The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-05-05
TEIEaRApHIc INrrIIfaENCE.



Arrival OfIhe star Of the West.
Nkw YoRK, April 26.-The steamer ntst
of the West, from San Juan, win yates
from San Francisco to the LIST lnsts mas 81;
rived az this port. She brings 300 passeh'
gers, who came down from San Franc'scoo"
the steamer Sierra Nevada.
The intelligence from San Juan Is Oh d
peaceful and satisfactory character, ana tue
utmost cordiafity of feeling existed between
the officers Of the American and Brush war
vessels.
Intelligence from San Francisco fully
confirms the loss Of the steamer lndepenu-
ence-one hundred and twenty OF the pas
seugers are known to have been losti but 1t
was the general opinion of those saved mat
fully one hundred and fifty were lost cXeiu-
sive of children.
The passengers severely censure HE cap
tain for the manner in which he aciedin per-
hitting the steamer to strike upon the reel
They say the morning was perfectly clear,
and that he was warned Of the danger by
some Of the passengers, but the answer ne
made was: Go to h-l; mind your OVID
business" They state, however, that he
afterwards behaved with great courage and
humanity. 7
Two attempts were made to fire San Fran.
cisco on the night of the goth March,
The State revenue bill, fixing u tax OF
40 cents on the hundred dollars, has passed
the assembly olCalifurnia.
The people of Sonora were emigratlng to
the banks Of tie Gila, fearing an attack iron
the Apache Indians.
An extensive mine of native sulphur had
been discovered near Diamond Springs al
Sacramento.
The miners ut Marysville were doing bet
ter than at any time since the settlement.
A severe fight had taken place at Sugar
Loaf Mountain, Shasta Valley, between
the Pitt River Indians and a party of pack
ers, under Mr.. Bruner, in which severa
packers were killed.
Mr.. Aubrey aud bis party, from Sant'
Fe, reached Los Angeles on the 2oth o
March, with a large flock of sheep. They
left Santa Fe on the 18th OF last November
At one place on the banks Of the Gila, theI
found the bones of eight or ten human beings
whom they supposed had been murdered b!
! the Indians.
The steamer Sierra Nevada took dowE
i, over 200 passengers, and the steamer Cali
fornia over four hundred, the former to Sal
: Juan, and the latter to Panama, and abou
n
: $780, 900 in gold dust.
The mining news from all parts of Califor
. mia was Of the most cheering character.
The Captain (Sampson) ofthe lndepend
ence, says the whole number of the lost i
: 1876, including fifteen Of the crew. He fur
Their states shat the first boat launched wa
swamped, that the second reached the shor
g with a line. Two other boats were the
launched, in which the passengers were be
!. ing taken ashore; but, in the meantime, tn
flames had got such Roadway that those a
board becime wild with terror, and jumpe
g overheard in hundreds. Spars, matches, ia
= bles, and every available float, were throw
v over to those struggling in the sea, and b
n these means many were enabled to reach Tn
O shore. One hour after the ship struck tn
beach, she was entirely enveloped in a shoe
Of flames. The last persons who left tn
wreck was the Captain and one coal-passel
The boats from the shore again reached tn
vessel and took off these two, after whic
they succeeded in rescuing three boat load
from the waves. The Captain then took
boat and pulled round Magdalene Bay .wher
d he found the schooner A.. Emery, which in
mediately proceeded TO their relief
y In the meantime, however, the pas. engeI
went to the south side of the island, wher
they fond boats and whaling ships, o
y board Of which the passe were final
all taken, where Their suferings were II
! lievcd. The whalers were finally chartere
to take them to San Francisco, where the
= arrived on the 3lst March.
o The Captain says that if the steamer HI
d not taken fire not a soul would have bee
lost, and further, that the reefs upon whic
0 the vessel struck are not laid down upon an
CHART.
An.,ng tia Incidents of the day, nfter III
:, wreck, a enid w's born on the beach and
> now healthy anu tIr;Tinsj the mother wa
carried across the mouatains III a nammocl
and even walked part OF the wa 10 IN y
boats. Many Of the passengers, espe''al'
= among the females, suffered much tro'
Y want OF clothing. Phe dead were buric
near the wreck. Holes were dug in tn
sand with boards, and each corpse receive
o u separate grave. The number known t
have persisted is one hundred and forty, an
: as the graves number sixty, there were, {
course, eighty who we're drowned or burnet
aud whose bodies were not recovered.
Cattle Market.