The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-08-28
LATEST NEWS.
FROM cALIFoRNIA-AwFuL DISASTER ON THE
PAeIFIC-ovER 200 LIVES LosT-THE
PIRATE SHENANDOAH

NeU York Aug, 15--The steamship Ocean
Queen bringsSan Francisco papers of August
Sd. The steamship Brother Jonathan, from
San Francisco July 28th, for Portland, Oregon
and Victoria, with between two and three
hundred passengers, was totally lost, near
Cape Lincoln, Oregon, July 30th. Only IA
men and one woman saved. Among the pas
engers were Brig Gen. Wright and family
Lieut. Wait, Surgeon A. Lagraw, of the army,
and Capt. Chaddick, of the revenue service
No other particulars have been received Gen.
Wright was en- route to take command of the
Department of Columbia.
Further accounts of the pirate Shenandoah
state that she had destroyed the bark Susan
Abigail, near the Gulf of Anadyn. 1t seems
that the Susan Abigail had San Francisco pa
pers of the 10th of July containing accounts
of the collapse of the rebellion, but Waddel
would not credit them, as they came from
Northern papers, and he announced his inten-
sion of burning every American vessel he
could find. After destroying the Susan Abigail
the pirate went towards Behring's Straits and
the iArtic ocean. At ST. Lawrence Island he
burned the ship Gen. Williams, from New
London, and next morning he burned five more
vessels. The bark st. Pike had arrived at
San Francisco with the crews of seven vessels,
viz Brig Susan Abigail, ship Gen. Williams,
bark W. G. Nye, of New Bedford; bark Clip
sey, barks Catherine and Isabella, all of New
Bedford. The parolled prisoners report that
Capt, Nye, of the Abigail, must have succeed
ed in notifying some vessels of the proximity
of the pirate, as four were seen putting back
soon after, and with those notified by Gen.
Pike, some thirteen were turned back. The
Gen. Pike was bounded Ply the pirate for $45,
900. Two hundred and seventy-one officers
and men of destroyed whale ships were put
aboard for San Francisco. Among these turn
ed back by the Gen. Pike, were the Addison
Pierce and Cannon Pocket, both of New Bed
ford. 1t is believed that the pirate will GER
tainly destroy fifty more vessels, as they were
all to the northward. The bark Richmond
also hauled off and sailed from Plover bay for
the Sandwich Islands. -.........
Among the people on the Shenandoah was
an Englishman, who seemed to be prospecting
for a line of vessels to be put on a line between
Australia and New Zealand, and probably
would purchase some of the captures made by
| the pirate.
| The officers of the Shenandoah talked of
arming two of the whalers to go up and de-
stroy whalers where she could not get; and
they were DESTROYS to enlist the captured
crews, in some instances being successful in
obtaining them. fs ST.
| a The Kansas, an English vessel, laden with
coal, was seen by the ship VIM Griffith
bound for the Shenandoah 4. 10
A Salt Lake dispatch of July Sd says that
the telegraphic operator reports that the In
dams have carried off five miles of the line
west Of the Platte bridge. There was heavy
skirmishing all the afternoon of the 26th at
Platte bridge, some two thousand Indians
having attacked the post at that place Many
Indians were killed, and Lieut. Cullins, of
company G., 18th Ohio, and 81 men were
killed in a charge by 200 Kansas troops
against some 600 Indians. The Indians have
gone SOUTH A regiment of cavalry We're ex-
pected soon, who will pursue the Indians
The telegraph line will be repaired as soon as
the wire can be procured. s.
The Ocean Queen brings nearly $1,000, 900
in treasure and large number of passengers.
| FROM WASHINGTON.
| Washington, Aug. 25th.--Ex- Congressman
George H. Yeaman, of Kentucky, has been ap-
pointed Minister to Denmark
| Jesse L. Williams, of Indiana, has resigned
his position as one Of the Government Direc-
tors in the Union Pacific Railroad.
| General Ekin advertises the closing sales of
| Government stock in September. $4,000 ami
mails without single interruption have been
sold under his direction during the present
month. The entire proceeds from this source
amount to more than $4,000,000.
The foreign immigration into the United
States for the six months ending with June,
comprized nearly $4,000 persons, of whom
$4,000 are males
The monthly report of the Agricultural De-
partment for August says that the returns Of
| the correspondents are very full, and show a
slight falling Oft in the wheat crop in New
England and the Middle States, something
over half million of bushels; loss of about
one and three-quarter millions of bushels in
the States of Maryland and Delaware, and a
| deficiency of over 100000 bushels in the
Western and Northwestern States o.
The corn crop exhibits the greatest promise.
1t is everywhere good, and the potato crop is
almost as promising as that of corn. The
other crops harvested will be ample for all
domestic purposes, and that of oats will be
very large, The prospect, therefore, is, that
the injury to the wheat crop will be more,
than compensated for by the unusual excel
lence Of the other crops. 90 - ZIG ~
The tobacco crop is the only one which ex-
hibits a general falling off in. the amount
planted. The, heavy internal taxes on the
manufactured product and the apprehension
of tax on the leaf, are assigned by some of
the correspondents as reason for this dinin-
ished production. The amount of wool and
the increase of sheep are shown by the table
to bear like proportional advance to that
they have exhibited since 1861 The report
says the rebellion has given to this great inter
est prosperity which protective laws under
high tariffs failed to accomplish for it,