Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 36, Number 5483, 22 October 1868 — BY THE VALLEJO ROUTE. [ARTICLE]

BY THE VALLEJO ROUTE.

At twenty minutes past nine o'clock last night we received our first San Francisco papers by tbe Pacific Union Express, and soon after papers by Wells, Fargo & Co.: also by Morrill & Budd. We give the following interesting news in regard to the great earthquake in San Francisco and the localities in the vicinity :

The Great Earthquake.

The Alta of October 21st has the following details :

At precisely six minutes to eight o'clock this morning the most severe earthquake which has occurred since the occupation of California by the Americans shook our city. The general excitement prevailing throughout the city renders it difficult to give anything like an accurate account of the amount of damage done or tbe number of casualties. This is the first earthquake that has ever caused loss of life in San Francisco, and the amount of damage caused is unquestionably greater than that caused by the shock of October 8, 1865.

THE WEATHER AND THE SHOCKS. This earthquake differed in many particulars from any which had previously visited our city. The morning was moderately warm, and a dense fog covered the town. There was not a trace of a breeze perceptible in the town, but the telegreph from Point Lobos says, " Wind northwest." The first indication of the approach of the earthquake was a slight rumbling sound, as of something rolling along ihe sidewalk, coming apparently from the direction of the ocean. Whether this proceeded trom beneath the surface of the earth or from the agitation of loose bodies on the surface ot the earth is uncertain; the most general opinion appears to be that it was from the latter. The shock commenced in the form of slow horizontal movements, tbe effect being precisely such a would be produced on a frail wooden building by a person shaking the door violently in an attempt to force it open. The motion was purely horizontal, not perpendicular, as in the great earthquake of 1865. Tbe oscillations continued from ten to fifteen seconds, growing more rapid and more violent for six or seven seconds, then increasing in force and rapidity for four or five seconds, then suddenly ceasing. The motion was so great that water was thrown over both sides ot a pail not more than two-thirds full, which was sitting on the ground on the summit of Russian Hill, where the shock was felt with less force than in any other part of the city. At 17 1/2 minutes to nine there was a very slight shock, just perceptible, but it coming on the heels of the great one, people generally rushed into the street, apprehensive of what might follow. At twenty-three minutes past ten a. m. a third shock, quite a sharp one, was felt, and a panic was created on the principal streets, crowds rushing in frantic aud foolish excitement from every building and running madly along the sidewalks without any clear idea of where they were going or what they wished to do. At eleven a. m. precisely a fourth and very slight shock was felt. The fog cleared away and the sun shone out in a cloudless sky, while a slight breeze sprung up at eleven a. m. Up to the present writing no more shocks have been felt.

THE EFFECT ON THE TOWN.

Tbe great shock of 1868 produced a wholly different effect on buildings from that of 1865. In October, 1865, glass was broken and shivered in atoms in all the lower part of the city by the perpendicular oscillation, while comparatively few wails were shaken down or badly injured. Tbe earthquake of to-day broke very little glass in any part ot the city, but tbe damage by the falling of cornices, awnings and walls was immense. West of Stockton street and north of Geary street no damage of any kind worthy of mention was done ; a stranger passing through that part of the town would fail to discover any traces of the great commotion which had just occurred. Occasionally a little plastering was shaken down, or the wall of some old or poorlyconstructed brick building was slightly opened, but beyond this there was nothing. On Rincon Hill the effect was very much the same.

Coming down from the upper part of the city the first serious ettects of the earthquake which we noticed was at the drug store at the southeast corner of Dupont and Washington streets, the windows of which were completely demol ished. From this point eastward to the bay, and southward to Mission Bay, the destruction of windows and damage to walls increases. Tbe shock was principally felt on "made ground" and the flats where the foundation is known to be unreliable at all times. Along Montgomery street quite a number of buildings are damaged, and eastward toward the bay there are few buildings which are wholly uninjured, while many are utterly ruined. On the eastern shore of the bay, and, in fact, all the way around it, everything built on the flats has suffered severely. It is a noticeable and grati lying fact that not a single building constructed as it should be in a city liable to earthquakes like San Francisco has suffered to any extent at all ; this earthquake demonstrates the proposition that, with proper care in the construction of our buildings, San Francisco is as safe a place to live in as any on the continent. But greater care must be taken hereafter, and we may learn a valuable lesson by this disaster, if we have the sense to profit by it.

