1 /"' (ghejMarine Mecord, Journal dovotod to Commorto navigation and HclcubOf rubltihcd Weekly ' AT tXF.VEI.ABII>, OHIO Offles Hoi. 171 Superior and 130 Bank Strooti, Boom 7 TERHNl $£■00 per Annum. ^ 1NVAIUJHYIN AUVANCK 4.<JENTfLARE, WANTED IK EVERY PORT AOVEKTINI\« HATES, Ton conU per lino ootid Nonpariul measurement TWoWo llnoH of Notiimric.1 nut solid mnlio one. tnoli. Twenty conta por lino for reading notlcci, solid minion munsnn nant. Articles, Mtors and Ijtic^ica on all subjects 'aro soli¬ cited i 1 B*TI»q Ulitor nsmimcs no responsibility for tho opinions of corn.s|)oiidintH To lnsura notice, contributor!) must glvo namo and address, ami \\ rlto on oiil side of tho pnner only THE MAKIN L KLCOttl) lint nn Agunt hi ovcry port- on tlio Lakes and HIvlm, mid will consequently circu¬ late in or o or lets In all of tliom Asa medium for advertising It has no superior, nt It circulates among a class of people that can bo ruached In no othor w«v„ REMOVAL APR. 1. Owing to (he "March of Improvement" in this our great and growing city, we are com & oiled to remove from our old quarters to the retanal Block at the entranoe of the Viaduct, No. 2 South Water St. which is direotly under the Offloe of the Merohantlle Fire and Marine Insurance Co. Our Offices will be nearer to the docks and very handy for vesselmen, whom we shall be pleased 10 see at any time. The Block in which we are now situated will be torn down and a fine new building erected n Its place.__________ From tbo present, appearances tho rail¬ ways w 111 not cut rates and there will not ha so much opposition lrom tins diiuctlon. JSul n d'w yciirmigOjOn or about thoHt of April, railway manngoniej'ts of the East and West linca began to be anxious and to Inquire bow kooii navigation would" open, as they then cipectcd business woifld chop oil'ami nites tumble; but tlie time has come when but little notice la taken by mill one] men ot the opening of navigation, The rnplil.In¬ crease of trunk Hugh of railroad botweon the Went and the senboiird has a tendency, in Into vcars, to (letiact hugely lrom the Im¬ portance of tho shipping Intel cm of the Great Lukes, more especially hi the grain canylng 'trade. It has been demonstrated that railroads can fix through rates on east¬ ward and westward bohnd bulk and package freight which vessels cannot shade and cam a living. Yet while the lailroad lines have incicnscd in nuinbei and importance, the tonnage of the gieat lakes .has swelled |n relative pioportlons. This has been due Mm so much lrom the giovvih of tliogialu tiade as to the1 rapid development of the" Iron and coal interests ol the Northwest. Ohio and Pennsylvania aic now exchanging coal foi lion me, ton foi ton, with the region boi- deihigoii Lakes Michigan and Supeiloi, ami to make tills exchange *s little expense as possible the vessel intcicst becomes an 111- dlspcnslbic factor, so that vcsnchnen may give themselves but little uneasiness on Unit seme. __ Wc pi edict a lhely season and lliatnl- tliotigli it may open dull, by the lime for fall tiade to uimmcute the lake business will be booming. reiriombrnncc of services, performed many years ago. Hlppnlyto BUwon, a naval llourfcnnnt, was .given charge of a pirate cruiser the Fiencb lind captured In the Archipelago. A galu occurred offStampiitla during which two prlsonois escaped, swum ashore, ami notlllecl their comrades. After tho storm 130 pliajes appealed to rebuke the ship. BIsboi) and Ills crew ol fifteen minto,a bold but (utile defense, lUsaou, however, innnagod to creep into the hold and the the ningii/.lno, thus dealt oj, lug tho pirates at the sacrlllce of his own lite.' Tills heroism is leeoulcd by a white mm bio column nt Stam- patla, and France gave? the sister of Bis'son a pension. This pension has Just been con¬ tinued by the French Chamber ol Deputies for tho bcncllt of Ilisson's niece, the duilghtei of the sister to wliom the, oilglual pension was given. We lia\o undoubtedly Justus many men on tills side of the water who are as biave as whats-his-nauio was-, but thcy'liave nover had a chance to show off. HIE OOM1NU &VASO.V. 1'liere have been lepoits going the rounds in some of the papeia that the coining sea¬ son was going to he woise