Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-08-17
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Townsend, just az the steamer arrived
there on Friday morning last on her way
up the Sound. The ship had been lying
at that port for several days awaiting the
procurement of a crew, and having just
obtained a compliment of men the night
before, the officers Of the vessel proceeded
to put to sea, and for that purpose the
second mate went forward and ordered the
sailors, who were in tho forccastle, on
deck to weigh anchor. They refused to
obey. That officer then returned and in
formed the first mate of their refusal, when
they both proceeded to the forecastle to
enforce compliance with the order, and
upon entering among the sailors were at
once fired upon by one of them who had a
revolver, the first mate being shot through
| the left breast, and the second mate re-
ceiving a ball in the hand. Whether
either of the mates used any weapons by
way Of assault so as to justify the shooting,
or even in their own defense, we could not
ascertain, as the steamer left before all of
the facts in relation to the affair were
made fully known. Immediately after
the shooting, however, the Revenue Cut
ter Lincoln was signallcd, and Capt. Bal
ley sent to the aid of the officers force
from his vessel, who took charge of the
ship and detained the mutinous crew in
custody until they could be handed over
to the authorities. The two wounded off,
GERS were then sent ashore for surgical at
tendance, the wound received by the first
mate being regarded as very serious aud
probably fatal.
W The Puget Sound Telegraph Com.
pany organized on the I'd inst, by the
election of d. c. ii. Rothschild, President,
Frederick Drew, Secretary, Cyrus Walker,
Treasurer, and j. w. Swecny, Supcrin-
tcndcnt. The Directors are d. G. H.
Rothschild, o. F. Gerrsh, William Rem
ton, Cyrus Walker, and Il. G. Fowler
They have. ordered an assessment of 20 per
cent. to be levied on the capital stock, to
be paid Immediately.
Csay~ On the 7th inst, the ship Pudsy
Damson sailed from Port Ludlow for Lon
don with $50 spars and 1900 feet Of
rough lumber, and on the next day the
bark adelaide Cooper sailed from the same
port for San Francisco.
70 The bark Glimpse arrived at Port
Discovery on the Sd, aud the ship Var
Hack on the 9th inst, from San Fran
cisco.
To- Mrs. Jane B. Kcllar, widow of
Findley Kollar, who died in this city on
the Sth inst, was an old resident of the
Sound, having arrived at Port Gamble in
March, 1855. Her husband was an uncle
of the late j. p. ke!lar, formerly of the
Puget Mill Company. She was before
coming here a resident of East Machias,
Maine, aud member of the Baptist
Church there, aud she has brothers now
living at Rockland aud St. George, in that
State.
rGy- Sheriff Williams, of Kitsap coun-
ty, on Friday last went up with the prison
crs Dawson and Mexican, who were SEN
fenced to one years imprisonment in the
penitentiary at Stelacoom, where he turned
them over to the superintendent Of that
institution. While On their way through
the streets of that town, Dawson was
recognized as one who had stolen yoke
of oxen from that vicinity 4 few years ago.
esy- The schooner being built at Free
port is nearly completed, and will be
launched on Wednesday of this week at
high tide. Her dimensions are as follows !:
length of keel 100 feet ; length over all,
40 feet breadth Of beam, IL feet and
depth of hold 8 feet. She is intended for
trade between San Francisco and Mcndo.
cno, in California
Observation-Disclosures Kellogg, Esq ,
the efficient and popular Auditor of King
county for the past eight years, with the
exception of few months handed in his
resi- gnation to the Board of Commissioners
on Tuesday last. In view of his having
engaged in business and taken up his resi-
dencc in Snohomish county, the Board
accepted of the resignation.
~ The bark Brontcs and schooner W.
II. Meyers were loaded at Utsalady, and
were to have sailed during the latter part
of last week.
ng- On the the 81 inst, the bark OAK
lind arrived at Port Madison, and on the
7th the bark Coquimbo, both from San
| Francisco.
My" The schooner Dolly Warden sailed
from Port Madison on the 18th inst, for
San Francisco, with old iron as ballast aud
lumber for freight.
V The bark Pomhattan arrived at
this port on Thursday last, and anchored
out in the bay, off the coal wharf. She
will take o cargo Of coal for San Fran
cisco.
~ The bark Vidette sailed from Port
Madison for San Francisco on the 9th
inst.
~ The bark Oak Hill arrived at Port
Blakely from San Francisco on the 9th
inst.
eeg The bark Rainier sailed from Port
Gamble on the 7th inst, for San Fran
cisco.
py- The bark Oregon arrived at Sea-
beck on the 3d inst, and on the 9th inst.
| the bark FI0reuce sailed from the same