LIST OF CASUALTIES.

When the great shock culminated, a stampede from every building in the city took place. Hundreds of horses on the streets, frightened by the rush of people, took fright and ran away, adding to the danger and excitement of the moment. As the fire and battlement walls and heavy awnings were coming down in all the lower part of the city, numerous casualties, more or less severe, occurred, and there was a considerable loss of life. We give the different incidents as they came to our knowledge, and will complete the list as fast as possible. On Taylor street, above Sutter, ------ -------- , whilst working in the back yard, was killedd by a falling chimney. W. Strong, whilst rushing from the Scientific Press office, on Clay street, was struck by a piece of the falling cornice and instantly killed. He was a native of Connecticut, and aged 26 years. Wm. Best, a native of Ireland, whilst working in the yard of the Occidental Hotel, was killed by a falling chimney. Chester, of 127 Kearny street, fell while coming down the front stairway of that building in his endeavor to reach the open air, and fractured his left leg just above the knee. Drs. Shipley and Trask were in immediate attendance, and the injured man received surgical assistance. Amputation will not be required. The building on the southeast corner of Clay and Sansome streets lost all of its fire-wall. A portion of it fell on a young man named F. Nesbit, who at the moment was coming out of a restaurant. He was badly bruised on the arms and hands, but not dangerously hurt. He was at once conveyed to his residence at No. 547 Folsom street.

A man whose name we have been unable to learn was run over by a team at the junction of Third, Market and Kearny streets, and killed. A tinsmith named Mansfield was killed by a falling piece of cornice on Clay street. His body was taken to Gray's undertaker establishment. A photograph of himself was found on the body. His face, bead and one leg were terribly injured. Blumenthal, proprietor of the Empire State Restaurant, below Kohler's store, on Sansome street, was severely injured. He was about running out of his restaurant, when he was struck on the head by some of the falling bricks from above and knocked senseless, receiving severe cuts. He was conveyed across the street to the drug store, and from thence to his residence, where he now lies in a very critical condition. There was a woman run over in front of the Nucleus building, on Third street, and badly bruised.

A woman, whoso name we omit by request, was passing the City Restaurant, on Clay street, below Montgomery, when the heavy battlement wall came down with a crash, carrying with it the wide wooden awning. She was struck by a timber, which broke her leg and inflicted other injuries of a serious character. She received immediate surgical assistance from Dr. Behrens, A Chinaman, on Sacramento street, was badly hurt by the falling of a fire-wall. He was taken in charge by bis countrymen, and we could not learn the extent of his injuries. A mason working on the walls of the new Calvary Church building, on the corner of Post and Powell streets, is reported badly, if not fatally injured, by falling from a scaffolding. INCIDENTS— SERIOUS AND OTHERWISE. The public school buildings are generally well constructed, and were damaged very slightly, if at all. Part of them escaped wholly uninjured. Nevertheless, the prevailing excitement being very great and the liability to panics among the scholars on any alarm being given so great as to be in itself a more threatening danger for them than that of the earthquakes proper, it was deemed best to close the schools for to-day, and accordingly the scholars were all dismissed and sent home.

As the minor "tapering off" shocks were felt the excitement increased instead of diminishing, as it should have done, seeing that all our experience goes to show that the worst invariably comes first in San Francisco earthquakes — and the merchants generally commenced closng their stores. By ten a.m. business was pretty generally suspended, not because apprehension was felt to any extent of further damage or danger, but because the excitement was so great that no business could well be transacted. The Stock Exchange met and adjourned tor the day without transacting any business.

The streets were filled with people— men, women and children, " seeing the sights," congratulating each other that ;t was no worse, and chatting and laughing, and running about generally as if at a show or fair. The impression a stronger would gain from tbe lacca of those oa

the streets would be that some pleasurable excitement had occurred. Certainly there was nothing in the appearance of our people to indicate that a great calamity had befallen them, or that their confidence in the stability of San Francisco had been shaken for a moment.

