New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-29
witnessed BY 90 spectators, and ,no,s the number

4 ne lily OF FRANCISCO - Voo,oI2. la SNcfA-
meniO City il is g., Oh, 7s5.
Two men, whose names are given as axe sad
Butler were murdered 8. YaTecto, CAlavsrss )Ga-
ty, on the cath nit. They had been paTsnag some
hoe ;bieves and coming 10 with them fght snsued
wtich resulted a. shove sisted.
very general disappsoval Of the hsnging affair At
Columbia il expressed. In fact Lynch trials sud ex
ecu'ioDs are becoui ing more unpopular every day.
The financial eonoi,ion Of the City and County OF
San Francisco is still somewhat gloomy. The couaty
hiss been liquid a'bg small claims at the rats Of
50 scrip with 10 per interest for dollsr noeb
edness Within The last six years there has been pail
into the City AID County Treasures nearly ell 900 900
and this has been drawn OUT while the prescott ndebt
edpesS fun6ed and uufunced amG un,s 10 at least
$4,000 600. The tsxsble property of city snd county
is about s33, OO0, Oo0 and the population generally
estimated az IS 600. Thus have The material 70
recover from our pecunafy embaEr assmeats a pra'
cent policy s pursued hereafter.
The first anniversary of Oakland College was cele-
brsed last Wodnesdsy on The collegegfound. Thsre
was arse 6eI dance OF our Cinzels. lbs exercises
wei extremely interesting.
NOVELTY DIsrILLERY DESTROYED b FIRB-rwo
MES KILLED AND SIX OTHERS SEVERELY lSJURRD-
Loss $3.50, 600 On Friday morning, Nov. 2, at II
o'clock, disastrous a. began in he Novelty Distl
lery, on the corner OF Folsom a. Pnce streets Ins
disiing of alcohol had been IN 3etsken for the first
time and e numter OF persons were collected about
the "colanD,' a large oylndilcsi copper eistem,
twelve feet in ola neer and twenty feet high, which
10 contain the elcOnDL tOefe Wero dOOu, oVO
eslons Of alcohol in tho column when tia, vessel,
from some cause unknown aud even unsuspected,
suddenly burst with loud noise, and tire t1e hot
alcohol through the room and toe alcoholic steam
through IT, building. About 20 feet from the column
was The fire usec to make the steam, which WAS en-
ploye6 to heat he whisky 10 be distilled and this tire
was conveyed on the instant throughout the whole
ois,iiltry by the ndsnpable vapOr Ut the alcohol,
scadiu9 all Re persons Uesr the room where TIA ex-
plo.on occurred, aud setting fire to the whole budmy
The following persons were scalted: Bic. Hustdteld
prot rector slighiy; Mr. Barred, proprietor slightly;
g. Issscs recufer. slightly; Solomon Isascs, foreman
badly; Sir. Carroll, carpenter mortauyi Mr. Bird,
cooper, soce dead
All the se persons were in the where the explc
sion occurred except Mr.. b. lsSscs who had to run
through that to escape Several OF those scald
ed got ont without any difficulty bat eone OF The 9TH
ers were rescued from the building principally by the
exeTtjous OF Mrs. Emily Edwards, Q brave Creole
woman from TIE West Indies.
There were thirty men about tho dstlilery at the
time of the ACCIDENT aud go of them attempted TO
start the ste am ire inc, ced wiih tue dst
lefy but the engine out OF order aud 1t could
have dore little good at any rate because tbs whole
establishment was on tire.
The building was If brick, three stories above the
Basement and eighty by one hundred feet upon the
ground The building had been erected in excellent
style and with the apparatus cost 500 COO Fortyhye
thousand gallons of whisky, six h1odred gallons OF
alcohol and about ten thousand bushels of grain were
consumed with TIE cstilery, and nothing destructive
by fire le except the steaGe ngine and boilers,
which were at distarcs from the main building.
The total loss was $4,000 OF which $50 900 was 10
cured. The principal interest in the establishment
wa owned in New. York, but aessrs. Hrscnield and
Barnett were large shareholders and the ostsnsDle
Owfe rs here.
