Daily national Democrat., 1860-03-06
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ARRIVAL OF THE
OVERLAND MAIL.
FRESNO March Etl

Oiuce ueuciehcy DILL The prospect is that
there will be hitch between the two Hopses
on the abolition of the franking privilege
Lawless and violent proceedings are reno-t-
ed IN the Pixies Peak gold mines. We have
three Gays later news from Europe. Parlia-
ment Is just getting under way The Pope
has made another movement against being
shorn of his temporal possessions The mar
kets, foreign and domestic, possess no change
worthy of note. Cleared New York Feb. s
ship Ocean Pearl for San Francisco.
In the night of Thursday the 9th, fierce
hurricane ragged at New York, increasing af
ter daylight on Friday. Numerous disasters
to shipping and buildings are recorded. Dur
ing the prevalence of the storm at about al
o'clock on Friday morning, fire broke out
In public school on Degan street, BROOKLYN
which destroyed the building in short time
There were about one hundred scholars in
the building at the time who were all safely
released. In consequence of the storm the
Hamilton Avenue ferry boats could not get
out to Brooklyn, and passengers were Obliged
to take the Fulton ferry boats, as the bridges
on the south Wall street ferry were broken
down. The roofs of some of the new stores
on the Atlantic dock were blown off. The
new hotel of George Fosser, the old Hamil-
ton Avenue market and two other buildings
on Hamilton avenue had their roofs and beams
blown off; the market, it is thought. will
tumble down. The Catholic Orphan Asylum
on 10th street, was unroofed. All the vessels
at anchor in North river dragged their an
chors. One schooner was driven close into
Governors Island and another below her on
the mud flats; ship Golden West was badly
stove and chafed; the bark Princeton parted
her mooring chains and broke a hole in her
stern. Three schooners we're wrecked at
their peers and fifteen or twenty other YES
sells were more or less injured Hundreds of
buildings, it is said, in New York, Jersey
City, Brooklyn and Hoboken were unroofed
or otherwise badly injured A large factory
on DeKalb avenue, Brooklyn, was demolish-
ed. The damage from the storm on the Hud-
son will reach 100000. There is not VIII
lage or city which has not suffered serious
injury to buildings, trees or green houses
At Peekskill the damage is from 100000 to
$4,000. The total loss by the burning of the
school house in Brooklyn, is S26, 500.
On the 11th Feb, the steamship Arizona
arrived at New Orleans with Brownsville
dates of the 5th, A courier from Col. Ford
to Major Heintzelman reports thatthe Ameri-
can steamer Ranchero was fired into thirty
miles above Brownsville by Mezicans bearing
the Mexican flag. Several shots passed thro'
the steamer Subsequently the Mexicans
fired into Col Ford's forces from the Mexican
side of the river, dangerously wounding one
man. Col. Ford returned the fire and cross
ed the river in pursuit of the enemy Capt.
Stoneman's Dragons had been reinforced
and now number 200 men. The people of
Matamoras sympathize with Cortinas. War
was considered inevitable
Great excitement prevailed in Denver City
on account of the jumping of several claims
within the city limits, The jumpers com
menced the erection of buildings and when
warned to desist by committee of the town
the company declared their intention to hold
the claims at all hazards. Rifles were leveled
upon the committee, who, after holding Il
council, withdrew but during the night
party proceeded to the claims and destroyed
the improvements without molestation. The
following day the Jumpers retaliated by fir
ing upon r. B. Bradford, agent of Express
company, who however escaped unhurt An
attempt was also made to shoot R. E. Whit
sell, secretary Of the town company. Owing
to threats having been made to fire the city,
the streets were patroled by armed bodies of
citizens during the ensuing night, but no out
break occurred. 1t was the prevailing be-
lief that the claim controversy would lead to
serious results. The citizens of Auraria hav
ing taken measures to suppress petty rob
berries which had become alarmingly preva-
lent, several difficulties occurred between
citizens and implicated parties. BxSheriff
Middaugh was fired upon while entering the
street from the Vasquez House. military
company was assembled who preserved or
der through the night. Next day four of the
most offensive rioters we're ordered to leave
within five hours under penalty of hanging,
which request they complied with.
On Saturday morning Feb 1lth, the plan
ing mill Of Rhodes, Rue & Co., at Phiadel-
phia, was destroyed by fire. The flames ex-
tended to the lumber wharf of Sloat d Co.,
but the sewing machine factory adjoining
was saved
On the same day fire which broke out in
the drug store of Clark & Smith, at Canton,
N. Y. laid in ruins one half of the business
portion of that village.
On the previous night the building on
Causway and Lancaster street, Boston, occu-
pied by S. Howe d Sons, bakers, and others,
was destroyed by fire. Loss $4,000.
On the same night the Franklin House at
Canandagua, N. Y, was destroyed.
The same night some of the shops of the
Cleveland and Mahoning railroad at Cleve-
land, Ohio were partially destroyed. involv-
ing loss of $4,000 On the night of the 9th
at Tonawanda, N Y, the large elevator and
three warehouses adjoining belonging to the
Cleveland company, and the American Ho-
TEL were burnt down The firm dock on
which the elevator was built was also burnt
to the waters edge. On the 10th fire broke
out in Edison Block, at Woodstock, VT, do
ing considerable damage.
A disnn1ch from Prnvidence. r /. Feb