The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-20
SEA AND SHORE.
Departure of the Cruiser Charles.
ton for China.
Many People Disappointed Over Her Sudden
Leaving-In From Panama-Delay of the
MISUNDERSTANDING Movements.

| The United States cruiser Charleston left
| Mare Island at 80 o'clock yesterday after
noon and began her voyage to China The
cruiser passed out through the Golden Gate
| at 80 o'clock and as soon as she cleared
the heads she shaped her course for Homo
lulu. at which port she will call on her way
| to the Flowery Kingdom.
Quite number of people, many of whom
have relatives on board, were down along
the front, as they no doubt expected that
| the cruiser would make short stay at this
city, during which they might catch fare
we'll glimpse of loved ones, whom they will
not see again for many long months. At
the Clay-street boat-landing, little knot of
women waited in vain for the vessel and
were still waiting long after the cruiser had
passed out through the Golden Gate.
When told that the vessel had gone to sea
| one of the grOup-a rather pretty girl,
| dressed in black-turned deadly pale, and
| her lip QuIvered as she made brave at
| tempt to keep back the tears that filled her
eyes. The rest crowded around her and
| tried to cheer her.
HER ALL IS ON BOARD.
{" shall never see Johnny again." she
| exclaimed between her sobS, "and now
am alone in the world" 1t was learned
that both her husband and brother are on
| board the yeSsel-one as seaman and the
| other as oiler. Poor thing; she has only
been married ten days. Her mother and
| father are both dead, and all She has in the
world is on board the Charleston" ex-
| planned one of the women. But the Young
| wife refused to be comforted, and cried Bit
| terly.
Another woman, nearly 60 years old, told
| CALL reporter that her only son was also
| on board the Charleston. " | may never see
him again" she continued, but l know
| Jimmy is earning an honest living DOW, and
| he IS better off than he was here i'll San
! Francisco, where he often had to 20 to bed
| hungry" 1t was learned that her son had
| Joined the service as an apprentice.
| 1t will be a long time before the Charles
| ton again enters the Golden Gate as it is
| expected that she will go from China to
| New York in time 10 take part In reviews
| and evoutlons that are projected for the
new navy in 1892
IN FROM PANAMA.
The Pacific Mail steamship Acapulco ar
| rived from Panama and way ports yeSter-
! day morning. She brought no news of any
Importance and knew nothing at all about
| the seizure of the City of Panama. Nothing
| could be learned of the storm reported by
| the Newbern, because when the Acapulco
| arrived at MaZatlan everything bore the ac-
| being visible. The Acapulco brought fifty
| three white passengers and also in transit to
| China ten Chinese, who Will leave on the
| next steamer for China. By way of treas
ure she had S15S, ass in coin.
1t is learned that the mail steamship Mari
| posa was two days late in leaving Sydney
| for San Francisco, aud it is hardly ex-
| pected that she will be able to make up the
| lost time on the trip up.
Outside the heads the weather Yesterday
was very thick, with twenty-knot breeze
| from the southwest. The barometer stood
| 29.95.
ON THE DRY-DoCK TO PATCH UP.
The schooner Free Trade is on the Mer-
chants Dry-dOck repairing the damages
| sustained in her recent collision with the
| big schooner King Cyrus was also on The
dock being cleaned and painted. She came
off yesterday afternoon and docked at Har-
| risUn-street Wharf.
A dispatch from London states that the
British ship Marquis of Lorne is off Xii
| channel diSmasted. The ship was on her
way from Kobe to Yokohama and lost her
| spars in heavy gale
The steamer George w. Elder arrived in
| port yesterday i'll ballast from Callao, to
which port she took a cargo of provisions
| for J. w. Grace & Co.
WENT TO SEA.
The departures yesterday were the steam
| ers Oregon for Astoria, Los Angeles for
Eureka, the COsmopolis for Humboldt, the
| grain-laden ships Micronesia and Clan Mae
! farlaue for Queenstown, the Levi q. Bur-
CESS for Seattle. the bark Harry Morse for
| Tacoma ana the schooners Rio Rey, ReIi-
ance, Fortuna, Therese, Ralph j. Long and
| Portia for coast ports.
ARRIVALS OF THE DAY.
The arrivals were the steamers State of
California from Portland, Rival from Fort
Bragg. Santa Cruz from Port Hartford an
| Acapulco from Panama The schooner j.
| y. lngals came from Tres Marias with 40T
cedar logs and 10 tons of lignum vitae for
! w Olsen, and the Mayfower from Russian
Landing with cargo of lumber.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The moves yesterday were: The Clan
| Mackenzie to the rolling-mils, Kelburn to
Long Bridge, Scotia to Port Costa. steamer
| Haytian Republic to Mission street. Zealan-
dia to the sugar refinery and the A. j. Fuller
! dropped into the stream. To-day the Queen
of England, Valparaiso and Nicholas
Thayer will 60 to sea, the Galena will come
down from Port Costa, and the Dunisdale
will 90 up to load.