The morning call., 1890-06-06
SEA AND SHORE.
A Schooner Returns to Port with
Her Captain Sick.
Captain Cavalry Presented With Flag-Lat.
est News From the Emily-How Vessels
are Loaded at Outside Ports"

The schooner Bill the Butcher, Captain john
son. left here on Wednesday for Bowens Land
Ing. Yesterday afternoon she returned TO port,
and 1t was reported, when she passed Meiggs
Wharf, that she had returned on account of one
of the crew being sick. The schooner dOcked at
Section ! of the sea-wall, and as soon as she did
So a carriage was called and the sick man was
brought ashore by two of the crew and placed
In it and the driver told to take him to Sixteenth
and Bay streets, Oakland.
The sick man, IL was learned, was the captain
OF the schooner and lie was evidently partly de-
mented AS the sailors brought him ashore, he
rubbed his hands over his eyes and said, "What
Is the weather, boys [ can't see anything; the
schooner seems upside down." II is stated that
Captain johnson is a firm follower OF Mrs. Wood
worth, who caused the religious excitement In
Oakland III April last. AT the time the tidal
wave expected, it Is said that he placed all his
family on board the schooner SO that they might
be saved.
The weather was thick and foggy az Point
Lobos yesterday and the wind light from the
south, until o'clock in the afternoon, when II
hauled TO the west blowing then sixteen miles
an hour. The barometer read: O'CLOCK in the
morning, 1923; noon, 1921; 8 o'clock in the
evening, 3o.15.
LATEST FROM THE EMILY.
The Oregon Coal and Navigation Company's
steamer Ajax arrived yesterday thirty-seyen
hours from Coos Bay. She brought number of
passengers, twenty cords OF matchwood, 700 tons
OF coal and SlSS7 treasure. On the way down the
Ajax touched at Mack's Arch and spoke the
steamer Emily, which put in there in a leaky con.
dillon ou Sunday last
The steamer is damaged aft so that her pro-
peller viii not work, aud If IL would all the
steam she can raise is needed 10 work the pumps,
which Just manage TO Keep the vessel clear. The
Ajax spoke the Emily on Wednesday afternoon,
and ihe Tug Sea King which went to her relief,
was then off Trinidad, sixty miles south The
Sea King with the Emily in tow is expected TO
arrive here his evening.
The Emily arrived safely in port at 1890
O'Clock last evening, being 10 days from Coos
Bay and SO hours from MackS Arch. The Sea
King placed pumps on board the Emily, and then
started 10 tow her down. on Point Arena size
let go, the Emily was then pretty clear Of wa
ter and from there the Emily came down under
her own steam. After striking the bar all her
decKload. consisting OF lumber aud railroad
Ton was jettiSoned TO tighten her.
The ship Clara was spoken on May 22d in
latitude 370 north, longitude 45o west; the
SilYeIcray on The Il Ii, In latitude 29o north,
longitude AZ west; the ST. Chal les on the 18th,
In Latitude 800 north, longitude 42o west; the
Beecroit on the Sth, In latitude 34o south, lpngl.
tude 1872 west; the Guy c. GOss on the 7tb, In
latitude 25o north, Longitude 124o A. west the
Queens I>laud on The 23d, in latitude 3So mouth,
longitude AGO west, aud he DumfrlesshiIe on
The ION, in latitude loo north, longitude So
west
SHE HAD TO LET HER co.
The schooner Excelsior left here on Tuesday
for Eureka Humboldt Bay, IN low OF ille steamer
National CiGy. II tie weather proved favorable
the steamer was 10 low the vessel to her destina-
tion, as the humboldt Lumber Manufacturers
Association was ANXIOUS 10 load her with rough
clear lumber for the Sound. The National CITY,
Il was learned by Telegraph arrived al Hum
bodt yesterday but had to drop her tow on The
way.
The new schooner Micronesia, recently
launched by Captain Turner from the ship-yard
at Bencia, came down yesterday and docked at
Mission No. /. AS her httIugs are COM
pleted she will sail for Micronesia, where she
Will be engaged In trading beIwe u the Islands
She IS owned by parties III Germany.
