Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-06-20

ARRIVAL OF The CRESCENl cll L.
junorcd Continuation Of San francisco CONFERENCE.-THE
tss Theatres, CASTOR. H2usc, and Dams Burned-stOr
SHIPS De>iroy.a- Instruction IF Ten Millions Of ProPsr
ty-JE"nr Intelligence Precaencc ot Lyf'ch Lam-1H
New York, J.xE lG u P. M.-Thc Crescent City, will
san Francisco dates of iay 18th, has just arrived sh
us bring The mails the malt agent having refused to al
u.: them 10 cone on IN her. and they would come by TN
Cherokee which had arrived al ChagreS on The Stu, wheI
the Crescent City left She brings ST passengers an'
81 200 In gold duet.
hc Crescent City is denined quarantine ard her
wa brought up by special boats ANA will not reach the city
ill morning.
me Alta California of The 18th of May thus til;
great curllaGratiGn in thar city:
SAN Francisco AGAIN IN ASHES II he snoae AMI hame:
an. :rrdirI ruIn several sqnuie Of city, ii the Coo
Of Destruction had seated himself in midst and was
ninu himself and all his ministers OF devastation upon ht
ruins of our doomed city and its people Aouut ii Ucloch
last night tie cry of fire sared every one like earth
quake Tie ire had Just commenced IN paint SHOP on ht
Vast side Uf Portsmouth square, adjoining the Bryant
House az formerly called. but more recently the American
Hotel Ii but slight blaze when first seen, but IN tive
aiaucs tic whole upper story i'll %! fumes. Before
the gins cou4 upon The ground and commence play
ing the American House one side and store occupied
by Messs Rhode. furnishing establishment, Were IN
HINES. The buildings in the vicinity, being a.. OF WOOD
and extremely com6Usribr the fire spread up Clay street
back towards Sacramento and down Clay towards keaney
with ggh:ui rap6!'y-
|, soon had fu! command and the fire department could
only work up1a III borders AMI eneav1r t" check ts pro-
grrss by anticipating it, In this the? succeeded on the
other direction in which it could spread took lis
There was little chance much OF The movcblcs 10
the South spread 10 Bash street, and The part ui
Jackson street. sweeping everything from east Of Dupont
street to the whaTves The blocks between Dupont and
krarnev Streets vi Portsmouth square, far Bush
street. three in number, in ashes. Between Bush and
Jar, son and k-arnrr and Montgomery streets five in
Der are all burned down. Between Montgomery and San
.olnr Bash ana Jackson Streets five squares in number all
are burned DOWN BESIDES these thirteen blocks almost
~ building Of which is destroyed there many others
I. *. ryc O buI,lnrS
or Ike arou OF property destroyed. thousand buildings
is within bounds of truth, judge, and $1,000 90
could not replace the terrible destruction Some place il
twice or three times high 1t is sufficient say that
more than tre"-ourhs of the business part the city
noihnn bat snuuIde!ing cndcrs.
rhr fncal buildings destroyed are the following 10 Wit
the Custom House Union Hotel Parker House Jones IIo.
tel AdrI.ni. Theatre, Dramatic Museum, National Hotel.
Srw, World Cv Hotel, Dclmonicp'S, Merchants Ex-
CHANGE Pos. office building the ships Mamie an: General
Harrison AMI every newspaper office except the Alta Cali
uru, Nearly quite all the banks in the burnt d!s
re. Burgovnc Il Co, Walls Il Co.. Jas. King Of VIM,
Denoncu and American Hotels, R":crc House, Pacific
Mail steamship Company. all consumed Not house
ga .t I..tasi,rl STREET, and every thing both slices
,; T. m ,",lri 10 beyond Nhcilill
Scarcely ;ifproof binding in the whole burnt district
,a. stood h~ $"ch as have are tlr California EN.
rln!c FL Dorado. Ecrnia and The buildings Of Captain
Howard in which the United States assayng "ilce Of
MnTt Il Ca. Montgomery street The officers :" the
-r,l.lnisr saved specie OF TIE office ~ casting
into a welt .lbrat 81 500 UDU saved IN this way.
j. Gust naval officer Mr. Brown appraiser, DR. Green,
ana number ri Others IN the naval department.
had al OF their private effects DESTROYED The books and
plprs Of the department nearly all saved The large
= bonded warehouse, containing about 2UoO tons OF
merchandise in bond, was saved.
