The Northern star. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1849-1855, 1852-07-03
From California.

-. New Yoax. Jun. 90
The steamer Crescent Cit. .Caw We 70
from Navy Bay, arrived at mi. no., '"use'
afternoon. She brings 400 pussenro. 'ns
millions dollars in gold dust on frsish,. .wo
hall million in the hanls of uasssn. sna
The Crescent City b. ings dates 10 H., =.
Among the passengers 10 Mr. Fern,u%e
Wood, oi this city, who has performed ,Io ,SV
greatest passage 10 California and bsct e
record, having been absent but two ,non,Su
and one day, eighteen days OF which w".
passed in California The Crescent Ci,'
passed the Illinois on the25th, ouiw,ry
bound. ri.s s. q-s 4
Principal Consgnees Of Specie-Adau.
Il Co. 10000; Chamberlain g. Hs;."s
$4l 900; A. w. Cnnfeld $26, 900; John r
Lodge $4,000; Minot g. Hooper S2i.oo0.
=. M. Forbes $4,000; Burgoyne g. Plumb
xIoo,ooo; American Exchange Bank S44.
100; McNully &c. $4,000; Twombly &
Ln."son l.. son $4,000; WIN. Appleton & Co.
The steamer Golden Gate arrived n,
San Francisco on the 2lst Of MAY, in twelv..
days and cight hours from Panama. Tn
Independence, from Snn Juan del Sud
arrived on the 26th, and the Panama. from
Panama, on the 9th. The Tennessses-
with the mails for Panan,a and intermed.,.
ports, sailed from San Francisco on the is,
of June. - - ~
A. U. 5. transport, name not given, with
Lieut.. Stanton and thrty-fve dragons ON
board, and quantity of government stores.
which left Benecia Goth Of December for
rugers Sound, was wrecked on the Sd Of
January near Cowes river. All ON board
reaened inc shore in safety. and the troops
tion.
The British ship Sir Chos. Napier ar.
rived at San Francisco on the 2lst Of NAV
IN 30 days from Panama, with 40 pass.n-
gers. During her passage thlrty-six pas-
sengers died on board, among whom was
Jas. King, of Boston.
The steamship McKim. which left Pana-
ma the 2Sfh of Noyember, was still de-
layed ut Monterey repairing. Eighteen
persons had died ou hoard since she left,
among whom were John Clapp,Jr of Mass.
Benjamin Herrick, of Me, L0vett CONWAY
OF do, and John M. Dodge, ,of Muss.
The ship Clarissa Andrews, Of Boston,
which arrived ut San francisco was siezed
for u violation OF the passenger act.
The intelligence from the mining regions
is very satisfactory, and large specimens OF
the ore continue 10 be dug up. One lump Of
solid gold, weighing sixty nine ounces, was
dug out from Mr. Lins',erg's lot at Sonora,
in the main street, a few doors below the
post Office. A qnnrtz vein, Of unusual
had been discovered on French
gulch, near Shasta.
Great tapprehensions exist in the state Of
Sonora, that the troubles existing there be-
tween the French and Americans will pro-
duce feeling Of irritation against the
French in The mines. The lndiahs are sill
committing depredations in Los Angeles
county.
One hundred and forty citizens had u.
nited in a petition to congress claiming ior
the Catholic priests he right Of holding :hs
church at the mission Of San Gabriel. II is
the intention of the Catholic bishop Of
California tO establish a seminary tor Tho
education of' priests at the mission referred
to, with the design Of extending missionary
operations among the Indians in that re.
gion.
A band Of mara mlers were committing
dcpredations on the San Josqnin, under the
lead Of n man named Spencer. A party
had been sent out to capture them.
An affray occurred ut Stockton the 25th
Of May between a Captain Carphum, Of
England, and Oscar Levingston, Of Phila-
lelphia. Pistols were used, and both par.
ties mortafly wounded.
The law passed by the California Iegis-
latnre, taxing sales of merchandise by
auction, had created great excitement, and
n meeting OF the merchants of San Fran.
cisco was called for the fst Of June to re-
noBstrate against its execution. Another
excitement had also been created by a pro-
lect Of the city government to pure chase the
Jenny Lind Theatre for 100000 for .
City Hall.
Mr. VIM. J. Moore, who joined the party
Of French,nen that left California last fall
for Sonora, in Mexico, had returned TO
California. He states that after the party
had penetrated some distance on the jour
ney it was announced that The grant OF land
to the FreEchmen was on the express con-
lition that no American should be allowed
IN join the colony; whereupon he was dr'v-
en back and used in q very rough manner.
A letter addressed 10 Mons. Dillon, tho
French consul. was read al the meeting,
lenouncing IN :he strongest tel rns the course
Of the French hinen towards Mr. Moore, and
endorsing n circular headed "Miners! At
five thousand Of which had been
printed by Mr. Moore for circulation among
Ihe miners. =,
FROM SAN Drroo.-The u. 8. boundary
commissioner, Mr. Bartlett, wasr at San
Diego, hurrying peparat atoms for. his de-
parsure for Passo del Norsc, where bs
would await the arrival Of the newly
appointed Mexican commissioner. e.1
The Providence Journal says. "Ths
Of Harrison in 1910 gave as
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