The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-08
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

Capt. ROdich, of Brig Jennie Hubert, |
Heard Guns Firing at Sea Wednes-
day-Chased by "A Warship-The At
Ianta steam Yacht Taken Back |
HOme-SevernI CargOes of Lumber |
Sailing Vessels Bound North. |
other News.
Capt. Rodich of the brig Jennie Huber. !
on hearing of the reported firing of guns
off Charleston, verifies the statement from
personal experience. He says that at 9 |
O'Clock last Wednesday morning, while be-
Gained, sixty-five miles east of Tybee. lie
heard a heavy report, but paid no atten- |
ton to il, but at o'clock in the after
noon he heard two more reports. He con- |
cluded that it was the result of practice
at Port Royal. and did not think further
of the matter until he saw the report of
the supposed firing off Charleston. publish
ed in the Morning News.
Capt. Rodich also brings in war story.
He says that while passing Hatteras about
week ago foreign man-of-war attempt
ed to overhaul his vessel. but he had a
strong northeast wind behind him and
succeeded In evading his pursuer. He
thinks that the foreigner was the strange
warship which has been reported off the
coast north of Hatteras.
The little steamer Prima has returned to
her home at Atlanta. Her owner decided
that she would be better appreciated in
home waters. In mentioning the return of
the Prima, the Atlanta. Journal says: wv
G. Sherar's steam yacht Prima, built at
his machine shops in this city, has been
brought back to Atlanta and will be plac-
ed on the Chattahoochee river for use as
an excursion boat Five weeks ago the
Prima was shipped by rail to Savannah
and launched in the river. From there
Mr.. Sherar steamed to Brunswick with
the intention of engaging in the business
OF fishing. After plying the coast waters
of the Atlantic for several weeks, the
| builder and owner decided to bring | is
| boat back to Atlanta. He had proposed
! to fish in Florida waters, but the outbreak
of the war rendered his plans inadvisa-
| bic. The Prima was accordingly loaded on
| fiat car and brought back to Atlanta,
arriving here yesterday. In a few days
she viii be launched at Iceville. From this
| point the river is navigable for distance
| of thirty miles down stream. Another par
ty has become interested in a scheme
/ which Mr.. Sherar has formed to establish
a picnic ground about fifteen miles down
stream and ply between these points"
Five coastwise schooners have sailed
from this port during the past few days
| for Northern ports. They were the Har-
| riet c. Kerlin, Horace p Shares, Fanny
| Arthur, Chauncey E. Burk and Douglass
| Gregory. All were lumber-laden, and will
| keep close to the coast to avoid being over
hauled by Spanish warships. The masters
| of these vessels, who are regular traders
al this port, propose to stick to the trade.
| They have no fear OF being taken by the
| Spaniards, as they calculate that the lat
! ter are kept too busy in other waters to
interfere with the American coasters,
which will run ashore rather than be cap
tured.
Many instances could be given to show
the great reluctance shippers have in dis
patching cargoes at the present time in
American bottoms. 1t Is known that at
| the River Platte ports there are several
| American vessels, banks and briggs, tied Up
under conditions similar to those under
| which the Glenlda is lying at Rosario and
1t is said that other American sailing YES
sells are tied up at different ports There
are seven American ships now in North
ern ports, which are held there on account
of the war. They are the Agenor, at Bos-
ton; the Berlin, at Bath, Ne. the Commo-
dore, T. II. Allen, at Richmond, Me; the
S. D. Carleton, at Rockport, Me; the
James Drummond, at Bath, Me-; the Par
minta, at Portland, Me, and the Jabez
| Howes, at New York. OF American parks
tied up the Annie Reed, E. S. Pow
ell, the Jacob A. Stamler, the Lottie
Moore, at New York; the Lynton, at Liv-
erpool; the Megunticook, at Boston; the
Obed Baxter, at Newburyport; the Olive
Thurlow. at New York; the Rita, at Char
lottetown, p E. l., and the St. Mary, at
New York. Among the American steam
ers laying off at present at New York are
the Santiago, Saratoga, Seguranca, Sc
reoa and City of Washington, of the New
York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company;
the Concho and Leona, of the Mallory
Line; the Comanche, of w. P. Clyde &
Co.. and the regular Red sd" Line steam
ers.
Pilot charts of the North Atlantic for
May have been received at the hydro
graphic Office. The forecast for May is 5
follows: Fair weather generally over the
North Atlantic, with occasional gales near
the American coast and along the transat-
lantic steamship routes north of the s0th
parallel Considerable increase in fog on
the Grand Banks and westward to the
American coast. Icebergs east and south
I degrees N. The northeast trades win he
gin to extend further north" In addition
to the usual feature, the chart contains
valuable records of the passages of sail
ing vessels around Cape Horn.
A cablegram from Kobe, Japan, states
that the American ship May Flint. which
arrived at Hiago May l, with kerosene,
took fire. 1t was hoped that the vessel and
part of the cargo would be saved. The
May Flint is the largest sailing vessel I'M
der the American flag, and loaded her
first cargo in Baltlmore-about 5000 tons
of coal-for San Francisco. She has been
an unlucky vessel. She was originally the
transatlantic liner Persian Monarch, and
sprang a leak on her first voyage to New
York. Her hold filled with water. and her
passengers were taken off. On her second
trip she was again disabled, and had TO
be towed into port. She was converted
into a sailing ship at Newport News, and
on her first voyage as a ship-from Bal
timore to California-she had a narrow
escape from being wrecked near San Fran
cisco. While on voyage out of New York
sba In l,tar-