New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-08
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Arrival Of the Steamship Ell Dorado.
Great Fires In San Francisco, Sacramento
Columbia and Minnesota.


Great Fires In San Francisco, Sacramento
Columbia and Minnesota.
The United States mail steamship Ell Dorado
Alfred G. Gray, commanding, arrived at her
| wharf, opposite Jackson Square, yesterday at
| - o'clock She left Aspinwall on the LIST inst.
at 10 o'clock, A. M, with the California mails
| and passengers 4
The steamship Empire City left Aspinwall al
the same time for New York, with $50 passen-
gers, the mails and 81 COZ, s75 in specie.
| On the Goth of July, while in latitude II Al
| longitude 50 46, the Ell Dorado was boarded by
an officer from the United States sloop-of-war
Cyanc, from whom was obtained the particulars
| of the bombardment of Greytown.
The Isthmus still continues healthy, although
considerable quantity = Of rain has fallen
during the past fortnight. The cars now run
up to the summit, and the distance thence tc
Panama is soon accomplished without the
slightest trouble or risk. A guard Of twenty
| men is stationed between the summit and Pan
anna for the purpose of protecting passengers in
crossing; they have arrested ssyen of the rob.
| bers who have been annoying passengers fol
| some time past, and Colonel Totten intends tt
give them summary justice-hang them first anc
| Judge them afterwards.
The following is list of passengers by the
| Ell Dorado:
| Jacobs lady and daughter s Haber 8 Levy, ST
| Jno Hart, NJ Owen, NJ Drz Monteion J Minturn ,
| Bonner, G Pinkham, J Mcdonald ] Henton, D Smith
4 Thomas Jones, Woodruff James Carey. L Suuper, .
| Brown. G Casdell, McNevy, Rosa Perry Gassier
| NJ McManns and others.
| In the Panama Herald of the 9th ult. we fine
! the following:
| ssOn Tuesday last the body of murdered
| man was found on the Cruces road. He wa.
completely ripped open from the throat down
| wards, and his entrails lay upon the road Hi
| appeared to have been dead about twelve OIL
| eighteen hours. Our informant could not say
| whether he was a native or a foreigner"
On the 18th q man named John McGlynn, o
| New York, was found on the Gorgona roat
| lying in the mud in a dying condition, having
! been attacked and terribly wounded by a couple
| Of natives. Two other men were found woundet
| near the same place.
The latest intelligence from Nicaragua an
| nonnces that the war was still raging in tina
country, and the whole State was in the great
est anarchy, confusion and distress.
The new President, or self appointed Dicta
| tor, Chamorro it is reported, was shut up in thu
city of FGranada, with q small body Of soldiers
He was losing ground every day, and. it wa
| thought, would very soon be obliged to resign
his position and submit to the will Of his oppo
nents. Several Americans, it is said, are miAet
up in the revolution.
The Nicaragua gold mines are reported al
prosperous.
From the San Francisco papers we extrac
| the following items of general news for the pre-
ceding fortnight:
One Of the most notable events during thu
past two weeks is the great fire which tool
| place in San Francisco on the morning of JUL
| IL. The fire broke out in or near the kitchen
Of the Golden Gate Hotel, at 6 o'clock in tn
morning The flames spread so rapidly tina
many of the inmates of the building were com
PEELED to jump from the upper stories into thu
street, in order to save their lives. Several per
sons were severely injured. The fire raget
nearly three hours, in despite of the fire com
panies, which were promptly on the ground, ant
worked with great energy to subdue the flames
The whole of the block bounded by Jackson
| Davis Front and Oregon streets was destroyed
one third Of that bounded by these three las
mentioned and Washington streets; about one
half of the two blocks between Davis, jackson
Drumm and Washington streets, divided b.
| Oregon; the north east corner of Jackson ant
Davis; and six or seven buildings on the nortl
side of jackson, between Front and Davi
streets. The whole number of buildings burned
| is between sixty and seventy, some eighteen o
which we're hotels and large boarding houses
| The whole loss is estimated OF from $3.50 ,00t
| to 100000.
Sacramento City has again been the victim
| of destructive fire, which, it is estimated ma
destroyed property to the amount of nearly hal
a million of dollars. The fire broke out at l.
A M, July II, in the block bounded by Third
| |, Fourth and K streets, and spread with such
rapidity that in q few hours no less than twelv
! blocks were more or less destroyed. The mum
Der of houses burned is estimated at about two
| hundred.
| A large fire also broke out in Columbia
| Calaveras county, on the morning of the 10tl
! of July, which resulted in the almost entire de
| struction of that town All the property
bounded by Broadway, Fulton, State and Wash
ington streets was entirely consumed, except
single fire proof building The fire is supposed
to have been the work of an incendary Thu
losses are estimated at 100000.
On the evening Of July 8, the mining town 0
| Minnesota was burned entirely to the ground
| with the exception of three houses, Loss es
| timated at $4,000.
| The squatter excitements have in a great
| measure ceased, though there is disposition OF
the part of many to obtain lands, if possible, b,
| this unfair means. On the 9Th of July, some per
| sons fenced in portion of Merchant street, fol
the alleged reason that the ground had beer
| taken by the city for the street and no paymen
had been made for it, The Mayor ordered tn,
| fence cut down and the persons who built it ar
rested, but the Marshal refused to execute hi
orders A similar proceeding between the Mar
shall and Mayor occurred on former occasion
| The Mayor had entered a complaint to th
Boards of Aldermen, and steps are being takel
to impeach the Marshal for misconduct in office
The Fourth of July was celebrated in a yer,
appropriate manner in all parts of the State
In most of the interior towns the presence 0
women and children added much to the interes
| of the occasion. In this city the usual displa,
Of military and fire companies took place. Quit
an interesting part of the ceremony was the ap
| pearance of the Chinese, rugged up in fantasia
STYLE In the evening display of fireworks wa
made on the Plaza in the presence of from ten t
fifteen thousand people
The news from Los Angeles is highly interest
ing, The town is rapidly improving, and pro
perty is rising in value. This is the great frui
section of California. Grapes, pears and man,
other kinds of fruit are very promising, AM
large quantities will soon be shipped to this cit
for sale The Mormons at San Bernardino, il
the Los Angeles district, are highly prosperou
| and the members increasing rapidly. They re
Gently lost 400 acres Of wheat by FIRE; but thi
will not ipjure them, because their crops hay
been very large, and they have all the necessa
ries of life in abundance. The greatest har
mony and good feeling prevail among them
The Indians at the TETON Reservation are ais
| in An,ir;ohinn condition fNhev bo ", ,oonn+i