t! an (hat of 1882. We cannot sib, aftei looking o\ei tho Held carefully and making luqiuiies both here and in the East, how such lepoits can have any loundallon whatever. They claim that vessels lost money last season and that tlicie will bo veiy fe ' niiikc anjtiling tills join. Wqlainlniaiu lint latcs will not get so low thatoui vessels will not make money, that Is, all those above an average tonnage. As low as Heights vveiclnst jcai otu bngc lints I made monc\, anil they will malic a gieat deal more thin je.u. We have tveiy piospcct lit foi o us for a good season. Let us look at the gialu mar¬ ket. A correspondent wiltts lioin Milwau¬ kee: "The movement ol gialn by larmeis has fallen oil, as was expected, to ijuiti'n moderate point, with the exception ot com which has been coming in pieiiy lieely. "The receipts ot coin lime bei n main¬ tained fully up to the expectations of the 'trade, and stocks have btcu attuiiiuhiilug at ncaily nil points. Chicago has added con Bldi'rahly to her stock in stoic and alio it mid now holdsovei 7,000,01)0 bushelbof illgindtB, The visible supply in the United states had Increased 1,105,000 bushels at last icport The export movement is lathei sluggish, and the piesent condition Is still one ol In- cicasing slocks. "lho week has brought a decided incicnse in the demand for extra No. .') bin let, and with a steady local demand also and niodci- ate supplies prices have been giadually Bllll- euiug till extia No.;! at this point and No 3 at Chicago show an advance of about J cents per bushel, The continuance of dc ^rnand with tho recent ratio of supplv would necessitate^ further rise, and the market closisiiuitu strong in tone. "flicri has been a continued quietness In the rye market until within the last two oi three days, when more Inquiry lia^dcvel oped both Eastani) West, and a giealeriKiH gree of steadiness has been manifested The Stock In Chicago is iindoubtedlyji large one, but prices uow ruling are quite low and likely to attract an oxportr-movomont-as navigation opens." _- This presents the market about as it Is and Is decidedly encouraging for this trade. In Buffalo tbcro is largo quantities of coal to be shipped, and there la an Increasing de¬ mand for this article on the upper lakes. Iron freights may open dull, on account of the Immense quantities ndw on the docks, but by July or Ailguat aatbla supply Is ex. nauated there will be a larger demand an! freight* will naturally rise. A MONSTER CARFKRRY. ^Wjo Michigan Ceutial Rill way Company havoNdotermlncd to build a. new tiapslei steanioiv to plj between their slip docks on the Dntloit ilvci. l;iauk Ivliby, of the De tiohUpydock Company has been commis¬ sioned lo diaught the pj ins liu tlie steainei, which when built is to lie i vertlablo marine monster. From the dimensions decided upon a boat, will he obtained which will have double the powei ol any lailroad tiausfei boat now on the lakes and which, with pel Imps one exception, will be the largest craft of her kind lii* the world. In hei design the special aim has been io make her a boat tlintoan buffet with the heavy lie likely to be met with in these pints, while In liei nrithinoly the newest designs and most piactltal ol schemes will ho em¬ ployed. Tlie boat will be a Ihrce-tuuk one and capable of tallying a load of tliiity'foui tins. Tlie Tiansport eniiies 24 cms and 1'he sclioonei J. Miuie Stott, gialu ladtn khe Transfei 21. She will, when put together, EOVIOIUAL XOTUS A man who visited the Mgnal Scivlco Dcpaillllent while ill Washington says it leiiiiudcM him ot a socal paity. All the people weie talking about the wcathei. We have attended such socials. such loi Oswego, on Lake Outiulo, took out a oleaiaiice at the Custom House of Chicago Inst week. Till; is the Hist clearance fm any poit belun the stialts. She has not left jit howevei. . Wliiic reporting a largo numbei of "ap¬ pointments" foi tills season, am) lie Is a hippy man who gets the largest emit. Still.