When the momentary panic occurred, at twenty-three minutes past ten o'clock, we noticed several women who fainted, or were unable to move for terror; but this special excitement subsided very quickly, indeed, not lasting more than five minutes at the utmost.

When the first great shock came many people had not yet risen from their beds, and the rush into the streets was accompanied by many ludicrous incidents— dishabille being the rule, and full dress the exception. At some ot the hotels sights were seen over which the seers will laugh for years to come. The coolest man we saw was a Chinaman at the northwest corner of Jackson and Stockton streets. He was engaged in carrying out plastering which had fallen from the ceiling of a boarding-house. "Halloa, John, what's the matter?" said we as we passed him. "Matter; noting at all. Me gottee one house to let ! " was his prompt reply, accompanied by a broad grin, which showed that he appreciated the situation and did not think there was going to be much of a shower. Stailman, clerk with C. P. Rank & Co., barely escaped being crushed beneath the ruins, being on his way to the front of the store when the crash came.

DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. Any list of buildings damaged must be necessarily incomplete, and we can give only the most noticeable items as they come to our knowledge. The large brick building on the southeast corner of Suiter and Kearny streets, the front of which fell out some two years ago and rebuilt, was greatly damaged, so much so that it is believed the entire building will have to be torn down.

Levi Strauss & Co.'s building, erected but a few months, at the corner or Kearny street and St. Mark's Place, is cracked through and through. At the Nucleus Hotel, corner of Market and Third streets, the chimney over the dining-room fell clear through the roof, leaving an opening of nearly ten feet ; luckily a number of the boarders, who were sitting at the breakfast table, had just got up. No considerable damage was done, except the breaking of a large quantity of dishes and tables. At the office of the Hebrew newspaper, on Sacramento street, nearly the whole of the type was pied, and everything in the office was thrown into confusion.

At Heche's block, on Battery street, each of the fine large stores ill this row of building received very severe shocks, the walls separating several inches, and the whole building sank in the same manner. In the cellar of the store of Mannheim, Scouwasser & Co. the floor guve way over six inches, and the whole cellar was filled with water in a very few moments. In front of Sam Brannan's building known as the Masonic Hall, one of the large granite stouea from the top of the building fell with terrible force, breakins through tho sidewalk. The S.vnagogue Emanu El, on iSutter street, stood the test well, the only damage being that one of the fancy piers was broken oil". The Synagogue Sbenth Israel, on Stockton street, was damaged to some extent, the lront and part of the interior having given way. The store of C. P. Kauk & Co., No. 316 Sac ramento street, is shaken completely to pieces. The front stands uninjured, but the side wails caved in, letting the roof aud second floordown upon the goods for two-thirds of the length ot the building. Their stock is damaged to the e\tent of several thousand dollars. Their store at Redwood City was also ruined, the building being almost wholly demolished. The old one-story brick buildings, Nos. 313, 315, 317 and 319 California street, half way be tween Montgomery and Sansome, on the north side, was rendered a complete rain. The basement walls caved in, letting down the floor, and the side walls piling on the top of it, and the roof falling in, completed the wreck. The City Hall building, which, if true economy and due regard for public safety had been consulted, would have been pulla-i down af;er the great earthquake of 166f>, is badly injured, and the front entrance na3 been closcl to the public. A special nieetin» of the Hoard of Superr'sors, to decide on what action should be taken in the premises, has been called for two o'ch ck.

Bancroft's book store building, at the corner of Montgomery and Merchant, is badly dam—the front being i"n danger of falling. Barriers have been put up to prevent people passing in fr-cnt of iLe building on the sidewalk. Blake' - hat store on the other side of the street, near Cay, is in a like condition. A new front has recently been put into the lower part of this structure, and the front wall above was considered in an unsafe condition before the earthquake, and it is only to be wondered at that it did not come dowu entirely. Brook's stationery store, corner of Merchant and Sansome, is in a similar condition. The brick building belonging to Charles Moneyponuy, built in 1858, at Jo? Natoma street, and occupied as a boarding house, was ruined. One-hait of the walls were thrown down, and a party of workmen are vow engaged in pulling down the rest. No lives lost.

