnntlcr Grcel\ and another member olf the Arctic expedition had died at a point north of Smlth'sLund, and that the rest of the ex¬ pedition had rofurned on sledges to Littleton Island. It has been decided by the customs divi¬ sion ot theTreasmy Department that hem¬ lock bark Is dutiable under the provisions of tho tariff, which fixes tho rate of duty for the extract of hemlock and other bark tiseii for tanning, but Is free of duty under a provision ot the free list. _,C Tiu light house bomd hhB issued a notice to mariners flint on and alter October I, a light will he showu-at Sherwood Point, Green Bay. The light, which should be seen fourteen and one half miles, is to be a fixed White. varied by flashes of red at intervals of one minute « . •—*■—. We are In receipt of a'map of tho lake re¬ gion, issued by tho Canflold Wicoking and Toning line which is the best thing of the kind evoi have jet seen It shows distinctly all tho lako ports, bujs, Inlets and harbors, and is in fact unstiipassed for reference. The Caulleld Tug line, with headqnarteis at Manistee, Michigan, Includes, the tpgB C. Williams, lrnm L. Wheelet, Frank Caulleld, J. C. Osgood, C. J. Giiewuch, Hunter feavldgo and D.<Cuttor, Jr. Manager White, of tho Boston Mailno In¬ surance Company states thut the cost of res cuing the schooner Pensaukcc wiib (3,000 and that her repaiis will cost (4,000 moic Mr, Durham, the owner of tho Vessel, aajs the oost Of rescuing her will probably foot up to $5,000, and that her repairs will cost about (0,000 to $7,000 more. Mr. Durham Intends spending more money than tlio un¬ derwriters allow and having the vessel thoi- oughly rebuilt and classed up. The past three years she has been olassed down to Bl. When she was opened up and her timbers exposed It was found (so claimed) that tho Inspectors had been too rigorous with her and that she was stioug'and good. The work li to be done at Manitowoc, where the vessel now la. A dispatch from London, 22d September, states that Eiqulmeaiix from Wolstenholq^^ j,rilfreren|.. tllo|IlUor00'„ae8 ^^ lt D6. FREIGHT POOLS AND HATES. Whotlior combinations of railroads to keep up freights soi ves tho bast Interests of tho public Is a question which from one ciiiipo mid another Is at present nttt noting consid¬ erable attention. It no doubt gives better profits on tho capital Invested, but tills. Is not tho aspect with which tho public Is most concerned. It is claimed thai It Is bonotlolnl to shippers, beoauso It gives stendlnoss to rates; and this comes nearer tho point at w hlch some boneflt results other than the lallrondsthonisolves. Unfortunately It lacks leason. Albert Fink, commissioner of the trunk lines, tho man who Is nt the head ot a bureau of forty railroads, which have or¬ ganized to maintain uniform tariff, testified i cceiitly before the Seunto committee. He said It was noovldonce that a rond was charg¬ ing too high rates Hint It was paying 20 per vent dividends qji Its stock. Wo think that when such profits arc made, the steadier the rates*aio tho worse It Is for tho shlppei. If this poollng'binoaii, whoso juilsdlctlon cov¬ ets all tho ten lioiy between tho Ohio and Mississippi livers and tho great lakes, takes this view of the matter it Is tlmo the public understood it. Like other men Interested In regulating allalrs tor self-interest, who have been before this commltto, Mr. Fink exposed hiiiHclf. He thought direct legisla¬ tion to maintain uniform rales would bo of no avail; thatltwonltl be bent to let failroiTds manage their own business until people eiimo to understand that tho lurnests of tho pub¬ lic and of the railroads are Idem kill. And nltcrwards, when asked If shippers and tho general public were sallijflod with the tians- portatlon chaigcs fixed by railroads hero- piled that they never would be satisfied sb long, as they had to pay an) thing at all. In othci words ho would have no legislation un¬ til tlio railroads ami the public were satisfied with each other, vyhich would