New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-05-21

arrival of the steamship United States, Capt.
Berry, after remarkably quick trip from AS
pinwall, and bringing San Francisco dates to
the Both ult, fourteen days later than received.
The news by this arrival is not important.
From the papers we received, and other sources,
we make up the following
GENERAL. SUMMARY
The Grand Jury in session at San Francisco
have made a presentment in the case of the
steamship independence In the course of their
report they remarks
The steamer Independence, lately lost,
causing the destruction of two hundred beings,
was VIGOROUSLY unseaworthy, so much so as to
render it impossible for her to run any distance
from shore without risk of laundering, and we
attribute her loss to her being obliged to keep
Il course which exposed her to all the parls of
the impertectly surveyed coast of South Califor-
MIA. Her boats were inadequate in number,
and miscrably provided with oars and other APP
purtenances requisite TO render them Of service.
The agents of this line were well aware of
the total unftness Of this boat for the carriage
of passengers, but continued her on the route
under the plea Of not being able to replace her
with another steamer. We, therefore deem the
owners and agents are the parties whom the
public should hold responsible, rather than the
captain and officers, in order to check future
calamities; and had the present Grand Jury
the power to have brought a bill against the
owners and agents of the Vanderbilt Line for
the wholesale destruction of life attending the loss
of the Independence, on account of her miserable
outfit and unseaworthiness us well as for other
acts Of unjustitiable negligence and carelessness
in the transportation of passengers, they GER
tainly would have done so"
The all-absorbing topic of interest at San
Francisco on the morning of the Doth ult was
the debate on the Extension Bill, which occurred
in the Senate on the day previous. On a mo-
ton to indefinitely postpone the bill the vote was
equally divided. The casting vote of the Lieut.
Governor, however, was given in the affirmative,
and the subject was Indefinitely postponed
Miss Kate Hayes and the Sacramento Fire
men are at loggerheads, The Alta California
says:
/" Miss Hayes promised to give a concert for
the tiremen, and every preparation was made for
full house. But for some reason, her agent
failed to duly notify the committee, and it being
considered by the public as a sham, they would
not attend when the concert was given There
was Il beggarly account of empty boxes to
greet her. High words ensued between her
agent and the chief Of the department and
Miss Hayes left Sacramento in something very
like milf. An official statement of the affair is
to be made by the Fire Department"
In San Francisco three new churches are
going up. The Alta California says;
" The First Congregational Church at the
suth-west corner Of Dupont and California
streets, is now ready for the roof, and it is TO
be finished, except the spire, before July. The
building is of brick, in the Ionic order, and
when finished will make fine appearance
The Unitarian church on Stockton, near Sac
ramento street, of brick, about sxty-fve by
one hundred feet, is now being plastercd
catholic church is to be built on the north
east corner of Dupont and California streets. Of
brick, in the decorated Gothic ORDER
The Chinese population is again emigrating.
The Caleyeras hronclc says:
g Our Celestial friends are on the move
a regular stampede has taken place Their
destination is said to be somewhere on the South
Fork Of the American river"
According to the report of the Superintendent
of Public Instruction, the number Of children
portion attending schools is 1914, while the
number Of schools is only twenty.
The late Treasurer Of Sacramento, Mr.
McCracken, who was charged with the embez
Element of funds last fall, returned to that city
after trip to the Atlantic States, was duly
tried in Sacramento and has been honorably
acquitted.
San Francisco, on the 18th ult., came very
near being great sufferer again by fire As it
was, only four buildings We're destroyed, and
fifteen thousand dollars will cover the loss
A good deal of sickness now exists among the
various bands of Indians in Eldorado country
Many Of them have died Of the small pox
1t was supposed that a thousand Cinnamon
had arrived at Shasta county (the Northern
mining country within two weeks
in the list Of interments in San Francisco we
find tho following: april l2--Franklin Bos-
worth, NewOrleans John Brady, NewOrleans
Both were killed by the explosion of the Jenny
Lind.
The clipper schooner Spray has arrived at San
Francisco in fifty-seyen days from Hobart Town.
Van Dieman's Land-the quickest passage ever
made. She had fine cargo of onions, which,
the Alta California says, arrived at n very ac-
eeptable time, the supply Of the vegetable being
exhausted.
The California State Journal says e A bag
containing one hundred and ninety ounces Of
gold dust, or about three thousand three hun
bred dollars, had been stolen from the banking
house of Messrs. Page, Bacon & Co"
FROM THE COLoRA nO.-The Government train
which arrived here lately from the river. re-
lbflS lllUl very urge immigration Is StllI
hooking in by way of the ella from Sonora
they are mostly destitute of food and clothing,
Or the means TO procure the same Should this
tide Of immigration continue in the same ratio,
as it has for the last month or six weeks we
think that some Legislative action for their re-
lief ought to be procured [San Diego Herald
The same paper has the following news from
Lower California:
From a private source we are informed that
the insurgent party are collecting all the In
lans together that they can, and arming them
to the best of their power What their nten-
lions may be ii is impossible to conjecture, but
f our informant is correct they must have some
1hiect in view, and whether it is aggressive or
remains to be proved If the former,
-hey will find n very warm time Of it, especially
f they cross the frontier.
MINING INTELLIGENCE.
The news from the Mines is encouraging.
The Ell Dorado News says:
New discoveries have recently been made
II the vicinity of Negro Hill, which prove it to
1e far more extensive in its aurifcrous state
han heretofore anticipated Messrs Davis and
iordon have been prospecting ut this place for
eyeral days past; on Wednesday last, they
struck "A very rich lead, and on the following
lay took out of their claim the handsome sum
# $500 ."
There was great excitement in Shasta county
'elatiye to the new Pitt River diggings Miners
we're hocking thither in crowds These dig
,ings are said to be not only rich but extensive