Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-12-13

Cc'. 18th, with 46 passengers, and a crew OF 7 |
in number, and was bound to Panama. On |
the day after sailing from Sacramento City, |
disease which has been pronounced TO be the
cholera, broke out among the passengers, and
on that day Franklin Lamb, Of Groton, Conn,
died and was buried at Benicia. Since A o.
clock, p. NJ. of Monday, Oct. 2lst, the follow.
ing named persons have died:
George Woocot of Wallham, Mass; Mrs.
Ilolbrook, of North Adams, Mass. John Spcn-
Ger, of Waltham, Mass; Lemuel Fanes, of
Warren, Rhode Island; William Joyce, sec
ond mate, and John Reed. The bodies of the
six persons mentioned as having died since
Monday afternoon, were buried IN San Fran
cisco, on the 22d October by the city. The
vessel was ordered into quarantine, and nurses
sent on board to take care of the sick.
The Medical Society were called together at
the request of the Mayor. In addition to the
above, our deaths from CHOLERA were stated to
have occurred in the city of San Francisco
within twenty four hours, ending Oct. 22l.
The Alta California of Nov. LIST says-We
are not prepared to say that this disease is in
creasing TO any considerable extent, though
number of new cases were reported yester-
day.
We give below letter from Sacramento
which states that the cholera in that city was
making alarming ravages.
The Alta California of Nov. LIST says
On Tuesday afternoon, just as the steamer
Sycamore was casting off from Central wharf,
with large number of passengers bound for
Stockton, her boiler burst with terrible ex.
plosion, Masses of timber and human beings
were scattered in every direction. Many bod
les were blown into the water, from which
they were recovered by the numerous boats
which thronged about the scene of the disaster
The boat was a complete wreck, and from a.
mong the fragments were taken the dead and
the dying, mutiIated in manner shocking to
behold. Capt. Cole, the master of the boat was
blown a distance of fifty feet into the water,
but not much njure d. The number of persons
on board at the time OF the accident is estimated
at from seventy five to hundred. see no
Eastern names among the dead or missing.
The Sycamore was built in this CITY about five
months since, and was thought, next to the Ma
riposa, the finest in that trace. Her loss will
probably be felt to the amount Of $4,000.
A grand celebratin ion honor of the admis-
sion of California, took place in San Francisco
on the 18th, in which all the State and Govern
ment officers and benevolent Societies, foreign
citizens and others took part. 1t is described
as having been splendid affair.
At half past o'clock on the morning eff Oct
3lst, fire was discovered in the cellar of the
dwelling house, corner of Clay street and Pros
pect place, owned by Mrs. Irene M'Cready, and
occupied by Mr.. Cunt. The loss is estimated
al $4,000, the principal portion of which falls
upon Mrs. McCready. The Hospital of Doct.
Smith (the City llJsptaD was the next building
attacked by the fire. Here were nearly $50 sick
persons, all whom were removed in safety
DIR. Smiths loss, $40, 600.
The fine little steamer Marposa, of this city,
was run into on Monday u. ht, near n. York
on the Pacific, by the steamer West Point, and
sunk. Tue Mariposa was on her way up to
Stockton, heavily laden with freight, when size
met the West Point coming from Sacramento.
The collision took place while the boats were
under full MISUNDERSTANDING the passengers
and crew of the former barely time to escape
on the West Point. She sank entirely beneath
the surface, but an effort will be made to raj e
her. The Mariposa was built in this city, al
is owned by party of young gentlemen wi o
have managed her for the past four months
The Sacramento City ines says he cX-
Porations of the past season, have led to no
discovery promising to equal in importance that
ofthe gold deposits on the Klamath and its
tributaries. Salmon river, the principal aiilu-
cnt of the Klamath, was first occupied in the
month of June. Thetc are now nearly one
thousand people at the diggings within twenty
miles of its mouth, and these have averaged
fully ono ounce per day, a better general yield
than has been realized at any point scwharc
as far as we have been informed To Mr..
Pearsall, who has Ist returned from this re-
glon, we are indebted for many intcrcs ing
facts concerning it. He considers the dry
dlgglngs tn extensive AMI productive, but
they can only be occupied during they rainy
season The richness of the rivers prevented
crsons from seeking much beyond them Iii.
party of seven worked two and half months
and averaged SIG per day.