THE MAHINK RECOPD" £he .Marine §ecord. Pnbllalinl K»oiy Tluu-wliiy at 144 Nuperlor Street, [l.inider Ilulldlng,J, i.l FCKEIGT, Editor and Propnetor. terms, or stuiscnirrinwr: K.CO 1.U0 One yser, po»t«»o paid ........ L Bl» rflutitha, |o»luge psld ....... Iniarlnbly Inadraii'f. fSIIrWriplliins will bectfnllnued until ordered •top¬ ped by i wt ilttfl order, orat the publico lull omie* The HA u IN E RLCOUL cnii be found lor sale by the fol|owln«,ni we dealers - CUVEI ,1M),Oil 10-t) FBowman,cornel1 •(Po«rl and Dnnili, streets i CHIcAOO, ILL-Josodu Gray No 0 wesi Randolph alreot. ' BUJI-AI.O, 1< 1 — C Ilolimcr, Michigan street Swing lindife bAKN IAj QNT -D. M. McMa«tc r A 00 Ij-CA^ABA, Miril,-Wlllluml.Ddloy. MANII-TEE, MIC1L-J I- Somerrllle Ariuli*, letters aim iiuerreson all subjects are solid' ted HE RISES TO fitfPLAiN. "A former cljlzen ol Diiltith, mid old time resident on Lake Superior, nil In the Nojy» to time In legntd to eerlnln Items which llilii rhipcr recenilv lopled fiom tho C'levultiud JJaiii.\>. KP,coiin, relative to murine disasters and other murine milters pn Lake Superior. The writer of this letter Is Captain Barton Atkins, well known to our older citizens, uid ho certainly ought to he authority in to mlirlno matterj on this ^iike."—lake Stipe- tlbr Newt. * . , We dare say the author'ol the nrtlolu re¬ ferred lull lis-well pouted on the early liia- tory of navigation on the Inkea aa any man living, and has adojited a system of keeping recoid of everythldgof Importance that per- ADVERTISING RATES. Ten cents per Hoe, nonpareil measurement, or 81 20 per Inch,each Insertion, lour weeks 14 00, with a liberal discount oo orders amounting to^fto 00 or o~ver AUrhecksand drafts should be drawn to tlleorder of A A Pomeroy Fnteredat the Post Office at Cleveland as second, class mall matter CI.tVELAND, OHIO, THURSDAY, AUtlUSj! 14, 188« THE CLEVELAND BREAKWATER. 'Hie project of fin liter extending the 0]e\ elund bre«"k water Is t he uppermost tppi in marine circled in this city? It appeals to have the unanimous approval ot everybody concerned, even the rallioads. The matter has been kept boiling to some extent by the wonderful prevn|enee*ol northeast winds *~this, summer, which have clearly and per¬ sistently demonstrated that a breakwater designed to protect the harbor fiom north west winds only Is but u partial pintection, the best that can be said ol it'. An exchange, whlle^gWinjra history and description of the structure, culls the breakwater a stupen¬ dous bltmder, w Ithout giving any other rea¬ son for tho epithet iljan-tliat the strong un¬ dertow created by It makes entnuicc to the harbor extremely hazardous Ju n northeaster An far us its Milne to the purposes ol naviga¬ tion Is concerned, rHjs Is possibly true, but we nre inclined lo await the evei.ls, about to transpire, before being so positive, and un¬ til (he whole design complete falls lo mlti- 'gate the undertow and make a smooth bur¬ bot and one easy of access. lint now It is contemplated to change the whole design, and a new stretch ol breakwater I* ncoin- iii• mini, Instead of tin exlcin-loii of the east . pier. 'J he Cle\eland Board ot 'i ititle has* . adopted the scheme ptopoted by goiein inenttofllillals, of building 4 00(1 leetof break¬ water further out In (he lake than Hiatal-' ready completed, running at such an angle us lomuke the naves ot a i oithenster sttlke llic east pier, as It now stands, about mid¬ way. The w hole matter hits been kit villi (he government oftleinls mid- Ihu plan will t lit; recommended lo/he uexi Congress SA1L1.\\Ja' H)l,\ v -» Some of the pioiAlnent pupeis o( the country pcreisl In the demand for the crea¬ tion of a marine law that will compel ships to lie to in fogs. The recent wreik ol' the Amsterdam, which was lost by d.lfilng ihlrty-flvo miles out ol her course, on the . Cuhadlan coast, nu the way to New York irtlrlng the prevalence of a fog, fuililshee aimthor strong argument in favor of this pioouutlon. Sho had .180 passengers on board and had the sea been at all rough, the eliain.es nm_tlmt .ill would lime been oat. Being calm weather, they made thvlr way to shore in email boats with tbe lost of only four. The piaster of the steamer Is praised by the passengers, and no com¬ plaint Is made against the subordinates, but the disaster is wholly attributed