The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

AMI StiAEEANG.
Notice TO Mariners Regarding the
Discontinuancc of LtghtShiDs
Along the Const-PhfIadeIphia
PiIOts to Build New Boat-Lum-
her Shipments During ApriI-VaIue
of Foreign Exports Last Month
Port statistics.
The steamer Clifton will take the first
excursion OF the season to Beaufort to-
day. ON Tuesday she will bring an excur-.
Wednesday aud Friday she will start her
regular schedule Of round trips for the
summer. Mondays, Wednesday and Fri
Gays win be the regular days on which
she will make trips 10 Beaufort, and on
other days of the week she viii run ex-
cursions to Daufuskie
The value OF foreign exports recorded
at the custom house Cor the month of
April was 81 5i61sS. against 81 16eS6I for
the same month last year, showing an IN
crease in favor OF the past month of SS79
76a
The lumber shipments from this port
During the month of April aggregated H.
S3S feet, Of which there were L, Oas 45t
feet OF lumber 596, l22 feet OF crosstes
ard 800 257 feet of cypress In the month
of April 1897, the total shipments amount
ed to 1896 so feet, OF which there were
S652,456 feat of lumber and 232i,S66 feet
Of crossues,
The British steamship Bawtry, Capt
StaNeleY, from Hamburg, arrived yester-
day. consigned TO Wilder & co. She Is
chartered to load with phosphate rock and
cotton for the Baltic.
The Norwegian bark p. II. Morris, Capt.
Moe. from Liverpool arrived yesterday
with a cargo Of salt consigned 10 the Sa-
vannah Grocery Company q
The British steamship Dorset, Capt.
Souter which has been undergoing re-
pairs during the past month. cleared yes
terday for Norfolk, where she will load
cotton for Europe.
The steamer santee, Capt. Robson ar
rived yesterday from Palatka and way
landings with a large cargo OF naval
stores. She will leave on return to-mor-
row.
The schooner George Taulane, Jr., Capt.
Magee. from Philadelphia, arrived yester-
day with cargo of coal consigned to the
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway.
The coal will be transported over the Plant
System to Tampa for the government.
The schooner Roger Moore OF Whining
NJ he's
tered TO take a cargo of lumber from Will
mington to Port Spain. at So per 1000 feet.
Capt. John Miller Is ven known in sa-
Vannah. His vessel was here last winter
with a cargo of pyrites and was In dis-
tress, having had two Of her masts blown
out wilhelm storm off Tybee.
The Pilots Association of the Bay ana
River Delaware have contracted with the
Neafie & Levy Ship and Engine Building
Company for a new steam pilot boat, to
take the place of the Philadelphia, recent
ly sold TO the government for patrol
boat. The new boat will be Eve feet longer
and with one foot more beam than the
Philadelphia. She will cost $4,000. The
engines and other machinery are OF the
latest type,
A large fiat with a new house in stern
Is ashore near Bloody Point lighthouse.
Lighthouse Keeper II. A. Sisson has taken
charge OF the property. The fiat went
ashore Friday
The lighthouse board has issued the fol-
lowing: sNotice is hereby given that. at
any time after May /, 1893. the following
named light vessels may be taken from
their stations without further notice:
Nantucket Shoals light vessel, No. &C.
Fire Island light vessel, No es.
Northeast End light vessel, No. A.
'"Five-Fatbom Bank light vessel, No. 40.
'Fenwlck Island Shoal light vessel No.
'winter-Quarter shoal light vessel. No.
49,
Cape Charles light vessel, No. 40.
fDimand Shoai light vessel, No. H.
"F'rying-Pan Shoals light vessel No l.
1T Is proposed that our light ships shall
not guide the enemy to any American
port, or be destroyed by Spanish ships.
Winter-Quarter, Cape Charles and Dia
mond shoal vessels are guides to the
Chesapeake"
Wilmington, N. c., April so.-rug John
Harlan, towing barge Carrie Tyler with a
cargo OF phosphate rock, encountered a
gale off Cape Lookout on April q. The
barge became unmanageabie, and with
five men on board, was abandoned by tho
tug, which filed with water and dragged
ashore at Lookout light. The crew OF
the tug was rescued, but It is feared the
men on the barge were lost. The vessels
we're bound from Charleston to Norfolk.
The fishing schooner Matte, which left
Beaufort N. c.. Friday afternoon for
Cape Lookout Is also supposed to be lost.
Savannah Almanac.
Sun rises 6:12 and sets 6:42
High water at Tybee to-day at 3:0l a.