Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1850-03-14
FROM CALIFORNIA.

L'H Wv nv" NHo6'ts' bringing dnlts from
San Francisco to the 24lh OF Jouuary, end
Panama to the 9Th ult.
A writer in The Alta California thus des
cribes the great food a, Sacramento City,
which occurred on the 9Th January.
Aspsctalor thus describes a portion Of the
scenes, in letter to tho Alta California
A brief time only elapsed before The waters
began TO increase upon all sides; the sloughs
above and the sloughs below bore into the
city The rising flood. Soon the enrth became
soft, and tents, sheds and buildings, not per-
manently and securely fastened, were under
minded, swept away, ard borne along with
the rapid current. Long before noon hun
dreds oil boats were crossing every street far
and near, ard bearing TO the several vessels,
that lay al The river bank women and chill.
dren, the sick and the feeble, and when they
were safely landed upon the decks, shout
OF Joy went up 10 heaven in loud cheers weri
up Tor them, Tor their salty, and these shouts
were echoed back by the hundred OF voices
TIM, were in the surrounding boats, and with
in hearing Of the response. During the en-
tire day and until night this work OF human.
ity md mercy went on. The loss Of proper
~ must be very greOt-it must be over mil.
lion Of dollars.
Far as lie eye could reach, the scene had
now become one Of wild and fearful import
floating lumber. bales and cases Of goods,
boxes and barrels. tents and small houses
were floating 10 every direction. Tie poor
and suffering beasts were in pitiohle condi,
ton and called forth the sympathy Of ALL
aud what could be was done to save them -
Hundreds Of horses, mules and oxen were
wandering abou, seeking places OF securty
and food. 1t was indeed sad 10 hear their
low and plaintiff believing, as it told Of their
approaching death by cold and starvation;
some were fed by the warm hearted and HUI
name as they came.
In reference TO this disaster, the Alta Cal
ifornia, OF the 14th January, gives less
gloomy account Of the flood, finishing with
The following;
The lower h)or OF the Suffer Hotel is still
above WATER board SIS 90 per day; boa,men
charging from $40 90 10 Is 90 an hour.
10 addition to the above, the Ala Califor
MIA gives the following:
When the Senator left, the entire city was
under water; boats were navigating the streets,
md carrying passengers from the second
stories Of houses. The only means OF get
ting about was by boots, and every imagine,
bic craft was engaged in navigating the
streets, The ridge Of high land. about two
niles in the rear Of the city, wss literally
studded with tents. and human beings were
mingled with affrghted animals. who had
also taken refuge upon terra firms. Suffer
vile was oveihowed but the foIt was still
dry. Numbers OF small enements had been
washed away, and the front OF large brick
building, near the new steamboat landing,
had fallen in. Dewey's Hotel and the City
Hotel were peopled like bee hives. end pas,
sengers were taken from the second stories
in boats. Many Of the inhsbionls had taken
refuge on board the shipping.
An oct was psssed at The capital, San Jose
on the 5lh, and received the Governors APP
prevail suthorising loan Of money to pay
immediate demands upon the Treasury, un>
I'll permsnen, fund can be raised for the
purpose.
Ii is no! to exceed 100000 and is 10 be
taken for period not less than six. moi
more than twelve years; the whole sum to be
paid al the States pleasure. after the expir'
alton OF the former period.
The Placer Times, OF the 9Th January,
soys:
We have very little information from the
mines. From The Three Forks OF American
river we have no news. communications be-
ing nearly cut off, fIom the bad cordition Of
the roads. Occasionally boat comes down
from Yuba and Feather rivers, and we learn
that miners on these streams do good bust
ness when the weather will allow them tc
dig. A gentleman recently from The Moke'
lumne, informs us that he thinks operators
on that stream are averaging ten dollars pei
dsy. As it seems TO be the opinion Of Ihost
best qualified 10 Judge, that the rainy season
is mostly over, and that we shall have nj
early spring, miners domcIed in our c1le
will be enabled 10 get TO The diggins muci
earlier in the spring than was anticipated
as they will probably find The water on tn
streams receding. they may reasonably ex
pect pIolIsc ted season for operations.
A de plorabe affair happened at the mine
about SO miles from Stockton on the 27t
Dec. A party Of so armed Chileans mad
descent upon colony OF Americans at tn
Iowa log cabins. killed two OF them. an
brutalIy msltresting great number, an
dragging them with ropes towards Stockton
The Chileans finally became alarmed at
probable rescue by other Americans in III
vicinity. The Chieans dispersed. bu, ell
ven OF them fell into the hands OF the ind:
uant Americans and il was rumored the
had been hung
A letter from Stockton, dated Decsmb,
31s,, hos the following relative to The navg
lion OF the San Joaquin:
Since travelling by land has been int
ruptsd. all the boats in Stockton have bee
purchased to run up the San Joaquin. :
RAMA which ma month ago sold Tor TO