The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-07
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

Tbree Vessels at Tybee Ordered TO
RrunsyyicI< to LOssd Naval Stores
For Europe-TwO British Steam
sbips Arrive For CargOes of Cot
ton-Live Movement in shipping
circles Yesterday-Other News OF
Interest.
The Norwegian bark Doctor Merger,
which arrived at Tybee yesterday from
EIavre, has been ordered to Brunswick to
.oad
The Norwegian bark Gler, which arrived
al Tybee Sunday. from Liverpool, has
been ordered to Brunswick to load.
The Norwegian bark Anal, which had
bcen at Tybee for several days sailed for
brunswick yesterday to load naval stores
Tor Europe.
The British steamship Adra, from
Charleston, arrived yesterday, consigned
to W w. Wilson. She is chartered to load
cotton for Bremen.
The British steamship Hindustan, from
sydney arrived yesterday, consigned to
lhe Georgia Export and Import Company.
She is chartered to load with cotton for
Liverpool
Capt. Stramwetz of the Dutch bark Cor
nelia at this port, spoke the British ship
Celtic Chief, Nov. 8, in latitude % degrees,
and longitude 20 degrees and Is minutes
All were well on board.
The list of exports per vessels numbered
seven, including cargoes of cotton, naval
stores and lumber.
Eight vessels went to sea yesterday, five
arrived and eight cleared with cargoes.
The tug Iris of Darien arrived yesterday
to tow a raft of logs back to that port
She leaves this morning.
The steamer Doretta arrived yesterday
from Button with s bales cotton 200
sacks of cotton seed and a lot of miscel-
laneous merchandise.
The steamer Clifton. arriving from Beau
fort yesterday, had an unusually large
passenger list. The people are evidently
coming over from South Carolina TO buy
holiday goods.
Capt. Haddon of the steamer H. G. Day,
who has been sick with fever at his resi-
dence in this city, is improving.
The steam yacht Ncedo, from Antwerp,
bound for Philadelphia, which put in here
trday ana sailed for des, SHHPg sst
night
EHortS are SUN being made to float
the Philadelphia schooner Emma L. Cot
ungham, which was driven ashore in the
Delaware river above Delaware City dur
ing the storm on the night of Oct. 25 The
dredge Atlas. of Wilmington has succeed
ed in digging a channel to the schooner,
and is now engaged in digging a basin
around the stranded vessel in order that
there may be enough water to float her
An inspection of the hull of the vessel
was made Yesterday at low tide by an I'M
derwriter's inspector, with the result that
the vessel was found to be not badly dam
aged.
Six hundred barrels of turpentine have
been recovered from the wreck or the Nor
Wegian bark Adelees Sabine from Bruns-
wick for Rotterdam, before reported
ashore near Antwerp
Il appears that the places of sailing yes
sells recently lost at sea are not being re-
placed by new tonnage, and the list of
square-riggers is daily growing smaller
During the past five months sixty-two
vessels have been lost, sold foreign or cut
down into barges, and but nine built, and
since July l only nine sea-going steamers
and sailing vessels have been added to
the fleet owned on the Atlantic coast and
six of these were built in foreign ship