to the prac¬ tice nf pushing uheai1 » hen logs make sail- lug impracticable. The papers are reiterat¬ ing the warning that It would be piofiluble for ownerB of steamers to announce the fact that their ships will not be allowed to sail in fogs, and they are publishing the names of those which lis) to In extreme!) dangerous- hours of (his kind, and exhorting the public to make its choice. ' la quoted qufte-a list of '•corrections," the necessity for which wo deny, as follows: The iirtlclo'dn the "Early Navigation of Luke Superior,' as given in the JIabink lUcoitDdld not say that the Julia Palmer was a propeller but that she was a steamer; npr that she was in command of Captain Mi Kay bill Captain Wood, which Is proba¬ bly correct. Thujirticle did not saj» that the Merchant was lost In the next jeai, 1848, but In 184". (Mr.^Atklns says f840 or 1847, taking platitude ol two years lor 'mi eveut that he should be posted about be¬ fore he becomes a mentor ) '1 he article did not say that the Independence exploded in 1847 but In.1853; againCapia{n Atkins takes latitude of two years, saying the catastrophe occurred In 18,Uorl85a); neither did It any that the Superior was a pinpeller nor that sho sunk; we did* not say that the A otic and Gazelle were schooners but steamers; we did not any tlint the propeller Queen nf the Lakes was lost in 1800, but that she was burned In 1809; we did not say that the Sun¬ beam was a propeller but a steamer; we did not say that the steamer Traveller was lost In 1800 but 111 180."), which we think Is cor¬ rect; nor that the Mary Jareckl was a schooner but a steHnibargc J.v the earlier years nt our lake shipping, and more especially in 1884, the second sea- a"on ol cholera In this country, It was com¬ pulsory for nil vessels, both steam and sail, lo keep on board a medicine chest, it'buuk of Instruction and other pharaphcrnalla requi¬ site In cases of Illness or accident, when out of port, until a physlelnti-eiotild be reached The regulation proved an adtnlrublo one, and Is equally applicable now. A case in point has Just opine within my notice, and may be brlerly stated as follows: Frank Miller, a'flreman on board the tug Thomas Spears, soon after leaving Sturgeon Bay on mil, on the borders ot Luko.Mlc'hlgan. vas tslns thereto. Following tliifabovo extract. Injured by a largo lump ol coal falling qu li'irr and breaking his leg. No kind of ap plliinoos were at hand, and all were Ignorant as to what course to pursue until a port could bo reached. Meanwhile the unfortii nato saildr*uffer d terribly be/ore aid could he reached, and Iron) the accounts received, It Is more than probable that death has end¬ ed his suffering'. ' Thinking this covins all the points at Issue worthy of not* ing, we can but lament the constitutional weakness of human nature in endeavoring to throw the inaccuracies of a garbled article on the publishers ofia Ajralght and valuable bit of history. We neglected to mention, however, in the its tide on Luke Superior that the tug J. C. Moise, Captain Barton At¬ kins, with quite a large party of ladles and gentlemen residing In Marquette aboard, struck a rock between Partridge Isle and Marquette, the location of which was well known to Lake Superlor-ptlnts, with such violence as to throw orerbourd two ladies, A young man named Maynurd, wjiowent to their rescue, was drowned, the tug not hav Ing 'a small bout to send him. The tug tilled very last and whs beached. By referring to the Maiiinf Rkcoiip of May 15th It will be seen that in every case the'gcnileman is mistaken in his ciltlclsm and is measuring our standard by brother Wondbrldge'a method of compiling news. We do not lemcmber whether the Lake Superior News gave tia cicdlt at the lime fin the nrt ele in question, but If thete wi reus many Inaccuracies In It after It ap- piaied In thnl paper us Is noted by Mr. At¬ kins, we tru*t he did not, but now that the i trors liaxe been pointed out, he miikes the ellort to deny by saying I tint the article was reprinted from the Maiiinf Rfcoud. Mr Wooilbridge, herewith tind copy of the M.utiM. Kn'oni) of the lath of May coiilain lug the hlstbrlinl article and compare dates. And do us |iMlu> by acknowledging that the mistakes wjirejiindo In your own sanc¬ tum. I'ltoM statements of both parties to the allalr, the evidence is e'ear