• J THE MARINE KECOKD. $he<Maripe@epprd. Pttblltltect Every Tliiinulay at 144 Superior k Strei't, [LcmUr llulldlns;.] L IPOMERDY, Editor anil Proprietor. TKKM8 OF pUHSCniTTJON: « Ona year, postago paid .......... .,.........92*00 Six months, postugo paid .......,-.m.................J.OO Innrlibly In adrance. , Tho JtAWM: KECOKD can bo found tbraslenUho following placos: «■ 'No. 3 South Water street, CICYehrod. Joseph Qrer, No, 284 South Water street, Chicago. C.fltohrner, Mlolilgitn strut, Huflalo, Now York. D IfcMutara A Co , Sarnla, Ontario Win. Godler, Eacanabn, Michigan. - J. E SomerTllle, Maulijeo, Ulchlgan. Artlclea, lettari and queries on ill subjects arc aollcl- tod. **r*Tho fdltor assumes -no responsibility for the opinions of correspondents. To Insure notuo, tmitributora must giro.name and address, anil writo orf ono aido of tho paper only. ^ BRAKl'II OPWCE, 21* SOUTH WATER STREET, CHICAGO. TAtilFF AND PliESIDENT MAKING. ItlVEIiS AND IIAliBOIiS, HUT NOT ADVERTISING RATES. , Ten cents pur lino, nonpareil measurement, orjsi.20 per inch, each Insertion, lour weok,s 84 00, with a liberal discount On orders amounting to 940 00 or over Entered at tho Post Office at Cleveland as fleeond- chlss tnailr tastier. '1 he House Dt Representatives hits passed it bill which iniilit>ri7C4 Cuyahoga county to-appropriate tlio Rocky Klvei toll bridge, the only loll biltge It* the Suite, and niiike it nee. The bill should Tecelve liivornble anil speedy action by the Senate. , Ten bids "eio received Inst Saturday by Captain DtivU, lighthouse englneci, toi the construttlon of (lie two new toners feoon to be creeled at tlu3 mouth of the Detrojt river und bund Beach. The lowest bid was fioni the Russell Or Wheel Compnny mid It was forwnrded to Washington tilth the rec¬ ommendation that It he accepted. Mil Chamdeiilain, who is the author of ii bill for the better protection of life and property at bcii, and which is now hefore parliament, is getting Into deep ttater with British shJLptrrtSters, tvho threaten to trans- fru^*h"ejr vessels to a foreign flag in case the bill passe*. We ine-pleased lo know that they oannot lloat the stnis and stilpes over tliem, howevei, uliluh Is probably the only good thing that lollies ol the refusal o( reg" l»try to foreign built ships The advent(of a new paper devoted to the iron InU rests Is'a matter ol some moment at this particular time, especially ttheil It is found advocating mihiiiI \ It w< for tho good of that Industry. Weare pleased to see th.it ttie Hon Review and Iiidiibtrlul Age, pub llhhed by Homer E. Dudlci & Co., has Just been started al Buflnlo. It Is a mouthlj , and fiom the piospeious appiuiiiintc of ihu tlist number, \te judge that It has come lo slay. rm.Kimt) Indltatlons tlin' llie oh|ei tors tt111 be present In Washington In lime lo op])OSo the extension ol Hit patents on the steam grain shove! Arguments for mid against the bill, which Is In the lute test o| tlie inventors, Nellson.Speiidiilow and Wat¬ son, of Itiillalo, will be heard hefoie the Semite committee on patents to-day (1 liure- day.) Tho palents linve been extended sev- eial times and thcgiuiu call) lug anil grain- handllng people think they hate paid aulll- clent royalty. ,— , Wr liuve received the new catalogue of the Fenlleld Block Company, which Illustrates the merits- of their goods its fully as it la possible to do, und Includes, a full line of Anchor Brand tackle blocks und ti ucks man- utactuied by this linn, and also a Hue o( specialties, such us lock faucets, mallets, baggage barrows, etc. A particularly novel feutino of it Is the Intioducllon, on pages 48 and 10, of a complete clphei lelegiaph kcj, and tills, In connection \tltlalie nninesglteii to many articles Individually, tnnkes the ol- derlng ol goods by who us inexpensive and expeditious as possible. Pintles who deal In or use these goods till! bocheerfullv sup¬ plied with a copy ol tin) catalogue upon n| • plication. I'hcie Is siiniO irassuilng news Uniting about In poll I leu I circles coliccnilng the Morrison inrlll bill. From evidence glenned here'antl there, and