The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-12-31

DISASTERS.
Brig Geo Burnham, from Baltimore Of and for
Portland. was spoken Dec n, OF Long Island and
reported having lost her captain lThornton,l same
day erig Timothy Field, at Newport, who spoke
the g B, put man on beard and she was ordered to
keep company or proceed to New York. She was
lost sight OF during thick weather. When the cap
tain Of the Geo Burnham was lost. he was in the
act Of throwing the lead and slipped overheard; he
caught the line and was towed BY Il fer about fifteen
minutes, when 1e iet 60 from exhaustion and went
Sch Ruth Baker, from Baltimore for Boston re-
ports having passed three-masted schooner at the
mouth Of Vineyard Sound. requiring assistance,
Sob Zulma, tof Jonesport.l Lamson, from Machias
for Boston, with lumber, went ashore 10th inst on
Bakers Island, near Mt Desert The vessel and car
Sch Erie, Of Calais Ne, wrecked on Behemore
LEDGE was from st George n for Boston. An at
tempt was made to tow her to Gloucester by sch
Fairy Queen, but was abandoned. She was after
wards picked up by f.hing sch and towed into
Lanesvills. where she arrived MONDAY night. The
vessel was valued at about $4,000 and uninsured.
for Port Royal Sc with coal struck on shoal near
Chincoteague 2st inst and sunk In "A hours after.
The crew escaped In their boats very much exhausted
and fostbitten, ard picked up by brig Glenroy
from Bangor for Washington. and placed ON board
the guari ship at the mouth Of the Potomac river.
DOMESTIC PORTS.
SAN FRANCISC0--Sld 2sth insi, ship Grace Oar
ing GfEoRGEFowN D6"eld a2d brig crOcus, Man
'0 PPiahIIapHIPHrA-cld asih. brig Ellen Bernard.
Ar 18th. barquss W Horton, New Orleans; John
Curtis, Pensacola; Nettie Merriman, Fortress Mon
Cid 10th, barque W z Anderson, Fort Barancas;
brig Mary Mariner. Port Royal sc.
NEW YoRK-Ar 2Sth, barqus Brilliant, Walker,
Yokohama
CID 18th. briggs W Eaton, Mason, Turks Island /;
Excelsior Cooper, Bermuda.
Below 18th. ship Samuel Russell, Winchell. from
Ar 18th. briggs Monica. Phillips. Bangor, with loss
of part of deck load; Whitaker Mitchell Elizabeth
port for Salem; Alamo, Steele. do for Boston; sch
II Heagen Bunker, Bangor. with loss of sails,
NEW LoNDoN-sld 2sth. brig Catharine Rogers.
Yeaton, New York. 5ua4 49, T hi
Portlandfor Fortress Monroe; Clarion, Wscasset for
New York; brigs Timothy Field. Patterson, Phila-
delphia for Newburyport; Alexander Milliken, Has
kell, Calais for Washington; belmont Locke, Coch-
ran, Bangor for New York; scbs Julia Baker, Lowe,
Portland for Norwich; A Brooks, Hodgkins, Ban
Also in port. briggs Clara Gibbs, Tapley, Grand
Turk I'll for Philadelphia: Chas w Ring. Nc Lean,
Gov Ray CIR for New York; sch Juliet Billings. I'm
Machias. for New York; Nathan Clifford, shute,
a6LMEs's HoLE-Ar asth, sch Hattie Ross. Po-
In port barque Andes, Merriman I'm CardeAas for
Portland; brigs panl Boone, Tucker. Baltimore for
ington; Open Sea. Babbldgs, Phiadepnia for Bo s
ton; schs KATE Wentworth. Ames I'm Georgetown
for Bostoni Lookout, Wakefield. Tangier for Port
land; Evelyn. Cr0wly, Philadelphia for Portsmouth
Z s Conant, Wass, I'm Baltimore for do; Adaline.
Gilmore, Philadelphia for Boston s d Hart, Hart,
Elizabethport for do; Madona, Coombs do for Port.
land; Christina. Richards, I'm Portland for Fortress
Monroe; Porto Rico, Wentworth, do for New York
Judge Tenney, Dean. Bangor for Providence.
.BOSTOr-Ar 18th, barque Enterprise, Curtiss, fm
cid 10th. barque W Roosevelt, Herman, -;
schA d Hammond, Higgins, philadelphia.
Mitchell. do; Julia Maria, Colt. fremont.
Sid 30th, ship Martha Rideout.