New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-12-08
NUMBER Ne,
Is Days Later from California,
s7' .9RRTV.9L OF THE Ell DORADO.
TWO WEEKS LATER PROM THE sANDWICI
IaLANDa

D5LAND5.
By the arrival Of the Steamship n Dorado yesterday sf
terneon, have the California nails containing hseD
days later intelligence adyees from Ban Francisco
being to the 10Th ut
The John Stephens and Pacific left Gan Yrasesco for
Panama and Nesrsgus the 1ssh uit with 100 paen
gers Of $2.7oo0O0 specie -, rJs
We acknowledge the kindness of Mr. John Hume the
purser Of the ri Dorado for papers msmorsnda and List
Of passengers.
The events Of the fortnight unnportaut The fol-
lowing summary from the San Rrauosco Herald Of the
The principal feature Of news s the incident
70 the reported Of gold in the valleys o the
Amazon The fever prevails great extent in the city
Of San Francisco and extends trouehout an uious 81
the STATE Many Of our best and most cit
@yseeus and un.nporsd reons sit IL. q sndss H.
development sf the mineral wealth which Is said %
ABOUND there to extent almost fabulous Two sxped
ons having their heads in San Francisco are now ttiug
and Of the other The Peruvian COMPANY i or
gsnzng under the sspces Of the Consul that
ments in the form and mining privIeoes are held
out TO the company which have proved STRONG
to attract quite number Of citizens the osgsniza
ton although rumor has doubt greatly exaggerated
those numbsrs The sailing of the sxpeosn - ~ YET
been Isd at any definite period, bst whsn II doa ecve
Of the enterprise. OF the Ecuadoresu sosupsuy
much less isknown Its proceedings have IN srsc
thing but friendly towards the exisiss Govsranent ef
Of that country 1t is rumorsd that the movement s
simply branch Of smother FLORES expedition that the
agents Of that general In the city Of San Fran
Cisco and have held out the most brilliant Inducements
to adventurous young men to join the sxpedtion The
Of two thousand thoroughly armed and equipped With
which, in addition To the forces he may bs enabled to
Government Is regarded as certain To such zmericsps
enlist under his banEer the highest positions in the
army and, should thsreyoution prove successful
Governnent said to have been rendered a. well as
the most unrestricted liberty in the newly discovered gold
mines such Inducements slipowsfful with popu,
ation such as that Of which California composed and
it will not be at all Surprising than ordinary re-
suits viii follow the present movement Gen Flores vas
| in Chile at the latest advfces
The expedition to Gusymas, in Sonora Of which men
tion has already been made remains comparatively in
statu quo No news has vet been received o the syns
which sailed sometime since with detachnsnt Of the
expedition ner have We knowledge Of any additional
fsces having sailed left ths STATE for that country
O. Army under the suspicion that she had been fitted
out with hostile intent against that country and which
had been beed by the District Attorney has been re-
leased By that oicer-he having been satisfied thst no
evidence could be adduced against her which wodd
warrant her condemn alton The release Of this
made without the Of Gen. Hitchcock which
has been the occasion of discussion and
conversation in private circles.
The telegraph between San Francisco and Marysvie IL
in successful operaton and smother line branching OF
from Sacramento to the right the city Of Nevada in
the Sierra Nevada range Of mountains will shortly be
company has been formed for the building of rail,
road between Sacramento and Nsvsdaa large portion
the stock has been TAKEN and but little doubt is enter
| tanned that the work will he speedily completed
private company has been formed in the city Of San
Francisco with capital OF ten millions of dollars for the
purpose Of establishing line Of steamers between this
port and China Mr John H. Scranton citizen Of this
city Is about to open line Of steam communication
tween this port and Gusymas the Gulf Of California
rhe steamer Fremont will be the pioneer Of the line In
addition to this Capt Thomas Wright this State has
line Of steamers between the ports Of auatsss Tonsu
Nicaragua Costs Roa and Psnama The line ul be
The population Of California has increased but slowly
this year From the first Cf January tho first Of No
only ST. Which added to the ovsrsud n
make the increase during that period only
slight shock Of an earthquake was felt about ten dav
since at Humboldt Bay the Of this
State. 1t very limited in extent not having been
felt any where else and was much exaggerated BY
reports s- -. =. ,...t''- q
Quite number of clipper ships have arrived from the
Atlantic ports all Of them having made rather long pes.
