The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-01-10
LATE FROM CALIFORNIA.
ARRIVAL OF STEAMSHIP PACIFIC

ARRIVAL OF STEAMSHIP PACIFIC.
The steamship Pacific, Captain Jarvis, arrived
At her wharf, foot Of ST. Mary street, Lafayette,
yesterday, at 5 Pm.
The Pacific returns 10 New Orleans in place Of
the Ohio, detained by accident. She left Havana
on the 5th, and would have reached here one day
earlier had it not been for getting aground in cross
ing the Bar She brings 40 passengers from Cali
fornis, taken from the Georgia, and six from Ha-
vana, the mails. and large amount of gold dust in
the hands Of passengers.
The Georgia. four days from Chagres. with 92l
passengers, arrived at Havana the 30h and left
for NewYofk on The evening of the Cd.
The steam.propeller Victoria, bound for New Or.
ms, left Chagres on the 24th the day before the
Georgia. The Falcon, Captain Hartstene, arrived
at Havana on the 4th, and left next day for Cha
gres. The F. was bound for New Orleans, but on
| arriving at Havana her destination was changed to
Chagres and the Pacific chartered to bring the
Georgia's passengers to New Orleans
The Falcon experienced violent gales the whole
way from Sandy Hook to Havana, which, together
with the time lost waiting for the mails off Charles
ton and Savannah, made the voyage unusually long
| As no arrangement could be made for taking the
Georgia's passengers to New Orleans until the Fall
con arrived much dissatisfaction existed among
| the passengers on account Of the delay.
There is nothing Of special interest or Importance
from California.
The rainy season had already commenced, and
all mining operations were suspended.
| The cholera had nearly or quite disappeared at
Sacramento, and only few cases in San Francisco.
San Francisco and all the towns on the Sacra-
mento rapidly filling up, and business of every
description looking up.
The steamship Republic of Laws line of Pacific
steamers, arrived at Panama on the Goth December
with four hundred passengers and $1S7 900 of gold
dust. The Oregon mail line, with three hundred
and twenty passengers and $4,000, 900 of gold dust
arrived on the 21st, the day after the Republic
There was not single of cholera on board Of
either of the ships during the passage. Chagres,
and other places on the Isthmus are reported en-.
y trely free of cholera
The amount Of gold dust in the hands of passen.
gers, by those steamers stated to have been from
100000 to $1,00O,00O. Many of the stories told by
passengers are absurd and SO contradictory, that
they are to be received with much caution The
number OF passengers brought from Chagres is
definitely stated by to have been one thousand,
by others twelve to fifteen hundred.
Il Another great robbery Of specie train has been
committed on the Isthmus, between Panama and
Cruces. Five mules belonging to Messrs. Zach
risson " Nelson's specie train, which lett Panama
on the 22d of December, with large amount Of
gold dust brought by the Oregon, was robbed on
the night of the 23d. Three of the mules had
) been found the other two had not been heard of.
The Empire City was at Chaeres when the Geor.
gia left, waiting for further particulars The extent
of the robbery not known but if the other
two mules were robbed, which is altogether proba.
BILE, the amount cannot be less than 100000
Jenny Lind, Belletti, Benedict Barnum, and
|, about one hundred passengers, arrived at Havana
on the 4th, in the steamer Isabel, from Charleston.
The first grand concert takes place at the Tacon
+ Theatre on the 10th.
The new steamship Prometheus, intended for the
Nicaragua route, arrived at Havana on the morning
OF the I'd; she left next day for San Juan, and
from thence to Chagres She had on board Com.
Inodore Vanderbilt, who has gone out on business
connected with the Nicaragua route
Ihe Pacific brings us papers from San Francisco
to the LIST Of December. We find in them little of
general interest. We give the summary of the
} Herald made up for the steamer
The most important event that has TRANSFERRED in
/ California since the departure of the last mail
steamer, was the arrival Of the intelligence of the
action Congress had taken in regard to the numer.
: the announcement of the Federal appoin tments
made under the several statutes passed. The
appointments, we are happy to say were generally
acceptable to the people of California and the
PRESIDENT has been sngularly fortunate in the
, selection he has made from the numerous appIi
cants tor Federal offices In regard to the legisla
ton OF Congress on California matters, there is not
, much unanmity Of sentiment or opinion
The people were well satisfied that large
majority of the bills presented to the Senate imme
| datPiV dpnis IF CALI
mariy rejected. This was especially the feeling
In regard to the bill proposing to grant licenses to
miners for the privilege of working the gold lands
We would have been still more gratified if less
number OF collection districts had been constituted
On the whole, however, there is little reason to
complain of the acts passed and there is only
complaint to make in regard to what G~-s-sss'
| failed to do.
The great defeo. inrhe legislation for California
| was the failure to establish mint at San Fran
cisco This the commercial wants and necessities
OF the country absolutely require, and IN new ter
rtory calling for full and active circulation of coin
for the development of its resources, we think it
burdensome to have to send our gold on long and
tedious journey in order that we may get it made
into money. We hope, however, that Congress
will at an early day supply this deficiency, and
, furnish us mint, which may be the means Of
, making American money the chief currency of the
+ Islands and ports of the Pacific.
The election for Senator in the place of Mr.
Fremont receives good deal of attention in politi.
: cal circles and there is large number of candi
dates in the field. 1t is generally agreed that Mr.
Fremont cannot be reelected and as the party
D complexion OF the next Legislature is somewhat
uncertain, the asprants OF all professions, wing
democratic, and independent. AS yet, there is nc
candidate who so much overshadows the rest as te
9 render his election certain or probable.
Within the last three four days. several of on,
citizens, having wide circle of acquaintances
have died Of cholera and thus the impression ha,
been created that the disease is more vrulent thar
ever. But the mortality lists do not show so man,
!. deaths as they did several weeks ago. Among tn,
4 deaths at San Francisco that Of Hardin Bige
a low, Mayor of Sacramento.
i, The Herald says: 1--WE had the pleasure, a da,
!. or two ago, of examining large collection of spe
cimens OF the gold in quartz rock from the vein or
d Carson's Creek, on the Stanslaus river Thes
exhibit magnificent richness of the preciou
metal surprising all our former notions Of its abund
i ance, showing that the representations which hav
been made of quartz rock in the Atlantic State
are sustained by facts Indeed, we begin to beliey
: that our gold has but just begun to appear, an,
that the great quartz veins OF the mountains ar
soon to be the theatre of mining operations such
, the world has not yet SEEN"
new process has been invented, BY Professo
Spieker for extracting gold from quartz and othe
y aurferous ores 1t is this "The finely powdere
l. or crushed gold ore is conducted from the stampers
or crushing mill, by stream of water into watts o
: ogsheads of any convenient size, and there Above,
!, to SETTLE The necessary quantity of water remain
4 In the watts, to which small proportion OF tn
chemical agents is added, which effects the solution
n of the gold. After the ground quartz or other or
has been stirred in the liquid it is allowed to settle
The gold being completely dissolved, rises abov