The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-10
CALL QUERY COLUMN.
Capture Of the Caleb Gushing in Port
land Harh0r,
Fast Passages By Sailing Vessels Width OF
San Francisco Streets-Pioneer Firemen.
Wheat Charters-Native Sons.

CAPTURE OF THE CALEB CUsHIYG-J
| E. H., City. On June L. 1868. Lieutenant
| Charles w. Read Of the Confederate navy,
| formerly midshipman in the United
| States navy. commanded tile brig Clarence,
| but captured the bark Tacony when with
in so miles. of the capes of Virginia and
! transferred his command For the next II
! days he pursued career of uninterrupted
| success among the unsuSpecting mer-
| chantmen and fishing vessels which
| he encountered. AscertainIng that Union
| cruisers were on his track he
! burned the Tacony to avoid reeog-
milton, and on the oath transferred
his crew to the Archer. captured schooner.
lie then made for Portland Me- harbor.
| with the intention of burning the gun
| boats building there and cutting out the
| revenue cutter Caleb Gushing. AT sunset
| lie came to an anchor near the entrance of
the haroor. and soon after midnight, the
moon having gone down. rowed direct to
| the Cushing in two boats with muffied
| oars. boarded the vessel, and, having over
| powered the crew, put to sea. No sooner
was the Cushing missed from her
anchorage than the Forest City and
chesapeake, two merchant steamers, were
manned with troops and went in pursuit. A
short distance from the harbor :hey over
hauled her and having no guns capable of
coping with her heavy armament made
preparations 10 board, pereeiying which the
rebels took TO their boats, after firing half a
dozen shots at the steamers. Soon after the
Gushing blew up. The boats, however.
were captured, as also the Archer, and the
whole crew confined.
WIDTH OF STREETs-W III. s., City. All
main streets in San Francisco, north of
Market and east of Larkin, and running
east and west. are 1876 feet wide between
broadway and California street. Broadway
is Sc &c feet wide. California is So feet wide
east Of kearny and S2:6 feet wide west Of
Kearny. North of Market anu east of Lar
kin the streets running north and south are
CSC feet wide except the following: Powell,
| 65:9; Stock ton, Go; Dupont, 40 IS north of
Bush, and south of Bush now Grant ayenue)
| wldened TO IA; kearny south of Broadway,
| 70; north Of Broadway, % >. and Montgomery,
| 60 Montgomery avenue is so feet wide.
North OF Market and west of Iarkin, TO
| First avenue, IS g feet wide. except the fol-
| lowing: First Parker and Masonic avenues
| and Baker to Turk, each 100 feet: Broad
way, California and Devisadern, each $40.
| and Van Ness avenue 125 feet. West
| ern Addition, from First avenue to
| the ocean, streets so feet, avenues 20 feet,
| except Point Looos avenue. 125 feet. Mar
| ket street is 100 feet wide. South Of Market
| the streets are S2:6 feet wide except Tenth,
Eleventh and Twelfth. each SO feet, and
! Thirteenth street. so feet
THINGS bMoRAL-A. J. A, City. %
| There is no legal standard of immortality.
You can only arrive az what things are not
obscene, lewd, immoral or indecent
! by asrertainlng what are declared to be
such by Federal, State and municipal
enactments. (2) Section 81 of the Penal
! Code Of this State makes 1t a nlisdemeanOr
| TO write compose, stereotype, print pub
lish, sell, distribute. keep for sale or exhi-
| blt any obscene or indecent writing, paper
| or book; or design, copy, draw, engraYe,
| paint or otherwise prepare any obscene or
| Indecent picture or print; or mold, cut, cast
| or otherwise make any obscene or indecent
! Inquire; or write. compose or publish any
! notice or advertisement Of any such writing
| paper, book, picture, print or figure. l59
| Federal statutes prohibit the importation
| of any obscene book, pamphlet, paper,
| writing. advertisement circular, print, pic
| tuTe, drawing, etc. exclude from the mails
| any obscene, Iewd or laSciyiOus book, PAM
| phiet, picture, paper. writing, print pub
! licat0n Of an indecent character" and
| prohibit their sale within Federal jurisdic-
| tion. Prosecutions for misuse of the mails
| in this respect are common. a. There is no
! State enactment in California against bias
| phemy.
FAST PAssAGEs-J. G. NJ, City The
| fastest passages made by sailing vessels now
afOat between the ports given are, accord
New York to San Francisc0-Seminole,
1866 70 days; Glory of the Seas, 1874. 962i
days; n. T. Grace in 1876, lob days, aad in
| 1873, lo2 days; \. @. hopes, 1856, l04 days;
| 5. p Hitchcock, in 1887 and 1889, IOl days
| ~ San Francisco to New York-Seminole,
1884, % days; Jabez Howes, 1887, 81: Arabia,
1883, 81; II. B. Hyde. 1883. 50; Jabez
| BoWes, 1889. %; Charles l. Moody,
| 1889. 100, and St Mark, 1890, 100.
| 81 Honolulu 10 San Francseo-COnsuelo,
1884, 10 days; ". G. Irwin, 1884. 1917 DAYS
| W. q. Irwin, 1890, II days; w. G. Irwin,
| 1856, liz days; Amelia, 1892, y DAYS, and
| W. 5. Bovine, 1886, y days. az Where a
! correspondent propounds queries of the
| scope of these, demanding almost incredible
| research, the q. Z. will not veX itself TO at
tempt answers to such indefinite questions
| as the passages between Europe and San
| Francisco" and 'San Francisco and
| Europe" Australia to San Francisco" and
China TO San Francisco"
NATIVE SoNs-E. S.. City. The late
| General III. a. Vim. while grand marshal
| of the parade on July 4, 1862 conceived the
| idea of forming company of young native
| Californlans to participate in the celebra-
| ton of the year and advertised a tine and
| place Of meeting for enrolment. After the
| parade the company disbanded, and not
! until 1915 did the idea of forming a native
Californian society assume definite shape.
| In connection with the parade of that year.
| General John McComb advertised on June
| "a an invitation to the native sons in the
| city to meet on the 10Th and organize
| to take part In the parade. This notice
| brought together the young men who did
| form the order of the Native Sons of the
| Golden West, and so decided at the meeting
| to perpetuate the organization. After re.
| solving To parade the first meeting was held
! on July in the old Twelfth District court
| room, followed by others on the ID and 4th
| and 18th, and from this last meeting dates
the beginning OF the order.
PIONEER FIREMEN-E. s.. City. The
| first steps taken toward establishing a fire
| department in this city date from Christ
mas, 1919. the day after the first great fire
and in January. 1850. I. ID. Kohler was
| appointed Chief Engineer, with instructions
| TO organize permanently a suitable de-
| partment. AT that time three engines
were all the machinery that was to be
found in the city, and these not prop
| erly provided with hose. Three companies.
| known as the San Francisco Empire and
| Protection, were soon formed for each of
| these and brought into active service for
| the fires in May and June The department
| was regularly organized by ordinance of
| councils on July /, and the first election for
| officers WAS held in September Empire
| Engine Company ], which was one of
those that took part IN the original organ
ization. does not date its regular existence
| until lime 1870