Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-07-27
BEHRING SEA PATRoLLED.

Ffvc American and Two British
War Vessels EHectually Block the
Entrance-Sealing Prohibited I'm
the Sea-0ne Vessel Taken Captive
and Two Others Fired Upon For
Disobeyfng Orders-An Vessels are
Warned Not to Enter the Sea Under
Penalty of Seizure.
VIcToRIA5 B. c., July 26.-The United
States steamer Marion sailed for Behring
sea to-day. Commander Hitchcock of the
Alert was passenger and will rejoin his
own ship. Sealing is certainly stopped in
Behring sea and all the Victoria fleets are
now on the way home. The entrance to
Behring sea is effectually blocked and is
now patrolled by five American and two
British war vessels. The latter are the
Nymphe and the Pheasant and the United
States vessels are the revenue cutters Bear,
Rush and the Corwin and the gunboats
Thetis and Mohican.
Last night the Victoria sealing schooner
E. B. Marvin arrived from the north, hay
ing been seized by the Rush and turned
over to the Nymphe. The Marvin was
notified at Sand Point by the Rush that
sealing was prohibited in the sea, and af-
ter being furnished with copy of the
proclamation of President Harrison, was
ordered not to attempt to go into Behring
sea under penalty of seizure. No atten-
ton was paid to the warning and Captain
McDougall sailed for the sea determined
to wait until notified by British
vessel. He was overhauled at Ounalaska
afterward by the Rush and taken captive.
The schooner was turned over by the Rush
to the Nymphe, who ordered Captain Nc
Dougal to proceed here and wait further
orders The Marvin's officers say that
nearly every schooner has received notice
and they will certainly be sliced if they at
tempt to enter the sea after being warned.
The Marvin brought news that on July 7
the sealer La Nymphe of San Francisco
was fred on by the Thetis between st.
George and st. Paul islands. She tried to
escape from the Thetis, but was brought
up by shot Another schooner, name
unknown, was also fred on but succeeded
in escaping.
A few hours after the Marvin arrived
schooner Walter L. Rich entered the har-
Dor. The captain of the Rich says he was
about to enter Behring sea on July %,
gunboat Thetis and handed copy of the
proclamation. The captain was then
warned of the consequences should he ig-
more the warning. The Rich cruised off
the pass for several days and then started
for Victoria She got twenty -one skins
after being notified by the Thetis.
The American schooner Albert Walker,
whose owner is at Kodiak, was also warned
at the same time as the Rich. Several
schooners are said to be already in the sea-
A number of them are intending to go in
and hunt seal on the Russian shore and
defy both the United States and British
At 1 o'clock this morning July 26),
schooner Ainoka entered the harbor here.
The captain reports seventeen British and
American sealers were caught June 27 off
Alitak Bay by the Thetis and warned not
to enter Behring Sea on pain of instant
seizure. The captain of the Ainoka de-
cided to abide by the order and returned
to Victoria, but some of the schooners in
tended to try and enter Behring Sea and
hunt seals on the Russian shore. Ainoka
left Alitak Bay June %.
A Vancouver despatch says: The Van
couver Belle was the first of the sealing
fleet to return. She arrived with twenty
eight skins. She had just entered Behring
Sea on July s when she was warned by
the United States cutter, Corwin, to leave
and she returned accordingly. At that
time twenty-nine sealers had been warned.
The schooner E. B. Marvin had taken four
teen skins when she was seized by the
Rush. The Vancouver Belle brings news
that the schooner Beatrice lost a boat and
three men.