The residence of Farmer, 144 Natoma street, is a complete ruin, though still standing. The walls are in such condition that the family have moved out, and the building must be pulled. do*vt*.

The chimney of the Gas Works, corner Howard and Fremont streets, fell, but the damage is not so great as to interfere with the supply of gas, and will soon be repaired. The Shot Tower, in the southern part of the c tv, suffered somewhat, but did not tall. i The back chimney of the County Hospital, at North Beach, fell, but no one was injured by it. A portion of the gable ena of the Asylum for the Blind, at the Mission Dolores, fell down, but nobody was injured. • The chimney of the Mission Street Schoolhouse fell without injuring anybody. The Mission Woolen Mills were reported badly damaged, but we are assured that the rumor is an exaggeration. The proprietors are happy to inform their friends that the damage done to their machinery and buildings by the late earthquake is not serious, and that the same will be repaired in a lew days. The new walls of the building of WeHtnan, Peck & Co., on the east side of Front streel, one door north of Clay, are shaken to such an extent as to render the premise* untenable. The whole of the battlement walls on Kohler's building, on Sansome' street, between Clay and Commercial, fell ji t . The wails of the old American Theater, on the corner of Sansome and Halleck streets, were badly shaken. The archway ever the main entrance fell in. None of the city, State or Federal Courts held any ions. Judge Provlaes, of the Polios Court, disr chanjed all the drunks that had been arrested the day before, and all the other prisoners in the City Prison were sent to the County Jail. • Portsmouth square was the resort selected by hundreds of women and children, who could be seen wending their way with baskets, etc., to I lhat pluce, remaining there during the day. ; The hieh chimney of the Mint buildin?, on j Commercial street, above Kearny, is badly broken and will be pulled down as a matter of precaution, but the building itself is not damaged at nil. The rear wall of the Union Foundry, on First and Mission streets, is badly broken and a part of it has fallen out. The Pacific Foundry was considerably damaged, the floor being lifted up and water forced up through the openings, We take the following from the Bulletin of October 21et : COFFEE & EISDOS'S BUILDING. This building is at the juncture of Market and Battery streets. It is built of brick, three stories in bight, and is in an unfinished condition. The walls are very slim, and the mortar with which they are built is largely composed of sand, The western half of the building is built on the foundation of the old blacksmith's shop the root of which was raised for that purpose. The walls of this portion of the structure have completely fallen down, burying in their ruins * Shaw, aged 50 years. When he was taken out, -j}< hours afterwards, he was still alive, though" there were no hopes of his recovery. The rear wall of the building fell over into the office of Benchley & Co.' s hardware store, which ; is a one-story structure in trie rear of their store* of which it forms a part. Those in the office at I ttio time barely escaped with their lives. Bench- ! ley's building is not injured in the least, if we I except the lire-wall in front built six or eight | feet above the roof, which was cracked badly at . each end. It is quite evident that but tor the ! substantial manner in which the Benchley building is constructed, it must have been seriously damaged. As it is, there is not a crack in the walls, with the exception already referred to. And yet sb great was the commotion that bars 1 of steel reclining against the walls on the inside ; were violently thrown down. A brief refer- { ence to the manner in which this building is : constructed will explain its safety, and at the j same time teach a lesson as to the mode of i erecting brick buildings in this city hereafter. i Tnis section, it will be remembered, is all made ground. In the first place, the foundation of the building was laid broad and firm. As the walls arose they were liberally tied by iron rods and anchor?. In addition, the joists are all fastened , to each other at the ends by bands of iron which I circle the building as a hoop. The Murphy & 1 Grant block, Or.ental block, apd other large buildings in that vicinity, are constructed in a similar manner, and hence their remarkable escape — not a fissure being visible in any of them. Nothing but the tact that the rear wall ci the standing portion of Coffey & Risdou's

building was placed agamst Benchley's building saved aay po;tioa ot too o j racture from becoming one heap ot ruins. The general absence ot any expression of surprise at the disaster to this building among the lookers-on this morning was noteworthy. ~ The portion mostly damaged had but one anchor for its support ; and the wonder is that there is one brick left upon another.

