-E BEGAT'f A AT PULLMAN, 1IX. , Etl,wnril Ilnnlnn litis mldcd another to Ills coin rim of sculling victories, tliln tlmo' win¬ ning linndiomcly ngiilnst n field of flftcon onrsnicu, nonrly nil of nnlloniil roputo, nnd nil .of whom unquestionably upeedod thu phenomci'iiil Ciiiiinlliiti to tlio very best of their rowing energy. The rneo course was on Luke Calumet, ut the village of Pullman, . n three-mile pull with turn. The day was nearly licrfeet lor tile 0,000 Bpeutators who lined the bunks, mid tilled the grand stands; The sky was clear, but a freshening breeze tempered the niys of the dazzling sun. The large number of entries ne'ooiultiitcd three preliminary hents in the forenoon, live men in each heat, first and second hi each to be nominated for the deciding ruco in the after¬ noon, The lour events of tjie day contained few surprises, mid whileliope evidently act¬ uated many present to seq form; young seiil- ler wrest the-hiurels I'rojii the champion, If only to break themonotouy of his extraordi¬ nary successes, It was allowed to die early. Hosiner, proved to be the only man who seemed to possess the capacity of crowding Hnnlan, . In the fliinl nice ot the day, after ' heading Lee, he sprang alongside Ills great antagonist, anil raced him very neai'Jy lb the turning or mile ami a half buoy, and Hun- Ion had to display bin marvellous speed for fully that distance before he eouhl shake him off. After that Ilnnlnn appeared to have It nil Ills own way, and with a comfort¬ able interlude between him and Hosmer, he .ventured to doll' his red cap-to those on ihe press boat, but lie hud no lime to spare for any more such pleiisnutries, and lie finished at a thirty-two stroke, Kenncdv, the young sculler, who seemed to be the favorite, was distanced in ihe sec- . ond of Ihe preliminary heats, and his incred¬ ibly poor time was accounted- for on his re¬ turn, by his boat, which was known to be weak troiu-a collision of the day previous, breaking in two while lie was in the home stretch, and utterly culhip-cd. In the third preliminary heat, Elliott, ex- champion of England, was. forced out of the contest by breaking Ids running gear, nnd Weisborger likewise by his shell filllng.with wnter through ClnytnpVfonling biiii. The record made by Teenier, n hid eighteen yeurs old, in the second preliminary, heat, wns a f'riitlfj-inj; "surprise, but he failed to sustain t through the concluding nice. Those who took part, Iii the race were as follows; Ed¬ ward Iranian,'Toronto; Georgfe Hosmer,!] Boston, Georgo W. Lee,'Nowark, N. J.; F; A. Plaistcd, Chicago; William Elliott, Eng^ land; G. W. Weisberger. William Brlceland and E. Claytor, Wheeling W. Va.; J. W. Keni.edy and H. Parker, St. Louis; John McKay nml Albert Jlumin, Halifax; .1. G. G,unionr. Cievecour, Montreal; J. II. Riley, Saratoga; J. A.Teenier, McKcesport. INSPECTION OF FOREIGN ERS. STEAM- The customs officials yesterday recolved ttio following copy of a decision by the Treasury Department: GKNTI.HMHN: I am In receipt of your let- tor of the 4tli instant, In which you «Ish to be informed If freight steamers are subject to the new law (act Aug. 7,1882) governing the Inspection of foreign passenger steam¬ ers. You also state that the Johnston line of steamers, which your liotiBe represents, "are cargo steamers,'pure and simple, nnd carry no passengers beyond attendants on cattle, « * * and .that to fulfill the or¬ ders of the surveyors (special Inspectors) with relcrence to certain additions to hull and boilers, and which are needful Jo the case of passenger steamers only, would be In their ense superfluous." In reply to your first query you are In¬ formed thatfrclglit steamers carrying no per- sons from an American, port except, the nec¬ essary crow of tjie steamers,' and whose names appear on the ship's articles as such, nre not subject to Inspection under act of August 7,1881 In reply to your second suggestion, In the matter ol the persons carried out as attend¬ ants on Cattle, the department must consider such persons as passengers entitled to the protection of the law, and that steamers car¬ rying such