The steamer Humboldt, Captain Jessen, ar
rived yesterday, twenty hours from Eureka
bringing 81 cabin and II steerage passengers
Among her cargo were 2S boxes OF butter, $50
sacks Ui oats aud S3l70 treasure.
The schooner Edward f. Webster which has
been undergoing extensive repairs at Benicia,
came down yesterday and locked at Mission
No. l.
LOADING AT OUTSIDE PORTS
The BRIG Deacon has sailed for Noyo In tow OF
the stramer Noyo. There she Will load lumber
for Caliao. The Deacon was built at Bath, Me,
IN 1868, and for the last twenty years las traded
between ports on the Paelhe Coast. AT Noyo,
which Is known as an outside p0rt," aud where
she VIII load railroad ties. wire lackslay Is
stretched from Inc top OF The bluf TO buoy.
The vessel VIII be moored midway between the
buoy aud the shore and the ties in slIngs will be
lowered down The .jackstay onto l2x12 timber
placed over the hatcn to break The fall. Outside
port loading is exciting work.
The steamship City OF Pekng, which beat her
record on her Homeward trip from Yokohama,
as mentioned yesterday, also beat any ol her
previous records on the outward passage to
Yokohama. On her arrival there, Captain
CayaTly was presented by tile residents with
handsome silken flag The steamer brought
here 1880 tons Of cargo, including sixty car
loads OF tea
Dunsmuir & Sons steam collier Costa Riea
has been laid up at Esquimalt owing to the
strike at the Wellington mines. All lhe crew,
including the captain. has been paid of.
Tie Blitlsh ship Bidston hill dragged her
anchor u The stream on Wednesday evening,
without, however, doing or sustaining any dam
The revenue steamer Richard Rush left yes.
teIday afternoon on Il cruise.
PROBABLE LOSS OF A BARK.
Nothing has been heard OF the j. II. Hustede,
which lelt Victoria, b. C., on October 18Th last
for London with cargo of $4,000 cases OF
salmon. When she lett the captain bet 500
that he would arrive in London before the I.eDu,
which arrived home some weeks ago Eighty
FIVE guineas per cent has been paid on the vessel
at Lloyd's, and II is almost certain that She has
gone TO The bottom. The Husiede is an iron
bark, flying The German flag, ana was built at
Glasgow last year. Captain Reiners Is III com.
mand.
r. ID. Hume has purchased the tug Katie Cook
half-oad his vessels at tile mill and then finish at
The mouth OF the river by means OF lighters.
Captain Dan Haskell OF tie tug Relief received
letter yesterday, the envelope Of which was
covered with curious questions and bleroglyph.
les. II came from Foss Canton, Switzerland.
The brlgantne T. w. Lucas has arrived at
Portland from Eureka with a cargo OF redwood
lumber. She was lowed up from Astoria by the
old steamer Clara Parker.
sAILINGS OF STEAMERS.
The steamer City of Rio dc Janeiro sailed from
| Hong-KOng for this port on Tuesday, aud the
| Gaelic arrived there on Wednesday. The San
| Bias sailed from Acapulco for Panama Satur-
| day last, and the Colima lelt Panama for this
| port On Sunday.
The rkenline Modoc has been chartered to
load a cargo of lumber on Puget Sound Tor Taku,
| China. Pope & Talbot are the charterers.
Captain Underwood Will take command of the
barkenIine ). n. Castle, vice Captain Ii. l.. Hub
| bard, who is very sick.
The schooner Maxim arrived yesterday from
| Caspar aud proceeded up river direct.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The blrkentue North Bend shifted from Fol-
| som street 10 Howard No. 1, and III The evening
went to sea
The yacht Lurllne left yesterday on a cruise to
| Santa Cruz.
The barkentine j. NJ. Griffith came over from
| Oakland and docked at Beale street.
The ship Ardmlllan will go 10 sea to-day.
The Robert SeaTles went on the Merchants
| Dry-dUck TO be cleaned and painted.
Inc ship Two Brothers came from Alameda
| and docked ut Fremont street.
The Bdston Hill will dock al Mission No. to-
day, taking The berth Of the Bohemia, which Will
| go the stream.
The Twn Rrothars will On IN saa rn.dav and