The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-03-14
NEW ORLEAN
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH IA, 1s4o.
From the Isthmus.
Arrival at New York of the Steamer Crescent City.

Arrival at New York Of the Steamer Crescent City.
The steamer Crescent City, Capt. Stoddard, from
Chagres, Feb. 18th, and Havana, Feb. 23d, arrived
at New York Saturday morning, Sd inst. She
went out to Chagres in nine days. She brought
some further intelligence from California, but
nothing of later date.
The steamship California, and the ship Phjladel-
phia, left Panama for San Francisco Feb 2d-the
former with 375 and the latter with $50 passengers
The California was to return Immediately to Pa
mama. We copy the following from the N. Y. Sun:
The Crescent City brings no gold or freight. The
following vessels were al Chagres when the Cres-
cent City left: Schooner Rawson, from New York;
the bark Marietta, and the brig Eudora, also from
New York; the brig Marion, from Philadelphia; the
brig Ann and Julia, from Cohasset-which latter
vessel had been condemned and sold.
The bark Templeton left Chagres for New York
on the 18th of February, in company with brigan-
tine, name unknown.
The steamship Falcon also arrived at Chagres on
the 18th ult with BIT passengers and left for New
York on the 18th. The bark Marietta and the Eu-
dora also arrived on the Nth, with 100 passengers;
and the brganiine arrived on the 10Th, with 60
passengers
When the Falcon, the Crescent CITY, and the
other vessels named, arrived, there We're already
over $50 passengers shore awaiting means of
transportation to Panama and those arriving by
the above vessels swelled the number to upwards of
When the Crescent City left Chagres there was
no sickness of any kind in that place, and
half of the passengers had started for Panama, and
all the passengers were able to obtain accommodate
tons at the rate of So day.
The United States store-ship Lexington left San
Francisco for Valparaiso on the 18th of December,
with $5OO,C0O in gold dust. At Valparaiso the
amount is to be cast into bars, and then shipped by
the English steamer to Panama, and thence to the
United States by the first steamer from Chagres.
i'm L.1 IT,.
at Havana on the 22d of February, four days from
Chagres-one day after the Crescent City. She had
two passengers on board. She was to leave soon
for New Orleans.
Chagres letter of the 18th February, to the
New York Commercial, says:
The steamer Orus took the passengers of the
Crescent City and brig Winthrop, and part of the
Falcons, yesterday, up the river charging $40 per
head. Capt. Leighton is here, and sails in day
or two for San Juan, for cargo of mules. 1t re-
qured 1900 mules to take the baggage and passen-
gers of the Falcon alone. The weather is fne-no
dew, and warm in the day, but not hot as re-
ported"
The New York Sun also has the following letter:
PANAMA, Morning of Feb 16, 1S49
send you by the very last means of conveyance few
items OF interest from California They were received here
Peruvian bark Martinez direct from San Francisco
Emigants of all kinds and coors pouring in in multi
in
so All s% With
Of gold large mill stones but days experience of
Living IS excessively high and mining for the precious
metals of the worst kinds of lottery For each person
him for le there dozens who scarcely make living
d s have taken fs but ssy al s
there scarcity The market marx s bring 3ns
DAYS before il was sold for si5.
The necessities of of the emgrants and these ysre
prices lead TO numerous thets Robbees for gold
One or two murders have however, occurred for this
Tho pau comerx and preenhous arc freouenv syindIed
in the most shameful manner and redress out of the qqes
every thing as yet too new and teying too common
be punished in the absence OF regular law
taxes large QUANTITIES Of gtteng supposnS it to gold
but late finds nothing but copper and iron oe-bu he
can do nothing to recover his property.
The emgans who have guns powder and ball to protect
themselves frequently driven by hunger to leave their all
Gangs of desperadoe in the mountains steal the mules of
the miners and kill them for food
company about to be formed Of those who raise
mules travel overland to the States It would,
their condition, be terrible expedition but they prefer
doing SO to living as at present.
FROM PERU.-The gold fever was raging in Peru
10 the greatest extent; letters had been received
from the gold regions, giving statements of enor-
nous quantities of gold which were constantly
being found, and the most extraordinary stories in
regard to the richness of the miners, and their great
suffering for want of food.
One Of the reports we translate as follows, from
the advces received by Ell Corro de Lima" being
an extract from a letter published in that paper
coast within short distance of the shore. having full
cargo of -four She had hardly cast anchor when she was
surrounded by multitude of boats and canoes.
The cargo robbed all the provisions taken.
and rigging cooking utensils and article the
robbers could lay their hands carried away Her
crew also deserted and off to the mines Her captain;
many days victim to be awful hunger and tirst
At last faithful himself but with the world from
which all virtue seemed have fled, he set fire 10 his i'm
mense vessel and returned with his glorious soul TO that
world in which there is no gold
This last sounds very much like South American
humbug.
STEAMSHIP NIAGARA.-The steamship Niagara,
Capt Stone, arrived at Halifax, N. s., on the 23d
ult, from Boston. She had much trouble In reach
ing that harbor. The drift ice is said to extend
fifty miles east of Cape Sable A brig was re-
ported, on the 24th, twenty miles east of Halifax,
in the ice.