The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-10

Total ,Sl0 4ol II
The United States mail steamer Golden Cate sailing
from San Francisco Oct. 16 O'Clock M (having bssn
detained few hours to give the merchants an opporu-
nifty of answering their letters per Golasn Ass arrived
at Acapulco 2sd ult o'clock AM and sailed again se
O'Clock PM, same day. arriving at Panama ct
o'clock PM, 2Sth ult
The steamer Falcon from Havana, with the mails and
passengers from New Orleans arrived at Aspinwa1
Nov l. O'Clock AM was to sail same day Ut noon for
Havana.
The by the North Star is particularly interesting
and important.
Tho steamship Yankee Blade has been lost, togeshs~
With thirty forty lives and one hundred and atty
thousAnh doiiArs ..a... -. A...s - :.
presented to have been HORRIBLE whoIessis rUDu.ry
seems to have been the order Of the day.
Tho loss of the steamship Yankee Blade viii fall heavily
upon the insurance companies She il Insured for
sl75ooo Of which sloo 600 s in London and s75 900 IN
Wall street This is about her full vnius She had jus
been purchased by the Ncaragus Transit Company snA
was about taking her place In that line Her win
not interfere with the arrangements OF that company
The Transit Company have every steamer in its lias
either the ocean, lake. river insured to their fun
value
The French feet, comprising three frigates and
soops Of war, arrived in San Francisco the Sd ut
They had In conjunction with the English aeet made
attack the Russian town and fort Of Pctropolov-
ski, in kamschatks, from which the allied squadrona
repulsed with loss Of killed and wounded varieus
y estimated from hundred to about double that
number. The British Rear Admiral Price, who COM
manded the united feet, killed by pistol shoe
during the engagement II is supposed that he accf-
dentaly shot himself Two Russian vessels were CAP
tured by the allies The British ships sailed Afterwards
to yancouver's Island.
On Saturday, the 7th instant, San Francisco vas
thrown into the greatest excitement in consequences Il
the rumor that Henry Meiggs, late member Of the
Board Of Aldermen and Of the most extensive lum
Der merchants in the State had failed for $500 0oothat
several fogeries had been dscoveredthat Nexgs had
purchased the bark American, fitted it up splendid
style, and taking with him his family and his brother
John G. Meiggs recently elected Comptroller and large
amount Of treasure set sail for ports the Paci6c"
The greatest excitement prevailed for two three days
ard for time idea could be formed a. to the ex
tent of the ogces The matter has pretty extsn
sively Investigated since, and the following probably
not very far from the true tha loss sustained
by Meggs' operations -
Amount OF failure sS00,oee
Comptrcllers warrants forged ........... 10000
CaiifornivLnmber Company forged. ........ 100000
Forgeries on sundry frms.................. 60,0oo
Total IL 600, ,00o
The warrants we're generally made out In favor Of Je
~ L. wetmore and In sums of from $500 10 IL ooo t
first Il thought that the plate a. well a. the ssna
lures were counterfeit; but Ia conceded that thA
former was genuine, and admirably were the sttsr
executed that the Mayor and Comptroller each pro-
nouEced them their writing. In addition 70 tha
above II is believed that 5000 900 eloo 900 q
the forged Comptrolers warrants have been hypotheoa
ted In New York.