THE.MARINE RECORD. BBTAnLIMIieD in ib»r. Entered according to the laws of the. United tiutoi i tho Pont OHIco at Cleveland 'on second-cliiss nutter, ( Olcvolond, 2 South Wnlor «tt\)ol, Ohio A. A. - POMEROT, Editor and ProDrietor. MtAWII OFFICE, 3Js (SOUTH WATEfl NTItEET, <III('A<J<). Tl'.IlMH OF SUIlNCllII'TJONi fcfc....... ; Ono year, pontage pnld >ix monthii, jioHtngc pnld Invnrinlily in ndvance. 82.00 1.00 ADVERTISING ItATftS. Ten cents per line, nonpareil nionstircniint, or 51 20 |K*r inch, each insertion, four veoLs 84 00, with a libera tliHCount on orders siuc-untlng (o fio 00 or over Articles, letters uud queries on all subjects nro solid- leil. , sJsr-Tho Editor assume no responsibility for tho opinions of correspondents i To Insuro notice, contributors must give lriliuo' and address, and wrlto en ouu sldoot tho papor only THE MAMNb HCCOItU hm an Agent In every port on the Lakes and ltlvors, nnd will conscquontly circu* late moro or leas In all of them Asa moriium for * advertising it has no superior, as It circulates among a class of people that can be ronched In no other wav_ EDIlOniAL NOTES. It is said that Juj Gould has abandoned his much talked of yachting tilp around tho world. Toe- Albany press says that State Engi¬ neer and Surveyor seymoui Is making his annual inspection of State ennuis. The (11 lectors of the Montreal Exchange bunk, on Monday suspended pnvmen' nnd put the bank Into liquidation, with liabilities at $2,000,000. - <ft --------- i , Tin. excursion steamer Snglnn », it seem,., is laid up at Defolt, mid the Keweenaw brought her pnssengcss.nbout two hundred, to Cleveland, although, -It is said, thero is nothing wrong with the Saginaw. , Tun next annual meeting o^Uic National Board of Steam Navigation will be held In Xow York City, October 24th. Business of mportnnce will naturally conic before the board, ajid it is desirable that-every poit hlioultl send a representative. , When the fact thatMr.Tllden's j acht Yo- homltc had beateir Mr. Gould's yacht Atu- lanta was telegraphed to tho builders of the latter, they telegraphed* back to change hoi bnllnst and place ten tons ot lead along the keel, and now Mi. Gould is ready for another tus«le. THE Smi'BVlLDINtf iXTEJlESt. dome of the aspeVts of the testimony glfre.n by Mr. John Itoaeli, tho shipbuilders, before the Sonnto coinmltteu on Lnboi and E,du8h- tlou are without doubt of Intciwt to vessel owners and lion manufacturers. It will-of course, be bornohi mind that Mr. Itojich being a 6liipbu|ldcf(, voices tho sentiment of tliitl Interest. In fact, theHc-natocommittee, loillblng the puipose-for \jhlch It wns ciontcd, sees that tho besrwav to gt t at the geneinl public is by eliciting the self-iiKorost of the dlllei ent iniliisfi Ion, when by placing the accumulated facts In juxtaposition, nkP'P0" «'>»-» they all'gained a footing, sup- The board of directors of the Floiida Ship Canal has been authorized to lei the contract for building, with directions to begin at the earliest posslblejlay.- Tho eastern terminus pi the canal "will be In the vicinity of tho mouth of St, John's river, the canal to run ncross the peninsula at tho narrowest point. It will be 130 miles long, 230 feet wide and thirty feet deep. On another page will be found an account of the deplorable condition of the Greely -Vrctlo expedition. The proper oltlcltls nf Washingtonliave, however, decided not to send a search and aid party to their relief, assuming that a vessel could not get fur enough north t0 render the unfortunates an} assistance this whiter; the men will be com¬ pelled tt> subsist as best they can untU the middle of next summer. A channel 200 foot wide and 1-2 feet deoj) J at low tide Is shortly to "bo dridged between Nix's mate Mid Long Islam! head light, Boston harbor, at the cost of'about $10,000 It Is oxpeoted that tho work will be com¬ pleted In Novojnbei. It will allow vessels to leave the main ship channel just before reaohlng Nix's mate and steer straight for Hull, and will do away with the necessity of passing between lord's, and- QaUoupe'a Island, where the channel Is