New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-13

The liver first commenced ia encruarhmspS
the city at the lower steamboat landing. and In ~
shors period filed In that entire section Of the 49,
flooding the Chile Flour Warehouse Of Peter TO-
son which the first reached and the first 10 On
Al the time the river with il rapid current WA -
ing through the sluices and low grounds below de -
er cvec the Plaza also became point Of attraction -
crowds Of excited citizens About halfpast eight -
waserrising with great rspidty, was two feet desp Il
Ek the lower part OF the square also being oossrSS
70 like depth. and every merchant In the imusEuS
vicinity of threasened damage busy securing tbe h,
nous articles outside OF their stores Al this d.
slso n number of teams were busily engaged n -
moving goods from he lower part OF TIE city . ~
extent of the freshet that some tns Of merchandise -
en- from one part Of the wn, were reached BY the 6a
IN another and destroyed From I'LL O'Clock nuup~
ous draws and wagons did profitable business In -.
veyinr passengers 10 and from places impossible 70 ~
ON foot A little after 2 O'Clock, the water became -
deep even for horse navigation. when several whs2D
boats scows RATS wagon bodies, etc. which at 90 easiy
hour in the day had made their appearance came NJ
generally into use and monopolized the entire ferrv
business number Of boats in this manner wers ~
Nv employed throughout the day and night in ansut
ing messengers which, 1T terriage OF - cents esnnna
the owners to realize handsome sums
Al i've o'clock in the afternoon the highwater mara a
'49 was reached and citizens, assonished and u
mayed at the rapidly which characterized the riss q
the waters became fearful that no spot in MarywDo
would be free from their visitation On tho sruun
north and of the Plaza the lower stories Of eve
store had been for some time abandoned BY the
D
moved the work of destruction had free course n
water still rising as O'Clock in the evening sos
FIVE or six feet the floor OF Parish x Adamss bstk
store ON tho of First and Est also entering ~
adjoining brick buildings OF Low Brothers, Charles la
bert Parish. Duval & Co, and j. A. Reain Co ksH
above Ream 4 Co. the office OF q. w. Plume, and a
the corner of High-st the Express Oihce Of Adams Z
Co slightly inundated. but sustained no dAmased
moment Ii universally supposed that TINS row q
brick buildings standing they did on quite high ground
would not be reached and goods from other parts Of s
city brought 10 them for safety TINS conndence
also induced the prorretors To keep their STOCKS upon
the premises and with the precauton OF elevaing he
most pevshabe articles 10 the hight OF three or four
feet from the floor, LEFT them with every assurance
their preservation The result however. proved dsAs-
trous AT late hour Of the night these goods were
mostly covered aoa; the walls OF the stores also
giving signs of weakness, the buildings were genersy
abandoned by their occupants About one O'Clock TIE
front of Ream Co.'S store fell in the partition walls
of the adjoining house also giving way the destrucnoa
of the fine property was rendered almost competa
The store of Parish & Adams sustained less damage
than the neighboring buildings but nevertheless le
In q very dilapidsted condition.
Since writing the foregoing we have been informed
that the chief bulk of merchandise particularly that
perishable nature WA taken IRON the DICK row y
season for its preservation.
Below we give the of parties who have suffered
from this visitation We do not now offer 10 give do
tailed account of the losses those most interested
unable at this time 10 state the probable amount OF inH
~ they have sustained and have desire ~ hazard
conjectures which may be wide OF the truth The e.
