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operate Therefore they are gradually dis
appearing from the marine lists.
General Notes.

The steam launch Cygnus, owned in this
city, but which is under charter to Col. B.
K. Roberts, commanding the army post at
Fort Washington, has been in port for sew
eral days having some repair work done TO
her boiler. The work, it is stated, will be
completed today, and the vessel will sail for
the fort to take up her work of running be-
tween Fort Washington, Nd, and Fort
Hunt, on the Virginia side of the Potomac.
The new sailing sloop Countess, belonging
to Mr.. Hugh Duffey of this city. which was
built and launched at Deans boatyard- at
Alexandria, a few days ago, has completed
her trying OUT trips on the river, and
was brought up to the city Saturday even
ing. The Countess has been enrolled in the
Capital Yacht Club, and will occupy berth
in the clubs anchorage off the foot of 10th
street southwest.
Cumberland & Son have recently COM
pleted the rebuilding of handsome clinker-
built yawl for the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific
Dredge Company. to be used as tender
for dredge No. B, lying out of service and at
anchor in the harbOr here.
The big sea-going tug Buccaneer of the
Consolidated Coal COmpanys fleet delivered
tow of light barges here Saturday morn
ing and sailed. This is the first visit the
tug has made to this city in three years.
The tug D. NJ. Key Saturday afternoon
took raft containing several hundred pine
piles to Four-mile run for use in the con-
struction of the trestle work across that
construction of the new railway tracks be-
tween this city and Alexandra, and is built
high in order to eliminate grades.
The two-masted schooner John Maginnis,
owned by Mr.. Harry Carter of this city, has
gone to the shipyard of Mr.. Mitchell Davis,
at Solomon's Island Md, and will there be
fitted with a new bowsprit and will have
other repair work done to her. When the
work is completed the Maginnfs will load
railway ties on the Potomac for Philadel-
phia.
The schooner Lily and Howard is on her
way to this city with a large raft of pine
piling in tow The piles are to be delivered
at the navy yard here for use in the i'm
provements being made there.
The big sea-going barge Senator Penrose,
which was purchased by the American
Towing Company of Baltimore, has been re-
named the Wabash and has gone into COM
mission, The barge will be used to carry
coal from the Chesapeake to Boston and
other northern ports.
The brigantine Jennie Hubert has arrived
here, laden with a cargo of stone from
Maine, and is anchored near the new rail-
way bridge to unload her cargo.
The schooner A. H. Quinby is loading a
cargo of stone along the Potomac river for
Philadelphia.
The schooner Samuel Wood has gone to
the Great Wicomico river to load a cargo of
lumber. The Wood has been laid up here
for several weeks, and went into commits
sion day or two ago.
The tug Peerless has delivered the barge
Dorchester at Alexandria. The barge is
laden with fertilizer material.
The United States lighthouse tender Holly,
Capt Miles, has returned to Baltimore from
a fuel-supplying cruise to the lighthouses
on Chesapeake bay. She will take on an
other supply of fuel and will visit the lights
that have not yet been given their stock of
fupl