The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-21

OF 1858, when she last seem she attempting to
make her way through the 'every passage CAS- it
Is termed in longitude III degrees west, the wind the
time blowing gale and asking that search be made for the
officers and Of this Inflated vessel who supposed
to be living upon some Of the above named islands
Instructions issued from the Navy Department. in
cordance with the request Lieutenant John
Rodgers command OF the United States surveying exped
ton Behring's Straits, North Pacific China seas
gave the necessary orders to Acting Lieut. William Gibson
in command of the United States schooner Fenmore Cooper
We give the result of the search in Lieutenant Gbsons
words. The despatch from which make the extract
dated San Francisco, the 18th uitimo
elf any hope should yet be retained ia regard to the fate
OF the officers and of the whalesbp Monongahea
greyed that what have to report must forever exnguisb
It, No part of my instructions was more solicitous TO fill
than the instructions to search and inquire for the survivors
from this vessel. communicated with the superintendent
of the Russan American CompAnys settlement the island
of Atcka AT that place still several water casks sup
posed to have belonged to the honongahea and have in
my possession g cabin moulding obtained there Frag
ments Of wreck wrecks have been picked up the
shores Of Amla, Atcka and Kasatochy Islands, from the
winters of 1858 and 1854 time the
The constant communication by baidars with all parts
grouped to the westward Of Atcka, makes it imposs
Bile that any shipwrecked crew can be there at this
gence bad been received Acka from the islands Segouam
aud Amoughta which lie, each side of the Seventy
second ran closely along their shores ON Amongh
fell in with number Of Creole and Aleutan fishermen
from whom my information positive that there
Tschegoua and unasks Neither there any Scgo
which they had visited before coming to Amougbta
ciny upon the melancholy conclusion that all on
board the Monongahela persisted with her.
At Alton the first Aleutian island track heard
the loss OF the New Bedford tho Semich islands in
1852. few of her had been for time at Port fsht
chagoH and had left in passing whaer, which they pulled
off to in ta.dar The oompanys superintendent there
knew nothing of the Monong ahea.
From the Aleutian islands we proceeded, via the Chou
agine group, port New Archange Stka
arrived the 10th of September From Governor Veo
vodsky obtained statement Of all the information in his
exceency possession relative TO the losoi vessel in the
fall OF 1851 the Aleutan island OF Atcka The gilt let
American Company brig Ochotsc as stated in papers ac
companying this letter. has doubtless been the by
which the wreck is identified at home but both Stka and
at Atcka the name of tho Monongahea was unknown
Loss The 1n,crican Ship Cleopa,ra.A letter from Com
modore VIM. D. Sater, commander in chief Of the Brazil
squadron dated United States ship Savannah Rio de ia
metro, October 1880, states that the American ship Cleo
pata Captain Tbayer abandoned eight days previous
by her officers and crew, when about eight hundred miles to
the eastward Of this port in consequence of having sprung
leak. Two three days before the ship abandoned
she had, in the night atoul OF what, at the time
thought be SPAR Three boats left the ship with all hands
board, and plenty of provisions. The captain, second
mate and twenty or twenty-five Others left the ship
in the gig and launch and reached Rio dc Jancro in safe
ty but the first and third and nineteen of the crew,
who followed them 10 another launch he best boat of the
three) have not since been heard of.
Commodore Sater having other vessel than the Savan
nah at bis disposal obliged to make known his wish
send in search of the missing launch Admiral
tombstone commanding her British Maesty naval forces at
/ JOhnStOne
kindly placed at the Commodores disposal her British Ma
estys Trident which Immediately to mo
Commodore left the next day FIR the same purpose The
Commodore speaks in the highest of praise the
and courteous in which Admiral tombstone acceded
to his request.
The Cleopatra belonged Boston, and was bound from
Callao to Now York, loaded with guano
The cholera said to be Rio de Janeiro but the disease
il confined mostly to the old and feeble among the black
population. The health Of all board vessels is good
Mar. .n.r-
FOUR Of which the diseases rheumatsm and bronchitis
The Germantown Commander William +. Lynch, was ex-
pected daily to arrive from bc river Orders left
her to cruiso In the vicinity of Cape Fro for missing
launch of the Cleopatra.
Everything quiet at Monteyiieo Cen Flores had re-
signed his office OF President
~ POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
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omit will be recoectcd that by the act Of March 1885,
requiring the postage all letters by mail
in the United States, and from foreign country,
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AIRY 1885, ho Postmaster General may require posmas
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appointment Of Route AgentsW. T. Helms, of Tennessee
Traditional agept) to from Knoxville via London
Dalton.
William Thompson Of Maine, to between Watervle
and Bangor This is route.
Charles Crater of New Orleans to the steamboat
line between New Orleans and Vcksburg place of O. Gricr
resigned
James G. Wales, Of Ohio, to between Cincinnati and
Sandusky, in place OF Charles Reed
Joseph Scott, Of Kentucky to the steamboat line
Archer, resigned.
Mark A. Husen, Of Georgia. to between Augusta and
Atlanta, in place off. U. Wright
Ncw Port 06ccsThe following named new post ofIicos
have been established, and the following gentlemen
appointed postmastcrs
Harrisburg Linn county, Oregon Territory David Nc
Gully, postmaster
Burlington, Linn county Oregon Territory William II.
McCorke, postmaster.
Red Dog Nevada county, California J. c. Green, post
master.
Pleasant Valley, Marposa county, California; Arthur
Shearer, postmaster.
North Point, Pulaski county, Arkansas John 7. Sprui
postmaster.
Lake Bluff, Prairie county, Arkansas; Etheridgc @. At
kins, postmaster
Clear Creek Marion county, Arkansas; Miles Patton post
master.
Peach Grove, Jefferson county, Arkansas Thomas Ward
postmaster.
Antioch, Hot Springs county, Arkansas; Stephen IL.
kceer, postmaster.
Sulphur Springs Columbia county, Arkansas; John