novel' bo^ In fact It is a waste of lime to undertake to prove that the Inteicstof buyers and sel¬ lers of service are Identical. Those membeis of tho public who are holders of railroad stock are no doubt benefitted by pooling combinations; for It 1b pi obably true, as stat¬ ed by Mr. Fink, that competition between railroads and that between private Individ- comes dlsastrouB and the former when It goes beyond that point, and that associa¬ tion proventsrulnous competition. We think however, that lt In peculiarly the province of legislation, since we have adoptod the rule ot class legislation In so many directions; to protect th» stock-holding clues rather than leave that duty to self-interested cliques; we also differ In toto with Mr. Fink in regard to effecting this protection. He thinks legisla¬ tion might be employed to assist railroads In maintaining uniform rates If such an organ¬ ization as he managed could be Incorporated by the general government. That would be delegating power where lestraint Is needed. Neither should theie be any more boards or commissioners foriallroadstO buy up. Ex¬ pel ionce with this kind ol iHiaiigemont has alieady taught some disagreeable lessotiB. J lie time Is not fur, off when steps will bo taken by Congress with referent e to the of fei in nf pooling of powoiful Interests, as no question Is more vitally connected with commercial prosperity, add the matter should bo kept before the people. THE VEUDICI Tho Rlverdalo catastrophe becomes moro lnteic8tlng day by day as tho Investigation goes on. A dock man says ho ovorheard a fireman toll tho engineer, before tho boat left tho pier on tho day of tho oxplosion, lhat tho Btcam was leaking from tho boiler where it was patched, and that the Iron was so hot lhat ho could not stay below Tho en¬ gineer toplled that that was nothing now, and Supervising Inspector General Duinout wa» reported by dispatches to ha\o said that he was much chagrined that tills aflalr liau\j 0(]g m of tno highest value, caused so muoh talk. This-Is too bad, espe¬ cially In view of tho piobublllty that hl» dis¬ pleasure Is to be of some duration. It should bo understood, fhatQoncral Dumont Is pow¬ erless and altogether blameless, but this la an inopportune moment loi him to throw a sin¬ gle straw'tn frfe \V»X °f bringing tho guilty parties, to account. Following l« the verdict rondotod by the ooronor's (Jury: Wo find that Charles 8. tilsson, Howell Gardner, Thomas T. Lane, Thomas Giegg, Julia Slsson and George A. Doymer by shock from acitlds caused by tho rupture ot the port boiler of tliiuftesmboat itlvcrdidc on tlinaStlny* August last. That It ruptured from the Inaufflolonoy of .tho plates In tho .bottom of the pyllndrlcnl sholl to withstand n working pressure less than that assigned to them bv bne nl the United States Inspectors for tills district In consoquonce of having bocomo weakened by Internal oxidation from their unusual ex¬ posure to the corrosive action of the feed water. That tho onglreor, Daniel W. Taulman, failed In tho discharge of hit duty In neg¬ lecting to observe tho unusual OTgroo ot ox¬ idation nnd In arresting It. That tho United States Inspector Alexan- dor Cauldwell fulled In tho discharge of his duty In assigning a working pressure to this boiler not warranted by the condition of It That the Unltod States law Is not suffi¬ ciently mandatory In Its requirements as to the usual examination so far as It may ho practicable. That the pressure tost uloilo Is Insufficient in its period of application, fal¬ lacious and prcgaant with disaster both lo human life and property, ns Is fu|ly evi¬ denced In the case undor consideration— namely, that this boiler was tested In June last, and withstood a. pi essoin of sixty-two pounds to the square inch, Yet in the bflef pcrlot| ot ten weeks It ruptured uudei a pressuie not exceeding thlity-two pounds, in consequente of neglect of observance of Its condition at the time of testing It." "Throe members of tho jury did not coin¬ cide with the other seven jmymen in con¬ demning Engineer Daniel W. Taulman. Coroner Mai tin announced that ho would consult with the District Attorney as to w hat fui ther steps ho should take In tlio case BOOK NOTICES. • Atlantic Magazine.