especially fiom ore and Iron men themselves, the country Is not ready for free ore or free trade' In any aspect. But this Is iihut the Moirlmm bill, being practlc- allj a measure for "tariff for revenue only" would bring us to. Our contemporary, tho Iron Review, mentioned Jn another place In this Issue, takes on u nequlvocal posltloil on this qupstlon In its first number. It srrys this country owes"1t8 miirveloui develop¬ ment ttithln Its first hundred years to the protective policy. < In many lines of Indus¬ try tve find ourselves almost able to com¬ pete with the studied pioductlve economy rif countries that have many centuilcs tho ad¬ vantage of us in ezperlerce, hut to attempt to compete In ulf lines with them would be to reduce our scale of wages equal to those of European workmen, to.allow them to un¬ dersell us in otvr own markets, unci drive large numbers of capitalists out of fields which now employ vast numbers of work¬ men. "This," says the Review, "would be particularly true of tho iron trade, one of the most far-reaching and Important In the land." The effect wblch'the Morrison bill was in. tended to produce tins brdad and compie- henslve. Its design was nothing less than the making of a president. This Mas not to ho contingent entirely upon Its success. It may even be interred ihut the bill might eventually have been thrown aside ns some¬ thing for which lis projectors coi.ld have no life after it hud .pcrlornied this duty. It is stated that a prominent Illinois politician, after worming lilmsel! Into the confidence ol Mr. Monlson, jias allotted the Inwardness of his scheme to exude, like unto nn evapor¬ ation too hot lo hold within him. Mr. Mor rlson's hope was to get the tariff measure before Congress-, have It debated lor a time, the morcpiolonged the better, lead the p<ess Into a fierce discussion of it, and can the seething climax-by gettlng.the Illinois dem¬ ocratic convention to put It Ir lo then plat¬ form. This he thought would place him quite prominently before tho national con¬ tention as a presidential candidate. This is as fur as out consideration lends us In this direction, as tie have no business tilth poll- tics except us they bear upon vital Industrial measures, but It is by nn means the end of the edifying story. Now It so happens, for our good, or olheittlse, as the rciidci chooses to construe It, that there Is another gentleman In Congress it ho has presidential aspirations; theie maj he more, but one Is nil tit) have to deal with at present, i Willi the sharp mistrust of a competitor, he sees through Mr. Mori icon's plan, and lays ii tiap for his unsmpu ting feet. Randall, mi ex speaker, unci a -In, »d parliamentarian, is the gentleman w ho could not afford to let the fiee-traderget up too much steam Ju tho piesldential rate with any kind of safety lo his own pi aspects. To cool down Mr. Moi* rlson's IIres was also In conformity tilth Mr. Randall's lite-long position ns a protectionist, and lliertfore ho could, by doing this, Iced his cnnti'lonco and his munition at one com¬ placent swoop. It Is understood that Mot- rlson became convinced some tint s since that If put to a vote ol the House ills bill would he Oeleated, consequently he does not want It to go bejond tho point of being discussed. 'Ilie opponents have maishalltil theli forces, and the battle is being fought on tills ground, Morrison's aim being to secure discussion, but to prevent coming to a vote, and Rtui- dall'd to piovent discussion, oi, falling hi this, to press to'a passage. It can icadlly be seen that Randall lias the advantage. In fact It Is pontldentlally asserted that the sup porters of the tin HI measure are almost afraid to' move for fear of being pushed too far. In ouse of victory Mr. Randall's chances for tho Democratic presidential nomination, with some Illlnolslan holding VlettB opposito to Maylson's on tho, ticket with htm, It Is tliougnt, it III bo quite hope¬ ful. But its we snid before, tie have noth¬ ing to do tilth the political aspect of the inattet. (Jin only concern Is with the chances of piotettlon against free tradiyind