The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-18
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

| StlPS AND
The Largest Cargo of Naval stores
Ever Shipped Ia n Sailing Vessel.
The Tug DauntIess Back 10 the
City-ArriYnIs of Schocners With
Cargoes of CoaI-Movement OF YES
sells.
The largest cargo Of naval stores ever
shipped on a sailing vessel from this or
any other port was cleared yesterday on
the British ship Scottish Minstrel by Pater-
son, Downing e. Co. She has on board
9,644 barrels. of which $3.50 barrels are
rosin and 1924 barrels spirits turpentne
The value of the cargo is S3S. 1852. This i'm
mense cargo was placed in the vessel by
Mr. Z. s. Everett Paterson, Downing &
! Co. s regular stevedore The next largest
! cargo of naval stores was shipped some
months ago by the same parties on the
| British ship Parthenope. She carried 9,420
barrels.
The schooner Jennie Thomas, Capt
Young, from Baltimore, arrived yesterday
with a cargo of coal consigned to c. H.
Dixon & Co.
The Savannah schooner, Charmer, Capt.
Johnson, from Baltimore. arrived yester-
day with a cargo Of coal consigned to
c. Fl. Dixon & Co.
The schooner Chauncey e. Burk was
reported arrived below last night from
Philadelphia with cargo of coal con-
n he of
Florida and Western railroad.
The Norwegian bark Ursus Minor. which
arrived Thursday, is consigned TO the
Antwerp Naval Stores Company and is
chartered by them to load with an entire
cargo of spirits turpentine for Europe.
The tug Dauntless arrived at the city
yesterday, towing a vessel from sea.
Capt. Corner of the British steamer
Matthew Bedlington at Baltimore from
Las Palmas, brings the first hurricane re-
port of this season. He said that at 8
o'clock a. m. Sept. 7. in latitude 30 degrees
20 minutes longitude As degrees 80 min
utes, storm came out from the south
east. 1t increased quickly and carried
away the fore-trysail and staysail. AT 3
p. m. he was forced to run the steamer
before the gale, which was then approach
Ing hurricane force. Inc snip was headed
north and the wind was south by west.
At 6 p. m. the ship preached to and would
not run before the gale, during which
time seas swept her fore and aft. The
lowest barometer was 20, and at 9 p. m.
It began to rise new forestaysail was
carried away in the gale and the seas
swept the starboard light screen away
and burst one lifeboat cover At
2:S0 O'Clock on the morning of Sept. 8
the ship was put on her course. At noon.
that day her position was latitude 81 de-
grees 20 minutes, longitude 46 degrees 40
minutes. In the hight of the hurricane
the wind blew from the north northeast.
II is rumorcd that the Standard Oil Com
pany intends purchasing sailing vessels
to carry its cargoes to India and the far
east. The report arises from the purchase
of the British ship Kentmore at New
York for $4,000 by the Anglo American
Oil Company the English branch of the
Standard. 1t is believed that Standard
representatives simply saw an opportunity
to purchase a. vessel at a low price and
secured her Oil shippers. like forwarders
of other European cargoes, find them
selves at the mercy of the owners of ton
mage in London who advance freights to
suit themselves, and the only safe
course to pursue is to own both the cargo
and the vessel which carries it.
United States District Attorney Beck
filed libel in the United States district
court Wednesday at Philadelphia against
the schooner Richard F. c. Hartley to re-
cover damages for a collision caused by
the Hartley running into the revenue ma
rine cadet training bark Chase on May 6
last, off the coast of South Carolina. 1t
Is claimed that the collision was due to
the negligence of those in charge of the
Hartley. The damages sought TO be re-
covered are $2,1S9. The vessel has been
attached and 50 200 security is asked to re-
lease her.
The flags of the British vessels in port
and of number of American shipping
offices were at half-mast yesterday in
respect to the memory of Capt. James
Brotherton, who was buried yesterday
The steamer Harry G. Day arrived
yesterday from Stoney Bluff with 224
bales of cotton, 200 sacks of cotton seed
and other merchandise. She departed last
night on return with full cargo of mer-
chandise for waylandings.
Savannah Almanac.
The sun rises to-day at 5:55 and sets at
| COG
High water at Tybee to-day at. 1920 a.
| M and 1:20 p. m. High water at Savan-
| nah one hour later.
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
Vessels Arrived Yesterday.
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