The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-02-07
California News.


We received our California papers at SO late an
hour on Wednesday night. that we were unable to
give full summary Of the news they contained.
We find the following in the Alta California:
The Custom house at Monterey California;
was entered on the TN December, and robbed Of
$5O,OOO A portion of the money belonged to Mr..
Randall, the Collector, and the balance to the
Government. Five men have been arrested on
suspicion.
The cholera has ceased both in San Francisco
aud Sacramento city.
Pilgrims day was duly celebrated in San Fran.
cisco.
We yesterday were shown the most remarkable
specimens of native gold probably, that have ever
been seen in California. They were from Woods
Diggngs, and consisted Of leaves of gold rolled up
and twisted in various convolutions, imbedded in
the quartz, in some instances connected with the
crystals, in others apparently having been rolled or
fattened out by immense pressure, then twisted
and bent up, and the quartz formed around these
golden plates. One of them, the only one we
examined with microscope, showed well defined
lines and angles as correct and uniform as if done
by a cunning workman. Some persons pronounced
it real artificial chased work, others said il was
from Solomon's Temple. II is our opinion that j,
was pressed originally between masses of crystal.
lized matter, and then imbedded in quartz as the
deposits were formed
Much anxiety is shown for the fate of the fore
and aft schooner William and Elizabeth. whose
supercargo, Mr. Henry Kendig, son of B. Kendig.
of San francisco, left New Orleans in said vessel
the Sth OF January, 1S49. 1t is feared that she
and the schooner Pioneer, which left New Orleans
on the l7th of June last, for San Francisco via
Lake Nicaragua and Realejo, are lost
There has been no small degree of dissatis-
faction expressed on account of an opinion from
the Supreme Court Of the State, which goes to
vtiate almost all the land titles in San Francisco.
A number of steamers had arrived from around the
Horn-among others the Gen. Warren, Constitu-
ton, etc. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Califor-
MIA, DR.. Alemani, had arrived, and received most
cheering welcome.
Great scarcity Of all sorts of clothing and dry
goods and provisions of every kind and the com
mon necessaries of life prevail among the nhabi-
tants between San Diego and Monterey, and in
Southern Oregon.
The body OF man named John Mcmillan, a
Scotchman, was found at San Francisco on the
3lst OF December He had been murdered He
came to California from New Orleans in February.
1S49. letter of introduction was found in his
pocket from John G. Jones, of New Orleans, to
Jesse H. or James Bondwraut, California.
In the list of deaths in California we find the
names OF P. McGill and John McCurdy, OF New
Orleans.
Another fire has visited San Francisco. but its
ravages are SO little, compared with previous ones
only about $1,000, that it has scarcely been noticed
except by the unfortunate sufferers.
One of the heaviest gales that have been known
for years, has ragged on the Pacific coast and over
the country. But the damage has not been very
great, the most unfortunate effects of it, yet known
being the loss of the British ship Mersey, at the
mouth of San Francisco Bay.
The most fruitful topic of comment in the San
francisco papers, was the act of the City Council
the members of which formed themselves into a
Mutual Admiration Society, and voted themselves,
individually and ,ingulariy, gold medal
There was strong probability that the seat Of
legislation would be removed to San Francisco.
The cholera has been very fatal among the in.
habitants Of Santa Barbara and vicinity. Whole
families have been swept away. At the last ac
counts il was rapidly abating.
The Board OF Aldermen of San Francisco hav
voted themselves salaries of $4,000 per aunum.
The brig Kate Heath returned to San Francisc
| on the 22d OF December, after absence of near
three months spent in exploring the Umpqua rive
in South Oregon, and surveying the rich bottom
of its tributaries. Seventy persons went on tn
brig for the purpose of settling. They laid tn
basis of Umpqua City, two miles within the moutl
OF the river 1t is destined to be the great point t.
which the commerce of the entire portion of South
western Oregon will be directed. The settler
then went up the river and took up land claims il
the fertile bottoms.