Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-12-02
PACIFIC COAST TELEGRAMS.
Exclusively to the Herald.
SAN FRANCISCO.

Seurvy at Sea. ..... Disastrous Ffre-Men
Missing ...N New City Officers. Rain.
Further From the Wrecked Steamer
......P. NJ. =. y. 60. Affairs. Meeting
Of the Legislature. 49,. Gov. Haight
not In the Field for senator.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. l.
The ship Cultivator, from New York,
was towed into port to-day by the
United States revenue cutter Oliver
Wolcott. The entire crew, officers,
captain and captains wife, are down
with the scurvy. Several are at, the
point Of death. This is the vessel which
was furnished with fresh provisions at
sea by the captain of the British ship
Magma Charta. The cutter found her
Is miles west of the FarralOnes.
A disastrous fire occurred to-day OH
Pacific street, between Front and Da-
Wis, by which the Atlantic Hotel,
owned by Mcdonald, was destroyed.
Loss about $4,000. Several families
in the hotel lost all their goods. Har-
ris & Lewis, BARRIERS, and Coughlan's
saddlery store adjoining, also burned;
loss about $1,000. Three men were
missing after the fire; one, supposed
to be Charles Allen, was found dead in
the ruins of the hotel; others, names
unknown, are not yet found.
The newly elected city officials as
sumed their duties to-day. A large
crowd of interested expectants and
crestfallen Out-gOers are at the City
Hail.
Heavy rains last night; the weather
is clear to-day.
The following additional particulars
Of the loss of the Vile de Havre have
been received: Fifty-three of the crew
were saved, including the captain, and
these go to make up the 81 saved.
Among the passengers saved are 10
women. They are as follows: Captain
Surmont, five other officers and 54 of
the crew, and 27 passengers. The lat
ter are named: Mary Hunter, Annie
Hunter, Helen E. Mixter, Madeline
Mixter, Emily Cook, Rev. N. Weiss,
Mrs. H. G.. Spofford, Jas. Bishop, G.
Cresley, Misses Breden of San Fran
cisco, Dado Binninger, Alfred Barba-
son, Faivre Penuginot, Mr.. Laurainx,
G.. Burritt, Cornelia Edgar, Mrs. M.
Bulkley, VIM. r. Swift and wife, An
WCW -. MCNlCdly, MI. SIdLlcI1 II.
Belknap and B. Angrand.
Capt. Bradbury, now in California,
has resigned the office of President of
the Pacific Mail Company. Russell
Sage has been elected to fill the va
cancy.
The California Senate met to-day
and adjourned until tomorrow. The
Assembly met at the same hour, and
adjourned without day being specified.
Ex-Governor Haight publishes a
long letter tonight, declining to be
candidate for the y. S. Senate.
The new Board of Supervisors was
organized tonight. None of the new
members have made any pledges be-
yond saying they should at all times
endeavor to serve the best interests of
the city and county.
Ex-Mayor Alvord and Mayor Otis
occupied the Chair. After all the
members had been reinstated, Mr.. AL
word proceeded to read his valedictory,
reviewing the course of municipal Leg
islatiOn during his term, and recon-
mending policy of rigid economy for
the future.
Tom Mcclellan, the jockey who
drove Romeo on Thanksgiving Day,
denies that he has been or is to be
tried for selling out the race.
The Board of Fire Commissioners
elected David Scanned Chief of the Fire
Department.
The entire loss by the fire this morn
ing is $4,000.