The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-08

omcfai Announcement OF Capture of
schooners La MInta and Marin.

Omcfai Announcement OF Capture OF
schooners La Minta and Marvin.
WAsHISGros CRY, Aug. 7.-Captain
Coulson, commanding the revenue cutter
Rush. reports TO the treasury department.
under date of 0unaIaska. July 9, that on
the 9Th inst, while cruising north of Uni
max pass with his command, for the pur-
pose of warning vessels IN pursuit of seals
not to enter Bering sea, he fell
in with the British schooner E. B.
Marvin, having on board twentv-three
men and all the implements, RATS, etc,
necessary for sealing. Upon being hailed,
Captain McDougall said he was sealing.
Captain Coulson therefore lowered a boat
and sent Lieutenants Newcomb and Can't
well to board and thoroughly examine the
vessel. II was then ascertained that the
Marvin had been boarded on July by the
United States steamer Thetis, near the
island, and furnished with a copy of the
presidents proclamation and the
necessary warning was given to the
master not to enter Bering sea
for the purpose of sealing On that occa-
sion the master reported that be "had no
sealskins on board" He refused to allow
the boarding officer of the Thetis to in
dorse on his register that he had been
notified, and is reported as being other
wise uncivil. On examination by the officers
ofthe Rush. two fresh sealskins were found
on board. The circumstances of the case
and the evident intent of the master to
continue sealing, Notwithstanding the
warning were considered sufficient by Coul-
son to justify the seizure of the vessel.
Lieutenant Quinan was placed on board
the vessel, and the crew, arms, seal skins,
papers, ETC., delivered into the custody of
Lieutenant Commander Mead u. S. N,
commanding the steamer Alki, and sub
sequently turned over to Captain Turner.
of the British ship Nymph, which arrived
at Unalaska on the 7th inst.
Captain Hooper. commander of the
revenue steamer Corwln, reports to the
treasury department, under date of Una
laska, July Is, the seizure of the American
schooner La Minta, of San Francisco, near
st. Pauls island, on the l4th inst, for
violation of the presidents proclamation.
This vessel was boarded in Boring sea and
warned by the Thetis on the 18th INST, and
certificate to that effect was Endorsed on
her manifest. she had then on board
nineteen seal skins. Instead of heed
ing the warning to leave La Minta
remained there until seized, seven days
later, by the Thetis. No additional skins
were found on board. Third Lieutenant
Johnson was placed in charge of the prize
with q detail of four armed men, with
orders to proceed to Unalaska. The Cor
win arrived there on the 10th inst, and
will await the arrival of La Minta. On
July Is the United States steamers
Mohican, Alert and Thetis, and the
British ships Nymph and Pheasant
were cruising in Boring sea. The Mo-
hican and Rush were at st. Paul
island on the 18th inst. Eighteen sailing
vessels are known to be in the sea or on
the way there. Captain Hooper says
there has been a great deal of fog, which
makes it difficult to find the sealers, but of
the boats boarded the catch has been
small on account of rough and windy
weather.
The treasury department is informed,
also, that the revenue steamer Bear, Cap
tain Healy commanding, sailed from Un-
alaska on June 80 for Point Barrow,
Alaska, and touched at Seal islands tor
the purpose of leaving instructions to the
treasury agents 10 limit the catch of the
Alaska Commercial Company this season
to 800 skins. 1t Is learned from other
sources that this company has already Sc
cured this number of skins and that open
sealing has been entirely suspended for
the season