very^narrow and dangerous If It is crowded with vessels. It Is also proposed to widen the upper mid¬ ship ehannel from 000 to 1/100 feet, by cutting off a spur of Castle Island shoal. This work was begun about three years ago, but has been delayed by the lack of neceasary ap¬ propriations. lowing one to weigh against another and vice torn, tho means of determining the greatest good to tho greatest number may bo ascertained. Mi. Koach accounted lor England's supremacy In the canying trade by the subsidy allowed by the British gov¬ ernment to owners pf steam propollcd ves¬ sels, by w hlch the hitter could make 8 per cent dividends on the capital Invested, but he was not in fnioi of subsides. Protection to lion manufacturers and shipbuilders was all that was ncccssaiy; in his opinion. Pro¬ tection to shipbuilders would mukonmei- chant marine moro servlonblo to (be govern¬ ment In ease of war than the whole Ameri¬ can navy. Senator Call put a scries ^>f questions to Mr. Roach, through which the latter admitted that Arucilca had moio steam tonnage idloat than any couutiy except England, and that the oastlng business here in steam propelled vessels was so profitable that In the past two years, owncis had been able to largely reduce the rate Pf freight and Lthat tho business Is profitable now, even at the i eduction." When asked about tho Iron business Mr. Roach said the United States could produce more iron than could boused In the country, but England could produce It for from $13, to $15 a ton less. His atten¬ tion being called by Senator Pugh to the, foot that last j car there are over a million tons more jrcai pioduced In this country than were used here Mr llonch said this was due wholly to the evils of the tuillT wlijclr was, not high enough to absolutory prohibit In- porlittlon. After this Senator Cill began another sorles of "questions, durltjg which Mr. lioach asserted that protection was needed by capital because there are not iron woolen or cotton mills enough to supply the demand, w hlch In our. opinion, slightly modifies his pluvious statement {hat the piesent business depression was due to qvei piodullon in tlreso lines of business From these statements, of course, our random will diaw their own conclusions •* her gave rlto to the rumor that Gaptaln Sto- vonsandtho three men w lib him, Charles DIokeiiB, of Detroit, wheelsman; Robert Hnttnn, of Bny City, second engineer, and John dloBson) of Huron, llrenmn, were lost. Hilt not so, however, as the Captain, who had three bravo men with lilm, never loBt his presence oi mind. They clung lo tho wreck until sho was about to go down, when, an, older was glvon to jump lor Hie mid Ihoy all succeeded In olenrtng themselves from the suction and In capturing» largo portion of the deck, twelve by twenty feet, HIE OAKLAND Marine people, hetoityuve" been much dis¬ turbed during the week in rejjllid lafthe late of tlie ciew of the steamer Oakland, which was caught In tho gale off Elk K,rdok, near Conneuut, and about eight miles" Aut.. The vessel left Detroit river on Saturday night and passed this port on Sunday evenlngi when Captain Stevens tur4ied,,ovor a tow to Clevoland tugs rfhd went oil tbr*,'!i3rlo,'Jbr which place the Oaklnnd Wd^i cargo QP665- 000 feet of lumber, consigned to Carroll Bros , from Bay City. When between Fair- port and Ashtabula, theio being a smooth lake and but little wind, Captain Stevens turned In, going to tho engineer's room, and disrobed himself as he would In the cham¬ ber of a grand hotel, leaving thejnateMr Audi ewe, on watch. Soon, howtfvtfr, tho ^wlnd freshened -lute a gale and tho 4eSsel, whloh was not coirwWed a safe iUk-by the Insurance companies, began to sltoAy evident signs of distress. Tho vessel Nsjffd to port hud Boon began to sottlo at liferent, when the unfortunates know that all hope of tho vessel was past and they began pfoparlnft tho yaw), Jn which Captain Slovens directed all wlte wished to plnco thcmsolvosfpnll for tho shore, and send assistance lo fhej'cmnlii- dor. Tho men who took to the yawl were John L. Andrews, of Bay City, tlrstWte, E. H. Sterne, of Bay City, chief engine})!