| we thhiV that tlicie arc but few « ho have not had a ycainliig foi tlie siipeiliiiendeute ol Jay UOujd's new steam yacht, beveial lliousaiid have applied foi tlie position. We think the Ilawkeyc hits tlie mark when It says that eight hums is a day's woik in tlie United States Nnvj yaids. They had toshoitcn up the time and dlschaigc, one mail, in older to keep the otliei one up woik. Vnii they made him knock oil. bclqtc daik so lie couldn't put the navy uudei Ids cunt and walk home wltii ii. Wc should not have such work as the fol¬ lowing, when wuliavu lice canals. An ex¬ change stales that lewcr boats wcie built along tlie Im lo tanal the past nIntel llian dm lug either ol file two pieceedlng winters. I he bu itinen having lust money foi the past two ytais were loo poor to do. niore than icpah tlie old ones. Wi. still claim that tills Is going to be a prolltable scmon tor vesselmen A Klugs- •slou papei stales that notwithstanding that tho foi win del s have not, as yet, made any agreement lo carry gViln, they icport that they expect a bilsk season dining the coin¬ ing summer. They claiin there is plenty of gialu In Ihecouiiliy locally, and that buon- ei oi later Its owners must move it. v It Is to be hoped their prophet lea will tome true. riicrc is no cud ot the parngiaplis tha "hw going tho louilda^about "Our Navy".1 rire Now York'times groans over the woak- ness\>f our navy, and tears the result in case ofn foreign war.—Bui wo Rrfriiot-golng-to- liave atiy foreign war, and If we did It Ib nstonUhlng liow quick the navy would grow. It would steam and sail out of every cieck and bayou lrom Portland to Key* West. All Europe could not whip the United States with tholr combined navies, so (hat she would stay whipped three months. The apotlicgln that republleas are ungrate- lul Is not altogether made of truth. . Franco nt least has given an evidence of kindly without Including the finishing, cost in the liclghhouihood ot $250,000. Wlicit Mr. Kliby's drawings are completed, the ton- tiaets will be let and ciaft put afloat at ns caily a date as possible. The dimensions of this rcmaikable hiintnie as lollows: liei length will be MB ftet villi the beam dimen¬ sions seventy-live feet lit the maximums They »III give hot bow a spoiio shape that she may moie lendlly btai down on the lte; wlii|c being clinkti built the actumiilailon ol Icedcbikundci hei bow will bepicvontetl. The hull Is to be entirely of iion. she will have a molded depth of 18 feet and will diaw eleven feet of wntei when lolid'd and nine feet wlien light. Ol hei woiklng geni It may be-snid that she will he piotided witli two pnlis ol engines having cy limit is o( Ihree lect ditimctei and a stroke of six feet Que pair of engines will woik In¬ dependently mi each wheel, giving tlie wheels an action lndepenucnt ol each othei so that they maybe woiked loievvaid and batkwaidln opposition lo each ilthei and aid in milling the stcnmei and in citaling a current to thaw the bioken lte away fiom hei1 how. The main shafts will be twenty- one inches in diameter, while the wheels, for she Is a side wheeler, will be tlihty leet In diameter, possessing hiitkets nine feet long with a two leet six inch face. These buckets will each weigh one ton, making the aggregate vv tight of eatli w heel, Includ¬ ing the shaft and the aims, 125 Ions. To piovlde sleani whtiewuh to move this Im¬ mense mass, fclx stiel bollcis will be used and foi these foin immense, smoke stack' will bo erected. It is calculuttd that tlie united strength ot tlie boilers and engines will be equal to 4,000 lioise power. Willi a boat of these iilmciiblons tlie Mlt'lijgan Cen¬ tral people confidently expect to be able to cope successfully with the elements as they combine to obstruct railway Unfile In the river. THE OCEAN PILOT. Tho New Yoik ocean pilot Is governed by a sevcio code of laws enacted by the Legis¬ lature of Mini fjtnte, and all pilots aro under Inimedlntu supervision ot tlie pilot commis¬ sioner, whoso ofllce Is In Burling slip. Tho Secretary's ofllce by no means looks liko tho jirlvate ofllce of a millionaire, but Is a dingy looking place, and besides the chairs, and a desk all that aro to bo sctfti is n chroiiorpeter clock which hangs between the two win¬ dows, a barometer nnd thorinomotor.