Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-08-15

an employment where energetically engas
ged in, as when the Sierra Nevada slopes
were first secured by adventurous Ameris
cans, in quest Of the shining treasure.
The California papers contain some in
telligence from Oregon. The census OF
that territory shows the population to be
1908 souls.-An election for a Delegate
of Congress had been held, and the Hon.
S. R. Thurston was chosen by a major
ity of seventy over all competitors. The
territory has been divided into three judi.
cial districts. Elections had taken place
for members of a Territorial Legislative
Council, but no time of meeting was nam
ed"
Indian difficulties had been rife in the re-
gion about NisqualIy, and one American
had been killed, but every thing is now
quiet, Governor Lane having visited that
quarter. Capt. Hill, with the company
of artillery under his command, would
repair to Nisqually Immediately upon the
arrival of the Fredonia, storeship with
army supplies, then daily expected.
Lieut.. Hawkins of the U. S. army, is
preparing to leave about the LIST of July
for Fort Hall, with supplies to meet the
regiment to arrive overland.
We take the following from the Califor.
MIA papers:
Burning Of Ship Philadelphia in the
Harbor of San Fancisco.-The extraor-
binary spectacle of a burning vessel was
witnessed in our harbor on Sunday morn-
ing last, and a fine large ship entirely ION.
sumad by fire. Particulars of this dis
astrous event have been furnished US by
Capt. Samuel Weare, owner and master
of the unfortunate Philadelphia. He
states that about 5 o'clock, P. NJ. the alarm
of fire was given by the crew on board,
and very soon the entire forward part of
the ship was wrapped in flames: The
joint efforts of the crews of several vessels
in the harbor, who were promptly on the
spot to render assistance, proved of no
avail, the fire communicating aft, and
spreading with such very great rapidity
as but barely to give time to secure the
personal effects of Capt. w. and lady,
which, with the ships beats, were all that
was saved from the devastating element.
The fire originated in the forecastIe, a
crew of ten men having been employed
getting the ship ready for sea. Burning
the waters edge, her cables were Or
1ered to be cut, and the wreck drified off
with the tide. The Philadelphia was SAB
ions register, hailed from New York, and
was under charter by Messrs Rowland &
Aspinwall, o fthat city. She was insured
or SIS, ZOO, aud was to have sailed on
he LIST of July for Manila, via Sandwich
Unfortunate and fatal occmrrence.-l
1ne of the disbanded volunteers of the
st New York regiment was shot in this
on the eveningof the 2lst instant,
md died about twenty-four hours after
eceiving the wound. His name was
senj. B. Beatty, a private, and attached
o company H. He had entered the tent
# a Chilean shopkeeper, accompanied by
acquaintance, and from some misun-
Outstanding, a quarrel commenced be-
them and the foreigner, who be-
anne frightened and produced a pistol
t was instantly wrested from him by
companion, between whom and
he %shopkeeper a scuf1e ensued, during
which Beatty retired towards the entrance
# the tent, and was in the act of passing
ut when a pistol was discharged. 1t is
'ot known by whom the weapon was
fsed. The ball was received by Beatty
the right side, and which, traversing
he abdomen, was shortly afterwards ex-
racted from the left side, a few inches
bove the hip. He was about thirty years
{ age, and a native of Albany, N. Y,
there his parents ard other relatives now
eside.
A NOVEL TR1cK.-Since the choles1