The morning call., 1890-11-30

Captain Johnston has devoted wife and
two sturdy sons nearly as bro2d-shouldered
as he is. who reside al 1906 Folsom street.
Although a strict dsciplinarian at sea, NJ
Is idollZed by his crew; and when his
voyage Of life is over, the enc whose
painful duty 1t will be to write his epiiaph
will have to rustic around lively for tomb
stone large enough on which to record the
many virtues of the youngest and hand
soonest captain in the Pacific Mail Com
pany's employ.
LOOKS LIKE A YACHT NOW.
The sealing schooner G. Fl. White, which
is lying in Brooklyn Basin. mas had her bull
warkS raised till now they are 3 feet inches
high. She has also been stripped and re-
rigged, and been fitted up with two top
masts, and looks like yacht. At a meeting
of Ter owners, held yesterday, Captain
Charles Sorensen was appointed master of
her, vice Captain Charles Scott. The White
will sail about the middle of January on an
otter hunting cruise.
The steamer st. Paul, Captain Erksne
arrived yesterday morning, nine days from
Kodiak. Alaska. She brought cabin pas
sengers ana IL Europeans and $50 Chinese
passengers in the Storage On the passage
down tw0-Chinese died Of consumption. Her
cargo consisted Of 1915 cases and 60 barrels
OF salmon, 10 boxes tin plate and one bale
of furs. 1t is rumored that the st. Paul
will be chartered to run between here and
Central American ports.
The American ship Agenor. Captain
Frost, arrived at San Diego on Wednesday,
after long passage of 1873 days from New
York. She left New York on. May 18th
last, and running ashore at Gedncys Reef
had TO return. After repairing she sailed
again on June Goth.
LAUNCH OF THE SHENANDOAH.
The day before Thanksgiving was a gala
| day at Bath, Me-, where eight thousand peo-
| pie assembled to witness the launch of the
| largest ship ever built in the State. The
| Shenandoah was built by Arthur Sewell &
| Co., who are her chief owners, and will load
| at New York for this port, coming under
| command of Captain James +. Murphy,
| who, up to 4 recent date, was in command
| of the w. +. Babcock. The Shenandoah is
| four-masted ship, 300 feet in length and
| 40 feet beam. Her net tonnage is 3406 tons.
| The foremost Is SO feet and the main and
mizzen fnasts so feet each, and the spanker-
mast e6 feet. She will spread 11,O0O yards
| of canvas. The bowsprit is of steel and 40
| feet long cupboard. The ship is hand
| somely furnished
The brig Sea Wait, Captain Won Dahleren,
arrived yesterday, 56 days from Apia,
| Which was recovered from the wrecked
| United States war vessels down there, and
which Is consigned to Lorentz Foard.
| The British ship Ben Dovran has cleared
for Cork with 60, 446 centals of wheat, value
SIS, 800, and the Dumbarton Rock has
cleared for Dunkirk with 60,53S centals,
value $7s,70O.
| ARRIVALS OF COAL.
| Three coal-laden vessels arrived yesterday
with cargoes aggregatlng $500 tons. The
| ship Palestine brought 2400 tons from
| Tacoma, the steamer Wilmington 600 tons
from Coos Bay and the ship Occidental $500
tons from Seattle.
Honolulu dates of November 21st report
! the arrival of three vessels from San Fran
cisco, one from Eureka, one from Portland
en- route to Hongkong and two from Puget
Sound; also the Girvan from Liverpool and
Wakefield from New York.
The Dawpoul left Liverpool on Thursday,
making nineteen ships on the way from that
port to San Francisco, of which four are out
from 100 TO 1876 days. Two more have been
entered out to follow.
The steamer George w. Elder Captain
Lewis, arrived yesterday, 81 hours from
Portland, 48 from Astoria, bringing 1860 tons
of wheat, consigned to the Pacific Coast
Elevator Company.
Captain L. j. Conner has been placed In
command of the ship Richard Ill and Cap
tain w. Ii. Harrington has assumed CON-
mand Of the schooner Orient.
The bark Mary Glover, Captain Seabury,
arrived In port last evening after passage
Of II days from Port Discovery. The vessel
left here on March 21st last for Port Dis