-, E. Davis, of Cleveland,cook; Fred Hart; of Cleveland, flroman; Harry Montgomery, of Bay City, wheelsman; George FAflfliigton, of Huron, watchman; Thomas Halllgan^of Springfield, 111., deckhand, and Thomas O'Kourke, deckhand, ol Patteisyi, N#J. These men pulled out on the vytves-and their bout was toased about Hko a ifieliibiK Anal¬ ly reached the shore without mlshjjp^ The faot that the Oakland went dowix| In a few minutes after these mqn'left pmting iho inft with a cask, which they lashed to It. Then came a night of expos¬ ure and hardship of wlilcli it Is impossible to conceive, the groat dangei at the time be¬ ing from the lumber which the,waves con¬ tinually dashed against them, threatening to kill or knock them oil I he raft. Thus they passed an entile (Invalid night, seeing many tugs pass and repass, hut being iinablo to at¬ tract attention by theli signals and shouts, nnd on Tuesday morning, chilled-through anddienehed to the skin, they weic entirely discouraged anil without hope, When they sighted n tug They quickly made n stall out of a piece of timber w Ith which they had been fighting off tho (limber, tied a sheet to U, and raising It and shouting with all their strength, they succeeded In attracting her attention. She bore toward them and they were soon on boaid the tug Red Cloud, ot Ashtabula harbor, Captain Wjlllaui DownSglPhere everything possible wns done for their comfort. All tho men nrrlved In Cleveland Tuesday evening feeling .grate¬ ful that they have been permitted to gattiei with thir families again, dipt. Stevens was the last man to leave tl|o ship, and, In the words of one of the men, "ho Is as game a young sailor as ever (rod a deck." The Oakland was owned by Captain Ste¬ vens nnd hlsfatliejv-She was valued at about $10,000, while her cargo was valued at $8,. 000. Tlieip was $5,000 lire Insurance on tho Oakland, but nothing can bo recovered on tlmt, to that both vessel and cargo are a to tal loss, The engine and boilers were first- class, and valued at $5,000 or more. She lies In about forty feet of witter, Shout four to uli miles out, and can easily be raised. The captain Is of the opinion that hoi engine and boilers are not lnjurcd«nd that her hull Is not, strained, as she seemed to sottlo easy. Consequently, II Iter owners conclude to raise her, tlley w 111 have no more to do to make hoi a good vessel than ought to havo been done belorc. BOOK NOITCES. Haiu'Hi's Mom uti.-r'l he October Num¬ ber of Harpct's Magazine presents unusual attractions, and Is leniarkable for tho num¬ ber and excellence ol Its Illustrations. The frontispiece is a masterly engraving by Krttell, from Gilbert Stuart's portrait of Washington This portrait illustrates the opening article of the Number—"Last Days ol Washington's Array nt Newburgh," by J. T. Hcndlcy. The nrtlole contains among Its other Illustrations n lino engraving "by Kruell, Irom Gilbert Stuart's portrait of Martha Washington, and some striking plctnrcrs by Howard Pylo and Horry Fnnn The second pnrt of F. D. Millet's" Dille- bnrllu" is full with cnuralctlstic illustiatlon from drawings by the author and T. de Thnlstiup - Mrs. Z. B Gustaf8on contributes a paper on Nlcalso da Keyser, ot Antwerp-the |.grentcst of, living Dutch painters—accom¬ panied by lour -ongravlngs of the highest order. .Mrs. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop's novelette, ^Prisoners'" Is concluded, with an Illustra¬ tion by Abbey. Horse-Fai mlng In Kentucky, with espoclnl reference to the trottlng-horsc, is the subject of an iiitmesllng article by William Henry JUghop, Illustrated from drawings by George Inness, Jr., and photographs. Colonel Hlgglnson continues his American History Series, with a chapter on the Revolu¬ tion, entitled "The Dawning of Independ¬ ence," Illustrated by Howard Pyle. 