The Portland daily press., 1877-02-16

Steamship Chesapeake, Mangum, New York
Henry Fox.
Sch VIM Pickering, fulerIon, NorIolk ana hlcn-
mond-Isaac Berry.
sAILED-s Sch Della Hodgkns, for Virginia.
sHrpnuup1NG-Mess Hutchins & Stubs of Var
month have got out the frame for barQue OF 900
tons 10 be put up next month and launched the lat
ter part OF next summer. for Benz Webster and 9TH
TIE baruue building by j Randall & Co at Cape
Elizabeth will be off in June. She is about 700 tons
and is to be commanded by Copt Horace Davis, who
part barquentine of 800 tons is to built
in the same yard for Capt Woodbury. recently OF sch
b j willard; TO be off next fall.
The frame tor a ship of 1900 tons is being got out
by Master Russell of East Deering to be set up the
coming spring, and be ready tor launching next fall.
About 5000 tons shipping will be built in the Dis
trict of Portland the present year. There are three
ships two baiqnes and TWO barquentines now con-
Geo Cottren of Belfast haa barque of 600 tons
nearly completed and tor sale.
Fifty-two steamers will be employed in the poreie
fishing business on the coast OF Maine during the
coming summer. The oil obtained from these fish
brings from 81 to 40 cts PEI gallon.
buryport in 1866 now at New York. has been sold for
$4,000.
Sch Ontario from Halifax for Philadelphia, which
put into Bermuda in distress, has discharged and
sold part OF cargo of potatoes at IS pr Dbl.
Sch velocipede, Capt Jameson, landed at Ports
mouth during the week ending Feb 10th, &C, 900 lbs
fresh fish, stocking STOPS.
lFRoM MERCHANTS EXCHANGED
Cid at Philadelphia l4th, sch Express, for Portland
AT at Boston 18th, bar4ue James McCarty, Gould,
Buenos Ayres.
Sch Fairagut, from Boothbay for Savannah, was
off Cape Elizabeth PM. 18th.
mEmOKANDA.
The crew of ship Dacota. of Bath, before reported
vad Inv iiUhtuiDp the from New Or
leans to Liverpool. picked up from the ships
boats Dec T. and taken to Fayal.
Barque John Chase. Davis, from Savannah, was
towed into Liverpool Jan Both with loss of mainmast
and small spars
Brig Ellen d Munrce. Knowles from Windsor. Ms
which arrived at Alexandria 18th dismasteu. reports
that the fore and maintopmasts. together with the
upper yards, &c, were carried away in a gale Jan 22d
off Cape Henry and the vessel was blown d on int
lower masts and in this way she was brought into
Chesapeake Bay, and from thence was towed to Alex
andria. Hull in good condition.
Brig Martha Berry, Berry, from Malaga tor New
York, which put into st Thomas a few weeks age
with rudder disabled, has repaired and proceeded
I'd inst.
Sch nj M Knowles. Wooster. which sailed from
Boston Sept 16 for Turks Island has not been heard
from since and supposed to have ioundered and al
hands last. The vessel registered 3S2 tons, was bull
in 1860 at Addison, where she was mostly owned,
DOMESTIC PORTS.
SAN FRANCISCO-Cld 9th inst ship Harvester
Ar 9th, barque Penang. Patten, Nanaimo
Sid 18th. sch Elwell Barstow, Liverpool.
FORT BLAKELY, O. Sid 9th, barque Martin
Rideout, Nichols. San Francisco:
PORT BLAKELY, o Ar 9Th, barque Vidette
iY PsEEiNSAcoLA~Ar 9th, sch Maud Webster. Went
"G Cd 9th, sch Mary A Mccain, Kavanaugh, TO
SAVANNAH-Ar 18th, sch George Clark, Bart
cid 18th, sch Morrison. Lavender, Bath.
Qua chc MaratOn. RackinotOn FL
DARIEN-Sld I'd, barque st Louis, Lombard. TO
PORT ROYAL. Sc Ar 18th, sch Isaac orbeton
Crockett Baltimore.
CHARLESTON-Cld 10th, sch Hattie Baker, Bax
Cld sth, sch e Glover. Ingersoll, Georgetown.
Sid 10th, sch Carrie Bell, Seavey. Brunswick, Ga
Ulrica smith, Edwards, Savannah;
ardson, Qrom Phiadephia) for Port Spain. having
repaire
FORTRESS MONROE-Passed out 18th. brig Cas-
| Italia, from Baltimore for Boston; sch l. Warren
sid 18th, brig L Merrill, for New York.
BALTIMOkE-Ar 18th, sch Alfred W Fisk, Kel
Gid 18th, sch Almon Bird, Drinkwater, for Jerse,
PHILADELPHIA-Cl 18th, sch Elizabeth Titon
NEW YORK-Ar 18th, schs Red Jacket, Averill
| and Joe Carlton Spear. Rockland; AcaIa Chandler
| Machias Para, Bryant do; Percy. Mitchell, East
Adelbert. Meady do; S L Burns Crosby. Boston
Silver Spray Chateld, Providence tor Port johnson
| Jas Warren, McGarr do.
Cid 18th, brig S Nichols, Chase, Matanzas; sci
| Chas Sawyer. Mullen, Point-a-Pitre.
Sid 18TH ship Ventus, tor Havre; bIigs Mary Glib
for do; Jas Miller tor Cientuegos; Carrie Bertha fo
land; Alligator do; Mary Langdon, for Belfast; Ma
| ry W Hopper. and W Ellis, Tor Boston; Eveline
| 90; Geo Prescott, for Allyn's Point.
! Passed throuoh He'll Gate 18TH. sch u Board
man. johnson, Hoboken for Portland.
PROvIDENCE-sld 18th. sch Aida. Cousins, fo
New York.
Sid l4th, schs David Torrey, soule, and VIM Slater
| Killem, New York.
NEWPORT AR 18th, sch Alexandria, Talking
| ham, Providence for New York.
In port, sch Elizabeth Arcularius, Hall, Fall Rive
| for New York.
vINEYAKD-HAvEN-Ar 18th. barque Jane
| McCarty, Gould, Buenos Ayres for Boston; schs
| Willard, Wallace. and Sea Bird, Stanley, Philadel
| phia for Portland; Light. Boat, Wood. Hoboken to
10: Josephine, Fickett New York for Portsmouth
| Davis, and W T Emerson.
BOSTON-Ar 18th, sch Mary Elizabeth, Coleman
Cid 18th, brig Eliza Stevens, Rich, St John, NIB
Ar 18th, schs Della Kinds, Wells, I'm Calais; Sarah
Franklin, Arey, vinalhaven.
| Below, barque Jas McCarty, from Buenos Ayres.
Cid 18th, brig Chas Dennis, Dodge, Havana.
FoREIGN PORTS.
Sid TN Calcutta 18th inst, ship City of Philadelphia
Sid I'm Leghorn 9th inst, sch Albert W Smith
Pinkham New York.
| Sid tim Port Elizabeth. CGH, Dec "a. ship Fanni
Thicker Roberts, (rom Calcutta) fOI Boston.
At East London Dec %, barque Bierstadt, Harri
son, for Mauritius.
At Sierra Leone Jan Z. brig Melrose, Grggs, from
Boston.
Sid I'm Liverpool 14th inst, ship H L Richardson
Morton, New York; brig Ellen NJ Mitchell, Eaton
Havana,
Ar at London 18th inst, ship Austria, Gilmore, in
Pabellon de Plea.
| AT Hull 18th inst, baruue Jonathan Chase Curtis
for Fayal, to load cargo of barque Old Dominion.