The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-04-05

spoken, March 2G, lat Is 10, lon AS, ship Oncioa
from Singapore for New York. all well
>rh George Il Met elan. t} tons owned hv Can't
kcene of Bremen, Me, has been bought by Henry
Trefethen of House island, Port land hallior.
II Is feared that the three mtstcd ;9St ton Schoo-
er william q Lewis of Dennis Mass Capt hellcy,
hence with coal for Boston, is lost, with all on
board
Revenue Cutter Woodbury. passed through Eyoe-
mogSin reach March % and il is open to navig;t-
ton. This Is the ia>t thor0ughfare To open and
closed the cutters winter work.
Notice l. give that the fog signal AT Deer Island
Thoroughiaie Light station is temporarily dis
tbied. The bell will. however, be struck by hand
IN answer to signals from vessels passing the light
i'll thick weather.
Sch Alfred Keen, Of and from Hockland for
Richmond with cargo oi lime, grounded on
Hedge Fence Slloal. ine,,rd sound sunday
morning. and hnatcd IN The afternoon ny
wreckers. arriving II Vineyard Haven apparently
unnjured.
Following is Il list of vessels that have passed
the Highlands Cape cod, during the three months
ending March 81: seven ships y bark>, 80 brigs,
1872 schooncrs, All steamers. The number OF coal
harges toweh 10y tugs has increased 20 per cent
over the last wear.
Bar4ue Nesu>ius sailed from Trapani, oct Is,
with 1000 tons salt for Gloucester. and has not
been heard from since, being reported as given up
some time ago She was built in Eichmond, Me, in
lsi., and was owned at Wi~tassct. Capt Marshall
belonged in Deer Isle, Me, and had his wife and
BUILDING AT BATH. \ sch of about llG0 tons
will he built the coming summer at the ward of
VIM I Donncii. The frame is being got out in
resee! /, to he completed by the first OF Nov emher.
49,. Kelley y Spear have contracted to huiii Il,
steam whaltr of about 300 tons for Capt VIM Levi,
of New BEDFORD and Il sch of about 100 tons for
Maine parties. Frames for both vessels are being
got ont III the woods of northern Maine.
LMNCHED The three -masted sch Alice Nc
ami the butter, was launched March y from the
yard of John Mcdonald, Bath. She is rugged and
ready for sea. Captain Dukeshirc of ST George,
formerly of sch & K Flint, will command her.
schooner James Gray, l33 tons, owned by II I {
Hartley. Capt Frank Z Coleman, who will com
| mand and Others of Saco, her mailing port, was
lanrhed saturday afternoon by Kelley Il spear.
Bath. She is built for the brick carrying trade and
is rugged ready for
QuHK III ". ship .IoscphuS (uf Dainariscotta,
Me- Capt. Rogers which left san Francisco Dee.
-, arrived at New Bedford on SATURDAY., making
the passagc in ~ days very quick trip. She has
the largest cargo brought to New Bedford in many
years, and viii probab, have 10 be lghtcred.
/ The clipper shin Belle of Bath which arrived at
| New York, March Both, made the run from Cal.
cutta to sand Hook in i've hours short of 9? DAYS
| "a splendid performance, when it is considered
that fully fortnight were lost in the Doldrums.
She experienced three DAYS Of the late gale OF
iiatteraS, and was blown a considerable distance
out OF her course. sch. Anna Lord arrived at
l'ont-a ritrc, Quad March p, 10 days from New
lork-a very quick passage This vessel made the
same passage i'll December in Is DAYS.
\ SLOW PASSAGE. The schooner Monticello of
this city had a hard trip on her last voyage east
| She was bound for Belfast with and general
| merchandise, consigned 10 T.. Il l.. Robbins. She
| left this port January 20, encountered heavy
storms and put into lioothbay February p and ar
| rived AT Bremen, for which place she had some
freight. the same day. On the night of the ith she
became frozen in at Bremen and remained there
ice bonnd until the 10th of March when she s;le,,
for Belfast, but meeting drift ice in the bay she
| put into Rncklanl, where they were informed by
Belfast ronsan that the harbor at Belfast was
| frozen up. She has arrived there all right now
| after one of the sowest passages ever recorded
| Portland, Me. Express.
| HEAVY WEATHER Ar SEA. Barquc Adam W
| Spies, Field, at Boston 100 DAYS from Melbourne
| tf.lr 1n ina Rn
| ia had Il continuation OF gales and heavy seas, and
| after crossing the Gulf Stream had considerable
ram and thick weather. feD D. lat ol 30 y, Ion
30 W., spoke Norwegian barque Supreme Smeds
| Wig, from Pascasonia for Buenos Ayrcs, Is days
OUT short of provisions. She was supplied by the
| A. W. Spies Barque John f.. Chase, Park at
| Philadelphia from Cienfuegos, reports had a sue
cession of gales after leaving the Straits of Flor
| da The vessel rolled and pitched heavily and is
| tiIued to leak until she reached smooth water
| The heavy washed the tarpaulins OFF the
matches. Hooded decks and cabin, lost water casks
| &c. .HarIue John Watt Sweetser at Fall River
| March 18th from Orleans, was 20 days out. Sh,
| reports heavy gales on the 9Th, 18th and 10Th Or
the I3th in lat 3. 90 Ion - 10, lost bulwarks, top
sails and Is ton cutter yacht belonging Fall hi
Yer parties Sch. Harry White, Hopkins, at New
| York from St. Domingo had Il continuation of NJ
and NY gales, and was blown on the coast three
times; lost jibboom, lost and split sails and ha,
| everything movable washed of decks.
FKEIGmTs. The Weekly Freight Circular o
Snow 4 Burgess, New York, for the week en,lin.
March 3lst reports Outward freight to Cuba ii
| the shape of coal and empty hhds to north sid,
ports, has offered more freely with the rates 81 an,
80 cents respectively, but return cargoes
| though previous rates are yet current Medium
| size vessels are wanted to the Windwari, but a
| such continue scarce full rates are cXacted whel
| such obtainabe. In Coastwise lumber frcigh
there is only a moderate movement experienced
but the tone of the market is steady. Very few
Coal orders are in the market at present, and witt
| vessels fairly plentiful low rates are the rule tn
basis, say, 20 cents and discharge to Boston an,
| vicinity. Local Charters: ship Louis Walsh, iron
Baltimore to San Francisco, Coal, ~. Brig Stock
ton, from Philadelphia to Aspinwall, Coal, 50 Al
| Sch Austin ID knight, from Fernandina to Ne,
| York, Lumber, $6.25-frcc wharfage.