undertho present aspect of things, no uiuttei irhntthu outcome miiy boot Ihu win between Randall unci Morrison, the likelihood is all In favor ot the delcat of the tin III measure. ------------- ■ ■------------— File yum Maiii.se Ri tonus lot refeieuce. CHEEKS, The creeks in e tt be left to pursue their meandering counes undisturbed by congres¬ sional appropriations, If the committeemen are allowed to havo^helr way In the nflairs of rivers and harbors. It appeals to boabont the only thing on which the committee has made up Its mind. One of the members was asked recently, by some one vetoing tho nat¬ ural anxiety, of the country at large, and a very laudable anxiety it Is, considering the length of time Congress \m been in eesBlon without doing anything on the appropria¬ tion bills, how the river and harbor bill was getting along. The ansttei was that they had flxid upon ten million dollars ns the total appropriation. This is a novel Idea, ton, fixing the total before the requirements are foun'dMglho committee men said this, amount oj^Bliey would, be divided amongj I the rlvetMn liurbors whose Improvement ■Is actually {demanded by the necessities of commerce,,but that they would not recom¬ mend anything for tho creeks. LAKE ONTARIO. LIGUTIIOCSm—FAItLY CASUALTIES—U>TBR- KST1NO DATA. Special Correqxmdence Marine Record Detroit, March 12. Commencing with Ogdcneburg, nn the St. Lawrence which we purpose designating^ |lives; schooner Norway foundered, eight connected with the portB on Lake Onturlo, there are twenty places where lighthouses are located along the American const, which does not Include several situated on Islands, reefs, oi ol a minor character. Those tve specially refer to are at Tibbett's Point, Snckelt's Hurboi, Oswego, Fair Haven, Big bodue, Genessee. Oak Orchard, Thirty Mile Point and Fort Niagara, at the entrance of the Niagara river. On the Canadian Bide twenty-nine lighthouses are established, the more'Vroinlnent of which are loculetK at Kingston, Belleville, Coburg1, Port Hope, Darlington, Oshawa, Whitby, Toronto, Port Credit, Oakvllle, Burlington Bay, and Port Dalliousie. Genesee, on the American side, HcB eightj miles from the Niagirra river. Oswego is tho most prominent commeiclul point on the American coast. Sliekelt's Har¬ bor, forty-live nflles fiom Oswego, was, dur¬ ing the war of 1812, an Important naval and and military station and tho rendezvous of the American fleet. There are also Clinu- niont Bay, Qipo Vincent (head-ot the St. Lawrence), Clayton und Alexandria Bay. The first steaWr to run down tho St. Lawrence wan the Lord .Sydenham in 1840. She tvns built at Kingston in 18J0. The most setlous casually happening on that lake at an early period was the loss of the brig Speedy In 1800 with all on board. She was In command of Captain Thomas Puxtnn and was en route from Frontonnc (Kingston) to Little York (Toionto), with court olllcials, Including judge, Jury, crown qlllciitis and litigants to hold a term ot court at the latter place. As she was novel heurd of after her de| arture It was presumed that she foundcied. Oi hoi casualties of note by whleli lives tvero lost may be cited as fol¬ lows. 1708—Stliooncr Washington foundered with eight lives. 1800—HiIg Speedy foundered and all lost, twenty-live lives, sthoonor Wateibury foundeifd and all lost, elirht lives. 1818—Sihoontr Ellen foundered with all hands, eight lives. 1851—Steamer Comet exploded, eight lives lost; schooner Cltrlstiua capsized and all lost, eleven lives; schooner Win. Penn capsl/ed and three lives lost. 1852—Schooner Anuiviin capsized und live lives were lost. 1853—Stonmer Oiean Wavo burned, twcnfy-.three lives lost. 1854—Schooner Adelia foundered and flvo lives lost. rS 1855—Schooner Embforoaunk by collision, five lives lost. 1860—Piopoller Flnto burned'and all lost, eighteen lives, propeller J. W. Brooks foundered and nil lost, twenty-two lives. 1857— Steamer Montreal burned (St. Law¬ rence,) 201 lives lost; brig Icebeig foundered and all lost, seven Hies, propcllci Inkcrinun exploded and three persons we're IobI. 1858—Sthooner Ida May foundered, two lives lost; lug J. II. Bloore exploded, three llvoslost. 