The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-05
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING,


The Crew OF a British Bark Refuse
90 Come with Her to savannah on
New Orders-Odd Names for Navy
Auxiliary VeSSeIS-TNo Bariss Lost.
The British bark Loeb RAMA arrived off
the coast on Friday, and securing tug TO
tow her to New York city. Later the pilot
boarded the bark and handed The captain
a letter from mis- agent. John r.. Liver
more directing him 70 proceed 10 Savan-
nah. The tug was ordered to turn the
bark about and take her 10 sea- but the
crew, learning that the vessel had been
ordered off went aft in q body, and said
they would NOT take the ship any further.
They said that they had shipped at New
York for the round voyage, and were en-
titled TO their discharge. Capt. PuXley
brought his vessel to anchor outside the
bar. Saturday morning he tried to prevail
on the crew to go to sea, but they were
steadfast in their refusal to work The
Loeb Razen was then towed 10 quaran-
tine where she anchored, to await in
structions and new crew. The crew said
a quarantine that they were tired of the
vessel, and that their voyage was up.
Some said that they We're not supplied
with proper food. A new crew was shipped
Saturday afternoon and the bark proceed
ed on her voyage TO Savannah.
The American bark George S. Homer,
Capt Hemeon, which sailed from New
York on Sept 6. with a cargo Of case oil
for Shanghai and Hong Kong, is believed
TO be lost, as she has not been spoken
in two hundred days. She is now about
one hundred and twenty-five days over
due.
After bestowing classical and descrip-
tive names and those Of birds animals
insects and Indian tribes on auxiliary YES
sells purchased for the navy, the official
christener of the navy department has en-
tered into a new field of originality. He
has decided to change the name Of the
Port Chalmers. a refrigerating ship to
the DelmOncO. he Port Chalmers win
accompany The Eastern squadron under
Commodore Watson as a supply vessel
She viii be the caterer to Watson's ships
in their voyage across the Atlantic to the
shores of Spain, and whatever else may
be said of the new name which she VIII
bear, it will certainly serve to preserve her
identity. There are other supply vessels
in the navy. one OF them is called me
Supply. but is more Familiarity known as
the Pantry. The other, the original title
of which was the Celtic King, and is now
merely the Celtic, is referred to by naval
officers as the Biddy. Classical names are
given all GOLFERS. In accordance with that
rule the Ttania, just purchased, will
hereafter be known as the Marcellus. The
name of the tug Bristol has been changed
TO Cheyenne.
The British steamship Endsleigh, Capt.
Thomas, arrived al Boston Saturday She
reports that when within about forty
miles of Cape Sable at 3 a. m. during an
impenetrable fog, the vessel struck a
good-szed wooden bark in ballast trim
The bark was on the wind under fun
head of sail. The bark fen off and was
never seen again The presumption is that
the crew of the vessel. from her size prob
ably numbering fifteen men, found watery
graves. There is a bare possibility, how
ever, that the crew stopped the vessel
from filling and in the darkness ana fog
drifted away. Two hours later the fog
lifted, but nothing of the stranger could
be seen. The bows of the Enseigh were
cut down below the water line and the
fore compartments rapidly filed with wa
Ter.
In spite of the heavy rains yesterday
morning and the threatening weather
large crawd took advantage of the trip 10
Warsaw where ali spent an enjoyable
time partaking of the excellent barbecue
and enjoying the fine surf bathing.
The steamer Clifton Yesterday brought
in from Beaufort large excursion OF tie
oolored population of that town. and the
islands between here and Beaufort.
Up 70 a late hour last night the steamers
w. c. Cook had not arrived from Angus
ia. She has been delayed by the low stage
of water in the river
The steamer Doretta returned last mig hit
TO the naval station with the marines who
had spent the Fourth in the city, ana at
the different resorts hereabouts.
The tug Regis passed Warsaw at 7
o'clock last night on her way TO Bruins
wick, with her tow of three barges with
264l barrels of rosin.
James d. Baird's new racing sloop Hus-
sar. just launched at New Rochelle, will
carry seventy square feet of canvas 10
each foot of water line. She is a 35-footer
savannah Almanac.
Sun rises at Ass and sets at TN.
IIigh water at Tybec to-day at $40 a.
m. and GIL p. m. High water at Savan-
nah one hour later
Phases Of the Moon for July.
Fun moon. Sd, hours and y minutes.
evening; last quarter, 10Th, 10 hours and 4S
minutes, morning; new moon, 18th, 1 hour
and AZ minutes. evening; first quarter 26th,
hours and 10 minutes, morning; moon in
perigee, Sd and 31st; moon in apogee, 10th.
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
Vessels Arrived Yesterday.
Steamship Nacoochee. Smith, New York
Ocean Steamship Company.
Bark Casabona QtalD. Cuno. Liverpool
Steamer d. Murchisson, Haddon, Au-
,rt,sf nd NAV faudfuoe