The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-10-06


ny Jury-hls sentence death by hanging. He lOds
efecated t0h he unanimous approval ofthe people
Of Stockton.
A number Of men, implicated in offences COM
mIlted ny the same gang, have been arrested, and
their trial will soon take place. The promnt AZ.
lon oil our citizens in these matters has restored
law and order to the place. and we feel more secure
now than we have for a six month past"
Later advices confirm the above account. and
add that one or more others convicted, were pun
lshed with rigid observance of the barbarus
forms of Judge Lynch; such as shaving the head,
looping the ears, and other dsgraceul mutilations
Of the person. It's to be hoped that these latter re-
ports were NOT well founded.
The Alta California of the 23d, has the follow
ing:
DEATH BY SHooTING.-On Monday, the Goth
inst, man was found two miles west of this place
extended upon the ground by the road side insen.
sible and bleeding copiousy from wound in the
back part Of the head. He was at once conveyed
INTO town, and his injuries examined which were
pronounced mortal, and the result Of gun or pistol
shot Two balls had evidently entered and lodged
IN the head. On the following morning he brsathed
his last and scarcely doubt exists that the unfor-
tunate man was murdered. His name was Petit
and he IS said TO have possessed money. man
named Joseph Daniel has been arrested and COM
mttsd, who is believed to have been roommate
of the deceased, and upon whose person KEYS have
been found suiting the lock Of trunk owned bv
Peut. He will take his trial in few days.
New Decentralization new city Postmaster
Mr.. Jacob B. Moore, arrived on Saturday, and
entered at once upon the duties of his Office We
understand that Mr. Moore will soon secure in
creased accommodations fOf the office either at the
present location, or at some other point.
THE OREGON. - This noble steamer is now
hauled up at the island of Toboga, near Panama,
undergoing repairs. She was injured by running
on Point Conception, near Santa Barbara, on the
morning of the 4th July last, in her downward
trip. By letter from gentleman of this place
who was passenger at the time, we learn that
the injury was not serious one, and that no blame
can be attached to the captain or seamen, in con-
sequence of the dense fog which prevailed at the
time Of the accident
Mr.. Bryant, of Lexington, Ky, with his party
of 30 or 40 persons, has arrived in California.
Bryants party were among the first Of the overland
arrivals We take the following items from the
Alta California of the Both
Thos. Butler King, who for few days past has
been seriously i'll, in this place, we are glad to
learn is slowly recovering.
The PACIFlC NEws-This is the title of a new
paper established here, the first number of which
was issued on Saturday last 1t is to be published
tTi-weekly, by Messrs Faulkner & Leland.
A gentleman who returned from the northern
country few days since, informs US that on the
10Th INST, there were Sc squarergged vessels lying
at the EmbarCadera of Sacramento City One
year ago it would not have been believed practical
BILE to navigate vessel exceeding 40 tons burthen,
that distance up the Sacramento.
SUCCESSFUL GOLD DIGGING.-Dr. H. Vandvke.
a member of the North Fork Dam and Mining
Association, which company has recently completed
a lateral canal at Beal's Bar, a little above the
canO, has just returned from their scene of opera
items. The work of drainage had been completed
only three days before he left, and though the COM
pany labored under many disadvantages, they had
raised in this short time over Sl5000. This asso-
citation is composed of about thirty hard working
men, and from the result of the few DAYS labor
since drainage, and the fine prospects of continued
success, they confidently count upon a yield Of
about ten Ounces per diem, each man, during the
next and succeeding month.
THE MINEs.-The Placer Times of the 18th
August says: We have seen several who have
returned from the Placer within the past few DAYS
but they bring no news of interest," They repre-.
sent things favoraby as all do who have been sue
cessful, but agree in the opinion that man has TO
suffer some in this branch of productive indus
try. We learn that party are operating on the
Middle Fork with a submarine amor, by which
arrangement they take out many thousands OF the
dust They think when they get their apparatus
fairly at work, they will average $1,000 per day
We make few extracts from a letter of q friend
on the Middle Fork: The extreme heat we heard
so much about has been much exaggerated We
have suffered nothing by it as yet As regards the
healthness Of this locality see nothing to prevent
it from being one of the most healthy places in the
world, much more so than Sacramento CITY There
is constant stream of pure water, both for bathing
and drinking, running past our enCampment. We
are told by people who mined it here last season
that it will be better a month hence than it is now
The water is falling, and when it gets down so that
we can work on the bed of the river the dust will
be found more plenhfuy and in larger pieces.
Mining is hard work, but there is nothing unpleas.
ant about it; it gives you a good appetite and
sound sleep at night The miners here average
about an ounce per day We have advices from
the North Fork of very hattering nature Com
panies that have turned the current of the river
are now taking out from three TO five thousand dol
lars PSF day"
THE ENIGRATIoN-Annexed is list of the
arrivals for the month ending August 90, of males
and females, at San Francisco, by sea;
Males. Fem's Fsm's