The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-03-04

PORT OF RICHMOND, MARCH ), 1878.
ARRIVED.
Steamship isaac Bell, Blakcln&n, New York mer'
c!,andlse alll passengers, J.HW. WAIT, agent,
s;cI!..er state Of larylanG, Trlycri, baltimore,
merchandise and passengers, Po"ha'aa SteLinhoat
Company.
more, coal. City ,ias-Nnrks. .-.r
schooner Matte Holmes, Cox, Nevassa gle tons
.lIano, Southern FertiliZluS Company:
Sloops Mary, Emma, and Elizabeth, Hampton
Barge Rcsa Bell, Old Fort, lumber, Woodward 6
Son.
Earye Petersburg, lower james, lumber, A. l..
Shepherd Il co.
Steamer Empire, Gaaticr, Philadelphia, merchan-
disc and passengers, W. T. Porter.
Steamer Jouu sylvester, clifford, Norfolk, meI'
cnandise and passengers. L. i. Tatum, aarnt-
Schooner Serene, Jones, Baltimore, merchandise,
Curtis i Parker.
Schooner Alpha was chartered at Providence, L.
L. FEBRUARY ~, To load FOR Richmond at IS Tor iuIl-
Der aud 30c. per barrel for ground pIa' Ter.
schooner Maggie, for Ibis pert, cleared 1t Alex"
and:.a March l. .- 80
The slelnrtng Arctic. Captain DAME. Letter, re-
Gently disabled by being ruin INTO by 4 New, i0rh
steamer has completed her repairs ana resumed hcr
place OH the river.
The secretary of tho Treasury has prepared ana "a
sent 10 Congress bill making 1t penal offence to
anchor 10 or disturb buoy or beacon. SeVefa OF
the States have passed similar laws, but as tiicy
operate only In the states Int passG i M the the
l
state and lie is safe. The collector ut Alexandria
Va complains that the bGoys In the POTOMAC are
shifted about from place TO place by the reckless
conduct of deck hands and others who moor 10 lne
buoys to save tie trouble OF CASTING anchor ITO
fessor Henry. chairman OF the Lighthouse Board
writes rs follows: "Jilc buoys OF the lighthouse
establishment are moored in the waters OF every
seaDoard aud lake State and Territory; ana On te
Isl OF July last there were 2,752 OF these ADS 70
navigation In position. They are to the mariner by
DIV Whit the fights are to him by night. Inc uh'
ced removal OF q buoy would be very iikel5
| TO misIcad him, and might easily be cause loi
shpwrcck |, requires the constant services OF tei
steam buoy-tenders to keep these bnoys III Scoe
order ANA In their prescribed places. they being al
WAYS ia BILE to be moved by drifting Ice or by stres
of wind and wav,, and, regret to say, Dy pessea
that re In the habit of making fast TO them 70 SAVE
thr trouble of anchorng It Is to protect Tue quo.
service from this particular practice ana Iron
similar trcsT asses, that this bill has been draWn.
No,c York Journal Of Commerce.
TOTAL DISASTERS IN FEBEU A2T.
The number of vessels belonging to or bound tn c.
from Doris In the United States reported totally
and missing during the past month Is 10, OF Which
u were wrecked, 10 abandoned, burned, 10 uli
dercd, and arc missing. They are c!assed as FOL
lows steamers. 10 ships, IS barks, brigs, ana
srliooncrs. and their total value, exclusive " car
goes Is estimated al Sl.3So,o0o. 1872
WASHINGTON. February 27.-Thc Treasury, hay
Ing been advised Of complaints or shtpmasters ar
irving from Valparaiso and Chinese ports that TN
cosGls 1T those places unable 10 furnish Amer1
eau charts, will take measures TO ascertain II sue
comIlaints are true. and II found to be so steps WI
be taken TO remedy the evil Is far as possible.
--.~-r-r- fly TELEGRAPH.
NEW York March 3.--Arriyed, steamships Re
public and ocean Queen. t.. E