C'STOM-HOUSE

The Custom-house is tornbiy damaged, and it is questionable whether it will admit < t repairs, so general does the destruction appear at first siuht. The chimney-top at tho noi :h end ot the building tell at the tirst wave, injuring a iadv and gentlemau who were passing. The chimney on the west side is twisted in a direction opposite to that of its original oue. The earth walks, generally solid and firm, became so loosened by the Vibration, tbat a stick could be ?ushed down several teet without difficulty, he building, of course, is closed, the business of the department being temporarily removed to the Internal Revenue offi:cs.

POST OFFICE. The general delivery ot the Postoffice is temporarily suspended, although a few attaches remain at their posts, making up the mails lor the interior.

EFFECT OB PUBLIC AND PEIVATE CLOCKS. Several of the private clocks stopped. The one on Tucker's new building stopped at five minutes before eight o'clock, and the hour and minute hand have silently pointed out the time of the shock during the forenoon. The large pendulum clocks in private houses also stopped irom tive to seven minutes belore eijiht. EFFECT CPOX TUE HILLS. Upon Russian and Telegraph Hills the shock does not appear to have been so severely felt as in other parts of the city. In some bouses ornaments were not displaced trom the mantelpieces, and the inmates did not come to the door. In others, books and ornaments feU down, and marble mantels were started from their places. The oscillations on Russian Hill were more sensibly felt. There was a pretty general stopping of clocks, some cracking ot plastering and throwing down of light articles. Houses upon the flat between lUward street and Mission Bay were more severely shaken, but ttie damage, save to chimneys aud plastering, is slight.

AT MAKE ISLAND. Mare Island Naw Yard experienced two severe shocks of earthquake this morning. S eral chimneys were tnrown down, and some of the buildings considerably shaken, but no serious damage was done and 110 persons injured. Captain Mitchell, of the navy, informs u.s that the ground shook so violently as almost to throw him off his feet, the shock being accompanied by a frightful rambling Bound. Several people took to the water, considering the stream much more safe thau Una finna— which was terra finna no longer.

AT VALLEJO. The earthquake was quite severely felt at Vallejo, many chimneys toppling down, but no serious injury occurring. AT SAN LEANDRO— COURT-HOUSE THROWN" DOWN AND DEPUTY CLEHK KILLED. A dispatch, dated SaD Leandro, October "Ist says : Our Court-house is all down, and Deputy Clerk Josselyn is killed. All the prisoners are still in their cells and locked up, the key being in a safe which cannot be got at. The other adobe houses are down; also, the warehouse and mill at Ilavwood are down. The ground opened at San Lorenzo, and water came up THE EARTHQUAKE AT OAKLAND. ihe earthquake at Oakland was very severe A gentleman who left there this forenoon communicates the following : Hundreds of chimneys were thrown down, and many houses more or less damaged. brick buildings were very badly damaged, but, fortunately, none fell No lives were lost, but a tew persons were injured by the tailing of a chimney, but none seriously " The draw of the railroad bridge was thrown twelve inches out of Hue, so that the cars cannot cross.

