The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-28
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
From our RaI,iMors Correspondent.

BALuAons. Dec. 27--5, D. M
Arrival 3, -. STEAMER Ohio al Norfolk Safety Of hu Pas
stagas.-- Aeeoaat - a" Psr'ioIs Voyag-P Passengers
three days al the PImpi-iDa" 70 =" 's''e-ih'
Aiarksts &c,
The announcement by telegraph from Norfolk ast eve
ming, OF the arrival at that port Of the Ohio Ia dis
uess, with 400 passengers board, caused quite
element In our community and tho arrival Of the Norfolk
boat this morning looked for with great interest,"
among her passengers the following Balllmoreans
Reverdy Johnson, Gen Benz @. Howard, Braniz Mayer
John Gibson, VIM M. Gibson, and James Browmel From
slip issued by the Sun, make up the following account
Of the disasleri
"The Ohio prepared start from Havana on the Is,h
but on the h evolution OF hei engines she blew e
ered the 18Th. when she got way with one EN-.
gne and made good time I'LL Sunday evening" the I'D when
under steam until II O'Clock that night When she laid TO-
and remained until Monday evening, having been greatly
"on Monday evening she again got under way, and
continued TO breast the storm until two O'Clock Tuesday
morning, when she sprung a leak The crew went TO
work al the pumps but found the gaining on
them II having risen to such height that the fires the
The passengers then aroused and called on TO
sist in freeing the vessel from and they turned
water in the hold and all the pumps Immediately
put operation, and battling from every pon,
THE passengers thus worked from Tuesday morning
until Wednesday at noon before they had lowered the
about O'Clock Wednesday afternoon steam was
again got up bur t required the constant assistance Of the
keep the water from gaining to such extent exn.
She reach d Norfolk at two o'clock on Thurday after
noon, having on board four hundred passeng hun
bred and my q whom were from California.
" The Norfolk boat this morning brought about one hui
dred and flty OF her passengers TO Baltimore.
:, The Ohio is considerably damaged in her ull-,hree
the hogs Tor braces) that support having
been snapped asunder. Her furniture was also broken
with everything THAI was breakabe on board
THE damage the vessel is supposed TO be not les,
than $50 600 and she will have 60 into the dry L
be repaired, before she can return to New York"
tta .,ul,.,h
y hundred returned California miners, the sight
whom sufficient 70 any that might yet be
afflicted with the California fever They dressed
rags and tatters, just AS they had from the mines
many of them with constitutions apparently broken down
by disease and exposure They all had bags Of gold dus
with the raging few hundred dollars EACH with the
aid of which, however, they soon improved their
appearance.
correspondence is also published between Captain
Schenck and the passengers in which the latter urged
him Wednesday to put into NORFOLK urging the i'm.
possibility OF their being able continue their services
the pumps long enough for him TO reach New Yorkhe
lawyers among the passengers giving him also their opinion
that by doing he would forfeit the claim of the
owners for insurance. Captain Schenck replied agreeing
to the proposition go into Norfolk stating further tina
he compelled 70 do so account Of his storcrooIn
being Hooded and most Of his provisions destroyed
The Ohio brought all the California mails including
large bags of letters but orders received
from the department. send them New York. and
they left here in the ii O'Clock train this morning They
will consequently reach here until evening
TaE MARKETs.-ln the Baltimore market this morning
there sales Of LOO barrels Of Howard flour
81 62i, and OF 900 barrels Of City Mills 81 SOL Ry.
-four is held at "a. and City Mills meal at So ST.
The prices Of wheat have varied, but remain as fol
some time, 95 100 Tor ordinary good reds and
100 lO3 for good to strictly prime do. white 10
a los cents and fsmily-aour white no lis cents
At the close Of the review, and Saturday. sales we
SO 81 cents; but Monday the price advanced to IS
81 cent. for bot kinds On Thursday sales were a, s.
So for white and yellow and good deal was sold
Thursday, white So So cents. and yellow u, sc 81
cents. Sales to-day OF white at So a So cents.