The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-12-02
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EORTY-THREE DAYS FROM LIVER.
POOL TO HONOLULU.

States mail. dates from San FRANCISCO 10 NOV. io'
New York TO Oct. 26th, and Liverpool to oct 10
The steamship Persia arrived at New York on the
26th October, bringing dates from Liverpool to the
10th, making fcenty-nine days from L'rerpoo4 70
San Francisco. This news came over the Tehuan-
tepec route, and the dates from New York to San
Francisco are only twenty days old.
Pacific Side.
The shin Lmcas. Capt. John C. Daggett. from Vic
toria to San Francisco, was totally lost on the south
Faralone Island, opposite San Francisco heads. in a
fop. on the morning Of Oct. 9. Some fifteen persons,
out of ITS passengers on board, were missing. and
supposed to be drowned. The Lucas, it will be re-
membered. left Honolulu for Puget Sound Aug. 26.
The bark Young Greek, Capt. Taylor, arrived at
San Francisco Nov. IL. l4i days from Honolulu.
The Fanny Major arrived on the 18th. In l6 days.
The John Marshal. hence Oct Is, out SO days. was
passed Just outside going in.
George Penn Johnston, who fought aduel with VIM.
I. Ferguson on Angel Island. was acquitted by a jury
in Marin county on the 9th. He arrived In this CITY
on the following day. There is a second Indictment
pending against him here for the same offense.-Hhd.
The yaha of Nov. 13 says .On the 4th inst, F.
Billings. master of the brig Kate Foster. was arrested
in this city on a charge of barratry. 1t is alleged
that he confscated the cargo of his vessel, and after
wards attempted to dispose of it The vessel cleared
from Valparaiso for a port in Peru, but sailed for
Honolulu, and subsequently, to Victoria. The captain
was arrested Immediately on his arrival from the lat
ter place, and handed over to the federal authorities,
by whom he was bound over for trial before the u.
s. Circuit Court, the bail being fixed at $1,000. A
motion was made to raise the amount to $2O,OV0,
which was taken under consideration"
We have dates from Victoria, V. L., to Nov. 9th.
The tide of travel continues to set back towards San
~ IT, ro~foe ~bich arrived on the 12fh-
brought 45S passengers. We note the results of
..prospecting'' claims on Fraser going all the way
from three to thirty-two cents per pan. Miners we're
generally well provided with a winter supply of pro-
visions. and but a few are now coming down. In fact
winter was about setting in. and there was snow on
the mountain trail above Fort Yale. and packing
would not much longer be practicable.
Atlantic Side.
The overland mail from st. Louis arrived on the
18th, bringing four days later advices, and on the
18th the mail steamer came in with nine days later.
We compile a summary of the news.
Another dreadful disaster had occurred on the At
lantic Ocean, in the destruction by fire on the 18th Of
September of the steamship .ausfria, from ~Southamp-
ton for New York, with over six hundred persons on
board, out of which number only eighty-nine are
known to be saved. The lengthydetails published by
some of the survivors are painfully interesting. We
copy the following account from the New York Chron-
icie:
The past week has added another to the list of
ocean steamers whose loss, from time to time, has
brought desolation to SO many homes, and moved the
horror of the public mind until the sensation was
deadened by long familiarity. or forgotten in the con-
temptation of some new calamity. Since the Presi-
denf carried 100 human beings to their death, the
arctic has been lost with 200, the Pacific with 240,
the San Francisco with $50, the Central America
with 3S7, the Independence with 140, the Yankee
Blade with IS, the Tempest with $50, the Lyonnafs
with 100, and the City Of Glasgow with 42O lives,
making a total of 2l62 lives And now the .fusfria
has carried a still greater number-500, to a fate
more horrible than that which met any in the above
list, SO far as their doom is known. Four of these
lost steamers nave never been heard from since they
left port, three foundered, two were wrecked, and one
was sunk by a collision; the .Ausfria is the first
steamer Of the trans-A Atlantic lines to perish by fire.
This vessel left Southampton on the 4th ult. with six
hundred passengers, as near as can be ascertained;
most Of whom were Germans, chiefly immigrants of
the better class, though among the passengers were a
number of well known citizens. On the 18th ult. the
ship was set on fire by the boatswain while fumiga-
ting the apartments of the Storage passengers with
burning tar, and the flames spread so rapidly that no.
attempt appears to have been made to conquer them.
The ship was instantly put at half speed. at which
she continued until the magazine exploded, from
which it is inferred the engineers were instantly suE
located. As The ship was head to the wind, the FIRE
travelled with fearful ~rapidity. Then followed the
wild struggle for life; one boat was swamped by the
frantic rush Of the passengers, and another was drawn
under the screw and spashed.~ q Passengers were
rushing to and fro-husbands seeking their wives,
wives in search Of their husbands, mothers lamenting
the loss Of their children, some wholly paralyzcd by
fear, others madly crying to be saved; but a few per-
fectly calm and collected. The flames pressed SO
closely upon them that many jumped into the sea-.
Relatives clAsped in each others arms leaped over
and met a watery grave; two sisters jumped over and
sank kissing each other. A missionary and wife
leaped into the sea together. and the stewardess and
assistant steward, arm in arm. followed. One Hum
garian gentleman, with seven fine children, four Of
them girls, made his wife jump in. then blessed his
six eldest children, made them jump in one after the
other, and followed them with an is,fant IN his own
arms" OF the six hundred persons supposed to have
been on board the Inflated steamer, there is but too
much reason to fear that at least FIVE hundred and
thirty have been lost-part of them having been suf-
located on board, and the rest, doubtless the greater
lumber, sacrificed by drowning. But about seventy
have thus far been reported ms saved, and there is
but little prospect of hearing from any of the others.
Those saved were picked up by vessels that happened
in the ncighborh0od; they escaped only with their
lives, and several of them are dreadfully, burnt
There were but six women saved, three Of whom were
burnt, one in a shocking manner.
1t is impossible for language to convey any adequate
idea of the suffering such ~ calamity occasions. The
details IF similar disasters are too well known to re-
quire repetition. The same culpable neglect in pre-
pairing for an emergency, to which every vessels liza
BILE, wns shown in this case AS in others. added to
which was an unexplained lack Of discipline and or
der in the hour of danger, which has placed this dis
aster before all others in the number Of its victims.
On the 5th Of October the New York Crystal Pal
ace, with all its contents. was entirely destroyed by
fire. The fair Of the American Institute was being
held there at the time. A large amount Of property
was destroyed, and including the building. the essi-
mated loss is 81 .5Oo. 900. Fortunately there was no
loss of life. ts@2
The ATLANTIC CABLE-The Panama Star Of Oct |
30 says We perceive by our English files that but
little hope remains that the present cable viii be made
available for the transmission of messages across the
Atlantic bed. Mr.. George Saward, Secretary to the
Company, has lately published an Official communi-
cation from Mr.. G. F. Varley, the Electrician Of the
Company, from. whose report we make some important
extracts He says:
There is a fault OF great magnitude at a distance