This vessel had no license,
and paid no duty, besides being engaged in smuggling goods on board
other vessels trading on the coast, and belonging to the same owners
in Oahu. Our captain told him to look out for the Mexicans, but he
said they had not an armed vessel of his size in the whole Pacific.
This was without doubt the same vessel that showed herself off Santa
Barbara a few months before. These vessels frequently remain on the
coast for years, without making port, except at the islands for wood
and water, and an occasional visit to Oahu for a new outfit.
Sunday, January 10th. Arrived at Santa Barbara, and on the following
Wednesday, slipped our cable and went to sea, on account of a
south-easter. Returned to our anchorage the next day. We were the only
vessel in the port. The Pilgrim had passed through the Canal and
hove-to off the town, nearly six weeks before, on her passage down
from Monterey, and was now at the leeward. She heard here of our
safe arrival at San Francisco.
Great preparations were making on shore for the marriage of our
agent, who was to marry Donna Anneta De G--- De N---y C---, youngest
daughter of Don Antonio N---, the grandee of the place, and the head
of the first family in California.
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