, 1882-07-28

from HongkOnT To Portland, struck ON
Shoal April 18th. about l43 miles from
Hokudatc, Japan. An attempt was made
/ to- have an Investigation, but the officers
and crew were all gotten out uf the way
III some mysterious manner SO that their
testimony could not he had.
SAN FRANCIsCo. July % The British
sea tramp CairnSmur arrived several
weeks ago from Hongkong with a cargo
of coolies, sailed tins afternoon. Her
| destination is Hongkong. She carries
away large number of Chinese passen-
gers, but only l5O have custom house
certificates granting them the privilege of
returning to this country.
SAN Francisco, July 20. The British
steamer Malabar was allowed to dock to-
| day and empty her cargo of 795 coolies
| into Chinatown,
The British steamer Triumph, an ocean
| tramp, is due with n cargo Of about 500
coolies from Hongkong. 1t is thought
| she also has aboard the coolies Of the
| ship Mary latham that was wrecked on
| the coast Of Japan some time ago. These
| two cargoes will aggregate about 100
Mongolians.
The British steamer Stirling Castle,
which recently arrived at London with
cargo of new teas from Shanghai, made
the run in % days, - hours and ID min
utes, her actual steaming time being y
| days, % hours and As minutes. The
time from Shanghai to Singapore was )
days, II hours and l6 minutes: thence
to Sucz l3 days and 2l hours; Port Said
to Gravesend 8 days, 9 hours and 30
minutes, She discharged 6l,935 pack
ages of tea in 30 hours.
REsHIPMENT OF IRON The barkentine
Malay, Capt. Peterson, arrived in Royal
Roads on Tuesday afternoon, - days
from Honolulu. She is under charter to
proceed to Baynes Sound, to carry rail.
road iron thence to San Francisco. The
iron was landed there about six months
ago by the Malay, and it was intended to
be used in the operation of line to
Baynes Sound coal mine 1t has recent
ly been purchased by Mr.. Richard, the
well known coal merchant of San Fran
cisco. The iron will have to be taken
from the bank to the beach and then
tloated off on raft to the vessel. Tie
task is not an easy one. -Stdnddd.
SAN FRANCGsCo, July l9.-The steam
ship Scraps. which sails for II JngKJng
tomorrow, will carry away 600 Chinese
passengers. Only IS of these could OBJ
tain certificates enabling them to return
to this country. The remaining 525 are
composed of ragged and diseased Off
scourings of the slums, hospitrlS and
poorhouses of Chinatown. For some time
well-to-do Chinese merchants who con-
tribute most to the charitable funds of
the Six Companies, have been groaning
under the burden of assessments made
necessary to support the fast-increasing
army of old, wornout and diseased Chi
nese. 1t finally occurred to these mer-
chants that to keep this penniless and
sick army, to feed, clothe and house it
and finally to- send their bones back to
China, would be a much more expensive
charity than to bundle the whole lot off
at once, and thereby end that source Of
expense altogether. The Overcrowded
condition of Chinatown since the pres
ent great rush assumed sucn proportions,
and resulting in dire distress for room,
made it doubly expedient that cleaning
out Of the drones should begin AT once
Agents Of the Six Companies were sent
throughout Chinatown to look up mem
bers of the miserable army and notify
them that they were to be shipped off by
the Scraps. The Six Companies defray
expenses of shipping Of these paupers.
! The appearance of this army of mendi-
cants as they were marshaled on the dock
today beggared description.
WANTS STEAMER. JOS Taylor, of
Tacoma, sold his little steamer, the Joe
! Adams, to parties in British Columbia,
for Sl,7OO. He has since tried to pur-
chase the Cello, but he and Capt Mar
shall failed to agree as to the price, and
the sale did not take place 1t is more
than likely Mr.. Taylor will build a
steamer, as he has use for one, and there
are none for sale that suits him.
Tnteiligencer.
SAN FRANCIscO, July 1S-The United
States naval survey steamship Alert ar
rived here this evening, twenty days
from Yokohama. She has been engaged
in survey work on the China and Japan
coasts for the past three years. When
about to return, three months ago, she
was run into by the Japanese Mikapd,
a steam yacht. sixty miles off Kobe, and
badly cut, being obliged to put back for
repairs, which detained her for two
months
SHIP Wildwood sailed from Yokoha-
ma July lst for San Francisco.
GERMAN bark Federico arrived here on
the both inst, 56 days from Valparaiso.
STR. Zephyr, after having been repaired
and overhauled, is running again between
Seattle and Olympia.
SCHR. Letitia sailed last evening, Goth
inst, from Dungeness for Quilcute hav-
ing on board full load Of general mer-
! chandise, and passengers as tollows JAS.
Merchant wife and three children, Frank
Balch and J. Lazct.
THE Hall Brothers are about to build
4 A.