THE MARINE RECORD.. ^ZL_ STUDY THK SUHJEUT ' Ttioro Ih piobubly uu <nieHlloii_ befoie ihe country of n hlch more Ih heard or Icsh la nn. doratood limn Unit relating to shipping. Everybody feels competent to discuss it, hut few really pimli tbuh liiqiilrieB fin. ,Itis known Unit our shipping In depm ting, which' la felt to In; a (trout loan, but iir to a full mid complete dlai'urtxlmi i oiicoriiluit tbe causes of tills, the ncccxsliy of loplncinir our shipping and tho menu* bunt ndapied to that end, there Is im> i.|jju, Qeneiul knowledge upon the «ubjcct is n( tlii- iniist Htijierllciul kind. Fu'so Htiili'ini nlh liuve been tliebasla loi ur- BiiineiilH «rak In theumelvoi,, and vv holly bud owing to their loiiudiitloi. The iii'iiiat altiialloii In mi IiiiiIH stSc-n, the mcilt* of the eontiovi'iHj no lltTlo umlei>l(ioil, Unit giu.it numbers ol people have a vhjjiic bleu thlit tlriB shipping uiuilerla gnvirneil bv lima of ita own, mill that it can lie aetth'd immedi¬ ately and oil h md by some bold stroke of legislation. Cniigioss lathe vvliinil and at command, pi oi-to! the American merchant fleet am be doubled, trebled. This subject excites no'gieut enthusiasm. It ui eaten no great anxletj. It lum simply become mioul those quuailoiia uhleli a lew persona eiirn- eatly ttudy, but «hlch tbe many willingly leave to time and Congress for gctl lenient. Time Is uu indefinite factor and Congress baft decidedly leit the caae In the hulida of time. Jt has been ua Indillerent iia the lest of the coiiutir This hnppv conlldence In the futuie might he nppiovcil II shln'plng were not a necei-slty so our pel inancnt pios- ficrlty, but an its value Is iiicniite.-tuble. as ts necessity lot us becomes eveiy day tnoie appiiieut, it is only ton obvious Unit some¬ thing more Hum a biluil it'llaucc on the |u- ture Is needed. This subject has ne\ei been failly, hon- estlj unci lull \ piet-eiited to tfic people. Hotel and tbe.e, Men who leguiil tin Helfaic (iP the couulty befme tbeii own," bint endeav¬ ored to give n tine outline ol the question. Here and tboie iiovvspupei'i. give honest statements conei yiing It, and those who be¬ lieve in fue mule uige III it this question be settled with regaidonly to tlie public good. Unfortiinatch , liowevei, the matter lia-.gi.n- -erally been plated beloie the public in a fulsu light bj u class ol uu u w liosc cblel ob¬ ject iMhcii nun uggiundlzunieiit. Itisicp resented that unless eeiliiin wild mid |iur- —niclaui^telu!tm:i! me .supported, the shlp- buildiug iniliistiy, upon which, It is coii- etaiulj relteiated, Ib loiever based, any suc- cesBtliat weniiiy iitltain upon Uie'-Beue, will be In el ili \abl) iiiliieu ,ind with It willdi part tilt liil vc'it ij;e of inn -hipping siinli statements arc sent broadcast throughout the counti). "lpt'iloim argumeiite put loith to show bow tbe mill ol one itidustiy (ship¬ building) is intended are kept in constant 'circulation, while the causes tor the doelln- Ing condition ot a nioie Important one (slilp- owuing) aie seldom, or never mentloiKjd. EdltoYstvho know notbing of the subject and evidently cure less to study it, are con¬ tent to accept all this Irasli as gospel, lor many an edltoreal have we seen that is strnplyTrrrhonh-oHnlne-ntntemettta-mitl-bud arguments. The readers ol these clliislons have evidently accepted them literally. Newspapers have lllscussed the subject as II our shipping were always in Ainciiciui Wa¬ ters and never bad to compete wllh loiolgn- cr» in neutral uiaiketsl Hosts of