The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-28
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Items Gathered Here and There
Among the Shipping.

REAOIS Iu5 oulppIuRs
The statement in yesterdays MORNING
News that THE schooner The Josephine
will bring the first cargo of steel rails
from Sparrow's point to Savannah was
mistake. The Baltimore Sun stated
that this schooner was 1.-THE first to take
steel rails from SparrOw's point to this
port" This she did several months ago.
Since that time number of vessels have
| brought steel rails from SparrOw's point
for the Florida Central and Peninsular
railroad. The present. cargo of The Jose
phine, together with 800 tons which will
| arrive on the Baltimore steamer, finishes
up large contract for the company.
The Norwegian steamer Gambetta,
Capt. Weitzen, arrived yesterday from
Bluetields with cargo of bananas for
Kavanaugh & Brennan This steamer is
employed regularly by this firm, and this
is the third cargo Of fruit which she has
brought to this port this season.
The tug Dauntless, Capt Upper, ar
rived at this port yesterday from Phila-
delphia, where she was built for j. E. du-
Bignon and others, of Brunswick She is
on her way to that city, and will await
orders here, and sail as soon as it is safe
for her to enter that port. The Dauntless
was built especially for the present
ONhCAS >, anu Will DS SllSdBGu III lowing at
Brunswick. She was constructed by
John II. Dialogue & CO., of Camden, N
j. She is staunch and handsome craft,
being peculiarly adapted to the service for
which she is intended. She is about 10
feet in length and has steel hull. Her
gross tonnage is 1929 and 1866 net. She
is provided with a condensing engine of
17X32 inches in diameter of cylinder and
2-feet stroke piston. Her boiler is of
CfAnl II foot Inn oY1I 1O0 In, 80,
eter, which is allowed 1l5 pounds pressure
to the square inch, The Dauntless win
be the finest tug at Brunswick, and is
capable of engaging in any kind of towing
THAI may be required at that port
The Norwegian bark Hosten, which
was wrecked at Sapelo during the August
gale, and was afterwards gotten off and
towed to this city, will hereafter do SER
vice in the Savannah river as Floating
camp The vessel has been purchased
by the Atlantic Contracting Company.
which is fitting her up with convenient
quarters for employees, who are engaged
in the river and harbOr improvements
She will be Stationed near Fort Pulaski.
The steamship Nacoochee which ar
rived at New York Sunday, is damaged
more than was expected. from the effects
Of her collision with the British steam
ship Strathallan, in the Savannah river
last Friday. Her stem is badly twisted
out of shape, from hawse-piece to some
distance below the water-line and the ship
will have to go on the dry-dock at New
York for repairs. She will be off of her
regular schedule for about two weeks.
The settlement of the claim of the
salyors against the derelict schooner
Martie A. Holmes, which was picked up
at sea and towed into this port on Oct.
"a, was effected yesterday. The claim
for salvage was 81 600, and the owners
agreed to surrender the vessel to the
salvors for the sum of $500 Messrs.
George Harriss IL Co. the agents for
owners of the vessel received that amount
in settlement yesterday 1t is probable
that the schooner will be refitted and
made seaworthy again.
The Norwegian bark August Letter
cleared yesterday for Hull, with 1859
casks Of spirits of turpentiue. valued at
s35, 728 and 500 barrels Of rosin, valued at
81 100, shipped by Raymond Judge Il Co,
and $3.50 white oak slaves valued at
5000, shipped by the STANDARD Stave and
Cooperage Company.
George Harriss & Co, ship brokers, re-
ceived telegram from their house in
Wilmington yesterday, stating that the
schooner Jennie r. Wiley had put into
that port leaking. The Jennie f. Wiley,
Capt Thomaston sailed from New York
on Nov. IA for Savannah with a cargo of
guano She will be discharged and re-
paired at Wilmington.