The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-06-20
Photographed to the Baltimore Sun.I
ARRIVAL OF THE CRESCENT CITY.

Photographed TO the baltimore Sun.
ARRIVAL OF THE CRESCENT CITY.
Rumored Connagration OF San Francisco
Confirmed.
Hotels, Theatres, Custom house, and Banks burned
Storeships destroyed Destruction IF Ten Millions
Of Property! Mining HteAigence-Preuaence Of
Lynch La,o- The Markets, Srs.
New YoRK, Juno lS--l2 D. m.-The Crescent
City, with San Francisco dates of May 10Th, has
Just arrived. She does not bring the mails, the
mail agent having refused to allow them to come
on in her, and they would come by the Cherokee,
which had not arrived at Chagres on the Sth, when
the Crescent City left. She brings 527 passengers,
and STU, 600 in gold dust
The Crescent City is detained Quarantine, and
her was brought up by special boats, and will
not reach the city till morning.
The Ala California of the 18th of May thus
nounces the great conhagration in that city:
SAN FnANcrsco AGAIN IN ASHES The smoke
and flames ascending from several squares Of
our city, If the god of destruction had seated
himself in midst, and was gorging himself and
all his ministers Of devastation upon tho ruins OF
doomed city and its people. About eleven
O'Clock last night the cry of "hre" startled every
one like an earthquake. The fire had Just com
menccd in q paint-shop ON the west side of Ports
mouth square, adjoining the Bryant House, as for
merly called, but more recently the American
Hotel. II was but slight blaze when first seen,
but in five minutes the whole upper story was full
of flames Before the engines could get upon the
ground and commence playing, the American
House, one SIDE, and store occupied by Messrs.
Rhodes a furnishing establishment, were in
hames. The buildip gs in the vicinity being all of
wood, and extremely combustibe, the fire spread
up Clay street, back towards Sacramento and
down Clay towards Kearney with frightful
pidity.
ment could only work upon the borders and en-
deayor to check its progress by anticipating it, In
this they succeeded on the north side before it
reached Dupont street, but in every other direc-
f.r1
There was little chance to save much Of the NOV
ablcs. To the south it spread to Bush street. and to
the east part of Jackson street, sweeping every
thing from east of Dupont street to the wharves.
The blocks between Dupont and kearney streets,
west of Portsmouth square, as far as Bush street,
three in der, are in ashes. Between Bush and
jackson and kearney and Montgomery streets,
five in number, all burned down. Between
Montgomery and Sansone, Bush and jackson
etreets, five squares in number, all burned
down. Besides these thirteen blocks, almost every
building Of which is destroyed, there many
others.
II is impossible to even guess at the number OF
buildings or the amount OF property destroyed A
thousand buildings is within the bounds of truth,
we judge, and Sl0,00O,O00 could not replace the
terrible destruction. Some place it twice three
times high. 1t is sufficient to say that more
than three ourths of the business part of the city
is nothing but smouldering cinders.
The principal buildings destroyed are the fol
lowing, TO wit: The custom house, Union Hotel,
Parker House, Jones's Hotel, Adeiphi Theatre,
Dramatic Museum, National Hotel, New World,
City Hotel, Delmonico's, Merchants Exchange,
post office building, the ships Mantle and General
Harrison, and every newspaper Office except the
-Aita California. Nearly quite all the banks are
in the burnt district. Burgoyne & Co., Wells &
Co, James King of William, Delmonico and Anne
rican Hotels, Revere House, Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, are all consumed. Not house was left
OH Leidasdorf street, and every thing both sides
of Long wharf to beyond Whitehall.
Scarcely fire-proof building in the whole burnt
district has stood the test Such as have, are the
California Exchange, Ell Dorado, Verandah and
the buildings of Captain Howard in which the
United States aasaying office of Motfatt & Co., on
Montgomery street. The officers of the custom
house saved the specie Of the Office by casting it
into well. About S 100000 were saved in this
way.
A. j. Cost, naval officer, Mr. Brown, appraiser,
Mr.. Green collector, and number of others in the
naval department, had all of their private effects
destroyed. The books and papers Of the depart
ment were nearly all saved. The large United
States bonded warehouse, containing about 1000
tons Of merchandise in bond, was saved.
The banking houses will all resume business in
the course of the week. When Burgoyne's safe
was opened 3 500 900 was taken out, not singed
or damaged In the least.
The fire swept every thing down on the easterly
side oil kearney street. jackson street, all the inter
venng blocks TO Battery street. The shipping in
the harbor providcntially escaped The only yes
sells burnt were the Mantle, Apollo, and the zen.
Harrison, storeshps. California, Montgomery,
Al,d
nearly destroyed.
The Sacramento Hotel ia blown up. Howard &
Green's building, containing many valuable law
libraries, Jones's Hotel, the Savings Bank, and
Dodge Co.'s express office egents' buildings,
California Exchange, Cook & Bros. stores were
saved. The Dramatic Museum, Custom house,
Jenny Lind Theatre, Parker House, Adams &
Co.'s express Office, the. engine house, the Union
Hotel are among the buildings burned
The following amongst the principal losers:
w. ii Robinson, s 80 900; Wcbber and Hammond,
$4,000 Baker and II. G. Kenan, $50 900; c. J.
Brown, s 3d. 600; Heath and Emory, Colvin Paige
& Co., $50, 900; Paige and Webster. 30 900; Gil
bingham, 10000; Davis and Smith, $50 900; Er-
change, s25,000 Dickinson House, S26 900; J s.
Owens, 1000; with numerous other mercantile
houses varying from two to thirty thousand each
The total, according 10 the estimates, cannot be
lees than : 800 900
The destruction Of the Union Hotel involves
loss Of S25O,00O. Messrs. Adams & Co saved their
books, &c. The deposits of Wells & Co are
saved. The Aita California says:
Measures have been taken To supply the city
with water from lake near-throe miles distant
a proposition has been laid before the council by
MIR. Mcrrihcid, and was to be acted on Nav 18th
and il favorably, Mr.. M. would leave immediately
for the Atlantic States to contract for the pipes and
other materials"
The rebuilding had already commenced. The
list OF sufferers included the names of7OO firms and
individuals. Amongst the heaviest j. Il. Bid
die, near S200,0oO; Simonsfeld, Bach & Co,
Sl5OO00; Starkey Bro, Sl50,000; Kelsey,
Smith q Riley, s l25, 900; Ottenheimer, Hrscb &
Co, $4,000; Moore, Tickuer & Co., $50 900;
Deboorn, Byneaux Grisar, $147 900; +. Mckle
q Co, $500 900; Dali, Austin & Co., $50 600;
Middleton Seorr, S250000
SIX men were burned to death at one building
their names are Captain WEIGH, Lewis Richland,
Edward McCahill Leon Greenbann. Reuben Ba
ker, Nesbaum, and Rosenthal. Many individuals
were serorsly burnt and otherwise injured, among
them General James Wilson. Vigorous measures
have been already taken for rebuilding the burnt
district and buildings were going up in all drcc-
tons. The fire at Stoc kton was the work of an in.
cendiary, originating in the Merchants hotel.
DEATns.-Dicd at San Francisco, May Sd, Cap
tain James Welsh, of Baltimore; on the 10Th John
nicCaila son Of General McCalla, Of Washington
d. u; May 80, Theodore Smith, Baltimore; Mar
garet A. f. Williams, Baltimore; sth, Thomas Nc
Alher, Washington, ID. G.
MARKETs-san Francisco markets arc cutie I'M
settled in consequence Of the fire.