Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-08
TWO SEALERS SEIZED
In Bering Sea by United States Cut
tiers for Illegal Fishing.
ONE is A BRITISH SCHOONER.
Turned over by Revenue Officers to an En-
glish Man-Of-War.
A YANKEE VESSEL HELD AS A PRIZE

WASHINGTON, Aug 7.-Captain Coul-
son, commanding the revenue cutter Rush,
reports to the Treasury Department under
date of Ounalaska, July 9. that on the 9Th
inst, while cruising to the northward of
Unimak Pass with his command, for the pur-
pose of warning vessels in pursuit OF seals
not to enter Bering Sea, he fell in with the
British schooner E. B. Marvin, Caleb Nc
Dowell, master, of Victoria, B. c., having
on board % men and all the implements
raft, etc.-necessary for sealing. Upon be-
ing hailed Captain Mcdowell said he was
sealing Captain Coulson therefore low
cred boat and sent Lieutenants Newcomb
and Cantwell to board and thoroughly ex-
anime the vessel
1t was then ascertained that the Marvin
had been boarded on July by the United
States ship Thetis near the island of Unga,
and furnished with a copy of the Presi-
dents proclamation, and the necessary
warning was given to the master not to
enter the Bering sea for the purpose Of
sealing On that occasion the master re-
ported that he chad no sealskins on board. 7"
He refused to allow the boarding officers Of
the Thetis to indorse on his register the fact
that he had been notified, and is reported
dS Dc1HS OtucIWlse uuClNAl-
FRESH sEALsKINs FOUND.
On examination BY the officers of the
Rush two fresh sealskins were found on
board The circumstances of the case and
the evident intent of the master to continue
sealing, notwithstanding the warning, was
considered sufficient by Captain Coulson to
Justify the seizure of the vessel. Lieutenant
Quinan was placed on board, and the vessel,
ar
delivered into the custody of Lieutenant
Commander Mead, U. S. N, commanding
the steamer Alki, and were subsequently,
turned over to Captain Turner, of H. B. NJ.
ship Nymphe which arrived at Ounalaska
on the 7th inst.
Captain Hooper, commanding the revenue
steamer Corwin, reports to the Treasury
Department under date of Ounalaska, July
18, the seizure of the American schooner La
Ninfa, Of San Francisco, near St. Pauls
Island, on the 18th inst, for violation Of
the Presidents proclamation. This vessel
was boarded in Bering Sea and warned by
the United States steamer Thetis on the 7th
inst and certificate to that effect Endorsed
on her manifest. She had then on board 10
sealskins. Instead of needing the warning
to leave, the La Ninfa remained there until
seized seven days later by the Thetis.
No additional skins were found on board.
HELD AS A PRIZE.
Third Lieutenant Johnston was placed in
charge of the prize, with detail of four
armed men, with orders to proceed to
Ounalaska The Corwin arrived there on
the 10th instant, and will await the arrival
of the La Ninfa.
On July Is, the United States ships Mo-
hican, Alert and Thetis, and the
British ships Nymphe and Pheas-
ant were cruising in Bering Sea-
The Mohican and Rush were at st. Paul's
Island on the 18th inst. Eighty sealing
vessels are known to be in the
sea, or on their way there. Captain Hooper
says there has been great deal of fog,
which makes it difficult to find the sealers;
but of those boarded, the catch has been
small, OIL account of rough, windy weather.
The Treasury Department is in
formed that the revenue steamer
Bear, Captain Healy commanding.
sailed from Ounalaska, June go for
Point Barrow, Alaska, and touched ut the
Seal Islands for the purpose of leaving the
instructions to the Treasury agents to limit
the catch of the Alaska Commercial COM
pany this season to Z, 800 sealskins. 1t is
learned from other sources that this COM
pany has already secured this number Of
skins, and that open sealing has been en-
tirely suspended for the season.