The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-26
PORT PARAGRAPHS.
Maritime Matters OF Local and Cen
eral Interest

CNAA interest
The steamer Katie has received her
regular overhauling and repantine. and
viii resume her regular trips 10 Augusta
to-day, leaving AZ O'Clock p. n.
The tug boat Levi s. Davis came on
Wul-nk's marine railway yesterday. after
having been Overhauled. The pilot boat
Dickerson was hauled cut for eXamina-
lion by her proposed purchasers.
The new visitor in the shape Of reg
ular North Carolina sharper arrived in
port yesterday. She is the Naomi. a
schOOner-rigged craft, and halls from
Wilmington. y. G. The Naomi comes for
a cargo Of merchandise, TO be shipped TO
the Carolina islands.
The German ship Louise. Capt. Loot.
cleared yesterday for Hamburg. with g. 500
barrels Of rosin. $3.50 casks spirits tur-
pentine, and Us white oak slaves. The
ship is anchored in "the b-Eht." ald viii
80 to sea early this morning. Capt. Loot
ana MS family, who came with aim on
his last voyage from Europe. went ON
board last night.
The tug Cecilia started from Coosaw
river Wednesday with two lighters of
phosphate rock. consigned to Conner. HUI
& Co. of this city. The tug arrived yes
terday with only one lighter The other
one filled with water and got adrift We'd
nes1ay night while crossing IN Catalogue
sound. and afterward sunk. The Cecilia
delivered the safe lighter of rock and re-
turned yesterday, towing TWO empty
lighters.
The Savannah steamer Nigilant which
is engaged in running excursions between
Boston and Plymouth. Mass, met with an
accident last Sunday night. She was re-
turning TO Boston from Plymouth az the
time and was delayed several hours One
Of her boilers was discovered 10 be leak
ing and IL became necessary to run the
steamer at reduced speed under one boil
er.
Capt. English of the schooner Aaron
Reppard arrived at Philadelphia Wednes-
day from this port with a big bundle of
letters to be posted. They are not the
captains letters, nor any of the crew s.
but he paid the postage on them in spirit
Of charity and sent them off 10 their sew
eral destinations. The letters We're writ
ten by members of the crew of the whaling
bark Sunbeam, which was spoken by the
Reppard in the Cape Hatteras fishing
grounds a few days before. The Sunbeam
which halls from New Bedford, was chas-
ing school OF whales at the time She
mad been out since March ], and during
all that time the crew had held no com
municatiOn with the world. The Reppard
Was the ulsl NtSSel lAey spoke ana capt
English narrated as briefly as possible
what had taken place IN the worlds his
tory since March. The captain of the
whaler was particularly anxious to know
if war had been declared between Spain
and the United States. He tossed a bum
die of letters over the Reppard's rail, for
getting in hisaeXcitement TO add the neces-
sary postage.
The Merchants and Miners Transporta-
ton Company. owner Of the steamer De-
catur II. Miller and the tug Venus, has
filed its answer In the United States dis
trict court at Baltimore to the cross-suit
against those vessels by the owners Of
the Bowden, growing out of the recent col
lision. 1t is alleged in the answer that
the Miller was stil at the time of the col
lision and that the Bowden was solely at
fault.
The running down of the steamship De-
catur H. Miller at Baltimore by the steam
ship Bowden recently has caused an or
der to be issued by the Balti-
more steamboat inspectors requiring all
vessels to proceed at an especially low
rate of speed while passing in and out Of
the harbor.