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MARITIME AND COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS.
Mont., and was in some trouble about duties at S. Diego, where she loaded salt meat.
Ann, Engl. ship; Burnie, master; in Spence's list for 1829. Apollo, whaler; at Sta Cruz, 1823. Aquiles, Span. man-of-war; Pedro Angulo, com.; at Sta B. in May 1825. (See text.) Arab, Amer. brig. My fragment of her original log ends Jan. 5, 1823, at Pt Pinos. She re-appeared under a Russian name in 1828, having been sold to the Russ. Co. Argosy, Russ. brig, 140 tons; Inestrumo, master; at Monterey and Bodega in 1826, from Sitka. Asia, Span. ship of war, 70 guns, 400 men; José Martinez, com.; surrendered at Mont., 1825; also called San Gerónimo. (See text.) Ayacucho, Engl. brig, 232 tons; Joseph Snook, master; arr. Mont. from Honolulu in Oct. 1839. (See later lists.) Baikal, Russ. brig, 202 tons; up and down the coast from Ross to S. Diego each year from 1826 to 1830; Beuseman master, and Khlébnikof supercargo, in 1826; paid $1,216 at S. Diego; Etholin, master in 1828; brought vaccine matter in 1829. Becket, Hamburg brig; doubtfully recorded as having trouble about smuggling at S. Diego in 1828. Bengal, Engl. ship; in Spence's list for 1825. Blossom, Engl. explor. ship: Beechey, com.; at S. Fran. and Mont. in autumn of 1826 and 1827. (See text.) Brillante, perhaps at S. Diego from S. Blas in Jan. 1828. Brookline, Amer. ship, 376 or 417 tons, from Boston; Jas O. Locke, master; Wm A. Gale, sup.; Alf. Robinson, clerk; Arther, mate; Bryant & Sturgis, owners; arr. Mont. Feb. 1829; paid $31,000 at S. Diego; wintered on the coast until 1830. (See text.) Cadboro, Engl. schr, 71 tons; Simpson, master; at S. Fran. from Columbia Riv. Dec. 1827. Catalina, Mex. brig; C. Cristen, master; Eulogio Célis, sup.; doubtful record in Hayes' list, 1830. Chalcedony, bark; Jos Steel, master; doubtful record of 1830. Charles, Amer. whaler, 301 tons, 21 men; S. Fran. 1826. Clio, Amer. brig, 179 tons; Aaron W. Williams, master; came in 1828 to load with tallow for Chili. Comète, French ship, 500 tons, 43 men; Antoine Placiat, master; came in 1827 as a rival to the Héros; tonnage at Mazatlan; duties, $1,048 at Sta B. Constante, Span, man-of-war; surrendered with the Asia at Mont. in 1825. Convoy, brig; at S. Fran. in Oct. 1830, paying $321. Courier, Amer. ship, 200 or 293 tons; Wm Cunningham, master; Thos Shaw, sur.; Geo. W. Vincent on board; on the coast from 1826 (possibly 1825) to 1828, paying $937, $1,586, and $186 in duties on different occasions. Cyrus, Amer. whaler, 320 tons, 22 men; Dav. Harriens, master; at S. F. in 1826; also at Sta B. Dec. 1830, with 1,500 bbls oil, to be coopered at S. Diego. Danube, Amer. ship from N. Y.; Sam. Cook, master; arr. early in 1830, and was soon wrecked at S. Pedro; hull sold for $1,761 and cargo for $3,316 in Feb, to Dana and Guerra. Dhaulle (or Dolly?), Amer. brig; Wm Warden, master; at Mont. July 1829, from Honolulu; carried 47 horses to the Islands. Don, whaler; at Sta B. 1825. Dryad, Engl. brig, from Columbia River; arr. Mont. Dec. 22, 1830. Eagle, Amer. schr; at Sta B. Jan. 1825 (re-named Sta Apolonia, q. v.) Elena, Russ. brig; Moraviof, master; 16 guns, 43 men, 10 officers; Karl von Schmidt and Nicolai Molvisto, passengers; wintered at S. Fran. 1825-6. Eliza, Engl. brig; J. Morphew (or Murphy), master; 1825-6; $9,500 of cloth to McC., H. & Co.; paid $1,112 duties at Sta B. Emily Marsham; at Sta B. Sept. 1828, from Sandw. Isl.; took prisoners from Sta B. in Feb. 1830; perhaps had returned in autumn of 1829.