Schimeifenmng's new brick building at Brooklyn was thrown down, but no lives lost The glass is badly broken on Broadway i At Ala I ? eda the asylum was badly damaged, all the chimneys being thrown down. ederspoon's house is considerably damaged by a tailing chimney. . Three distinct shocks havo been felt since the first one. After the first shock a strong sulphurous smell was perceptible. Our Oakland correspondent says • • The chimneys of a very large number of frame dwell ngs were thrown down, broken oil above the root. The tire-walls of one or two brick buildings were thrown down. The rear wail of Shattnck's building, corner of Broadway and eighth streets, was so badly cracked that during the forenoon it was deemed unsafe to enter the Council-room or the Police Court. Holmes building on the opposite side of Ligbth street,- was badly damaged. A low brick building, corner of Broadway and Fourth streets, was I .-idly shattered, 'perhaps ruined, 4 a ?y show-windows were destroyed. At Rachiiie's grocery, one of the largest in the city, the shelves and goods were tumbled together in on& mass, and very large damages inu* ; have been sustained. Wilcox's building, the only three-story edifice in tho city, sustained scarcely any damage, the walls appearing to be perfectly sound. It is reported that the elegant private residence of Wederspoon was very badly damaged. ™ Vp De i tim .! ot the earthquake, the locomotive and nearly all the cars of tae San Francisco and Oakland Railroad were. at San Antonio. The arawm-idge between Oakland and that place was so damaged as to be impassible, and all communication with San Francisco has been by way of the creek route. Jabez Clements sends us the following : I was on the Alamoda wharf when the shock occurred this morning, and as everything was quiet around I bad an opportunity to observe the phenomena particularly. The motion seemed to be crosswise of tllo wharf, and was so severe that it was difficult to impossible to stand still. No sound accompanied the motion, except that occasioned by the vibration of the timbers of the wharf, A few seconds after the motion ceased, a loud noise was beard in the direction of Oakland— such as might be caused by the falling of a building. The water of the bay was perfectly smooth at the time of the shock, and no perceptible disturbance of the surface took place. Even at the edge, where the ground was almost level and the water consequently shallow for a considerable distance, the r ripple was hardly noticeable. I was informed, however," that the shock was felt on the steamers very distinctly, and th;\f the engines were stopped, the officers supposing that some accident bad occurred to the machinery, The tall phimnay of the workshop of the Ala. meda Kailroad vibrated more than a foot from a perpendicular line, but was not thrown down.

AT REDWOOD. Redwood, October 2Ut.— The American Hotel is very much shaken. The Court-Louse is standing, but unsafe. The public BchooUboqse is damaged io much that the school is dismissed. Many chimneys are shaken down. Afire-wall on Merrill's block was shaken dowD. No one was killed or injured.

AT BAH MATEO, San Mateo, October 21st— 1 p. m.— There was an earthquake shock at 8 o'clock a. m. today—the severe one lasting 16 seconds. The barometer was 29 92-100 inches, and the thermometer 48. The vibration was iroin the north. The demage to property here is not less than $5,000.

AT MAIUIXCZ.

A private dispatch from Martinez states that a very heavy earthquake was experienced there this morning at three minutes atter eight o'clock. The only damage reported is to the Court-house, both of the ends of which had fallen, leaving the building a wreck. >~obody is known to be hurt. The Aita adds: At Petaluma the shocks were very severe. Several buildings were cracked and considerable damage done to property, but no lives lost. A Singular Accident at thk Bora' Higii School — One of the Pupils Shot and Bbbzi OOSLT Wounded. — In the Bourd of Education In?! night, Cornwall stated that some time yesterday afternoon a deplorable accident occurred at tbc Boys' High Sctiool. One of the pupils brought to the school a loaded pistol, which, he had heard, was accidentally discharged while in ihe boy's pocket, the bullet striking one of the other pupils in the thigh, and inflicting a serious wouud. He desired the Superintendent [ to lay the facts before the Board. I Denman said such an accident had occurred, but he had consulted with members of the i Board, and it should, it possible, be kept out of ■ the public press. It was likely to be exaggerated by the latter to the detriment of the school?. Cornwall ottered a resolution that the pupil who took the pistol to tne school bo suspended . for the period of three months; that boys t throughout the city might understand thatthev ! must not carry pistols," guns or dirks into the public schools. Parents must be assured that no accidents like that can recur in the department. Several members objected to the sus- . pension of the pupil for that length ot time, and the resolution was finally amended in such a , way as to request the Superintendent to suspend him uutil the next meeting of the Board, and as amended the resolution passed. Cobb remarked that this wai only a beginning, and he should favor a resolution to the effect that any pupil of the public schools guilty ot carrying a deadly weapon into one of them, on any pretext whatever, be expelled at ouce and never permitted to return. i The Call of October 21st has the annexed items : ' Arrested on a Charge op Abduction.— Upon the arrival of the steamer Sacramento yesterday, Detective Henry Johnson arrested John Young, pantryman on board of that vessel, on a warrant sworn to by Columbus Sairs,

