, 1874-07-06
Miscellaneous.

CHICAGO,
Tho uorfh wind which act In Saturday afternoon ut
o'clock had the effect Of bringing iuto port one of
the largest icsts OF the asaaon. Saturday being tho
transacted ii tLs dooks anl consequently every avail
abla In harbor IA occupial with vessas. At
the lumber mariet alone there sixty lumber
deserves credit for keeping tho channel continually
open, md preventing accidents.
The schr Myrtle came in yesterday minus her }!b-
The scr Lucerne lost one set Of her oain plates y
collision with the H1unent Of Adams atreet briga
The sibesia was launched At Kingston last aatur-
day,
.... ELsEwHEnE,
o. ahe 70 Tesss srS & &mahng
ports on tha Canadian shore Of Lake Huron, wIere
vessels Of light draft can enter.
Of Detroit Iiver Canadian soil and ono Of tue best
naseons On tho 1akea, was arst lighted IN 1851 1ts
htght Ia 9G feet abofD AghWatcF, Aud 1t ho
In Gear weather distance Of 18 miles.
The csnadtan people bordcriug on Lake Huron
making strenuous Efforts to hava Bayfield, improv-
el aud mada harbor sufficient for ths accommodate
ton Of all c!asses Of steamers aud Tosses. Bayfield,
has aready become port Of couederabs prominence
much better adapted for larhor Of refuge
-AcrordinE to recent calculations It will take about
hys an, lalf yesrt, oooo0oo feet Of timber, and
tou for port Of safoy. Tho work It II said to he
going forward prosperoualy, and In manner Aaatac-
The stinr Smith, from DULUTH arrived At Coillug-
passing small hoat eapsisea near Capportoa. With
to stop. II tis supposed Tie crew wcro drowned
Til. number Of craft Which passod through tho
welland Canal during the month Of June, tcll,aing
steamers, tugs, scho1uors aud burgess was 893, u
which uumher 1h3 wers steamera. Ths whole number
Of a.es,asrs going eastward va &c. 81 beug fron De-
rott Hfyer aud 10 from ports on Lake Er!e. THO to-
tai number Of resses, Including barges, going east
ssa, COG being from Detroit River, anI ls5 from
passing Westward 70, d for Detroit hvor aud Is
for pors on Lake Erie. The number Ct vesssla. in
Guiding barges w. 9s7 1877 for Detroit luveF and 100
a Detsn!t rapsr says OF The lnrge number Of
lighthouses mhleh surround tas 'akes, and Of which
maao on accoaut Of negec. On tho part GeeI Of
the keeper, hlys yet to learn Of aeh chargos
lug home 10 who hava speut the most Of THUR life
aAoat, nnt who, from eslch nn experience have learn
Cd the Inn otace OF their dutics In almost ali tla
prominent laka porth there plenty Of worn.out
r ass n wa ns
al acasons OF navigation.
-Tucslay, u thS schooner Maggie a1cnas VIVA being
drawn into the lock Ut Port CulH0rns Aer tUwlLne,
which drawn vury lightly around ts curve Of ts
lock, slipped 4bove tbs khutmen and INSTANTLY cut
down ive u.cn who Rtautling At tile curve. Tho
Captain Of te Nclas WAS hurt considerably, and tie
Captain Of ths Mary doyor was moro aeruuH!y hurt
Tue Captain Of tha brig FEARLESS, who lud lis hauls
In his pockotA, thrown upon htF fIcs with 8lel
violence that for time he WIS thought to be killed.
physician WIS callod WHO gays him prompt atseu-
| tIun, at,,t tle was carried aboard l!!s yoasc
| -rlle Toledo Etde has' ths following IN regard to
thu present Ial times: "YAoss sore yeesai. III
port Waig charter than no hare eeei before at any
tlms tis HeaHon. Several hAvs been hero for ten or
twolva tlyst aud liaTc no moro prospect VI LOAD than
w.4eu tlsy lrst arrived. Among them the gc1oon-
Ilalo. +. II. Oarrinyon, II. F. Merry, Evelyn
l. N4tes, WMnDHtee and Bun Ftnnkin. Wb luarn fruta
part4s direct from Montreal tlat largo number pf
ocean vessels lying idle at TINT place, waiting thu
arrival tsra OF shipments OF corn from ls pDrt anl
thAt OF Chieago detained for tue European MARKET It
lns usually been the that yeaHela hauud to Ero-
penn ports have found yesnss aun With grain for for
egn ports, waiting ur them ut Moutrea hut ths dull
times aud declines in frotglts havs oeeaslonel
| plete rsyerRa Of that ortipr Ut th!ngs.e
| Tho Cullngwool HulttiH tnkea The following sa-
t1sca fsom report Of tho Bant Ste. Aurio Caual fot
last year Tie bns,uess Of tue caual way larger in
1879 than IN any previous year. III 1870 the total
ccipta reachaA s4l ssa A wheleas in 1872 thoy wors
t4+g43.la The rccoptsin 1879 were $a1 2aa.4t. The
iucreaxs M tonnngc 10 still snurc reuarkato In ls1.
was o14, ~ 1870 Il was 1,20s, ,ai' being sn i'll
orr pull. tolls ~ followH: ColltuEwool aud sarna
ii.!es, s9.lv24o; Buffalo lins, $7,4a5ls: Chicago
line s3.5o.l4 Transient scauaer. md bargcs paid
S95a5ol. aud sailing yesselA S2l,757.l1 Ibs total
number OF trips na.o by tho three ues ia AZ follows
Colipgwool Inc, 10; Chicago Inns 53l buffalo Mne,
lat. In tAe nunler Of assbngcss wa hud that tic
Canadian le tinclaAing the Colliugwocu and barnin
neA) shows larger rasaoneor traie thai. sitlor oi liz
| Anerican llles. TAa hgrca as follower Nun,hcr
II passengers .lown-CuliuywaOl {and barnia) line
1850 1uiao linu, 0,9ot Chicago linz, 1,Oa8 N,,lntai
u: pasgcnEers dowil-CoingwoUn l,no, 4b5D nutla}t
limo, 4,0GJ; Chicago line, $40. Tobl numlcr nf 1,as.
sshgers (bnta wuyR)-O Oungwood Iine 14,499; lutalt
| TuH HhirsUn ina 9GT IN int1t 4