persons must bo Inspected, and "docs not consider the expenses necossa- ry thereto as superfluous, Inmmticli nsltls expended In protecting tho lives of Ameri¬ can citizens from unnecessary perils of tho sea; for unless the persons referred to are regularly shlppeu^jlnd on tho shlp'sjirtlcles, . the deparlmentcnn consider tliefn'in nonth- er Mght than ns passengers. If It Is claimed that tho persons rclorred to nro transported free and are for that reason not to be deemed nasjengers In fhe sense Contemplated by the lawS'ou' are Informed that the i-oflrts liav'c held otherwise. H. V. I'Ausfii, ,' - Assistant KVeretury. Still another Important canal Ji talked .of In Europe. Ily'It la contemplated nothing o separation of England and .■ \ LUMBER .NOTES. An Ban Clair, Wis., correspondent, "writ¬ ing undor dato ot Juno 10, gives the follow¬ ing news:' . Tho steady copious showers the past fow tlayn have commenced to have an effect on tho condition of the rivers, much to the gratification of lumbermen. It Is generally conceded that the hung"up drives will be started enrly this week and log driving naroclntions nro making preparation accord¬ ingly. Tho hung up logs are mainly con¬ fined1 to smaller streams which rise frequent¬ ly very suddenly and decline propor¬ tionately before the driving eroWroacli the localities in tlmo to bo of any servlcs. A" tolerable clean sweep has been made on the Staiiibeau by getting out ot that Important s'trenm -10U,000,000 feet belonging principally to lumbermen of Clinton, Dubuque, Lyons, and St. Louis. T,ho latest calculations place the amount of logs back on the Chippewa of last winter's cut at 300,00,000 feet, princi¬ pally ow ned by a pool. i- a Tiie company, which Is the wealthiest cor¬ poration in the United States, got In .over 090,000,000 feet III Chippewa pineries the past winter nnd Is making calculations to cut from 700 000,000 to_800,000,1)00 the com- lug winter. The inlets of the St. Croix arc coming up rapidly, and driving operations on that river have been attended with notable success. Last week a monster log jam commenced forming at Marine above Lake St. Croix, ex¬ tending a long distance, and holding back 125,000,000 feet.' The river Is obstructed the entire length at that point, anil two steam- bouts plying nre making the length ot their trip by transfeiing passengers and freight at tlie'liiiii. A large force has been placed at work to start the logs, nnd It is cnlcuJntcd that It will take-10 days to accomplish it. Next month the millers commence to In¬ crease piling operations |n anticipation of a large demand early In the fall from north¬ western sources. Shipments from this city at present nre averaging a rate of from 20 to 100 car loat s per \veek, consigned chiefly to points In Kansas and Nebraska'. SPEARING FOR TIMBER. From the SiirnH])lc American. A new Industry bus recently, bcon de¬ veloped In Ireland—a sort of timber pro¬ specting l\ever dreamed of by our American pine nuntcrs. it Is, n well known geological fact, .says the Northwestern Lumberman, Dial Immense tracts of what are now bog hinds In Ireland were once covered with forests of oak and pine, nnd that in cutting pea'r immense trees ot these varieties are foun dembedded In the enrth at depths of ten, twenty, and thirty feet, in many cases-whole groves being found standing Just us they grew. To find out the location of these miniature subterranean forests Is now the speculative work In which some Industrious Iilsbmeu are engaged.' The timber, when brought to tho surface, Is found to be per- ,.i62tly sound, nnd the oak, which is as black flu ebony, is used exclusively for ornament* of Jewelry and fancy cabinet work, and sells at high prices. A recent visitor to the wild moor a mountain region of Donegal thus describes the way in which the seekers after bulrcd Corona operate. Two mou, armed with .steel rods .nbout thirty feet long, traverse the bog, and by running their roils Into the ground nro ntlo to ascertain wheie the trees are to bo found. They work by what may be termed natural mathematics, and quickly determine the length of their