people, con¬ tent to accept kiicli views, and finding Con¬ gress inaitcntivt, luivi not thought the mut¬ ter woith further investigation, and ll.e le- sult ol this couisc huh been lliiit there Is nothing, concerning which the-public aieso ignorant an(l so wholly ml»iinilcrstuiid, as the condition and wants ofoui shipping. It is no time to deplore th|j. A thorough knowledge of the lull merits of this question by the public generally will do more to bring about a qulik settlement ol it than any othei means The boat work those inter¬ ested Hi thfho matins inn do Is to spread honest stalcuiuiith of the case tin oughoiittlie land. Give eveiy man all the facts ami let him study the subject as one in w hieji lie Is vitally inteiested. Let Kim think out his own theory of relorui and our woidlorlt, lie will be loiiud advocating the greatest lib- em for the shipowner; Maiiulactuiers in the' East, planters and shippers bouth, fur- nicis West, hear of tho panaceas 'Trie Ships," "Subsidies," •Trotectldi)," but be- foriylicy look into these they should know exactly hpvv the slilpownei la situated, ivhut be lias tii contend with, where and with whom he has to lompele, before they can hoticstlj decide upon his case. These nun bavo not studied the question, their, repic- BOiitatlves in Cotigicas have not studied It. They have, with a contldciice almost child like, taken us gospel what interested parties have told them. Let them In future ask for facts, full stiitenicnts, verify these and then give tills subject of the rehabilitation of our shipping, the same thought and attention that they would were It one in which they were personally Interested and their future wellaie Involved.—Mantinu Ittijiaili. THE i'ANAHA CANAL. It was guiierullv supposed that the Pana¬ ma Canal would be at the sea lev el, and that the surface would be as unbroken as a river from one ocean to tile oilier At the Intel- national Canal Congress In l'nrlsthe linpies. ►ion was given that the I'nn una wnti.TVTTn would at least in-ouililo ilmm mu/, fu La- Ing without loi Usui miv otlii i Inti 11 uplioii". mill It was Hiiilei.-iouil 111iii iIn,, opihlou wuh I based upon surveys made by Lieutenant Iloiuipitrto Wjbo and othei a. . Mr.. Dingier, the Cblel 'Engineer of the Panama Canal Company, has laid a report before tho Suporloi Works Committee at rails whlob dispels all Illusions' on this score. Mr. Dinger proposes that the canal should terminate at Panama In "three biuncliee, each furnished with a lock'cham¬ ber, capable of containing!! vessel 180 metciB long, one brunch to be used by vessels cnlei- Ing the canal) thu second lor ships passing out Into the ocean, anil the third to bo em¬ ployed ,w hen one or the other ol the on- triinies may be nni'or inpidr*." Air. Dlnglct admits in bilef, at this lite tinv, that the vatlatlon between thcWa level at Panama and Colon lenders It Impiactlca- ble to construct the cnnnl on a level wllh either the Panama or the Colon side He points out that the iiveuige variation be¬ tween high and low water at Panama Ib four meteis, and that sometimes, the differ¬ ence ja no lees than six, while on the At¬ lantic side tho variation Isnotmoie than six- tenths of ii metre. Mr. Dingier concedes that the cnnnl would be subineiged by tbe tides If It \ycro built on n level with, low vvntci ut Panama, and that a great slope would luivo to be cnnsfiicted at Immense coat to Colon, while If tho canal were to be cut on the Atlantic level there would bo a powctful, unmanageable current