The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-06-29
FIFTEEN DAYS TER
FROM CALIFORNIA.

FIFTEEN DAYS TER
FROM CALIFORNIA. g.
The Cresccu, GIG arrived At Ncw y osk
Monday morning She bungs s25O,O0o
iu gold lu-J iu ,h" hands Of the passengers.
GREAT FIRE AT SANFRhNCI-CO.
zion, hs Pagfr .Ntir, ofHy llh
on Saturday mouBri., ilh inst the whole
population ct the cG wrrr aroused D., the
cry at fire. The United States on Portsmouth
Square, was on iirry aud hy The iimc people
were ont ~ bed and in the slrcciA. ,h, Hamcs
had spread 90 the adjoining buildings on ri.
ihcr s.dr. NhCro was litllr mir stirring. set.
from Nc extremely comhus'lhlo nature oriLr
buildiugs, nae tire spread iu the ~ Dorado on
% uLc. aide. lIIl- ID -lLI4nIcus ON lilo ulhcl. La.
fore people bad tirip iu collect their scutict.
Cd senses. Strong efforts we're made horc
TO Prevent further ravaprs, hu; IN yaiu.~ Tho
'cnndJi, opposite the III Dorado, wns soon
wrapped luilamcs, thouco spreading nl0ng
konrucy and Washington streets
AZ The snmo lime the fire was spreading
with cqunl force down Clay street, house az
ter huu,c falling almost0s soon M fhc flames
touched II, lill finally every building hut Two
in The entire block lying between ClHy aud
Washington, aud kcumcy to Montgomery
street Wgrr destroyed
Ia the menn tIflr destruction equally NJ
great aud RAPID was going on along kcarncy
aud HAT portion ofWnsLingiau slrnur appn.
Kite the square. Finding that tho only meth.
od Of HtayiHg thc destroying element i'm that
direction WIS in taking nwoy it- food, every
house ON Dupont street, from Washington To
Jackson, was torn down. On the block, not
q single hmildinc =, lcsi standing.
Tin Itprl hrIo,, titg .t,vY,.l tlt, Il,, 81
ed but lUt'o britcG seven housrs ouly 0rc
len op n. Ihu- II VIII hr seen that the Aehrt
ut san Francisco is burnt ont lpou the
three several blocks mentioned, Lnt uuc
huidiug- are loli standing
'ull ope bird 81 iir city was reduced TO
oshcs. Tho loss ~ set down NJ 100000. Il
is thought TO hc ll,e work OF nm nccudinry.
\ rcWurd 0i $500 has been offered for his MP
prch"rsion.
EomHs .Ela Californian or.uly II.
TIE BURNED DISTRICT
ultimately os We ure acquainted with tic
predominant EPlTU al rUcTgy aud tutorprise
OF Our city, we have almost wondered M tho
npidily with which the burned district is he
ing agnm built up. II exceeds the speed with
which tlc work was accomplished after the
December fire. Already the ruins are more
than half covered over, and except That the
new editcus are not Of 80 elegant clarac-
ter, or 20 substantially built, oven, M prcvi-
ously, thcy will present handsome appear
HncP.
Bioopr DGNGs oN THE NoRTH FOHk.--
About Two weeks ago, a parry of Indians
came stcalthily upon a iew miners Who were
STcCping UTTCf tlICT work was over, IN TnCtT
tents, on The North Fork. some twenty miles
nhoyc Auburn. Before the luduns gave amy
warning To the whites of their presence, they
killed two, wounded another, and then sue
r6cded in making thcie -c-ca+a.A----+' funny
-+tr=T-yy,Tar, a tra.rr,- who was travelling
with his team, was surrounded by Indians, [.
when about - miles above Auburn. The mr.
rows from their bows took effect on his per- F.
son, aud ho nnly saved his life hi prreipit-
nus flight They carried oil bis coat, which .
be, cft on his wagon, with 5000 dollars worth /
OF dust IN The pocket. iffrry MISC ru}rtt-tl lti--
wagon of the valuable g"nu- it contained,
aud killed several ofhis ovcnaTho accounts
ef 4LpAe- autraHea sprGad rapidly. and on Sat J.
uriay last u company of about twcuiy, part +
OF HON were mounted on horses, htlftCd .
from Auburn and kely's Ban, in pursuit of /
the Indians They found them cncumpcd
In n wiley, near Illinois town, about u mile /
md Il half from the North Fork, and some I
twenty miles above Auburn Ii was thought .
the Indians were "A hundred strong. They .
were armed WIN vows an" uti""e' u'u nav p
one run. The whites Immediately fred up
ON them, whcrcupon they ran, eCnttariHg ~ ,
al directions After this the Whites wcrc
shot nj by the Indians, small .
pnrtics OF whom were found here and there
IN ambush, from which thCy we're driven as
,ficn ms discovered. Two of lie whites were
with arrows, but not fatally. tIhc /
L. of lhc Indians could not o nsccriniucd.
twenty-five dead hodir5 were iouud, and u 7
is suhuosrd they concealed aud carried oil
others rtbeir Icad. Among their dead were
fund woman and child. The party re-
turned to A,shtsfitr with them seNEril
sral.,s. which WIRE exhibited in that pttre ~
The carly part Of the weeE. IL IL bciIevcd hy
many at the niucr- thE white men nre ~
ndng the lnHi7ns, lncErng lhcm to institutes.
Il is pretty rgrI,un--'llA' a n'r.nnH T,r,'%
Ig. hrcu l,adind tien ny m 5uirrr ut ilicil