Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-21
GENERAL sEws Fnsn TEE EswEs
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Steamer Ev&1RE1 AfrzY<e0 ffoEH NtE19
ma Saturday 1fterBoon, ssopplnQ lens
en0aeh 90 enter e the Custom Ho1ss
sad Ezks On q namher OF passengsrs
who avail themselves Of this 0ppart1
nify 20 transact business On Saturday
and retnrn up the Soand Ia TIE essxinG
She bad 90 board large quantity Of
lime for Portland.
The tng Hoiyoks towed d0Sn freer
Facons shs lark Lizzie Williams, lsdeE
vita 1850 tons Of coal bsuud to Ssr
Francisco. Sas let 90 the bark on Rscs
Roek L5Rhthouse and returned 20 CnicE
wharf, where she bssa the water out Of
the hoiler for tbs purpsse 81 sealins
tubes.
Captain Izbby of she ship Edward
OfBTien, which sailed from here sone
tlEBe ago, and who lost the anchor re-
ssntIy found By Captain Ben jauin, Of
fegsd a reward Of $50 for its recovery
preyious to hrs departure fer sydney
Il 10 patent anchor weighing so@s
go poands-
Captain Coaner, Of tbs snip D4shins
Wave, claims 20 have loss an ansh0f 10
this bay fosr o. i've pears aG0. when
informed that one had besn found bs
the knstier he came on shore 30 look al
ii, but found il % covered With rust thai
be willingly gave the benefit OF tht
doobs pthe finder. The Dashing Wave ii
laden with T25.000 fest of lumber, from,
Tacoma bound 10 San Francisco. She
vas soged By the Tacoma. Captain
Conner calculates 10 be IN San Francis
90 next Sunday. Tie Dashing Wave
Is one Of the fast line Of ships. the pride
of our merchant mariae Of $50. She
IL 1850 tons built in Portsmouth, N. H,
thirty -sso years old. and owned by ste
Tacoma Mill Company.
The British ship Nineyah. of sydney,
Capt. Chelow, was toEed to sea By The
tug Tacoma on Saturday. in company
with the Dashine Wave. She 10 bound
10 Sydney with S6I 900 feet Of lnmt,er.
taken on board At Tacoma. The Nine
yah - an old Australian passenger ship.
She still has . large, airy cabin and sa-
loon well fitted with all the comforts
imaginable on shipboard. Forward on
deck thsfe Is bake house which Ia not
IN use now, and steam apparatus for
condensing sea water into fresh. Sac
has patent windiass for getting up her
massivs anchors. and crew OF twenty
one ,men, all told. Capt. Chelow ex-
pressed himself az much pleased at the
fact thai since lis departure from here
the Bfitish Government had appointed
q resident viee consul &C this port, as
dispetes often took place in making q
settlement between the master and his
crew, either at the end or commence
msnt Of q voyage, or In discharRina
fneH for drunkenness or other causes,
and much annoyance had been expert
euced. which are now of course settled
By the eonsnl, while the ship goes upon
her voyage, and both captain and sea
men know their interests are carefully
guarded. Your correspondent made
bold TO ask the old Captain IL be was
pleased at the choice of Her Majesty in
our consul, and he replied with twin
kle In his eye, that be thought she could
not have done better, at least in q moral
and spiritual way. He was thankful,
though. that be had ell day Saturday 10
clear bis vessel. Had he come down
the Soand . day later the Reverend
would surely have held his papers over
until after service, or perhaps insisted
On holding service en- his own ship, you
know.
BY private letter received here, writ
ten 20 friend. Captain Hooper states
thar rs soon as the duty Of examining
officers Of the revenue sirvice ON tie Pa
sifie coast is completed, Captain John
White will receive orders from Wash.
ington 70 proceed 10 the Sound and 50.
pefintend the building of the new rsve-
nue. steam vessel already couamensed by
the Hall Brothers of Port Blakeiy. He
will be assisted BY First Lieutenant
Hamlet, now attached TO the Richard
Rush. Captain Hooper ends his letter
With good wishes TO all his friends on
the Sound.
The rs Chinese which landed here
Saturday morning, will be detained all
day passing inspeesio at the custom
House and receiving their certificates.
They proceeded TO Victoria. on the Starr
yesterday.
Miss Thane, who has been visiting
friends here fer some weeks. returned to
htf home in Victoria on Sunday.
Mr.. Waterman retarns from San
Francisco by way OF Portland, on the
Columbia, which sails today.
II was q jolly party that came from
Nanaimo on the bark Csylon last Fri
day. Sea captains have good time
when they get ashore.
fhe following vessels are due and
sailed from San Francs,ics about the
same time as the heet which arrived
here few days agos Bark Mary Glover,
boand 20 Port Discovery; sailed April
5th. Bark ATLANTA, bound 70 Port
Ludlow; sailed April 9Th. b rk Otago,
bound 70 Port Clakely, also sailed on
tbe 9Th instant.
The ship Blue Jacket. which takes
coal from yonr city, was LAID up some
eight months 10 San Francisco before
securing her present charter.
The bagkeRtine kissap, which sailed
from San Francisco 10 Pert Gamble on
the sth instant, passed up under sail
sunday morning.
A gentleman iHst arrived from Port
Madison gave your correspondent the
following item WofIk ca the bark
Vidette is progressing RAPIDLY, owing to
the sxtrsase low tides. There 10 no diff
Guilty found In cauikefs and carpenters
going ell around her, esfsn to her keel.
fhe Vidette h ST. tens, 20 years old,
built In Bath, No. and owned By Geo.
A. Meiegs. Tue bark Northwest, be-
longing % The same owner, has COM