The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-31

saz Yxs.fssro. gzfy ser-The ste4ner
gsawa srrszei ffDza fssfrtng ses lass nsEns
ana f,fsyxxas TIE E~ss sefsilss. aeessaGf %
tbs esgsass 81 TIE British ssaisr Black Dss
nnotss hx TIE rR.GsS r9atGS seT@ase cutter
stshar4 Kssh. gnfy IL The Eas5 over
ss.egk tks EIsex Es&Eaoai and orsserszs her
~ hseye fa. The captain o. tAe bs&ex bta
rsasssai refused b do faiA 1ksrsarS8 the
essngzsnstef ~ sfse R1sfs 0rdsresi the low
eySsg 81 tae psyrts Sa1 the runnisg cat Of
ne yEre wnEch eagsssi The sefzgsFssr -
h.sss ~ caEtxin SHEPPARD SID I&eaten-
aas Taftie tssAysted the Euzl.sa craft ssa
ssxe5 for her pxr>ers. TIE ofsesrs Df the
EsaEk l,saFaond seseres 10 arInes3 Yestss-
sasss. bsst Refused - deliver ap TIE ships
PAPERS. Captain Sheppard ~ once hr0xe
sytse.i the eafaQ gsss iprFesi tho Hinges 9f
tie ssfssnx box aSss the rsEsain's eassxt,
thereby seegftnx tne papers Which Dc
waited A ss4FeA % the Ersss4 alseiosxsi
lE srslsk!us zhteh bad tssea taken
Ia Be1Fiag So 1spt&iH shsphsFa placed
& noss-eonztnssssonsa oElssf from the Rush
ia charge u snr Blscs Diamond. sad az.
segssd the weasel t&kes - siSxa 20 await far
tAes Instructions.
Tie captain az the Black Disrnona male
tae statement that wheu ia Victoria he
had bcen ordered 90 fsy no aitentioD ia
casa h., ~as OEsrf4keE by fbe Ensh and ~
sfaxta1 20 heaTe 70. Hg sad be would
no. have surrendered IL the Rssf East hal
al inlsgtaf force 80 tsss If Bis own weasel
Da yais Is tsae schooner Triumph was
also BEARDED b5 captain SHEPPARD. bot no
arrest Was faa1r on board. the yeS<si hay'
Ing been captured Ia tsie Pacific arld ssot
Ia BzhriEz sea
A passssger Who arrived here on the
steamer Dora last nazht. said ON our
way down from ~ Paul island we saw SIX
seslsss aud the kush was closely Ia par
suit of them. 1s left -. Paul Island Jaiy
n .a3 on the following day sas the Rash
in pursuit 81 hCg p,y Undoubtedly ~
this time the Kasn hss maize atdisiG1ai
Capture.
sscsFE ~ TIE SCHOONER TsfCsFH.
ylcrcEI., r. e., Jaly sO.--s-aptain Ne
Lean. Of the Triumph. is rather geticent
about importing information relative to
AFFAIR In IL hFing sea However. conzid4
eFsbie has been learned from others 90 the
vessel Is IL asserted that Mclean played
The Rush a s1asft trick The story j. that
y ben the kusa was sighted there we're
tlsiTty seals dead. lying on the Triumph =
aeek These were Enrf8ediY skinned and
tse pelss hidden hgnon large quantity of
salt This salt also formed heavy coat
ing over 80 sealsklns which lay a. the b-yt
tom of the schooner. Lieutenant futile
made sn examination. ba; seeing nothing
bat salt, departed
captain Owens. OF the seized Black DlA-
menf. refused 20 give up bis papers. but
ess told that be uu.f submit, - the
Rush had power 30 take her ans way.
Thf mea on tas Triumph say that Cap
tain Bodd. OF the Maggie Nae. had said he
would fire on any American officer at
tempting 10 board bis vessel
when the TTiamph lett seals were plen-
tifBL A large humber ei seals had been
killed, one yezsel having taken City.
Lieutenant 1uttie told Captain Mclean
that be had sseH five schooners catering
nehrlng sea on the 9Th Of Jniy. viz Mag.
sIs Mac. Triumph. Mary Ellen, Lille l..
aud Black Diamond. The latter was cap
turcd, but tho fate oi the others Is un-
known.
HkfTIsH sKS .oF-wsK os THE SCENE.
The Corona arrived today. Captain
Carroll SAYS that when he left Juneau
last Wednesday the British men-oi war
swifsare, Iscanusa aud Amphioa were
there. These LET; for Port simpson on the
following day. The Corona heard nothing
OF the seizure
number ot prominent sealing men
waited on the captain OF her majesty )
ship Champion to-day. previous 10 his sail
ing for the North to join the feet. and
gave him fall particulars in writing. He
will eouyey item personally Ia Admiral
Heneage. The depHtatloB also waited on
Hon. John Robertson. provincial seere-
safy. lie has autographed 20 Ottawa de
handing the protection Of che impegia
government kilograms have siso been
sant by ths most prominent public nen of
the province. The action of the impSsiai
government - snXi0usig awaited.