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THE MAKINfc RECOFD. ghe Marine §ecord. rubllelirit Kiel* TlmMday at 14* Hnper'lor Street, [Loader1 Building.] I. A. POMEROY, por and Proprietor. THUMB OF BWISCniTTlONl 82.00 1.00 One jear, noitege p»l<l ........ , • Sit iniiDllia, postige p«m .....->......... InTiriibljr In aliance. _ , Tht MAIll{»t KECOltrj ran be found lot aale »t tho following place* O P Bowman, corner of Poul and Dotrolt ita., Olere- linil, Ohio, - Joetph Onri "o. 9 Wcat Randolph attract, Chicago "c. Itohnier, Michigan street Siring Bridge, Buffalo, J)er York. i C. F Johnson, 117 Welt Superior etreot, Duluth Minn D MoHuten 4 Co , Barnla, Ontarto, Win Qodlo<r, Eecanaba, Michigan J E Bomenrille, SlanUtos, Ulcblsfan. Article), lettera and qucrlea on >U lubjecte ere eollcl- ted. ____________________________'__ ADVEBTISINO RATIOS. Teneentaper line, nonpareil meaitirement, or 91 20. per inch, each Iniertlon, lour weeka tt 00, with a Iiborul dleeount on orders amounting to 840^)0 or over Filtered »l the Poet OIBce at Cleveland ai second, clan mall matter. underwriters who Insure, brokers who make advances on blllaot lading, mid curriers mid shippers wqfild nil lull npoh the carriers. Tlmt this Would compel n rcndjiistinciit ol the rntcs of freight proportioned to the cost of Increased liabilities scorns altogether rea¬ sonable. , It would 'also iniike a difference with nndcrwrtters.and, at Inst, the shipper would havo to pay lor iill thoadvantago tlio now law would give him In thin particular. ---------------m m-----------— • THE RIVER AND IIABBOB BILL. A week or tun ago the committee having It In charge endeavored to call up tho river anil harbor bill, but Hon. Sam Knudiill, chair¬ man of the committee on appropriations, an¬ tagonized It with tho legislative, judicial and executive bills, which he wanted to hnve disposed' of before the excitement of the pres¬ idential conventions began. 'I he membets-of. the river mid harbor bill think llitsjpnkoB the passage of their bill Impossible this scis¬ sion. They charge Randall t with being op. posed to Its passage. He denies and says he I* merely looking out for llici best Interests ol his own b'lls. Wo are wllling-to acquit him of jill animus, but the tall end ol his i disclaimer sounds veiy bad lor the prospects of the river and harbor monsure. The house has barely tlniu lo dispose Of the regtilai ap- propilatlon bills. It has Inst lost a week-by one convention, and It will hardly recover Its equanimity befoie tho next one 'meets, Alter that there can bo no moie legislation this summer to speak of, for Washington will Hardly be habitable In July, especially under the Increased heat induced by the nomination of Blaine's opponent foi the presidential chair. Whenever the House does get down to woik, which occuis at odd spells, much of ItB timers wasted in the most ridiculous manner. As an instance: it spent a day and night considering the legls. latlve bill recently. During the proceedings tin amendment, proposed'as a jokcvla,pro- hil'it cleiks of the House committee from performing private clerical service for mem bers of Congress, and fixing as n penalty the dismissal of the clerk and tine and Imprison meiiloi the_member violating lu provision*, was adopted by a vote of 1)1 to 23 This prank was played In committee of the whole and i ho House hail to undo It after rising The snme. plaj ful member oltored an amend ment, w hlch was ruled out of order, to allow encu member of tho House n private secieta- ry to be paid out ol the contingent I it ml Wo do not wonder that lookers on conclude that the time lot adjournment will find the calendars of the House still loaded w I til im pnriiiui bills 'I he filends of thel rlvei and harbni bill believe it will be among those letlovei. But the House Is an eiiallehody, anil there Is no telling what it will do CUSTOMS CONSOLIDATION BILL, There teems to be something In the customs consolidation bill, now bclore con gi ens, unci which cftects Duluth so vitally that makes It Important III some quarters to have It pussed In any sliapo. Duluth bnsl Mess men, though her chamber of commerce and her boaid of trade, have done all that In their power lies to avert the threatened danger lo her port and shipping by respect fully but