Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-08
CRUISE AFTER PEARLS.
A Captains IBuorestiDg Account on |"
voyage 10 CerGs.
tSap EtapciscD Call

The small schooner Pearl. Captain Au'
d.r.op. arrived in port on Sunday alter
neon last and anchored in the stream. The
schooner was reported 10 have come from
fishing cruise in ballast, aud was consigned
TO the Alaska Commercial Company. rs
lbe vessel had been away from port seven
months and caught no fish the knowing
ones shook their heads incredulou'lS Wncn
told shc had hecn on hshlng
cruise. and lumor was qulcky
.r,eod round the waterfront that
instead Of fishing the schooner had
been on a trading voyage WIN cohtrIoa"d
articles 10 COrta, and could hot gam adj
mitisncc t. any port there, and sue sailed
Ter HaLOdadi, where she sold her cargo NJ
auction and returned home In ballast. The
rumor could not he verified on sunday.
YESTERDAY another report WIS going round
10 the effect that HE schooner had been
trading wh,skey and firearms Nth the M
lives IN Alaska, and that to eYade NE
United STATES officers she bad gone 10 Jl-
npn and sold the seal>llu- and ivory sd"
lad obtained in trade and returned IL
ballast.
TO sat q: rest thcse contradictory rumor'.
ard 10 ascertain what co htie craIi b)d
been doirc during her seven nlu'hS' TIP
a fUurtpoltrr boarded the ycSStl Yesterday
afternoon ana interviewed CiDtain AMER
son. The captain received the reporter
cordially. and. laushing, sid: res,
krow il Is reported that am pirate. an
n numier Of people have been down to take
lcok at NY piTaii,al clau. Well, ! am
not n pirate, and hive MOI been trading.
Sit down ard ! will TIL OIL about my
voyage" VnrollnS his charts, Captain
Anderson then told the reporter subStan-
tis,ly The foll0win. >tory oi his trip:
"Some time ago large nUabcr OF pearls
and rearl.oystcrs were brought I" tai'
city. which were said 10 baye comr froin
tbc co1.t Of Corca. My ompioicrs deter
mined to send zVcescl ~ tOfca 10 search
| the coast. 20 sec il they could Get some OF
| the pyiyed n oliusks. Accordingly wen
| down 10 Mexico. and at Ia P3z engaged
! three veiLknoWn md eXptrlauced pearl
| divers. With these auc pUmps and DIVING
! a,narmins returned to Sgn Francisco and
| nl1c,d them on board the Pearl. On hpIiI
! 1ld lat we sTled from TINS porl
in ballast COR (Orci. Not one of Ia"
seven mtn On board knew our drstin1'l1p'
/ and our jecl was Gcp' p 0fauDd Secrel
| Ec'ore leaving Wss furnished Win per-
mis- from the King az Corca aud the Corean
! foroirn office allowing me To Seafch ful .
! where on thc. coast Of COIea for pcirl-0y"
tcrs. ItOok along n few articles OF trade
! knives. IooLinG-nilSsCS, trlnkeiS-to pre-
e,nt 10 alternatives Nith whom might come
IN contact. 10 gain their goodwill. After
Good pcsseae arrived at Fusan. one CT
The thrCc por,s oren 10 trade. Here mt
with q GOOD reception from the forri "a
0icjal, ard from the white resi- icnlS
ibu1. WHO ws1c very glad to zee m
Am,lican vessel aud While visitors.
qhue are only FIVE white mn Ic'
siding there. al, employees Of the cT'-
tcm. bouse, and they lcId most monotn-
uous existence. did not see Mr. Merrill,
the commissioner (; lac WAS &c Seoul. lie ~
nc Fusan we Sailrd all round The coast oi
Colta, diving and .eaI ching for p'afi oyS
t,rs. hut did not find n single one. y
uany Of The places visited my vessel ant
crew were objects Of great curiosity. Th'
majority OF tie natives had never seen
whi.e man, and they gszed ut US In wonder
| found ihtm TO be a simple, honest, hos
u,,ahle rooplc. | have hid hundreds ~
nv decks aud in my cabin, and never knew
a ibingto be sfstrartcd. Sometimes thcl
would come alongside, and, oifcring me
. couple Of eggs or some other Sigh
, present, ask permission TO come oi
| board ard Inspect the vessel.
I carried an interpreter from Fnsan so th,t
= could converse with them. The men are u
/ sizc about The average Europeans, In
4 won en- rather smaller. The women seldoa
! leave their houses, and IL they do, IL |
= generally squatted In pslsnquin. The
,Sl always keentheir faces concealed when out
5. doors. and h, so much indoor confinement
? their faces assume palid hue. saw III
,e faces Of some OF the women who work |
Ia The fields, aud they arc not at all uncomel,
"a Finding nv search for pearls va
"a nuithss. started for home. Passin
pr llakodaGi. ] put in there for water an
Is disposed Of the fe@ trinkets had left an
= got supply Of flesh water. left Hike
N cadi October 18th aud arrived here ycstel
A. DAY alter passage 81 forty days. "
N divers WI return 10 Mexico on the New
a, bern aud the Pearl viii go to Oakland 4
;. lie up. As 70 the rirmors ailoat my 81
=. that have not had the sSuS OF any fur
D., bearing animals on nov vessels during III
,y nip. have been nes,lii.hing, aud mop
:. son viii assure the public thai | am not
!. pirate bold. nor have l be,a Engaged i
d Illegal trading"
a. I he captaln's stateroon is ornamente
With small drawings Of Corean men an
!, women, very neatly done bS naIiye artist,
4 H. hiss also specimens OF the peeuli ,r
r. shaped, beauiifUIly-woyep hats they veal
and otbcr cuiiositios. The mate has sou
!. coins Of the country. some large water
!. color drawings executed by the native.
and number OF closely-woyen mats o
q bcauiifnlly-,arlegated colors.
4 The Pearl brough! five cases Of spect
!, ncns Of minerals, etc, for the snl;hsoni u
/ Institution, from II. l.. Dewey, OF Fusan.
. -
4 "Doc" Wilson bias produced affidavit
/, 10 prove ,hat jonas Wilson deciarri tire
, weeks before his death that ..Doc" ",
! Moch's son.
Rev. Mr.. Ijaweis. pYtac.ilo2at ~. Brides
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