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THE MARINE RECORD. -' $he$tarfhe§ecord,. KSTAnMNUKD IS IH7N:' Kntorml in'cunliutf l» I hi* lu\%n of Iho Uulwl glutei* tl( lltV I'OHt Ullldi lit CU'W-tlUnl IIS Hr< (itltl-t')'i^H I nil M IT, I'lilillnhod wci'Kly lit Nu. •'i ,.Sou\h Water itroct^ Cli'Vi'luml, Ohio. A. A. POMEROY, EfliUtf and Proprietor. IlltANCII OFFK'i:. Ull SOUTH \VATi:U NTIIKKT, < III4AUU. - TEKM8 Ol' Nl llslCKH'TION: 0 10 year, postage p.lld................. '...... MX lllUDtllH, poslt'S.1' paid.....................,....... Invariably 111 ailianrf. "'Iho MAItINK MIX (MID run 1» f illnwlng pliiiit*: Nn.'iBoulli Wn'li'r sliecl, Cli-ieliind. Joseph (ir«y,iNn. -_'Ht:-onUj Wntor street, Clifcago I) NMtuitcr* .1 Cii., Sirilln, ('Marin Ueorjto I'rL-stnli, I'-scnnalm, MiClitpuri. Win Ilujluy, Ksumalia, Mlililgan. I K Smivrvllli', MnniMi'L', Michigan. , .82.00 „....................;... 1.0(1 fiilini[ for wilol>l tin Al>VKltTISIN(i IIATKK Ton ccnUi \>\>f line, inniimroil nioasin'rini-.nt, orS1.20 p t inch, eiicli inwrtlon, tour iiis-ls S-l110; d Itli it liberal iind which will be finished III tliu spring, rnidy to bo ml up Iti the bull, wldeh will bo ready to receive tbcm bjyiiat time. About it twelve month ago Mourn. Wood*, Perry & Co. luid. iiinntifaeturcd lit the Olohc Iron Works an engine which wan placed In the Ogemaw', iind which bus always given such good satisfaction that this second order tins been made' with confidence. ,ollcl- dlsoiulit on ordi-riiainoilnlltm In g-IOOIlor out Articles, tellerl and o,iicrli.s on nil HiilijuttH arc tod OWTho Ldlt'or nsHiniH-s mi responallilllty for Ilia opinions of correspond. Mi. ' Tn Insure notice, lonlrllmtni-H inimt tdvo iiitinu and address, autl v. rile on oiionliluof tlit> paper only. TIIE MAIty>'K ItEl'OHIl Inn an AkoiiI In uvcry port on tliu Lakes and Hlverx, and will conseciiionily" circa- Into more or less in all of tlicili. Ana tiieillnin for auvortlsiiiB it lias no superior, tin It ebullition among u class of people Mint ran lie reached in no oilier May- EDITOlilAL NOTES. VIv. are glad to hoc that the President has disapproved of the MMitcnce of dismissal In the enne of Lieutenant Juines F. Simpson. Third Cavalry, who wan tried by eourtinar- tinl on a charge of eondiict unbecoming im ollluer and a gentleman In having married a woman who had been Ida mistress. Occasionally a sign of Increase in shlp- • building is met with. Tho one here noted is all the more Important because it bIiows a greater demand for staunch steel and iron vessels. Ex-coiuuimtder Gorrlnge, who re¬ signed I)Ib commission In the navy to con¬ duct the enterprise of the American Ship¬ building Company, launched his first ship recently, and has nine others upon the ways. He has contracts lor eleven- more, and snj» tlie demand Is growing. There Is no doubt but that the building ut vessels out of iron and steel will be a giual lienelli nil around. A uei'Out Is current that Secretary Fol- ger In lends to rccn'limend to Congress the consolidation of customs districts, of which there are, under tlnr present law, one hun¬ dred and forty. Tin! Secretary will advise the abolishment of seventy-one of them which would involve a reduction of four . thousand In the customs service of the country, and a anvil's In cost of tylly *0,000,- 000 a year. The changes proposed apply principally to the Atlantic coast, where the districts were crenti'd about tlfty years ago, and some of which have entirely uisappeared. Maine, for Instance, lias fourteen districts when five would he aulllcicnl. '1 his re¬ trenchment In the customs service Is an Item ot much importance, but can only be ob¬ tained lln'otigh llie vines ol Cungiessinen fr-om distiicts not diicctly Inteicsu-d., ' It [a essentially our piovlnoe, tu present to our readers Intelligence of the bnihling of new engines-; engines to lie placed In ne(w vessels under construction. It islhc mission of our paper, and ills but natural'that we should thiol; that the public, especially /lie marine public, should desire thknowof every event of this kind that we can, as uewsgather- ers, lay before them. \v\i, perhaps, ejve a mole technical account of the construction of au engine than the great dallies, but at tho same time wo are writing for a technical ' elnss^of pooplo, the mariners. Woods, Per¬ ry & Cu\ are now building u new hull ut St. Clair,' Mich.,, which is to accommodato a compound engine now being constructed at the Globe Iron Works, (he two uyllnders to be respectively 21 and fid Inches with 30 Inches struke unci ft steam reversing