The Republican journal., 1892-02-04

loss OF his vessel: II have to report the
loss of the brig Il. w. Parker, which occur
red the 9TH inst, at Parengie, small fishing
village forty-five miles south of Cape st.
Rogue. The cause OF the accident was as
follows: sailed from Pernambuco the 3rd
inst, bound to Natal for cargo Of sugar.
All went we'll until 11.3O P. NJ the 4th, when
the vessel struck something heavily which
entirely tore away the rudder, breaking the
stock three feet in the rudder port, smash
ing wheel and everything attached, lifting
the deck up around the rudder. at once
came to anchor when to my surprise I found
the vessel filling with water. After pump
ing four hours, we had five feet of water in
hold, washing away the sand ballast and
listing the vessel over. | found it was i'm
possible to save the vessel as the water was
gaming on the pump over twelve inches an
hour. l slipped my chain, set head sails and
run her on shore, where she struck the
ground at 8 a. NJ, some 200 feet from the
shore, where she now lies with lower hold
full of water and will prove total loss
Were there any facilities in this country for
getting vessels off, she could undoubtedly be
saved" The brig l. w. Parker was built at
Belfast IN 1874 and was 31. IA tons net. She
had not been owned here for some time, and
her mailing port was New York
FREIGHTs. The Freight Circular of Brown
& Co, New \ DIRK. reports for the week end
ing Jan. 30: Little or no change can be
noted in the general freight market this
week, and business, as a whole, has not
been very brisk. Small and medium size
square-rigged vessels continue in fair de-
mand for the River Plate. Brazil, South At
RIGA, ETC., and the available supply being
small, the recent slight IMPROVEMENT in
rates is sustained. The enquiry for large
carriers, on the other hand, continues light,
and whilst the spot supply is not large, rates
SHOW no Improvement in any direction.
| There has been a Slight increase OF business
OIL frpipDtS IN tut. fan. East lint l,a
availability of vessels on the other side Of
the Atlantic, at the low rates current has
served to obviate any advance in rates The
week S fixtures in the department comprise
two or three wooden vessels to Hong Kong
at 23@23 IL cents, with Shanghai option at
49, two or three iron ships from New York
| and Philadelphia to Japan at "A 1-2d25: a
steamer at -, and wooden ship, hence to
Saigon, at -. The barrel oil charters this
week have been few and the rates are sub
stantlally unchanged, with slight chance for
any decided Improvement under existing
| conditions. General cargo freghts remain
about lis 1Ss per forty cubic feet, hence to
Sydney and Melbourne, DDS I'd d25s to West
Coast South America, IA cents per cubic
foot to the lower River Plate ports, DIS q 29s
80 per forty cubic feet to South Africa, and
81 per dead weight ton to San Francisco
Deal and timber freights from the Provinces
and the South for Europe are about steady
and quiet, whilst naval store freghts from
the primary ports to Cork for orders remain
Is Cd a4s. West India freights, outward and
homewara, have scarcely varied and the
weeks business has been comparatively
small. Coastwise lumber freights are. if
anything, trltie tirmer, but quiet, whilst
coal freights are, at the moment, almost
neglected. Charters: Bark Fred p. Litcll-
field, 5000 cases petroleum, New York to
| Hong Kong, % ID cents. Ship Belle of Bath,
10000 cases petroleum, New York to Hong
Kong, % cents, Shanglae 2S. March. Bark
Mary f. Russell, New York to Dunedin, at
or about 81 400. Sch Willie l.. Newton
Manzanilla to direct port North of Hatteras
not East Of New York, sugar, Is cents, Della
ware 'reakwater, f. o., II, Boston, Is Sch
Sarah ID. }. Rawson, New York to Key West
and Mobile, lump sum. Sch. Lester a.
Lewis, Brunswick to New York, lumber
SIP ID, 30 NJ per day. Sch. Anna NJ. Dick
nson, South Amboy to Hurricane Island
coal. 10 cents. Sch. Mary l.. Peters, Phila-
tlelphia to Havana, coal, $3.50 Bark II. G.
| SibIey, Trinidad to Philadelphia, asphalt
ST. - and discharged. Sch. Thomas W
| Hyde. Sagua to Philadelphia, sugar, 10 cents