The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-09

rosin, value S},Z75; 6l515 slaves, value S.
290. While the dispatch does not state, the
supposition is that the cargo had been
discharged at Liverpool.
FerrybOat Chicago Moved.
The wreck of the sunken ferryboat Chi
cago has been raised in New York har-
Dor. where It has been a serious obstrue-
ton 10 the Pennsylvania ferry boats enter
ing The Cortlandt street slips, and moved
further up the river by wreekers, and now
lies nearly opposite Weehawken. The Mer-
rift & Chapman Wrecklng Company have
a force. of men sin at work upon her. she
will be pumped out and then lowed to
shore, where the work of rebuilding h4-
superstructure will be completed.
The Sinking Fund Commission at New
York has approved a pan presented by the
dock department for the improvement of
the East river between Wall street and
whitehall street. The improvement in
! Guides the wipiug out of the canal boat
/ piers and The bui ding of 10 new piers, in
! stead of IS old ones, of an average length
| of $50 leet 1t also includes the widening
of South street to 100 feet and its CONVEX
sion into a man ginaE way like West street.
| The improvement is for the benefit of
| freight shipping, which fer years has ask
| ed the deck department for piers on the
East river where freight steamb 1as could
| dock. The number of open piers at which
! such boats could dock is very limited, anu
many of them have been obliged 20 go 20
other ports.
The British steamsh p Saluam, which
sailed from Philadelphia on oct. 2S for
| Havana, before reported as missing, has
been posted at Philadelphia as overdue
| There is no Jubt that she sank soon "a. ter
coTiding with The lumber schooner Yale.
! The latter vessel was also abandoned ard
! is stiil adrift on the North Atlantic oc an.
a hopeless derelict. When the Yale and the
| Saltiam coIhded a voice was heard, which
! is supposed to have been that of Capt.
owens, the Saltram's master, inquiring as
to the Yales condition. This was the last
ever heard from the Saltram or her crew
Of IS persons, ali of when have been given
up as lost.
Schooners Abb,e G. Cole, bound for VIII
miugton, ~ c., and Edward Smith, for
Norfolk, both from New York, put back
to the hay at the latter port Thursday
morning The smith had list her jibbcom
| ana foretopmast.
The tug w. r. McCauley, towing the
barge Joseph Souther. arrived a. Nassau
|
ehandise shipped by the Savannah Gro
Gerry Company
The schooner Hilda, Capt. Rines, coal
laden, sailed for Savannah yesterday from
Lamberts FONT.
Passengers by steamship Kansas City
| from New York, Dec GA. w. Peabody
Mrs A. +. Bennett, A. Jackson, Mrs. S.
| H. Greaterex, Mrs. ]. +. McColum, Mrs.
A. L. Jarvis, X. Ridgey and wife, II A.
| Schlag Mrs T. r. Chapman Mss f.
Walker. Miss /. A. Webster, Mis- l.. l..
Henry, r Bohrey Mrs. T. Joseph, f. w.
Wtherspoon Fred Crisp, .. j. Massee G.
Koerner. c. G. Scavedra Miss NJ. Blown,
W. C. Brown, }. Costello, p. Emberton,
Patrick Early, Miss j. s. Seguine, j. W.
DeHart, MIS-. Fannie Bell, Miss c. Thom-
as, A. Simonson. A. Han and f. McGin-
mis-.
Passengers per steamship City of Bir-
mineham from Boston, Dec. 6--Mr. and
Mrs. 5. l.. Madsworth, Sanford, Fla. Mrs.
L. Mcqueen, Thomasville; Mrs. N NJ.
Barnes, Miss Marjorie Barnes; Miss Belle
Hunter, Tom smith, Miss Matte Roberts,
Thomasvfle: Miss a. c. Nab e. Miss Har-
riet lie Baron, Thcmasville; II. A. Hatch
kiss, John +. Davis, VIM. Paige, John d.
Bryan, Savannah, Thomas Kinds. Jack
sonville, Fla.