The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-08-31
MARINE NOTES.

morning with the school children from
Hilo and Maui.
The Warrimoo is due tomorrow from
Sydney, but will probably not arrive
until about Tuesday morning.
The British brig L'Avennire will be
sold at auction 10y the L. S. Marshal, at
"A date not yet determined upon. The
sale is on account of bottomry bond
given at Honolulu, on which $3.50 re-
mains unsatisiied.
The British ship Andola, the first
wheat ship OF the season from Puget
Sound, cleared for Cork or Falmouth for
orders August 9th. She has a cargo of
TO- S7 centals of wheat, loaded at Seattle
and Tacoma, valued at $50 900.
The British ship COnishead. CAPTAIN
j. A. Bromley, sailed from Barrowlr-
Furness December ., 1893, bound for
Newcastle, n. s. w. On December ,1th,
or 10 days out, the vessel crossed the
line, being the fastest passage on record
for that distance, so tar as recorded.
At the present day, says the New
York Shipping List of August ith, there
is less dlsengaged square-rigged ton
mage in the port of New York than hss
been known for years, but freight rates
scarcely respond, to which the lack t
business, AS well as the increased mum.
Der to tramp steamers seeking employ
ment, is attributed.
A dispatch dated Port Townsend,
Washington, August 18th, SAYS the
steamer City of Topeka, from Alaska
to-day, reports the wreck of he schooner
Alice, Captain j. d. Bnland, July 10Th,
of Anchor point, Cocks Inlet. Her
anchor chains parted in n gale. and the
vessel was dashed to pieces on the rocks.
She is "A total loss. No lives were lost.
! From private letter received, dated
August 4th it is learned that at that
time the bark X. X. Ham was breaking
up very fast. Her stern post and rud-
der were gone, her stem was broken at
the ten-ioot mark, and butts were all
started. The surf was very heavy at the
time, and there is probably very little
left OF her by this time.
The Pacific Coast vessels to which the
Bureau OF Navigation assigned official
numbers during the week ended August
Ith, were as follows: The river steamer
Red Bluff, to ply on the upper Sacra
mento, 2i6.l5 tons gross, 1851 3 tons net
official number IL ,087, home port San
Francisco, AID steamer Nigilant, 80
tons gross, 1922 tons net, official num-
Der 1871 ,743.
Woid is received from Crescent City
that diligent search is still being mad,
iur the treasure OH the wrecked steamer
Brother Jonath IN. Some time ago Slla
White believed that he had located til,
bones of the old vessel along st. George
reef, and lac marked the spot with
buoy. He interested several gentlemen
in the plan OF recovering the amount u
treasure that went down with the vessel
and diver has been working on III,
spot for several days. So far nothing O
the wreck has been found. After tn
buoy was put down it driited, and tn
original spot has not yet been found.
The United States steam. cruise
Enterprise, which serves as training
ship for the cadets for the nIerchan
service, arrived at Liverpool in the lat
ter part of July. The visit is a notabl
one, from Il e fact that no America
man. of-war has entered the Mcrsey fu
more than twenty years rast. tn
Enterprise is the only steam tralnin
vessel in the world. Her officers are a
e IN the United states Navy Let aud ar
chosen specially f r the work, while tn
e State of Massachusetts, contrib {
$4,000 year for the vessels mair
i, tenance.
- Under the present condition of al
o airs in the Orient, it may he interes
>, ing to state that the Ii. ST acme ! ship {
modern design Owned by The Japane:
was a. o. American vessel, and h,
II first Admiral was an american office
!, the ship was the ram Stonewall, who
+" he Unite States 90, nred from Il
Confederates la 1855 at Havana, an
u which was sold ia Japan in 1868, BEN
J. taken Yokohama " he Straits
Magellan by then Captain Georl
Brown, U. ), n, The fl Il Japane
!! Admiral was Walter Grim ~, appoint,
- soon after that II salary of $40
- per tnr for thr e EN- " Al, he W
- an ensign in tie United States Nav
y stationed ii