The Portland daily press., 1872-04-09

MARINE NEWS
PORT OF PORTLAND.
Menday, April 9,

NAOmuuys APtu Ss
ARRIVED
U s Lighthouse steamer Myrtle, (new) Foster, from
PliiladelDhia via New York.
Steamer New England, Field, Boston for EastpOrt
Barque Daring (of Portland) Mcdonald, Sagua 23d
ut,-molasses and sugar to Phinney & jackson.
Brig 'Callao, lof Machias) Bucknam, Matanzas 26th
Brig Dundee, (BD Bradshaw, Boston, to load for
Sch g F Young, Richardson. New YOrk,-coa to
Sch Lizzie L Mills, Armstrong, New York,-coal to
Sch Casco Lodge, Pierce, New York,-coal to VIM
Sch Adrian, Hunt, New York corn to waldron s.
Sch Coryo Pickering, New York,-corn to Kensell,
Sch ! 3 Bird. Br) Lewis, Boston, to load for St
Sch Ida j, (Br) Walsh Boston, to load for st John
Sch Koret Crocker, Boston. 1fF .
Sch Freedom. Smith, Boston, to load for Jonesboro.
Sch Monitor, Kellar, Lynn.
Sch Savannah, Whitney, Plymouth for whterport
Sch Gen Grant, Varnum, Biddeford.
Sch Columbus, Wallace, Small Point.
Sch intrepid, Randall, Rockland,-lim to A
Morse g. Co.
Sch Kate Grant, Grant. Carver's Harbor for New
York.
Sch Sargasso, Pierce. Southport.
Sch Swanton, McKown, Southport.
Sch Diana, Orne, Boothbay.
CLEARED.
Steamer Chesapeake, johnson, New York-Henry
Fox.
Brig Louise Maria; Dutch Dewyn, Antwerp via
Sch Tookolitta, Reed, Kingston, ia, via Boston
Chase q Whitten.
Porteous.
Sch Ophir, Murphy, Proyidence-Bun Bros
Sch J Counee, Cox, Boothbay, to load for New
Sch Leocadia, Deland, Rockland, to load for Pro-
vidence-Bunker Bros.
SAILED-Sch Argus Eye, for Baltimore.
Capt Dix of Br barque Alice C, which arrived Al
this port on Sunday from Barrows England, reports
sailed sep Il and came Gam % out OF North It'll g W A nae
when encountered a succession Of gales from SSW
to WNW, for twenty-one days. blowing at times
hurricane and was driven back to lon 39 passed the
Banks March 25th in company with ship Theobold
OF Richmond, Me; could not speak him, the weather
being stormy. April 2, Cape Sable N by 4 25 miles
spoke ship America, for New York.
Loss OF PORTLAND vEssELs.-The loss of Port
land vessels during the past six months has been the
heaviest for many years. The list includes four
barques, three brigs, and five schooners as follows
Barques Hunter, 351 tons; Henry P Lord, 325 tons
Mary Fox, 317 tons; Triumph, $50 tons; brigs Ma
ry A Davis, 1888 tons; H Kennedy, 176 tons; P
SWEET, 800 tons; sch John Collins 6s tons, the
crew of which were lost with the vessel,) and four
others missing, viz:
Sch Abbie, Capt Drinkwater from Sagua for Port
to have foundered She registered 295 TONS was built
in 1868, and was owned by the captain and Others
Sch George Deering, Capt Willard from Philadel-
phia for Portland with coal two months out. and Is
supposed to have oundered in Of the heavy gales
which Immediately followed her departure She reg
istered 254 TONS was built in 1856 and was owned BY
the captain and others.
Sch Nevada, Capt Davis from New York for Bel
fast with COAL two months out probably foundered
in the same gale. She registered f43 TONS was built IN
1S43, and owned in Freeport.
Sch Zeyla Capt Crowell from Portland for George
town, Dc with plaster and potatoes thirtyfve day.
out, was last in field of ice and is supposed to
have been cut through and sunk She registered i6s
tons, was built at Pembroke in 1867, and owned al
Lubec Portland and New York.
The above losses include only vessels wholely OIL
partly owned at this port and Is exclusive of those
owned elsewhere which were bound to or loaded here
Over thirty lives have been lost by these wrecks and
rising $780, worth Of property destroyed. Nearl,
being the improper stowage Of cargoes or the lack
bulkheads and shifting boards, which might hav,
been provided at little expense.