New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-01-07


vicinity some of Them where the lava had been throw
up forming crater five hundred feet high One Of til
volcanoes which y gone out but presents the appearance
pf haping been in operation lately, about fit
acres and represented as presenting the most beautfr
scenery Imaginable chewing all the various colors of tn
rainbow and When the shines it, dazzles the ey
Z py ats bIlliancy The volcano has thrown up
tain of black sand somewhat resembling sand from gol
dust to the height of seven eight hundred feet Tn
party attempted 10 ascend this mountain hut found
impossible as ii WIS like wheat pile and they sank dow
into at every stop The whole scenery represented
most grand i'll the vicinity of these eruptions.
We shall look with much interest for the further explo
ration OF these REGIONS and have made arrangements
procure detailed account Of them. when made. We NJ
much indebted to Mr. Mobiles for the information he ha
FURNISHED us regarding this phenomena -
From the Sandwich Islands.
BY the arrival Of the ship Flavous at San Francisc,
dates from Honolulu to the 18th October have been re
eeived The following items of interest are from the Poly
nesan of Oct 25th y
king Kamehamfha had, by royal proclamation desia
hated and recomm ended the 18th of December as da
Of Thanksgiving throughout the Islands
STEAM NAVIGATION AMONG THE IsI.ANps-Op the de
paftre Of Capt Howard for San Francisco the sd
August, he anticipated returning in sixty days with tn
f1rst steamer fuflment Of his contract with the Gov
eminent That period has elapsed, and the steamer
Is not forthcoming This delay have been occasonee
had not arrived the 18th of September having
9sen out days an unusually long to San
francisco But although not yet arrived the contract
Capt Howard will not be vitiaed for no-execution until
the S0th of November by which day if his steamer ar
come ratified M the first stipulation is concerned
otherwise i ahrogates itself We hope the expert
nent tried III which Captain Howard is engaged but if
through any untoward event he does not Succeed we
nave been assured by persons resident here and who a
capital for tho undertaking that they stand ready to en-
ter INTO 1t at once similar contract with the Gov
eminent which could hardly withhold should it be ap-
ped SO it APPEARS settled that shall have steam
Navigation among the Islands should the arrange
meht new pending not be carried into execution.
koBBERr on tile 2Sth ult, at Eva. the house of Rev
Bishop was enteFed during divine service and bag
hI afirA hut,
70 learn that through the prompnes energy of the
MARSHAL W q Parke ESD. it was recovered the fol-
lowing day and restored to its The native waiv-
ing jury trial has been sentenced to five years mprison
mcut ut hard labor
REVOLT asIoNa srliE PnrsessHs--on Wednesday night
ase the usual quiet # Honolulu was disturbed by the
beating OF drums cling the soldiers to duty suppress
revolt among the prisoners The facts of the case we
have them from Mr. Parke, the Marshal are as follows
A9out 90 prisoners had been employed the reef in
cutting stone but had to the night in question: been
COMMIT however Of taking advantage Of thelow tide very
early in the morning the Marshal had very reluctantly
consented that they might remain the reef in some
native houses under charge of At o'clock
On thursday morning, information brought the
Marshal that largo part of the prisoners had escaped
and Were bent upon making away with the Governor
Marshal and Other members of the Government firing
the town and committing depreciation upon the property
VI foreigners generally.
Acting with grea energy the Marshal Sheriff foreign
ana native police and few soldiers hastily collected
soon got upon the track of the escaped prisoners and
found the greater part assembled Punch Bowl where
they had got possession of the guns broken into the
In In angelo fhrnnn f tl,
large guns,
Az the Marshal ard his party were pushing their way
up the PERCEPTIONS front of the hill facing the town. they
did lfIa damaro h,,Ns,nno 49, mion ioltuhatgiy
tngush the prisoners two shots fired of which
went through the shirt of one of the convets and the
other closely gzcd the OF another whereupon they
scattered in all directions and resistance at an end
Pursuit aud recapre engrossed the attention of the
police force and are happy to saw that by nine O'Clock
all but two had either delivered Themselves up or were
taken by the police The ringeaders irons and no
n AN aNauIa mi p;,,
About forty of the sixty prisoners were engaged in the
revalts number Of whom voluntarily returned to their
due pprohened in various places where thpy had
secreted themselves. A want of fire prevented the
prisoners from firing the guns which they had loaded
otherwise Consequences might nave followed Tie
guns We're pointed at conspicuous buildings town and
had they been fired shotted they WERE could hardly
have failed to do damage if not destroy life
From China.
The san Fronisl Iy,.,, H., .a. ,, a.,
~, srs.y. i s,is'sl' e" hi'e VI i'ons
Aong papers from which it extracts long and interest
situated in tho Nor,, p,a;sa nas,. 'a,'''ue are
va, ana y .ei''' i'e''f'y ii'u"ay between ia
Islands comprised between latitude o6 .pd os ,roos
North and longitude 127 and 1870 degrees East
The King of the Loo Choos il n sor of v,ss, =, Al,
1,,. = 81. -, !, ,e N' " " o Va 'asSai W the |
emperor OF emma and is compelled to pay him yearly
iloutet The same jealous exclusive system prevails in
relation to the Loo (,booans tbat f,r,,erv ala Il; ,
/. . -, - 80 NOo"' o 'uiiefiy oio III regard |
rney ffe confined to the port Of Foo-chow-
thooans i'll what little trade they are allowed tn cav N,
completely in the mower of a HONG ,orono,y n,;.
i,o of ta, ,.,, H., -. es o'oi'S: cohsis1-
s VI W po' "'i' ocf'Fe 'heir authority from the
Emperor The Herald says:
We need hardly point out TO our lie b,t
all these restrictions the trade must result in the Loo
Chopans paving N yNrv hip nrice for tbo ,v,,n;,
their junks bring them yearly We have now before ms
copy of the outwrd manifest, which contains larrr
portion of British manufactures
The embassy of this year had double duty TO perfor,n
viz to pay the tribute and arrange for the nyesure of
he Young King of ooChoo The late kim aied ai,o,t
two years ago but investure has taken Mace in CON
sequence of the present monarch not hay wing attained his
majority. He will be of the legal age seventeen newt
on,nnny tJ,r ,,nvf i,b,,t ;,,n tt wv mi Junhs ac-
and aIont iva hnn,raJ a, i WV. sutpie ietinue
calculated that tbil ,srac;n,,s r,nrl, ~ ~ ~
china will casi tho Toe Sb f vi t Wy GPerof oil
N il .tat ~ -, H.. ~ ste.s.3 "euu, stopuV
iuni. arn MOI s W VI .e uheh over IN Inc
the rimte ,sh;I r V h nue ss u portion "1
nnG,rtnnat. ",', ~ NO nag 20 Pay " Japan rms
ana bo hva a a y utef ,ne necessity OF concill-
Napt Belchefs account that they stand more in fear Of
MI s sas oe,s more exclusive) than the Chinese
main in their county - 1omlg MISSIONARIES TO re-
gea,ce which wiz bA taLon * Ieieiehec 70 NC ven
fraction of their laws - '' - |