New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-05
NEW ORLEANS:
MONDAY MORNING., APRIL ., 1852
ARRIVAL OF THE GEORGIA.
FIFTEE.r Days
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA
News from Oregon!
TEE SANDWICH ISLANDS,!
AND CHINA!!!

AND CHINA!!!
The steamship Georgia, Capt. D. D. Porter,
arrived yesterday from Newlork vio Havana,
bringing the California mail with dates from
san Francisco to the I'd ult The following is
list OF her passengers;
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We give the following under the head of gem
eral news, from the San Francisco Picayune, in
addition to which we append a variety of items
which we find in our other exchanges:
The contlasration in Downieve is Of the most i'm
rorant events that has occurred in California during the
last fortnight This sad took place the 2st
ait about hnlfpast II 81 in the Magnolia the bake
~ shop Messrs Montague x Co IL spread with un-
paracd velocity in all directions leaving every part Of
the town in complete ruins but the suburbs, in which
were ,rtunatpy located most Of The warehouses.
The following is list Of the principal sufferers
Montague & Bates $4,000; Gardner James, 1000: S
" LaHsdon 1900 Porter , oooo = horr,S doV S
lgr 5000 Hamburger $500, Craycrott 10000; j. Gard
ncr. 1000 Dr.. Boeby. 1000 McGinnily, 1900; +: "
Haskell, 5000 pman u Go, 5000 Tobin 4 Co, 1900
d j Wood 10000 Barker Co. 7oO0 O. Farrell 4 Co.
900: walton 25oo, Il. Mckenzie 400; McNulty Co.
st ,harIcs) l5tUu; Kies Co. 1000; Denas 4 Co.
il 5uu! Ross Co. 500; Chase L Co.. 5000: Newman
stitch 5oo6i Dupont n Mckenzie, GOOoi Pruin Co,
500: u Howard 5000 D. Hunter. 1000 Mcdonnell, 1000
French Euker, 3OUO Rosenhelm 1900,
There is very little Legislative intelligence recorc
since our last summary dispatched to the Atlant
,.es he members of both branches of the Legislature
with the principal politicians in the State being engage,
At the mig and democratic State Conventions, both q
which have just been held at Sacramento
The Wing Convention met the 18th ult. and after
stormy session three days elected the following gentle
men to the National Wing Convention ". Z. Stuart, j
o Goodwin, j ii Clay Mudd and R W Heath. Thefol
lowing gentlemen elected substitutes; Messrs
Whittier Morgan, Lisle and Davis.
The following gentlemen constitute the Wing Stat
Central Committee; DR.. Morse, of Sacramento E. .
c K,wen. Of do Todd Robinson, of do. j. n IIoae
Yolo. tien J Wilson, San Francisco H. A Crabb {
san joaquin j N johnson. Sacramento Thos. Robir
sou vi Dorado Il, II Taylor luba
The Democratic State Convention met on the Odd ult
and after discordan session of four days, elected tn
following gentlemen their delegates to the Baltmor
Convention Richardson. Coyarrubias, Holden of Tue
umne Judge Lyons San Francisco.
The following is list of the substitutes or aterna,
delegates to the Baltimore Convention +. D. Hsmmon
of santa Clara Amos T. Baird, of Nevada NJ. NJ Wan
bough. of YolD Charles Doring, of Soano.
Neither of the Conventions instructed their delegate
as To their for President and Vice President
The attempt to call Convention to revise the Const
tuition, is still being prosecuted with energy, bill
that purpose has been introduced into the House of
scnby but no definite action has yet been taken upon
1t is generally supposed that the principal alteration
sired by the proposed Convention is in the provision
the Constitution which prohibits slavery in The State
Considerable defalcations have lately come to light
the accounts of public officers The Treasur
Caayeas county is said to have absconded with $500
of the public money; the Treasurer of Tuolumne, wi
another very large and the Treasurer of Sacramen
is accused of similar offence The securities of some
not all of these represented to be of stra
These of dishonesty, however, cause little astonis
ent to those acquainted with the ncumbents in the p
lie Offices in misunderstanding as they do to lar
extent Of the hackneycd and unprincipled political
from all states of the Union.
The party If Mr.. Bartlett of the Boundary Comm
sion who came overland by way of the ella Colorado
the Desert Tres lately arrived in San Diego. havi
lost nearly all their animals by death They found wal
on the margin of the by digging. Mr. Bartle
with other members OF the Commission, Is now,
believe. in san Francisco
rho yield of gold from the mines is somewhat dim
ished owing the scarcity of water Very little rain
fallen during the last fortnight.
Crime has been rather on the increase of late part
lay in the cities Burglaros and robberies have beer
frequent occurrence in San Francisco, They have
been accompanied. however, by violence
The weather continues beautiful, and the spring
sprouting up luxurantly
We have dates from Oregon to the DIST ult.
We have dates from China to the Sh of Decent
p rhe Game Cock made the from San Francisco
: thirty four daySthe quickest trip made-and
Flying Cloud in thirty five days. The Game Cock brou
European intelligence of n more recent date than
been received there by the Overland Express from Z
hand The rebellion in China still continues. The
counts arc very full satisfactory owing to the
icuty of obtaining reliable information 1t would
pear however, that the rebels very formidable,
Friend of China says
on the 18th Oct, four vessels that left Canton four
previously with provisions and money for the impe
troops stationed the borders of Kwangs just as
reached the Wong-chun-sa river, in the departm
Selling captured by the rebels who killed sewers
the crew. and wounded the commander After taking
session the specie, viz 100000 strings of copper
and 100000 tacs Sycee Silver the vessels set on
and burnt the waters edge. The Governor has de
mined that the sum lost shall be made up by the peop
the district where the plumber was effected.
One of our Chinese correspondents tells of success
attack made by a body of 5000 rebels on the chief eli
the Wng-on department, in the province OF kwar
Two or three hundred of the insurgents dressed resi-
ably and protesting to be traders had entered the cit
various times and were ready cooperate with the
body when they made the assault, which occurred or
22d ult The Imperial troops. stationed in great nun
in this city suffered severe loss The following casua
are reported -zllcd-the Governor one General of
sion two Colunpls Major. eight Captains. Grad
and nearly three thousand soldiers The whole cont
of the government treasury fell into the hands OF
rebels who allowed the prisoners in the jais gel
delivery lhv who" 81 the rich families in the neigh
s.Nh wete ais, mid lll,tst. smart contribution
gl,4 tAsiNsets NJ siAepn arr experimenting p'eTf