that the collision between the ' orsican and St Lawrence oil Alexandria Bio Mas premeditated and might have feccn nwiidcd by either of the boats. The St. Ltiw mice having passed the Corsican In a race, foolishly ntlempted to cross ber bows beloie a sufficient distance had been attained to warrant this purpose, and the Corslcan ran Into her, but with not sufficient damage to prevent either boat from continuing the trip. The officers of the Corslcan, even lit justifying llteinselves, do not claim that her engines were reversed until after she struck, a fact which speaks volumes lu explanation of the matter. It was a pure piece of brtuado lor the St. Law¬ rence to cross her bows and for tiie Corslcan to have reversed liei en/glues and let her do so and escape the danger so wilfully sought woujd have required from the Corslcan officers a pateuee scarcely possessed by men or angels. Any Invention that will prevent the ex¬ plosion of steam boilers will be gladly re¬ ceived by allclasees of steam useis, and any theory that will explain to the satisfaction of the render the caiiBes of such explosions will he adopted and tested by those iniererted. We havo received a copy of the prospectus ol the Lswson non-explosive bollei couipnn}, recently organized In New Jersey, In which a theory is advanced by Mr. Lawsnn looking toward the mitigation of this evil, the theory of which Is rendered as follows: "The only explosive material about a steam boiler Is Water; and water when super¬ heated, which can be done only under pressure, will explode upon a sudden re inoinl ol that pressure, nlthulorce quite equal to that of djnunille. "All matter is governed by uuehniiglng laws. Nothing is left to chance by Natuu ; there is noeotnpromlse^tho-lastnttnm Istb^ "tjulsite In her compounds, and she never varies a hair's breadth in her operations. Gravity seizes hold of n bill with the same power whet'ier dying from the mouth of a cannon or diopped from a tower. "When water contains heat above thai which can be imparted to It under normal prossuie, it Is superheated." Mr. Lawsnn, having discovered tho cause naturally turned toward a remedy—the construction ol a boiler lu accordance with ids theorv. The cause was the sudden with¬ drawal of presstuc, followed by suddenli checking rjie flow of steam. The remedy must prevent, lids. He grasped the idea that a partition in the sleamspace would do this, and this Is the caidinal principle ot lilt invention. Ho had ascertained that steam, while highly expansive, was non-explosive. He saw that it was necessary to give uni¬ formity lo the withdraw id of steam from over the superheated and exploding water In the boiler. The remedy was to Separate the steam space in the boiler into two cotn- partmenis !)} a partition plate, mid so arrange ^lie pu»age ol the steiim fiom the lower compartment, which is limned lately over the superheated and exploding water, to (lie upper one, ihtit the rapid withdrawal and sudden check of steam from the upper compartment would not mateiiallv nflect the unilnrm w lllidrawnl of steam from the lowet one, and that any sudden check in the uppeu toinpaitiiient would not percep¬ tibly nIKct the uniform escape of steam from the lower inn' Mils constitute!, tho principle of the invention It Is to Hie slenmboller what th6 full-sl/e ali-chiitnber Is lo the hydraulic lam FAKRAGUl PRIZE MONEY. Aftei h lapse of more than twenty-two \ears thrTolllcers anil Ballots ot Admiral Farrngiit's fleet, or theli hein-, are about lo be paid a balance ol $148,044 due them us bounty money uwarded lor the destruction of conlederate war vessels at the capture ol New Orleans In April, 180a '1 he mills ol the United Suites seem to gilnd as-lowly as those ol the gods. 1 his grist has been a long time Id getting through. The claimants hnve experienced that '-hope deferred" that ymaWeth the heart sick," and many of them have, like the prophets of old, "died with¬ out the sight."- The money Is now In the Treasury await¬ ing distribution 'llie clulins nave all been adjudicated, and the Intrlcaio computations have been made to ascertain the amount due lo each officer and uiau, from the brave old admiral, who lushed hlinsell (o the mast lu llie ntiilntop ol the Hartlord, down lo the cabin boy, who served his country lor $10 a nioutli. Tho list Is now In the hands ot the second comptroller for Inspection and verl- flcallnu. borne little t,lme will be required lor this work, and payment ol claims will begin early In September. . [Continued fttim M Page.