The morning call., 1890-12-15
SEA AND SHORE.
Prospects Are Coed for Raising
the Wrecked Undine.
Quick Passages Made BY Vessels From the
Islands-The British Ship Viscount o.
dered to Portland, Oregon.

which arrived yesterday from Hueneme re-
ports: On December 18th at 9 80 o'clock in
the evening, in the latitude of Ventura, ten
miles off, sighted light, supposed to be a
steamers headlight; on nearing it proved to
be the sloop Ariel of Santa Barbara hooked
on to the sunken steam yacht Undine. The
prospects were good for raising the Undine
on the following morning and towing her to
Santa Barbara.
The steamer Corona, Captain Hannah, ar
rived Yesterday nineteen and half hours
from Eureka, bringing sixty-SiX cabin and
fifteen Storage passengers. Among the
former were Colonel Benyard and Major
Heuer, United States Engineers, who have
been inspecting the harbor Improvements at
Eureka. Among the cargo brought by the
steamer were 11,6SS feet lumber, al boxes
apples, 132 boxes fresh fish and a large guam
tity of butter.
RETURNED IN BALLAST.
By the steamer Corona word was received
that the schooner Oceana Vance arrived at
Eureka on Friday after passage of Go days
from Sydney. n. S. w. The schooner left
Eureka for Sydney on June 10Th with a
cargo of 3S7,4S1 feet of lumber and arrived
at her destination after passage of GA days.
1t was intended that she should return with
a cargo of coal, but owing to strike among
the miners she was unable to obtain any,
and after waiting AZ days was forced to re-
turn in ballast.
The steamer Mexico, Captain Won Helms,
arrived yesterday, 9 days from Guaynas.
bringing cabin and % steerage passengers.
Among her cargo were 4 bales iSh-finS, IS
bales Damiana, go sacks Tarote bark, 473
boxes oranges, u live turtles, 134 bars
bullion, value S129, 906; boxes Mexican
coin. SS4lO and 10 sacks poip ST5f0
MADE QUICK PASSAGE.
The British ship CIackmanna shire. Cap
tain Copper, arrived in port yesterday after
noon after quick passage of lbs days
from London with cargo OF general mer-
chandise for Giryin. Baldwin IL Eyre
Among her cargo ares599 tons of scrap-ron,
5000 barrels Portland cement, 80 barrels
Stockholm tar and 200 cases Hungarian
water
The brig Percy Edward, Captain Ander-
son, arrived yesterday after a very quick
passage of % days from the Marquesas. with
cargo of general me chandiSe for A. Craw-
ford & Co. Among her cargo are 1l5 tons
copra. 1877 bales cotton, 81 bales fungus.
92l0 cOcoanuts, 3 bales wool and $50 oranges.
The brig W. g. Irwin made the passage
up from Honolulu in the quick time of IL
days, and the j. ID. Spreckels came up from
Kahului in 1917 days.
ORDERED TO PORTLAND.
The British ship ViscOunt. Captain Hay,
which left Callao for this port about two
months ago, consigned TO Meyer, Wilson &
Co., was spoken off Point Reyes on Satnr-
day night by the tug Vigilant, and from her
received orders to. proceed to Portland, Ore
gon. There the Niscount will load wheat
for Europe.
The weather was hazy at Point Lobos
yesterday, and the wind light from the
northeast until noon, when it hauled to the
northwest. The barometer read: o'clock
n a MORNING ~
in the evening, 1922
THE ALAMEDA DELAYED.
The steamer Alameda, which should have
sailed on. Saturday for Honolulu and the
colonies. did not get away until dusk last
evening, being delayed by the late arrival
OF the English mails. She carried large
list of passengers. including Phil Archibald,
Ike Weir and Reddy" Green, who are
bound for Sydney. Among the passengers
for Honolulu are DR.. L. c. Lane and wife.
The Alameda will touch at Apia, Samoa, to
land Chamberlain de Cedercrantz. The new
Chief Justice of Samoa, and Lieutenant Ulf-
SPARE, his secretary.
The ferry-steamer Newark is now recev-
ing extensive repairs at Long VIII arr, Oak
land, and having her ends so shaped as to
permit OF her landing at the bread gauge
slips on the other side. When the work is
completed the steamer will be placed on the
route from Oakland pier to this side and the
Piedmont will be laid off for thorough re-
pairs. The Piedmont has never been on the
ways since she first went on the line. When
she is repaired the Oakland will be laid off.
A TRIAL TRIP.
The new tug Katy O'Neal. built by the
Atlas Iron Works. made trial trip on the
bay yesterday, which was successful in
every respect. She left La Rue's Wharf at
l0O'clOck IN the morning with party of in
vlted guests and returned to her dock at 8
o'clock in the evening
j. e. Downie, formerly Of the Pomona,
has succeeded Mr.. Hover, as purser on the
Corona. If he will jot down on his passen-
ger list the total of cabin as we'll as Storage
passengers he will save the marine reporters
considerable counting
Bendixsen, the Eureka shpbuilder, eX-
poets to launch his fifth and last vessel this
year few days after Christmas. This will
credit Eureka with the building of six YES
sells for the year 1890.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
The ship Oriental came down from Port
Costa yesterday and anchored in the stream
The Blue Jacket and the Inchkeith lowed
to sea.
The bark George T. Manson will 20 to
Long Bridge to-day.
The General Butler locked at Third street.
The w. G. Irwin docked at Folsom No.
on arrival.
The bark Embleton has again sailed for
her destination. having left MoDtevideo De-
cember Sd for Puget Sound. This vessel
left Ardrossan on her present trip 523 days
ago. and, if there be no further drawbacks,
will reach this Coast in about 600 days from
the time of her departure from Scotland
There is a superstition that she will never
reach her destination, because of her many
misf0rtunes.