The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-11
SEA AND SHORE.
News From Port Townsend Re.
garding the Sealers.
The Schooner Sylvia Handy viii Be Sold at
Auction-Latsst Tidirgs From Jaluit
strauding Of the Derelict Raft.
The Port Townsend correspondent of tie

The Port Townsend correspondent of the
| Daily Commercial News, under date of
July It'll, says:
The general opinion prevails In Victoria that
two fleet sailing craft have been fitted out
armed aud equipped and sent to Beh ring Sea to
aid tile British sealing vessels 10 resist capture
| by the American revenue cutters. Most of the
British seaers, ii Is generally understood, armed
| their crews and are evidently prepared 10 give
| the cutters brush" this season. Captain
| Hooper OF the CorwiD who is here awaiting sail
| ing orders, does not anticipate any trouble in
the seas from armed pflvateers. The Biitishers
in Victoria, however, expect 10 see small sized
war this summer. The Rush sailed from here
last Monday for the north.
The schooner Sylvia Handy, with her
tackle and apparel, will be sold at noon to-
day by the United States Marshal, to satisfy
judgment rendered in favor Of Frank
johnson.
The weather was hazy at Point Lobos
yesterday. calm prevailed until noon
when a light breeze sprang Up from the
west, bringing in Whole fleet Of schoon-
ers. The barometer read: o'clock in the
morning, 1902; noon, 80; o'clock in the
evening, 1886.
The slip Scottish Dales sailed from New
castle, n. 5. W., for this port on Tuesday,
and the ship Crown Of lndia, also for this
port, sailed from Antwerp on Wednesday,
AN ARRIVAL FROM EUREKA.
The steamer Humboldt arrived from
Eureka yesterday, having made the passage
in twenty hours. She brought forty-ive
a large list Of fr eight. Among her freight
were seventy-fye bales of wool SeVenty-tve
sacks of peas, thirty nine boxes Of butter
and 1882 Il easure.
The steam tug Robarts, recently pur-
chased by Captain Smith and others, has
hppp chartered nv tnp lpnutV Fish Com
missiOners for use in catching violatOrs of
the law on the river. She made one trip on
Wednesday, but no arrest was made. Last
evening she left on another expedition.
The steamer City Of Puebla, Captain
Debney, arrived at o'clock yesterday
afternoon, rather sooner than she was eX-
pected, after 4 quick passage of 81 hours
from Victoria. She brought So cabin and
IS steerage passengers aud large list OF
freight.
The ship Wendur, for this port, was
spoken on Jnly 4th in latitude AZ north,
longitude 80 west.
TIDINGS FROM JALUIT.
A. Crawford u Co. of this port, who do a
large business with Islands in the South
Seas, have received from their agents at
Jaluit. one of the Marshall group, advices
forwarded to Sydney by The German man
Of-war AleXandrine. From them it Is
learned that the British scho oner ViudeX,
which was built at Auckland fourteen years
ago and was used for some time as pilot
boat had been chartered by German firm
to 60 to Samoa ana then trade among the
Islands. When she arrived at Majiro she
was sold for 100000 pounds OF copra at a
cent pound.
AS showing the increase of trade at
Jaluit, the letters stated that from October
%, 1889, to May a. 1880 125 vessels had ar
rived or sailed from that port. Most of
them were loaded with copra from the
neighboring islands. When the mail lett
by the Alexahdrlne the bark Glrder was
being loaded by A. Crawford 81 &c. with
500 tons of copra for Europe.
The United States lighthouse tender
Manzanita is ly ing at Folsom Ne. 2 to re-
ceive new boilers and have q general over
hauling. Her Old boilers will be taken out
to-day and the new ones, being built by the
RiSdOn, are about completed. George Ross
has removed the decks necessary to take
out the old boilers.
The new owners of the bark Alex Mcneil
are Captain Sanders, Mr.. Miller, Mr.. Brown
and others. 1t is understood that the price
paid was $4,000.
THE DERELICT RAFT.
Captain Nichols of the steamer Coos
Bay, which arrived yesterday from Fort
Bragg, states that he saw on his passage
down the section of raft that broke adrift
from the tow of tie steamer South Coast.
1t had dritted ashore six miles southeast of
Point Arena. The Coos Bay is as much a
perpetual motion" steamer as the Gypsy.
She only arrived at o'clock yesterday
morning and at O'Clock in the afternoon
she sailed on the return trip.
The British ship Clayburn has cleared for
Liverpool with general cargo, valued at
loo, including 10000 pounds OF cotton,
a, 729 pounds copper matte, $500 cases
canned fruit, 277 packages leather. 24j0 gal
Ions wine and 63, go centals wheat lntran-
sit for Bremen she has 1927 gallons brandy,
value S1396, and for France 800 gallons
wine, value SIS.
1t is understood that the steamer Hum
boldt, Captain Jessen, which runs on the
Eureka route, will be laid off couple of
trips to have an Overhaullng. 70 steamer
Will be put on in her place, and the Corona
will have to do all the work.
The steamer Santa Rosa will sail to-day
for san Diego and way ports, in place of
the Mexico. She has been laid up Tor seve-
raj months at Sausalito, and now the Mex
leo Will be laid up.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The ship Columbia locked at Mission
No. yesterday.
The 5. p. Hitchcock shifted from Mission
Rock to Section of the sea-wall.
The Mariposa came down to Folsom
street.
The bark Alden Besse and the schooner
Dora Bluhm went to the sugar refinery
The brig C0nsuelo locked at Howard
No. B.
The Alex Mcneil will go to Howard No.
to-day. and the Alicia will tow to sea.
The ship Palestine left the Union Iron
Works and locked at Beale street.
The Fannie Adele went to Harrison
street.
The Fortuna came from Oakland Creek
and locked at Green street.
The ship Joseph S. Spinney towed from
Alameda Mole to the Mail Dock.
The bark Vidette locked at Fremont
street.
The ship Ulrica will dock at Oakland to-
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