Irom the Pacific side. The slope alone fiom Panama to Colon, Sir. Dingier says, would cobi $0, 0(1(1,000, while the lock cluimbeiB could be constructed foi $2,300,000. He contends that a lock nt the Panama end la needed ill any disc. He submitted these conclusions to the consulting cnginceie who lorui the "Superior Committee." and they unani¬ mously accepted them. Mr. Dalnglcr's plan alsoeoiitemplntestlie coqalructlou of a port ut Panama, which Is to be a (fori, ol enoniimis extent. Ho pio poses that for iieuiU thtec miles and a hall thu c mill shall be at least 1G0 meteis oi 176 ) arils wide, that In oulei th.it vessels coining and going "may take up their positions on ouch side ot the niinil, and still leave a clear pass.ige In the middle of at least 100 meters. At the Colon a bieukw liter la to be con stiucicd and the wutois from the livers which would follow into the main canal la Ui bo bikenjo tho sea in fresh watei canals, while an Immense reservoir Ib to bo built in "thtmpper vnlloy of the Chagiealn order to aveit the danger ot Hoods during heavy ruins Mr. Dlngler'a lepoit confirms strongly the position which Mi. Fiiinciseo de Gaiuy, the eminent Mexican englneei held ut the Purls Congress, w hen in the fui e of much opposition he dwelt on the disadvantages ot the Panama route wind culled foi further investigation. It la to be hoped that Mr De LeBBeps' Impetuoalty and obatlnacy will not lesult either in absolute failure or in tho consti notion ofaciinal which would be ton costly to be of any teal service to com- meice. —eA-NAlhryS-^fErW-MA RftfE-fcrA Yh----- The new law which went Into ellect on Jamiuiy 1, lequirltig that a candidate foi master oi mate lor a Canadian vessel must puss thtough an examination, is attracting considerable attention among murine men. After Januaiy 1st no vessel ol ovei 100 tons buiden will be permitted to clem without i >rn log a eel tilled masiti, and, it ovei 200 urns and uinyliigtotty passengers, she miiBt have ii certllled mute ulso. The law will not allect those who vvoie In command or acting as mates prioi to Junu- inity 1,1883, as in llielt case a ceitlflcate ot set vice from employers will entitle them to one front the examiners, provld'd they cun puss the colol test. Certificates onui gianted can be canceled tor unscainunllke conduct,' drunkenness, alloat oi ashore, while in the (hurge ol a veasi I, and other misdemeanors tlmt may be brought beloie the notice of n collecloi ol customs m minister of marine A fee of $8 w 111 be charged candidates for ivxumliiutloii, and fc1 loi those showing cer- tllliutesol scrvlie iib ninsters, while mutes will be charged $l mid $2 leapeutlvely. Cer- tlllcutcs will be grunted lor those navigating Eastern waters below Montreal, those on the great inland lakes, and those on minor rlveis nnd hikes. Those wishing to qualify for any one or nil of these unites cun do ho, but when coasting Is intended, thoioiigli knowledge of all lights, etc., on the loud Is rcqulied. Ceitlflcates will be gi tinted lor steam ves¬ sels, lor sidling vessels, or lor both Tony- bonta under 100 tons burden do not require certllled masters, uu matter what thu pas¬ senger capacity may be. A mitte must be 10 years of age, and have served two years at sen. He will have to ptiBS u very rigid examination as to seaman¬ ship. A muster must be 21 years of age and have iTeen three yours atson, one of which he must have been mate, aiid-ho must kno"- the prin¬ ciple lights upon the great Inland waters, lie will be