Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1875-06-16

SANTA BARBARA ITEMS.
From the Republican, l4th Inst.

From the Republican, l4th inst.
Last week, as the Z. S. Steamer
Hassier was surveying off Santa Cruz
Island, remarkable discovery was
made by the surveying party. AS
they were near the coast making
soundings, the lead suddenly dropped
from 80 fathoms to $50 fathoms of
water 1t was soon determined that a
deep ravine of two currents that swept
by the island at the rate of four and
five knots an hour. The ravine was
the result of volcanic action, rs the is
land is itself, and is one of the few
discoveries of the kind that have been
made.
Yesterday afternoon, as our reporter
and a gentleman friend, were walking
along the wharf, they discovered fire
under considerable Roadway, burning
on the center of the wharf. The wind
was blowing hard, and everything
was favorable for the spreading of the
fire. Rushing down to the office, and
removing the halliards from the mast
ola boat, and getting a tin pail and
returning to the scene, the fire was put
out, which would, if it had not been
discovered, done considerable DAMAGE;
but being put out, as it was, very
little damage resulted. No doubt the
fire was caused by a lighted cigar
stump that may have been thrown
down on the planking.
On the schooner Star of Freedom,
which arrived yesterday morning,
there were seventeen sea lions, all
alive and feeding we'll; of the number
eight were males, four fem tales,
and the remainder were cubs. The
heaviest one weighs about 1000 pounds
ers vary from 200 and upwards, and
the whole is the finest lot of sea lions
ever captured on this coast About
eight days ago Col. Hudson chartered
the schooner Star of Freedom, and
having secured the services of twelve
men, started for San Nicolas Island,
where two were captured. At Santa
Cruz Island, however, the catch of the
remainder was made-one of the lar
gest hauls on the coast. The under
taking was a dangerous one, as the
lions were very fierce, and can only
be captured by lassos. These lions
will be shipped on cars for the East
under the charge of Col. Hudson.
The attempt to catch these lions was
great undertaking, but the will
power of the Colonel triumphed. Our
Eastern friends will now have an op-
portuuity to see some of the herculean
monsters of the Pacific ocean.
From the Index. 18th inst.l
DR.. Yarrow, of Lieut.. Wheeler's
corps of explorers, is in town making
the necessary preparations for the inn
portant work that lies before him as a
member of the corps appointed to
carry on the important work of mark
ing out pathways through the "Great
INTERIOR DIR. Yarrow is the Surgeon
and Naturalist of the corps, and, we
are pleased to learn, will remain in
Santa Barbara two or three weeks,
while the arrangements tor the full
organization and equipment of the
corps is being perfected.
DIR. Freeman informs us that he
has just been telegraphed to, from La
GracIosa, to go up and act as Coroner
on the body of j. G. Allan, who was
shot and killed by r. c. Stubt lefield
on last Wednesday evening. 1t seems
that Allan was the aggressor. Stub
blefiald hos tho reputation of being
good citizen, and quiet, peacable
man. He has wife and six children.
The dead man had bad reputation,
and no family.
Mr.. Benjamin Flint, formerly a
partner with Col. w. w. Hollister in
the sheep business, is now in Santa
Barbara, on his way down to Guada-
lupe island OH the coast of Lower
California. 1t is Mr.. Flint's intention
to stock Guadalupe island with pure
Cashmere, or Thibet goats, and he
has forty-one of the very finest breed
on the way there. Fifty thoroughbred
of the same character were put on the
island some months ago. The results
of this enterprise is going to have a
very important bearing up on the flu
tureof this coast.