Arizona silver belt., 1894-02-17
4 HISTORICAL BARK.
THE OLD MEMNoN HAS REACHED THE
 END OF HER CAREER.

A Sailing Vessel That Rnn Away From the
 Famous Aiabansa-- story or the Race.
 History or the Issrk since the War Com
 signed to tho Flames,
 The old bark Mainnon. one of the most ancient craft on the Pacific coast, will go to sea no more. She has fought her last battle against wind and water and win be lowed to the marine crematory at California City, where she will be con signed to the flames.
 The Memnon was built in Boston in 1858, and when she started on her first voyage was one of theftnest vessels aAoat of her size. For several years she was the pride of the western ocean and could show hcr heels to any craft in the trade.
 She was ouc of the very few American vessels that when chased by the pirate Alabama succeeded in making an es- cape. The Memnou was on her way from Liverpool te Boston at tho time and fell in with the Alabama when about half way across the Atlantic.
 The Alabama concealed her identity
  until she got within half mile of the Memnon, when the Confederate flag was hoistgd to the peak and the astclished crew of tho Yankee bark began to realize the true character of the strange steam CT. The captain of tho Memnon called all hands ait, and in very few words told them that capture meant many long months in prison, and that he proposed to escape if possible,
 The crew were no moro anxious 10 visit Confederate prison than the cap tain, and whenhe gdyethe ordorto square away the yards the command was obeyod in very short time.
 It wHs blowing a gale from the north. west at the time, and the bark was under her topssils, but as soon as the yards were squared tbe men ran aloft, and sail after sail was loosed and set. The men took no time t0 cast of the gaslets Ey erything was kuife work, and in almost less time than it takes to tell it the daring Yankee was flying away to tho eastward under a cloud of canvas that threatened to tear theluasts out of her every minute.
 Captain Semmes of the Alabama had no idea rhat tho bark would try to es- cape and was below when the pros pectiyc prize changed her course aud began to make cail. He was qa5 Ey oI deck, however, and sent shos'h.F Fr shot at the flying Yankee in hope oi crip bling her. Al the same tune the Ala bana crowded on all steam and sail bu; stern chase is Q long one. and in breezo 6ko lA1t the Yankee bark was a3 fast u5 the Alabama and just trifc faster.
 In spite of everything Semme5 could do tho Iemnou slowly but suroly drew away from her pursuer, and as the Ala bama dropped further and further astccr the hopes ci the Yankee crew revived.
 The chaal lastql until night and then the pir1t1 steamer gave it up anl hauled off Co hun, for something not quite s9 speedy. But fl the Alabama gave up tho race tha Momndn dil not, for sLe never started tack or sheet until she had put several hundred miles of ocean between tue Alabama and herself
 She then resumed her course for New York, where she arrived after a rough passage of 3l days
 After the war she was placed in the East India trade and then was cent out to this coast She has traded to China and the Australian colomes and when too old for that was engaged in tho coast wise tgado.
 She has also made several voyages uI sr fa aba, Uts.f l..H 41trr.vss -.,r,.-.. for her owners.
 Many g iine ship has ended her career over in ike marine creunatory at Chi. fornia City since Captain Bondr0w be- gan operations there, and some of them were once tho pride of the United States navy,
 Here the fine old steamer China of the Pacific Mail company went upin smoke. as did the steamers Antelope and Barila. The barks Frazer. Lady Bowen, Rosie Sprague and the whaler Shooting Sta' also ended their careers there, and g did tho old warship Cyaue
 Captain B0udrOw has been located ai California City about five years, and for 10 years before that heran thc cranatory dl 1luuIuu. lL Was IF tHC ilbuf0N yard that themail atsamers Montana, Arizona and Constitution were cremated, and the torch wus applied to tha John l.. Stevens, ,Oridamme, Great Western, Bue- na Vista, Maria Muraua and Colorado.
 Seven of Uncle Sam's old fighting shipy, -the Nyack, Saco, Tuscarora, Naragan- sett, Alaska, Beuecia and the old mon itor Monadnock-en their careers and yielded up Che vast amount of iron and copper in their hulls in the Tiburon yard, and they made a grand bonfire
 The Monaduock, being constructed al- most entirely of iron, was of course freproof and had to be broken to pieces with dynamite. San FranciSco Chroni- cle.