Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-11-13
NEWS FROM PORT TOWNSEND.
| From our Regular Correspondent

ing for charter -.
The bark Florence sailed from Port
Discovery, for San Francisco, Wednes-
day morning.
The bark Tidal JFare sailed for San
Francisco Saturday evening, with 7OO,-
900 feet of lumber. .. .-.
The bark Mary Gloser sailed from
Port Discovery, lumber laden, for San
Francisco, Saturday morning.
The steamer Goliah towed the ship
Ross,ceN Sprague from this port to Port
Gamble, to load lumber, for San Fran
cisco.
Ship Grace Darling arrived in our
harbor Saturday morning, and will be
towed to Departure Bay, to load coal
for San Francisco.
The ship General Butler was towed SO
sea Sunday morning by the tug Goliah.
She carries all assorted cargo of lumber
from Port Gamble to San Francisco.
The steamship Gussie 7e!fair arrived
Saturday evening from Portland, and
after discharging small quantity of
freight she sailed for Sitka.
The steamer 1easer took q squad of
soldiers from the Garrison to San Juan,
Thursday, to remove the remains OF de-
ceased soldiers, buried on that Island,
to the new cemetery laid out at Fort
Townsend.
|: The bark Henry Buck, of Searsport,
Maine, recently purchased in San Fran
cisco by Messrs. Pincus & Packshear, of
Steilacoom, having tonnage of 685,
arrived Saturday evening, ID days from
San Francisco, in command of Capt.
Serman, late of ship War Hack. She
goes to Seattle, for which place she has
a large quantity Of freight.
The steamship Salvador arrived at
this Port Thursday morning, from San
Francisco, ria Victoria, after very
quick and pleasant passage. She
brought for Sound ports 43 tons of
freight, A cabin passengers, and 20 in
the steerage. After discharging freight
for our merchants, she proceeded up
Sound, and will return and sail from
Victoria for San Francisco, to-day.
The new Presbyterian Church is fast
approaching completion. Its dimen-
sions are 4Sx26. Height of side wall,
IL feet in the clear, end walls 80 feet,
and is built entirely of Port Townsend
granite, with the exception of sand
stone corners and trimmings. It is
built after the Gothic style. The stone
work is under the management of Mr..
Thomas Drummond, and the carpenter
work is, being done by Mr.. Horace
Tucker. When completed it will be one
of the handsomest edifces north of San
Francisco.
Since our last, We have had some very
heavy gales, first from the southeast,
then from the west, accompanied with
heavy falls of rain. The inclemency of
the weather has made business dull in
some respects. The farmers are unable
to brig their grain and produce to
market Oh account of the wet weather.
But very few vessels have arrived this
week, although great many are due
here, and are probably outside the Cape,
unable to get in owing to. the heavy
winds we have had of late. The Brit
ish bark Blanche, which sailed from
Portland October %, was picked MP by
Ian English tow-boat in the Straits and
taken into Esquimalt harbor, Wednes-
day morning, with her spars and rig
ging greatly damaged, having encoun-
tered heavy gale from the south which
drove her northward. ,arv ga
Loss OF the Steamship Pacific.
Size founders off Cape Fattery-7err
rible Loss Of Llfe-Arr'iral oftte Amer
lean Ship Messenger, 10Th the only per-
son suppose TO hare been Sared from,
the W.fated Steamer. .lg rf,e. =.
The American ship Messenger, Capt.
]. F. Gilkey, arriving Sunday morning,
nine days from San Francisco, reports
that on the morning Of the 6tho of No
vember she sailed through q lot Of
wreck stuff-spars, doors. etc.-kept q
good lookout; thought that there had
been an accident; wind very high.
About $50 saw q man floating on some
drift, near the Vancouver shore, made
two tacks to windward, and when with
in ahnY,k a xnila and n half .af I;r. 9oxv.