The morning call., 1891-10-22
SEA AND SHORE.
Arrival Of the Alexander III From
Russian Waters.
Departure Of the City Of Peking-Death Of a
Ships Captain-Grain Coming in Guam
tities-Movements Of Vessels.

| RUSSIAN SedlSKin company. OdPldlu
| GrOenbeTg reported no late news Of the
\ schooner J. Hamilton Lewis and her i'm
| prisOned crew captured in Russian waters
| and held for trial for pOaching. The case
against the men looks bad, and the authori-
ties claim to have strong proof. The vessel,
on conviction, is liable to confscation and
the men to imprisonment.
The Alexander II reports very pleasant
voyage down from Alaskan waters with
favoring winds. While at Petroplulovski,
just before departure for here. the United
States steamer Alert. on her way to Chinese
waters, touched there for coal. Her COM
mander, Captain Hitchcock, was i'll, and
the vessel was in command of the executive
officer The schooner Leon of the Russian
company is also en- route for this port with
about 5000 sealskinS.
Regarding the poaching off Copper Island
for which the schooner Lewis was CAP
| tured, Captain Groenberg says that It is
practiced TO an alarming extent by both
American and British craft. At one time
seventeen schOonerS we're counted standing
uff the island awaiting chance to send
boats crews ashore.
DEPARTURE OF THE PEKING.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company's
Hong-Kong yesterday. Her cabin pas.
sengers included DR.. Abercrombie, United
States Consul for Nagasaki, japan, and his
Secretary, j. NJ. Hardy; Miss Barrett and
Miss White for Hong-Kong; Is. K. Massie
and wife, J. A. Inges, John W. Paxton,
J. II. Allen and wife and DR.. and Mrs
Hugh Brown fer Yokohama. In the steeI-
age were four whites for Yokohama and
366 Chinese ior HoDG-Kong One poor
Celestial whom the Prking brought over,
came very nearly being carried back for
lack of a bond emitting him TO land. The
vessel was in the stream when his friends
came to his rescue and carried him ashore
in a launch.
The United States steamer Adams may be
placed at the disposal of the Naval Battal-
ion, n. q. c. The vessel is now undergoing
repairs at Mare Island, aud she will be con-
yerted into square-rigged sailing ship.
DEATH OF CAPTAIN CURRIE.
A cablegram from London Yesterday an
nounced tue death of Captain Currie of the
British ship Wanderer. She is new yes
Sci, and was on her way to this port when
she encOunterel bad storm In the channel
Her topgallant mast was carried away and
her sails split. Olher damage was done, and
the vessel put back for repairs. The par
ticulars of Captain Currie's death are not
stated but it is believed 10 have been caused
by an accident dufiug the storm Captain
Currie was well known IN this city, having
formerly been a trader here.
The whaling feet is daily expected
from the Arctic seas. w. K Wing an
Robert w. Bartlett, Eastern owners, are al
ready here awaiting the arrival of the New
Bedford fleet
The following specie was shipped by the
City of Peklng for Hong-kong yesterday:
Mexican dollars, S347. .337; gold coin, S10,-
rs; gold dust, $500. Total S35s, 552.
The fre-boat Governor Irwin is on the
dry-dOck for repairs
TRYING HARD TO REACH HOME.
P. Linnemaun, one Of the passengers by the
ha i4np ha NNit n n0t
soon forget. He was a passenger TO this
port on the schooner PannOnia, lost in the
South Seas. The crew and passengers were
saved. Mr.. Linnemann made his way to
the Caroline Islands, thence to Manila and
Hong-k Kong and hopes to be able now to
reach his home in Germany in safety.
Captlin Hanson of the schooner Christina
Steffens, which arrived from Timber Cove
yesterday, reports that Oh the night of Oc-
tober 18th she was in collision with the
steamer Jewel and that her cathead and
headgear were carried away.
The City of Rio Janeiro, from Hong
Hong, is due on the 31st. and the Oceanic
will leave for that port on the 81 prox.
The United States revenue cutter Thetls
will 20 to Mare Island to-day for an over
hauling on the dry-dock.
The steamship San Bias has arrived at
Panama after a voyage OF twenty days from
here.
NOT THE W. H. MACY.
The bark W. II. Macy. reported by
Chinese papers to have been badly damaged
by cyclone in Chinese waters, is not the
w. H. Macy known here. That craft is
lying in the stream loaded with grain and
waiting to sail for Europe Probably the
"W. II. Marcy was meant
Grain is arriving in such quantities that
there is a temporary blockade at Sections
and OF the sea-wall. Nearly sixty vessels
are under contract now III this port for car
goes of wheat and -four. Several are already
loaded and awaiting clearance papers.
The British ship Northernhay from Lon
don to San Francisco, was spoken on Sep
tember 2lst, in latitude Ito north, longitude
26' west, making fair progress in this direc-
ton. All were well on board.
The weather outside the heads Yesterday
was hay, with west wind. The barometer
stood 3003.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The moves yesterday were: The bark |
Robert 5. BesnaTd from stream to sea- ship |
Oriental from Oakland TO Beale, batk North |
west from Vallejo to Harrison, steamer
Morning Star from Merchants Dry-dock to |
Folsom, ship Sutherlandshre from Oak |
land to sea-wall, steamers Umatilla from |
Lombard to Broadway, willamette Valley |
from ssa-wall to Fremont and back, ship |
King Edward Union to stream, bark Cyno- |
sure stream to Oak land. bark Vidette from |
Fremont TO sea. steamer Costa Rica from
stream to Pacific, barge Seattle from Oak
ldnu creek 70 DealP, snip Y. >. Bement |
from the dry-dock to Fremont bark Argo |
Bay from stream to sea, ship Mort Trivian |
Long Bridge to Port Costa, ship Thomas
Stephens Berry to sea-wal, steamer Lakme |
Oakland TO Beale, ship Empire stream to
sea, ship Renee Rckmers stream to sea-
To-day the schooner King Cyrus will 90
from Fremont TO sea, the ship Lucille like
wise, ship Anglesey from stream to Green
street aud the ship Earl of Aberdeen from
Spear street to gas-works
DEPARTURES AND ARRIVALS.
Departures Yesterday were the steamers
Faralon and Wellington for Nanaimo, ship |
Lord Templeton for Queenstown, steamer |
san Pedro fol Tacoma. steamer Lucy Lowe
and schooner Rebecca for Humboldt, |
schooner Rose Sparks and bark Vidette for
Port Madison. The State Of California for
Portland, Umatila for Puget Sound ports
and Willamette Valley for Yaqulna will
leave to-day.
Arrivals were: Steamers Coos BAY from
Moss Landing, Louis Olsen from Fort Ross,
Point Iona from COsmOpolis, Yaquina
from Amesport, schooner Archie and Fontie
from Stewarts Point.
Heavy Cargo OF Opium.
Forty thousand dnllars' wnrth of oninn,