New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-07-07
Further from California.

"e9eseroay received our California exchanges to TIN
NV " ene way OF New York and We find few item
Oh news in addition to what we have already given.
MORTALITY AMONG PAssENeERs.-We have already men
TONED the terrible mortality which occurred among thu
on the propeller McKm and have to
silar state OF affairs on board the British ship Sit
ohafes Napier. This vessel ninety days in making
the passage from Panama to San Francisco when few
days out from the former port fever ysenery and nea
sizes broke out and thirysx of the passengers died D
ring thirty days of the passage there was not wind enough
TO Keep the sails full and the suierings on board were
terrible.
DR. RurrER.-The body of Dr. c. j. Rutter surgeon OF
the u s. ship Nincennes. who overheard in the
harbor of San Francisco has been found
The MNEsThe intelligence from the mines continues
to be cheering The State Journal published at Sacra.
mento says:
We are informed from gentleman lately from Poor
Mans Creek that the miners there doing extremely
we'll Daily wages average from five fifteen dollars per
day and occasionally strike rewards the lucky and in
cites the less fortunate perseverance few DAYS since
three took out of the Jersey claim S4OO in single
day The snow three feet deep and the weather quite
cool. SO
SPURIOUS GoLp Dusr.-One of the firm of L. g. A. Bend
olson has been arrested at Sacramento charged with
having ty-slX pounds of bogus gold dust in his posses
SION, with the intention of passing it genuine. The
dust composition of brass solder slightly mixed with
gold, was imported from Network, and forwarded by
eregofys Express whose agents. sspecting fraud gave
Information and procured his arrest 1t is said that the
composition so closely resembles the Nevada dust that
detection is almost impossible
PAnpoNEp.-We learn that James Edgerton convicted
OF killing Norris i'll the Station house and sentenced to
the extraordinarily mild penalty of four months I'M
prisonment, has been pardoned by Gov Bigler
EauWocAL.-The Sacramento Times has the following
paragraph:
$50 men, women, children and Chinese arrived Mt
San francisco last week
According to this the Chinese do not come under either
category, men, women Or children.
From Australia,
The state OF society in Australia is becoming truly
alarming,
The Government is palsied whilst the l-ioer runs on
career OF unchecked 9ne and rtpine or at the most
checked by an esctsia pistol shot or similar act of
summary Justice responded to by groan and the effect
manifested next morning by blood stains when A few
observations are handed about tent to tent that
man was shot and more is heard of the matter A
surgeon IS called in to attend wounded man no aues
ons are asked the fee is paid and if the man die he h
disposed Of ~ 49,
SO rampant was crime in Victoria that the peone ra
sorted TO lynch law and several executions had taken
place. ~ ~
Inc accounts from the mining regions are very cheer
ing as far as the yield of gold concerned but in other
respects 1t gloomy The miners suffering with sore
eyes and horrible state of society prevailed in some
places Murders and robberies of feduent occur
renee @H ~