The morning call., 1890-12-20
SEA AND SHORE.
Report of Captain Copper of the
Clackmannanshire.
Cargo Of the Schooner Maggie C. Russ-Ar
rival Of the Eelgic-Cossting Steamers
Making Long Passages.


Clackmannanshire. from London, yesterday
gave the following interesting account of an
incident which occurred on the passage:
On November 23d at 6 :15 A. NJ. a remarkable
phenomenon was seen, being very strong
tide rip, about fifty feet wide, stretching
from horizon to horizon in q southeast and
northwest direction, and travelling from
northeast to southwest. On meeting the ship
it swung her head off three points, but it was
passed in about four minutes, and was foam,
ing very much. In the rip as far as could be
seen were numbers of large turtle and sew
eral kinds of fish, all being carried with it.
After the rip was passed very strong cur.
rent was visible setting to he northward.
This occurrence took place in latitude 70 10
north, longitude 1170 q west.
Between noon on the 22d of November
and noon on the next day an uncommnnly
strong current was experienced, which set
the ship ninety-sX miles in north 30 east
direction. After losing the northeast trades
the wind freshened up between north
northeast and northeast, leading the ship to
the northwest as far as longitude 1919 "a
west.
THE STRANDED MAGGIE C. RUSS.
The schooner Maggie c. Russ, which was
reported by telegraph yesterday as having
been blown ashore during a gale at Hum
boldt Bay. was laden for San Jose de Guate-
mala and had on board a cargo valued at
SS1S2. 1t included redwood and pine lum-
Der, molding, housefnishings, zinc, ETC.,
shipped by c. A. Hooper & Co. of this city.
The lumber. holdings, ETC., included COM
plete materials for modern Westinghouse,
intended to be erected at San Jose de Guate-
mala for the exposition to be opened there
some time during next May.
The Hamburg Packet Company's new
steamship the Prince Bismarck has been
launched at Stettin. She is the largest
steamer ever constructed in Germany. being
$40 feet long, 81 y feet wide and IS feet deep,
The engines are of 5000 horse power, with
guaranteed speed of twenty knots an hour.
The weather was foggy in the forenoon
and clear in the afternoon at Point Lobos
yesterday, and the wind all day light from
the northwest. The barometer read: s
O'Clock in the morning 3017, noon 1920 and
8 o'clock in the evening 1921. The bar was
breaking all day.
ARRIVAL OF THE BELGIC.
The steamer Belgc, Captain Walker, ar
rived yesterday, twenty-three days from
Hong-kong and fifteen and half days from
Yokohama. She brought sixteen cabin pas
seGgers and twenty Europeans, ten Japan
csc and seventy Chinese in the steerage.
From Yokohama to the meridian the steam
er encountered strong northeasterly gales
and high seas, thence 10 port moderate
winds and seas.
Among the cargo were 32,002 mats rice.
Gill chests tea. $50 packages raw silk, 1898
OF OIL, 81 OF opium, "a OF spice, SiI sacks col
fee, 200 pack ages gambler, % of cigars and
500 bales OF hemp. Among the twenty Eu-
ropean steerage passengers by the steamer
were eighteen shipwrecked seamen from
the yacht Nyanza, whaling bark Lancer
and the {. c. Ford, whose wrecks have al
ready been noted.
Alex McGrew, the great statistician, states
that at the present day there are always
3,500,000 people afioat on the seas of the
world.
MAKING LONG PASSAGES.
All the coasting steamers that arrived
yesterday from the north encountered rough
weather, and all made long passages. The
steamer humboldt was 81 hours on the trip
from Eureka, the Point Arena 90 hours from
Crescent City, the Columbia 56B hours and
the Oregon 81 hours from Astoria.
The whaling steamer William Lewis will
go to sea to-day in command of Captain Gil
ley, who has had such a disastrous expert
ence ashore recently, having been taken to
the PesthUuse and again burned ont at the
Potrero Captain Sherman Will take COM
mand of the Lewis at Honolulu.
Among the deep-wateT arrivals yesterday
we've two German ships, the Clara, Captain
kaufman, and the Adelaide. Captain Braun.
The former made the passage from Liver
pool il 156 days, and the latter was 149 on
the passage from Hull.
The United States steamer Bear will be
laid up. The crew of the United States
steamer Alert Will be discharged, as it will
take fully two months more to complete her
repairs.
THE PAsToRIzA ALL RIGHT AGAIN.
About two months ago it was mentioned
in this column that the Chilean bark Pas
toriZa, Captain Real, while bound from Port
Townsend for Iquique, lumber laden. had
put into San Diego in distress. 1t was
learned yesterday that Captain Real. who is
owner of the bark, has left San Diego for
his home IN Valparaiso, Chile, and that
Captain H. Hughes of Oakland has been
placed in command of the vessel, which
having been repaired will leave in a few
days for her destination.
L. n. Paddock has resigned the position
be has held so loLg as purser on the steamer
North Fork, and sailed on the steamer China
as freight clerk. W. Summons of Arcata
Will succeed Mr. Paddock ON the North Fork.
The clipper ship w. ID. Lincoln has been
chartered to load a iull cargo of water pipes
at Philadelphia for Seattle. She receives
SO ton for freight.
The ship Alameda, bound for this port,
was spoken on November 4th in latitude
20 s. north. longitude 37o 40' west
WILL BE POSTED AS MISSING.
me steamer Stfatnearn, from Java Tor
this port with sugar, will be posted by
Lloyd's as missing to-day. A premium of 10
per cent is also being paid to reinsure cargo
ON the steamer Strathclyde, on the way from
the saEle port and overdue.
The Indiana and Ulrica have arrived at
England 136 and 1913 days hence The
former sailed from this port four days ahead
of the Ventura, caught in a cyclone. The
Malaysia and Anna which sailed after the
Ventura, have yet to be heard from.
The sloop Michael Isaac, Captain Casey,
has been fitted out in good style and will
leave to-day for Nicasio.
Hobbs, Wall d Co.'S new steamer Del
Norte had her masts stepped at Folsom
street Wharf yesterday.
The whaling steamer William Lewis hauled
into the stream from Howard street,
The w. f. ,Babcock locked at the sugar