The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-06-28

ilames were raging for a moment they AL
yauced, then srOnhed and witherud by tbe
Gery blast, thcy fsii 20 de earth Again tlisy
arose, staggered wildly ard oonhpedly for
Waui o irw pace, and fsll never n Ilsa again
This was soen ~ thoqsAhds, who dared jpps
advance a step ~ theirftlieE .tt III
a man on WashnRton stress dFDppsilde
I from over exertion. One man was taken out
IT the store OF Starkryi Janion Co., after
thr fire. burned 10 crisp,
The officers OF the Custom House saved
the specie Of the office ly casting tipto we'll
About 2 900, 900 were saved in this way
Ia. j. Cost naval officer Mr. Brown, apprais-
~, Mr Green, collector, and number o. 9th
len ia the Naval department, had all Of their
! private pToparty deatrnyed. Tho books alid
paHen Of fhe department were nearly All
saved
MANY acts Of noble and reckless tlanng
wcre performed during this hro, especially
/ hy men entering buildings enyeloPed with
Z flames 10 saye property or assist Ia pulling
( them down, and 10 some instances BY plant
| ing casks Of powder iu buildings for the pur-
! pose Of blowing them ui. In blowing up the
Sacramento Hotel, Broadway, the FIRST eN'
I pl0si6H was Intellectual, ana it-wsH Thought
/ thai only one Of the casks planted had ignit'
/ cd, and yet, IN this uncertainty, daring spir'
/ Il was found, who walked into the building
already Ia flames with two more casks Of
powder Cred the fuse and reiterated coolly,
/ Ia less Than a minute anar the huge building
crumblcd into fragments upon Ia own ioun-
dalton.
The sllaaipal bankers Of The city escaned
with tri1ing loss, saving their vaiuablea, books
and papers. Most OF them had already re-
sumed business.
! Notwithstandingiho gloom which this third
devastation Of the city had thrown over the
/ people, the papers state that energeiie meas
urca were already being made 70 repair the
damages, aud the sound Of the hammer was
heard in every direction. Tho Pacific News
saya Through Washington street, from
ManIanlnerY 20 koarnoy, the space 10 nearly
| dlel with now buildings already oceupigd'
or ia an advanced state Of progress. On
I Montgomery street, numbor bNye already
! been erected, and many more going up with
| rnpidity. Clay street presents very ANNA
tod appearance in the building way. a mum.
Der Of tcncmcnts are already occupied, and
several others will be- ready IN the course OF
two or three days, The sound Of the busy
hammer aud saw IL heard through Sacrament
10, Commercial, Sansome, Merchant and sew
eral other streets that were laid waste by the
DESTROYER. Indeed, every portion Of the
burnt district is alive with mechanics, who
are reaping a harvest 10y tbs visitation. ln-
stead of gazing at the ruins and mourning
their losses, our business mon generally have
again entered the lists OF competition for trade
with all the energy OF former times. The APP
poarance of our city was novor more animal
! cd, though the life u 81 -sonowhat different
character lf0'a that which marked itten days
sinca- Bat Nc ara poing forward. and but
fcw months will elapae before nearly every
trace of tho recent disaster will have disaP'
peared"
FIRE AT STOCKTON
Hardly had the smoke cleared MP from the
ruins NJ San FrNnfiseo, ere intelligence was
r,.rcivrti ut ths. destruction of large portion
Of the city Of Stockton. This event occurred
on the night Of the 18th Of May,
The FIRE originated IN new and beautiful
house just opened under the name Of the
! Merchants Hotel, formerly known ~ the
! Branch, and beyond doubt was tho work
Of an incendiary, II is supposed that some
miscreant intended by those diabolical means
| TO succeed in releasing Ihe prisoners confined
IN the county jail but the purpose failed in
its accomplishment rs the winds proved I'M
IpropitiouS, and turned the course Of the de-
vastRting element upon MORT precious and
costly fuel 20 satisfy its long sldmbcrinp rage.
From the point at which IL originated. the
fire swept up i.eveo street, ,prostrating Mont
! fsc,iteFS's stately Raetion establishment, tho
large and magnificent VI Placer building, the
III Dorado, llotchAc MEXICO, DrS. Clements
K Rsine's drug store. Dickinson House, aud
all the buildings on those two central squares
from them il spread across to tho Central
House, rfira-tr-s ct tsrs4ss rss+s,
the first alarm, the largo three story build
ing of Robb's Stockton journal was cnvelop-
ed in flames. The press aud printing mate
rial were saved, though IN very damaged
condition. The occupants OF the Stockton
Club Room succeeded in saving their build
ings, though they were in imminent danger.
Every mercantile house on Levee street,
except six all on Main street. all on Centre
street; all on III Dorado street except two
and all on Hunter, except three, compose the
victims Of this incendiary attempt
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
The Newark Daily Advertiser contains
some additional particulars of news hy the
Crescent City, which they obtain from a
friend who has just returned from San Fran
cisco. -....-.......
at was reported that the city Of Sacramcn-
10 was TO he burned in onG week after Stock
ton and the citizens had formed themselves
into strong yigilant police, who intercepted
all strangers found in the street after dark
By the Fire at san Francisco, not single
place of Worship of my kind Inns -brcr
sumed, aud every gambling house, with the
exception of three, we're destroyed. About
twenty persons are known 10 have persisted.
The prospects OF gold in the quartz region
arc better than over. Now discoveries Of inn
, mcnsc value have been made in the Southern
mines. On Carson Greek, a company of five
persons took out of one deposit in two days,
100000. Our informant states that he saw
Mt the Office OF the Government Assayer some
500 pounds Of this quartz bearing gold, be-
longing 60 these persons, which yielded on
an average 81 pounds ounces pure gold, 22
, carats fine. TO the 100 pounds. About doz-
en- companies have been formed in tho vicin-
ity. On the Nevada, also, many quartz veins
of extraordinary richness have been found
aud new discoveries have been made on the
head waters OF the Yuba. Our informant
thinks that the yield of gold will much exceed
that of any former year.
EARTHQUAKR.--Sdn francisco Nay l5.--
The weather has been pleasant the past fort
I night. No rain save little shower yester-
day morning, when We had change of wind
from the prevailing N. w. to S. L. At 8 o.
clock this morning, we had a severe shock of