1800— flaiquo Toi undo.foitndcjod and nil lost, (en Hits 1802—Pitipeller Buy Stato foundered and all lust, twenty-two lives; schooner Mary foundered and five Uvea. lost. 1813— Steumor Clyde exploded and three lives uero lost. 1800—Schooner M. Ballard foundered, nine lives lost. 1807—Propeller Wisconsin burned, nil lost, fifty lives, 18fl8-1Sohoonor B. Doruti foundered, six llvos lost; propeller Perseverance burned, foui teen lives lost. 180D—Schooner Mary O'Gorman 'ound. ered and eight lives lost. 1870—Tug Tornado exploded and killed three; schooner JjbsIo foundered, all lost, eight lives. „ . 1871—Propoller Maine exploded, four lives lost. ■» 1878-T-Stcamor Bavarian Burned, twenty lives lost. 1876—Schooner J, G. Jenkins foundered, all lost, nine lives. 1870—Schooner Maggie Hunter foundered, all lost, seven lives. 1870—Schooner Pinto foundered, four lives lost. 1880—Schooner Northman foundered, all lost, 'eight lives; schooner Olive Branch foundered, all lost, nine lives; schooner Belle Sheridan loundered, nine lives lost; propel¬ ler Zealand foundered, all lost, nineteen lives lost. 1882—Schooner II. Folger wrecked, seven lives lost. . 1S83—Barge Milwaukee foundered, four lives Inst. The foi egolng makes a totuLol 072 lives lost from causes nbovc noted. Numerous other casualties have occurred from llko causes which weie noted In a former letter. Communication between Lake Ontatio and Lake Erie wits Inaiigiuated in Septem¬ ber, 1881, by the passage of two vessels, Ono nn American und tho otliei a Bi itlsh craft, the former the schoonet Geoigo H. Bough- ton, tho latter tho June Ann. The Welland ciinnl, at Ibis peiluil, ttus accessible no fm- thertvest than Port Robinson, thence by the ChlopeWn river, to the Niagara at Chippewa, und on to Lake Erie by towage. The event was duly celebrated by a party of gentlemen on cither craft, with music and artillery, which greully enlivened tlio occasion. But few, If any of them, ure now living. The cuual was extended to Port Maitland, on Lake Eile, in 1846, but subsequently the terminus was changed to Port Colbonif, as at present, which1 Is 1,000 miles distant from Chicago, 023 milt's from Mllwuukeo and 240 miles from Detroit. Tlio 111 at vessel torn- live at Detroit front Luke Ontario was the Ariadne, Captain Plckerltig, lia May, 1833, having on board seventy-two passengers. Her grain carrying capacity was 3,500 bush¬ els. The entire cost of the Welland canal, when first completed, was* £1,001307 oi about four millions ol dollars. Various Im¬ provements hnvo been miide from time to time until, quite recently, It has been en- lurgcd to admit tlio passage of a larger class of steamers and 'vessels. Since the first It litis opened twice in the month of March, In 1871, March 28th, and in 1878, on the 14th; tu tho month of April on twenty dlfleieut occasions, in 1850 and 1808 on the 1st, In 1807 on tlie 18tli:-ln May four times, tho earliest oh tho 2d, in 1875, and on tlio 6th, In 188J. Its closing is in November or Decem¬ ber. J. W. H. Duiuin Is verj propeilyt beginning- to take some action ngnlnst tho various mo¬ nopolies that have heretofore controlled her prosperity to Tier apparent harm und tlie following protest from u committee up- pointed by the chamber of commerce bus been addressed to the Mayor. It Involves the harbor franohiso question with which the people of the.great Lake Superior vil¬ lage aro ut present struggling: lit;*'—I' Is tlio Bense of the Chamber of Conunerco that tho grant so made by the s.iid council Is against tho best Interests of the village, und thnt tho pasBlngof said ordi¬ nance tvii« In direct opposition to tho wishes und protests of n lnrge majority of tlio citi¬ zens ol Diiluth, for whom such grunt was held In trust. Second—The ordinance as passed makes no provision for providingufree wagon roud or street over .sulci right-of-way between Minnesota Point and Rice's Point, which is one of the chief objects ot said grant, and If any carriage way should bo provided over said right-of-way by said Duliijh Transfer