Show tine the sinking of the comanche on satu saturday day and sunday nov and severe revere southeast gale swept over the barb harbor or of oan cen francisco the clipper ship aquilla with ie fe iron clad monitor comanche on board broke brale frn her moorings and before at assistance sistan ce could be ra dered sunk in m twenty five feet of water it was fer ed cd for some time that the comanche on which te hopes and expectations of san francisco for pi pd lection irom from foreign fleets fleeta were raised so BO hig big would prove a total loss although the aquila is a wreck beyond redemption well founded hops hope are now entertained that her precious freight wil be saved every effort is being made and ia engineers are haid at work while the papers leei with forty different plans to effect the object there has been gross carelessness in this andai crad geracd less ims of the monitor as the aquilla yas y As mooned ed at south beach where the prevalent gates galleg of this season of the year have unobstructed ted sweeps it is even hinted that treason had sone some part in the work however that may be the aulty or careless should be ferreted out ani and due durabb ment administered it would be too bad aber having run the gauntlet of the pirates in the atlantic alantic lantic and weathered the storms of cape hon n the ironclad iron clad should be lost in the very harbor of san francisco in case of foreign war such a vessel would be indispensable to the protection of san francisco the key of california and it take full eighteen months to replace her with in n other aiom the east the latest news of her en coi will be found in our special telegram fron fran san francisco and every loyal heart will unite jn in the prayer that the expectations therein raised af pf f tho the saving of the monitor may be fully fally and epoca ily realized |