vigorously menioilnlizlng Con. gress and exposing the unjust desctlinina- tlon of the measure, both generally against the Northweast anil particularly against Duluth, and as the exposition has been generally circulated uatnong members of Congress It seems probable that It has made the position of tho friends Of tho measure In the Senate untenable. What Is tho result? These same Kentucklans, who, from their situation In an Inland stale might be'sup. posed to know and care least about cusiomB arrangment, have now tacked substantially the same bill onto tho tall end of tho legists- tlve bill In the House in the shape of an amendment. We quote from thq proceedings of the House In committee of the w hole, on the legislative bill, Mr. Cox of New'York in the chair: Mr. Thompson offered an amendment providing that Iroui and aftorJuno JO, 1884, there si all be liu moie than iorly-tlirco In- teriinl levcnuc dlstilcts. It further author 'zed the piesldont to consolidate and reor¬ ganise the customs collection districts of the ..,,„,, ,„ ™! """,'" V'Hl'e'l nf'les on or bLfore October 1.1884, certainly oblige theowner to assume the rlBk»^D thllt ,.le snui0 B|,„ii 1|0t eseeeli u, mlmbe; and give the two first parties to the contract no voice in the matter at nil. Possibly this' BILLS OF LADL\G. Our laws legniiliug bll|s ol lading are vei} slack at (he present time and It is, there¬ fore, a matter of ipiigintulntlmi that the Jniiies bill regul iting }hese niailire doett- ments is likely to puns the Rational tongress. Only one thing stands in its way and that Is Its Importance, lor It seems as If a maritime act of any kind produced upon the average legislator a violent nttnek of somnolence with varying eflects^nccordlng to tlio pon- dcrancfl of the measure. The House com¬ mittee has, however, reponed, with amend¬ ments, the James bill regulating the forms of international blllbof lading, nnd prescribe ingthe duties of ship owners. Under Its provisions vessel owners can not issue bills of ladling which do not specify the exact voy. ages and intended ports of entry. All reasonable detentions, such a» storms, or rands of mercy, ami the like, fmm excuses for deviating' from the course laid out Clauses lessening the obligations of the own¬ ers to equip, man and reudei the ship In every way senwoithy can not lie insetted In the bill of lading, nor can l|iey he insetted to exempt theowner from llabiliry lor neg¬ ligence, limit, or failure In pre.pt i slimige, custody and care. All goods and meicliati- di«e nre stibjeu to the conditions of the act, and should the agent or muster iefus,o to issue a bill of 'adlng conforming with Its provisions, clenriince shall be lefuscd by the custom house auihoiitles until the bill of lading Is granted, and the vessel shall be lia¬ ble to mi action in rem for damages to ship, pel's In case of dispute as to the terms of the bill of lading conforming to the act, >i clause ma) he inserted In it declaring that It Is intended to contorm to the law,'and nny thing It may contain contrary to It may lie Dull and void, which shall bo sutllcleijt au¬ thority forthe granting of the clearance. It 'will be seen that the bill is intended to do away with the great variety ol bills ol lading, consequent upon almost every steamship having one ol Its own, mid make them.unl- ferui. So far there can be no harm In tho ' act. Its other and more piomincnt features lie In the tact that It obliges owners to as- sumo risks that aro now Imposed upon ship¬ pers. In many enses owners of vessels are now not even liable lor damages or loss ol freight resulting from their own negligence. Of course the wrongs In such cases should be righted, but the new net may go much fur¬ ther than this when It attempts^ to specify the shoulders which shall bear tlie burden , of rlfka. The shipper and owner may at present have a full and mutual understand¬ ing on this point, and If such Is the case It would not be strict justice to Interfere with * their contract, as the bill of lading may for the purpose be railed. Compliance wlili a third party, the behests of the law, would may be right, tmwlle consequences almost sure to result would iioi be lost sight of. The risks that nre now distributed among slxlv-seven. "Mr. Knsson made n strong speech upon Hie unwisdom