The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-26
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
NORWEGIAN BARK ARGENTINE TO
BE SOLD SATURDAY.

Agents Directed to Dispose of the
Steamer Santee to be Used when
OVerhauIed In Naval Store Bust
ness between st. Johns River
Points and Savannah-MnSters of
Interest to LanGsmen and Mari
ners.
The Norwegian bark Argentine, Capt.
Iverson, which was stranded off Warsaw
Island some time ago, is to be sold at auc-
ton Saturday morning in front of the Gus
tom house. 1t is stated both the vessel
and cargo will be offered and if not sold
together, they will then be Offered sep
arately. The huh, standing rigging.
yards, anchors and $40 fathoms Of chain
cable about constitute the vessels proper
ty. Fear of legal complications on account
OF the recent effort TO salve the vessel are
not feared by the owners.
After repairs are completed on the tugs
Regis and the Cambria, now on the marine
railway, the steamer Santee viii be haul
ed out as previously stated. 1t is the in
tention of her owner to have the vessel
thoroughly overhauled, and put in condi-
ton to run between this port and the st.
johns river in the naval stores business.
Shippn men are considerably interest
ed at present in the steadily advancing
price of Manila rope, which is sod in con-
siderable quantities in Savannah. one
man succeeded yesterday in picking up
some at 1872 cents per pound, but there
are probably few lots to be had at this
price. 1t is stated the steady advance in
the large supply centers is being locally
felt by dealers who did not recently lay in
carload lots
The steam barge Ann Eiiza, owned by
the Merchants Transportation Company
left Pier IS, East river Saturday afternoon
laden with pig iron and general morchan-
disc for Trenton, \. J. When off Pier 3
she was run into by the wrecking tug
William L. Chapman which stove a hole
in her slarboard side forward The barge
began to fin rapidly There were besides
Capt. Allen, two engineers. the hremen,
three dCckhauds, the cook and Mrs. Ech-
man. wife of one of the engineers. All
hands who happened TO b. on deck Jumped
for the deck of the Chapman. Capt Hay
ford of the wrecking tug attributed The ac-
cident to the strong ebb tide, which had
flung the boats together in spite of their
attempts 10 respond to each others Sig
nails.
Another record was broken when that
splendid new giant steamer OF the West
India and Pacific Steamship Line, the At
lantiau, recently reached New or
leans. The Albanian is The larges,
vessel by several thousand tons
that has ever visited that port She
IS 500 feet long and her gross tonnaee Is
1854, enabling her to carry 2S.000 bales Of
cotton In spite of this enormous carry
ing capacity the Albanian is compare
lively light-draught vessel aud will have
nothing to fear from low water in the
passes. The Albanian is not tramp or
transient visitor but VIII engage actively
and permanently in the commerce of New
Orleans and will run regularly between
there and liverpool.
The schooner Mary Curtis. from
Charleston, S. c., for Baltimore, put back
to the former port Monday in distress, nav
ing sprung a serious leak.
Steamer Vizcania (BD, from Savannah
Sept %, went aground while entering iha
harbor Of Havre but noated subsequently
and arrived in port.
The Norwegian bark Arcurus, Capt.
Nielsen, from Santos for Tybee. arrived
yesterday for orders and proceeded for
Brunswick. The vessel is in ballast.
Passengers by steamship City OF Blr-
ningham from Boston. Oct. 2l-Mlss NJ O.
d. Reilly. Mrs. r. NJ Cameron and two
children Thimas r.. Dane, A. /. Rose
Mrs. Jessie Carruthers, Fra k King. Ma T.
| ter Worth Yankey G. w. Farrar, Al
bert johnson (colored), Miss L. Batters,