The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-04
SEA AND SHORE.
Rough Passage of Barkentine
From Honolulu.
Whaling Captains OFF for the season-slde
Armor for the Monterey-An Invesn-
cation of Pilot,

into port YESTERDAY ''0 - So
sugar. She had rather rouHh paSS"se 80 10 "
ON February 18th the barometer zen ~ 20 -. ~
ond tile wind rose to gale, increasing until
-" th., ODD the vessel was hove too. Soon
ofter yery heavy sea struck her and nearly
swamped her The cabin skylights were
smashed and the CABIN and forecasts hiled
with water, and for while it looked as IL
the end had come; but the vessel rose ana
the water was pumped out. The gale sun
continued with heavy seas, and on the night
of the 18th another heavy sea struck the
vessel. throwing her almost on her beam
ends and AGAIN filing both cabin ana Iore,
castle. with water. The wind moderator
and sail was set on the ship, but she stlli Ia
bored heavy in the higa sea and sal! was
carried to steady her. On the night OF feu-
mary 26th tile topgallanJ sail was blown
away, and soon after the mdinStay SAIL ana
dying lib were also blown out OF the bolt
ropes. The weather then moderated, and
the vessel reached port in good condition III
spite of her hard trip.
The United States steamer Charleston
trpped her anchor yesterday morning and
went up to the navy-yard at Mare Island.
The mail steamer City OF Rio de Janelro
arrived i'll Y okohana on the I'd inst.
A JOLLY CROWD OF SHIPPERS,
The mail steamer Alameda will have a
Jolly crowd of captains on board when she
leaves for Honolulu on Thursday In Cap
tains Ellis of the Helen Mar, De Vallot the
F. A. Barstow, Baker of the Reindeer;
Fisher of the Alaska. MaGomber Of the
! Stumboul and Sherman of the William
| Lewis Their vessels are all WhalerS, ana
| after the fall cruise were lett IN charge OF
the first officers. On the arrival of the
steamer Alameda the vessels will start for
the Arctic whalc-fishIng The Pacific Steam
Whaling Company tender Jeanne will act
as such to both The steam and sailing vessels
this year, and will do the work of the Tom
Pope, which was. lost at Point Hope last
year. OF the vessels now IN San francisco
the bark James Allen will sail on Thursday
for the Arctic and the bark Lydia in a few
days for Behring Sea via Kodiak: The
schooner Bonanza is ready and Will sail
l. early next week, followed by the schOOnerS
Jane Gray and Rosario. Thesteam whalers
will soon be ready for the Arctic, and every
one interested in blubbef- hunting predicts a
good catch for the coming season.
The machinery shipped from the Union
Iron W orks to the silver mine in Chile IS still
| Oh board the ship at Antolaaasta and VIII
stay there until the war is over.
The steamer Acapulco sailed for Panama
and the San Pedro for Tacoma.
WORK on TIE MONTERREY.
1t was learned from Mr. Irving NJ. Scott
of the Union Iron Works that part of the
barbette and some of the side armor for the
Monterey has been finished by the company
at Bethlehem, Pa, aud, no doubt, will soon
be shipped. The Monterey will not be
launched for SOME time yet, as it is cheaper
TO keep her on the stocks. The Monterey,
although still on the ways, is far more ad-
yanced than the Maine, recently launched
in the East. The shafting is all in. while
the Maine has. to be locked again before her
shafting can be put into her Had the ar
Caliiprnia-bui!t ship would have been ready
for her trial trip long before the Eastern
built craft.
The work of the Board of Survey on the
sloop-of-war Alert, at Mare Island, is
flushed and the report sent TO Washington
The work oflnyeStigation has extended over
three weeks. Should the vessel be pro-
nounced Seaworthy, she may be ordered TO
sea ut once, but to what point is not known.
The bark Ceylon, Willie coming into the
hatbor, touched the mud bank of Black
Point, but was not damaged. She was tOwed
in by the Nigiiant.
Tie bark Charles B. Kenney. seventeen
days from Honolulu, has u, 100 bags of
sugar on board.
The ships GlenmOrag and the NJ. E. Wat
sou both went TO sea yesterday.
FROM THE SOUTH SEAS.
The schooner Vanderbilt came in yester-
day from Raratonga with n general cargo
She left San Francisco on September Sth,
bound i9r TAHITI ana ten days atter f en
cargo shifted. White hauling aft the fote
sheet one of the seamen was washed over
board and drowned. TIE vessel reached
Pape te after passage OF fOrty-Seven days.
On Monday next the Board Of PHO. Com
missiolers will hold an inquiry into the fact
Of the British ship Jessomene striking on
the Potato Patch during the heavy gale ten
days ago. Plot Dolliver, who had charge
of the vessel at the time, will be called upon
to explain.ho the vessel came So near be-
ing wrecked
San Francisco harbor is large one, as it
now contains the British Empire, the Brit.
fsh Isles, the Scottish Hills, the Scottish
Moors, and the far-famed Inch Cape RocE
can be- seen at Howard street Wharf.
The steamer Walla Walla came in yester-
day from Victoria. She had fOrty-nine
cabin and sixty steerage passengers.
The steamer Wellington brought down
$3.50 tons OF coal from Departure Bay.
WEATHER OBSERVATIONS.
The weather at Point Lobos at 8 O'clock
: yesterday was foggy and calm; at 8 o'clock,
toggy, wind southeast. twelve miles; at
noon, foggy, south, eighteen miles, and at
o'clock, cloudy, wind west, twelve miles.
The barometer at o'clock yesterday stood
30.13; at noon, 30.12, ami at O clock, 30.07.