The steamers by Nicaragua line continue to arrive
several days in advance of those of the PM s. g. Com
pany-hus bringing the from New York in advance
OF the regular mail The Panama steamers however oc
easonaly bring later dispatches By the Ramsey
was eight days aterfron New York.
Mining operations throughout the State peculiarly
sneoufagpg $50 SO lar as We may Judge from the report.
Fosters Bar the claims are paying from sx to forty
dollars per day, A wingdan Company paid from eighty
den Falls Company, from 500 to $500 per day to the
share At kennebec Bar some companies are making
North Psrk a company of five men took out of bank
claim in week. $500 in the hand. In the north
near the Oregon line diggings are paying we'll On the
Oregon side claim paid high $1,000 in one day
and its average has been from $50 $500 day. and
another from $500 to 500 daily, The Beach Dgginga
between Crescent City and Port Oxford in Oregon are
found be Of little Near Downevle In Sisrra
county lump of gold weighing eleven and half pounds
was taken out Of claim and onc of thirteen
out Of another On Jamson Creek $a44l vers tasn ou
of tons of quartz and in Nevada county
from thirty tons Of quartz On Feather River, th'
about $4,000 On the Monquelunne River, in what ar
called the Southern Mines several companies hav
others have proved very unsuccessful As q genera
thing the report of this rather unfavorabe
ssdsS IL tapny ON, sio oo0 IN t1o rh o
ing Water Companies making the greatest progress
conveying water from the rivers in every directisn
thus supplying the dry diggings, which have beer
heretofore neglected except during small portion
the year. ai4-- q A.- sd. e. F.
summary made up Mr.. Alexander Hall, Of Mis-
souri, was stabbed by Chiisn ia Calaverss county
Mr Robinson shared the same fate in nj Dorado couuty
az we'll as a Mr. jenkins of Mane who was reading il
Placer county The first died Immediately, and the las
two were mortally wounded In Caaveras robber wa
shot down number Of Chinamen his body competely
riddled. The putrid bodies Of two murdered vsrt
recently discovered Yreka in sskiyou county DR.
week before last In the door of his dwelling by Mexi
can who mounted his horse and escaped. The hors
On S.,hn ns 10 the
killed in Yuba county by man named Il. Kohl.
Frenchman killed under age eravated crcumstauce
by a man named Lennon. in Pope's Valley in Nap
county Other crimes of minor character Of constau
occurrence. 81
The Herald commenting on the frequency Of murder
and the inefciency Of the cousts of justice says:
The nsnds seem Let loose land of late. Mur
der red with the blood Of victims riot in mids
and strikes down with scarce fear Of puuishmeet tn
good and honest we'll the reckless and depraved
Within the past two three days have been cale
upon chronicle no less than four deliberate assassna
tions and attempt upon lite within circuit Of twen
hasf ato1
bloody catalogue Of crime Every paper from the ints
ror freighed with tales of horror, until hav
began regard the splitting of human blood With ittl
concern the ssughtsring Of beast and to feel III
tie fear of punishment overtaking them II would nc
be looked upon set Of sayases 1t is time
justice meted out to offenders Unless prompt step
are taken to vindcate the laws immigrants viii be
red from comingto State and the tmid and
be driven it. 1t not much the severity Of Il
the certainty Of their application that detsrs
vicious from the commission Of crime. Here it
the strocious wretch could kill at will and yet go
whpt Justice For the nifty sixty murders comitts
within the past month six weeks mot Of the assa
sins has been punished by the courts They have eth.
escaped the officers else have been acquitted on II
ground justification. Is it not strangc in all these ca
ses that the killer should be invariably n the right an
the unhappy victim always the aggressor saen poe,
whether really exists here Numbers Of criminals nav
been let loose upon the community to vent their vile pa
sous again upon the first opportunity tnat onsrs- II
judges general thing disposed to enforce the
The real parties blame the jurors They have
coms of late by word aud eproach aud almost al
gnsted the community with the trial by jury.
We are beginning to be cursed again with gangs
iurorsthese pests that produced such e.
~ citemept in this community two years ago Men Wit
out character to lose or conscience to reprove the
go.