The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-05-25

before reported ashore off Punta Piedras,
got OIL, leaking badly. and was lowed to
BuenOs Ayres.
Nassau, MP, May 16. Three of the crew
of the sch General Adelbert Ames are in
hospital here with malarial fever and are
doing we'll. The captain and the rest of the
crew are we'll. AS previously reported, the
Ames put in here on May 10 because of sick
ness among the crew, while bound from
Daiquiri for Satilla and New York,
Capt Oliver Kendall Of Brewer has sold
his interest in the schooner Kit Carson to
Capt. Herbert Kendall, who has taken COM
| mand. Capt Oliver Kendall has purchased
an interest in the schooner James A. Gar
field, now in New York loading cement for
southern port, and will hereafter 20 in
command of her.
The clipper ships, State of Maine and
Benjamin f: Packard, sailed for Hong Kong
May 10th. They had been lying off Staten
Island for several weeks, as the captains
were unable to obtain crews owing to the
fight with the shipping agents. Men were
brought here from Philadelphia and Boston
by the captains and conveyed aboard the
ships by the harbor police N. Y. Herald.
| On the 7th page will be found an account
OF the boarding of the Packard in the bay
by gang of so-called pirates
Rockland, May IS Capt. Marshall of the
Bangor brig Katahdin, which arrived at
this port yesterday, came ashore and made
crew, a negro named James Edwards had
assaulted him. The police visited the brig
and brought Ed wards ashore and be Will
have trial before Judge Campbell this
afternoon. Capt. Marshall also states Ed
| wards refused duty, but the prisoner claims
that he shipped under a misapprehenson !;
that he is not sailor but sucker and
thought he was shipping on a steamer. The
| Katahdin is from New York with coal for
z elfast.
| VESSEL OWNERS MEETING Vessel owners
| had an important meeting at Youngs Hotel,
| Boston, May 18th. 1t was under the uspiCes
| of the Vessel Owners and Captains Nation
/ al Association. II. A. Dean of Taunton
| presided. The session lasted for several
| hours A set of resolutions was unanimously
adopted advocating the holding of tie carry
| ing trade between the United Soates and
Porto Rico and Hawaii by vessels sailing
under the U. S. flag. Another set Of resolu-
tions, addressed to the Boston chamber Of
commerce, advocating the adoption of the
| New York maritime rules for the discharg-
| ing of hard pine lumber at the port of Bos-
| ton, also passed.
| CHARTERS. Blk Rose lines, Trinidad to
Philadelphia, asphalt, $40; option New
Orleans So Blk Mamie Swan. st John, P
r, to New York, sugar 10 cents Sch Il f
Pettigrew, Turks Island to Portland, salt
| Z IL cents. Out in ballast. Sch Scotia
Pensacola or Pascagoula to New York, lum-
Der 81 81 IL. Sch Young Bros, Pascagoula
to New York, lumber So. Sch Mary l. Cros-
by, Brunswick to New York, lumber $3.50,
40 NJ. fit. per day. Sch Nathaniel L Palmer,
Pensacola to CArteret, phosphate rock, p t.
lumber SIS 90 Sch. VIM III Sumner, tishkill
to Brunswick. steel rails 81 80 Sch Saltie
ron, Brunswick to New York, lumber So so
Sch Mark Pendleton, Perth Amboy to Ban
gor, coal, 80 cents. Sch July Fourth, same,
IS cents. Sch Sarah l. Davis, Perth Amboy
| to md Iaaa nrt,a+ Ny,
Philadelphia to Rockland, coal So cents
FREIGHTs The Freight Circular of Brown
& Co., New York. reports as follows for the
week ending May Goth: There has been no
appreciable increase in the offerings of large
vessels for long voyage trades, but with only
a limited demand experienced, the tendency
| of rates appear favorable to shippers, this
being noticed particularly upon case oil to
far Eastern ports. Tonnage for barl. pc
troeum has met with more inquiry, and
| with scarcity of suitable vessels here, and
limited forN ard offerings, the tone of the
market has improved slightly. River Plate
lumber tonnage continues inquired for, hut
! vessels are not readily obtained at the rates
bid. shippers from Gulf ports would pay
S13 so to Buenos Ayres. and S14 80 &c
| Rosario, and from the Provinces to the
| former port 50 80 q $1,000 as to size of vessel
and loading point. From Boston and Port
land to Buenos Ayres and Rosario the
market appears firm at 50 90 and $1,000 fol
tonnage of medium size. Some few orders
are in market for lumber and general cargo
to Brazil, but shippers requirements seem
| ingly art not OF an urgent character. Ton
mage however, is offered sparIngy, and full
previous rates are sustained. Vessels are il
good request for all West India trades. anG
fall recent rates are bid for both out and
home freight, but the offerings of tonnage
are yet extremely limited. Coastwise lum
Der tonnage continues wanted, ana rates in
dictate A hardening tentpnCV From P4SGa