—The October At¬ lantic Is specially notable n« containing an essay from the unpublished,manuscripts of Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is entitled "His¬ torical Notes of Life and Letters in Massa¬ chusetts," and though it was ovldontly writ¬ ten a nmnCer of J ears ago, It 1b thoroughly chai auterIstlc and exceedingly Interesting, Henry James continues Ills studies of pro¬ vincial towns In France, this time going from Poitiers to Carcassonne. Two chapters of "A Koman Singer" and of "Newport" continue and Increase the interest of these two excellent serial stories. A very timely article Is one on "Volcano Studies" by Horace D. Warner. Tho leading short story of tho number Is an East Tennessee story, "A-Playln' Old Sledge at the Settlement," and a very pleasant story is "Pure Antolne" by Davlda Colt. "Cream-White and Crow- Bluck," by E. M. Do Jurnette, is an engag¬ ing chapter of leminisceuces ot "good old mammies" In the South. Elizabeth Robins, who had contributed interesting chapters on Mythology In previous jmmbers, this time writes on "Mionadlsni in Religion." William Chimney Longdon contributes the first of a seiies of "Recollections ot Rome during the Italian Revolution." Henry W. Holland furnishes an Interesting chapter on "Uric- dlty," apropos of Mr. Galton's lateBt work. William S. Llscoinb writes engagingly of "Mutilation of Ancient Texts." Edward irenoous Stevenson contributes a philo¬ sophical tragedy eutliled "Amiability." There are several pooms, careful rovlowa of some of the most Important new bookB, ami three brief,blight essays In the Con ilbutors' Club. Houghton, Mifflin & Co , Boston. Tuf Qctomsii Ckniuiiy —October brings the concluding number 61 The Centura-year, and of the twenty sixth volume of the magazine Illustrated articles and ciitlcal, blngiaphloal papois give a popular look to the number The porttalt ot Longfellow which accompanies Edmund C Steilnmu.s admirable essay on the poet, Is thought to be one of the bost of The Century series of frontispieces It diners from most of tlio Longfellow portraits In emphasising tho sorlous side of his utituio Mr. Stedman may be Bald to apply to the poot's works tho best standard of contemporarj Judgment Ills estimate Is high, yet disci Itnl latlng.and Ills remarks on Longfellow's literary meth- In a dlfleront way, and with popular force and knowledge, Professor George P.'Fisher, of Yale, review* the position held In religious thought and history by "Martin Luther, aftor. Fojif Hundred Yeais." With It Is printedVcOpy qf Lucas Crnnach's wood-cut portrait, mads in 1540. and Its Hobses" is one of tho most Intel est- Ing among the illustrated articles, being B racy criticism of the commercial spirit and building taste of the past twenty years. Of striking Interest Is his description or the beau- tlo« of Now York Buy, as Itnppenrod to him In youth. William H. Rldelng's Intel oat! ng latint about London/' In • the footsteps of Thackeray," doscitbea and Illustrates houses and si'enmdosoiIbcd In 'Ihiickeruy's novels' pfiitl alitb places of Interest like the Charter-* houses,» hoj o Thackeray received hlfeiuiloy ' schooling. II. II. contributes an Illustrated paper mi the "Outdoor Industries of Cali¬ fornia," and George Bird Grlnnell has a nrai'tioal sportsman's paper on "Snlpe-shoot- Ing." \ Austin Dobson follows his Important papor op the engraver Thomas Bewick (the. September Century, 1882) with a skotcli of "The Pupils or Thomas Bowlck," Illustrat¬ ing the text with copies ol the best engrav¬ ings of Harvey, NeSoltl, Clennell, Jackson, Landells, and Hole'. . W. J. Stlllman's "Characteristics Of Lon¬ don)" and the paper ot an anonymous' Foreigner In Floience," succeed in making travel pIctureBquo