The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-08-25
SHIP NEWS.
PORT OF BELFAST.
ARRIVED.

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Hasper, Boston.
Aug -. Sch Daniel B Fearing, Bangor.
Aug -. Sch Mark Pen,lleton, New York.
Aug2O. Schs Jacob NJ Haskell, New York
Daniel B Fearing, Philadelphia.
Aug u. Schs Mollie Rhodes, Rockland !;
Boomer, fremont.
AMERICAN PORTS
New York, Aug IL. Arrived, schs Char
lotte Buck, Pendleton, Bangor; John Len
thai, Carver, do; l. H Hopkins, Larrabee,
do; Sarah l. Davis, Jones, Belfast: II, clear
ed, bark Il G Smith, HOOPER, Manzanilla;
Is, cleared, sch Nahum Chaplin, Arey, St
Johns and Ponce, +; 10, cleared, banks
Havana, Rice, Havana; John Emery,
Wooster, Buenos Ayres: arrived sch Ed
win l Morrison, Isesboro, Me; sailed, sch
Georgia Gilkey, Gilkey, Boston, 20, arrived,
brig katahdin, Lord, Bangor; sch Isaiah
X Stetson, Trask, Kennebec; 81, arrived,
SENS George b Ferguson, Izetta and July
Fourth. Bangor: passed the Gate, schs A
IL tyford and VIM Butman, Rondout for Bos-
ton Lester y Lewis, Perth Amhoy for Ban
COR; sailed, bark K \ c Smith, Manzanilla ;
cleared, ship st Nicholas, Carver, San Fran
cisco.
Boston, Aug Ii. Arrived, sch Susan n
Pickering, Haskell, Brunswick, Ga: II, ar
rived, Sclls Waldenar, Leland. Cane Hay-
Holmes. Ryan, Belfast: Kit Carson, Tapley
Rondout: Is, arrived, schs Mary Eliza and
Sadi" Corey, Winterport; Sale ron, New
ofk ale. Coombs, Georgttowl., ID G : sail
ed, Ship Henrietta for Buenos 4 yres; 49, ar
rived. sch -Afretta Snare, Smith, Faiardo
= Il; cleared, Cyrus Hall, Coonbs, Kenne-
bee and Baltimore: 20, cleared, sch Lizzie b
Wiley, Rivers, Brunswick, Ga.
Baltimore, Aug Ii. Arrived, sch ID H
Rivers, Colcord, Kennehe,'; -, arrived, bark
Josephine, Bonner, Belfast
Portland, Aug II. Arrived bark Thos J
Stewart, Blake, Philadelphia: IS, arrived
sch y w Ellis, Ryder, Ronduut cleared
sch Daylight Nickerson, kennebec and
Philadelp hia; 81 sailed, sch A w Ellis Rock
| land and New York
Jordan, Emerson, kcnnebec: 20cleared, sch
II j Cottrell, HASKELL, Providence: u, ar
rived. bark Beatrice Havener Hchborn, Port
Spain.
Bangor, Aug II, Arrived, schs Annie
Lewis, Lewis, Newbnryport: Sandy Point,
Grant Boston: Dora NJ French, French, Bos-
ton; Annie Chase, Ellis, New York: 49,
arrived, sch William Slater, Small Boston
cleared, sen Daniel B Fearing, Clifford
Washington, d G.; ~, arrived, sch Harmona,
Dodge, Port Liberty; -, arrived, schs Char
lotte Fish, Pendleton; Charlotte T Siblev,
Bartlett, Boston.
:, Remaining, Aug 10. Sailed, sch Anna
Pendleton, Thomas, Boston; Is, arrived, sch
Jessie Lena, Neazie, New York.
Jacksonville, Aug TO- Arrived, sch Mary
GGrson, Robinson. Boston; Is, arrived, sch
Nellie Pickering, Mckeen, New York.
West Washington, ID c, Aug IT, Cleared,
sch Eliza J Pendleton, Fletcher, Boston.
New Haven, Aug IT, Arrived, sea Melissa
Trask, Trask, Bangor.
Char eston. S G, Aug Is. Cleared, Mary l.
