Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13
From the ". o. Bulletin, Aup o.
LATER FROM CALIFORNI,
GREAT FIRE IN SAN FRANcIsc

By the arrival of the Alabama, and by tb...
tesy Of Adams N Co, aud OF Murray, Md
Co., and Z. }. Me.ker. j. Co we Lave ds,..S
July LIST.
The Alabama left Chagres on the 24th ri, s.,
brings S2O,UUO IN gold dusl. censynrd 10 l.
Conpoly ~ Co, aud about $40 ,uUQ IN The po,,.'
sion o the passengers
The .Alabnna lett AT Chsgres the U. 5. sa,,.
ers Georgia aad Empire City, and the Brl'T
There has been another terrible fire in s.,
Francesca, the particulars OF which We lake l,or-
the Alta California. of Jane 23d.
ANOTHER CoNFLAGRATloN.-!t becomes a.
painful duty to record another great lire m S,
Franc.sco-the SIXTH that has occurred IN o,
city wlhm The last two Years. Yesterday po,,
my, Little alter ten O'clock, the dreadful cry II
FIRE was RAISED, aud crowds .inmrd.ate,y yh
cred arpugd The building where Z, or;.un,lrd
THIS was in Pacific street, on the north side NJ.
Powell street. IA d two story wooden Luudjnr
tire was FIRST discovered breaking out of the ros
anu under the caves oil the house A lew M,
nients before the fire the air seemed calm and
st,riess, but with the progress OF tue hau,r,
wind seemed to Ise, and III a Few minutes a s;ron,
gaze blew from the porth- west. Next door 10 lhs
houSe where The iire first seen, was lb.
Carpenters shop Of Morris ~ Reynolds which
immediately caught. The nre spread from III,
down PacIhc street. when the Oul'dug at IN,
corner Of AN alley near Stocktog sIrsvri Ma.
torn down with the hope of arrsStlug the h4mr,
A plr OF lumber IN the rear Of the house Where
the fire originally cadght Was soon on ire, anl IN
u few nlLues the whole block TO Broadway auI
on 10 Stockton street was Ia blaze. Tue 6s
about halt past ten crossed Pacific street and
with the strong wiud b'owIng, soon Communicated
TO the whole block as far AS jackson street
tl. ,l lu..s, t.,IS -
streets were torn down, but no avail, The wmd
had risen 10 perfect burrlcape, aud as there Was
no water ia that vicinity there Wa. nothing " 10
done but gaze upon the progress oil the flames over
a portion oi the city buiil vi the most comta,I-
Bile materials.
The scene upon the Plaza terrific and .ia.
gular Goods were moved To IL from all parts u
the city, and after the buildings on Ihe norm SIDE
and lhe adobe building had caught aud VEN 6uu'
lug, mauy OF The goods on The aSnaglop sds
oi the Piazza were soon Ia tlames. They Were
moved aud removed, aud many OF them drpOspd
On The lot vacated BY the burning oI the Cg
Hotel AT the last the, The buildings GA Pachc
! AND sacksau streets, and thr block between tb,H
were principally occupied by French and hsn'
can population.
The patients in the City Hospital, numbrra4
about ninety, were removed ipto lot IA Ine rrit
o the hospital aud were aitrrward taken 10
building al the foot of Dupont street. on 'he NoHs
Beach, where They were COMFORTABLY pIpHdcJ i0F;
lhe prssopers IA he thy Prison were na.asdi,
aley removed % the County !ai, aud all he
books oil record IN the Recorders and Mdrshals
office We're saved. The buildings saved upon Tic
Piazza are the Bella Unlou, the CusIOnnouSe, Ncr'
andah, III Dorado, Un.on, aud Cliio1ha EI-
change, together whh the wooden buildings D.
tween the Union and California Exchange. The
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White the tneaue WAS burung, the UuiOn was
smoking, anu only 10y the nost constant dPpicA-
ton OF Ihe engine companies, aud Tue lean'"
labor OF personal friends vi the proPneiofs was
the Uuion prevented HON burning. The PrucI'
pal houses destroyed upon The PIaz are Tie Ala
California office, Lafayette Restaurant Jac@'on
| House, The Old Adobe, LOUIS aaa, MaguFe'
| House, lthe Jenny Lnd Iheatrr.D
| The Presbyterian Chpich cf Kew. Albert WI
| hams, III Stockton street, was burned.
There is no doubt that lh,s ternhc hFe was The
| work OF an iuceDdary. The time selected was
good enc, just as the people were gong to church
on sunday morning, a"d the place was uP'"
| hill from winch the hrs must lneVddoly nave
| spread 10 the whole city. Heaven Pro'ec' tn'
| demon who is proved 10 have been concerneu
tins diabolIcal act. II is I'm, osS'o'e al p'eSe"'
to give anything like an accurate account ol pro-
|
| about five hupdred houses and thrre m'i'ohs u
dollars worth ol properly have been destroyed
| This fire, although small N comp@rS' "a WIZ
last, has fallen upon q class OF cIlizens VINO "els
| lily able 10 bear Il. Most OF them are P"or men,
men who's. all was invested IN The houses anu
| goods which destroyed. A great oe"' o' 'u'"
ber has been burned up, aud II VIII be long u'ne'
we fear ere our burned district Is bull over dgd"'
There was evidently an arranged plan 10 81
| fire 10 and CONSUME the city. Long Irloe '"'
! hre reached la that vicinity, man, Was us0O'
| cred attempting 10 set hre 10 PacIhc street "ha'
lie wos arrested, aud II Is understood was ia"''1
over to the Vigilance Committee Ihr PO''pn
ol Maryu ~ Hitchcock's building, occupied W
Louis Miller cigar store, was hfeu ~ 49,,
rear by some mscreant who broke one VI W,
panes al glass la the sash oil the door 'ra0"-
the yard, aud set fire t., the curtain oI lhe W"
uow: the mark Of ihe match Ignited ior t''e PD'
pose IS visible on the door. More than etei -.
are convInced BY this that there IS III 'h'' -.
an organz- ID ba nd sworn 10 destroy liver! '"''
connected with this fife has certainly shown
| BY thi, fire many poor people ar" realy O1,S t.
ed out and left without place TO lay their ~
| Many who had removed their goods 10 t'e 20 ,
and Oh the hills al the head otfkrarny ana pup'N.
| streets, remained with them through Toe h'g""
The fire in various parts of The city cO"''"S
blazing ill a late hour, lining the heavens "'''
lurld glare. if rr ."