Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-05-03
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
Arrival OF the Star Of tho West.
Nrw VonK.April 20.


Juan, with dates from San Francisco to
the lst inst, has arrived in port. She
brings FIVE hundred passengers, who
came down from San Francisco on the
steamer Sierra Nevada.
The aAvices from San Francisco fully
confirms the loss Of the steamer indie
hundred and twenty OF
the passengers are known to have been
lost; bu, it was the general opinion OF
those saved that fully ono hundred and
fifty were lost exclusive Of children. The
passengers very severely censure the cap
tain for the manner iu which he acted IN
permitting the steamer TO strike upon
the reef They say the morning was
perfectly clear, and that he was warned
ofthe danger by somo Of the passengers,
but the answer he made was; eco to
h-ll-mind your own business" They
state however that afterwards he bchav.
ell with great courage and humanity.
The steamer r. r. Page, exploded
near San Fran.isco, b. which D. w.
NJ ore, the captain, Lieut., Henry Moore,
his mother, and Gilman Fellows, the
clerk, was killed. They were all from
Wa,cwillc, Maine. The boat was ra.
cling at the time the accident occurred.
The state rcyinuc bill, fixing tax Of
twenty cents on the hundred dollars has
passed the Assembly of California.
An extensive mine of Native Sulphur
had been discovered near Diamond
Springs at Sacramento.
The Miners near Marshal, on the Sac.
ramento were doing better than at any
time since the settlement Of the country.
A severe fight had taken place at Su.
gar Loaf Mountains, Shasta Valley, be.
tween tie Pitt river Indians, and a par.
,y ofpackcrs, under Mr. Bruncf, in which
several packers were killed.
Mr. Auburg and his party reached Los
Angeles, on the 20,h of March, with a
large flock Of sheep. They left Santa Fe
on the 18th of last Nov. At one place
on the banks of the Gila, they found the
bones Of 8 or 10 human beings, whom
they supposed had been murdered by tht
| Indians.
| The mining news from all parts Of Cal
ifornia was Of the most cheering charac
ter.
The captain (Sompson) Of the Indie
pendenco says the whole number of TIN
lost is 1875 including fifteen of the crew
, Hc further states that the first boa
launched was swampcd, that the secon'
reached the shore with line. Two o,hc
boats were then launched, in which tn
passengers were being taken ashore; bu
in the meantime the flames had got sucI
headway that those aboard became vii,
with terror, and, in their anxiety to &c
; ashore, jumped overheard in hundreds
SPars, matches, tables, and every availa
bic float, we're thrown over 10 those stru.,
Cling in the sea, and by these means ma
ny were enabled 10 reach the shore. Ii
+ about ono hour after the ship struck tn
, beach, she was entirely enveloped in
5 sheet Of flames. The last persons VIII
: left the wreck were the captain and on
coal-passcr. The boats from the shor
r again reached the vessel and took o.
. these two, after which tbcysuc cccdeI il
rescuing three boat loads from the wave
5 The captain then took a boat and pulle
; round Magdaline Bay, where he foun
. the Schooner A. Emery. which immcdi
r ately proceeded 10 their relief.
In the meantime however, the passen
gers went to the south side of the slanC
where they found boats and whaling ship
on board Of which the passengers were al
finally taken, where their suaer;n3s wer
+, relieved. The whalcrs we're finally char
tered to take them to San Francisco
where they arrived on the 31st March
The captain says if the steamer ha
not taken FIRE not a soul would have bee
lost, and further that the reefs upo
which the vessel struek are not lai
down upon any chart.