\ will he the largest bargeliHlierrwrserihjlj, It Is expected to hn\e her finished next spring. The Canadian schooner Paragon Is re- ported ashore about three miles above King¬ ston. She was nut two feet but was not leaking. She Is coal laden Jrom Clovoland to BroekWIle, A tug ha* been sontftoher assistance. „ DBTitorr. SiMotol lo Ifit Marint Heard. August 12— It has been cool so far about here this mouth, but tho weather has been none tho less ncccptiibleT except on the part of tl ose w hose specialty Is basking along; the docks, and these uuty be couaiod by the hundreds, dally op (he rher front, weather permitting. If not, they dodgeuudor a shed. In taking my rambles this morning, from the font of Third street up to Bates, I count¬ ed 13") men of all adrts and conditions, black and ulilte, In groups on wood piles and coul bi'iips, and tiie question naturally arose In my mind, how do these men live? A*nd I did not meet a mull who could even guess, while Detroit Is only otto of the many lake pons thus situated. As I write this moment a trail' of steam mid low barges are pnsi-lng, having In the aggregate a ti llie over 10,000 tons of Iron ore, an occurrence which takes place" dally, more or less. Next to this is die lumber and grain movement, although the latter Is by no uie.ins as frequent, yet the total weekly traffic Is simply Immense, and the tonnage capacity enormous. Grain shipments nt this port ate becoming more fieqiient, chiefly to Buffaloat^c. while two or more cargoes were taken hencer to Montreal at 6c, the snnie rate as from Chicago. 'J he propeller VV. L. Frost, laden with 48 000* bushels of corn tor Ogdensburg, called 4ier« on-Saliirday *lfh her rudder-disabled, and was dehijed for repairs. An apparently slight wrong with one ol those big fellows sometimes entails a lurge expenditure (o be made light again, especially 11 compelled to go Into dock. The steambarge R«be Richards, on Satur, day, while on Lake St. Clair, bound down, got a line in her wheel, nut), thus disabled, sagged on to Peche Island and stuck there twehe nours before she was released. Slie had In low three \e»stls, whiih were like¬ wise delated. Beyond the delay and the expense ot getting oil no serious Injury was" done Yet 111 many Instances ot this kind the cost soon sums up to o\er $500. An immense raft Is at present en route through the rivers, in tow ol the tug WIiib- low, and is probably the largest that has e\ei paused here. It is made of two rafts joined together side by side, and before It can be taken through llie St. Clair Flats ca¬ nal will have to be separated and tikon through slngl) It goes to Ion inanda and will be fortunate II It gets through Lake Gilo In salety. 'J he steamer Mary hi riled hero on Satur¬ day tioin the ilver bt Clair, with her en glne disabled, and went Into dndoik to le- lelve a new bed plate and other apparatus, which will cain-ea week or moie delay Sho piles on the liver St. Clair, and duilng the season tluit, far hai met with u keen opposi¬ tion, but being of bettei speed than her com¬ petitors, has a slight advantage of patronage 'llie uropellei Georgian, recenll.v released on Lake Superior Irotn where she was studded, and expected to go Into dock here, has gone to Owen bound loi repairs The schooner Wing bisters, which passed down.on Salurday lioili Marquelte, sailed all the wat to tills poind 1 n three days, and her captain, so far as ITiin remember, Is en¬ titled to tho claim ol" beating any previous record under like clicumsialices Our Inspectors here are determined to en¬ force the new mandate lately Issued from Washington regarding the granting of lluenses to none other than native or natu¬ ralized citi/ens, a rule which should have been carried out long ere this. The more piomlnoiit casualties occurrihgv about these days are those ol disabled steam¬ ers. Scarcely a day passes bub one or more calls here' to tinker up some deformity of this character. The buoy for the guidance of vessels Into Wyandotte, which for some time past has,, been missing, has been replaced by the gov¬ ernment, much to the Joj of craft that call ut Unit pott, j