prize, Its approximate diameter, whether It is pine or oak, and is or is not a dumper— one of a company or clump. Thoy fix on twenty or thirty feet square, and cross It Willi their searchers, say north and south, and then e,ast and west, search It across each way,ii stab to each foot or so, and In tho course ot a few minutes they know whether that area contains wnat. they are looking for. The square lying naxt and next, and all near each other, are so searched, and the discoveries, If any marked for future action. The unproductive are also marked, to avoid future loss of labor. ' from tho Sol way 1)88 than tho HcoUand by a Water-way from tin . Firth to the River Ty|10a An engineer is nt nresent working on the surveys, and esti¬ mates are promised for early publication. This canal would have a length of only 80 miles or 20 miles less than the Suez -It would, of course, afford a vury convenient ~ abort cut aoross tho ••country for ocean •teamen. Some 40 years ago a scheme of the same kind was talked of. TIIE SEA SERPENT AGAIN. A sea serpent or some other monster of the deep has again made Us atppcnrniice, this time at tho uppei cud of Loon Lakc.-ncnr Caiilsteo. Tho Buttalo Express says that on Sunday morning some fishermen who were .out angling, say unit when they cast their ll'ne-.ln the water It was Immediately snapped off. A second, third and fourth attempt was made, each resulting as the first. Ex¬ citement 'ran high, but was Increased totr- told when tho water broke and n long, ugly- looking form appeared for a moment, nml then sank out of sight with a splash. Of course, it Is tlumghtlo bo a sea serpent. It Is asserted' that British capital to the extent of thirty millions went Into Wyom¬ ing and Texas last yenr. The Anglo-Saxon will bo docked here to repair damages aftur her experience while o i tho Gull shoal. Her keel was broken aft, and other injuries were sustained.—Kingitan JVews. MARINE LAW. BUNDAT fcONTIlAOTS—A MOST IMPORTANT DK- * CI6ION. The Chlchgo Inter" Ocean snys that tho Supremo-Court gave n decision yesterday which Is Importart to all classes, settling the question as It does of Sunday contracts, that thev arc legal and hold binding. The caso which brings out tills decision Is a contract —and avcibnl one, too—between a Vessol owner and n vessel master; but as stated, It sottels tho qucf tion of nil Sunday contracts. The".Supreme Court lias uovbr beforo passed upon tho.question. Captain Charles IC. Moore formerly commander of the schoon¬ er Chapmlonjjind other lino vessels and now In coujnnind oTXIiDBdiooner Tempest, of Chicago was ongngmriil""l',obrunry,i882, to command tho schooner Scotia. W. E. Rich¬ mond, of Buffalo, the ownei of tho Scotia, engaged bin; verbally. There was no written contract, but Captain Mooitwi'is to command the Scotia for the season of 1882 at $1,000 for the season. Depending upon this engage¬ ment, Captain Mooro refused .other vessels that were offered him. Beloro navigation opened In 1S32, however, Mr. Richmond backed out of ihe arrangement and refused to give Captain Moore the berth. He alleged that ihe captain has not lully -accounted to Mr. Ilruce and Mr. Anderson for the earn¬ ings of the Champion. Mr. Bruce swore that the captain did fully account for the Champion's earnings. Mr. Richmond Ihen fell back on the fiict that the agreement to employ Captain Jloore wns made on Sun- dny, and thnt it was null and void; and fortlier that there was no written agreement or contract. Captain Moore though lie had sonic lights, nnd took 1ho caso Into the Su¬ perior Court here, Mr. Condon managing the case for him and A. J. Otis acting lor Mr. Richmond, Judge Smith decided that Cap- t dn Moore's contract.was a good one and was binding, mid allowed the captain the season's pay ($1,000) after what lie had earned on the other vessel dining tho seiuorf had been dellucted. With this deduction Captain Mr.ore wns entitled to fjofili, Richmond ap¬ pealed to the Appellate Court which de¬ cided that Judge Smith was right, bu'. al¬ lowed the case, to go to tho Supreme Court for the reason that though this was only a small case It involved a great question and tone upon which the Supreme Court lias never passed. Tho Supreme Court now affirms both the decisions below. Mr. Rich¬ mond p|iys the costs, and Captain Moore Is very happy. The decision is a victory for Mr. Condon. Sunday contracts are hereafter legal, and the mercantile world and all. other classes must conduct their business and make their contracts with this fact In view. •CUSTOMS JURISDICTION. A Washington^, dispatch dated June 20 tells who has customs jurisdiction over Put¬ in-Bay Islands: Washington, June 20.