The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-08-22
From cAaagrsG.

By the arrival at New York Of the steamship
Brother Jonathan from Chagres which place she
left on the 9th instant, we have some intelligence
Of interest The Brother Jonathan touched at
Kingston, Jamaica. and left there on the evening
of the 18th. She brings Kingston papers TO the
18th instant.
She was delayed on her return trip by fire,
which broke out the boilers, the evening OF
the 18th instant. The weasel was densely crowded
with passengers, and for time the excitement
among them intense. However, IN less than
an hour the flames were extinguished, and quiet
restored. The boilers sustained 30 much in
Jury by the fire that but slow progress was made
thereafter The passengers award great credit to
Captain Squiers and his officers for their prompt
ness and decision during the CONSERVATION.
The steamship Falcon was left at Chagres await
ing the mails.
The steamer Ohio reached Chagres on the 9th
instant, with broken shaft, and one engine SO
much disabled that she will go to Navy Bay and
await orders from her owners. Her shaft was bro
ken off Kingston on the 9th instant. She reported
having experienced heavy weather.
Thesteerage passengers of the steamer Commodore
Stockton, lying at TOBACCO, mutinied on the morn
ing OF the 9th instant, and demanded the return Of
their passage money. They drove the crew from
their work, cut up the ackng &C., and at last ac-
counts had complete possession of the vessel.
The steamer Union went ashore in fog on the
5th of July, at O'Clock. a. nl four days out from
San Francisco on Quiuten's reef She ia a total
wreck. She had three hundred passengers on
board, and $500 900 in gold dust. The passengers
and dust all saved, except 5000 taken by
passengers and crew No freight saved. She was
propeller, built at Philadelphia for the California
trade.
The Union leftSan Francisco on the LIST instant
bound to Panama, with two hundred and thirty
passengers, commanded by Captain James Marks.
She also had ON board thirty.sx boxes of gold
dust, shipped principally by Gregory & Co.'s ex-
press.
among the passengers that the Union came we'll
nigh running intoa schooner during the night, and
that no lights were up or watch on deck; this
NOR, however, passed off without creating any ex-
element or alarm.
At 3 o'clock the morning of the 9th a pas
senger, by the name of John ID. Holman, went on
deck to enjoy the fresh air. as the night had been
quite warm. He states that roaring noise at
tracted his attention in the direction of land, and
on close observation he the breakers rolling
along the beach quite plain; and he saw, from the
direction the vessel was running, she must certainly
strike in few moments; he could find no watch
on deck, and the helmsman wal too drunk to man
age the wheel; he attempted to give the alarm. but
before any one came to his call the vessel struck
reef of rocks which Jared her to the centre, and
before she had fully recovered from this shock she
struck again; the first mate made his appearance
on deck, and sang out hard a-port; but too late.
She was already within two hundred yards of the
shore Four of her lengths in the direction she was
heading would have placed her on bluff at least
fifty feet above the water Immediately back of
this bluff mountain quite distinct, three
hundred feet above the first ledge of bluffs.