motion. Tliu boiler Is to be of sfCBTTten foijt In dlam- otor and sixteen feet long to carry a steam pressure of 100 pounds. ■ There will also he a pony holler mill deck engine, which »111 complete the wholowiglnocrlng department, THE li VL 0 E ON W'llEA T. According to nit human calculations, America baa it. It Is not always safe to rely upon indications for the department of agri¬ culture at Washington may not be Infallible concerning Its own territory, and many clr- 'ciunstances may step in to upset thoae con¬ cert. Ing Europe and Asia, two countries which are no light factors In the bread-pro¬ ducing cereal; but so laras human ken goes, 'we stand at tin top. The returns of the wheat vleld to the department, In our own country, indlciito u production tif about two and oiie-half bushels 10 the acre less than last year, but It must be borne In mind that last year's crop was largely above the aver age. The aggregate this year may exceed four hundred millions, and may'reach four hundred and llfty.millions. Adding to tills the fifty millions of bushels carried over from last year, gives "i\ round total, allowing for over estimate of still four hundred and fifty million bushels. Last year the home ooli- Biunp'lon readied two hundred and eighty millions, and assuming that It will bo the same this year, we Mill-have an overplus of one hun^A'd and seventy millions bushels. Whether we shalltliid a foreign market for Ibis overplus depends upon the production abroad; and bore, again, tho question rests on estimates probably not ns reliable as pur own. The Vienna congress estimates the total crop bf eighteen countries at nine hun¬ dred and lltty millions bushels, which Is fif¬ teen per cont.-bolnw the average crop, leav¬ ing a shortage, of not less than One hundred and sixty mllllbns bushels, to be made up by our one hundred and scventyl'mllllons. It must bo conceded that this state 6l nflalre bears anything but a discouraging look lor this branch of American commerce tho coin¬ ing year, and we have no, grounds for un¬ easiness. '• COAL Jf/uV/<V67. Coal mining matters In Pennsylvania arc becoming Interesting. The,miners of bitum¬ inous coal In the low-grade region, not fur from Dubois,' are paid ten cents per ton less than the Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad Company la paying Its men directly In the neighborhood of Dubois, and they lmvo, In consequence, been on a strike'for some¬ thing more than a week'. T|io railroad mon are satislled, hut the 'low.grade I'ue'n are making demnlistialiens bordering, on hosHJ- llles to get t|iem to (pill. Last week' the strikers," one thousand strong, came and camped close to tho mines of Beech Tree, Dubois and J'unxiitiiwney. paraded with a band, visited the homes of the miners and! succeeded In making many converts. For two or three days no violence wfls attempted, but on the 11th Instant,.the strikers sta¬ tioned themselves at the mines, ami by tir¬ ing pistols and making' loud threats, pre¬ vailed upon tho men who refused to tltrike at their demands to leave tho mines. ■ The riillrqiid managers have slnco brought twenty or thirty detectives, strong mei. In citizens dress, and heavily armed. In charge of one of tho Plnkertniis, into the neighborhood to preserve the peace, protect property and secrelly arrest the leading disturbers. It (s leared a riot will result, but the strikers will probably get the worst ol It. In consequence of tills disturbance, the dally average of ship¬ ment* of coal from that region of three bun¬ dled cars,- Is' reduced to iilmosbnoihlug. THE LVTEI1-0CEANIC CANAL. Wo take pleasure In noting the extension ot American enterprise. The Pound Manu¬ facturing Company, of Lockport, N. Y., has recently finished a set of dredge and der- ,'lek for tlie Franco-American Trading Com¬ pany and which has been set In successful operation near the Panama end of the Inter- Oceanic ennui. The American Engineer says tlie fourth set of dredge and derrick Is rapidly'approaching completion at tho com¬ pany's works at tockport, aifd will proba bly bo rendy for shipment by tho 1st of No¬ vember. The digging of tho canal la now. beginning to take n vigorous aspect, and during tho next six months, which con¬ stitute the dry season, It Is expected, to ac¬ complish considerable work. Preparations have been tnado for pushing tlie work active¬ ly, the workmen are well taken care of In, suitable houses erected by the company, the health and hospital arrangements are as PoomB'aro contributed by Mra. E. W. Lati¬ mer, Austin Dnbson, MIbb E. C. Ilrndlcy, Herbert E. Clnrko and Edgar Fawcott, The editorial departments are full of en- teriiilnlng mid useful matter; and Iho pub- < Users' special announcement of the furth¬ coming Chnstmiut number—rtie regular Issue for Decemher-rand of the leading at¬ tractions of llie. Magazine for 188-1, Indicate their purpose not only to maintain the high' position already gained for this periodical, but also to.