, 1877-02-10
TIE WESTERN SHoRr.-This iustl

famous vessel has hauled into Craw-
ford / Harrington's wharf to unload
her ballast, after which she will
drop down to the Renton bunkers
to receive her coal. Capt. J. w.
McAllep is still in command of her
and keeps her in apple-pie order.
She has as fine masts as the Wild
wood or Cassandra Adams, and
handsomer decks than any other
vessel that sails out of San Fran
cisco. Her decks are Of yellow CO.
dar, the same as that cut at Port
Essington, and although she is near
ly three years old yet you cannot see
. splinter sticking up from her
decks. Her cabin was built by an
old Ger man at Coos Bay and is con-
structed of Sandwich Island tamana,
Coos Bay laurel and black walnut;
and we consider hers the prettiest
cabin of any vessel in this trade.
This ship has made two Eastward
voyages to England since her con-
struction, 104 days from San Fran
cisco to Liverpool and 1O1 days from
Astoria to Cork. On. her return, she
made one trip in ITO days from Liv-
erpool to San Francisco and another
Of 126 days from Hull to the same
port. She also made the run in So
hours from San Francisco to Astoria,
beating the steamer Orifamme, eight
hours on the trip. In her two trips
to the United Kingdom she only wet
nine sacks of wheat and delivers
uniformly dry cargoes everywhere.
Quick TRIP. Bark Gem of the
Ocean arrived at Port Townsend
yesterday, also the barkentine Ella
from Anaheim. The Gem is regarded
as q good, reliable vessel but not ex-
traordinarily fast, but on this occa-
sion she has got up her name among
the fast crabs for she only left San
Francisco on the Both of January.
She carried the southerly weather
all the way with her and had she
met the same weather at Port Town
send which prevailed here all day
yesterday, she might have equalled
some of the fast passages of the For
est Qneen or Dashing Wave. Capt.
Gray will be here in day or two
and receive the congratulations of
our business men, among whom he
has always been a prime favorite.
He will load coal from the Seattle
bunkers, but we are not yet apprised
as to whom the bark Ella comes con-
signed. Sheloaded lumber at Free
port on her last visit to these dig
gings.
A F1zzLE.-A gentleman named
Allison from Port Gamble, under
took to give dramatic and poetic
readings at Yesler's Hall last night,
but the performance had hardly be-
gun ere the lecturer, or reader, as
you please, was greeted with vol
ley of vegetables and over-ripe
''Shanghai berries" We appre-
hend "corner" in beets, turnips,
etc., and shall proceed to plant
sixty acres in vegetables next year,
with view of preventing such a
calamity.
Solo. Thursday last the
steamer J. B. Libby, together with
the mail contract to Bellingham
Bay and way ports, was sold by
Samuel Coulter & Son to Capt. Brit
tain, who owns the Teaser and Dis
patch. This will probably throw
out Of a billet one Of the best and
most accommodating gentlemen in
the trade-Capt. Tom Brennan; but
his excellent business qualifications
and universal popularity will soon
find him another position.
NORTH PACIFIC RURAL.-The Feb
ruary number of this magazine lies on
our table and will be found worthy Of
perusal, Get a copy of it and send
it to your friends in Passamaquod-
dy, to let 'em see that you have
something else to read here beside
the Magtober number of Harper's
Oct0zine.
IND1sPosED.-Quite a number Of
our citizens are under the weather,
though some are convalescent.
Among the invalids are A. W. Pi-
per, Len Diller, and ono whom mo-
desty forbids us to mention, as JAS
per J. w. johnson used to say.