The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-17

passing up and down the river This crib
was part of the Instructions placed in the
river during the war, and being sub
merged for thirty years or so. and of the
same specific gravity as water, moved up
and down with the tide, below the sur
face of the water. On account of this
popularity, it was hard to definitely
locate it. 1t was placed behind one of the
jetties, where it will do no further dam
age.
Spar buoy No. IL, which was sunk in
the channel near the oyster bed light
some time ago, and which has proved to
steamers menace to the safe navigation
OF that part of the harbor, has been To-
Gated and removed by the United States
snag boat Toccoa This buoy is an iron
cylinder about thirty feet long, and when
recovered showed several punctures made
by the propeller blades of passing steam
ers, causing it to fill and sink.
The schooners William c. Wickham, for
Philadelphia, and Jennie f. Wiley, for
Baltimore, left for sea yesterday. The
Wiley anchored at Tybee roads and the
Wickham proceeded.
Richardson & Barnard cleared yester-
day the Spanish steamship Miguel Gal
Tart for Barcelona. Her cargo consists
of Z $50 bales of cotton, valued at $780,
306.69, and 1000 barrels of rosin, valued
at "a, l45.
Strachan & Co. cleared yesterday the
Norwegian bark Teutonia, for Hamburg
with 1852 casks of spirits turpentine
valued at S17 $50, and 1892 barrels of
rosiu, valued at "a, 7S4. The cargo was
shipped by the Antwerp Naval Stores
Company.
VIVA causes these great tidal waves on
the ocean that every once in a while
sweep UNEXPECTEDLY down upon a vessel
and almost swamp her. asks the Marine
journal, Feb 10. An instance is reported
by the big ship Benjamin F. Packard, at
This port from Iquiqui, which was hove
to Off Cape Hatteras recently to ride out
a northeastern. She made good weather
of it until about 9 o'clock that night big
fellow suddenly tumbled over her port
side amldShips and swept everything aft
smashing skylights, flooding the cabin,
starting after matches, etc, She lay to
for forty-eight hours afterwards, but was
not boarded by another sea. Another
notable instance was that of the steam
ship Normannia. Ever once in o while
this sort of thing happens and some
times with fatal effect. Occasionally, of
course, such wave may be caused by an
two or three steamers near the same posi-
ton in mid-ocean recently, but it is not
an earthquake that always causes three
or four waves to roll into one. What is
it?
Mr.. H. E. Cook, of Fayetteville, was in
the city yesterday He has been on a
trip to Florida prospecting, and has about
decided to establish a line of freight
steamers on the Suwannee river, between
Hudson and Cedar Keys. Mr.. Cook is
interested in the steamer Katie, which
runs on the Savannah river, and the
steamer Cape Fear, which plies between
Fayetteville, N c., and Wilmington, N.
c., on the Cape Fear river.
The schooner Island City, which arrived
yesterday, passed, about 20 miles
south of Frying Pan shoals, a vessel s
sighted vessel bound south with main
sail and spanker boom gone.
The fishing smack Agnes Belle, arrived
from the snapper banks yesterday with
about 1000 pounds of fine red fish, snap
pers and blackfsh She sold her cargo
and replenished her stock of ice and will
proceed to sea today, to make another
haul.
Yesterday afternoon, for the first time
in many day, there were no coastwise
steamers lying at the Ocean Steamship
Company's wharf The City of Augusta
sailed at p. M, leaving the wharves
bare. A 6 O'Clock the Gate City arri we'd
from Boston, and the usual busy scene at
the pier was renewed.
The schooner Vanlaer Black, Capt.
Frank Lacey, with guano, consigned to
the Central railroad, arrived yesterday.
Capt. Lacey reports having put to sea
twelve days ago, after having been de-
layed by head winds for four days inside
the Capes. 1t was tedious voyage; the
vessel having been in continued bad
weather, with variable winds. She ar
rived at the bar on Thursday night and
anchored to await a tugboat. She was
towed to the city yesterday afternoon.
The steamship William Crane from
Baltimore for Savannah, was twenty-four
hours overdue at O'Clock this morning.
She sailed on last Tuesday, and was prob
ably struck by the prevailing storm on
Wednesday, while off the coast of Hat
teraS.
There is only one foreign steamship in
port, the Miguel Gallart. She will sail
to-day with her cargo of cotton and naval
stores, for Barcelona. The British steam
ship Glenlorg is due here and will load
with cotton for Reval and Gothenberg.