The banking houses Will all resume business IN ne course
ii the week Whrn Burgoyncs safe was Opened 81 100000
was taken out not sin.td ~ damaged IN The least
The fire swept every ming down on The ea-rly side OF
Kryrev street Jack son street. all the intervening blocks
Battery street The shipping in the harb1r pruvdcnl!aly
.sc.,ei The only vessels burnt were Tie Manic Apollo,
mi he Gen. II rsnn store ships California, Mon!pomG
Gin and Clay nearly
ies ruyei.
T,. Sacramento Hotel is blown up. Howard 4 Green's
Bu,lnr containing many valuable law libraries, Jones
Hi fI Savings Bank and Dodge IL Co.'S Express office
., nj. Buildings Cahi,ru, Exchange Cook u Bos
yer :yed The Df.9nn'it MGsn custom inse, JtEny
he asinc House the Union Hotel are among The buildings
,uricd.
johnson 80 Goo Wraher and Hammond $50 900; Baker
mi H. e. KcnIn $50 00D c. }. Brown, $50 900; Heath and
;n,rv. edwin P,l.. 4 Co. $50 O0o pa@c and Webster,
$50 CQ0 G in:hal, 100000; WIS and Sh SSo IVY; hS-
anr s95 900; Dickinson House $4,000; J. 5. Owens,
$50 g0 vim other mercantile houses, varying from
lhicty thousand each
tn, ,a according the estimates. cannot be less than
The destruction Of the Union Hotel involves loss oil
1851 G)D Mrs-Is. Adams u Co saved their books. a.
rnc dpo.es o Wells * Co. are saved The Ala Calor-
vi asn.cs hlvc been taken supply the city with water
o,, IA lake u.l,r3 mites distant. proposition had been
a heioc council hy Mr. MerrIield and was 10 be ac-
ted u May 5th and ii lvorahly Mr. W. would lea"e I'M.
netai.y the Atlantic States 10 contract Tor the pipes
iti other macrl"'s.
iarerS included the names of 100 firms and Individuals
Among the hravic J. g. B!da, $500 COO Simon-
field Bach X Co, $3.50 GOO; Sarssy d Bro $1,000 ksl'
.cy Smith x Rilrr Sl25 0l0 Otenrnier iirsch X CO.,
; 80 0Ol; Moore ricSnrr IL Co., sl30G00 D.anorn, BY
neaux Gr-ar sl47 900; L. Mickle Co.. 500 OoO Dali
An.,in {, Co $50 CUO Middleton & Srlorr $3.50 900
Six men burned 10 death ut one building; their names
are Captain vrc Lewis Bichland Edwd. McCahill Leon
C;rrenbann, Reuben Baker Nesblum and koscntha! Ma
among them Gc.l Jas. Wilson. Vigorous measures have
been already taken rebuilding burnt district and
buildings going UP in oil directions The fire at Stock
the WORK OF an nccndary originating in The Mer
chants Hotel.
DEATHS.-Dicd a; San Francisco, May 3d. Capt. James
Ncch of Baltimo.e; the 18Th, John McCala, son oi
Smith OF Baltimore; Margaret 4. f. Williams .! Baltimore;
slb Thos. McAthnT Of Washington d. c.
MARKEES.-San Francisco markets are quite unsettled
in consequence of The fire.
Er.adstrt.-Ihe amour, DESTROYED is not so large Of
Other articles. Flnr has upward tendency Ilaxal, and
Ga!sps in good demand Little change IN prccs of bar
ley oats, and beans Stock beng good; OF boots am
shoes immense quantity destroyed demand likely 10 BE- good
Bi1ks il demand AT good prices, ranging from $40 10
800
C. a;,c hiss Slightly Improved ard firm.
Provisions heavy; stock AMI prices improved I little
Mess ec So Pork SIG, p!lme do So Hams Is 81
Lard &li.
Sr:ar.-Stock is good and prices improving Metals i'm
proved particularly thDS: for h1usr-buldag. Tobacco bet
Ter Stock domestic goods materially improved Coal quite
neg lrcrd Agricultural implements in small demand.
FROM OREGON AND THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
We have Oregon dates 10 May Sd. The weather
cectlngiy The miners from Camoutl mines do not
rive very arrcrnr They only digging from
IS 10 per tanrhr of Oregon amounted TO IL 1923
Dates from the Sandwich Islands the 9Th of April had
reached san Francisco. The Alta California says have
!, on very good authority that the Hawaiian Government
had cirG apply the Government, of The United States
for anncxa and that officer of National Govern.
nrnt in city his way 10 entrusted
with 'hr ulssion.
,:.aC:;o THERMOMETER.