The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-08-24

yesterday morning, 10 days from Kodiak.
with 100 sealskins aud 26S barrels of
salmon.
The sealing schooner Bowhead, Captain
Moves, arrived Yesterday, 81 days from Fox
Island, with 1913 skins on board. The
hunters, Henry j. Ledger, Jess Williams,
Jem Parker. Lewis Brown, Fred Croker
ana Henry Shirley, all speak OF the trip as
very. successful one. The Bowhead lett
Hakodate the end of April. then coasted
along the Japan Sea TO the Kuvle Islands,
hnally reaching point $50 miles from
Copper Island in Russian waters, but no
hunting was done there. The best days
work was 205 for the six boats There are
plenty of seals in the Japan Sea for the
small sealing fleet which has just made the
season there. but the hunters predict
that If there is a rush of sealers
next year into the narrow area they have
themselves been working in, the result will
be disastrous for everybody. The only ac-
cident in the BOwhead's cruise was the
losing of Henry Peters, aged 3d. Dane,
on April %. His boat was stove in
by a thrasher or KILLER" One of the
hunters, Fred Croker. lost two guns on
this occasion. The Bowhead had to put
into Hakodate TO get the boat repaired.
Several British sealers were sighted off
Copper Island, but in the 81 davs Of the
homeward run the Bowhead did not see
vessel Of any kind On July II the Henry
Dennis had 1900 skins. the Maria $50. the
The extra steamer Leader of the Stock
ton regular line came in yesterday morning
ana will make tri-weeky trips. She took
on good load OF freight yesterday. There
Is no change at present IN the rate war, and
the rates continue at 90 cents single trip 70
cents round trip and % cents Chinese deck
passage.
The sealing schooner Matte T. Dyer. is
undergoing repairs at old Sausalto.
The Tam o Shanter sailed yesterday for
NaNxr -.
followed by the NJ. p Grace. the Florence
and the Commodore L. II. Allen In the
order named.
The moves yesterday included the Lur-
line TO Howard Ne g. Northern Light to
Oakland Creek, Grandholm to Oakland,
DrumallS from stream TO Port Costa,
Duchess Of Albany from Port Costa TO
stream.
J. w. Grace & Co. have chartered the
American clipper ship u. +. Packard, Cap
tam Allen, with a carrying capacity Of
5000 tons to follow the Emily Reed. The
Packard is the fourth ship of the new line
OF clippers in the Merchants line.
The Olsen family and Andrew Berge. who
went TO visit friends on the Two Brothers
rock last Sunday and were supposed to be
drowned, have returned to the Marin shore,
having been detained by squat.
The Tug Fearless has succeeded In right
ing the capsiZed schooner Seven Sisters,
which IS now being pumped out at MeNear' s
WHEEL, IOTI costa.
Suit has been threatened against Piper,
AIDE N & Co. 10 recover 500 for damages to
naphtha launch which was sunk by one of
the firms scow sch onerS while sailing with
Sunday excursion party. The opinion of
all who saw the accident was that there was
contribut0ry negligence on the part Of those
in the launch, which ran right across the
schooner's bow, and that 10 any case the
uaphtha launch is an unmitigated nuisance
and danger 10 bay navigation.
The Intelligence exclusively published in
HE CALL some days ago. that the entire
white squadron in Pacific waters. with the
possible exception of the San Francisco,
would be ordered east has been confirmed
by orders from Washington. Ii seems also
that even the San Francisco is to be taken
away, SO that the Pacific Coast VIII be left
without a single modern cruiser The in
teutl0n is 10 mass the modern warshipS at
New York on Columbus day, October q.
The Boston will remain at Honolulu, post
which cannot be left unguarded. but there
is nothing else in the way Of a fighting ship
now on the coast put the little monitor
Comanche, which is not seagoing vessel.
and the Monterey. which may not be COM
pleted for months. AS for the old wooden
tubs OF the Mohieap. IroQuois, Ranger and
Pensacola patterns, tue coast would be bet
ter without them. for they invite attack and
are p0werless for defense.