e , with enly throe foot ol water nbovo It, lying directly in the course of vouols running bo. tweon Klllarnoy and Colllngwood, an Owen *>und. Itboars approximately east by north, three-quarters north, dlataut clghteon and ono-half nautical mllos from Lonely Island illghthousjb, southeast by south thirteen and 'lono-half mllos from tho nortrcst point of j 'squaw Island. Tho Dominion govornmont will havo a npar buoy afonco placed on tho rock until noxt spring, when a boll buoy will bo provided. Tho prnpollcr Oconto, recently rebuilt by Band & Burger, at Manitowoc, for the Good- TlotrVrraneportatlou Company, made.her vflrst oall at till) port on Tuesday. She rates A2 and is owned by George L. Colwoll. She la 155 foet over all, 145 foot4teol, 32 fool 10 j lnohos beam and 10 foot holdt and cost $17;. -5007 8beia finely fitted, has largo oabln snd stateroom accommodations, convenient for rilnoty passengers. She carried on her .first (rip to Cleveland slxty-thrco pKssongers and -2,000,000 shingles. Captain McGregor, her manor, (us been a fortunate salloa, which fapt sooms.to ■M-apprecJaterJ by.tho people* -on tho line. The 'Oconto will run between Cleveland and Saginaw, stopping at Good- irich and other Intermediate points. Tbe schooner Foster, which was In collis¬ ion wttb tho Sunnysldc, Is In the Globe Dry- dock, where tho survey has takon place, the board consisting of Captain RadclilTo on the part of the vcesoI owners and Captain J. Martin for the underwriters at Buffalo, Messrs. Smltti A Dorr. Tho board find that the Foster Is damaged to the extent of $2,700. -Captain Radcllffe says that a deviation of six * 'Indies (u the blow would have sunk the Fos¬ ter |n an hour. She was struck immediately -on tho frame, which offered resistance suffl clent to ward off the blow. It Is known that in nineteen cases out of twenty the vessel whioh receives tbe blow is tbo one that goes -down, but In this Instanoe the rule has been reversed, although the Sunnystdo can in no way be held to blame, as oho was at that time in the tow and at the meroy of wind and wave. CniOAQO. Special It lis JfartM Jtmnl Paul MoCall sold his one-sixth share In the schooner Willie Loutltt, ol Grand Havon«to John Usrper, of Chloago, for $1,166. X great Improvement In the tug smoke nuisance has been observable during the past week. Wo hope II will continue, On Monday afternoon the barge Brunette, iwhen being towed out by the tug Crawford, collided with the stern of tho latter and smashed her wheel. The steambarge G. C. Dunbar went into Miller Brothers' drydock for a new wheel. The tug Crawford got a new wheel, tho tug Mixer some new planking, and the schooner Battle Fisher a new foremast. The steambarge Monitor of Waukcgan, Captain Minskey, went into the Vessel Own. ers' drydock and had a piece of plank taken out from betw con her shoo and tho wheel, her stem leaiing fixed and some calking The schooner E. M. Stanton had her bottom calked. The new lug Bob Teed arrived here on Tuesday from Saugntiiek. Her builder, M. J. Mnrtel, lias not lost any of his prestige In building her. She Is a Ver# handsome tug and sits the water like a swan, snd wo wish captain Thomas Teed and his son Robort . every success w ith her. Tho Marine hospital roport fot the month of August shows that there wore fifty pa¬ tients in the wards August 1; that during tho month fifty-eight woio admitted, fifty- one discharged, 320given outsldo treatment, and fifty-three remained August 31. Three deserted and ono dlod. Grain freights arc rising steadily. We hope soon to bo able to say tho same of lum¬ ber freights, for aa freight was formerly the mother of wages, although tho rule is now abolished, wo think It Is quitktlme that the lumber carriers found a mother or some kind benefactor to' Increase their heights so as te enable them to pay the extra wages now demanded. Tho steambarge Clinton, of St. Catharines, Captain J. W. Mawdesley, arrived hero Mon¬ day with tho barges Qulmbsy, Gibraltar and Clyde, light from Kingston. On tier arrival at the central slip, when reversing her on- glno'lt was discovered that her iron stern- post was broken (n two and entangled in tho wheel. Fortunately hoc linos were alrpady on tho wharf, thereby s'avlujr her damage. Tho Clinton and hor tOw aro chartered to carry wheat to Kingston at 7% cents. At the Chloago Drydoek the steambargo Clinton, of St. Catharines, rciclvcdanow atom post and a general overhauling; The schooner T. Y. M. C. A. got her bottom calked and a new rudder, the schooner Po- totnao had a leak stopped and gonoral over¬ bading, the propeller City of Fremont a new wheel, the tchoonor City of Chlcngyjind hor bottom calked, the steambarge Maino got hor shaft straightened, tho schooner Minnie Slauson had hor bottom calked. Tho schoon¬ er Tompcst will linvo-a new mainmast and windlass, the sohoonor Mary E. Ayers a now mlzzenmast, and the schooner Lyman Davis a now mslnmait. DEinOIT. SpieUa la f Af llarltu Record Seamen's wages, $2 per day with a plen¬ tiful supply. The steambarge City of Concord arrived hero on Sunday night with machinery dis¬ abled,'and will bo detained a week for re- pairs. Grain shipments to Buffalo, 2%c, with in¬ dications of a rise. Whitaker & Son report staves to the same port at $5, |8, and $9, and steady at thoso rates. Tho steamer Flora, which runs between Toledo and, Detroit, has been disabled, and Is here undergoing repairs. Her pis¬ ton ran through the cylinder and 'badly damaged her machinery. Revenue stoamor Fossonden, owned by Uncle Sam, and rebuilt of Iron at Buffalo the past winter, arrived here n.fow days since, and Is anohored off the city. Her appear¬ ance is much the same as formerly, although with extended accommodations. Many ol ourpromlnentcltlcens have sum- mor residences on the north shore of Lake St. Clair, to which thoy are conveyed dally to and fro by steamyachts built chiefly in the East. Some six or seven ownod by va¬ rious olubs aro thus employed. One of them, the Sigma, owned by M. 8. Smith, an ox- K|4enslve joweller, was built by Mr. Craig, of Trenton, some twelve mflea below this, whloh for model and finish is not excelled olBowhcrc. In 1825 John Burtis and D. C. McKln- stry established a horse boat ferry betweon Detroit and tho opposite shore (which had no name) prior to which date the crossing was effected by large flats or^scows, manned with sweeps, and by small boats. This was continued until 1882, when Louis Daven¬ port placed a steam ferryboat on the route called the Argo. Since that period the traffic has boon so Immense that no less than seven steamors arc now employed and two routes well established, and a probable third not far away Between Detroit and Windsor from six to seven thousand cross daily, be¬ sides considerable freight, vehicles, etc. Be¬ tweon Hnmtramack and Walkervllle, two mllcB above, several hundred cross. Flvo of these boats are employed chiefly in making excursions on the river, and as such arc as well equipped as in any other of the world The Dettoit Drydock Company, who, of late, hate become quite famed In the ship¬ building line, have quite recently puL afloat two steamers, whicli, in the line of naval aiehltecture, needs no praise or commenda¬ tion from any souice, and may safely invite Inspection from aiiyquniter 'Iho City of Mackinac lor the Detroit A Cleveland Niiv- gnllou Co, Is a steamer of great beauty, ex¬ cellent model, and of elegant finish and eqiiipmont She was built for tho Detroit & Mackinaw route, and has nlrcndy made sovoral voyages. But as your readers are fully Informed of hor It will not be necessa¬ ry to state anything further. The screw steamer E. K. Roberts Was launched a tew days since, from tho same yard, of 170 tons burden, and although rather below tho me¬ dium class, she has been well got up, with good cabin accommodations aud ma- chlnery. She is intended for the fishing trade between Detroit and Lake .Huron, and coBt about $20,000.' She Is owned by C. W. Ganthcr aud Co., extonslvo fish merchants in this city. Captain Jolfn Hayes, of Port Huron, pulls the bells. I wish I could givo you as flattorlng an ac¬ count of tho Detroit and Chatham routo, which In bygono days was One of tho liveli¬ est to and from hero, but which of lato has almost