The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-11
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

sCNeFaA vessels Which Were Expect
ed 10 lie In the storm Came Safely
to Port - Schooner Fannie ,Reiche
Overdue-Charters of Steamers for
Cotton CargOes.
The schooner John L. Treat, Capt.
Greenlaw, came into port yesterday, TO
the pleasant and gratifying surprise OF
many friends of the master and those
interested in the vessel. She sailed from
New York Aug. 5, and was So days cut.
II was almost concluded that she had
gone down with the other unfortunate
craft in the recent storm, but she had
been having a hard time for weeks, bat
Ting against head winds and had not
reached the Georgia coast when the terri
fic hurricane did It's damage.
The schooner Mile r. Bohannan, from
Philadelphia, with a cargo of coal consign-
Ell to the Savannah, Florida and western
Railroad, arrived yesterday. after a tedl-
Gus passage of Is days. IL was thought
that this vessel had encountered the re-
cent gale but luckily she escaped 1t.
There is considerable anxiety about the
safety of the schooner Fannie Reiche,
Capt. Snodgrass, which sailed from New
port News Aug 10, with a cargo of py-
rites bound for this port. She was re-
ported having been in company about
Aug. - with the schooner Anna L. Null
ford, which arrived at Charleston Sept. >
The schooner Thos. A. Ward, Capt
Lyman, 10 days from New York, arrived
yesterday with a cargo of salt consigned
to c. M. Gilbert & Co.
The Norwegian bark Cosmo. which ar
rived below Friday for orders, has been
chartered for a cargo of naval stores for
Europe. She was lowed TO the city yes
terday TO load.
Several of the boats comprising the
mosquito fleet" now at Port Royal win
be laid up. The crews have been given
a furlough for thirty days, subject TO re-
call at anytime
The dredge Tomochichi was launched
from Willinks marine railway yestcr-
day. after having ben thoroughly over
hauled
The British steamship Loughrigg Holme,
Capt. Millican from Mayport, England
arrived yesterday consigned to ]. +. MIN
is Co. She is chartered TO load cotton
for Bremen.
The British steamship sidra, is due to
arrive here Sept. %, for a cargo of cotton
TO be shipped to Havre and Rotterdam
She has ben chartered by Wilder e. Co
The pilot boat f. c. Knight, one of the
fastest pilot craft on the North Allan
tic coast, has been sold to the Brunswick
Pilots Association of Georgia for 81 800
by her owners, the Pilots Association for
the bay and river Delaware. Peter Ha-
gan, of Philadelphia, has sold the tug
Ivanhoe to George w. Egan of Charles
ton, $. c., for 1850.
George A. Tunnel, master of the schon-
er Charles M Patterson. has filed libel
In the United States District Court
at Philadelphia, against Castne r,
Curran g. Rullitt, charterers Of
the vessel 20 recover 81, $3.50 damages, be-
ing demurrage, with interest from Aug.
/, last, for an alleged violation of the
terms of the charter. The defendants
chartered the vessel to load a cargo of
coal at Norfolk for the United States ma
val station al Key West for $2.D per ton.
Capt Tunnel claims that after being put
to considerable expense an unknown per-
SON. claiming to be an employe of the
shippers endeavored to force him to exc
cute a new agreement threatening him
with arrest and seizure Of the vessel II
he declined TO do so. 1t is further claim
ed that the unknown person claimed to
be an officer and to have official authority
from the government.
The schooner Charles NJ. Patterson, af-
ter discharging the cargo mentioned above
came to Savannah and took a cargo of
lumber for Philadelphia. She has been
chartered for a cargo from Philadelphia
to Santiago, at $3.50 United States gold.