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LOCAL MATTERS. [[line]] TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24th. Further about the Russian Telegraph Expedition and the Shenandoah. Capt. Anderson, of the bark Palmetto, whose arrival from Plover Bay was noticed in yesterday's Bulletin, brought with him a list of the whaling ships destroyed in the vicinity of Behring Straits by the pirate Shenandoah. His list comprises the following ships: Abigail, Wm. Thompson, Euphrates, Sophia Thornton, Jirah Swift, Isaac Howland, Gen. Williams, Nimrod, Wm. C. Nye, Gipsey, Congress 2d, Susan Abigail, Martha 2d, Hillman, Waverly, Covington, Favorite, Nassau, Harvest, Hester, Pearl, Ed. Carey, Catherine, Isabella. All of this list has been reported by previous arrivals. The Shenandoah passed through Behring Straits as far up as East Cape, where she burnt nine whalers The last seen of her was by he Dutch whaleship Victoria, in the forepart of July, when she was steering south under full sail. We gather the following additional particulars brought by the Palmetto, relative to the Russian Telegraph expedition. The fleet of the expedition, consisting of the steamer George S. Wright, the schooner Nelson Badger, the ship Golden Gate, and the small river boat Lizzie Homer, rendezvoused after leaving this city at Sitka. There they found the Clara Bell that had come out from New York with a portion of the cable. On the 21st of August the Milton Badger, with the exploring party commanded by Capt. McRay, set sail from Sitka for Anadyr Bay, at the mouth of Anadyr river. On the following day the steamer George S. Wright left Sitka for Fort St. Michael, taking in tow the Golden Gate, and carrying on board the river boat Lizzie Homer. On the 29th of August they stopped at the island of Ounya, where they took in coal from the mines worked by Russians. Soon after leaving there, on the 31st of August, the hauser broke in a gale during the night, parting the George S. Wright from the Golden Gate, which was not seen afterwards. The Wright fired signal guns the next day but the fog was dense and not getting any answer from the Golden Gate, she continued on her journey to Fort St. Michael where she arrived on the 8th of September. The Golden Gate had on board the exploring party commanded by Col. Hyde which was to explore the country from Fort St. Michael to British Columbia, where they were to meet Pope and join in an exploration of the Yukon river. Professor Kennicut, of the Smithsonian Institute, also belonged to this party, but he with two other men of the party, were on board the Wright when her hawser parterd, and were taken to Fort St. Michael in her. The Golden Gate had a good Russian pilot on board, and no apprehensions are felt for her safety. The Wright, with Col Bulkley, the commander of the expedition, left for St. Michael on the 11th of September, three days after his arrival, and steamed into Port Clarence, where the Colonel took soundings. From September 13th to September 15th the Wright crossed Behring Straits under sail to take soundings, but meeting a large field of ice at the mouth of St. Lawrence Bay, she was prevented from entering, and steered her course for Plover Bay, where she arrived on the 16th of September. The Palmetto left her there on the 23rd of September, but she was to start the next day for Petropauloski in Kamschatka. It was Col. Bulkley's intention to put into Anadyr Bay on his way to Petropauloski if the ice would permit and see how the Milton Badger exploring party were getting along. Everybody connected with the expedition was well when last heard from, and no accident or casualty of any kind had happened. The George S. Wright, the Golden Gate and the Milton Badger were all to return to San Francisco after landing their different exploring parties, and they may be expected here the early part of next month.
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