The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-03-19
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.

| The steamship Mexico, Capt W. Fl. Talbot, ar
rived yesterday morning from Chagres, which port
she left on the 10th instant. She had no mail on
board and no gold dust except what belonged to
the returned Calfornians. There were one hun
dred and twenty-five passengers.
DATEs.-Advces by this arrival are to the 18th
February, fortnight later than we had before re-
| ceived.
u. S. SENATOR Parties in the California Legis-
lature were still maneuvring and playing an ex-
citing game for the election of u. S. Senator. The
Senate had fixed February Goth for the election,
but it was not believed that the House would con-
cur. A fear to risk the chances of the time seems
to pervade the leading friends of all the candidates.
Every movement in either House is carefully scan
ned, and the healths of Misunderstanding .friends-
are watched by their favorite candidates and their
supporters, with as much delicacy if these log
rolling. Legislators were boarding school misses.
Predictions as to the chances of success of the
candidates are various All the prominent men,
however, Butler King, Fremont, Weller, and Hey.
denfedt, think their own chances the best In.
deed, that is the only thing certain.
INDIAN TROUBLES are still annoying the pioneers
and retarding their operations. There was a brisk
fight on the west fork Of Feather river, between n
party of whites and much larger party of Indians.
on the LIST instant, in which twenty-five Indians
were killed.
The Indians OH Pitt river were getting very hos
tile. A party of whites, while in camp, on their
road to SCOTS river lost all their mules by the In
dams. The party started in pursuit. and over.
taking the Indians, a sharp battle ensued, in which
the whites were completely whipped Falling
back, they were reinforced, and started once more
n nIlP nhar,, ;,,, -
overlook the Indians second time, and were hotly
received. After the battle had been going on a
short time the Indians fought with desperation.
They surrounded the party among the hills, and
not only put the whites to flight but followed them
with Jeers and challenges, driving them entirely
out of that section of the country
day or two afterwards the Indians made de-
scent upon pack train. They cut it in two, and
succeeded in driving off the portion which was in
advance.
The Commissioners to bring these difficulties TO
close, have left San Francisco 1t was believed
that they would soon accomplish their purpose.
United States troops had preceded them.
News from the Mines is rather slim, and does M,
vary much from previous accounts. AT the Ore.
gon Bar, on the North Fork of the American river
twenty-five miners have associated themselves
together to construct race nearly half n mile in
length, and intend commencing operations on tho
LIST March. The line of the contemplated race will
require an immense amount of blasting throuob
solid rock.
At Hastings Diggings, Ell Dorado COUNTY.
miners were making seven or eight dollars a dav.
ne miners were congregating on the rivers the
waters being almost as low as at any time in the
summer. The yield at Oregon Bar has been yerv
good. There are two damming companies there
the Oregon Bar Company aud the NewYork Com
pahy' Doth OF which will commence operations soon
VALLEJo.-The Legislature has passed the bill
making Vallejo the future seat of Government
and General Valleios bonds for the fulillment of
his contract with the State, have been received bv
both Houses of the Legislature. The General has
ALREADY made contract with architect of Sac
ramento City, Mr.. A. P Petit, for constructing the
State House; and it is probable the building will
be ready for use by the LIST of January next
LAND TITLEs.-The whole State has been ,o;-
tated by the decisions of the Sopreme Court lately
made about land titles and the indignation of ,bs
people has been expressed North, South, East and
West; A bill is before the Legislature making ali
aicaioe ana Ayuntamiento grants proofs of posses
sion and this if it becomes law will greatly TEND
to quiet the country. The Supreme Court, too
hndng how disastrous were the effects its land
title decisions produced, retraced its stems and
refused to confirm some of the opinions Justice
Bennett had expressed
The San Francisco markets have shown an
improvement since the LIST. large business has
been transacted, and there has been an advance in
the rates of some articles. further decline in the
prices current was not expected as the trade from
the interior already showed signs of reviving. The
eadng articles of sugar, tea, coffee, flour, grain.
pork, beef tobacco, liquors, dry goods bricks, and
lumber, show no change in quotations. and (except
obacco) no lively demand.
The steamship Philadelphia for this port, Prone
heus and Crescent City for New York, and Falcon
or Havana, left Chagres on same day as the Mexico
The Mexico brought the following passengers
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W% Hay. Ppm Pay'o@ Camp M smh and
d Goats bird, smith James T Smith, Ism al,
Maea Tho West, oRuES asIy S W.pa MI
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UNI HEM fhoM ohlNA-l he Gan Francisco |
fourier extracts from Hong Kong papers as fol- |
,ws:
The American ship Hannah Eddy, from Boston. |
ound TO Hong hong with cargo of spars and |
nmber, was totally lost in the Straits of Gaspar
n the 18th of October. The captain and crew
ave arrived at Batavia
The Dutch ship Creole was also lost in Gaspar
straits. about the middle of October.
Mr.. Fast a Swedish missionary, was muir.
cred by pirates in the river Min, about the 18th of
>ovember, 1t seems that he and his countryman |
nd iellow-aborer, Mr.. Egglerst, both stationed at
ne fuhchan, had gone to the anchorage of the /
eceivng vessels IN the river Mn to cash drafts /
,r themselves and others, to the amount of $1,000
icing pursued by pirates, Mr.. Fast fred upon
hem, when shot from the piratical craft killed |
I'M instantly. His companion jumped overheard
nd swan ashore, unmolested by the freebooters,
Tho occupied themselves with plundering the
essel.
The following letter from Captain Lord, of the
merican ship Reindeer, which was dsmasted in
typhoon on the 18th of July last, will be perused
nth interest by many of our readers
MANILA. October a. 1885,
Dear .a Str-Lhe ship Reindeer. which was most unfor,
nd with what i. c aheS %F sS
sw hg and as this accident be quoted hereafter by
ean1 IL sd too much weight
have been ad the MSsf had M he .Ry
rugged in other way for the wind took the heads
our lower mass would probably have taken the top
ss off the Old Rig and If after that took our lower
sis away almost down to the deck with good rigging and
70, cannot see why the Od Rig - would have Jared
better. |
have followed the sea over forty years. and thought had
blow, but never experienced thing like that day.
oppose we must have been in the vortex of typhoon It
nj on her beam ends. When lett Boston was like
ny others. prtJpdiced against the ig-it something
v-snd 1t is hard to old sailors think any Thing can
better than what they have been accustomed to ali their
5 but before had passed Cape Horn well con-
ced OF the superiority of it the Old Rig, that do
know what won ID have induced me to have changed. v
had number of masters and mates Of ships on board as
sengers Francisco llOfxy rod ha II