'lighe Hopkins contributes an Interesting and romantic story, entitled "Tho Wood- NympH." Phil Robinson, under tho title of "Sauu- terlhgs In Utah," describes some wonderful natural curiosities In tile liolghborbood of Salt Lake. The Editorial Department nro full or timely and ontortalnlng mnttor. Tho publishers announco tho eonolua|on of "A Ciistlo In 8pnln"*tn tho November number, nnd the beginning, shortly after¬ ward, of a new novel of startling literary Intoiest, by William Black, entitled "Judith Shakespeare," Illustrated by Abbey. Dio Lkwih's Monthly.—There Is no,quos- tlon but that DIo Lewis's Magazine will do a world of good. Its plain, common sense style of putting tlilpgs will make It ft favor- Ito with those classes not generally given to reading hygienic principles In whatever from. Itlstruc,tlicieare Borne Impracticable reforms demnnilcd, at least bucIi as will bo so considered In tile piesent generation, but their soundness Is admitted and there Is no telling what constant pleaching mny not effect In the next generation. The entire rcadablcncss of nil the Magazine contains Is nn Important feature. The table of con- tents for the September number Is as follows. "A Genuine Victor)," DIo Lewis; "In¬ vention nnd Scientific Progress," "The Respective Benilngs of American und European Education,!' Mrs. Gasherle De Witt; "Victory foi Both Sides," DIo Lewis; "How One Wlfo Managed," DIo Lewis; "Obesity or Corpulence," DIo Lewis; "Mar¬ riage In India," Amuiita Lei Roy; "False Morality; "W. T. Van Zitndt; 'The FiibIi- lons," Aunt Bonuvbell; "Tho Equitable Distribution of Wealth," John D. Morgan; "Achat with Worklngmen," DIo Lowis; "Postage not Stated," ' Lilllo D. Bl'ako: '•Curious Fashions," "Exeiclse with Rings," DIo Lewis; Hygienic Department; "A Word About Corsets," ".Ventilation," "Cnrbonle Acid Gas," "Another Word AboutSunshlne," "Passing Evonts," Our "Cooking School," Julia Colman. Thk French Go\eminent has withdrawn its oideib to an English firm to construct river gunboats foi service in Tonquln, on ac¬ count of Inability to agree nporhtbe termB of the contract, An Improved steam engine In which the dead center point Js obviated Iiub been pat¬ ented by Mr. Carl Biiumgnrten, of Berlin, Germany. A block Is secured to the piston lod, which block Is provided ultba diago¬ nal slot through which the crank pin passes-. The slut has concaved edges facing each, other nnd is provided itrhh it recess nt eachr ■ end. The slide valvo Is attached to n rod provided at the lover ends with tnppets, ngaiiu-t wlili li the < mh o( the sliding blook strike, thereby reclpiociuiiig the slide vSWe rod. 'Hie levers from which the rodB are suspended are pioviued with spring arms for giving the desired degiceof expansion. AROUND THE LAKES. CIFVFI AND. '1 ho lighthouse supply ship Hnzo was in port on Monday. Tho schooner Elizabeth Jones in Globe drydock to have it leak stnped. The stcamyacht C\ clone, on heriaat run to the inlands broke one of the buckets ..of her wheel The schooner H. P Baldwin, ashore at Kelley Island last week In Glode drydock for temporaly ropahs, alter which she will carry four or live loads of stone, when she will receive a through overhauling. Tho propeller St. Louis, running on the Luke Superior line, has been withdrawn and will bo rebuilt at Buffalo during the fall and/ winter. The propeller New burg will tuk* her place lu the meantime. Noolnn's now Iron frame steambatgo, be¬ ing constructed nt Shlckluua's yard at St. Catherines ,wll) not'hc leudy lor launclh be¬ fore1 next spring. Sho will bo a full sized St. Lawrence canal steamer very muoh* like the Mills.' Goorgo Thurston Is master builder and Mr. Olllo of St. Catherine's puts In the, machinery. There has been, during tho week, much agitation felt by the friends t f the pnssenget s on the Saginaw to Detroit as It was not understood that iho was not to return to Cleveland with them but would, transfer them to the Keweenaw nt that port for re¬ turn, io that thuy might have an excursion down on another vessel. The Kewqenaw was obliged to put Into Sandusky, however, on account of n rough soa (hug causing much uneasiness at their non-arrival. Some of the paBsongers, however, beoame impatent at'tlio long delay returned on the raUroad. Culvln & 8411*8 new steamer D. D. Calvin was' launched last week Tuesday at Garden