Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-10-23
California News
9 days later from California.
ARRIVAL OF THE ILLINOIS.
Two Millions In Gold.
RIOT AT SAN JUAN.
DiSa IrouS News from the
Whaling Fleet.
Robbery Of the Specie Train Of
the Pacific Company.

18th. She brings $l,s56, ,35l in specie
Of which $500, 0000 is in hands of pas
sengers also the mails and 374 passen-
gers.
The steamer Constitu uiion arrived at
Panama on the 23d, from San Francis
CO, with 1877 passengers and 100000 on
freight.
The Illinois made the outward pas
sage in 8 days and hours. The Broth
er Jonathan arrived the day after in 0
days 6 hours. The Illinois has made
the run home in 7 days IL hours, the
quickest on record.
Senator Gwinn came passenger. The
Brother Jonathan sailed from Chagres
on the evening of the 9th for San Juan.
A mutiny occurred on board the
schooner Sharon, at Acapulco. The
mutineers were arrested, and the vessel
ordered by the United States Consul to
lie dnder the guns Of the Vandalia.
The Panama Railroad was progress.
sing favorably. Tie Engineers conf
den,ly expect to run locomotive TO Ga.
toon by Oct. IL.
Among the passengers by the Illinois,
are seven persons who have made $780,
600 at the mines.
The California markets are very fiat
tering. Breadstuffs have advanced and
were still on the rise. Provisions have
likewise improved. Lumber steady
Boots and shoes plenty. Seamen's wa
ges keep up, and cause considerable dit
iiculty.
The election for Governor in Califor-
MIA is still in doubt, and the official re-
turns can alone determine the result
The Legislature will be Democratic,
sure. The vote throughout the State
was small.
The mining news continues very fav-
orable.
Crime has materially diminished, and
the prospects of the State were highly
satisfactory.
The news from the whaling feet is
most disastrous. Several vessels have
been lost, inc luding the Armala and
Henry Thompson, of New London. and
the Arabclla and America, Of New Bed
ford.
A dreadful riot has occurred at San
Juan del Sud, between the soldiers and
emigrants.
General Hanara has subducd the rev
olu,ionary movement in New Grenada.
From the Alta California.
Important from the Whaling
Fleet
The following vessels are reported rs
being totally lost this season Ajax, OF
Havre, total loss Armata, ofNew Lon
don, total loss ; Arabella, Of New Bed
ford, total less; Henry Thompson, OF
New London, total loss America, Of
New Bedford total loss; Cosmopolit-,
Of France, total loss Mary Mitchell, Of
San Francisco, total loss.
II appears that the whole whaling
feet had wintered in the Gulf OF Ana.
din, on the northern part Of the sea Of
Kamschatka, Russia in Asia, and on
the coming on of Spring had set sail for
Bhering Straits; but on attempting TO
pass through into the Arctic Ocean the
feet was envlroned by ice, and the
above named vessels were totally wreck
ed
The crews Of the destroyed vessels
are reported to have reached the main
land in safety, hut it Is said that in some
disturbances afterwards with the ma
tives, eleven of the whalemen lost their
lives.
The John Wells is stated to have
borne evidence of the severe navigation
she had encountered. Her spars were
nearly all gone, her hull more or less
damaged, and she had scarcely sheet
of copper on her she was the first wha-
Ter ever sent from Newark.
II was supposed that some 60 more
vessels had shared the tate ofthose men
toned above, and il was quite impossi-
bic to tell how many more would be
likely to be lost in their attempts to es-
cape from the ice.
The general result Of this seasons
whale fishing is set down as total fail
urc. The following vessels have done
nothing Snip John Wells, clean this
season ship Neptune, New London,
clean this season; lst August, ship
Magnolia. New Bedford, do ship A.
II. IIouland do ship Vineyard, Mar
tha's Vineyard, $50 sperm, clean this
season.
The whole feet is believed TO have
done little il any better II is thought
that the whole fleet, some 600 sail we
believe, are now vending their way rs
rapidly as possible to the northwest
coast for the purpose Of reliting and
cndcavoriag TO retrieve their ill-iortune