, 1871-12-25


From the Port Townsend Argus:
Steamer Eta White, Capt. Smith, ar
rived Saturday morning from Victoria,
having been engaged the last ten days
in laying the new cable between San
Juan and Lopez Island.
The bark Oak Hill arrived form Port
Blakely Sunday morning, bound fo1
San Francisco, for which place she vii
iail as soon as there is favorable op-
portunity. She carries as passenge
Capt. West Cove and lady. We roget
to learn that Capt Cove has retired
from the command of the bark Sampson
as he was general fayorite On the
Sound. We do not like to spare from
among, us such popular and reliable
ship masters. We hope Capt. Cove will
return to the Sound in command of a
better vessel. ~ el'E 10 e 81
BY the steamer Gussie Telfair we
learn that the bark Rival, from San
Francisco, bound to Kalama, has been
out side week waiting for favorable
opportunity to cross the Columbia river
bar. $685.
The steamer Gussie Telfair, Capt.
Ainsley, arrived Sunday evening, five
days from Portland and four days from
Astoria. Capt. Ainsley reports fine
weather the entire passage. She brings
the following freight for our merchants.
Eisenbeis & stork 1923 plsgs. Il. Morgan
l pkg L. NJ. Starr pkg. For Seattle.
2. G26 pkgs; Olympia, 9S pkgs; San
Juan, 130 pkgs: Sitka, GAS pkgs; Fort
Tongas, 61 pkgs: Orcas island, 129
pkgs; fruit for Naniamo, 276 pkgs.
After discharging her freight for this
place, she left for up Sound ports and
will return Tues lay and clear for Mani
amo. (The Gussie Telfair arrived at
Seattle on Monday last, bringing 1893
SKIS flour to Schwabacher Bros. & Co,
245 to Crawford and & Harrington, 200
to Stone & Burnett and then proceeded
on her voyage to Sitka.)
There was four inches of snow fell
here Sunday.
18th Weather cold and cloudy, wind
Northwest.
The steamer Favorite, Capt. Williams
arrived Monday morning from Port
Discovery, having towed boom of logs
from Bellingham Bay to that place. re-
ports heavy Westerly winds and chop
sea. Left in port of Bellingham Bay
bark Bamar loading coal for San Fran
cisco. The Favorite will take the San
Juan mail on board and leave this even
ing.
The U. S. Surveying steamer Lively,
which has been having a new house
built on her, is now completed and she
looks as comfortably as any steamer of
her size need be. We understand Capt.
futile has charte red her to go around
the Sound to look after Government
timber.
The schooner Black Diamond, which
belonged to Broderick & Co.. of Vic
toria, on Saturday last, was overtaken
by bad weather on the passage from
Victoria to Naniamo, and sought safety
in Codboro Bay, on the east 81 lie of
Vancouver. On Sunday afternoon, she
parted both chains and went ashore,
full of water. she lies easy on sa dy
beach, and if the sea did not break her
up, it was thought she would be saved.
She was valued at three thousand dollars
10Th. The schooner Shoe Fly, Capt.
arrived to-day from Port Lud-
low with a cargo of lumber to Howard
Trenholm.
The steamer Prince Alfred broke her
shaft on her passage from Victoria to
San Francisco, which will lay he- up for
several weeks. The steamer Pacific
takes her place this trip. and is reported
as having left on the 10th for Victoria.
OPPOSITION ON THE OcEAN.-The mail
contract with the steamer Prince Alfred
will expire on the 18th of january, up
on which day she will start on her last
trip from San Francisco for Victoria un-
der the present arrangement. Capt.
Finch, who has just returned to San
Francisco from the East, is said to have
made proposition to the Canadian
for putting the steamers
Olympia and William Taber on under
subsidy from the Dominion.--B. COL
oniSt.
STEAMER TO SAIL.--The steamer G. S.
Wright is advertised to sail from Port
land for Port Townsend, Seattle, San
Juan, Naniamo and Sitka, Monday,
January 1st.