, 1875-05-12

,.,.t ,,f.,utoe, NAV q, says: "ws hse ,o,o'i for
f. nu.,o Il sso W aI II re.''s T. .a.s ~ a"o1 =,
i*,n e !'ies 'i,ss'sy ssa 'pr!ns as l,tys 1Io%:
Tic! Is S r. Vi. ass .ss e is sSts ~s
r. ~ down WY III, la.1 yes,es afs !osns
!n,t tte s0I sr1.,sd .sfs, !. ,rIes, so ". ls
E1,Sa EtS 10 10 her @ oSnes. rTs hss tMrnt Up III 1s
Tho oAnadian schr 0ranthstn will hare to i'G
ne es Tos s'f t. sf 10 M M
ssn.or', ase wat'i io sehr IL j. ILL., morning
XII srrssne They have bern chartered to carry gran
through = Ner Yot. vi Ef!e for ~ 10 sr IT. .Thn
E:6i bu Of wheat, and 9ol ils -four s|e leaves Tor
Toisio li,is eyrntng. -. The Canadian scr Mary ar.
1ea from rort Stanley oa. Saturday WI ilyt '
s,n reported lint cy lay ecal,ca OF, Tho ,alo one
"a incb in thickness Tia vessel lott for Port slan
iey G4turday eSonnE. md will return thn latter faft1f
ssst @ ss sr of s, III. asn4 s9.
SHE received lVo tor hrl winter storage.
IN my ,ast letter Iriciy referred 10 tho death Of
sssrs old n4Iea,t Of 81. Thtnkng brcf history Of
s,ane s am ta e was pprsna; .aor a br
ish merchant service, but WA one Of tho victims o.
ss1f1 o IL '9 Dis a.s Sn'
Therc he scrvcd for aoyen years. Ia Was s4ilor 10.
soss the ma't .hs na',of VA. l.rllesornon w!,en
r. bss 10 fs ,'s
ths saora called him. very dkll!M'5: ana described
m y u ms i ] osf. na
iag good deal sih TIM satlofs. Ho was IN tho ert
v6teh hronglt r4ekenl.atna as,ny lo Sow r. Or.
ss % ss ' 5;stis @ Thsts ~ %estaiIoa
o 70 - 'rxs Il. q sna G we
tuss ncct c4no 10 punirh tho Af9ers pirates. md la
described the excitement aboard hla aliit-s being
.ah con1ncrca Of tho Mediterranean. Peace ltd. how.
svcr at tat te ccn declared, though IT was no: 5ct
siy rceolieetlona of s eraises In lilo Alsterraueau
sri used to cscrita With much carncs.noss tbs ea
tics of the Day of Naples. 10 made h' e1caro from
tha wise; IIe Ut boata crow sons ashore in
Command Of n'lshlpnan; tho sailors oycssuwercI
Tore, aua escared to tho iuteror Of tho Island, and
from tt.rs shlprea on en Asaeflsan se,,el e th.s
- common sailor on tho etnr William Tenn.
ia August, ian. unor Capt. J. r Wight. ata BY BIT:
Practical knowledge Of scamanslir nrroIntcd
red several .easons. When the asins Pennsylvania
Into commission In 1874 he Was apnosnte1 first
.s by Con- sed ono of heF prnc!a! G%aers; un;
SEASONS.
III 1891 ha wss mt In command os tho esmr rlo-
BY Capt. Ichn L. Wight. Tllo vessel then ran fril
Chicago to Ut. Joseph, across Lake h1sc4igan. Tho
pionccr tben entirely unfit for rough water, mud
bar prevona Captain, Gilbert Knapp, resigned hls
rosltton, and did not daro 10 run her, whom Capt.
Squircs engaged, and ran her surcefsfnly Until
July Of TINT scaG0n, when ho caught in au1ten
sluall In sight Of st. 1osnHh aud tbs Ploncer Hoon
broke down, and by the Captains cGorIs wau e4f. 1y
teache nbovs Tho mouth Of tie st. josoph 1iyer ant.
ho saycd a paeaen9tra sud crew without losing sim
gle life. Tho engine Of tia Pioneer Was taken out aud
paced In nav steamer taen building 1t ut. Jossph;
In tie s,mlncr Of 1aG lo put ln conimsnd Of thu
stmr william, peacock, then an old aud nnaeawarthy
toeso1 he 1eid hcr up Al tho end Of the season nll
right. Hls last sailing on the lakes tho atmr
Thomas Jefferson, unJer Capt. Thomas Richards, In
l5lJ-H4. Since fon 10 has lived qniotly a farm
In Elk Crcak, and about two years ago e ,uoyol hack
to Eric. In lB79 In Walled hin native land 1rea.
spending four months there, whcn ho rctHrici anl.
bad 10 lived, would have sold out mud ended ILL tay4
on tho dearly -heoYed "oud sod !" hut death stepped
i md u0w tho old mariner tas gonc 10 liH cyeEIaGt-
Ing rest, on q cruise thst knows no cnd4nU.
BUFFALO HAnBoH.
DurFA1o, N. +, Hay lt.-rfop barge Superior and
oonsort, from Chicago. hare worked through TIC lee
and this morn!ug within q,,nrter OF mtte oi
tho lighthouse. They obstrdctcd thcro by ground
*1ies.
VESSELS PASSED PORT HURON.
Special Ntsno'tA to 11t CAieaoo Tttaans.
PoAr HuRoH, Mch., May 1t-1D:30 q. M
vrsnrrs p.u.rn nowr-E.tra Hroffa IT n nNruea