entirely becomo defunct, save the) THE ^MARINE RECORD further wood trado whloh Is carried on to a vory lim¬ ited oxtont. Tho routo took Its rlto at far back as 1830, and for many years, under tho able management of, tho Messrs. Eborts, did a prosperous business up to quite a rccont date. On thoir letlremcnt It fell Into othor hands and for a whilo, by strpug offoi ta did fairly well, when a change of management Land owners ogaln took place and this was tho flnalo of tho chapter. The StolnlioOi a steamer woll adapted1 to tho trade, was sold a fow days slrcc, and romovod to Georgian Bay. A now boat, however, haa Jujt .taken hoc place, call the Mcrrltf, but hoi success can only bo determined by tho near future. A Bldewheel boat called tho Queon Victoria has quite recently urrlvod from tbe St. Lawrence nnd boon purchase by Chat¬ ham parttos for $7,500, so that whatever prosperity was ,ln store for tbo new boat, tbo owners of tho Vic. seem detormlnod to place tho traffic In a. worse condltipn than before, and like tho Kilkenny cats, it will, require but a brief space of tlmo to place both hors du combat, All has been quiet as a Sabbath day at tbis port for nearly tho entire season, thus far, and It would be necessary to go back to a largo veasols will go to Escanaba or Chicago- to load, Charters—Sohoonor S. B: Merrill, 42,000 bushols of wheat _ to Buffalo, on through rates; schooner G. G. Houghton, 23,000 bushols of corn to Kingston. Wllin about eight mllesofftho Sturgeon Bay Cnnal, tho master of tho scow Johnson plckfid up two small boats, painted whlto,* which woro aboutamllo apart, belonging to a catamaran. It was Impossible to pick up tho wreck on accqunt of tho heavy sea, but with this wind it will go rrshoro at Whltoflsh Bay. Ono e( the boats was stove in amidships. Whore the wrock camo from is unknown, but she doos not belong In the vicinity of Sturgeon Bay. Nothing Is known concerning her crew. TOLEDO. ' Captain Gllmore Ib building a small pro- pollor for tho stone trade. Tho bargo Prlngle and tho propeller Shep¬ herd wore chartered yesterday, coal to De¬ troit at 35o. ST. JOSErt. Andorson A Kolman, engineers here, are putting a newVyllnder to the engine of the steamer City oflrft.' Joseph of tho Graham A Morton LtnS, Captain Elton. Tho now very remote period In order to make i com- psylfhder will have four Inches more bore parlson between the past and tho present. The river front or harbor of this port takes in a distance of about flvo miles, yot It Ib rare that more than three or tour vessels put In an appearance during the entire woek, and these with cargoes of wood or coal, with an occasional lumber freight. Grain shipments from hero are few and far between. Of course in this category I make no refer- once to steamers which dally arrive and deparUui various passenger routes—of these latter thero are no less than three steamers plying between this and'the mouth of the Detroit river, which call at the landings on either side o( the river and make their term¬ inus at Maiden and Gibraltar, respectively. There are also plying to the river St. Clair three boats aa lar as Port Huron and Sarnla, ono to Mt. Clemens, and one also to New Baltimore. It la unneccosaary^to add that all are well patronized. Tho Lake Superior Transit Company and Ward's Line ply to Lake Superior exclusively, which does not include various steatnbarges^with their con¬ sorts In the ore trade. Grummonds' line and the Detroit and Cleveland .Navigation Company have eacli two steamers plying to Mackinaw from tills port, calling at the va¬ rious landings. The business onjthese two last named routes are fully up'to the stand¬ ard of any formei year, whilo the Lake bu- than the one taken out, which will niako hor engine 24x22 and will lneiease her speed. She Is an excellent boat and docs good work, and her hull is classed Al with a star. She only requires a good compound engine and Inrgdr boilers to make her Al* ail round. FOltT colborne. ; The schooner J. F. Mott, sprung a leak In the (harbor here and had to be towed to Buffalo drydock. She is loaded with coal, and bound from Cleveland to Brookvllle. The steambarge Glasgow became disabled when about ten miles oil this port, and a tug went to Iter assistance and towed her and hor consort into the harbor. Hor crank wheel was brokon. ALPENA. The largest cargo ot shingles ever shipped from this port wero shipped yesterday nn the bark Pomeroy by Bewick, Comstock A Company. The cargo contained 3,030,500, all XX Bhlnglos.