The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-08-26
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NEW YORK, August 25.


NEW YORK, August 25.
I E1o Ev0'-..-S.- 81 - ~ a.
leans, has arrived. e
The steamer Ocean Queen brings San
Francisco papers of August Sd.
The steamer Brother Jonathan, from
San Francisco July 2sth, for Portland,
Oregon, and Victoria with between 200
and 300 passengers, was totally lost near
Camp Lincoln, Oregon, July Both. Only
fourteen men and one woman were saved.
Among the passengers were Brig. Gen.
Wright and family; Lieut.. Waite; Sur
geon A. IDgrahsm of the army; Captain
ChAddick Of the reVenueserVice. No par
ticulsrs received.
Gen. Wright was en- route TO take COM
mand of the Department Of Columbia.
Tha pirste Shenandoah had destroyed
the bark Susan Abigail, near the Gulf of
Ansdair.
It seems the Susan A. hadS Francisco
papers of the 10th of July, containing &C.
counts Of the collapse of the rebellion, but
Wsddell would not credit them as they
came from Northern papers, and Announc-
ed his intention of burning every Ameri.
can vessel he could find. After destroying
the Susan A. the pirate went toward Beh-
ring Straits and the Arctic Ocean.
| At st. Lawrence Island he burned the
ship Gen. Williams, of New London, and
next morning burned five more vessels.
The bark Gen. Pike had arrived ct San
Francisco with the crews Of the seven YES
sells, Wis: brig Susan Abigail, ship Gen.
Williams, bark W. O. Hye, OF New Bed
ford, bark Gipssy, of New Bedford; barks
CsthArine, Nimrod and Isabella, all Of
| New Bedford.
Psroled prisoners report that Capt. Nye,
of the Abigail, must have succeeded IN
notifying some vessels of the proximity Of
the pirate, as four were seen putting back
soon after, and, with those notified by the
Gen. Pike, some 13 were turned back. The
Gen. Pike was bonded by the pirate for
$G5, 900, and 27I officers and men Of the
destroyed whale ships put on board for
San Francisco. Among those turned back
by the Gen. Pike were the Addison Pierce
and Canton Packet, both of New Bedford.
It is believed the pirate will certainly de-
stroy 80 more vessels, as they were all 70
to the northwsrd The bark Richmond
was also warned of, and sailed from PloVer
Bay for the Sand Wich Islands.
In consultation with Capt. Smith, Of
the ship VIM. johnson, the pirate asked for
news. Capt. Smith replied that President
had been assassinAted. was prepared to
hear that said, the pirate exultingly, but he
would not believe that Leo had surren-
dered. Among the people on the Shsnan-
dosh was an EnglishmAn, who claimed TO
be prospecting for fine vessels TO put on q
line between Australia and New Zealand,
and probably would purchase some Of the
captures made by the pirate. The officers
| Al. kall Of kv1C
of the whslers, to 60 up and destroy wha-
lers where they could not get, and were
very desirous to enlist the captured crews,
and in some instances being successful IN
obtaining Canucks.
An English vessel, laden with coal, was
seen by the ship A. II. Qraford, bound
for the Shenandoah. - 80
A new Westminster dispatch Of the
twentieth of July announces the
arrival of Colonel Charles s. Balkley and
party, who would soon proceed up the
coast.
The Pacific warehouse In San Francisco
was burned on the I'd inst. Loss quarter
of million.
A Salt Lake dispatch, dated July 3Oth,
says the telegraph operator reports thst
the Indians have carried of five miles oi
the wire west Of Plstt Bridge, on the 26th
ult. Two hundred Indians attacked the
post at Platt Bridge. There was heavy
skirmishing. Many Indians were killed
Lieutenant Collins, Of Company G. 1lth
Ohio, and twenty.seven men were killed
Lieut.. Collins was killed while leading 6
charge, by 200 Kansas troops against some
600 Indians. The Indians have gone
South. A regiment Of cavalry was soon
expected to pursue the Indians. The
telegraph line will be repaired as soon IS
wire can be procured.
Gen. Roseersns received q most enthu
siastic welcome in San Francisco.
The steamer Ocean Queen brings nearly
} = million in treasure and large lot Of pas
. sengsrs.