The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-22
From the N. Y. Evening Posi-.
Important Intelligence from tho forth Pa
eifie Whaling Fleet.

through the Kindness OF OaPtain orlinn, OF
the schooner Curlew, which arrived yesterday
from II onolula, we have been placed in posses.
sion of important and affecting intelligence from
the whaling fleet of the North Pacific.
The Curlew was boarded on the l3st of Au-
gust last, in lon. l34.deg. 1 min. w, lat. 81
deg. N. by the whale ship John Wells, of New
Bedford, Captain Cross, who reports the follow
ing vessels as being totally lost this season:
Ajax, of Hayre; Aramatta, af New London;
Henry Thompson, Of New London; Arabela,
New Bedford; New Bedford, of New Bedford /;
America, of New Bedford; Cosmopolite, of
France; Mary Mitchell, of San Francisco
1t appears that the whole whaling fleet had
wintered in the Gulf of Anadir, in the northern
part of the sea of Kamschatka, in Russia, in Asia,
and, on the coming on Of spring, had set sail for
Bhering's Straits; but in attempting to pass
through into the Arctic CEN, the fleet was en-.
yironed by ice, and the above named vessels
were totally wrecked. The crews of the des.
troyed vessels are reported to have reached the
main land in safety but it is said that in some
disturbance afterwards with the natives eleven
of the wbaemen lost their lives.
The John Wells Is stated to have borne evil
dence of the severe navigation she had en-
countered. Her spars were nearly all gone, her
hull more or less damaged, and she had scarcely
u sheet OF copper upon ner.
1t was supposed that some sixty more vessels
had shared the fate of those mentioned above !;
and it was quite impossible to tell how many
more would be likely to be lost in their attempts
to escape from the ice.
The general result OF this seasons Whale tish-
ing is set down as total failure. The follow.
ing vessels have done nothing:
Ship John Wells, clean this season. ship
Neptune, New London, clean this season, lst
August ship Magnolis, New Bedford, clean this
season, LIST August; ship A. H. Howland New
Bedford, clean this season, lst August; chip
Vineyard, Martha's Vineyard, $50 sperm, clean
this season. The whole fleet is believed to
have done little, if any better.
II is thought that the whole fleet (some 600
sail, we believe,) are now vending their way,
as rapidly as possible, to the Northwest coast,
for the purpose Of reftting and endeavorng to
retrieve their i'll fortunes.-Aha California
Sept 18Th.
LATER FROM PANAMA.
Riot in San Juan del -Rerolution in Nep
Grenada Chile in Arms.
Our Panama papers are to the lst instant,
and confirm several important matters. The
Star of that date says:
About nine o'clock on Wednesday night, the
city was startled from its propriety" by the sud-
den sound ofapparently every church bell in it
and they are something less than thousand
and the loud cries of" Viva Ia Republica Nueva
Granada" from the throats of the loyal demo-
cratic " paisanos," who all at once thronged the
streets.
On inquiry into the cause Of the jollifcation,
We learned that the courier had just got into
town, with dispatches to Governor Diaz, inform
ing him that General Thomas Herrara, leader Of
the government forces had subdued the remain.
ing revolutionary forces 10 the republic, under
command Of General Borrera, in the province of
Antoiqul. This is the main established fact
How it was brought about, we are not clearly
informed, as there are different stories ahoat
But from the information we have been enabled
to gather, we are led 10 believe that General
Herrara has accomplished his purpose on this,
as on previous occasions, more by his own skill
in using his powerful reasoning and persuasive
faculties, than by the force Of arms.
Doubtless, before our next publication, we
shall have full and official accounts of the clos.
ing scene in the late revolutionary movement in
New Granada. In the meantime, we can inform
our readers that law and order once more pre-
vail throughout the country.
| ROBBERY CT GOLD TRAIs.-The gold train
which left Panama on tn, Goth ult., was attacked
at Guyabal by band Of robbers, who were re.
pulsed, and afterward the leaders, DIR. Berry,
an American, J. j. Burch, an American lawyer
and DIR. Lobsrtson, an Englishman-were ar.
rested as the rngeaders. ......
REVOLUTION IN CHILE
By the arrival Of the French brig Ha,i
| Lguise, from Callos, whence she sailed on the
10th September, we learn that the steamer Chile
| had Just arrived in that harbor from Valparaiso,
bringing the important, but unpleasant informa.
ton that revolution had broken out in Chile,
and that many Of the troops had declared in
favor Of General Santa Cruz. for President
that Coquimbo, and other cities, were in pos
session Of the new party-and that every thing
throughout the republic was in disorganized
state.
We regr,t this news, because we had begun
TO look upon Chile as model" Southern re-.
publc-possessing more stability than any Of
her neighbors-of more enlarged ideas Of foreign
trade and domestic industry-as a country,
unusually forward in the development and en-.
enlargement Of internal resources and improve
ment-and we had fostered the hope and nour
ished Il, that she was very rapidly rising 10 po
sition that would soon reflect honor and glon
upon republican institutions and principles,
throughout the world.
But the petty inirigues Of political men, seem
10 have as much influence there rs elsewhere
in the South, among the unthinking, INDECENT,
and ignorant mass Of the people rs well as
among the no better educated, no higher pin.
cipled, and no more reliable soldiery.
The next arrival from the South, will give us
all the particulars Of the revolution, and rs soon
as received, we shall lay them before our readers
RIOT BETWEEN THE SOLDIERS AND EMIcRAsTs
AT SAN JUAN DEL SUD.
A letter in the Star, dated at San Juan del
Sud, September 2lst, says;
"The rowdies have complete possession Of
this place. There is no order or law, and but
little prospect Of IL from the government We
had a most unfortunate affair yesterday, in the
shape Of a conf ct between the natives and the
Americans, in which two Of the latter were
killed and the soldiers had one killed, two NOR.
tally wounded, and one slightly.
II arose through Col Mclean, who came
here In brig from Healejo, was suspected 10 be,
and believe was, an emissary from Gen. Munion,
who is at the head Of an army against the gov.
eminent Of Senior Pineda, the president. Col
Mclean, | believe, endeavored 10 rsise party
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