S.n Francisco presented a very animated scene on
Friday Of wave oesed vessels aud email craft driving
be fore bali ale of wind from the north east quarter
The damage 10 shipping in port, occasioned oy the
terrific storm Of wind and rain which passed over this
o;tv viciu on ia nrat
W a. greater than resulted from tho gale OF yesterday
but cor sia erDg the many vausbe aud costly improve
mems destroyed 1t may be fairly eStlnfed that the
recent storm has been productive OF muoh moro se'
rous coIseauer ces to The comx erca interest OF this
place. A little before O'Clock on the evening OF
Thur ay the wind came out strong from the nor n
northeast, eId gradually Increased owari CLOCK
e.m. at which limo il vas blowing hsf gale. The
yessels at 6Lchor in the stream managed TO
hola on but along the ~harves ali con-
fusion AID excl ement. The large ships we're
in great danger from ohsfDg aud saving agaiost
the wbsryes, but with ole or two eicspuoHs
there was little damage sustained by vessels OF
ibis cl8ss. number OF small craft Bing alongside
or snct ortd he vhsrves broke away from their
mooripgs and got sf0u Of eacn other ocoaslonrg
uch confusion and, in ZONE instances great danger
TO he lives of their crews The bark Mallory, at An
Choir of North Beach broke away and was driven
ashore clcse aboard OF d cuuple OF old huiks IL IS
thought that fhe sustained DO material damage. Tue
ship Zenoba oscherging ice at Pacific street Wharf
broke away from her moorines aud ran asOul Of
some store sbips lying al jackson street Whaii.
With the exception Of the los Of her cross jack yard
che slsraned 10 other injury. The bark Mont err
rand at anchor of North Point dragged her sachors
con io cradle distance, but fortunately che had
plenty of sea room and was uninjured. At Pacific
street Wharf, the little steamer Ellen Craig
employed on the Petaluma route, got eontt, snd was
almost wreck before she could be secured The
Renceer other steamer Of the class was also
materially damaged by rubbiog against the wharf and
by frequent collision tb small craft The soop Sarah
ApD wing At Laws Wharf hsd very hard time OF it,
II as thought that she stove aud would 90 down
before morning large sloOp sled the NOrms, laden
with Woo broke sway ON Market street Wharf and
runring souI Of storesho, cspsizeo and sum-. Her
crew nsro~ly escspec with their hyes. schooner
name net ascertained, osded with lumber and hay
foundered at her anchorage of Harriscns Wbsr
There was no one on board. Commodore Maria our
srine rtporter sustared couticerable l0ss by the
osls TIE wharf a. his station on North Beach was
partly carried away, and one OF his bosts vas
sysmped BY far the most serious damage resulting
from this stsrn, was the vashing away OF earth re-
Gently tllec IN water lots IN the vicinity OF North
Point The improvements OF this kind all slong
fho, sufe, cd more or lees damage The damage is
not alone in the loss Of vast amount OF capital OK
rerceG on he work but in the serious H. Jury result
rg 10 the Navigation Of the bay. About rTenty feet
Of the ffty.vsrs lot in front Of Wilson Flints ware
horse the filing Of which b8 occupied sb0a. six
months was washed away. rte owner Of the prop
efty Mr. MeCabe, estimates his loss at so 900.
corsidersbe portion Of Re lot filed in by Mr. Cohen,
situsted north OF Adams Il 20 warehouse, was also
washed away BY a rough calculation, il is esinsted
that OF e.s than one huDdei thousand tons q earth
g., q rock wee wsshed into tbs bsy, thus completely
Frustrating the object intended Ny the operation OF
filing in. san Frsn Herald.
APRTsT OF HARRY MzIGGs II CHILI-Ws are
nforu ed by Gov. Bieler thu: some time since be
scdJessed Letter 10 the Ameri Minister 10 Chill
certify pg with proper vouchers tsat Henry heggs
bad been indicted ia San Francisco for comm tog
great crimes that be had ded before LIS ;n mes were
discoyere9 that be was known TO De residing 10 Cl;
that his arrest and delivery TO the hands Of the e ia
Caferlia would be Of gres; benefit 70 tie cause Of