The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-03-16

'rnE FLoOp Al SACRAMENTO CuT-N hat
wr Euyo long anticipated has az llst taken
place Tho wAler- hiler threatening for
weeks, have performed Iheir work ni Sacra.
mcnlo, The city IN Inundated,
SYe learn from passenger 10y the Senator,
That The average depth Of water there y four
tooL There are, however, some few knulls
set above water, on the tops Of which hun
..lrods have collected, M last resort. We
regret 20 learn that several instances Of death
lay drowning have occurred. Ono gentle.
tpnn informs us uf a case of four men in n
utale Of intoNication, who e II overheard from
"a boat aud per,shcd The loss oi property
"a tie city alone n Immense. In addition
20 tilis, hertls Of cAltlo Ia HE. cnun,ry havp
hoen swept OF Ond drowned. 'fhu- iuwr-t
rstimhie Of the loss which we have heard "
ono million dollars. A current running
throsgh the Ftrcets very strong, and great
portion Of the property being lnore, iaS of
COURSE been swept away. la addition to this,
instances hnyo occurred where tents aud
houses have been carried OFF ono large brick
house, which waa IN process of erection, HAS
been cracked 10y the rushing water, aud The
FOUNDATIONS Of many other houses already
ioosuuo1, Many, IN endenvOring 10 save
themselves, were forced 10 leave the sick and
even the helpless, 10 the mercy ofcircumsan-
ces. gentleman informs W Of an instance
spho ryaS almost dying fgr want of water Ia
1uoneh his thirst, and yet who. although the
water was flowing Within lew inches of his
berlh was 90 sick that lac could not reach
out mud help himself In addition 10 the loss
Of life and property, IN addition to the blight
Cd prospects ofhundrcds, what shall we say
of the immediate distress which the inundn-
;ion has produced? With many Of the huu-
0es only one story high, with the rushing wa
;ers covering nintosi every spot of lNuh in
the city, with no convenience for making
Ares for sleeping, aud for cooking, Il il diff.
cult 10 sec how tho Inhabitants Of Sncu.
mento manage to exist at The present tinr.
FRoN rue MINEs.--We have very little IN.
formation from the mines From the Three
Forks Of the American River we have no
news, Communication being neatly eur off,
from the bad condition of the roada,O cca-
siunally a boat comes from Yubn and FeG-
1her River. We learn (haJ miners on thuyr
streams do good business when tic wCUrtTUr
allows them 50 dig, A gentleman recently
arotu the Mokelunhfe informs us that he
thnks operations on That stream are ayerag-
ing $40 Pee day, ms II seems to be the opin-
son oithose best qualified 10 judge that the
rainy season is mostly over Bnd that we shall
have an early spring. Miners domicilcd in
our Giles will be enabled TO meet ut tho dig
gings much cartier IN INC spring tiratt-~us
-nuiicirnted, and Ms they will probably find
the waters on the streams reccdiuE, they
may reasonably expect protracted season
dor operations.
Provisions, &c.-The price ofproysons,
and board also, We presume. has fhlleu con-
sderahly IN San Francisco. Flour is now
selling at Sl7 to $lS per bb; Beef per bbl.,
$l3 60 Sl5; Mess Pork, 500 to 500; Hams,
per ID, 40 TO SOC; Shoulders, 80 10 35c. Butter,
rs to so; Cheese so 10 SO.
THE BURNT DisTRIcr.-The buildings
: damaged by the great fire in San Francisco
are nearly all rehnilf. Dennison' Exchange
was rebuilt in II days after it's former edifice
wus heap of ruins