The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-18


Sawyer. from New Haven.
From Boston. stmr. Ashlands, Ander-
son. cleared 10Th.
From Philadelphia, schr. Frank Learn
ing. Campbell.
Schr Calvin +. Baker. Baker, from
Rockport. for Norfolk. was anchored off
Bass !.irer. 10Th.
Stmr. Glendowe is bound to Venice Via
Norfolk from the South.
M~crnornnNn
The following is taken from yestcr-
days Baltimore sun:
Judge Morris filed an opinion yester-
day in the United States District Court
dismissing. the suit of BarZillia Eram-
BILE and Henry w. Elliott, owners OF
the schooner VIM. Farren. against jas.
w. Culver.
'ln 1894 the Earrcn was chartered TO
james w. Culver to go to the Bahamas
for p~incapples. While there she vent
aground on the Conception Islands reef
ana WAS destroyed.
'rhu owners contendcd that MIR. Cul-
yer was responsible for the vessels loss,
but IL was shown that the l'arren was
in charge of IL pilot who had been fur
niShed by the agents of the owners and
tina she ran on the reef while In his
charge"
The large steel sea tug Hercules, of
the American Towing Company's fleet.
lsllu UP AlO1ttisN AT DI'cuttl : s'ii'I'H.
She will be fitted with Il new steel RI
turn tubular boiler, which is II feet
long and IL feet diameter, with twh
corrugated furnaces. each so inches In
diameter.
The schooner yacht Norma, recently
I'm this port. was seen off Back River, in
the bay, Sunday, making toward Balti-
more.
The British steamer Scottish Prince,
Captain Nichols, from New Orleans on
February 18th. for Genoa. has landed
at ST. Michacls the crew. of the Amsri-
car thrcc-mnsted schooner Elisha
Gibbs. which had been abandoned in n
was of iG5 tons. was built at Bath. Me,
in 1850, and was owned by i. q. Thomp-
son.
The British steamer Persian Prince.
Captain Henderson. from New Orleans
and Norfolk via Havre. for Antwerp.
was sunk on the 10th inst. in the River
SChcldi. after having; been IN collision
with the steamer Mervin.
Steamer ScdTenorc, at Liverpool from
Baltimore. which andcd the crew of
the schooner MoGviH from Beaufort
for Philadelphia, set fire to the Melvin
after taking Off her crew on March I'd.
in lat. 20 y. long. "a w.
Tho new steamer TO run between Bal
timOre ana Norfolk for the Southern
| Hallway Company, will be launched by
the ramp in Philadelphia, Wcdnc:-
day. She will he named the Atlanta,
and will be chrislcncd by Miss liza
Glenn. OF Atlanta. Ga. y number of
guests have been invited to attend the
launch. including a party from Atlanta.
TIL. new vessel is Il swift steel propeller,
with excellent passenger and freight ac-
commodations.
In The senate yesterday Mr.. Quay pre-
| scntca a resolution directing the Secre-
tary Of War to ascertain the value and
commercial Importance OF all property
rights and franchises belonging to or
claimed by the Chesapeake and Della
ware Canal Company. the Delaware and
Raritan Canal Company, the Albcmarle
and Chesapeake Canal! Company. the
Atchafalaya Bav Company, and of the
canals at the falls of the Williametto
River. near oregon CRY. Ore. also the
cost and practicability of the improve
mcnt OF the Ohio River by movable dams
or otherwise. SO that there shall be IL
dcp;h Of not less than SIX feet; of n con
tinuois inland waterway from the Della
ware Bay TO the mouth Of the ST. Johns
River, Fla. of Il ship canal across Irlori-
da. and of "A ship canal between Lake
Erie and the Ohio River at Pittsburg.
Notice To- Mariners.
The Lighthouse Board gives notice
tAat on March the Eth, the spar buoy.
red and black. horizontal stripes, which
was established on the tth instant, IN
Buttermilk Channel, New York upper
bay. to mark the sinlken wreck OF n
coal laden canal boat. was taken up and
discontinued The wreck has been re-
moved. Governors Island post lights y.
a w. Entrance TO Atlantic Docks (ba-
sim. T.. * n.
The schooner Adel!nc Townsend, which
arrived here last week in distress, is nov
ready for sea again, and Will proceed To
Ne" York with her cargo OF wood.
The Lighthouse tender Thistle has
gone to Long Point. N. c.. TO work on
the l!GAiship which is be.n- repaired at
that place. The tender Jessanline is also
there.
Rargn Eella OF Oregon. which broke
away from steamer Orion March Attn. "a
miles l:SE of Barncgat. while towing
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