icquired tboxplulu how he would lay Out an anchor in case of stranding, and be able to rig a Icmpoiuiy i udder should the steering iippuintus become disabled. Testimonials ol Lhaiactei anil i«l sohiletv, expeilence, ability and good eoiidner on bnuiilshlp will Ii" rcqiiiii'd ot nil ii.pplkuiu«, mid without piodiiiiiig tin m no pi imiii will be exainliii I The in ui iiiie pimli'iei-' lie nixing the establishment of n winter port 4or the Cana¬ dian Piicldo at St. John'ir or Halifax, aiida delegation from the latter place will" visit. Ottiivvii to urge tho government to IntorfeVe in their favor, and compul the Canadian Pa¬ cific to go there Instead of Portland, or to any United Htatcs pint. A MARINE CUKIOSITY. A reporter of the State', New Oi leans, re- paired to the levee at the head ol Bienville streetTby Invitation of Captain Sain Mooro, t|ie owner ol the little mourn launch Harry Chnnnon, a wee thing w Itli wonderful power. The little vcs«el Is 30 feet long seven feet beam, depth nf bold three and a half feet, and cu-rlua an engine ot six hot ae power and a piopellcr wheel nf 28 Inches In diameter, which is ili hen at Ihe late of about 200 rev-, oliitlons par nil me. The spee'd of tills little craft Is nine miles per hour In culm witter. Captain Moore hud his little launch built In ChiLiigo, and with it its n tugboat, brought to tills city, through the Illinois and Michi¬ gan .canal, from Chicago to La Salle, and thence by the Illinois river to the Mississippi, and from tlicio here, n schooner yacht and large sailboat. Being somewhat eonyorSant- with such things, the icportcr docs'not hesitate to say that the little vessel is a marine, as well as n- mechunlcu! t urlosity. The reporter vvaa k|ndly received on board by Cantiiin Moore, introduced to Ills' wife, and enjoyed a ride fiom Canal street to Aiglets, crossing the river In just eight minutes, from thu head nf Bienville street to tlie Morgan whait. Cnptiiln Mooic has also wllh him a beau¬ tiful iwo-iiiusted, schooner-jigged yaclit, which is u wonder In showing how nicely mechanics din put things together, and how human ingenuity can put cook-houses, pallors, dining rooms and sleeping upnrt- inenth, all in bucIi small space, and yet each sepal ute. The yacht Is biyond doubt the finest one that bah ov ei been Seen at our levee, and tills icportei would like to go fishing in her. i'heie is loom and bciths for sleeping, suf¬ ficient ;o accommodate twelve pel sons, and jet leave bpacu lor u little game of "draw," and keep the cooking stove going at the same time. If any of our enterprising merchanta think ol building a nice yacht, for cither travel or pleasure, they aro advised to go and sec tho Morning Star, now lying at the lovee In Al¬ giers.______________________ , REPOKT OP THE NEW YOltK PILOT COMMISSIONERS. The Nrw York Pilot Commissioners on ■Quinary 2d, completed their annual report to the Legislature. Of 133 licensed pilots tliero are I2U in actlveservlce, three partinlly hicupncHuled by age and ill health, and one suspended for delectlve vision. live pilots vveie drowned on tbe Columbia, one othei was drowned at sen, and tlnee died on slime last year. There aro nineteen bouts In the service, und'two woie run Gown by ateam- slilpa at 6eaiihd wrel!kT!dr~TIro by-liny pror lilbitlngtliouae of steam pilot-bouts lias been revoked, but the mnjoilly of pilots object to them because ol tbe increased coet of run¬ ning them. The Commissioners advise the pilots to itgiee with the ship owners for it induction