The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-05-06

passengers, and il is commended that the effect Of
this starting towns will be to lessen the import
ance Of Sacramento. Noas Verrons
The snow, in the extreme northern mines WIS
said to st impede successful operations An
A0m5re had arrived from Deer creek, with $l2 900
in dust, which he had dug in three weeks. The
principal part Of it in single day. The lucky
man was exhibiting sorO to some sporting gentle
men, and it wassuspected that, through some fiscal
arrangement upon cloth covered table, he would
get relieved of his burden in very short space Of
time,
/ The grand jury, at their last session, found
true bill against Francisco Ramirez, for the muir
| der of Planter on the 9Th inst Also true bills
were found against James Clayton and William
Gatson, for larceny.
The San Joaquin river is literally alive with adj
venturous gold seekers who navigate the river to
| its head waters boats OF all kinds, shapes and
| sizes, are plying up and down that stream. The
new diggings, as they are called, on the head wa
tiers OF the river, attracting considerable atten-
ton, and are said to yield handsomely. The gold
is fine, far prospected and requires to be col
lected with quicksilver; this, however, may not
prove to be the case with the entire dggings, and
all the miners believe, from information received
from the Indians, that larger and heavier gold will
be found higher up in the mountains. The snow
is at present too deep to admit of thorough pros
| pecting, and it is thought that active operations
cannot commence for at least month Provisions
are abundant and cheap, so much so, in fact, that
most of the traders cannot realize upon their sales.
Flour has been sold at Soc. and pork at 40 to 45c.
/ per pound
The case of VIM. Gatson charged with the
murder of VIM, Wiginton, in crossing the plains of
New Mexico, recently, will be handed over to the
U. 5. authorities in San Francisco on the ground
that other court but u. S. Court had jurisdic-
ton in the matter. The doctor who attended the
deceased is here, as also the man who had the
prisoner in charge in crossing the plains, prior to
his escape. When confronted before this latter in
divdual he did not deny the charge.
A mercantile firm in San Francisco having
considerable quantity of California gold coins is
sued by various establishments in the country pre-
ferred having them melted down to paying the dis
count demanded. The gold was fonnd to be only
81 carats fine
! From February 18th to March 9th, inclusive,
| there arrived in San Francisco, in -fonr
American vessels ne 228 tons shipping) 1882 male
and fifty-five female passengers. Total-vessels
100; tonnage 25,042; male passengers POPS female
passengers 2l5.
| The Senate has excluded the reporters of the
Alto California from its floor, for certain structures
by that paper upon its acts!
| There is a bill before the Legislature providing
for the establishment of quarantine regulations in
| San Francisco harbor.
The Placer Times gives the following amusing
incident: A creme minur" came rushing into orr
I
indicating that he was tickled all over, inside and
| out-with quart of sand which he had " scoorsd
up right out on the American Fork He said the
dirt was full of scales, and, ulon examination it
proved to be so, the only trouble being the fact
the scales were those of mica instead of gold !
The young man Strengthened his coat tail, and we
think he must be in the vicinity of Trinity river
by this time.
The Stockton Times" the pioneer paper of
the San Joaquin Valley, has made its appearance
The first number shows up the business of Stock
ton in three columns of advertisements. We learn
from it the following items
The Mines. - The news from the Southern
Mines is of the most stirring interest From all
quarters we learn that the miners are doing well
Many mines have been discovered, and the
lucky Adventures have reaped golden harvest in
| short time. notwithstanding the hundreds who
are weekly arriving at Stockton, en- route for the
mountains, there is ample for thousands more.
Stocks are becoming small ON the rivers, and the
value OF liquors, provisions and other articles is
steadily rising.
Routes from Stockton to tie AESses-Tbe land
route is the shortest, cheapest aud best Freigbt
is from twenty-five to thirty cents per lb. according
to distances. Henceforth all difficulty in TRANSPORT
ing freight during the rainy season, from Stockton
to the mines direct, will be obviated by the con-
struction Of good and substantial bridges. There
are two great routes from Stockton to the mines
one running north, northeast, towards the Gala
vera dOkelunne, ana the NOrInefn Wines on the
tributaries of the Sacramento; and the other run
ming south, southeast, towards the Stanislaus
Tuolumne, MERGED, Mariposa, Kings River and
the head waters of the San Joaquin. Those on
the former route the nearest, being from 25 to
rs miles, while those the latter are from 60 to
| 100 miles.
| The SonOriam Lamp Of G0h.-We have seen
the eighth wonder Of the world We have held
in our hands the Sonorian lump of gold weighing
q lbs. o. The following,is brief history and
description OF this line specimen of the precious
metal; During the month Of January of the pres
ent year, three Sonorian Mexicans were following
their mining pursuits in the arrayo of the town OF
Sonora, and discovered this pile" but in few
days they squandered in riotous living the whole
amount. The prize fell into the hands of Lnoberg
q Co., who sold It again at high premium, to
Messrs. Alonzo Green and Joshua Holding
These gentlemen have since been offered $4,000 for
| it above its intrinsic V0lHe. 1t is estimated that
there about lbs. of common quartz mixed up
with the gold. The owners intend to send it to
| the States. We have been informed on good
authority that Messrs. Green and Holding have
also brought down with them their trip from
Sonora, 240 lbs. weight Of gold dust for exportion
Drotcned.-A young man from Baltimore, Md,
named Windsor, aged Is years, was drowned a few
days since in the San joaquin. He was going up
the river in whaleboat, and was thrown overheard
| by the steering oar in turning point. His con-
nectons in the States highly respectable, and
although but young man, he exercised an inau-
ence over those around him that was truly surpris.
ing. Suitable respect was paid to the remains of
young Windsor.
| Plying between Sacramento and those "new
city" prodigies of Yankee enterprise bordering the
Feather and Yuba rivers we have seven steam
boats. They are perfect monsters in their way,
| and scream you awake at morning. or deafen you
with the shril cadence Of their pipes for passeA-
gers at nghttall. An odd, yet agreeable spectacle
| they present, pushing onward against the swift
Of cr0y a1 xxyffb
gers every morning and evening. They are mere
scows, Of ungainly build with engines of forty
horse power, propelled by stern paddles. One Of
them, the Linda, of 100 tons burthen, but no ac-
| commodations for passengers" changed hands
day two since, walking up to the tune Of $400 900
under the hammer. They say she will bring the
amount Of purchase money in half dozen trips to
Marysville, and is quite probable that this opn-
4 ion may be correct.
Two theatres are in process of construction in
this city. The Tehama theatre is built under the
supervision of Mr. Atwater, and will be opened on
Monday evening, so say the posters we have not
seen the small bills for particulars" Mrs. ]. H.
Kirby, the american actress, and Mr.. N. McCron,
OF Sydney celebrity, are stopping at the City
Hotel. They are both engaged for the Tehama
| boards. Ieta1la, you must know, is the name of
| this locality in the dialect of the diggers--we
mean the Digger Indians. The theatre on M
street is being erected by Mr.. A. M. Petit the
popular builder Of these parts" and will be a spa
cious and comfortable establishments besides COM
bining value with its usefulness. The stage is
thirtysix feet in depth, and the house is arranged
with two tiers OF boxes and capable of seating one