--TliC_ pilot when.off- dtity'usuaHy ilrpliaiuto^nls. room during the day, looks at the barometer, ^andlf' other pilots aro ln„ talks about l\y- weather, niakos^prodlctions for lts_fuiufo condition. It Is nt Ibis office" that tbo plldts congregato and'awalt a pilot boat ready to go on another crunjo. A pllotbont varies In length ffom ninety to 100 feet and twenty- i five ortlility feet beam. About twenty- eight or thirty pilot boats fun out of No* _ Yoi"k City mnl the-rvoglster from forty to eighty toi|i>. Tho crow consists of four ablo bodied seamen, cook, cabin boy and boat ^ keepei, who sails the boat and re'urn8 ller to New Yoik after all tho pilots havo board¬ ed Incoming vcbscIs. Those pilot boats o,ro owned Hud controlled by about 375 pilots—a sort of joint sto6k company—and give em¬ ployment to "some 000 men. Each boat, when she goes to boh takos seven or eight pilots. Each vessel is compelled to tako one of these pilots w bethel out-going or incom¬ ing, except those engaged in the coasting lug trade, whethei tlicy cnrij their own pi¬ lot or not. They bine either to take a pilot or pay the pilot lees. The pilots have a monopoly—a, closo cor¬ poration. Eveiybody can't be n pilot. It requlics ninth time and expenso to become a full pilot, and ligid State laws are made to piotitt liim. lie iftlist have a tlioiougli know ledge ol steamship navigation, mann¬ ing and sailing the finest steamships that cross tlie Atlantic; must undergo a long and vigoious induing, and pass a scinching ex¬ amination befoie the pilot comniissinncrs befoie ho receives his license; and prioi to receiving his license he must serve on a pi¬ lot boat for three jenis, and should he fall through sickness, absence or other cause to seivc the full three yeiirs, It not unlro- qiicntly octuis that he serves an apprentice¬ ship of eight oi nine yeats as boatkeeper he- Tore lie receives )iis license, and even then he has to wait foi a pilot to die or retiro from active sei vice belore a vacancy is ready for him to mi. y Altera boat has shipped all her pilots out at sea for vessels coming in she hovers mound in tlie track of the vrssi Is going out to take oil pilots after tliey have seen their vessels safely at sen. Returning lo New Yoik they make what iepaiis aro necessary ship the iicccssniy supplies for another trip mid oil they go again with anolliei seven or eight pilots. Then they run down the bay through-the Nanows, and bring up at tbo lightship station. Tlicie is always one boat heie at anchor lor foui days, when It Is re¬ lieved by another one, and then It starts to look foi prizes. Nothing of moment usually occnis,outside of lending, play lug cauls and Idling yams, until a lookout at the mast¬ head announces a ciaft in sight. Then if anmhei pilot boat Is in Bight a rate to see which will gel llii'h pilot on boa id tlist im¬ mediately begins. All sail is crowded on ami these ivvo liny boats pilch In the waves like so many eggshells In a tcnipcst-tobbcd lake. In the meantime the pilot is making ids tollt'i to embark on tho approaching ves¬ sel. Ills clean white shirt is dunned, clothes art blushed and giipsaek in baud lie 18 ready. Tliojeshe is to secure a.8teamer; lor vvliaievei ph\t tilings a sleamer in lieu ally lakisher tint again. Wlien Hie vessel Ib wh bin hailing distance and signals lor a pilot, It is no pleasant duty to launch a yawl and make for the vessel, especially II there Is a heavy sea on. Brave men havo bten known to go out In a yawl and get swamped*, by a wave. *- - In the wlntei tho life of a pilot is a dreary one. Tlie decks of the boats will be covered with ice several Inches thick and the sails and rigging will occomo like slicotB and roils of Iron. Reeling sale In a wild, night or groping through a heavy fog, listening to the filing of a cannon or the ringing of bells, announcing the approacli of some ves¬ sel from an unknown quarter, with the boat making about fifteen knots an hour is any¬ thing but encouragnient for those on shore to enlist mid study to beeomo pilots. Tho moment a pilot climbs the iopo ladder and Steps on the deck of- a vessel he Is to see salely Into port, ho Is virtually commandor- In-cliicf aB rcgaida the muverhonts of tho Wssel. He Is responsible lor accident* and unnecessary delay. Ho is under heavy bonds and should ho fail to perform his du¬ ties satisfactorily his license Is revoked and and his occupation forever gone.