Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-08-16
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California News '''e's'
We CLEAN the following ;D,.,,;.
from the San Francisco paper, , '.s''
yesterday. 'ecelred
The steamship Sierra Nev,d, s,,..
Juan' arrived at San Francisco 90
goth Of July. 70 The
We notice the following arrival, :.
shipping at San Francisco f,om -, Of
ports: July 5, ships White sv,' aa''s
Brown and Lotus, Lecki., New W."
8, ship Goddess, Crowell, Boston. a
ship Young America, Babcoct ~, -
Is, ship Sierra Nevada, Peub,,lo. , !.
York; 10, ship Mastiff, johnson Nv, .'1
The Alta California, in il. .uan u.,''' :,
the news Of the fortnight ending ;, =
zis' u'''' mas 'ne following notice Of re,,
co"flagra'ions in California, brief, n.a
toned in our San Francisco le.,e, MI
lished last evening:
On the 9Th of July, a most l,m..,.,,
misfortune befel the town Of PI ,c..,,a's
A fire broke out and deanv.d a~.'
dred and eighty-si1 building. vh; ;d W.. =
gether with other property, s,,. 49,. w. :.
about 100000. The town ~. ~, y
all burned, and Mr.. Benham n.,;.l.1y
the flames, while several Others w.. !.
jured. Collections for the sur.r,. -
being taken in various places. ~'
On the 9Th, the village Of Gesn.,.
Placer county, was consumed by 4 -
the loss is estimated at SlOO, 600. ~.
ty buildings were destroyed.
On the 18th, the town Of Fair PHI, n
Dorado county, was burned, i,yol,;,,,
loss of $4,000. a
On the 10th, a disastrou, Il. =.
place at Marysville, and consumed I. b.
number of buildings, valued Il elsales,
A despatch from Nevada, giving /, &.
count of the destructive couaagnii.s
that place on the 18th Of July, (set;esda
yesterdays mornings Picayune,) ay.:
Every hotel, church, Livery .,.p,
printing Office, and every business leu..,
with few exceptions, were sweep .vay.
Out Of twenty-six ire.proof brict build.
ings. but six escaped. The coaulous,
recently completed at an expense ofem
fifty thousand dollars, was destroyed, vi
all the county records. It is esimlA
that over eight hundred buildings kH
been consumed. At least ten persomm
known to have persisted in the 6amesk
sides those unknown and unheard from
The following are some Of he NAM
known up TO the present time to have ba
burned to death P. Hendricksoa lion
Albany, N. T.; A. J. Hagan, Lesisdlk,
KY; Jay johnson, Buffalo. N, Y;SE
Fletcher, Massachusetts; VIM. hra,
of Democrat office, Boston, Mass; Hear
Yates. Wisconsin VIM. Wilson, aal
O. Thomas, Rochester, N. Y; ban1
since dead. The bones Of othen lan
been discovered. a@ssa
VIM. F. Anderson, editor Of he Dt&
crat, and his brother-in-l Gea 4
Young, are badly burned. Its Impossible
to give a correct estimate Of tho erin
loss at present, but il cannot fall mucLf
any, less than two millions Of dolars. ]
list Of individual losses exhibits desrucis
Of $75O, 900 worth OF properly, nctto -
ton four churches, courthouse, &c. 81
an unparalleled scene Of deanctia y
never before been witnessed in The ~.
The few dwellings left on the hlkr1
about are full Of families, masg q u
having escaped with nothing I'm y
flames. --zsssss-
Rough and Ready, San Joan, ae1 u
rokee, have very Literally subszibsas
made propositions for the relid Z =
sufferers. Though tho oncs psod go
Nevada has been wiped out, hef ealas
are not Of a kind to despair TIC y
and the hammer arc breaking - slll!se
Of the Sabbath in various pats e =
ruins. New buildings ars ssy4
among the cinders, and more are 80
ed for, and the lumber is arrivnf -
groond already. as3
The steamship Golden Age, hsn
ma, arrived At San Fraacisee - ~
Of July. q as1s. s'a 5'9 $.
The San francisco Heran, dJdgn
has the following paragraph in nlaD.
the overland emigration: 5