The morning call., 1893-05-24
BACK TO CHINA.
CeIeStials Returned to the
Orient.
Departure of the Oceanic - Quick
Work on the Willamette Valley.
The Gowanburn.

An unusually large number of Chinese
returned to China by the steamer Oceanic,
which sailed yesterday. There were 100 in
all. Among them were six Chinese who
were arrested on the Mexican border Tor
trying TO eyade the exclusion law and two
who were refused landing.
These latter were Jew Wong and Zip
Wong, who claimed prior residence in San
Francisco and Portland respectively.
Fourteen of the returned heathens were
Chinese who booked for Honolulu from
Houg-Kong, but being refused landing
they were obliged to come on to San
Francisco.
The steamer Willamette Valley of the
Oregon Pacific line sailed in the afternoon
for Yaquina, having discharged her freight
and taken on her cargo IN the short space
If IN enty-eight hours. Remarkably quick
work for the vessel was loaded to the
water line with freight.
A dispatch from New Zealand reports
that wrecEage has drfted ashore at he
mouth of the Marokapa River, which in
cludes part of lfpboat marked "Gowan-
burn" 1t is believed that this practically
settles the question as 10 the fate of the
British ship by that name, which has long
been overdue and supposed to be lost.
The New Zealand Government has sent
out steamer to search the coast for sur
wing seamen of the vessel who may pos
sibIy have reached land.
At the meeting of the State Board of
Harbor Commissioners yesterday after
noon a communication from the headQuar-
ters of the Naval Reserve was read re-
questng berth for the Pensacola, W hch
has been assigned to the naval militia for
drill purposes.
The Commissioners did not think that
there was room at any of the city's docks
for the old waTship, but will endeavor to
do the best they can to assign her wharf
age at Second or Howard streets.
Thr board has denied the request of w.
81. Smith to maintain shears at Folsom
No. l.
The T. C. Walker of the California Nav
igation Company made her trial trip from
Stockton yesterday afternoon. The
Walker has been almost rebuilt, and is a
fine river steamer as ever was in these
waters.
Nothing has been heard from the six
young men VINO left ThIrd-street wharf
for sail on the bay Sunday morning
Friends have almost given up hope OF
their ever returning, and seem inclined to
accept the supposltlon that they were
drowned.
The steam schooner Alice Blanchard goes
on the dryd0ek to-day. She is leaking
considerably. The tug Wizard towed her
into port from Yaquina yesterday.
The British ship Flintshire was the only
deep-water departure Yesterday.
The German bark J. c. Glade, Captain
Hercksen, cleared at the Custom house
yesterday for Liverpool, England, with a
cargo of general merchandise valued at
$40, 500. 1t includes q, $50 centals barley,
40 cases and 120 barrels eucalyptus boiler
fluid. 13S bales cotton. 247000 pounds tai
low and % 1874 centals wheat In transit
she has SO bales of cotton valued at $780,.
For Swan:ea she has barrel of wine, 80
gallons, valued at S25, shipped bv O. f.
Wiley, which bears the inscription: III.
A. Chapman, Lord Mayor OF Swansea,
| Wales" The grain is shipped by George
w. McNear.
The steamer Oceanic sailed for the
Orient yesterday afternoon. For China
she had cargo valued at 36000, the princ-
pal shipments being 1000 pounds beans, 107
casks beer, $50 cases canned goods, 1850
barrels flour, value S17.I75; $3.50 pounds
ginseng, value S9490; 800 packages
provisions, 8 cases salmon, 20
sacks dried shrlmps. 120 sacks
| shrimp shells, IL barrels seaweed
and 81 cases whisky. Der cargo manifested
for japan is valued at S13, 400 and includes
| 800 gallons wine, so packages provisions.
90 rolls leather, 1275 barrels -four 80
cases canned goods. She also had 100
cases beer for Vladivnstock, bprla, 20
! cases canned fruit and 80 cases salmon for
| Batavia, 5O cases canned fruit and 80 ca SeS
salmon for Singapore, 1000 barrels -four
| Tor Manila and Y cases canned fruit for
! C0rea.
For the past year large quantities of
leather have been shipped from this port
| 10 Japan, at which our leathe r-dealers are
| very much gratfied. as their business has
| been extremely dull for long time. The
! Government of Japan has passed law or
edlct that young ones attending the publ C
schools must wear leather boots or shoes,
and this accounts for the recent large de-
mand. The steamer Oceanic. which sailed
yesterday, ha1 on board for ia an ninety
TWO rolls Ieather. valued at $500.