The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-09-09
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF RICHMOND, SEPTEMBER 7, 1876.

PORT OF RICHMOND, SEPTEMBER 7, 1876.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Westovcr Skinner, Banimere, merchant
disc and passengers. l.. b. Tatum, agent.
Steamer John Sylvester, Clifford, Norfolk, mer
ehandlse and passengers. J.. i. Tatpm. agent.
Brig Mary E, Bartlett, Smith, Boston, merciah-
Schooner Henry j. May, Somers. Boston, ice, A.G.
Babcock.
Peyton X. Darlington.
SAILED.
Steamship Wyanoke Couch, New York, merchant
Steamer Alliance Carr, Philadelphia, merchandise
and passengers, ". L. Porter, agent
Schooner Henry Trowbridge, Thomas, Bahia, flour
and lard, GalIego Mills Manufacturing Company
Schooner Kate c. Rankin, Hall, New York. coal,
Curtis & Parker. -
Schooner Walter Thorndike, Cushman, New York,
Schooner William L. Franklin, Seward, Baltimore,
granite pavtng-bocks, Curtis & Parker.
CLEARED FOR THIS PORT.
From Philadelphia September 7th, schooner Mag
gle Mcdonald Steelman.
MEMORANDA.
Schooner; William C. Bayne, Hitch, and Laura,
Hitch, from James river, at Philadelphia 9Th,
aufi 6 the
river. and schooner N. V. Cook, Fakenberg, hence,
- schooner tspG General Torbet, Pardec from James
river, ut Philadelphia 7th.
schooner Helen Rommel, corson, from james
Schooner Walter, Thomas. hence, ut Norfolk 7th.
Schooner Lucy D Handy was loading at Boston,
for Richmond, on the 7th ill.,, c.ou.u =, nos.on
September 9Th, from Hull, zig sydney, G. b., re-
ports: son August 10th, latitude 47.45 norm,
Thirty large icebcrgs and several smaller ones.
Several Of them were of immense size, having tne
appearance Of islands The mo OF sne vsSn
half mile OF three of the largest. They were from
one hundred to two hundred feet high: We con- con
tinued sailing among them for about fifty miles.
The tops of many were smooth, and as We had fine
weather in passing them, we were AFFORDED some
beautiful sights In passs rs the sun sro oe
Several had deep ridges and assures In their sides;
caused by the running water from the melted ice
above. One berg very much resembled huge cathe-
dral with Immen towers and spires, They were
drifting 10 southwest direction, and their track
from east to west was about forty miles.
Arrived at Rio Janeiro, on the 22d utimo, schoon-
er b. G. Farnham, Gam, from Richmond.
GOOD SAILING.
Schooner jacob n. Haskell, Captain Levi Crowel,
arrived at Boston September 9th, from Hull, Eng
land, uia Sydney, G. b. She made the outward pas
na,ed s9 a4 To Hu a
She made the passage from Boston to london, from
doss aS e re- Sew mseg e
round voyage In two months and fifteen Gays. In
November and December, ! s74, she made the pas
making the run from Baltimore TO Gibraltar In
twenty.threa DAYS, and came back from Mesana to
Nav York loaded with fruit in thirty-fve days,
making the quickest passage Of the season between
these ports. In July and August, II 76. she made
the run from Pensacola to the Rock OF Gibraltar In
thirty days. ga tit 49,
FORT MONROE, September s.-Arrtyed: BARK
King County, from Cork, seeking. Sailed: Bark
Johannes Roeds, for Baltimore.
Passed In: For Baltimore, ship Maryland, lrom
Bremen; bark st. Lawrence, from Demerara. Passed
ont Bark Lila, for Queenstown; 8. Trumpo, for
Dragfcda; Sampo for Londonderry; Agdan, for
Rotterdam.