—"Which customs district h'aB Jurisdiction over the Put-In-Bay Islands of Lake Erie Vf is the question at proBOiu agitating the mind of Judge Raynor, Solicitor of the Treasury. The Sandusky and Toledo districts each claim those, valu¬ able islands us a part of Its bailiwick,, The law says that the dividing lino runs due north from the westmost cape of Sandusky Bay. But it does>not state which is tile .'"westernmost" cape, and the United States [DlBtrlct Judge for the 'Northern district or Ohio has recently ruled that the westernmost capo Is nt the enst end of the buy. This rul¬ ing is the result of a lest case. A Toledo captain sailed from the port of Toledo to Kclley's Island without taking out clearance papers or a manifest of cargo. The District Attorney- brought suit for violation of'the customs regulations. The defense Bet up the plea that the defendant had sailed from one port to another In the Toledo district, and In consequeuco was not required by law to take out clearance papers. The Sandusky fieople claim that for thirty years the islands' lave been .considered as being nitlilu the limits otWfie Sandusky collection district, and thai the Western boundary of that dis¬ trict Is by law some distance .west, of the Island. The court, however; gave Judgment for the defendant, holding that the boundary lino is-at the east end of the' bay. Ills claimed by the Sandusky people that an undemanding existed between them and the other side that the technical limit of tlmo allowed in which to appeal to the Circuit Court should not bo Insisted upon, i'liey tho'reforo allowed the usual limit to nAss without appealing, and when they were Informed that the defendants counsel under¬ stood no such bargatn. The matter was, therefore, brought to the' attention ot the Secretary of the Treasiirv,swho referred It to the Solicitor. Judge Raynor lias not yet unlved at a conclusion. Attorney General Brewster says thnt the only thing to be done Is to ask n reopening of tho case on the ground that new evidence lias been secured. 1 TONNAGE DUES. Tho decision Jn ii tost rase which concerns all lake vessels was recelvc'd In Chi¬ cago yesterday. It was that of the sphdoner Pcrokoc, owned on this lake, nnd sent to tho department by the master of tho vessel In the- shape of a protest against the exaction of tonnage dues by tho collector of- customs nt Oswego. Tho decision or ruling Is uddrosseil to the collector at Oswego, and is signed by Assistant Secretary French. It contains the following: . "Your lettor was duly received, transmit¬ ting the protcs; and appeal of Frank Mc- Gulro muster"' of the schooner. Penokeo, . against the -exaction of ir tonnago tax of 401.70 on lior arrival at your port April 30, ■from TorontoT-Cnliiidn. You transmit the clearance certificate of tho Penokee, whlclt bears. date-November 24, 1882", and undor the seal of the ciiBtouu house at that port til- lows the master to proceed to your port. Tho manifest to which It is attached bIiows the. shipment of U30 tons of coal for Toronto find Its unlading ut thnt port, mid the shipment thence to your port of 1,2,000 biiBhels of wheat which* was unladen at Oswego, April 80. You Infer that tbo voyjigo of tho Peilokeo Was concluded on the (discharge of her cn- tlr,o manifested carpoifi Toronto last and hor clearance theuco so Into as the 29th lilt., with- her cargo of wheat. You base your action mi department decision!) 