The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-05
LITTLE STIR ON ShIPBoARD-
TIE GLORIOUS FOURTH A QUIET
nay ALONG THE WHARVEs.

American Ncsseis-AhARs VI INT
Excursion Steamers - Maritime
Matters of General 'fnterest-The
Retired Mariners Yarn.
An OF the American vessels In port
we're dressed in holiday attire yester-
5av. Bunting was displayed from every
mast head AID che stars and stripes
aoated liz she breeze from business houses
and public buildings along the water
front.
Work was suspended on the feet Of
dredges in the river and harbor. and the
employees were allowed to celebrate the
lay according TO their desires.
The smith & Kelly Company and the
savannah Lighterage and Transfer Com
uany suspended work about noon to al
low their employees TO take a half holi-
day.
The stevedores laid of, and all of the
vessels which had been loading lumber
and naval stores presented a Sunday ap-
pearance.
The steamer John Rourke will take
religious organization Of eolored people
10 BlufIton to-day. The party will be met
boy the Button church people and joint
service will be held.
The Rourke will leave here tonight for
Darien, where she is chartered TO take
an excursion of colored people Tuesday
and bring them to Savannah ana continue
on to Beaufort me rOullu Trip VIII tahS
about four days.
The tug Bristol left for sea yesterday
with the schooner Emily f. Northam, and
will 90 to Sapelo for tow before return
ing Mr.. M. n. Usina has accepted the
- ~, of the Bristol.
and has taken charge. Mr.. Uslna Is
graduate of a technical institute, and mas
had a varied and desirable experience as
assistant engineer, and passed an excel
lent examination before the United States
inspectors, and passed the highest, but
one in an examination for the revenue
cutter service.
The ocean Steamship Company's steam
ship Nacoochee is at New York under
going a general overhauling OF her ma
chnery. She has also received new keel
plates She will be reprinted and put In
perfect condition before resuming her
regular trips on the New York and Sa-
vannah line.
The Merchant and Miners Transporta-
ton Company's steamship VIM. Crane,
has had a new foremost put in her at
Baltimore. She will arrive here Monday
on her regular trip from Baltimore
The schooner Emily f. Northam, Capt.
Johnson, cleared and sailed yesterday for
Philadelphia. Her cargo consisted of $780,
7l2 feet of pitch pine lumber of which 1884,
4S4 feet We're shipped by John A. Calhoun,
and 80, 25S feet by J. ]. Cummings.
The steamboat Bridgeton, which sailed
from Philadelphia for Kingston, Jamaica,
on May "a, 1895, and was subsequently tow
ed to Colon by the British steamship
Louisiana in a disabled condition has been
repaired and sailed Friday for st. Lucia
and Cayenne. The Spanish consul at Colon
became alarmed at the preparations which
were being made for the Bridgeton's de-
parture and had the authorities overhaul
her, believing that she was about to en-
gage in Cuban flibustering expedition.
The British steamship Start which pass
ed through the Straits of Belle Isle for
Quebec and Montreal reports to the hy-
geographic office that the first iceberg was
seen in latitude 52.43 north, longitude 5l.lO
west but owing to the fog the captain
could not give the number. When the
weather cleared the ship was among bergs
of various sizes from 10 to go feet high.
He thinks he must have passed 300 or 400
of them. In the vicinity of Cape Norman
the ocean was clear, but the North Chan
mel of Belle Isle Strait, was blocked COM
pletely with large bergs.
The photographic Office, has received the
North Atlantic pilot charts for July. They
are accompanied by valuable supplement-
addition to this valuable chart. The fore
cast for the current month states that
there will be generally fair weather with
moderate to fresh winds, occasional mod
crate gales north of the 10th parallel be
ginning of the West Indian hurricane sea-
son during the latter part of the month;
frequent fog, as shown, from lon. % de-
grees W., across the Grand Banks to the
Nova Scotian and New England coasts;
icebergs in the vicinity of Belle Isle and
east of Newfoundland to As degrees w,
4 with nrOha blX a few bproz a south a {
the 44th parallel, near 40 degrees w.
The steamer Yulu, Capt. johnson, has
arrived at Baltimore from Boston to load
a cargo of steel rails and other material
lot railroad in Nicaragua. The cargo
will be delivered at Bluefelds. All of the
crew OF the Xulu are Nicaraguans.
The three-masted center-board schoon-
er Joel Cook, built at Bath, Me-, in 1889.
and owned by Philip Fitzpatrick and 9TH
ers, of Philadelphia, was yesterday re-
ported to have been sold to John w
Han of Delaware, for S1250O. The Joel
Cook has been to this port frequently for
lumber.
The retired mariner sat on a pie of lum-
Der at the exchange dock yesterday
watching the excursion boats and the
small craft gaily plying through the
water. 1t was gala day to the young
I9iiks, and it brought to the mind of the
GA tar many "reminiscences of past
Fourths of July. He was amusing him
self musing. when the shipping news man
passed on his rounds
L was thinking of the Fourth of July
we used to have at sea-" he said, as he
struck match, as If to celebrate the oc-
caslon by miniature display of fire.
works, and slowly lit his pipe. MANY a
lIIhe IN days gone by I've been awakened
on the morning of the glorious Fourth
by shipmste punching me in the sides
ana crying, Groggle! Groggle! come mate
ana splice the main brace.' I knew what
mat meant. 1t was the custom on avery
Fourth of July for the skipper to pass
around the bottle. The men ranged them
serves around the capstan and the stew
ara passed the bottle and glass. Each
man downed about four fingers after
yW!!sshing the health OF the American eagle.
W mats thatl No. Jack never takes water
good liquor. --o
q. Ihey do the same thing on board of
me me American warships" he continued.
me Hquor is carried in a bucket, and