gregate of loss, however, cannot be short q
sloO,OOO
Peter Robinson; Pacific Hotel; Antelope House; Fash@
4 Gov, Dana's Steamboat Office; BuIlard, Bray Coz
Flns& Rhodes eIoeke{ King Pierce Co John { S.n
Roberts Packard Co; Stsrtwe Co. A. Y. Smith Coz
George ". Tyler Co; Parish Adams; Low Brothen;
George w Plume; Adams's 4 Co.'S Express; Hotel Dc
France; Pord, Lahrop Co. Packard Co. imnngtonA
Hazletne; Blanchard Garst Drum Crosby; Soininers
White; S Perry Co. Fisher Mcleod; Chinese Sc
loon; Senonts Jesus; Hotel de Commereei smith, amor
dealer; O. Bartlett lumber dealer; T. Hamilton. cerpenr;
G. johnson Co. builders; Buckley Helse. saddle
facuren Hugh Lynch C. Armstrong; jerome Faloo
Several small frame houses have been seen fosiils
about the streets sail boat came in from Eliza thh
morning taking direct course across the country We
hear of the destruction of the bridges Parks Bar and
at Dry Creek At BOdley's Rancho, two and \ half
miles above Marysvile, three men went out yesterday
to cattle the opposite side OF the riyer and v
returning drowned, within two rods of the shore.
The names Of two of them given as Miller and
Chandler.
The PENNSYLVANIA Quartz Mining Companys works
at Browns Valley, washed away yesterday morn
ing. There IL no communication with the upper eoup-
ny. Several Expresses which started out on Friday
and Saturday have been compelled to return.
EIGHT O'clock, = M-The weather Is clear and ~
lied again. The water has receded fifteen inches from
Its highest point and Is rapidly going down Notwia'
standing the calamity which has befailen the lower Pos
ton of the city, merchants in goods spirits and
hopeful and the severest sufferers with whom No
have converted have expressed themselves In manner
indicative of the true California spirit IL Is character.
isc of these freshcts that the waters subsde almost In
he time they take ~ rise, and In two or three dsyA
he most, think the stores now deluged will DO u
more for business.
The water rose to within less than three feet Of the
econd story of the building where have our ofhces
nd for the last thirtysix hours we have left our sane
um by stepping into boat brought directly under the
window
From the San joaquin Republican extra learn thse
Stockton and neghborhood the loss does not exceed
e25000 The following Is list of the principal losers
Gov Edwards, interest In bridge Weberay- 81, 7o0i CITY.
interest in bridge sio; City, Main.t bridge el,sSi
Mr. Shaw, two houses and large quantity Of lumes.,
slough $500 City damage to leyee bridge and engine hou
5000; III. Morton, 8 30; Lincoln Co. $685. Consion
Gwinne and Others fencing etc. Capt J. D. Cresy lOoa
The same paper states that along the bed Of the plain
between the San joaquin and the foot hills of the Sea
Nevada there numerous channels which have be1n
formed by the rains Of successive winters and whieh
dry Ia summer time. These have been completely
filed and their banks have been overlooked ~ greater
extent we understand, than has ever been known in
the memory OF man; while the rivers Moquelmnne.
Caaveras and the Stnislaus have risen ut least IL e
higher than they In the winter Of 1919 and
80 The country the hoqueumne Is completely
Hooded, the crops are hidden from the sight and N
many places the houses have been swept away Every
bridge and ferry the river has been carried down By
the resess force OF the current We have yet hoard
of no los OF human life. The lower bridge the CAL
has been carried down. but the bridge at Davs
Athertons still stands, notwithstanding that the water
yesterday the ratings.
From the Sanislaus we also receive reports OF similar
dsasters The Pontoon bridge, at Heath & EmoFys
Ferry, and the ferry boats gone. Several horses
have been drowned at Islps and the boats caredswsy
AT Knights Ferry the river twelve feet higher ian
in $3.50 at RobiDsons also the boats have been carried
off, and il also feared that NJ Leans Ferry the cuene
has made clean work Of il and carried on houses and
boats. This is mere rumor, however and VIC hope -
not true.
The greatest hight of water attained In the Stockton
Slough, was Ut 9 o'clock on Monday morning, and was
four inches higher than IL was in 40 or 80
NeWs from the Inferior
EXECUTION OF INDIANs.-OniOn Valley,
itappears was recently the scene Of the execution q