—Arqui. Iho propeller George T. Hope, and con- sorts were ob'iged to shelter Tieqj. The barges are loaded heavy with ii oh. ESCANABA. ; x Shipments of Iron ore to August 20 from here, MuTquette,ana A'liiise aggregate 1,336,- 07J tons, we nompjee Range mines aie but 53 867 tons short of last gear's output. On Thursday evening, August JO, there is in perior boats are carrying a prosperous traflle. (dock here no less^than 60,000 tons of ore awaiting cairlers.—i'scanuiu Iron Port. BUrFALO. SANDUSKY. Special lo the Marine lierortl Revenue cuttoi Andy Johnson arrived with beuiclary Folger and Supqilnteiident Kimball on board^-and after sniveling the harbor, etc , left tor Cleveland. Coal It eights tell to 60 cents to Chicago. Propeller Delaware goes at that rate. Schooner II. W Sage obtained 70 cents to the same port, schooners Colonel Cook, SchoonersCoidolla, Barkalov,, Rival, andU*'™11 B'i}. 75 cents. Atmosphere, Bhulhg L. Beaton arrlicd with hiitd'conl consigned °*"" .......'" to'T. B. &W It R, Co. Propellers Jnt vis Loid nnd Grates nirivedjfrom |Maiquotie Willi Iroij oic Propellct Oswegatcliie called hole for fuel and loft for Ilay|City with her barges stone laden. 1'iopellcr Wc'stloid called In here lor tho^arge Monltoi Both cleared light loi Alpena Baige Matilda ar¬ rived from Buy Cltj with lumber. Binge Sylvia Moitonulenrtd light for Buy tin. Barge Arl/oniicleiiredfoi Buy tit) wit|icoal Barge Fnsloiln at rived with lumbci from liny City Schooner Pinu^ Slngel airlved with Iron ote and cleat ed with coal for Port Arthur. Grace Holland nrilved with oro and cleared light. Schoouot Webb united with oro and cleared light for Lorain to load coal. Theo.Voges arrived wlth|lunlber froiii EastTaiiiiB and cleated light. Binge Wcnd- tlie-\Vavoarrrvcd with luniberjfrotn Alpena and cleared light for same place. Bargo Dunford arrived fiom Bay City with lum¬ ber and cleared light. Steambarge City ^ Concord arrived with cargo^of salt, towing barge Dunford. MILWAUKEE. The steambarge Business has been chartorod for oro Irom Escanaba to Erie. Tho Schooner Eliza and Supply are to bo sold at Marshal's sale, a decrco of sale hav¬ ing been entered. Oro freights are on tho basis of $1.45 and $1.50 from Escanaba to' Lako Erie ports. Vessel owners prefer to send their vessels for grain at the present rates than for oro. There is little doing in freights and sovoral Star, Leadvlllc, J. E Gllmore, Detroit 25 cents, Riverside, Toledo, JO cents William ShupCi Sandusky, JO cents. The decline wile caused by tile continued scuicltj ol coal and the Ireo ollci ol tonnage Ou Wednes¬ day they remained about the same, 60 cents to Chicago and Milwaukee bchooncr J. I. Dan ford obtained lit) cents to Chicago, aud the schooner 1'lnee Biothets 75 cents tJ (■recti Bat loin lieito\ 'file raits ol the tugs Wlliov and Ballzo came Into I lie rliet to-day broken up The schooiiei J P Joy is agiound outside of the cut at at. Clair Hats. 'The sti'iuner Idlewlld broke her wheel last night in the river by striking n log. mil- Porrj L)dge, No. JO', F and A. it., of this ill}, has erected a monument over tho grave ol Captain J S Childs, who died in this city lu 1875 Captain Cliilds was a well knon n vessel master, and was tho first Mas¬ ter ot the Masonic lodge which has Just marked his resting place in a befitting man¬ ner. Captain Cliilds' wife aud daughter live In Kilo.—Intti Oman. EAST TAWAS. Cleniod (or Cleveland, barge A. A. Tur- nei JOO.OOO lei t of lumber, barges Wssloy, 430,000 feet of lumber, Old Concord, 310,000 feet of lumber, 850,000 shingles, for Eric, bargo Colonol Btnckctt, 273 000 feot of lum¬ ber, for Tonawanda, bargo Wright, 720,000 feet of lumber. _ ; Dtiwnii. Tho work orroplaelng the upper works on Dredge No. 2 is nearly flnlslicda