The morning call., 1890-11-07
SEA AND SHORE.
Arrival of Three More Whaling
Banks From the North.
Captain Haskell Gees 10 the Relief of the
lgcnaut-Captain Johnston Ordered In
Charge Of the City of New York.

Three more whaers arrived yesterday,
one from the Arctic and two from the
Okhotsk Sea. The bark John and Winthrop.
Captain Cook, twenty-five days from the
Fox Islands, brought CTS barrels of oil and
1000 pounds of bone for J. N. Knowles; the
John P. West, twenty-seven days from the
Okhotsk Sea, $40 barrels of oil and 1900
pounds of bone for James McKenna; and
the Cape Horn Pigeon. twenty-seven days
from the Okhotsk Sea, 100 barrels of oil and
2i0O pounds of bone for J. & W. r. Wing.
The weather was cloudy at Point Lobos
yesterday, and the wind all day from the
northwest blowing as high as twenty four
miles an hour. The barometer was very
low. standing pretty steady at 29.7S
From dispatch received yesterday it is
learned that the schooner w. S. Bovine,
previously reported ashore in Guayaauil
River, got off. The cargo was not damaged.
The schooner Reporter, Captain Dyer, ar
rived yesterday after a passage of thirty
four days from Hakodade with q cargo of
523 tons OF sulphur for II. Molineux.
SHE CANNOT BE SAVED.
On Wednesday John D. Spreckels sent
the tug Relief 10 see if anything could be
done 10 save the schooner Argonaut, which
was reported ashore near Point Montana.
Captain Haskell found that he could do
nothing. He says that the schooner is head
on to the reef about three-QuarterS Of a mile
south of Montara Light. Her masts and
sails We're standing and her deck-load was
= intact. a LeaVy swell was rolling in and
over the little schooner'S Stern The tug
could not approach near enough to render
any assistance. The crew was Oh the beach.
The British bark Meunock arrived at
Victoria yesterday, and from dispatch re-
ceved at the Merchants Exchange 1t Is
learned that Captain Chalmers, her master,
died on September 18th and was Hurled at
sea. Tie bark encountered rough weather
round Cape Horn and OF the coast of South
America, and lost her jIbboaln and had deck
hou Is carried away.
The Pacific Mail steamer San Bias, Cap
tain Frank Johnston, is due ON Wednesday
next from Panama and WHY ports. On her
arrival Captain Johnston will be- placed in
command OF the company's steamer City OF
New York. The latter vessel will sail on
Thursday next for Panama, so that the cap
tain viii have but small spell ashore.
A MAMMOTH FIVE-MAsTER.
Mention was made in this column few
days ago of the sailing ship France, the
largest afloat, which was recently launched
at Patrick, in Scotland. The keel of what
will be the largest sailing vessel in the world
was laid some weeks ago in one of the ship
yards on the Clyde. She will be Of $500 tons,
Inc t;re.t Eastern was 500 feet IonI The
Tantonic il 80 and tba CIV ~ Paris ahomt
5so feat The France il ~, f.et long her
sails present an area If 1900 square feet and
her gross tonnage Is $3.50.
has issned a circuiar ragardi,g IiIhts Steer.
inS and sal mo rmIas etc 70 nIar , p'1 COL
iisions nj So. If contains chsp p mad, nv
the act of March g. 1885, directing that the
t,nns far nreventing caiissions NJ Sa - he
folioyed Nv ali vessels Of the IJnited Staias
Conies of the cirr,,iar con he nh1ainsd h,,
ship'n,,.tars from Iiautanant n p NJ.
InfoSh in chaT%e Of The Rronrh II dro-
gra,,bj1 C,ftice Of fne Merp.bants, Exchaugs
There is now ON M" the 0cennir dock ad Vii
ba nTaced on tho steowsr AnS,rsiin '" ,',iah