who charges him with abducting Maria Valencia, thirteen years of oge. The girl, who is now in charge of responsible parties, narrates the circumstances of the transaction us follows: In the latter part of July last, she was residing with some of her relations in Wilmington. About that time her mother received information that her daughter could obtain ■ good situation with a family in this city. She was placed in charge of Wells, Fargo & Co.' Express messenger, on board the Orizaba— bouud tor this port — had instructions to civo her into the custody of a gentleman who would call for her. At that time Young 'was on board of the Orizaba in the capacity of second steward. When that vessel reached here, while the messenger was busily engaged with matters pertaining to his business, she alleges that Younar came up to her and took her off the ship, after which he placed her in an omnibus and she was driven to the Sacramento Hotel on Pacific street. The propietor of this place became impressed that there was something wrong about the girl, therefore he refused to receive her in bis premises. The man who brought her there then took her to the Cariboo House, on the same street. Here she alleges that nog had unlawful carnal know! cc" of her, after which he took her to a low Mexican boarding bouse on Broadway, opposite the Couutv Jail. He told her to remain there until he returned, which ho did not do, and she would probably be there jet, had not the officer discovered her there several days after she had been placed there. When the party who was to receive the girl heard of the arrival of the steamer, he went to Wells, Fargo & Co.'s messenger, but received the information that she had mysterious); disappeared. The matter ■was laid before the President of the steamship company, and the agent of Wells, Fargo & Co., who, after consultation, gave the ease into the hands of detective Johnson. After some" difficulty he succeeded in ascertaining how the girl had left the vessel, and Snail* found her in the premises already stated. In the meantime Young had shipped on the Sacramento. He denies all knowledge of the affair.

The Small Pox.— disease does not appear to abate, though its virulence is somewhat diniimshe«L New cases are heard of every day in all parts of the city, and not untrequently persons are attacked by it who have not been exposed to the pestilence, while very many who have been with those sick with the disease have escaped it, thousjh they have never been vaccinated. The disease "seems to go about in streaks and spots, and no one can tell where it comes from or where it is going. It comes upon its victims like a thief in the night, aud lays its deathly hands upon them with remorseJess energy.

Tee Perry statue, presented by August Belmont to the corporation of Newport iH. I.) wtti onTaUed lately. Dr. F Vinton, of New York, delivered the address.

Awful Runaway CaSTMUT. — The Davenport (Iowa) Gazette of October sth relates tbe following sad incident :

