The morning call., 1890-05-11
ITEMS FROM
SEA AND SHORE.
Latest News From the Sealing
Scho0ners Up North.
A Ship Ashore Near Gedness Channel-Ths
Charleston Goes to sausalito-Taking
Kink Out of Hawser.

From private adyices received yesterday
from Victoria it is learned that the steamer
Lorne had returned from visit to the seal
ers and stations on the west coast of
Vancouver The captain reports:
There is little activity at any Of the
coast stations. The Indian crews are all
willing to ship for Behring Sea. The
Teresa, which refitted at Penneys station,
left 124 skins. The Ariel and the Black
Diamond will reft at Clayoquat and the
Beatrice at Ahousett. The sealers spoken
and supplied by the Lorne. which also
brought back their catches, were: The
Viva, with 262 skins; Pathfinder, 305; Mary
Taylor, ia. and the Kate, catch not given.
" The Venture was passed, but not
spoken. News was received that the G. Fl.
Upper had been reported since leaving
San Francisco, with one hundred odd skins,
sailing direct for the Behring. An old In
dian chief, who was met at Ahousett, said
he could not understand what was the mat
ter with the King George people, Their
big ships and fighting men, he said, seemed
to be all asleep when their sealing schoon-
ers were taken by the little American fight
ing boat. He was becoming ashamed 10
let people know that he was King
George"
AM AOIA1NOh AcbOIhn'
Advices received at the Merchants Ex-
change yesterday state that the ship Age
nor, which left New York for San Diego on
Friday, went ashore near Gedness Channel.
She was lowed off at night, leaking, and
towed back to the city. The Agenor is
fine wooden ship of 1414 tons net, built at
East Boston in 1870 B. B. Williams of
Boston is her owner. She has on board a
COR Of for ha
Spreckels Bros Commercial Company
The weather was cloudy at Point Lobos
yesterday and the wind all day from the
southeast, blowing from twenty to twenty
four miles an hour. The barometer read:
o'clock A. NJ, 1885; noon, 1888: o'clock
P. NJ, 29.S9.
The cruiser Charleston hove up anchor
yesterday and steamed over to Sausalito,
where she will probably lie for a day or
two before proceeding on her cruise to the
southwark.
The ship Alexander Gibson has cleared
at New York for this port in Sutton's Line,
and will be followed by the new ship st.
Mary and the General Knox.
A COINCIDENCE.
The bark Embeton, owned by P. Iredale
IL Co. of Liverpool, and bound for Portland
from Ardrossan, is at Port Stanley Falk-
land Islands, where she put in in distress.
The ship Astoria. belonging to the same
firm and bound from Maryport for New
Westminster, is now also reported at Port
Stanley in distress, she having been badly
damaged during heavy weather in the At
lantc.
Captain James F. Murphy, well known
here as master of the ship w. f. Babcock,
will take command of the new ship Shenan-
doah, now nearing completion at Bath, Me.
The British ship Galatea has cleared for
Liverpool with cargo consisting of 10000
barrels of flour, valued at $50. 500, and IS, AT
centalS OF wheat, valued at S5l,S50.
The schooner Mary Deleo is fitting out at
Folsom No. for wrecking trip down the
coast. Captain Gruggel will 60 in COM
mand.
Ii. B. NJ. S. Warspite, the new flagship of
the British squadron in the Pacific, sailed
from Valparaiso for the north on Monday
last.
There are at present thirty-six vessels at
ports on Puget Sound, with an aggregate
tonnage OF 26,776.
A NOVEL TUG-oF-wAR.
Two of Spreckels' tugs, the Relief, Cap
tain Haskell, and the Active, Captain Nc
Iaughlin, had q novel tug-of-war yester-
day. A new coir hawser for towing pur-
poses was received at the dock and it was
determined to stretch it to take out the
kinks. Swivel-hooks were placed in each
end of the hawser aud each tug made one
end fast on board ana then steamed out
into the bay off the Oceanic Dock. The
tide was running ebb and the Relief headed
Each boat moved slowly until the hawser
was taut. and then full head of steam was
put on. For a few seconds the Active had
the advantage, the tide being in her favor.
Then, slowly but surely, the mascot got in
his work" and despite McLaughlin's shouts
to his engineer, the Relief lowed stern first
up the stream. After such a strain it is
safe to say there are now no kinks in the
hawser
The ship Ventura, for this port, was
spoken on February oath in latitude 90
south, longitude GO west, and the Crown of
England on May 7th in latitude 49o north,
longitude 80 west.
The Truckee Lumber Company's new
steamer Truckee was documented yester-
day.
The steamer Belgic left Yokohama for
this port yesterday.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The ship Columbia hauled into the stream
from Long Bridge yesterday.
The German ship Theodore and schooner
Fred E. Sander will tow to sea to-day.
The Oceana Vance is discharging her
cargo of sugar at the refinery.
The Momentum locked at Berry and Third
streets
The steamer Wellington went to Pacific
street.
The E. B. Sutton went to Port Costa to
load cargo of wheat for Rio de Janeiro.
The Germania has gone TO Port Costa to
discharge.
Andrew Weir & Co.'s new vessel the
HaZelbank has arrived at Port Townsend
from Liverpool, after good passage of lit
days.