In that same letter in which a general account of recent lumber shipments is given, the following remarks occur:--"Messrs.
Harbeck and Co.

have a new barque, Anne Sherwood, in Portland, for which they have picked up in small lots a cargo of lumber costing 20,000 dollars.

I have tried to make an arrangement for it to go to you (on account of John Fair and Co., of London ?); but they as yet only propose to do so, you taking half-interest at twenty-five dollars, and freight at eighteen dollars, payable at yours (port ?), which is too much.

If I can arrange it on any fair terms, I will do so for the sake of keeping up your correspondence with H.and Co." [Footnote 14: Extract from a letter, captured on the barque Amazonian, from Mr.Edward F.Davidson to Messrs.

Zimmerman, Faris, and Co., of Monte Video:-- "You will learn from London of the loss of the ship John S.Parks, and collection there of insurance on her cargo: the freight is insured here, at the Great Western Company.