of acting upon it ptoposlilon which upset the w hole system ol tho customs service without proper jonsldorntlon by the ways and means committee. "Mr. Raiidtll said the proportion bail been substantially recommended by the secretary of the treasury. The nmendmont wns ngrcod to." .' , This l» not so bnd hs the Senate Mil, ns It leaves the matter to t|ie dcscreilon of the president, who, having been In the customs service himself, mny bo supposed to know how to locnto porta of entry without entire disregard to geographical Imposslblllltlesi which gives Dliluth one more chance. BkJ, considering that the measure will be indical In Its effects on the whole.country and has not yet been considered, as Mr. lvnason pointed out, by the committee of ways nnd means, It looks suspicions and we cannot, help asking why this unseemly Inutegentle¬ men J _ • . i LAUNCH OF THE DAVID WALLAfJE. The line bnrge, the keel of which was laid In January at W. H. Radellffs shipyard was launched yosterdny in good shape in the presence of a large audience, and wlten she settled 'drew 5 feet 8 Inches fprward and 8 feet 8 inches aft. She is owned by Wallace, Brothers, at. al., nnd will go as consort to the stearabnrge Robert Wallace, She Is -220 feet over all 210 feet keel, 30 feet beam and 18 leel depth of hold. She has double decks ol three Inch white pine, a centerboard box thirty Icet In length and four masts. Her main keelson, slstor keelson and two iiidcis me 10x10 Inches, floor keelsons" from 14 to 10 inches, and bilge keelsons 8 Inches; celling Wlower deck fix and to upper deck six Inches Her frames are 17 Inches at the bridge, 1,"> Inches at the bilge and 7 Inches at the top, and heroiitBide planking four lilches In thlokness. She liiisa round stern and Is a very handsome barge. She Is furnished with three capstans and windlass from the Ameilcan Ship Windlass Company of Providence R. I., through their agents at this port, Messrs. Upson, Walton &'Company. Her cabin is convenient and loamy nnd supplied with all accessoiles for comfort. Her cost toher owners Is about $ 55,000 without much margin to Mr. Rndcllft, het builder, considering the extra good lint- terial and workmanship thnt has been put. into her. Captain Henry Wallace, who sailed the Thomas Gawn the past eleven years, \\ ill be her master. We do not hesitate to say that Mr. Rad- cllll's reputation as a builder ol staunch nnd servlcableships will be fully maintained by thls'liiie bingo. Among the boats Mr. Rad- 11111 has-put afloat we tlnd the piopcller Havana, built In 1873,1041 .ions, classed A2; the schooner Genoa, the same year, 780 tons, classed A3, the tug TibiiHn-Hr75,":n tons classed A2; propeller John N. Gliddon In 1878, 1110 ions, classed M; propeller A. Everett, in 1879, 1081) tons, classed Al; propeller R. P Rnmiey in 1880, 1302 tons, classed Al*; the tug Dreadnaiight in 1881, 31 tons, classed Al; the tug George R. Pajge In 1S82, 34 tons, and classed Al, and the piopeller Robert Wallace In 1882, 1180 tons and classed A'-. PATENT RUDDER HOlSeR Charles A. Richardson, of Alpena, has.ln- vdnted a rudder holder nnd support whloh (.nn not lull to come Into general use when Its merits for durability and excellence are known. Judging lrom the drawings we have seen It is both simple and inexpensive, and as applied the rudder cannot break loose, being hold to the vessel oven If the shoo is carried away. It consists of but lew partfl, namely, a bed plate fixed to the vessel add a collar lixed on tho rudder post, said bed¬ plate and collar being tongued nnd grooved together to Insure a firm hold of the rudder to»lts place, and peimltoasy move¬ ment of the rudder In steering the,vossel, whereby nlBO the rudder post and its casing are proteotod from wear, nnd leakage around tho po»t is prevented, nnd the lower bearing s\ioo of the rudder is or may be relioVedof downward strain by tlio w«lght of the rudder. One of these holders and supports has been placed on- the steamer Flora.of Grummond'a line, and Captain Jones speaks very highly ol It. There Is also one on' the tug Ralph and the steumot Golden Eagle, both ol which give great satlstaction. Stefiiu, bont and vessel irien who have soon It ap¬ plied pronounce It a grent success In "ever/ respect. ' Customs olllcers have been notified to