The Portland daily press., 1881-02-10
PORT OF PORTLAND.

WEDNESDAY, Feb. Q.
Arrived.
Steamship Franconia, Mangum, New York-ncse
Sch E willard, Adams, Phladelphia-coal to
Sch M Branscomb. from Boston, with whiting
Sch Judge Low, Wheeler, Boston.
Sch Sympathy, Tainter, Boothbay.
Sch Mary Snowman, Oliver, Bath.
Cleared.
Sch Lxact, Kimball, North Boothbay-N Blake.
Sch Mary Elizabeth, Dunton, Boothbay-D D
Choate.
Barque Sarah, of Portland, 558 tons. built at
Stockton in 1870. has been sold by J Winslow &
Co to E Adams of Boston, at S14 900. She is to
be placed in the Western Island trade.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
EAsTPoRT. Feb. AR, sch M L Newton, Coal
Sid. barque syra, Pettengill, (from Calais for
MontevideO.
Feb Sid; brig Electric Light, O'Neal, Annap-
oils, Ms; sch Nightingale, Hillyard New York.
LAUNcHED-At Bath, 9Th inst, by Goss & Sawyer
three -masted schr of 633 TONS named Ada A Ken
ns,.y to be commanded by Capt Peter Kennedy of
Rockland, where she is mostly owned.
FROM MEsCE ANTS EXCHANGE.
Ar at Vineyard Haven 9th. barque Norton Slower,
True, Baltimore for Portland, (has been blown off,
Ar at Boston 9th, brig H Jennings, Neil, from
Ar at Liverpool 7th iust ship W H Connor, PEN
dlcton, San francisco.
MEMORANDA.
Snip Astoria, Anderson, for Hong Kong, collided
in the Fast Dock. Cardiff. 8th inst with the ship
Robert Dixon. The latter lost jibboom and sustain
I'd other damage.
Barque Norton Stover. True, from Baltimore for
Portland, was towed into Vineyard Haven 9th inst
by u steamer Saml Dexter. She sailed hence Jan
26th, and since then has encountered succession
of heavy gales and boen blown off the coast.
Brig Pannie Jennings, Neil, at Boston from Ma
tanzas, reports Jan II, experienced strong gale
and spht topsail, the vessel laboring heavily and
shipping much water. On the 25th and 2Sth. had
the weather being intensely cold and vessel badly
iced up the flying spray freezing on every part of
vessel and washed off Samuel brown seaman who
was lost. it being impossible to save him. 1t was
more moderate on the 30th and succeeded in free
ING the vessel from cc The captain says it the
worst weather on this voyage he ever experienced
The otficrrs and crew suffered severely, most of
them being frostbitten.
Ms, for Baltimore, put into Charleston Sth inst
leaking badly and with loss Of anchors.
Sch Jos Wilde, Reed, from Point-a-Pitre for Phila-
delpeia with sugar and molasses, put into Charles
ton sc 9Th inst leaking badly.
dispatch from Mobile states the sch White Sea,
loading lumber at Pascagoula, went ashore on Horn
Island in Mississippi Sound 9Th inst.
Sch Lookout from New York for Calais before re-
ported ashore near Cutler and supposed total loss
afterward slid off into deep water and sunk. She
was purchased for small sum- raised and towed
into Cutler.
time: Barques Arion, and Miramichi. and the brig
Keersake- all British and wrecked in the vicinity
within few months.
Sch Alfred keen, of Rockland, which recently
went ashore in Boston bay, has been foated and was
towed into Provincetown 9th inst
Sch Uriah Fisk, from Weymouth for Charleston,
which was driven ashore by the ice on Great Point
Rip, has broken in two and will be total wreck.
wreckers were saving materials 7th.
Island, was in collision with barque Dagmar this
forenoon. She was taken in tow by tug in the
aad 5 for in
between Great Point and the west end of Coatue
and are in danger of going ashore when the ice
Norfolk, Feb 7-An vessels in Chesapeake Bay are
count Of the heavy ice in the bay. The large ocean
steamers cannot make headway against it.
DOMESTIC PORTs.
SAN FRANCISCO Ar 9Th, ship South America,
Cid 8th, ship Great Admiral, Thompson, Liver
pool; San JOAQUIN. Drinkwater, do.
NEW WORLEANs-Below 9Th, sch NJ Chase, Nc
Learn, from Port Antonio
PENSACOLA-Ar Sd, brig Kodiak, Peters, from
rGFf FERpNANDINA-Ar RpSi; 4th, sch St Crox Haskell,
Charleston, "a hours. (will load for Boston2
CHARLESTON-Ar Sth. sch Jos Wilde. Reed, fn
Pointa- Pitre for Philadelphia. leaky.
COOSAW, Scar 4th, sch G Hanrahan, Whit
more, Charleston to load for Baltimore.
NORFOLK-Ar 7th sch M w Drew Mahoney,
from Belfast for Jacksonville, damaged by COLI
siOn.)
FORTRESS MONROE-Ar 7th, brig Petten-
gill, Davis, Demarara; sch Spartan. H0dgdon from
BALTIMORE-Below 4th, sch Eve Yates, with
lumber, from -.
PHILADELPHIA 7th. sch Charlotte Buck,
Avery, Norfolk.
Cid 9Th, brig Jeremiah, Blanchard, Caibarien.
CHESTER, PA-Sld Sth barque Caro-, Gray, for
Philadelphia. in tow.
NEWCASTLE-Ar 7th, brig Addie Todd Corson
st Andrews, NIB.
In port 7th, schs Mary E Van Cleaf, Clio Chillcot
and Nettie Walker.
NEW YORK-Ar 9Th, brig R Cove, Hodgdon
Demarara.
Cid Sth. barque G Reusens. Leighton, for Palmas
brig Starlight. Cochran, Demarara; schs Z With.
erspoon, Sheppard. st Thomas; Annie Lee, Look
Sid 9Th, sch Mary Helen, for St Martins.
PROVIDENCE-Ar 9Th, sch f Sampson Wei
DON Baltimore.
NEWPORT-Ar Sth, sch Hiawatha Crabbe. Port
de Paix for Boston, Qost deckload 3d)
In port 9Th sch Hattie l. Newman Dorr from
st Marc for Providence; Abbie s Emery Arey
New York for Rockland; Addie M Chadwick, from
Baltimore for Boston.
DUTCH ISLAND HARBOR- In port 7th, schs
Edw LamSer, Kendall, from Rockland for Whining
ton; Maud Webster, Wentworth, Windsor, Ms, for
TAEPAULIN CovE-In port 7th, sch Susan Stct-
sou naies from Boston for Charleston; Saml Fish,