The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-10-22
NEWS By THE NORTHERN LIGHT,
FROM CALIFORNIA

On the 9TH ult. fire broke out in the town of
Weayeryille, destroying at least two hundred
thousand dollars worth of property
The Trinity Times says
sour office was destroyed by flames, but
owing to the eXertions of our friends, we say
ed our press, slightly damaged, together with
the greater portion of our printing material.
Our paper had not been struck off, as we were
waiting for election returns. We issue our pa
per in the open air, but trust, in few days, to
have roof over our heads.''
On September "A the village of Grass VAL
ley was visited by most destructive confla-
grafton. The fire broke out in the French
Hotel and consumed three hundred and fifty
houses covering with ruins thirty acres of
ground. The loss is put down at 100000.
CHOLERA on THE UNCLE SAM.
We clip the following from the San Francisco
Transcript:
'On the 18th September the Nicaragua steam
er Uncle Sam arrived at the wharf at the
foot of Jackson-street Soon after her arrival
runners were rculated that the cholera had rag
ed on board of the boat to fearful extent We
have endeavored to gather authentic particu-
lars in regard to the matter. Thus far our eff
forts have not been successful as we could wish
The captain reports, at the custom-house, the
death of one hundred and three adults, eight
children and nine seamen-making one hun
dred and twenty in all. We can find no pas
senger who does not insist that at least two
hundred perished and some appear confident
that the number was much larger. The law
requires the captain to report the number dy-
ing on his vessel but those dying in port are
not included in the number, and this may, in
a measure, account for the discrepancy
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tents were taken to the State Marine Hospital
of whom it is though not more than one third
VIII servive. Many of the passengers set the
number ofdeceased as high as two hundred and
fifty, but this is, no doubt, an exaggeration.
among the incidents on board, we hear of
one case ofapparent hardship: A young lady
by the name ofMrs. Honora White, whose hus-
band resides at San Jose, was taken sick of
fever few days before the steamer arrived at
this port. She died two hours before the arri-
val Of the steamer at the wharf. Against all
the remonstrances of her friends, the re-
mains Of the'unfortunate lady were taken from
her state-room and plunged into the sea.
't1Iuch ofthe sickness on board it is attribu-
ted to the imprudence ofthe passengers, many
of whom crossed the Isthmus on foot, and in
dulged freely in eating and drinking on the
Pacific side. A large number of passengers
were compelled to walk across the Isthmus,
owing to the political troubles in that vicinity,
which had caused the natives to remove their
mules. The passage was one of the most un-
comfortable and boisterous ever experienced
upon the Pacific side, which added to the hor-
rors ofthe voyage. The deaths were generally
very sudden none surviving over from two to
six hours from the time they were attacked.
The panic on board was dreadful; wives, ADAM
donedltheir husbands and husbands their wives,
while both abandoned their children. The
passengers were allowed by the company
three dollars each for crossing the Isthmus on
foot. One young man, who was a cabin pass
enger, while interceding for a friend in the
steerage, was suddenly taken with vomiting,
and died in two hours.
The schooner G. E. Fodte, which arrived at
San Francisco on the 18th of September, is
the first vessel that had brought cargo direct
from Japan to the United States. Her Cargo
consisted Of rice and Japanned ware
Seventeen miners are reported to have been
murdered by the Indians, on Rogue River, on
the Goth August.
The anniversary of the admission of Cali
ifornia into the Union was celebrated at San
Francisco, on the 10th of September, in good
style.