The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-10-04
LATEST FROM CALIFORNIA.
ArrivaI of the Alabama.

rom TaTIT0TTITi
Inn that brought by the Falcon-and from the a
Sandwich Islands, New South Wales, and other l
,o;nts much later than heretofore received. v
The Alabama sailed from Chagres in company t
with the Georgia, leaving in port the Empire City.
which was to sail for New York in few days.
Two millions of gold had been shipped from
San Francisco to Panama. We are not informed
as to what portion of this amount was brought
here by the Alabama.
The health of the Isthmus had much improved,
Three deaths occurred on board the Alabama
On her passage. The following is her list of pas
sengers to this port
d K Ko9n4 MHo9pe H2Gfnsy k HbGdgs F
Riley, \ fxeE, j r SiehsI R Il Wimprey' b Pqqes,
F GG@s SM aSg R GEss. oFaiSk Whit
IsPn W Harrison, LOTION, T fyqP, W Miller G W
s Samuel Fhng brG%F lan Gs1,s WS
SUss P & Ga 'Fd sR9 Bfi s%s
M ybsq%sa G f %sR Wdd Rsfy MSEs
9ns oI7 S S9y Hss6i N sg Q5 i Gr6oms
W Harrison. c W Randall, Jas Spencer, T Maegold J
s% 9a $ Ff s5a EalEa@ H75iS G@ A@1V
G RiESlsr " McKinasy W GToO%eT,' GS9mSr
p%R BAKER smR cauf Es3fMdSff6
D Carter, John Barnes, w Fowler, Geo Sly, ? O'Rega4,
Meen 'SG aG Keith Df5' Wood, sjPO%h Hodges
MH% NJ Ung Ba5sg smy Nan Nan
thews, w McMurphy, F Duwog.
| The Riot at SaCrdmeato.-1he troubles at Sacra-
mento, we are much gratfed to learn, were effec-
tuay quoted. The following in regard to them
is from the San Francisco Herald, of the 3lst of
August
cat the departure of the last steamer, the squatter
troubles in Sacramento at their height, AM
the intelligence will, no doubt, have produced in
the United States much alarm and conservation.
We are happy in being able to state that the dis
| turbances almost wholly ceased after the first out
break The first accounts, as is usually the case,
somewhat exaggerated the number both Of the
killed and Of the combatants. The squaters fled
in a short time after the first difficulty in the streets
Some of the ringeaders were arrested, and they
are awaiting their trial in prison, A few
days after the fight in Sacramento, Sheriff McKm-
ney was killed in attempting to arrest man named
| Allen, one of the leaders of the squatter party
Allen, though wounded in the ARRAY, succeeded in
making his escape, and is in the vicinity Of
| Parcerville. Rumors prevail in Sacramento that
band of some 400 armed men are now in the VI
cinity of Weaversville preparing to make descent
on Sacramento for the purpose of rescuing the
| prisoners The authorities, although not attaching
much credit to this story have spies in that
direction, and have redOubled their precautions
| II is improbable that any attempt will be made,
| however, as The demonstration made by the Citi-
Zens of both Sacramento and San Francisco on
the occasion of the outbreak, must have convinced
The Infatuated men that successful resistance to
the law is entirely hopeless We are glad to say
that the wounds received by Mayor Bgelow in the
affray not likely to terminate fatally 1t is said
that his physicians entertain strong hopes of his
| recovery"
General Taylor'S observation-disclosures of the
death of Gen Taylor had been received at San
Francisco where it had caused profound sensa
| ton. The funeral ceremonies, Thursday, the
Goth of August, were of the most imposing cha
recter and minute guns were fired throughout the
day.
| TIE MGReS.-The news from the mines, taken
all together, is of the most aatering character
We make liberal extracts from various sources
The following is from the Sacramento Transcript
| On the east branch of the North Fork of Fea-
ther River, below the Lawson emigrant road two
bars have lately been discovered, of remarkable
richness. On one of these bars about one thou,and
men are at work. The other is all taken up. Each
miner is allowed to occupy a space of fifteen feet
square, and the leads rich, that claims are
frequently sold at from 500 to $3.50 per foot.
The average yield to each miner per day. is at least
| 800, while occasionally a man meets with still
| greater success AS instances Just betOr our in
tormant left, he was assured that miner had
washed out pint cup full OF gold that morning. 1t
was then about 10 O'Clock A. N. Two men dug
from one of the bars, in one day, ffty-six pounds
e | OF gold, avoirdupos weight. Another digging or
+ | the same bar saved twenty-six pounds in a day
. The strata in which the gold is found, yields from
ten dollars five hundred dollars the painful Owe
, fourteen hundred dollars worth of gold was take
e from single pan of dirt one occasion.
10 The two bars above referred to are shallow, an
}. the gold is found from the surface to the bed Tn
:, rich places in crevices of slate rock. The gO
: | is quite coarse. One piece has been found value
: at upward of three hundred dollars. These dig
u gings are located about 80 miles from Marysvle
+ They were discovered some five weeks ago by
e party in search of Gold Lake.
= ave are also informed by Mr.. Toll that anon,
the high lands between the South Fork and Yub
River, dry diggings of an unknown extent, hav
been found. They will not be much worked be
a fore another winter. The quartz rocks abound al
4 | through this region, and some experiments latel
/ made by scientific men, have produced very salts
n factory evidence Of its being rich with gold. Man
2 pieces of this rock have been tested, and found t
contain from twelve to fifty cents worth Of gold pc
' pound. One company of miners are contemplatin
j. | the purchase of machinery and steam engines fc
| the purpose of working entirely among this quart
Specimens Of it will soon be brought to this city
5 to be experimental upon by the Assayer."
+ A correspondent of the Transcript, writing frol
the Middle Fork of the American River, says:
g al know of one company, consisting of six mel
{ who have taken out 500 in day, and anothe
$ company OF nine who have been rewarded wit
A. some thing Sll00. The diggings are as v
n hardly opened enough to demonstrate what the
, will yield, but the prospect is indeed most tlatte
d ing to those who have claims. The deposits al
i mostly in the crevces of the bed rock, and hay
myself seen single pan of dirt yield ten ounct
r of clean gold"
n The same paper says:
az. Medley Johnson. Esq, is of the opinion tn
gold is at this time being obtained on the hei
,e waters of the Carson River in such quantities
ID make mining profitable. The road he travelled w
N maIy miles distant from the gold region, but
le heard reports OF successful mining there, and sa
" numerous parties OF miners, with the tools al
;. provisions, on their way to the diggings. Some
these parties were going to the Carson River min
. Tor the second time, having exhausted the suppl
IT. they took on their first expedition and returned
Td more to take back to the same place"
to Mr.. Steel, (says the Transcript who left th
m city for Feather River the 9Th of July, return,
10 last week with $4,000 of the shining dust.
The Marysville Herald gives the following;
VII " We had the pleasure of seeing to-day three
our friends, Just from the mines, bound home wi
IS. their piles all made. They were OF party
nine, who left this town for the mines some ty
ce months ago. They tc Dk a claim on tuscaloosa BIZ
on the Middle Fork Feather River, and in 70
weeks the party Rave taken out seventy five tho
OF sand doars-something over eight thousand d,
lars each man. They say that, as general thin
zee the miners are doing well, and that many will
even better than they have done when they {
- fairly to work on their claims"
- The following is from the Sonora Herald:
- "Three Frenchmen, working hole within t
80 limits of this town, took out three pounds and
he half of the ore in less than three hours from
- time they began to open the hole, and say tn