Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-02-01

mercantile house CT Eecef Antonio Beeaa the
French Consul
Mr.. Fulton, the British Consul, had lust re-
tired to bed, and at the first moment of the shock
got up and then under the bed when the whole
side of the house fell in, burying him and bed
in the ruins withoue, however. DAMAGING his
person.
The volcano of Colima, distant 800 miles
North West from Acapulco, has been sending
forth fire, lava and smoke since the earthquake
as reported by the captain of the whaling vessel
since arrived at this port. The shock of the 4tb.
was severely felt in Mexico city, and the town
of Chpanzinge, half way distant to Mexico, was
nearly destroyed.
One of the most remarkable features attending
the earthquake was the fall of glass bottles and
decanters several feet without breaking them,
when in ordinary times, if they had fallen over
upon their sides, they would be broken
Yours, MERCHANT.
Fort. YUMA, CAL, Dec. 5, 1852.
We have had two most important events the
past week. One, the earthquake, 1 presume
announces itself. The first shock was felt here on
the 29th November, at 20 minutes past 10 o'clock.
1t was quite severe, and followed by a succession of
more than dozen in the course of day or two
Several were preceded by rumbling noise-
The first tumbed down rocks from the mountains,
threw down the cliffs aud the banks of the river
Part of Chimney Peak fell, and dark cloud of
dust on each side was taken for volcano. Soon
after the first shock, [ was looking towards the
southwest, and observed heavy column of steam
rise to great height and spread out into cloud.
Two other jets rose at short intervals after The
water in the river rose with swell near foot
and subsidized in few hours. The velocity of the
current was much increased. and even the bed of
the stream appears to have permanently SUBJ
sided.
You know perhaps, that we have some timid
people here, and they were terribly frightened
The sentnes abandoned their posts and fled to
the guard tents. How they expected to be bene-
fitted, or what they feared, | cannot imagine-
There is very little danger even should our brush
houses fall. The hill on which we are located is
cracked off, but L do not think there is much
danger of its sinking or rolling over. The first
shock was so severe it stopped my clock. and
threw down the books from their shelves. There
is some difference of opinion rs to the direction
from which the shocks came. If those Jets of
steam rose from the centre, it must have been
from the southwest.
The FREsHET.-The papers are filled with de-
tails relative to the heavy falls of rain and snow,
the accompanying freshet in the river, and the
sufferings of the mining districts, for want of
provisions, consequent upon the partial Interrupt
ton OF communication with the settlements.
The Sacramento Union, in alluding to the
rains, says:
The city is literally flooded by the immense
fall of rain; buildings have been thrown down BY
the wind in all parts of the town; the river is RI
sing, the levee breaking, overflow threatened
and the whole population in confusion. terror
and water. The courts all ad journed, and bust
ness Of every kind was entirely suspended.
The papers are filled with details of the disasters
by storm and flood. The authorities are using
every possible effort to keep the levee in repair
,,d Tho r.
feared that if the storm does not abate and the ri
recede, the levee strong as it is, will break
and finish the work of destruction by submerg-
ing the city
From the San joaquin Republican we copy
the following
Capt. Vantine arrived in this city last night,
three days from Knights Ferry He declares
that the roads in the interior totally mpassa-
BILE. The current in the Stanisaus is so violent
that the ferry boats are useless.
The majority of the rancheros had prepared
for the flood by driving their cattle TO the noun
tains
The houses on the Tule ranches, on the river
banks, have all been swept away. The bottom
lands are completely Inundated.
The Eastern part of the city of Stockton is
under water, though no fears are entertained OF
general inundation. The flood is still rising
owing to the back water. Wind Southwest sky
clear, and thermometer has downward tenden-
cy.
The latest advices from Marysville are to
the effect that the water was six and half in
ches higher than it was ever known to be before.
and from the quantity Of snow the mountains,
it was feared that the flood was not yet at its
height.
The WINTER IN THE MINEs.--J Judge Morri
son, arrived at Sacramento from New ada publish
a communication relative the state of affairs
in that vicinity, from which we extract the fol-
lowing:
On Tuesday evening party Of eighteen men
arrived at Nevada from DownieviIle, in most
deplornble condition, hall starved, and severely
frost bitten. They are a portion of the able bo-
died citizens of that place, some seventy of whom
have already left in consequence of the extreme
scarcity of provisions. They report that the
greatest desttution prevails in that place. The
season is terribly Observation-Disclosures bn-
ried in snow, and scarcely any provisions in the
market. There are but hundred and fifty |
pounds of flour in the place, and of pork beans,
and meal, absolutely none.
At Nevada on Tuesday morning a tremen- |
dous storm was raging and the snow deeper
than at any time the present year. The storm
extended down to within twenty miles of Mays
vile, where snow lay the depth of a foot. The |
roads are in an awful condition, and it was with |
the greatest difficulty that the stage succeeded
i n getting through to Maysvile. An immense
number of teams heavily laden with freight were
passed on the road. Provisions at Nevada are
plenty but very high.
Two miners came into Nevada on Monday
for provisions from diggngs forty miles above that
place where they had been making one hundred
dollars perdiem to the man. Daring the pre-
vious week they had been subsisting upon raw
deers meat and sleeping upon the snow.
single companion was left to guard the claim du-
ring their absence.
The next news from the snow diggings is anx-
iously looked for as the suilerings md hardships
endured by the people there must of necessity
be on the increase particularly as tho weather
since our last advices from that section has been
more inclement than during any previous period
ofthe present season.
letter from DnMnievilIe GaliE,r,ia