Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-13
. Canadian vessels.
I Wrecked.

canadian vessels
| Wrecked.
With the advent of more hopeful times on
the lakes, such of the above craft as are not
| engaged in a very lucrative business, will no
doubt return We learn that the Sophia
Smith, G. w. Holt and Fashion, which are at
present engaged in eOssting, have been or
dered back to the lakes by their owner
There are many in the list, however, that will
never return, and the trade has, in any con-
tlngency, opened up a permanent field for
| Western enterprise. Inquiries for vessels for
Liverpool, Cadiz, New York, Charleston, Sa-
vannah, &c, are now quite common place
affair. If this had been predicted six years
| ago, there is not an old laker but would have
smiled incredulously. l'i'i 49,
The Sexton, Pierce, and Kershaw have
been chartered of Capt. Pierce by the Russian
Government for carrying railroad ties, and
the charter has, we believe, two or three
years yetto run. lIl y IEltst
The Harvest is owned on the South Anieri-
can coast and is trading between Buenos
Ayres and Bahia. -r.-......
The st. Helena, one of the feet chartered
last year by Messrs. AspinaIl & Son, Of this
city, to carry slaves to Europe, has, we learn,
been chartered by parties in New York for
the coast Of Africa trade at 81 900 month.
This fact may look a little suspicious, but it
must be remembered that there are many
other lucrative branches of trade besides that
in slaves, and we hope the fair fame of our
free and beautiful lakes is not to be tarnished
by one Of our vessels enlisting in the slave
traffic.
The tug SalYor, so well known in all the
lake region, is carrying cattle from Brazos to
Cuba. She is nice little steamship, and has
had her engine changed TO low-pressure,
and an ingenious selfcondensing invention
connected with it for producing fresh water
from salt .a.
The tug President, of Milwaukee. is at New
York. engaged in towing. :. Z Il 81 %
The schooner Energy is for sale at New
Orleans. ~. ,r.IHo1 lr HrH T.
The brig Caroline, of this city, is for sale
at Liverpool.
j The tug Uncle Ben, at last accounts, was
for sale at New York
The tug Cushman is at Portland, Ne.
The America, one of the large steamers
purchased by N. P. Stewart, of this city, and
taken down the Rapids Of the st. Lawrence,
is lying idle alongside of the Ericsson. on the
East River, near New York, all efforts to get
her into paying trade having thus far proved
truitless. Her consort, the Canada, has had
her name changed to the Coatzacoalcos, and
is running successfully in the Central Ameri-
can trade. l.t
Should all Instructions be removed to the
passage of large vessels down the st. Law
renee, a great impetus will be given to West
ern ship-building, both for Europe and the
Atlantic coast. Even now the subject is at
tracing considerable attention by reason of
the great economy attending their construc-
ton here where timber can be easily pro-
cured at a merely nominal cost comparative
ly speaking.
Our Board of Trade, at its last meeting,
adopted a resolution in favor OF a ship canal
around Niagara Falls on the American side.
This is a good move. The expediency of this
important work ought not to be regarded as
debatable question in view of the vast re-
sources and power of our country and the
growing importance of Western commerce,
Detroit Tribune. .f.T