" The liberty pole yet stands, towering above the blackened plain, and over the whole ex panse may be seen charred posts and pillars, some tottering" to the ground, and others stand ing* erect, as monuments of the dreadful disaster. Numerous squatters have already taken their places among the ruins, and some difficulty is anticipated between them and the rightful owners. For the last two nights crowds of suf ferers have slept on the Levee, in the open air ; others, more fortunate, have secured places on

the floors of the few buildings saved. One gentleman, who arrived in town yesterday, slept for two nights on a mattress, with six others. The streets are almost impassible, with the clouds of smoke and cinders that fly in dense masses, absolutely blinding the passers. The Levee is heaped up promiscuously with goods and burnt remnants rescued from the flames, all more or less injured. Provisions are extremely scarce, all, or nearly all, the supplies coming from San Francisco. Hundreds were flocking in from the mines, and, sick with the sad spec tacle, turned about and retraced their steps, preferring the chances of a life in the moun tains, to living amid such a scene of desola tion. Numbers of Indians, Sonorians, and Chi nese were in town, wandering about the streets and searching for articles of value among the ruins."

The general feeling appears to be, a deter mination to rebuild the city on. a splendid scale, and in such a manner and of such materials as will ensure it from another disaster of like nature.
The loss of human life does not appear to have been ascertained.
