Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-28
SEAL PoAcnlNe SUSPENDED.
All the Entrances to I5ohrlng Sea Guardc
by Mnn-nf-L rnr

by Meu-of- War.
VICTORIA, =. c., July e9.-Sealing is
certainly stopped in Behring sea, and all
the Victoria fleets are now ON the way
home. The entrance to Behling sea is
etfectually blocked, and is now patrolled
by five American and two British war YES
sells. The latter are the Nymphe and the
Pheasant, and tho United States vessels
are the revenue cutters Bear, Rush and
Corwin and tho gunboats Thetis and
Mohican.
Seized and Ordered Home.
Saturday hight the Victoria sealing
schooner Il. Is, Marvin arrived from the
north, having been seized by the United
States cutter Rush and turned over TO
the Nymphe, the latter giving the Mar
yin orders to sail direct for this port and
remain here. The Marvin was notified
at Sand Point by the Rush that sealing
was prohibited in the sea, and after be-
ing furnished with copy of the procla-
nation Of President Harrison, was
ordered not to attempt to go into Beh-
ring sea under penalty of seizure. No
attention was paid to the warning, and
Captain McDougal sailed for the sea de-
terlnined 10 wait until notified by a
British vessel.
He was overhaulcd at Ounalaska
afterward by the Rush and taken cap
tive. The schooner was turned over by
the Rnsh to the Eymphe who ordered
Captain McDougal to proceed here and
wait further orders. The Marvin's Off
GERS say that nearly every schooner has
received notice and they will certainly
be seized if they attempt to enter the sea
after being warned.
The Marvin brought news that July
the sealer LaNymphe, of San Francisco,
was fired at 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 fired on, but
succeeded in escaping.
A few hours after the Marvin arrived
the schooner Walter l.. Rich entered the
harbor. The captain of the Rich says
he was about to enter Bohring sea on
July %, at Unimak Pass entrance to the
sea, when he was met by the United
States gunboat Thetis, and handed a
copy of the proclamation. The captain
was then warned of the consequence
should he ignore the warning. The Rich
crnised off the pass for several days, and
then started for Victoria. She got
twenty-one skins after being notified by
the Thetis.
VIII Hunt on the Russian Shore.
The American schooner Albert Wal
ker, which 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 in
tending to go in and hunt seal on the
Russian shore and defy both the United
States and British men-of-war
At / o'clock Sunday morning the
schooner Ainoka entered the harbor
here. The captain reports. that seven
teen British and American sealing
schooners were caught June 20 off Alitla
bay by the United States steamer Theti5
and warned not to enter Behring sea, on
pain of instant seizure. The captain Of
the Ainoka decided to abide by the or
der, and returned TO Victoria, but some
of the schooners intended to try and en-
ter Behring sea and hunt seals on the
Russian sea- The Ainoka left Alitka
bay June %.
But Very Few Slsins Taken.
A dispatch from Vancouver says The
Vancouver Belle was the first Of the
sealing fleet to return to this port She
arrived last evening with twenty eight
skins. She had just entered the Behring
Sea on July 2, when she was warned by
the United States cutter Corwin to
leave, and she returned accordingly. AT
that time twenty nine sealcrs had been
warned. The schooner Il. b. Marvin
had taken fourteen skins when she WAS
seized by the Bush. Tho Vancouver
Belle brings news that the schooner
Beatrice, of this port, lost boat and
three men.