The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-04-14

Darien, April 8. Cleared sch. Mary L.
Crosby, Williams, Noank; II, arrived SCH
NJ: V. B. Chase, Pinkham, Portland.
San Francisco, April s. Cleared ship Dan
iel Barnes, Slower, Philadelphia.
Boothbay, April TO- Sailed sch. Abraham
Richardson, New York.
Galveston, April Z. Sailed schs. Clara E.
Colcord, Kavanaugh, Pensacola; Norom-
bega, Armstrong, Apalachicola.
Wilmington. n. c., April II. Arrived SCH
f. ii. Herman, Wood, New York.
FOREIGN PORTS.
Matanzas, March 80. In port, brig David
Bugbee and Helen G. Moseley for North of
Hatteras; 80, arrived, bark Grace Lynwood,
Gilkey, Philadelphia; April l, in port, SCH
S. NJ. Bird, Merrill, for n. of H.
Cardenas, March 81. Sailed, sch. Huma-
rock, Veazie, New York.
Cienfuegos, March %. Arrived Sch. Jas.
A. Garfield, Fisher, Philadelphia.
St. Jago de Cuba, March %. Arrived, sch
1Etna, Jordon, Port Spain.
La Libertad Feb. q. Arrived Bark Her.
bert Black, from Champerlco (and sailed Doth
for Panama..
Port au Prince, April 7. Arrived sch
Waldemar, Leland, Rockport, Me-a good
passage of Is days
Rosario, Feb. "a. Arrived, bark Mabel i.
Meyers, Meyers, Buenos Ayres.
Calcutta, March 9. In port ships Frank
Pendleton. unc; Jacob f. Ridgeway, Call,
for New York.
Vera Cruz, March %. Arrived, sch. Jessie
Lena, Neazie, Newport News.
Hong Kong, April II. Arrived ship lee
berg, Treat, New York.
Havana, April I. Arrived brig II c. Sib-
ley, Hichborn Philadelphia.
Marseiles, April Il. Arrived bark Hud-
son, Curtis, Manila.
MARINE MISCELLANY.
Spoken Ship Belle of Bath, Curtis, from
New York for Hong Kong, March ~, lat. u
n, Ion. n W.
Brig Ernes tine of Portland, 400 tons.
huilt at Yarmouth in 1865, has been sold to
q. A. Gilchrist, of Rockland. She is to I'M
uergO extensive repairs.
The Knickerbocker Towage Co. has seven
towboats in readiness for the season work
| on the Kennebec, and claims to be one of the
best equipped companies in the country.
Capt. H. H. Williams, of the ship Freder-
lex Billings, has been presented with check
by the Board of Marine Underwriters for
bringing his vessel safely int" the port of
San Francisco under trying difficulties.
The Baltimore Sun of April 9TH says: The
schooner {. X. Flint, Capt. w, Brown, came
into port covered with glory and flags The
Yankee vessel finished the fastest journey
ever made from Cuban ports to New York
harbor. She left Las Nuevitas last Thursday
and got inside the Hook before daylight,
making the voyage III six days and ten
hours.
FREIGHTs. The Freight Circular of Brown
4 Co., New York reports for the week end
ing April 9: Business in connection with
all classes OF square-rgged vessels continues
moderate, and otf-Shore frelghtS in all direct
ions remain unsatisfactory to owners and
agents The enquiry for tonnage in the va
| rious foreign trades falls short of expectation
| at this stage OF the season, and although the
| available supply would be considered small
were business in a normal condition, it is
something more than equal to the cum ent
light requirements of chartererS. and hence
some spot vessels are accepting the low
| rates current for Deals at the Provincial
ports. The exceedingly small demand for
Petroleum tonnage for Europe, the increas
ing competition of Russian with American
oil in the East Indies, the doubt and uncer-
talnty in connection with the veXed Silver
| question, the unsettled condition of affairs
in leading South American countries, to-
| gether with the aggressive competition of
steam tonnage, constitute the chief factors
/ i'll connection with the pronounced ueprtS-
sion OF the carrying trade, which. it may be
added, extends to all the prominent ports of
| the world. West India and other short for
eign freights are more active, but generally
unsatisfactory to vessel owners, captains and
agents The Improvement in coal freights to
Cuba, noted i'll our last, is unfortunately off
set by very poor return business Coastwise
| freights show no ;ippreciable change, but the
advance of the season will bring diversiti "a
ton of business and doubtless an improve
ment i'll rates in some directions. Charters:
Ship Cora, New York to Rio de ,Janeiro, gen
eral cargo, p. t. Blk Ed. L. Maybnry New
York to BuenoS Ayres. general cargo .. t.
Blk. Niora II. Hopkins. Matanzas to port
North of Hatteras, Sugar, &" 10 cents. Schr
Warren Adams, Trinidad To New York or
Philadelphia, Asphalt, $50, Washington
$3.50 and discharged. Bark L. A. c. Smith
Philadelphia to St. Jago, coal, Sl75 Bark
N.,