Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-12-31
MISCELLANEOUS.
Correspondence of the Washington Union.

BAITiaoaE DEC. 27-s, Pm.
Arriral Of the Steamer Ohio at Noro-Safety Of her Pas
senpers-Accolnt Of her Pcril0us Voyage-PossengeTs
three days at the Pumps-Damage 10 the pesssl-1hs
Markets. dc.
The announcement BY telegraph from Norfolk, last
ing of the arrival at that port OF the steamer Ohio IN DIS
tress with 400 passengers board caused quite excite
men in our community and the arrival of the Norfolk boat
this morning was looked for with great interest, among
johnson, Gen. Benj c. Howard Brantz Mayer John Glib
son. VIM. M Gibson and James Browmel. From slip Is
sued by the Sum- make up the following account OF tue
disaster:
rhe Ohio prepared from Havana the 18th but
on the first evolution of her engines she blew out the head
of Of her cylinders Her departure was then deferred
20 the 18TH when she got under way with engine and
made good time till Sunday evening" the 3d. when she was
struck by gale. She however, continued under
steam until ii o'clock that night when she laid TO- and re-
NAMED until Monday evening" having been greatly acked by
ION Monday evening" she again got under way and con-
tnued breast the until o'clock on Tuesday morn
ing when she sprung leak The went TO work at the
pumps but soon found the gaining hem having
risen snch height that the fires in the furnaces were ex-
1.-THE passengers then aroused and called on TO
sst freeing the vessel from water and they runed out
water the hold and oil the were Immediately put
in operation and bang resorted 10 from every point that
access could be obtained 10 the water
"The passengers thus worked from Tuesday morning u-
iii Wednesday noon before they had lowered the water
sufficiently to enable the crew to rekindle the fires.
"About one o'clock Wednesday afternoon steam was
passengers from that tine until she reached Norfolk to keep
the water from gaining such extent as to extnguish
the fires.
nShe reached Norfolk at o'clock Thursday after
noon having board four hundred hun
dred aud fifty of whom were from California
The Norfolk boat this morning brought about one hum
dred and fifty of her passengers TO Baltimore.
The Ohio is considerably damaged in her hu-three OF
the iron hugs baces that support her frame having been
snapped asnde Her furniture also broken, with eve
rything that was breakabe board.
The damage the vessel is supposed to be not less than
$4,000 and she will have to into the drydock TO be re-
paired, before che can return TO New York:
Among the passengers who have arrived here were nearly
hundred returned California miners the sight OF
was sufficient any that might yet DO afflicted
with the California fever They dressed In and
taers Just they had come from the mines many OF Them
with constitutions apparently broken down by disease and
exposure They all had Of gold dust with them aver
aging few hundred dollars EACH with the aid OF which,
however they soon improved their outward appearance
A correspondence Is also published between Captain
Schsack and tho passengers In which the latter urged MIN
on Wednesday put into Norfolk urging the imPossoihy
Of the being able to continue their services at the pumps
long enough for him to reach New York-the lawyers
among giving him also their opinion that by
90 doing he would forfeit the claim of the owners for in
suranee Capt Schenck replied agreeing 70 the PROPOSE
ton TO 90 into Norfolk stating further that he was COM
PEELED TO do account Of his sorerooms being flooded
and most of his provisions destroyed.
The Ohio brought all the California mails including y
large bags of letters but orders received from the de-
parten to send them on New York. and they left here
In the II o'clock train this morning
TIE MAaKErs.-In the Baltimore market this morning
there Of l400 barrels of Howard street Hour at
~ 62X, and of 1000 barrels Of City Mills at BOY. Rye
-four 10 held at4 and City Mills corn meal at 871. The
prices Of wheat have not varied but remain az for some
time 95 100 for ordinary good reds and 100
l03c for good TO strictly prime do white, l0& l0ci and
family -four white at ll0a ll5c.