Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-11-11
LATER FROM TIE ATLANTIC STATES.
TELEGR RAPHIC.
GENERAL SUMMARY.

SAN FRANcIsco. November 5.--Thc
steamer Moses Taylor, arrived from
Honolulu, brings the news of dis
astcr to the Arctic whaling fleet.
The Captain reports boarding, Oct.
10Th, the water-loggcd brig Shclle-
koif, from San Francisco to Callao,
with a cargo Of lumber All the
crew and passengers had pcrished.
The Captain was found on deck just
alive. The last passenger had died
the day previous.
The following are the details re-
spccting the disaster to whalers. The
vessels had commenced arriving at
Cape Thaddeus the first of May.
On the first of June the ice opened
and let the fleet tip within sight of
Navarina. The fleet working north.
ward found some whalers. Crossing
the sea of Anadyer, in Behring's sea
the whales were more plentiful, but
much trouble was had with ice. and
when the fleet arrived at Cape
Bchring and Plovcr Bay, the whales
had passed into the Arctic sea,
whittier the fleet followed. Fair
success was had until abont the first
of September, when ice tlocs and
hcr%s of great extent commenced
drifting down, and by the 10th a
number of vessels had been sunk and
most Of the remainder were hcnmed
in and driven ashore.
On the 2d of September the brig
Comet was stove in and sunk; on
the 9Th the Roman was lifted bodily
ont of the sea by two tloes, and
was crushed like IN cgg-shcll, and
the crew narrowly escaped. The
Florida and Victoria, of San Fran
cisco. were also crushed.
On the 18th of September the
captains of the fleet hemncd in be-
tween Point Bc!clcr and Wainwright
Inlet held n meeting and resolved to
abandon their vessels in order to save
the crews lives. which was done, and
200 sailors took refuge on board
the remainder of the feet which had
been fortunate enough to escape ont.
side before the ice closed in.
The vessels abandoned are the
Concorlia, Jay Head George, John
Wells. Massachusetts, j. ID. Thomp-
son, Contest, Morgan, Champion,
Henry Taylor, +. Swift, O. Crockcr,
Reindeer, Fanny. George IIowland,
Paica, Eugcnia, Kohalia and Il. d.
Dickinson.
1t is supposed that the whole mum.
Der lost will reach thirty-thrcc. All
the abandoned vessels will be. it is
believed. a total loss, there being
little chance of securing even the
cargo, &c, in the spring.
Those known to be saved are the
Arctic, Progress, Chance, Daniel
Webster, Lagoda, Europa and Midas.
The news created the greatest ex-
citenent in Honolulu and here.
Arrived, bark w. Ii. Gawlcy, from
Port Madison.
Sailed, bark Fremont, for Sea-
beck.
Arrived, overland, S. Wolf, for
Olympia.
| LOUISVILLE, Ny) Nov. Cat
half-past nine o'clock last night, the
giving way of column in the lower
room Of the African Baptist Church,
corner of Fifth and York streets,
created panic among the congrega-
tion in the upper room. They rushed,
damned and crushed into two narrow
stairs on each side Of the door, and
the men trampled over women and
children in their fright. Eleven
were killed outright, two of them
children. A number are more or
less wounded. One had his leg bro
ken. The scene was terribly heart
rcnding mothers screaming, and
their husbands in agony.
New York, Nov. 6.-The Tribune
reports the resignation of Secretary
Fish, and says, editorially, that the
country has been afflicted with rumors
innumerable concerning his resigna.
tion. These, finally, have crystalized
into the statement which comes from
Washington in shape so authentic
and trustworthy that we are CON-
PEELED to give it crcdence.
| The Times is authorized to say
that Gov. Hoffman will recommend
the next Legislature to abolish i'm
prisonment for debt. s ....t .,
SAN FRANoIsoo, Nov. G.--Sailed.
bark 9. J.. Taylor, for Victoria and
Port Townsend f.; bark General Cobb,
for Seabeck. u, d, ,