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The Daily Dispatch: March 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], Later from California (search)
, via Hilo and Lahama, in search of the sloop-of-war Levant, supposed to be lost. The Honolulu Advertiser of the 24th, has the following speculation on the subject. "There is every reason to believe that the U. S. sloop-of-war Levant has met with some serious disaster, soon after leaving Hilo. It was Capt. Hunt's intention to have taken a northerly course from the Islands, till he judged he could fetch the port of Acapulco, where he purposed going first to forward his dispatches to Washington. "If this plan was followed, the Levant probably ran North to about lat. 34 deg., then tacked and headed for the Mexican Coast.--The brig Consort was dismantled in a gale, about October 15th, according to one account, and October 20th, according to another. "In looking back over our shipping memoranda, we find that the whaling barks Emerald, Robert Morrison, Florence and Bragansa, and ships Republic, Coral and Majestic Arch, reports severe gales in from 30 to 45 North latitude, f
The Daily Dispatch: March 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], Mysterious Affair. (search)
The transfer of guns. --A letter was received from Washington, yesterday, by Col. A. M. Barbour, of Jefferson, informing him that Dr. Junius L. Archer has been directed not to remove the guns from the Bellona Foundry at present. "The movement was commenced," says the letter, "in order that two citizens of Virginia might receive their dues from the United States, and as the contract was completed, it seemed a fitting time to send forward the guns." We publish this as an item of news, without comment, presuming it will have its due weight in quieting the excitement in the public mind.