The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-03-17
SHIPPING NGDAYBYDAY
Marine Matters, Here, There ard
Everywhere.

The pilot schooner Han Jose in In port.
Hho Will receive general oSerhaullng.
The HrltiAh ship ForfafHhir- arrived
down the river yesterday. sho IL load q
and ready FOR Eoa.
Tho British ship Duntfune which re-
Gently sailed for Queenstown or Fall
mouth for orders. carried so.5tl bushels
Of wheat. valued al NJ,VOo
Steamer State arrived yesterday morn
Ing from San Francisco. Her pasHrn-
ser list was large After dlscharging
freight sho loft up the river.
The steamer Alice blanchard sailed
Sunday for San Francisco. Sho carried
b1,Oo0 fest OF lumber. S..2o sacks OF pola-
tcsu and 20 sacks OF oats. The lumber
IL oonslgncd TO G. A. oHopcr a Co.
Tho British ship Pfincipality. i,e.s.
Captain Jones. which arrived Friday
night. left up the river yesterday after
noon. she has 25ig tons OF coal from
Newcastle. Australia The Principally
In fine vessel. and has made several
quick passages from London to this port
She II conAlgncd 10 J H. Cameron a Co
The steamer Signal arrived yesterday
from Nancouycr. A. the Pacific Car
Company's wharf she discharged -,
tens Of pix iron. NO mats OF rice and ~
packages OF Chimes merchandise. MIN
ChinAmen. two OF whom were for this
pert. came over IN her. Collector Page
yesterday allowed tho two men to iand
Tho Signal left up the river for Portland
last night.
Captain Boil OF the schooner Surprise
rccclvsd Niegram yesterday stating
that the vessel had arrived at Port An.
gclcs She has a cargo Of saltnd salmon
from Alaska. and VIII probably arrive
here tomorrow, The Alaska fishing
huslncss il not very profitable. There
is an abundance OF hSh. but no market.
Tho Surprise viii probably make another
trim north this war. after which she
viii be used In fishing for haiibuI or
Cape Flattcry.
Tho British ship Bramblctye. l.til tons.
TO load wheat and Hour for South Africa
This cargo viii be the NTH OF the -four
and grain fleet loaded here sincc Janu-
airy a last for the dark continent The
Bramblctyo is chartered by BalfOur.
Guthrie y Co, The ship Brambletye
sailed frcm Kobe. Japan. February T.
ami made the passage TO Puget sound In
y days. the fastest trans-Pacihc sailing
trip performed this winter and one OF
the quickest on rcCord over that course.
IL conversation with News reporter
this morning Captain Gamm said: We
encountered the strongest succession OF
steady gales all the way on the passage
that | ever experienced. Snow fell every
day We were out and Il fell heavily near
ly all thu time We were Ia a hlindlng,
driving storm from the coast OF JapAn
until We sighed cape Flattury. and not
a vessel was sighted on the voyage
doubt II We could have seen ship At
spRklng distance so thick was the
weather with the falling frozen element.
To add to the fury and disagreed hlcness
OF the situation, ponat trailing northeast
and northcrly gales swept our decks con
tinualy and the sea washed our decks
quite often. However the winds were
favorable to our course and We ran be-
fore them for - days before single
upper topsail was set. The Brambletye
was named after the famous English
race horse that won every race he en-
tered tor Is months, and believe from
the record the ship made ON the last
run she well deserves to be associated d
with such fast company, The Rramhletye
has made other good records In her time.
She Is not altogether AN old craft and
rot exactly new. She was run down
and sunk In Tusca harbo in the English
channel about six years ago. Her upper
works are all new, so | take Il ,ha ship
must have dual age. The Brumbetye
carried kerosene from Philadelphia TO
X ohc the voyage previous to the trip to
Tacoma" Mrs, Comm. wife OF the mas
ter OF the Bramblolye, is aboard the
ship She has been cruising with her
husband for n=arly three years. She is
n conventional, firm little English wom-
an who considers life at sea perfectly
delightful. Two years ago she was on
the Rrambletye when It put In at Rio
Janero while that port was under block
ade during the revolution. The officers
In the forts along the harbor slgnaled
Captain Comm to cast anchor outside
the entrance to the aasOor The cap
tain choose to anchor inside the harbor
and ran the blockade, In doing so he
was fired at many times. Two balls
struck tho vessel. one carrying away the
jlbboom and the other penetrating thu
where It made hole as
large as mans arm. Mrs. Comm was
aboard the vessel at the time and re-
lated her experience to the News re-
porter In the following words. 81 was
not greatly alarmed at the situation we
were In; the gunners In the forts were
such poor marksmen. or course the
of the missiles through the rig
glng was anything but delightful but
little good comes from being frightened
Ar American man-of-war soon came to
our relief and escorted our ship to safe
We had little regard for
the shells OF the belligerents A certain
landing place had been set apart for offi-
GERS and crews OF merchant ships, but
nearly every one aboard the fleet In the
ha,bOr chose to land at forbidden pier.
Whenever they did so they went into
swift steam launch. OF which those In
Rio can hardly be equaled for speed
Both the rebels and royalists would fire
upon the boat from both
sides as she shot along through the
water. ! ran the gauntlet In the launches
on several occasions and we always es-
capped without a scratch Several times
the smokestack was knocked from the
launch and other slight damage done TO