The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-14
TWO WEEKS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
ARRIVAL OF THE
STEAMSHIP EMPIRE CITY.
$1,7OO,OOO In Gold Dust.
NEW YoRK. Aug. 6. 19!

New YORK, Aug. 6, 1851.
/ The steamship Empire City arrived at her
wharf in this city at nine o'clock this morning,
bringing the California mails to July 1st, two
weeks later than previous accounts &
| The California mail for PHILADELPHIA will be
received there tonight.
The Empire City has on freight 81 400, 900
in gold dust and $500, 900 in the hands of pas
| sengers The number of passengers is four
! hundred.
Aaron Saumn, of PHILADELPHIA died in San
| Francisco on the 18th of June.
The GREAT FIRE OF JUNE 22d-The San
| Francisco Herald says that the fire commenced
| at II o'clock on the 22d of June, in q frame
house, on the north side of Pacific street about
twenty yards from Powell street. 1t was un-
| dOubtedly the work of an incendiary
| Down Pacific street sped the fiery storm
| stopping not for a second but on it drove be-
fore the now fast rising winds to Washington
street.
In the meantime, while thus extending South
1T was spreading north and east; at about II
o'clock the flames had complete possession of
Washington street the Plaza. Despite every
effort, 1T crossed over to the house at the north
west corner OF the Plaza; consumed the old
abode occupied by Burgoyne and others, to-
gether with some half dozen others between
that and Dupont street. 1t was stopped ON the
south, by untiring industry, at the County
Building, occupied by Justice McGowan and
numerous others 1t was making fearful head
way towards Montgomery street
The "Aha California" newspaper office with
stood the flames for a while, but it too fell be-
fore the fiery blast that swept around it.
The new Jenny Lind Theatre on the Souare
was consumed. All the houses on both sides of
Washington street, between Kearney and Mont
gomery streets, except the Verandah the Ell
Dorado, and Burgoyne's new banking house.
shared the same fate. The small frame ON
Montgomery street, ON the site of Delmonicos
took fire, and the block on the opposite side of
the street was in imminent danger for a long
time, but by the tremendous exertions of the
citizens, it was saved. at this point the fire
was stopped, but it extended still further down
to Washington street, as far as Jones' Alley.
consuming Cobb 81 Co.'s Auction House, on the
east side of that alley.
Towards the north, everything went down
before the flames at broadway was stopped-|
SAMSON street seemed doomed but it, too, es-
capped, the fire stopping at its eastern limit.
about half a square from the street
BUILDINGS BURNED.-The principal BUILDINGS
that were burnt are the elegant new Presbyte-
rian Church of the Rev. Mr.. Williams. on Stock
ton street; the large brick building at the cor
ner of jackson and Dupont streets, occupied ON
the second floor as the armory of the First Ca.ii.
fornla Guards; the Adobe on the Plaza tba
Ata CdttoT1.ia Office; the Jenny Lind Theatre
City Hall; City Hospital, and the fne new four
story brick building of Messrs MoskwaId and
Caspar, an jackson street, near Kearnev
~, BUILDINGS SAVED IL TIE BURNT DIsTRIcr.-
1nUse 1nU saved %ltoA tie burnt district were the
~ ooiia oIIoiI M Pdllslngs, the Custom House. We
randah, I'll Dorado California Excbange ail the
hre proot houses on Montgomery street. between
washington and Clay; Bolton, Barry s. Co.'s
yuIidings on Merchant street; Kelsey, Smith
& Risley's, and Biddleman's, on Merchant
street.
The Union Saloon and the houses opposite,
to the astonishment of every body, escaped
eXnectpl at Onn m haf tha n
nee would go, and general movement of papers
and valuables was made; fortunately the fire
stopped at the County Building.
INCIDENTS OF THE FIRE.--The City Hail. tow
erlnS four stories high, and built of combustible
materials burnt like fiery volcano. The sight
presented, the flames obtained possession
and shot high into the air, was grand beyond
description.
All the officers of the courts and of the city
government, succeeded in saving their records
The City Hospital soon after took fire, and
here the scenes of distress, as the unfortunate
inmates, some ninety in number, were brought
out, was narrowing. Many who were burnt in
the former fire, and by the explosion of the
steamer New World, were still under treatment
by the untiring exertions of DIR. Chaplin, Mr.
John Cotter and number of the benevolent
persons, they were all removed without any Sc
rious accident. As soon as the fire broke out.
Burgoyne Co. removed all their books papers
and deposites to their new banking house, cor
ner OF Montgomery and Washington Streets
None OF the other bankers were burnt out
The Alta California was the only newspaper
that suffered. ss.
LIVES LosT.-Since the above was written.
we have heard the names of two persons who
were burnt to death-NIr. Bach, of the firm of
Bach, Barnett q Co., and Mr. Lyon.
A man was shot dead by an officer in Bush
street, for plundering the property placed there
by the sufferers in the fire.
The number OF buildings destroyed is not less
than five hundred, and the loss is estimated at
three millions of dollars A vast amount of
lumber and building materials were DESTROYED
The greater portion of the burnt district was
occupied by dwelling houses, and but few heavy
stocks of goods and merchandise We're burned.
The persons burnt out were generally of the
poorer class.
The fire was undoubtedly the work of incen-
diaries, and several arrests have been made, but
the persons under arrest have not been proved
to be the parties actually guilty
The excitement created since the fire. savs
the California Courier, against the numerous
desperadoes living among us, has resulted in
determination ON the part of our citizens to pre-
vent the landing here of more persons from the
English penal colonies, unless they produce tes-
timonials of character. The Vigilance Commit
tee, and their doiDgs generally, have been sus-
tanned by the community.
MISCELLANEOUS CALIFORNIA Irsms-A horri-
bic murder had been perpetrated at Sonora