, 1886-03-04
LFrom FRIDAYS Daily.N

WHICH, aIIlHcNt dcI6 ICept ttu tIuu lOOh d
cargo of Goa! from Departure Bay to San
Francisco, sailed for Liverpool last Sat
urday, with cargo of wheat.
Ship Theobald, now at San Diego, is
chartered to load lumber at Port Blakely
for Sydney or Melbourne.
Ship Kate Davenport, Capt. Rowland,
which sailed from here Sept. 29th with q
cargo of lumber to Sydney. left New
Castle for Honolulu on the 18th inst.
with a cargo of coal.
Ship Robert Dixon, Capt. Smithwick,
which sailed from here Oct. 18th with a
cargo of lumber from Tacoma. arrived
at Valparaiso Dec, 21st.
Barkentine Jane A. Falkenburg, Capt.
| Ginger, sailed Jan. 5th from Sydney,
bound to New Castle, n. s. w, to load
coal for San Francisco.
Ship W. Fl. Starbuck, Captain R.ed,
which sailed from Portland on the 10Th
inst with a cargo of wheat bound to
Queenstown, grounded twice at Post
Office bar; the second time she was
lightened of 800 tons of wheat.
Ship VIM. A. Campbell, Capt. Hathorn.
which sailed from here Sept. I'd, arrived
at Sydney Dec. 4th, and reports a strong
passage, losing sails, jib boom and spr ug
maintopmast.
Ship Ericsson, Capt. Plummer. which
sailed from here Sept 7th with 1,2nH 900
feet of lumber for Sydney, was forty
days discharging 10000 feet, and the
rest i'll proportion. Lumber ships in
Sydney are generally long time dis
charging if the work is done by ships
crew, as the stevedores have union and
will not take away lumber from the
wharf where it is discharged by the crew
OF ship.
Bark Wildwood, of Bosto", built in
Madison, was calked aud otherwise re-
paired in New York last month. She
sails for Singapore in a week or two.
Ship Prussia, belonging to Renton &
Holmes, paid off her crew yesterday.
They had over eight months pay due
them, in the sum of 81 800.
The crew of the bark r. K. Ham we're
paid off yesterday in the sum of $500.
Steamer Tyee towed down from Seattle
yesterday ship Ivanhoe, Capt. Carter,
with 2500 tons of coal, and anchored her
here. Her destination is San Francisco,
but owing to strong head wiRds Capt.
Carter concluded to remain in port over
night and sailed this morning.
Barkentine Amelia, Capt. Newhall,
got underway yesterday, and with a
moderate southeast wind sailed out of
the harbor.
Barkentine Modoc, Capt. Peterson,
arrived last evening from Seabeck with
cargo of lumber and anchored; her
destination ia San Diego.
THE FATE OF THE AMETHYST.
Capt. L. c. Hooper, commanding she
U. s. revenue steamer Richard Rush, re-
ports leaving Choumagin Islands Feb
11th, arriving in San Francisco Feb.
10Th. Owing to meeting with ice the
Rush could not proceed north in search
OF the Amethyst. Capt. Hooper will
communicate with the secretary of tie
treasury, volunteering to proceed north
again should he be given command OF
the q. 8. steamer Bear, much larger
and more able vessel than the Rush.
There is no doubt in the minds of those
posted In revenue marine matters that
the secretary Will order Capt. Hooper or
Michael Healy, now on the Corwin, to
proceed north in the Bear and continue
the search for the survivors, il there are
any, of the ill-fated bark Amethyst. The
latter officer has had more experience in
Arctic waters, and may be chosen.
ARRIVAL OF THE Q. s. STEAMER BEAR,
PROM NEW YORK.
The q. s. revenue steamer Bear, Capt
Alfred B. Davis, arrived Feb 23d at San
Francisco. 43 days from Valparaiso. She
Is from New York, ordered to this coast
by the secretary of the treasury for duty
in Alaskan waters. The following is q
list OF her officers: Alfred B. Davis, cap.
tain; Oscar G. Hamlet, 1st lieutenant;
| Walter S. Rowland. End lieutenant;
Francis NJ. Dunwoody, 3rd lieutenant;
Horace B. West, 3rd lieutenant; Alex L.
Churchill, chief engineer; Ed. F. Hedden,
1st assistant; Fred E. Owen, 2nd assist
ant; Paul Barnes, End assistant.
Lieut.. John w. Howison, of the q. s.
revenue marine serTIce, Is ordered by the
secretary of the treasury from duty on
the q. S. cutter Ccrwin to the Q. S. rev.
enue cutter Oliver WoIcost, stationed
here. He arrived last evening. Lieut..
Howison is a brother to Capt. Henry L.
Howison, OF the U. S. navy, and mem
! ber OF the board of inspectors.