Issue no return tickets to Chlnaintm bound for Ohlnn by way of foreign porti, in these certificates have been mlsised. [Detroit—Continued from isf Page.] UoiislderableJiiuintltles of oak timber are being made roju'y ntthlsporWorthejQiiQboo market, thence, shipped to Glasgow and Llv. erpool. McJVftluir. Bros., of Toronto, art largely engngfd In the enterprise nnd have several vessels employed. The propeller Juy Gould, ore laden from Escanaba, arrived here disabled on Friday some parts of her machinery giving out. The tug Sweepstakes passed here on Sun. day morjnlng with n large raft lifgood or- der from! Lake Huron, and the Mocking Blul Jindlone also of large dimensions. . The schooner New'Dominlqn was libelled tjie other day at this port for $3, seaman's wages ut that. Sooner than pay poor Jack she gave bonds. The barge Mearsj of this port, a few dajij since stranded nt Point Edwards, and alter r great deal of pulling was got afloat. It seemed like a small allnirtind hardly north reporting. The outcome, however, exceeded Hl.OOU. The life savlng.crew at Point au Bnrquea picked up a quantity of lumber on the boacli whloh had been thrown ovcrbonrd from a vessel In order to pi event shipwreck. The tug Kato Williams Is-doing good ser¬ vice ut South Mnultott in releasing tint steiunbnrge Monitor, sunk at that place. The S. D. Caldwell, ut onetime one of the finest of.lnke propellers, is being dismantled nt Port Huron to become a tow barge. Dwiglu Scott, her foi mei owiiei, lies ut the bottom of Luke Michigan, having been lost With the entire crew ot the piopeller Equinox during a terrible storm In the fall of 1875, with four, teen, nil told, going to the bottom. The Cald¬ well wns built at Cleveland by Stevens & Presslej in 1S02. and tor n time piled to Lake Supeilor, Paul Pllky. master. . Five million feet of lumber passed this port to day v Ithln Ave hours, three million feet being In one tow. _^ Tho schooner-L. S. Hammond wns tho first vessel at Tolodo to iinturl the Blaine and Logan banner td the breeze on Sunday. It Is much to be regietted that oin lake seamen should be denied the privileges of a lubber on shoie. This was practically illus¬ trated a night or jwo since at this port. A ■ vessel had shipped n crew at going wngei, no inquiries beliyj made as to whether tlicy were republicans or democrats, Baptists or any other denomination, union or non-union. Yet they wore compelled, after going on boaid, to leave the vessel at midnight, sliu ply because they did not belong to the league that is causing moie or less bloodshed anil fights at Intervals in vailotis pons. It hits been geneially supposed that this wilsa fwo country nnd each cltl/en pilvllegcd to exer¬ cise his own discretion as to how he shall manage his own allalrs. The Bteuiner Oregon, n fdw days njjOj bound up, passing through Point au Pelee Passage, discovered the body of a man Hom¬ ing with head partially above wajei, and ac¬ cordingly leported the snme nt this port Now It would seem that if the Captain h»l been on the lookout for the remains el a relative oi friend he would have stopped mid picked it up. But ns such wns not the ense his humanity did not extend in that di¬ rection. Charters continue down to hard pirn and rates are ruling as follows Lumber from French il\oi to Amheisiburg, $1.75; cedar posts lrom St, Joseph Island to Detroit, ot each; ties from same point to Sarnln, Ho each; lumber, Oscoda to Detroit, $1.50, drj lumber, Detour to Detroit, $1.50 on mil, cord wood, Rogers City to Detioit, on p t. sny (2. Tho steninbaigo Energy, built at Wallau- burg the past winter, cupelled In Lake bt- Clair last night, about.ilvo miles above the lightship, and lies sunk with a portion of her mast out oT water. She was laden with hickory wood and had In tow two barges, both of whloh lost th'elrdeck loads. Jfo lives lost. A heavy norllieiist gale sut In on Mondav .noon, and extends throughout tlio lako re¬ gion. Of courso the usual routine of casual¬ ties on the lakes may bo looked for. The announcement came lust evening "l:lt the prorjeller" California, laden with corn, had struok a reof one mile north of Sand Beach, Lako Iluron, ^'und was f»r'"8 "bidly. The tug W. A. Moore was sent to heriellef, with two steam pumps, but as there Is a heavy »ea on and the steamer