The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-29

as the eye can reach it is met by vast expanse of
water dotted with trees houses hayrcks, and fence
tops submerged in cases 70 be only discernoe, and
in Others from five TO ten feet, a. the ground On
which they stand happens 70 be depressed or eleva-
ted in its Character In Yoo county, on tie opposite
side OF the river the hquid element sweeps of in sub
lime grandeur aud in some places forms the horizon
| by which the vision ID bounded.
! MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS ABOUT THE FREsHErs.
Mr.. Brown OF Browns Express, had narrow es
| cape from drowning on the 18th Dec He was on
his way to Murphy's with large amount Of money,
and when crossing slough about fifteen miles from
this city, his horse became frightened and unulan-
ageable. Mr.. Brown slipped of his saddle when
the horse turned and plunged upon him. Finally,
however, horse and rider reached the shore in safety,
and returned
The roads in the interior are totally impossible.
The current in the Stauislaus is violent that the
fenyboats are useless.
The majority Of the nncheros had prepared for the
food by driving their cattle to the mountains
The houses on the tule ranches on the banks OF
the river have all been swept away. The bottom
| lands are completely inundated.
All the bridges and feryboats on the Stnuislans,
Tuolumne, MERGED, and Mariposa, have been carried
away.
We have not heard of the loss Of any stock ex-
ceptng hogs The eastern part of the city OF Stock
ton is undr water, though no fears are entertained
| of a general nundation. The Hood Is still rising
1 owing to the back water.
! Three miners were drowned near Mcdonald 8
rancho by the Caaveras river rising SO fast that they
could not get out OF the way.
/ A Mexican was drowned in attempting 10 swim
! the river at Guards rancho,
Californian was drowned in attempting to swim
a slough at Douglass Il Reanys rancho. The water
! was a foot deep in the house on the place.
The Calaveras bridge although the water rose over
| it, stood firm.
Nearly every house on the plains was more or less
/ flooded.
O'Neil's rancho, twenty miles below Tehama was
4 bOlI ipup tod Mr. wife nd thrpa
| dren, were compelled TO remain on a beam, under
the roof Of their house, for two days, without food
MI. sedora, wife, and family, floated in wagon box
/ from their dwelling to neighborng island, where
they were soon after "treed' by grizzly bear and
obliged to stay in its branches the remainder OF the
day and succeeding night, without morsel OF sus-
| tenance.
Mr.. Hay lost, at his rancho, zoo hogs during the
! freshet.
At Lawson's rancho the loss in stock, &C., is not
less than 100000.
All the ferries on the Sacramento down TO Iehama,
broke away previous to the last flood, and there is
now no direct communication between the two banks
of the river.
The losses by the present freshet greater than
those during the first flood.
No less than 700 miners, on Churn Creek, were
compelled to subsst six days on acorns, being en-
tirey destitute of provisions and unable to procure
them in consequence Of high water.
At Downes rancho, on the north side OF Cow creek
twelve persons were cooped up in room, seven by
nine feet, for eight days, during which time they
were obliged to subsist one scanty meal of beans
per diem. One OF the number was Mrs. d., who was
very i'll and far advanced in pregnancy. Her hus-
band succeeded in fording Cow creek and reaching
Fort Redding, where he endeavored to buy such ne.
cessaries his wife needed, but the officers refused
to sell him any, He, however, managed to obtain
from the soldiers their extra rations, and returned
with them to the creek but was unable to cross,
owing to high water. Fortunately, "good Sauna
rtan happened along that way soon after, on horse
back, who the river and supplied his wife with
the neceSSariea DrOyjdeu by her husband.
Communication with Yerka and Weaverville is
entirely cut off, Last accounts from the latter place
state that they are utterly destitute of provisions and
all who can leave are on their way to Shasta. The
snow the mountains, about Shasta, is deeper than
in ls49.
Four men, one Of whom was negro, were drown
ed between Monroeville and Tehama, while endea-
voring to save their stock.
The road from Cousa to Red Bluffs is now utterly
impossible.
One gentleman saved a portion of his horses by
ting passway at end, drew them upon it, where
they have been ever since. His hogs he foated into
his kitchen, which was lu, kiy above water where
they are STILL
Mr.. Coly, Just above Washington has lost some
twenty thousand dollars worth Of cattle, which he
had bought up as beef for the spring market.
One farmer put his house in scOw, and his cattle
in the house and set sail across the plain for Cache
creek, a distance OF twenty miles.
number Of instances of the total loss Of hogs
horses and horned cattle, are reported.
There has been great loss Of stock by the late
freshet. Dead horses and oxen are to be seen float
ing down both rivers surrounded by tules and brush
in which il is supposed they had become entanged.
The latest news from Downeyil,e Is that the place
is almost entirely deserted
Interesting News from the Interior.
STOCKTON.
The Stockton Journal Of Dec. "a, says The
winter of 1852 will no doubt be remembered by the
residents Of California as an from which to date
Qnl Will yhi - tn cOm in
habitant" says the memory of man runs not back TO
any season or example like the present, and we
have no reason to doubt his veracity. The sur
rounding country in its general appearance
vinces us that the freshet of 1852 Il event the
like Of which We may not again experience in many
years.
The freshet this season commenced rising on
Saturday morning, after being preceded by several
days of raw, gusty weather the wind blowing from
the south-southeast in fitful and hurricane blasts
driving the rain into every crack or crevlce in the
wooden buildings, and in one or two cases through
solid brick walls. This rain and wind held on until
Saturday evening, after constant and dismal con
/ tinuance OF about seventy-five hours.
| The waters commenced rising in the sloughs on
Friday evening, and on Saturday morning the food
had attained such strength as to convince every
that Stockton threatened with another freshet,
probably more heavy and disastrous than the spring
rise. During the day the volume of water continued
to increase and at dark the food had risen to the
high water mark. Still the rolling current gathered
force and strength sweeping onward in darkness TO
the ocean.
The stream at first threatened the Main street
bridge, and the city fathers watched the creations Of
their energywith trembling anxiety. At sunset the
waters had spread the upper portion Of the city,
coming down the small rayine that crosses Main
street in the Of the Cottage Home, aud, striking
Weber avenue, opposite Lippincott l. Vaughans, it
swept down the main channel with tremendous force,
bearing along timber and fences and at length bear
ing off Brush's house. The force of this building
destroyed the foot bridge connecting Hunter street,
Z - al. Ca.
/ Fergusons, broke down and estr0yed that old and
well-known structure, 20 ornamental and useful to
the city.
| The waters did not do further damage on Saturday
night; and on Sunday there perceptable rise
until evening, when it commenced increasing very
rapidly, and at dark the water was higher than ever
before in Stockton and still it continued to advance.
About o o'clock one side Of the store OF Messrs.
Lamdn & Compton gave way and fell in tho stream,