of pilotage. The number of vessels [piloted-In and out of New York was 0,723, artuThTMjross amount of pilotage received wiib $55.1,858.21. This shows a reduction us compared 'vvltli 1882, ol 328 veescls and $19,700.04 In fecB, the reduc¬ tion being duo largely to an increase In the capacity ot vessels Much valuable service has been rendered by some ol the pilot boats in snppljing vessels with provisions ut sen, -Pilot boat No. 20 having succored no less than twelve. Twenty-eight sunken vessels In the bay and livers have been romoved. liie street cleaning department has gener¬ ally compiled with the law In dumping thu street refuso beyond the limits or the harbor, but the depositing of drcdglngs In the chnuiiola has continued, 'iiu; evil hits reached such proportions that with the menus at tho disposal of the board, It Ib im¬ possible to do more than Bllgbtly check if. It is recommended that steps bo at once taken to secure vigorous action by the Fed¬ eral Government before serloua damage Is done to tbe .channels of the hatboi. The leport of the treiisuier shows that ex¬ cluding the balance on hand on January f, 1882, ot $2,105.80, thu iccclpts were »ll,- 400.13, cxpcDBCB, $13,(101.17; balance on bund, Including securities $23,701.00. THE WRECKED ADBI.VNNA. Particulars oftlif sufferings of thu crow ol the wrecked schooner Adrlunnu have boon rcqelved. The captain mistook the light nt Block Isjiinil for that of Point Judith. The schooner was diiven through the water at great speed, when the cry of "breakers ahead" was beard. They were then In the outer edge nt the surf, mid the captain had ~ but time to call to his men do leap Into tho rigging and get there himself when the ves¬ sel struck, and the waves Immediately broke uanss her, throwing spray, which froze wherever It struck, nearly up to tho croBS- trees. The crew consMod nt tho oaptain, mate, cook, and une sailor. The vessel stuck at 11 p. nl. The captain nnd sailor had warm clothes, but Ihe male and cook were thinly clad. The mute probably thought It uuncceosHiry to lush himself to tho rigging, nnd becoming chilled he fell from his position, struck Ihe Ice-filled mainsail and wns doubtless Instantly killed. The cook wits frozen to death In lens than nn hour. Several Isiuuiicrs saw the wreck about duy- brek nnd vventout to her In ay-awl. After lowering the two survivors liitn tho boat they seemed the bodies of the mute nnd cook and bulled them.—Xewpoit dispatch to the Inter Ocean. Vessel Brokers, DULUITI, MINN. Vesselmen SHOULD HAVE OUR MARINE .LAW BOOK. Contalning~on~poinijrbf~MARlKK LAW~ai~~do- terminal by the United btntes CourU '------ -ON- Semnen, Owners, Frclglitfi, Charter*, Towngc, RcEl«tryf ColllHfoni, * Enroll n HMits, General Average, Common Gnrrlen, Outlet of Seamen, ^Mnnte.ra A Owner*, Hill of Lndlnv, Waffea, Ac. The voluran la handjwmely hound In stiff Botrd covers, nnd line En^lsti UotU binding, tiooh ■ of tint kind genondb cast $J 00, but we w|U tend It to any addresii, (kwUiijo paid for tl.OO, or with ttio MARINE KECORD for ono yi iir, both 'or only $3 00. * AddroM Marine IlkconO. Cleveland Q. "A DISEASE CURED -WlUiouHIwllolne^ Cross, the ngent who represented the In¬ terests of the government In the (8,000,000 supposed to be In the wreck ot the British ship Hussar at the bottom of the Enst river, and Beau, of New York, v ho advanced the money to jarry on tho search for the treitBure, hud an Interview, with the Solicitor of the Treasury to-day. They fllod affidavits Betting forth