New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-12-23
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Arr1vai Of the San Antonio and san T1s~r.
Overland Mar.
LATER FROM cALIroRFrA.

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| IhIs mail arrived at San Antonio ON tbe Isth in
hve days and twelve hours from Ell Pasc and In
eighteen days from San francisco. The sdvices
rom the latter place consequently to the 18th
ut, bdt they afford little il addition 10 the dia.
patches m smother part cf this mornings psper
from 81. Louis. The San Assenfo Herald baa q
following
Capt Thos. F. Chapman, Of Asstn. came doxv
on the stage and from him He learn that the n.
dams dams in large body have been seen near Fort
Clark. A detachment Of thirtytvo soltiiers from
the Fort and some Mexicans had rcturned from
pursuit, and reported that they overlook lie IN
dams between Fort Clark and Trxkey Geek. that
.ney approached near enough to count the Itiians,
who numbered sixty, and were ccnseouentJy too
strong to attack. The Indians HAD a. yerv large
drove OF horses, which they were hes5fnp,
oapf. Chapman speaks in glowing terms o. the
energy ana Skill with, which the mail line s CON
Quoted between this place and Ei Pass.. and feoks
upon II as without rival the route toaaliforU;a.
Inc san Francisco Bulletin of the 2sth uIt. has
me following in regard to- the recent seygre storm
in California:
me storm which, it appears, has beep raging
, 1,sse sSan Franciseo) sines Thursday last, COM
Wenssa N me region Of Colambia and Sonora on
nc nocf, when the Stockton boat left The ra;n. .felI
~ ~ .oI5eHs, Whiie the mountains and high hls~are
AZ 4Insss M eovered to great depth with snow.
~ ~ ..ses! neavy nali and snow squalls set IN, and
an occasional clap Of thunder (qute an unrsusEoo
currenee up in the hilly country lent h heavy
rumblng note to swell the general gloom attendinr
1 the war Of the elements s'1I ',''' -'''1s-'A's
| The roads along the route from Knights Ferru
are almost impossible, and in plSces entirely az
for all loaded teams. All freight wagons N tT.r
road at the time the storm set in sought shelter
and remained stalled some twenty miles from
| Stockton, being hub under. On Friday the vind
blew with immense force, throwing down fences
houses wind mills, small sheds and cattle cover,
ings and in some instances the roofs Of barns and
stables. Scarcely tree that has not lost some n
its proporhons-huge limbs are to be seen for
miles along the road-and many Of the lords of the
forest are laid low, never to rise again.
Should the storm continue with ANYTHING like the
same violence, or even much more rain fall II il
doubtful ne lines Of stages to the Southern mines
can longer keep the road. The appearances Of the
country is Truly desolate, all outdoor employment
being necessarily discontinued. The stock usually
seen ranging freely around the hills, are driven il
by the violence Of the weather, and huddIed under
the lee OF high lands some friendly barn side
That ancient individual !" the oldest inhaFitant
declares that the present storm in the Southern
mlnes-is uneqnaled since 1852.
| The Herald Of the 2sth says:
| At Il minutes after O'Clock last evening txo
shocks OF an earthquake felt il this city irr
ing many houses. Since writing the foregoing we
learn that another shock was experienced at In
minutes before s, which was even more seyere than
the previous one. = = = s''''1