, 1874-08-30

| Tho schr II. /. Wilcox, which sprung a{esk in tho
Straits seriously injured than 1t tst supposed
Sue discharKing her cargo Of salt part OF wnih u
! injured, at the Northwestern docks. a.
loaded sue Will 60 KILLER Broshors dry dock for
repairs.
The large new stmr James Davidson, of Bsy City,
did not arriva here until O'Clock yesterday morning.
She had board TO- 38S barrels Of salt, the argest
s1af .u md as doue dect Hsr
mens1ous arc ~ follows: 1engta Of kee 2o8H feet;
length al. al feet; breadth Of BEAM 37H feet
win, which sprung leak outside, F1tdAY night hss
been temporarily repaired At Milwaukee, and u nov
her way To this port. She will be taken Miller
Bruas. dry dock foI repairs,
- sailor the tug Mcclellan suddenly disap-
peared about week ago. 4 watfhnan asw him that
morning In Intoxicated condition, and, though :
diigent search hAa been made for him, nothing has
been heard of him Yesterday morning his body vzs
| stirred up By . tug near the Air Line elevator.
Already there has commenced gradual falling
OF In the passenger travel to Lake SUPERIOR and IN
ve-y fev days will be quteed down to those bent
thither On soiely business purposes.
The stmr v q. Ketham has engaged for e3,ooo
buAhe1s of wheat, and the Ruttcr for g., 90.
ILsEWIIERE.
Louis & Dlondhein, sailor, was Lost overheard
from the Canadian schr Auguzta, On Laks ona11o,
few dayb ago.
Tho passaga between Buffalo md Detroit va4 re-
Gently 1nade by the schr J. Y. poans in lsas than
twenty-five hourb-
The sseam-barge David ". Rnet is reported
aground on ths Fsta, below the lighta- Har coasot
waa sumo Distance from her st anchor.
The schr Napoleon has been lbeled to Rat1ny the
claims Of the Milwaukee Tug Company in The shape Of
toWhills. The schr jason Parker il also to be belod
by the Tug Company upon hez return to port
The schr crossthwaite is still the rocks at Point
Abtuo, with no prospect Of reease until change Of
wind takea p1ace Since going ashore tho water has
been below the usuA STAGE owing to continued
ly winds. In the meantime the Lake has been quiet,
and se1 haa arisen sufficient to cause hcr any addi
taua injury. She he3 On rough bottom and must bo
do1ted, not pulled off,
The Buffalo Etpr<*. stases that the canal stnr E.
l. Fish cleared for New York Wednesday evening with
three c.n4l-boats in tow, having on board m 2ggre
gate Of 10000 bu Of wheat The steamer carries 5000
bu, and the canaboats 600 bu each The Fish has
nude trips prior this with the tow, and 1t
u stated gsts through the ,n in about ten days AZ
Question Of economy in canal transportation, It
would that this syateu might proye successful
important information rlave to wrecng operations
ou Lake Superior; Tho Gde-whe-l stur ). E. White
has succeeded in the recovery OF the entire machinery
from the Lost stns Union which va wrecked year
since Il Poiut Ate Sable. Tho boilers ara at
present being got up a o{ which were found 70 be In
good condition. The urecdag firm have
trae for tie recovery Of tho boilers III hs wreck OF
the Superior, which lost in 1856 1t the PIC
tured Rocks with ths loss Of thihva lives. When, It
abandoned, much ezedit IL due for carrying out so
difficult task.s
Notice has been given By tho Lighthouse Board
that and after Sept. l. 1874 light will be shown
Island, Lake Michigan entranea to Green Bay. The
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grcss of tho horizon Ta focal plane IL about 81 feet
above tho ground, and IS fees above 1nesn low
from The deck of vessel 10 feet shove the ~aer II
statute raiea- The structure is rcd b:ick house
an;an saIaouutod b{ temporary "oSdea toxe from n.
etstns 40 nearly N'c to The ievel q tho 1ght
from tha Like Survey charts IL foows: Latitude
20 deg. 81 min north. Longitude, 81 deg min.
west Magnetic bearings and distances Of prominent
1iuht o3,iM f011 j1f Pan
Lighthouse, northwest By vest, TX statute miles
Pottawztonie lighthouse. southwest xaat 1o1l stat
ute miIea.
-tta,tsmen *nd thoas interested In the trznspor4-
ton Of timber By reana Of towing through the 1akes,
may congratulate themselves On the SUCCESS which has
attended their operations thus far tho present
Of navigation the weather having, with but slight
ceptiona, been all that could be viahed for and the
fs5 bow = Of 6s te
transferred through the akes the present season haa
yet been definitely arrived st. Those, however.
agurea II 5000 0oo which Is doubtless below The
actual aruount rather than abova. We dte one in
sanoe * ths s.esntuz AlagaEa ~ @eh e m h.s soeeess.
t1rne so employed Tho number Of rata wore Is,
which we're taken to the following destinations: Tona
xand1, Cleveland. 4: Toledo, s. Tos%' 1s-DteT0st
Tho following the vessel tranaferg ut Port
Huron {or the months Of July and August: Scow Al
taR b1a 1s's Il sfaDsr 10 Rey
4. Watson, t*o-thirda, lo0o tug chas G. Mcdonald,
l. MeDernots T. 70 I. :. Ke1sy, E. Park. 4 Watson,
to Fsank Welcome on private terms: barge Joseph L.
Hol1on. John J. Hea1ey TO Laura c. HealeY, one.haH
Byrnes and D. June. $3.50 Lizzie, I. sinelar to
Jed spauldins $2,soo; barge Aerrimac, William Day
70 Prosper Ea4ton, one-naf It $1ooo same Samuel
shire, William aimms and Jeaae Jones to E. McC4bo
and Charea Jasman, s. o5o: barge Rebecca l. Hur-
dock to Joseph JEAN onefourth, $3.50 1tnr Rein
dear Toledo, Lake Erie Island Steamboat Company
to v. F. 9auber, aud others, s., ooo; ; prop 7. v.
Bradbury, 9. H. Van Essaa n G. Mcdowell, oue- /
fourth, S ooo, /