that Thomas, the contiuctor engaged In the woik, Is not pioseculing It with proper energy, thus neglecting the Interest* of the government iind involving (he promoters ot Ihe entciprise with heavy and iiiinecesani} c\|ii:lifi'S. Thu "jiilnlloi fold the cniuplalli nuts he would ask Thiiinus loi u alutcment ol Lin cido ul thu (use, in.il Inv the luuttei be- tnie bi c'icliiiv, Knlnei. hoik inn Itnviior be¬ lli \e« Hi it ileie l« ii luobublllty of the re- iinti) nl the lieiisiuc. s A Valuable Dhcoitry/or mpplytng Jlagnettm IB the Uu man Syttem A/ec/i ioity and Magnetitm uttlUtd at ncivr be/ore for Mealing the Sick THE MAGNETON APPIANCE CO.'S Magnetic Kidney Bert FOR MEN IS WARRANTED TO CDREfiWST'SEE without niedlrino — pain iktiik hack, hh'h, huadoe LIUUU, NKltVOUB Dlillll IT* , 1 UUIUUO, UKNKIIAI DKDIL- 1TY, ItHJi^i'ATlSM, 1,AHAI\SH, NFUKAIOIA, fiCIATjCA, D1SI-A8KBOF T1IK KIOMYS til IN A L UISKA8KS, Ttiltl'lD u\Kn, flout, Hemlnnl Kmlulomi, Impotency, Avtluno, Heart lilacane, DyNpepHla, Comtlpa- tloii; ErynlpeluH, lmllifutitloii, Hernia or ICup- ture, Caturrli, riled, hpilepity, Vuinb Affile, ete. Whonuny d<>hlllty of thu OENEIIAT1VK OIU OAJitt occunt Lout Vitality, Lack of Nerve Koroe und Vigor, WftHtlng AVeiikuesn, und nil thoae Dii- eatieBofa pprHonnl nnture. from whalurer coiiho, the continuous stream of Mognuliam |>ermetitinff (hrougfa tho purb). n\»st reatoro tlicm U> u htaltliy action 1 here Ib no mistake utmut tiila appliance fpfi TUP I ATlirQ' « JOMnreamicteil with 1U IXltl LiiilllJl),—I iiiiio lluck. Weakliest of the Hplno, Fulling of the Woinp, Ijeueorrlicea, Clironle Inflanuuiitloii and iricemtlun of the Womb, Incidental Heinorrlniffe or Flooding, 1'aliifnl, SuppreMHed and Irrewular Munatrua- tlon, llarrenneMi, and Chanse of Life thjjt It theUett Appliance nnd Curative Affentkjiown. rur all furmtt ol lVmale Dlnioultleii it Ih unaur- putwed hy nnythiuft bitoro Invontiul, holli as n curiitiTe iigcnt uud no a Biuret) of power and vital I nation, I'rlcuofoilhottBeit with Magnotla Iiis-iIom, ?l(i, rent by tixpresa C. <> D , tuid oxuinlimllon allowed, or hy mall on receipt ol prico In ordering ituid mt-iuuru ot waiflt, and flUo of uhoo itumlttance run bo mude Id curronty, Hfiit In litter at our risk The M<K»flt°u Oarmontanro adapted to all ugen, ir% worn over tho under clottiluir, nut ne^t to the body like the many Galvanic and Kleetrlo Ilmnbinji advertised ie extenifvely, and should be taken off' at night. They hold tholr K>WER FOULVSR, ud vt% worn Rt »ll aeasoim of the year Bend itatup for the "Now departure in Medical troiW meat Without Medicine," villi thousandit of teiU- moiilftlu THE MAONLrON API'UAJiCi: CO.. 41H HUtte Street, Chicago, IlL Notk —Sood ono dollar in post ago atauna or curren¬ cy, In lottornt our rink, with sl«i of ahoe utninlly worn, and try oui Magnotio Inaoloa, und t>o convince*! of the iiowtir rmldlug in our other Magnetic Appliances. l'oHltlvtly no cold feci when tlioy ure worn, or money ref undid ' I CURE FITS! tlmiiiinil IIkioIi un llioin ruturuwiKlii, 1 mowi »rwJ!oil euro J luivu mnitotlm »!Inouio of UTS KPir.KI^V or PALI INII HIIKNKU8 M llfu I. nt{ utility Iwnrrxnt nn roiumly Mmru thu won I cumis Ilui iuinu inlicrn tmv t fultoii lit no ruiw* n fur mil n iv* mmhlnR h rlim H.»m Im uui I r itln ntlnunti t u W« U Itluufinv lufiiUMiloruiM t>i UU Puiir^HMinllV.t ■ iSl Approvei W Board of M principal 'JSp |vincs, as 11 VESSEL "m 8encl fc _M D.KAHJn M PA ' 1 •^Vesse ' rU N §. 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