The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-26
Prom Son Francisen.


George CROMWELL from New Orleans
Inc steamer Ocean Queen brings SaI
FRANCISCO papers of Aug. Sd.
me steamer Brother Jonathan, from
San francisco July %, for Portland
oregon IN ana v tctoria, with between 2Ol
ana 5UO passengers, was totally los
near Camp Lincoln, Oregon, ON the SOtt
OF July. Only 10 men and one woman
were saved. -. :,
among the passengers. were tBriga.
der General Wright and family, Lieut.,
! Walte, surgeon A. Ingraham, of the
Army, and Capt, Chadder, of the reve-
nue. service. No particulars were re-
cetyed. General Wright was en- route
to take command of the Department 81
Columbia aHts
The pirate Shenandoah had DESTROYED
the bark Susan Abigail near the gulf' al
Anadtr. 1t seems the Susan, Abigail
had San francisco papers of the 10th
OF july containing accounts of the coll
lapse OF the rebellion, but Waddell
would not credit them as thew come
from northern papers, and announced
MS intention OF burning every Ameri-
can vessel he could find. After de-
stroying the Susan Abigail, the pirate
went toward Behring's Straits and the
Arctic Ocean. -. f.-i1s.s1
AT st. Lawrence island he burned
/ L4C S4AP -0GlGIdl NN1lllulIlS, OIL New
London, and next morning he burned
five more vessels. The bark Gen. Pike
had arrived Mt San Francisco with the
crew of the seven vessels, viz: Brig
Susan Abigail, ship General Williams.
bark w. O. Nye, of New Bedford; bark
GiPsey, of New Bedford, and the banks
Cathar1ne, NtmrOd and Isabella, also OF
New Bedford. i :
a New Westminster despatch of the
10Th of July announces the arrival OF
Col. Charles Buckley and marty. who
would soon proceed up the coasL.
The Pacitic warehouse in San Fran
cisco was burned on the I'd inst. Loss,
n quarter of a million.
A Salt Lake dispatch OF July Doth.
says that the telegraph operator reports
that the Indians have Carried off five
miles of wire west of Platte bridge.
On the 10Th ult., some 1000 Indinns Mt
tucked the port of Platte Bridge. There
was heayyssllirmisling all the evening,
seventy Indians being killed. 1t, Col.
Inns, of Company G, 18th Ohio and p
men were Killed. Lieut.. Collins was
killed while leading a charge of some
200 Kansas troops against about 600
Indians. The Indians have gone south.
~ regiment of cavalry wins soon eS-
pected to, pursue the Indians.
The telegraph line will be repaired as
soon as wire can be provided.
General Rosecrans received most
enthusiastic reception at San Francis
The paroled prisoners report that Cam
tain Nye of the Abigail must haFe sue
ceeded in notifying some vessels of the
proximity of the pirate, as four wore
seen putting back soon after, and with
those notified by the General Pike, some
thirteen more We're turned back. The
General Pike was bonded by the pirate
for S45, 900, and 271 of the officers and
men of the destroyed whale ship We're
put on board for San francisco.
Among those turned back by the
General Pike were the Addison Pierce,
and the Canton Packet, both of New
Bedford. 1t is believed the pirate will
they were all to the northwartl. The
bark Richmond was also warned off md
sailed from P1over Bay for the Sand
witch Islands. In conversation with
Captain Smith of the ship VIM. Tliomp-
son, the pirate asked the news. Captain
Smith informed him that President
Lincoln had been assassinated. was
prepared to hear that, replied the pirate
eSultingly. He would not believe thnt
Lee had surrendered.
Among the people on the Shenandoah
s'aNss TllinlaIsAsAaAps lOg;
prospecting for fine vessels to put on a
line between Australia and New Zen
land, and probably would purchase
some of the captures made by the pi-
rate. The officers of the Shenandoah
talked of arming two of the captures to
goupland destroy whalers, when they
could not get, and We're very DESTROYS to,
enlist the captured crew, in some in
panakers. An English vessel laden
with coal was seen by the ship AZ. NJ.
Clifford bound for the Shenandoah.
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