Peters, Williams, Alexandria, Va
Norfolk, Aug IS. Arrived, bark Henry
NorWtIl Clark : Cove. Me-
Perth Amhoy, Aug -. Sailed, sch Lester
y Lewis, Burgess. Portland.
Newport, Aug 20. Sailed, sch James A
Parsons, Howe, New York.
Wilmington, n &, Aug 20. Cleared. sch
l-inah Kaminski Woodbury., Georgetown
New Bedford, Aug u. Sailed, sch Web
ster Bsrnard Marshall, New York
Roc Island, Me, Aug %. Arrived, sch A w
Ellis, Ryder, Portland.
Georgetown, c, Aug -. Arrived, sch
Llnah Kaminsll, Woodbury., New York.
FOREIGN PORTS.
Newcastle, \ S w, to Aug 10 Arrived,
sch COY Alnes, Davis, Port Pirle.
ST. Helena. Passed previous to Aug s. shin
Josephus, Hong Kong for New York
Cape Town, July IS. Arrived, Ship Jacob
& ltdgeway, Call, Calcutta for New York
MARITIME MISCELLANY.
Washhurn brothers \ Co.. of Tholnaston
are laying the keel for three-masted schoon-
Ell of about 800 tons white oak frame to Ne
OF the greatest carrying capacity of her class
Ship Frederick Billings arrived at New
York, Aug. Ii, from San Francisco after the
relnarkable quick run of 50 days. This time
has been beaten several times butt neverthe-
ass it is a remarkable passage. In 1852 the
ship Northern Light made the voyage from
San Francisco to Boston in - days
| LAUNCH OF THE RoANokE. The great shin
Roanoke was launched Monday at Bath from
the yard Of Arthur Sewall 4 Co Her keel
was laid last fall but work was SUSPENDED
during the winter because Of unfavorable
weather, but reopened at the commencement
OF spring. A handsomer or more substantial
| specimen of Bath ship architecture than the
Roanoke was never designed. She is one of
| four great sister ships built bv the Sewalls
within few years. the others being the
Rappahannock, the Shenandoah andtht Sus-
4uehannah The Roanoke registers a gross
tonnage of $3.50 tons net 3,4O0. Her length
IS 81 30 feet breadth ~ 10 depth % feet
| Counting The poop she has four decks. She
| IS nttlt larger than any vessel ever built
by the firm, exceeding the Shenandoah by
2oo tons, and will be the biggest wooden YES
sci at1oat. The Roanoke is euuinp4d with
four masts, the tallest rising $50 feet above
| the deck. The rear mast is made from one
! tree and is splendid stick The main ware,
is 100 feet in length, The frame is of white
OAK the panking of yellow pine The cabin
Is a beauty, being finished i'll quartered oak
with sleeping room and parlor for the cap
taln, rooms for the mates and a dining room.
Al the conVenlences are provided, including
d hath room. steam engine furnishes all
necessary power. Capt. Joseph F. Hamil-
ton,of Brooklyn, will command the Roanoke.
and she is to load with general cargo at
! New ork Tor San Francisco.
| DISASTERS, &c. Shin San ,Joauuin LARA
bee, from New \ ork for San Francisco. and
barYue Adolph Obrig, Carleton, from New
ork Tor san Francisco, have put into Port
STANLEY, Falk land Islands, damaged. The
Adolph Obrlg sprung her rudder head and
her cargo broke adrift. The San JOAQUIN
sprung her fore and Observation-Disclosures,
and lost some of her sails Sch Mary
Langdon, Shaw, of and from RockIana for
New York with cargo Of lime, was run into
IN Vineyard Sound, off Tarpaulin Cove,
about l2io last Thursday night, by schooner
Addie f. Snow, of Roc>land, eastward
bound, and had starboard bow stove, in
within three p!anks of waters edge, the cat
ana rendered useless. She returned to Vine
yard Haven The Snow had some of her
head gear slightly damaged, but proceeded
"A despatch from Baltimore dated Aug
18th says that: "Sch. A, B. Sherman, Capt.
Benjamin PlllSburv. which sailed from here
ON Monday bound to New York with a cargo
of coal, returned to this port yesterday, hay
ing been run into by sch. William NJ. Powell
The accldentoccurred at midnight on Tues
day, While the Sherman was a short distance
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