without the aid of pic¬ tures. In the third part of the "Proad-wlnners," novel w hlch is am noting so much attention, there Is the novelty of two love scones, In which the hero Is doubly embarrassed by a declination of love fioin Maud, and subse¬ quently by the colDunss "Ith which Alice ucelves his own proposal. Mr, Hnwolls brlngi "A Woman's Reason" to an ellootlvo conclusion. '"Ilirough Wateispout and Tjphoon," by James G. Walt, Is a story of tho tropical seas, of graphic and realistic powoi. " The pootrv of the number is contiibutcd by RoL'er Jllordan, L. Flunk looker, Miss Chin lotto Flsko Bates, Editu Dale; and In "Bilc-a-Brac," bj Rlchiuu A.Jackson and otheis. . ' "To| les of tho Time" discusses "Iho DcmncniUiiud the Presidency," "Law sud Ordei Leagues," ' The Lack of Earnestness In American Politics," and "PiofcsBor Jev ons on Education"; while"Open Letters" contains snort articles of Interest and Im¬ portance, IncluuTiTg Chat les Dudley Warner on "A New Interpreter of Greek Art," namely, Dr. Charles Waldstem, a young American who is lecturing at Cambridge University, England," Henry Irvine's Stage Management," by Walter Herrles Pollock; "Some of the Younger English Poets—E.~W. Goase and Andrew Lang"; "l'atno Butter¬ flies," by E. Brtglitweti-; "Two Southern Novelists," bv T. B. Dorsoy; "A Recent De¬ cision on the License' Question," by E. V. Suialley; "Chief Justloe Taney In Relation to the Dred Soott Case," by J. A. Walter and Courtenay Do Kulb; and "The John Brown Said," by 8. H. Brown. NATIONAL BOARD OF STEAM NAVI- GATION. On another page will bo found the call for the 12th annual meeting of this board-to be held October 24th. We extract the follow¬ ing from the minutes of tho 11th annual meeting, held at Cairo. Ill, January 18,1883. Whereas, In tho eleven years the Nation¬ al Boaid of Steam Navigation ban bcon In existence lt luiB been Insti omental of much good In creating a common bond of Interest among steam vessel owners, and In defeating unfavorable national legislation, and In pre¬ venting vailous patented appliances from being forced upon steam vessols without re¬ gard to their meiit, and In developing ths f;reut benefits that might result from greater merest and larger membership. Therefore bolt Kksolvud,, That the president of this boaidbe authorized and requested to visit, in person oi by proxy, all the pi Inclpal ports In the United States, and secure as far as possible the eo operation ol all steam vessel owueis and such other parties as feel Inter ested in this gieat lndustiy, and suggest to them the importance of becoming members, which Is iliine by pa)lug a small annual fee on I'm vessels they repiesent, upon the fol¬ lowing basis, viz . On tugs and steuiiicrBof not over 250 tons, ti.iM per boat, and mil exceeding (IB 00 per year to any one Hue of this class. On steamers of 250 and not exceeding 500 toys, (5.00 per boat, and not exceeding f JO per year for any one line of this cl iss On steamers of 500 tons and not exceeding 1*000 tons, (7 50 per boat, and not exceeding (45 00 per year to any one lino of this class. On steamers of 1,000 tons and upwards, (10 per boat, and not exceeding (00.00 per yeai to any one line of this class) Rksolvkd, Thai any person-not an own¬ er, desirous of becoming a member of this board, shall be admitted to all the privileges ol this boa id, except voting, by paying an annual fee of (5. Adopted. 10 OUli AND THE CUSTOMERS TRADE. The Fonfleld Block Co., Lookport, N. Y„ desire us to state that their loss, sustained byv flio recent) fire Immediately adjoining their wprkBi was not of such a uature as to retard tho prompt filling of all orders. Thoy also wish to state for the benefit of tho general Richard Giant WMteV'Old New Yoilrhnir/llp.'that this Is the sooond tlmo their woiks have apparently boon saved from so¬ rlous loss by tire, from tho use of palls and casks kept filled with water which were ready to be used at the critical moment. "A stitch In tlmo saves nine."