Word was sent to the Customs Collector for Puget Sound to discharge Pease and most of the crew, all suspected Southern sympathizers. This was accomplished by Lieutenant Selden, second in command on "Shubrick", known to be loyal. On the next visit of "Shubrick" to Victoria, while the captain and a large part of the crew were on shore, Selden threw off her mooring lines, and with only six men on board, he sailed away for Port Townsend. Captain Pease made no effort to rejoin his ship, but sailed from Victoria to San Francisco and then Panama, seeming to confirm the information that Consul Francis had received.