New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-02-11
Further from California, the Sandwich
Islands and South Amerioa

me lnaii and Wells, Fargo Cos California Express
Asse ofouznt US copious files Of papers and we hud
mass OF interesting news Of space however pre-
vents US giving place to but little af il
AN accounts confirm toe reported mslancholy state
affairs IN most Of the mining distrcts A ltt.r to tn
San francisco Journal rays:
There doubt about It Il the weather does M. ,.sr
the miners will die by the hundreddie AZ stsr,.t;o
hey have no decent food now and aoorns and
means leaving the mountain regions in detscbmenta
o. twenty 6fty or one hundred and shortly they win an
our cities Three hundred Chinese erpected tomcr
row but the great body of the miners who Disposed
eays the sierra region not expected for fourssn dsys
There time since California was nrst dis
covered that misery has been and il likely 70 e
s this winter Of 1852 and 1859 II s lark picture sad
the end Is not YETI
Southwestern gales have prevailed along the coast sud
at ssn Rraneco and several boats driven out
" tne bay at the latter place and lives i Three per-
sons were lost IN boat The pilot boat sss Witch
lost IN the bay; but her crew were savsd
Ahe ioio~ing deaths occurred on board the stsanse
cortss On her last upvsa TIP from Panama She had
id3 passengers;
Woodbridge Dartmouth. Mas-., 7 eouriie n water
chd Of Mr. Bsehe Of saa 1rsnsisss; sva ehiIapen
ginis Leroy Wilson. New Yo,k; G L West, Me- 7orK.
Aionzo Murdoch New York DeImaire Ssw Yort W
Ellaier New York: " oru,sby, GaIsna III; Bssjsndn
Gro7er. Maine: William Little, British Provinces
Bemis.
The following is list Of deaths among the 4s1 psssen
gers board the steamer Lewis on her upward trip
from San Juan del Sur.
W. II. shreksia Of Missouri buried at Acapulco VIM
Shea Of Wiskegan Illinois n Elliott Of Toronto, Csns
aged so John Gresa "a years of Carlisle Penn
sylvsnia Amos Palow 81 years Clayton Jssrson soun-
Wisconsin Thomas Housey s. years. Lafay.tte eosnty,
oEio Jacob Tantree q years Wayne county, Ohio;
VIM. Given. Is years. Wayne county, Ohio.
The Hoods are still doing immense damage Throughout
the State
There is nothing new from Monterey A passenger by
the Sea Bird that the they have not expert
snced another rain storm in that locality the
old storm has not yet abated People anxiousy wst-
ing for it to = dry up" ~
The committee appointed at the mass meeting hsad on
the 1st Of December at San Diego report the sub
ject Of Atlantic and Pacific Railroad presented taer
report the 18th Of the same month. It advocates
strongly the route from Red River to San Diego.
Mrs Quigiey has been fully committed, at San Fran
cisco for trial on the charge Of numbering Mr. Kennedy
She admitted that she inflicted the death wound. She is
the mother Of ten chfdren-fvs Of them small and one
an infapt at the breast. e a. r
Mr. Eoriand and party arrived at Sacramento On tie
9Th, with the Sails Lake mail The party experienced
great suffering Six days previous to their arrival Car
Valley, they entirely Of provisions and -
sisted strong coffee Of which they had plenty At ~
Valley they stopped fortnight recruit themselves -
stock They met party Of about $50 indiana who fired
at them with guns and arrows but happily without effect
From the Sandwich Islands
Dates the 1Ith Of December from Honolulu had been
received at San Francisco The newe however, not i'm
portant.
The American whale ship A. H Howland wa. driven
the reef little eastward Of the entrance Of Honolulu
harbor, on the 5h Of december She fifteen months
out and had hftyhve barrels sperm board Ind 1900
whale had previously shipped her bone amountngto
25OOo pounds Avery large number of whalsrs were II
port and business brisk.
The American merchant ship Alexander got aground
and sunk in the channel she frsghted with oil
and bone and was ready fer home
The Poynesan publishes list Of vessels engaged in the
whaling service Of the North Pacific together with
tse Of their for the past nunber Of
eployned and other statistics useful and interest
ing which have been made up from the cu,tnmhouse
books by II. NJ. Whitney We have only to glance
| at the report, and its summings up.
1t is shown by the list that eco ships have visited the
port Of Honolulu l0l the port of Lahaina and 3s the
slips touched all th.ee of the ports find that but 5
different ships have touched at the islands this fall
Estimating these ships with their 100000 each
it is shown that the value Of the feet
would be .S11 900 00c 90
5432s0 gallons sperm OIL at soc. is... 4S46 GA 90
1929 sST gallons whale oil at 5oc s.. 664ee4s 50
|
Total value of vessels and cargoes - So 4I40Is "a
In estimating the value of csrgoes says the Poly
esan win be that we have used figures least
third less the of the products
in the home market, which will allow wide margin for
freight and other charges home losses commissions
The number Of seamen attached to thess US .hips is
probably 10000, besides masters and mates.
The value of the past seasons catch to each Of
the al right whalers. is S23,5I5 IS.
The national character Of these ships is follows
American 25s French 10 Bremen4 English, Chilean
d lila Nailan. each l.
From the facts above brought to view we are warranted
in the conclusion that successful whaling season
has crowned that branch Of business since the in
considerable villages or hamiets y of NewBedford Nan
tuckst, Farhaven NewLondon, etc, commenced opera
| tions, in delving for the wealth Of the ocean,
From Peru.
The British mail steamer Lima, at Panama, brought
dates from Csliao to the l1th Of January
The gusno taken from the Chncha and Lobos Islands
during the year 1852 amounted to los 656 tons Of this
quantity England took ST. ass tons United States SO
| France 12.1ss, and China s97.
The markets were steady On the Sd of January two
| fatal cases ofyellew fever were reported.
Later from Chill
The relations between Chilli and Peru said to be
smicable
Mr. Campbell the chief engineer on the railroad projec-
ted from Valparaiso to Santiago had withdrawn and the
Government had written to tbs United States for eng
neers.
The bark Victoria, from Hamburg landed hundred
German emigrants at valdivia.
The port of Manso in the Province of Coqumbo had
been opened to foreign commerce. e@.
From the Isthmus.
We have received the Panama Star to the 9th ulmo
The British bark Emu is advertised for Australia
The British man-of-wsr Amphytrite had arrived at
Panama from point in Mexico bringing $4,000 in
treasure which the Ithmus to the Brsh
mail steamer.
The Ecuadorian schooner-of-war Diez de Mayo. Com
mander Diego Eugeneo Mates carrying two guns had also
arrived.
The yellow fever which had prevailed at Panama had
| almost entirely disappeared.
The railroad is progressing rapidly and the completed
portion is in fine running order.
From Texas
The steamship Texas arrived yesterday morning. bring
Ing Galveston dates the 7th inst There is not much