2,333 and 5,311. The th'sTof these decisions ruled that on n voyage between domestic ports on the north¬ ern frontiers the discharge of tin entire Car¬ go from an American vessel at a port Inter¬ mediate |o tiie ports of departure and desti¬ nation closed the trip, because It entailed a new clearance. But no such rulo holds-' good when the clearance of such u vessel Is from one domestic port to another and she discharges her entire cargo at an Intermedi¬ ate foreign port; The law has conceded i he privilege to our vessels in thoiiorthern lakes of clearing from one domestic -port to an¬ other, with the privilege of touching at an in¬ termediate foreign port. .Having gruntcir that privilege It has not authorized customs officers- to Inquire Into the motives of a ma«- tcr In taking a clearance to another domestic port, nor limited the tlmo to bo spent on the voyage, nor made'any legulatlon n» Id the- enrgo to be taken on, or discharged ut, any intermediate foreign port. The collector at [-the home port of ultimate arrival of a do¬ mestic vessel that litis touched at an Inter¬ mediate foreign port needs to Inquire only into the genuineness of the clearance, and. If thnt be right, he need not worry himself that tho master lias evaded tho payment of a tdnnage.tax which he could not have es¬ caped had he cleared directly for n foreign port.' The same view substantially was tak¬ en in decision 2.858 of June 14, 1870, and- though the departmcut-upproves of your ef¬ fort to enforce what seemed to you {he spirit and purpose of the law, It must direct the forwarding of a certified statement In order to a refund of the tax collected. The two manifests of tho cargoes, ol the Penokee are- herewith returned," Calvin & Son's filth raft loft on the-.22d,, Init., for Quebcok.—Juii(/»'on Mmjj. There has been a mild scare in England over the reported Telmiro of quo of theCliun- nel islands by tho French. The outrugo was discussed In the Jersey Legislature, and tho British lion wits preparing to roar when It was explained In Parliament that the.ln- vador was u French fisherman; who took 1/ Into his bend to hoist the French flag on tho island of Eehros, which Is little more than a rock near Jersey, and Is Inhabited by only two or three persons. DR UGGIST'S MISTAKE-NOT TAL. FA-. A beautiful young lady tripped Into a drug storo a few days ago and told young Speigiit, who-presldes there, that she. wished some castor-oil, and asked him If he could mix It up go as to-dlsgulse the taste of It. "Oh yes, Buys Speight. Presently Speight said: "Will you have a glass of soda-water. Miss-?" "Oh, yes," says she. After drinking the soda-water the young lady waited a while, and then asked Speight It the castor-oil was ready. "On!" says Speight, "you hove already taken the castor-oil In the soda-water." "Great heavlngs!" said tlur young lady. "1 wanted tbo oil for my mother."—Fort flames (.Tex.) Tribune. A PACIFIC COAST WHALE STORY. The boat Maria came Itito port yeslerday wlth a heavy cargo of fish and a story almost Incredible. The captain states that on pass¬ ing along beyond the bar on the outward cruise, while several of his men were asleep and lie was at the tillcf, be felt his craft ttf contact with something rubbing along her bottom, and was surprised to find it suddenly lifted, with a great shock; fully tw6 feet above the surface of the water. The boat fell again Into the sea perfectly upright, and, tho sail having lost none of the stiff breeze that filled It, she- continued her course us If ho such extraordinary thing had happened. The men below were rudely awukened, nnd turned out to uncertain the cause' of tho phenomenon", when all hands wore surprised to see passing away at one side a monstrous whale. The leviathan hud exhausted his supply of air, and In coming to«tho surface for more bad struck the boat with, the oll'oct mentioned. Tho huge being spouted an Inpnenso stream of water, and having sported ' about for a filiort lime sank again Into the ocean. Aside from a severe wrench the craft sustained no liilvfy. and tho men sulTereO nothing buta-dbmontary ujarm.—San Fran- ci'acu i,'j;a»iTH«r. The disconsolate shipowner, hearing of tho wreck of ouo of his vessels on the rocks, sneaks feelingly of his alleged property.