The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-08-31
LATER FROM THE NORTH.
Arrival Of the Granada.

Arrival Of the Granada.
Meesra. LEAsy's fine mail steamship, the Grana-
aia, Captain BANTER, which loft New York on the
afternoon of Saturday. the 26th inst, arrived at
this port yesterday, bringing two days later news
from the North. Wo are indebted to Purscr Cor
HAM for files of late Now York papers, from which
we make the following interesting summary of
news:
New YORK, Aug. &C.
BY the steamship Ocean Queen, which arrived
here yesterday, from Aapinwall the 10th inst,
we received California papers ofthe 3D. containing
The announcement Of terrible marine disaster.
The steamship Brother Jonathan, which sailed
from San Francisco ON the 28th July, for ports to
the northward, strucka sunken rock in the Pacific
Ocean in the afternoon of the 3Ot,, and sank in
less than an hour, carrying down with her all
on board, between two and three hundred per-
sons, excepting sixteen who escaped in a small
boat. General George Wright, who was on his
way to assume command Of the Department of
Columbia, embracing the State of Oregon and
the Territories Of Washington and Idaho, is be-
ieved to bc among the ii tims Of this disaster as
also his wife and some members of his staff This
is not the General Wright who was commander
OF the Sixth Corps of the Army of the Potomac
The name Of the latter mentioned gallant officer
1s Horatio Gates Wright, who il now in Texas.
The reason that We have not learned Of this catas-
trophe before is, that tho hostile Indians on the
Western plains now keep the wires Of the overland
telegraph almost constantly broken.
We have algo by this arrival some important de-
tails, which publish this morning, of the depre-
dations of the Shenandoah in-the North Pacifc.
AT tho date of The last adviccs she had captured
eight additional vessels, seven of which she burn
cd, and eighty others appeared to be ut her mercy
The steamships George Washington and Matan-
zos arrived here yesterday from Now Orleans.
bringing dispatches from that city to the 10th
instant, and from Brownsville, Texas, to the 18th.
The correspondent Of the Herald, writing from
Brownsville, details conversation, which is
doubtless Of that characteristic bogus kind which
the Herald always has, which he had with South
ern officer in Matamoras 1t is stated that the
"oficer" boasted that General Sterling Price, of
Missouri had been made Maj General in Max
imihan's service, aud empowered to raise cavalry
force of thirty thousand from among the mon of
the disbanded Southern armies; that several other
Southern Generals have been similarly favored by
The Mexican Emperor, and that it is his intention
to have one hundred thousand Confederatcs in his
service within year, to keep watch on Sheridan
along the Rio Grande. Meantime matters on our
side OF that stream remain quiet, and the condi-
ton and health Of the troops arc good. The
United States officers at Brownsville recently on
tertalned Mt banquet the imperial officers sta
7ioned at Matamoras together with some ex-offi-
GERS OF the Confederate army, including General
slaughter. So it would seem that the social
amenities still prevail between the representatives
OF tho antagonistic institutions separated by the
river, notwithstanding it is said to be the almost
universal belief among the American officers that
Iney WILL ultimately be called upon to march into
mexico to enforce the Monroe doctrine
Pr1Vate accounts report much excitement during
recent debates in the Mississippi Convention upon
Inc slavery question, some of the members declar
ing that the issue could not thus hurriedly b,
forced upon the South, while others advocated let
ting tho subject rest altogether. On Friday last
IL was resolved by tho Convention that the old
cause In the Constitution relating to slaves should
be stricken ont; but when it came to puttine in
place OF these stipulation that slavery should no
longer exist, there Was fierce opposition, and
final adjournment without action. Subsequently,.
ns the telegraph has reported, this clause WINS
adopted. ..>.s ..sr.
The Richmond Republic announces as abont TO
appear, Circular No. i Of Gen. o. o. Howard
Commissioner of the Bureau Of Refugees, Freed
men and Abandoned Lands, which sets apart for
tho use Of loyal refugees and freedmen certain
TRACTS Or parcels Of land and other property with
lnthe State Of Virginia to which tho United States
nave acquired title by confscetion., These lands,
embracing thousands Of acres lie in the Counties
ofIoudon, Fairfax, Elizabeth City Prince William,
Warwick, York, Norfolk, and the cities of Norfolk
and Portsmouth; and the Republic says it will DO
the first Of on extensive series Of similar publica-
tione. - .'.'
Gen. Beauregard, it is rumored, will soon ask
for pardon, that he may 60 to Europe and take
position in the French army. nle- ms :,
The friends Of Alexander H. Stephens, now in
confinement in Fort Warren, are making strenu.