|stlll farther advancu Its standard -• of lltojary, artistic and mechanical excel¬ lence. ■ i . tf he November number of Ahbotl'a.United States Monthly, Issued October luth, con¬ tains "Our Fhat Scuiptor\ Illrhin Powers," hv Maria Elizabeth Abbot, profusely Illus¬ trated by Roger Cunningham, containing a portrait find autograph of llicgreatsculptor, and autograph poem addressed to him by John Qiilney Adanis^whon President of'the United States. "Ye Soiumerc Dayc," it poem, Illustrated by George EiCnlby. '••A.Strange Doctor," by Jane Grey Swlssholtn, an article of intense psychological -Interest. "The Tragedy of One Life," onoof Ella Wheolor's host stoiles. ""Splendid Strategyj^US^tory of Woman's Wit," by Rev. Wiii/Sl7BakLfr, author ot "His Majesty Myself," "Jllesecd Saint Certainty," etc., etc. J'The Golden Dream," a poem by. dames G. Clark, author of "Meet Me by the Running Brook," "Lc- ona," etc. "A Granted Prnycr," by F. A. Conant. "The Primeval Gardener," by Charlea Morris. "Sentiment and Science, ' by.Slddartba. "Restraints, Cures iind Sub¬ stitutes for Drink, by Professor Austin Bhr- bower. "Tlie Pigeon Hole,,' a collection of short articles with Illustrations. "The Sanctum." "Kickshaws" with illustrations, besides a most liberal premium list that would astonish anybody. Subscription price only $2.00 per year. Single number 20'cents. Sample copy sent on application for 10 cents In postage. Size of pugo Is same as Harper's or Century. • It Is now in Its flttb volume. Published by Wyllya S. Abbot, 232 Wabash avenue, Chi¬ cago, STEA .1/ AM VIGA Tl O.V. The twelfth annual meeting of tho Na¬ tional Board Of Steam Navigation will be held In New Yuitc City on (lie 2-lth of this ,„-,„,,.........._..,..... _......„___,_ month. The class ol men who compose this good as piactleable, and with a fair amount buaid, and those who havo not thus far taken •( good luck, tlie end of April should record an active interest in Its workings, could, If " ' they should conccntrato tliclr efforts, so di¬ rect legislation In regard to -steam naviga¬ tion that .'It would haven permanent basis .and .prow a lasting bcneQt to all concerned. Surely a gieat interest like tills, of steam navigation, Involving upward of ((!00,,0C0,- 000, and giving employment to thousands of men, should have a head and system, and should use its best endeavors to ward off un¬ wise and detrimental legislation, and In pre¬ venting various patented appliances from being forced upon steam vessels, without regard to their merit, by unwise ruling, thus depriving tlie master ot his conlldence in be¬ ing able tn save the precious liven and the property entrusted to his care; It should be able to assure lt),clt that all piopcr measures Weie taken to luster and foiward it in all Its ilelails, that pioper means are being taken lor the linpro\ciuent of harbors, ot rlveis, a signal code to be recngni/ed by all nations, ot improved landings on liVi-rs, and, in fact, everything that may plow; heiiellclnl to the Interests ot navigation. As the Nautical Gil¬ lette says. "All other blanches ut Industry have their organized association, tbclr treas¬ ury and their working torce," then why may, not tills great Industry, tliu backbone of commerce, steaui navigation, combine Inter¬ ests luid work for general good. Tho Na¬ tional Board la an old organization, ns-the number of the. call amply shows, but at the present time needs the infusion of now blood, the Influence of young' end popular vessel owners, many of whom can bo found on tho groat lakes. E. W. Gould, tho president of the board, stopped in Cleveland; on the way east, on Monday, and had conference with a number of vessel owners hero, we trust with good results. President Gould went from hero to Detroit, whore he wdllWobubly moet wllli n warm,welcome, after which ho will go to Buffalo. \ INSPECTION OF STEAM VESSELS. Tho following circular, pertaining to the measurement of steam vessels, has been Issued to the .chief olllcers of customs by the Secretary of tho Treasury: > In order to prevent the occurrence of dis¬ crepancies between the statements under the steamboat inspector laws of the ehlel olllcers of customs and the Inspectors of steam vessels, the following regulations are published tor tlie guidance of chief olllcers i/f customs: 1. The fees provided tor by section 4,458, Revised Statutes, as a compensation for the Inspection ol steam vessels v. Ill be computed, •I good luck, the etui ot April snouiu recoru .....,.....