The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-15
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

British Bark LancefeId Arrived for
Cargo of Lumber for santos.
Record of the Diamond shOal
LiGAtship mt Hatteras ReguIa-
lions Regarding the CIearances of
Coastwise VesseIs-List of Vessels
in Port.
The Importance of the lightship sta
toned on Diamond shoals, near Cape Hat
teras, on Sept. 80. is shown by the fact
that in the three months from that time
1,l4l vessels passed the station and were
recorded. The record for each day was
kept by August f. Blom, master of the
1shtship, and was sent by him to the
lighthouse inspector at Baltimore.
1t shows that S91 vessels passed the
lightship in September, 391 in October and
S5s In December. n They were classified a
follows: September, 4 barks, ] brig, 157
schooners and 229 steamers; October, 3
SHIPS barks, brigs, POI schooners and
10y steamers; December, 6 banks, 2 briggs,
lS9 schooners and 212 steamers. The high
est and lowest daily records were 80 and
in September, 30iaEd in October and
46 and in December.
Statutes were exchanged between the
hghtship and a number of the passing YES
sells, and some of the vessels hailed the
lightship and got their bearings. War
vessels were sighted from the lghtship on
nve days during the three months.
The lishtship is fourteen miles southeast
one-half south of Cape Hatteras, and be-
fore its establishment the nearest light to
the shoal was a the cape. Whstling and
lighted buoys were formerly used to mark
the shoals, but all proved ineffective.
The British bark Lancefeld, Capt
Grant, from Rio Janeiro, which has been
at quarantine for the past week, was re-
leased yesterday and towed to the city.
She will be loaded by The Georgia Lum-
Der Company with a cargo of lumber for
Santos
The British steamship Forest Holme is
posted at the Cotton Exchange for cargo
of cotton, to be shipped to Bremen. She
is due to arrive Jan. rs, consigned to ]. F.
Minis & Co.
The flags of the Cotton Exchange were
displayed yesterday in honor Of the sail
ing of the British steamship RAMA, car
rying the largest cargo of cotton ever
shipped from this port
There have been frequent inquiries
whether 1t is necessary for an American
coastlng VessePs captain 10 appear at the
custom house to clear his vessel for a port
in the United States. The following state
ment of the law is published for The bene-
fit of those interested:
For the enforcement of regulations re-
garding the coasting trade and river ship
| ping, the sea coast and navgable rivers of
| the United States are divided into three
| great districts. The first of these districts
| includes all the collection districts on the
seaeoast and navigable rivers, between the
| eastern limits of the United States and
| the southern limits of Georgia The mas
| ter of vessel of a burden of twenty tons
| or upwards, bound from q district within
| one of the great districts to a district with
| in the same great district, or within state
| adjoining such great district, is not bound
| 10 make formal clearance If he carries
merchandise of the growth product or
| manufacture of the United States only
except distilled spirits, or distilled spirits
| not more than 500 gallons, wine in casks
! not more than $50 gallons or i'm bottles
| not more than 100 dozen, sugar in casks
and boxes not more than 5000 pounds, or
| foreign merchandise in packages, as i'm
| ported, of not more value than $400 or
| merchandise consisting of such enumer-
| ated or other articles of foreign growth
| or manufacture, or of both, whose aggre-
| gate value shall be not more than $780,"
| In other cases than those described the
| master is bound TO clear