The Portland daily press., 1865-08-26
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From the Pacific Coast - Loss of the Steam
snip Brother Jonathan seith bettvee1 goo
ana 800 Passengers More DepredGfiOsas By
We ParGte SisenGsadoGia--A number of WIaGE-
- New York, Aug. Is.
!, Inc steamship Ocean Queen brings San
francisco papers of Aug. Sd.
Inc steamship Brother Jonathan, from San
francisco July 18th, for Portland, Oregon, and
victoria, with between 200 and 500 passen-
gers, was totally lost near Camp Lincoln, Ore
gon, July Both. Only fourteen men and one
woman We're saved. Among the passengers
were Brig. Gen. Wright and family, Lieut.
Waite Surgeon A. Ingraham, of the army, and
Capt. Chaddock of the revenue service. No
particulars received. Gen. Wright was en-
route to take command of the DEPARTMENT OF
Columbia.
Among the passengers on the lost steamer
Brother Jonathan was the Governor of WASH
ington Territory.
The pirate Shenandoah has DESTROYED the
bark Susan Abigail near the Amadyr 1t
seems the steamer Abigail had San Francisco
papers of the 10th of July, Containing accounts
Of the collapse of the rebellion, but Waddell,
the pirate captain, would not credit them as
they came from northern papers, and an
nounced his intention of burning every Ameri-
can vessel he could find.
After destroying the Susan Abigail, the
pirate went toward Bhering's Straits and the
Arctic Ocean. 1855
At St Lawrence he burned the ship Gen.
Williams, OF New London, ard the next morn
ing he burned live more vessels. q
The bark Gen. Pike had arrived at San
Francisco with the crews of seven vessels;
VIZ, Brig Susan Abigail, ship Gen. Williams,
bark W. c. Nye of New Bedford, barks MINI
rod and Isabella all of New Bedford
The paroled prisoners report that Capt.
Nye of the Abigail must have succeeded in
notifying some of the vessels of the proximity
of the pirate, as four were seen putting back
soon after; and, with those notified by the
Gen. Pike, some thirteen, were turned back.
The Gen. Pike was bonded by the pirate for
$4,000, and twenty-seven officers and men Of
the destroyed whaleships were put on board
for San Francisco.
1t is believed that the pirate viii certainly
destroy fifty more vessels, as they are all to
the nOrthward.
In conversation with Capt. Smith of the
ship William Thompson, the pirate asked the
news. Capt. Smith replied that President
Lincoln was assassinated. II was prepared to
hear that" said the pirate exultingly He
would not believe that Lee had surrendered.
Among the people on the Shenandoah was
an Englishman who seemed to be prospecting
for five vessels to be put on a line between
Australia and New Zealand, and probably
would purchase some of the captures made by
pirate.
The officers of the Shenandoah talked OF
arming two of the whalers to 90 up and des-
troy whalers where they could not get, and
were very DESTROYS to enlist the captured
crews; in some instances being successful in
obtaining Kanakas.
An English vessel, laden with coal, was
seen by the William Clifford bound for the
Shenandoah.
LATER.
The ships James Maui,y and Nile arrived at
San Francisco August I'd, bringing the crews
OF the following additional vessels captured by
the Shenandoah, about June 2Sth Ships
Nassau, Brunswick, Hillman, Waverly, Mar
tina I'd, of New Bedford; Favorite, Of Fair
haven; Covington, of Warren, r. I.
The Pacific warehouse in San Francisco has
been destroyed by fire. Loss $25.OOO. sS
The ship Charger, at San Francisco, from
Boston, reports that J. T. Gould, of Maine:
George Keefer, of Boston, and an Italian. ali
sailors, were lost, overheard during gale q
A Salt Lake dispatch Of July Both saws the
Geographic operator reports that the Indians
have carried off five miles of the teleorapb
west of Platte Bridge. On the 26th. some
1900 Indians attacked the post at Platte
Bridge. There was heavy skirTnishinc all the
afternoon, and many killed. Lieut. Collins, Of
20: =, 18th Ohio regiment, and ~ men were
killed. Lieut. Collins was killed while leading
charge by 200 Kansas troops against some
600 Indians. The Indians have gone south.
Gen. Rcsecrans received most enthusiastic
reception in San Francisco.