-■------ adecldcd advance .„ «W„.rMn«ruottolV J^ Thus far tliu work accomplished has been documents on tho pi • ' --......'■--.......- .1... I..-,,,.,.,I,,,, u-„u|,.„i mainly ol a preparatory chnractcr. HOOK NOTICES. Tho November number, concluding the sixty-seventh volume ol Harper's Magazine, Is very rich In Illustrations, and Its articles are timely and entertainlng-The frontispiece, Illustrating Ausllu Dobson's poem, "At Last,"" Is from a drawing by E. A. Abbey. Herbert Tultlo contributes an article entitled "A Vacation In Vermont," beautifully Illus¬ trated with views of Green Mountain scen¬ ery. "Some Glimpses of Artistic London" are given In an article by Joseph Hatlon, Illustrated by tine portraits of.Lelghton, Flldes, Mlllsls, Houghton, Alnia-Tadeuui, Pottle, and Herkomer, and views of their studios, Montgomery Schuyler contributes a timely and capital paper on the now met¬ ropolitan opera bouse, profusely Illustrated ..enry I'. .lohnatou contributes an article apropos of the centennial anulversay of tlie evacuation of New York by the British, nith Illustrations by'llowanl I'yle. An in¬ teresting biographical sketch of Sir Moses Montelloiu, the .U'Wlah philanthropist, now cnteilng on his one huudrcilt.li year, Is con- Irlbuteil by Mrs. 'A. B. Guslafsou, \\ [III a por¬ trait and other illustrations. "A Castle In Spain" Is concluded. "Dunluce Castle.'* a poem by Sarnh Orne Jowclt, is accompanied by a beautiful Illustration. Mr. William Blnkle's article, entitled "Our Children's Bodies," strikes vigorously at some defects of our home and school training, aud"hls suggestions will command general attention. Francis E. Prendergrastcontributes a timely and comprehensive article on transconti¬ nental railways, with a map. Dr. 11. II. Kane desci IIicb a "Hashish Houbo In Now York," and "tho curious adventures of an Individual who Indulged In a low plpefulsut tho narcotic hemp." Julian Hawthorne con¬ tributes a thrilling All Halloween story, eu titled "lien's Mystery;" and Mrs. Llna Red wood Fairfax an Interesting character sketch, entitled "Ciesar and his Fortunes, .luumuu.iin „...... particular day on which tho Inspection was/completed, and a certifi¬ cate made and subscribed by tho Inspectors of steam vessels. !!. In ease tlie certificate of inspection re¬ turned to the custom house' contains au erroneous tonnage, the inspectors should be untitled of the Met, so that they may be enabled to make the appropriate correction. In no case will au officer of customs make changes in an inspection oertilieate. ii. The leglster tonnage-of a vessel re¬ ferred to ah ve is the nut tonnage as de¬ termined under tlie not entitled, "Au act to provide for deductions from the gross ton¬ nage of vessels ot tlie United Slates," ap¬ proved August 5,18U2 (published In depart- nienj circular No. UB, seiles of 1882,) In the case of steamers admeasuied under that act, and the gross tonnage as detei ml icd previous to the passage of said act lu the case ut sleiuners not so admeasured. 4. In reporting the (.onnagti in the itate- mi-ut of tiausuctlons under tbu steamboat iu- spectou laws, furiu'JIOii, the gross tonnage of all steumers \\ hose Inspection, lees have been coleured should be loporled In the colnniu rross tonnage, and llie net tunnagc, as ilctei'Adncd hy actual admeasurement inder llul act (il August A, 1882, should be reported Li the column liet tonnage. The tonnage o^stcamera not admeasured under tlie new law should be reported in the column gross tonnage only, since their net" tonnage lias not been ascertained. 5. In the abstriictrof moneys received untuir the steamboat inspection laws, Cat. No. U0, thn register tonnage, as above de¬ fined, should be reported in the column ton¬ nage. 0. Tho gross and not tonnage reported in both the statement and abstract must be tlie tonnage as It existed on the date of the Inspection, and not that determined on a subsequent date. 7. In the case ol steamers exempt from admeasurement by the regulations an J. not admuasureil, air estimated tonnage must ho reported as basis fur the computation of t|iu fees, the figures given being preceded by tlie abbreviation "Est," to Indicate that the ton¬ nage, Is an approximated tonnage the vessel nut having been admeasured.