Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1852-03-16
BY TELEGR APH,
90 tbe ll)orrrster 5pp.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP
Ell D o R A D 0
$1,5OO,OOO in Gold
shipwrecl< and loss ofLifo.

NEW YORK March 18th.
The steamship Eldorado, with California mails
to Feb 18th, and one and half millions OF gold, ar
rived about half past five this afternoon. She brings
about 100 passengers.
The most important intelligence by this arrival is
the loss Of the steamer Gen. Warren, with 43 lives,
at the mouth of the Columbia river, Oregon.
The Gen. Warren at the time of the disaster,
was on her way from Astoria for San Francisco,
She lett her former port the 2Sth OF January,
and on the 3lsl, after passing the bar she became
unmanageable, in consequence Of the insufficient
power OF her engines and the roughness OF the sea,
and drilted towards Catsop Spit, where she finally
struck. The sea breaking her with fury, part
ed her old hull and before assistance could be pro-
cured, by "a boats crew despatched with extreme
difficulty to the shore, every vestage of the wreck
swept away, and all on board persisted, including
Capt. Thompson The event caused much gloom
among the inhabitants. She had on board a cargo
of produce, valued at eighty thousand dollars, and
was owned by Messrs. Garrison & Foster of Panama.
No Eastern names arc menlinned among the suf-
ferers.
The steamer Sea Gull, bound from San Francis
co to Oregon, wrecked at the entrance of Hum
bodt bay on the 10Th ut Nj on board were saved.
The Quarter Master schooner, Capt. Lincoln,
with detachment of U. S. troops and supplies for
the post at port Orford, was cast away on the I'd
ult. No lives were lost.
The briggs Almira and Una, also schooners Exact
and Aeriel, have recently gone ashore on the Ore
gon coast
The Indians treated the wrecked gold seekers
with rudeness.
The EIDorado's passage is 26 days A hours; be-
ing the second quickest trip on record, and both
made by the Panama route.
The steamers Panama and Fremont were lying at
Panama The Ishmus is hourly expected there.
Vessels would take from Panama all who held
through tickets large number Of persons who
held through tickets by the Independent line, were
still waiting passage, of the steamers of that
line having been there for two months.
The Panama Railroad is now open to point for.
ty miles above Chagres.
The schooner Penelope, Capt. Dodge, which left
have been lost, with all on board.
The Flying Fish reached San Francisco in one
hundred days from Boston, and the Celestial from
New York in LOG days. Clipper ships were being
put up at San Francisco for freight and passengers
to Panama, expecting to make the trip in nearly h,
average time Of steamers. The Trade Wind an,
Hornet we're two of the vessels, the former bein
fitted up to accommodate nearly 1000 passeu
GERS She takes the place of the steamer New Or
s,a'''e't'Aa Eegisiature IS dong NOTHING
An attempt has been made to call Conyept,o
Tor revising the present constitution and Law omen
PROBABLY the question of slavery to those VIII
wish the intr oducton Of into the State.
lhe mines are still turning out well, and new
quartz gold discoveries are Of daily occurrence
Immense quantities of farm produce will beralse,
Inc present year. Trade is remarkable dull an,
rents tending dowdward