Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-11-11
ARRIVAL. OF THE No,sc.1 Sr.,
TWO WEEKS IAIER Enn,I ~ .,,4,......


Arrival. az THE NOUTII Sr,u,
TWO WEEKS LATER FROM CAL,FORNJh
LOSS OF THE STEAMER YANKEE BJ.,Dr-rIr
TEEN pASSENtiEI,S PERIsIED-ONE IIUNDnEl
ND FIFTY THOUSAND GOLD DOLLARS LOST
TERRIBLE SCENE, &c. &C.
NEw YoKx. Nov. 9-Tne steamer Nor.b S,.r .,,;..I
tns afternoon at O'clock from ApinwaI BRINGING o.,
orhis mails To the l6:h Of October She CONNECTED viii
the "olisn Gate, which detained at San Fr.pcsc,
hhti O'Clock T. u. the 10Th tn eual. ,n,r, All, =,
answer letters received by the Golden Az. ST., ,,;
Beale. ~ 's"Se"ah
,he steamer Falcon. from Havana anil New Orleans
WIN mails aud Passengers arrived at Aspinw. ON m,
-, INSTANT ana was Ia sail the day on her return
me north Star brings n 100000 iu gold on freight
, iho pr'hc'pai consisneas are Adams Co. $3o9 900
duncan, sherman Co., SOL 900; Drex.l Co sIoo
900; wm llogc 4 Co., $l53, Wells AZ f.rso
1885, 900. s'
WRECK or TIE YANKEE BLADE
Inc steamer Yankee Blade lett san Francisco on lbs
following day She hal board suO passepycrs hes;da
her crew aud hrcmsn when she struck the reef rocks
FONT Argueiie, is mies above Point Conception.
hesvy log hung upon the coast which was the cause
o le disaster 1he captain supposed the steamer to be-
twenty h"es from the coast at the time of the dsaser
The scene among tho passengers is represented IN n,
been awful fifteen of whom persisted before they were
Inc ,ono"ng are the names Of the lost are
SHeI:-tour Children Of Mrs. Long-town Mira Brennan
nnd child Mrs Sumner aud child; Mrs Smith and child
vile OF aessrs Smith, Brothers & Co.; Mr. Moore and
child, end Frank Mitchell.
There was terrible scene OF piago board after she
suek ana before the passengers rescued by The
steamer Gollsh, all the specie board amounting Ia
tlaSOoo. was lost The shpis total wreck having soor
washed to pieces.
CALIFORNIA AFFAIRS.
The steamship Brother Jonathan arrived at San Fran.
cisco on the 5h with Passengers from the wreck Of tb.
Yankee Blade. ~
The steamer Serrc Nevada reached San Francisco or
the 10Th ult The ship Golden West from PhiaI.lphin
arrived on the l1th sud The same dsy the stesu.,
Uncle Sam, IRON San Juan.
;, The siooPs OF war Portsmouth and St. Nary's we're
Honolulu, Sept. 10th.
Henry Aeies had committed forgeries of Comp,rosr,
eut Of 81 600 and dccamped for paris upknorn nI
Jus GRO John heiss in the bark American, whiri
they purchased, stored and armed for the purpose
Inc trial oil Colonel Walker ex-Prcsidcnt Of Sonora
progressing.
BATTLE IN THE PACIFIC.
French hee, consisting of three frisates aud slo,r
OF war arrived at San Francisco the Sd inst The,
haI III conjunction with the English feet made an a.
tack upon TIE Russian town and fort OF Peropouowski
In Kamschatks.
The English and French were repulsed with los, y,
rous'y estimated at from hundred to about doub
that number. The British Admiral Price who command
ell the combined fleet, killed by a pistol shot du
ring the engagement, and il is supposed accidentally sbo
himself.
Two Russian vesscls had Leen captured by the aie,
the British SLIPS sailed afterwards for Vancouver
Island ~
MARKETS.
marked with unusual activity Improved had os,nne
Tor many leading staples and had been mad.
an early revival Of trade is anticipated A''@' W
note. The "e s S o n" imports and nothing Of insre.
which That de':Iip,icn has advanced % cents
has slightly avai Beef ssis extra aeon
sn, Of xsaS,ae aTa sIEs.snesd %artd .ds.1e
Cheese is in good request at an advance.