The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-19


been chartered to load at this port, and
was towed into quarantine yesterday
The schooner Charmer, Capt. Daboll,
from New York, with oil consigned to the
Standard Oil Company. arrived yester-
day. She reports having sailed on Feb 2,
had long and tedious passage, during
which a succession of gales were encoun-
tered keeping all hands busy trying to
hold the vessel up under the strain.
The Norwegian bark, Mississippi. Capt
jacobsen, arrived at Tybee yesterday,
fifty-two days from Liverpool, via Barba-
dos. She is in ballast, and consigned to
j. f. Minis q Co.
Capt Burg, of the steamship City Of
Birmingham, has another cOmmenda-
BILE deed entered to his credit for saving
the lives of shipwrecked seamen. The
four men which he took from the sinking
schooner last Friday night owe their
lives to him. They are very grateful for
their deliverance from a watery grave
and the kind treatment they re-
ceived from Capt. Burg and his officers,
after they were taken aboard the Bir-
mingham.
The new steel ship DiriFo, the first
built in New England, was launched on
Feb. 10. at A. SeweQ & Co.'S. yards. Bath
Me. Her measurements are: Length, 3l2
feet; breadth, 49, feet; depth, 256 feet;
gross tonnage, 3,004S0; net tonnage
2,e559 She will be commanded by Capt
George Goodwin, formerly of the ship
Sterling.
The British captains, Burke and Proud,
have received a gold watch and chain
each from the United States government
for saving the crews of the American YES
sells Acme and Peter H. Crowel. Capt
Burke rescued the men on the Acme Oct.
II. Capt Proud saved the crew of the
Peter H. Crowel Nov. IL.
Secretary Herbert has corroborated
the statement in the West Superior
(Wis) Dispatch that he had appointed a
board of naval officers to examine the
plans of Capt. Alex. McDougall, for
whaleback warship. The captains plans
are now on exhibition at Washington.
The secretary, in appointing the board, is
merely availing himself of the advantage
offered to the navy department to exam
inc into the ideas advanced by Capt. Nc
Dougall which, if found feasible and
practicable, may be of great use in future
naval construction.
In accordance with tradition of this
government JhaJ snip owners should be
reimbursed for expenses incurred in the
rescue of shipwrecked crews, the House
committee on claims has favorablY re-
ported bill giving 1873, 500 to the owners
OF the Hawaiian bark Arctic. This vessel
started on a whaling voyage in Septem-
Der, 1871, but gave up its season in order
TO carry TO port lie sailors whose ships
had been stranded in the ice fields of the
northern seas. The sailors belonged TO
the ships Daniel Webster, Chance, La
conda, Wilde, Europe and Progress.
The Secretary of the Treasury has APP
proved a circular prepared BY Gen. Du-
mont, supervising inspector general
Of steam vessels, on the sub
Jet of lights on ferry boats.
barges, and canal boats. The new
system legalizes the lights provided for,
and makes vessels that do not carry them
liable TO fine. Heretofore there has been
no mandatory law on the subject. The.
rules adopted By the board are for the
whole country, aud provide for the rel
and green or regulation side lights, except
the Hudson river, aud its tributaries,