Od last Saturday afternoon Brady street was the scene of a most tngbUul casualty— one which shocked the entire community and ? lunged whoie families in Davenport and Rock stuul into mourning. A little after tliree o'ctnek the splendid team of P. L. Muchell, ot Rock Island, was being driven down the street w th a carriage, in which were seated Mra. P. L.. HitcbeU and her three daughtrr, Mi»s J.aura, Mrs. 11. T. Wadswonh and Mrs. \V. C. Wardsworth (the two last of this city), and Mrs. W. B. Grenell, of Rock Inland. IJpon neai iii^ the railroad track at the Filth street crossing, a locomotive was heard approacbin^. At the request of the ladies the driver halted his team and was pulling them round to face them up the street when tbe enmue came in sight. TLe near horse commenced rearing and plunging, and detached his traces. Then both animals gave a sudden plunge to the left, the pole snapped, aud down the hill they went ou a mad tud. Ihey veered to the west side of Brady street, aud reached the middle of Fifth street, when the broken pole struck a -tone. The carriage was thrown at least six feet in the air, was whirled over with terrific vclocitv, and camedorvn with a tremendous crash into the ratter, wheels uppermost, with all the ladies beneath it. Fortunatelj, the horses left the vehicle and sped down the street like frightened bounds. The bystanders near Filth street stood horrorstricken aud dumb fora moment, and then tuere wjb a rush for the carnage. It was lifted to one nde, and what a Fight was there! Mrs. Mitchell lay with her face to the ground, her forehead pressing the sharp corner of a gutter ptone. From a wound which extended from her riofat eye to the hair above the foiehead, the blood poured in streams. She was apparently lifeless. Mra Grenell was lying with her breast downwards, but with her head turned so that her tace was upwards, senseless. The two were immediately takes up und conveyed to the residence of Dr. Worley, near by. aud placed uuon beds. The other ladiea were raised to their feet and walked with little ass stance to Dr. Woriey's. Mrs. Mitchell's skull was found to be fractured for the entire length of >be wound. She recovered her senses soon after restoratives were administero j — talked some and recognized her husbaud who arrived in about twenty minutes after the catastrophe. Soon afterwards she went into spasms which continued at intervals till hall-past one o'clock ou Sunday morniul', when she expired. Her remains were taken to Rock Island at noon. Mrs. Grenell bad a b*d wound at the back ot her head, which bled profusely. She laid in spams for about b;ilt an hour, and then became senseless, in which state she remained four hours. She then recovered enough to be able to say a few words, but passed into a state of stupefaction. At eleven o'clock a. m. she was placed upon a stretcher and carried to her home iv Rock Island. At a late boor last evening she was still in a stupid condition, 'lhe injuries of the other ladies were confined to bruises, Miss Laura Mitchell being badly bruised about the body and shoulders. Bbc suffered a good deal yesterday. Mesdames Wadsworth were also much indisposed yesterday. The horses went down Brady street with the speed ot the wind. When uearly in front of Child & Co.'s store tbe near horse struck the ond of a dray shaft, which entered his side to the depth ol six inches and snapped in two as tt»L>Ui£li it were a splinter. This checked tlie runaways tor a little; but the oil horse pulled his mate, which went at a wncidling quit, across Second street to the alley below, where he fell and died in abiut twenty minutes. The team w^s the most valuable span of carriage horses in this region, betnurortfa at least $1,000, The carriage, a superb one, was badly damaged.

Anecdote of the Empress op Acstbia. — At a recent visit to the Industrial Exhibition at Hietziiiir, near Vienna, the Empress of Austria showed a great interest in the tubucco department. After baring carefully inspected tbe vari ma sorts ot leaves and the u;anufacture of c.jars she suddenly stopped, and addressing Hen Grutacb said : " l»o you kno* 1 what would interest me mo.-t to see ? I should like to become acquainted with the manufacture of 'Virginia ' cigars, end with the leaves that are used for them." The Empress's wisb was instantly complied with. Bhe examined carefully tba leaves, and attentively watched the tnukinp: of a cigar o' them. After I'ii.s was finished, the Empress, in t!:ani:in^ bet attendants, said: "Now, gentlemen, I will tell you why I took such a great interest in the Virginians— the Emperor always smokes this sort."

A Cow m a Br.\n Pit. — A Rins;ulftr incident occurred recently at Berne, Switzerland, iv the bears' pit which acquired a melancholy notoriety a few years ago by the death of the English Captain Lock. The cattle market is close by, and a butcher was leading off a cow which be had just bought, when the animal broke away, and, leaping the parapet, fell among the bears at the bottom. These latter were apparently stupefied at this unexpected vistr, and as the intruder presented her horns in a rather menacins attitude, they thought it prudent to retreat into their dens. As the entrance below was not lar<re enough to allow the intruder to issue by that way, she was drawn up by means of ropes fixed around her body.

A nrsBA.VD and wi"e and tbeir hired man recently rode to St. Jobnsbury, where, while the husband was settling tbe lawyer's fees for a divorce from his wile on a ch'nrge of adultery, she and the hired man were getting married. The first pair had eight children, the .youngest only three weeks old, and the whole affair was so scandalous :hat the indiiuant neighbors compelled the newly married pair to leave lor more congenial quarters.

The aerareuate cost of the railways of the United States, as represented by their capitals is over $1,000,000,000, or about twe-thirds of the amount of our whole national debt. Their gTO3s earning per year will aircregate about $260.000.000— a greater revenue tban that of th« United States.