The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-05-08


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MATTERS MARINE.
A,oNvo,s0tA ot Vessels 81 Hone
aod EIss~horo.
The State viii san this morning Tor
Han Francisco
The Australia viii discharge Irb cases
OF TN plate at this port
The rahnndor 10 lying near st. hin.
noy'a East Astoria oAnnery,
The Htarburk and inysrRrHA-shirv have
both finished diHchArEinE In Portland
The steamer Arcata IL duo today from
aah Francisco and other coast points,
rhs ivc-uastbd schooner Louis has nm.
Ishpd loading at Hkamnkawa and Will
probably arrive down today.
The nriliah ship Sarelsaus, 10, days
yrom Antwerp, ana the caeaAr,a. iis days
from Hamburg, are duo to arrive at this
port.
The piisl schooner Han Jose left out
yesterday morning, having taken on sup
pliss Bba will remain outside tlli about
May 10
Tho schooner American Glh which
won, ashore sunday near Point No Point.
on tho Sound. has boyn Jowod OF Tho
vussel 10 uhlnJurvd
Tho Fcrnbank 10 diucharEinK cement al
uuHtlera wharf She 10 chartered 10
load la Portland. but tho details OF the
charter have not bcch made public.
Han nroa. Of Port Hlnkrlry wn.
have laid the keel for tho mrs, nvc'
maH,pd schooner over built on the Pacific
coast. II 10 being constructed for Cap
tain norkhoorn well known fuEo,
sound hhipmaAtcr. Tho weasel Will have
a carrying capacity Of i.@co feet OF
iumbsr,
Tho nritlah ship Principally will arrive
down tho river today Last year this
vessel made tho third best passage bc.
tween Astoria and Queenstown. golng
homo III - days white he does not ok
pect to mako aA good time this year.
Captain Jones' says he thinks hc viii
make tho voyage inside OF 10 dhyA
Tho scaling schooner Kate and Ann.
Captain Frank MorcaH, arrived ycs,er'
day from a seal hunting trip along the
roAnt Rhr left Han Frarclpco January
). since which time aho has crulHrd along
tho coast She made an exceptionally
good catch. and has Si skins The 9th
or pcaicrs. No far az heard from. report
very ANAL catches, The Kate ana Ann
will dlschargr her catch ON saturday
and will Immediately be n,icd out for
another hunting expedition
Tho Htram tug Tonauln has been 40
cured by Ilimple s Wheeler 20 make
tho Nohainm river her home port for the
ncyt three months She will tow out
lumber Hchoonrra and mako trips TO Aa-
toria and Portland ms often ~ possible,
carrying freight and passengers, She re-.
c,lycd freight In Portland for this place
ON tho ggIh, and IL now In Astoria await
ing favorable weather 10 sail for this
place. our merchants have guaranteed
her their freight FOR three months Ne
hnlcm Times.
The Oricntal steamship ChitAgong sail
81 vratorday for HongkonR ana Noko-
hamn via Honolulu. She carried H.Sl
bnrrcln flour. 1911 foot lumber. for Hong
kong. 100 barrels -four for Shanghai; 90
barrels -four for NagaAaki; 10 barrels
-four. 600 kegs nails, for fokohhmai y"
bnr,la Hour for batavia; is.Vo teot lum-
bcr for Kobe. 1850 barrels hour NV SACKS
bran, 900 sacks middlings % cases Deer
toes. for Honolulu The total value OF
thc above il As.StO, She also carried
5000 pnckagoa OF miscellaneous merohah-
dis, and provisions In transit from
uongkong for Honolulu
There wna launched from the shlpynrd
of the Thames Iron Works Company NJ
blackwell, England. on March Nst
bnttloahIp built to the order OF the Jopa-
nrae government The vessel which was
named the Fujl. was designed by the
nnvnl architect " tho Thames Iron
Worka company. and her keel plate laid
on September |. lS9L she " VI ''e'
long between pcrpcndiculhtS, mas
moulded breadth and depth or - tcct
and a feet respectively. ana her dls-
placement at the mean load drait OF ~
fcet inches will he l2,i tons, She ~
,hc usunl cellular double bottom. The
whole of the material used In her hun
"a atccI tho stem which n rnm-shnped-
atorn and rudder frames, and brackets
for propellcr shafts nre mnllcahlo steer
cnstings. The ruddor II on the balanced
principle, form now being adopted IN
both battleahips and cruisers, bilge
kr IL. OF about half the length or the
ahin and Q feet 6 inches wide, are htted
10 nor bottom. The Full II side ar-
mored-wlth Harvoycd steel plates-for
POO fcct OF her length. the lower or main
nrmor belt being s feet In depth uhree
feet being above and i've feet below the
deep-lond water nno), ls inches th'ek at
the mid length, and l6 Inches ~ the
epda Above the main armor belt there
is n aecondary one-for the protection OF
the bnttery-7 feet wide and inches
thick. alanting OF at Its ends to meet
tho armored sides OF the barbettes, both
belts having u backing OF teak--to which
they nre bolted--bringing up the thick
ness OF the vessels sides nt these parts
10 % inches. At both ends OF the main
nrmor holt a screen of 6 inches armor
runs square across the main and lower
decks TO protect the guns from raking
fire There are four principal decks In
the ship, viz, the upper, main, protective
and lower decks, The Full Is Intended
for n flagship and her complement VIII
be about 600 She was launched with all
her side armor in place, and her launch
ing weight was close upon 1900 toms
San Francisco Commercial News
The United States gunboat Petrel-the
smallest vessel In the American navy
arrived In port from the China station
Yesterday She anchored on Sausalto,
and early next week will go to Mare
island for repairs.
During her soiourn In the Orient she
has done splendid work for Uncle Sam,
and her trips up the Yang-tse-kiang In