New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-24

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From cALIroRNiA-Caiforn papers received by the
steamer Northern Light at NewYork two days than
by the FL Dorado, came to hand yesterday We CLEAN
few additional items, although the altogether is not
Of much interest:
The San Francisco Wing says: The accounts, by the
passengers from San Juan of the most heartrening
nature Many of them have been sixty-three days in
making the passage from NewYork to San Francisco and
were detained at San Juan three weeks awaiting s.
Lewis. This occurred unfortunately at the season. and
multitude Of human beings left without shelter or
comfort Of any kind The result frghtul list of
DEATHS such have seldom before been lot to notice
OF the passengers by the Northern Light from NewYork
thrtyfour have died on the way, twenty San Juan.
4 and fourteen on the passage thence to this part
Siagutlr PhenomeonOn the evening of the 9TH of july
says the San joaquin Republican, phenomenon which
have never before Witnessed in California occurred in
this city At about seven o'clock in the evening cloud
of insects similar in form to the beetles up in the
slough passing along Hunter street and through the city
The swarm swept by with great rapidly and in the
extending in length about one hundred yprds
Sister uonerine Goodman one e. Sisters OF Char
on mission of tn surch the III Dorado died az the
Louisiana III .sL in Panama, on the cd of July.
| R.e6rIry Greene daughter of Col Greene of the Bos-
ton Post, also died in Panama on the ed ut.
John S. Owen resident of Stockton, and well known
in California, died on the route from San Francisco to
! Honolulu Mr. Owen emigrated from Washington CITY
to Corpus Christi in Texas after the Mexican war
went to California being the first settler there from the
| States.
Judge Hoffman, U. S. District Judge in n case vending
before him, in which vessel sued violation Of
the passenger act decided in effect that the was neO-
erative, and that steamer sailing could bring
| up as many passengers she pleased.
| French and Spanish and German paper have been
| established in San Francisco.
Fifteen Indians were killed Cow Creek by a party
led by Capt Weatheron The. had stolen nineteen
The French population of California is estimated at
| $4,000. "
| On the klamath river by the name of Woolly
without proyocation, killed Mr. Martin lie had scarcely
committed the act when he dispatched by party Of
| strangers.
correspondent Of the Union writes that was
kiliad by the Indians near Canon Creek Murders and
robberes are matters of every day this
ton of the State Fyseven said to have been
Killed and robberies to the of $4,000 committed
within short time.
The immigration into California from all parts of the
world continued immense For the nine weeks ending
July s,'he arrivals had amounted to $1,000
The parties who left San Francisco for Queen Char
ottes Island in search of gold had returned without
success They however that gold abound
ed on the island large quantities seen in the
hands of the Indians The Hudson Bay Company have
| party on the island who working vein with some
! success.
On the Sth of July the San Francisco Herald published
eleven later intelligence from Europe eight days
later from the United States received New Orleans
Vera Cruz, city of Mexico and Acapulco in advance
the nails the first of the kind since the pos
session of California by the Americans.