OCTOBER
- October 1: British barque Fanny Small, Captain Firth, 84 days from Sydney, Australia. Had rough weather and headwinds for a fortnight off New Zealand; light and variable winds on entering the Tropics. For the last 13 days had strong NE winds. Cargo: 407 tons of coal. Passengers: Charles Keane and wife; Miss Chapman; George Everett; J. F. Cathcart; George Coppin; 2 unidentified passengers.
- October 14: Barque Delaware, Captain Gragg, 60 days from Shanghai, China. Left there on August 14th. Put into Kanagawa, Japan, and departed therefrom on September 3rd. First part of passage had strong westerly gales; latter part light and variable winds. Cargo: 89 bales of rags to C.A. Low & Company. Passengers: T.F. Burr; Dr. Simmons; L. Morris; Rev. S. Forbes; M.H. Smith; Dr. Hay; C.L. Churchwell; 4 unidentified passengers.
- November 9: Schooner Eugenia, Captain Stewart, 37 days from Tahiti. Had light winds and calms most of the passage. Anchored on bar November 4th, was blown 30 miles to southward during the N.W. gales, had decks swept, lost binnacle overboard. Cargo: 127 oranges, 40,000 limes, 30 coconuts. Passenger: Thomas Peel.
- November 13: Hampton ship Arracan, Captain Kuhlken. 77 days from Hongkong, via Nagasaki, Japan, 41 days. Was 30 days in the China Seas with fine weather, put into Nagasaki for water and provisions. Cargo: 47 pkgs opium, 8775 bags rice, 946 cakes sugar, 250 gunny bags, 550 rolls matting, 100 baskets ginger, 14 cartons of champagne, 5 millstones and 4109 pkgs of merchandise. Passengers: William Thorne; Capt. Johnson; Mr. and Mrs. Pohl; Dr. Koyke and son; Dr. Rice, wife, child and nurse; Mr. Pfor; 91 unidentified Chinese.
- November 17: Barque Edith Rose, Captain Watlington, 29 days from Kanagawa, Japan. Cargo: 5 billiard tables, 76 boxes silkworms, tar, 86 jars of tea, 25 packages rice, 1 barrel wood oil, and assorted merchandise. Passengers: William Briscoe; Capt. Bucker; George Band; A.H. Banta; N.W. Ellis; Thomas Dyer; William Reardon; William Hall; C. Morgan; P. Kelly; Mrs. Neil; Charles Bavenshin; Mr. Hammond; M. Buel; H. Frenell; Michael Burke; Henry Murphy; Peter Townsend; C. McDonald; W.B. Walter; A.L. Peterson; William Wright; A. Wilson; Fred Coffers; M. Flanning; William Casey; C.G. Bunker; A.H. Foulkes.
- November 25: Barque Albert from Hamburg, Germany, Captain Schrader, 144 days from Hamburg. Was 65 days to Cape Horn, off the Cape 19 days, with moderate weather. Crossed Equator in Pacific in long. 113, 116 days out; then had light Southerly winds up to 14N. Since then had light Northerly winds and clams. Cargo: 100 cases bitters, 19 cartons hams, candles, 12 cases mineral water, 50 cases champagne, 100 tons pig iron, blue stone, ultra marine, glassware, firebrick and 39 pigs tin. Passengers: Miss Ebeling; Mr. Dose; Mr. Polifka; Mr. Corde; Mr. Lorenzen.
- December 7: Barque A.A. Eldridge, Captain Bennett, 12 days from Honolulu, Hawaii. Had light winds and fine weather. Cargo: 12 pkgs bananas, 32 bags sugar, oranges, molasses, 110 sacks paddy, tapioca, 14 bags rice and 220 bbls pulu. Passengers: N. Chapman; Mrs. Ada Clair and son; Capt. James Dailey; B. Franum; D.R. Fraser; G. Gilmore; C.H. Hoffman; L. Kelly; M. Lawrence; J. Long; S. Mitchell; Thomas Park; John H. Paty; M. Smart; Miss Syloa; and six unidentified in steerage.
- December 24: Ship Alice Thorndike, Captain Thorndike, 58 days from Newcastle, New South Wales. First part of passage had fine weather. Passed New Zealand six days out; crossed the equator in Pacific on November 20, 1864, long. 154; then had fine weather up to the 16th inst., when we made land off Monterey, California. Since then we had heavy NW winds. Cargo: 799 tons of coal. Passengers: H. Soloman; Mr. and Mrs. W. Wray; Miss Mary Burke; S.R. Morgan; Miss Mary R. Smith; William Watson; 49 unidentified passengers.
