Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-10-12
ARRIVAL OF THE CRESCENT CITY.


One Milton in Gold Dust-LGter from australia
Excitement AnaOag tie AinerS-Ihe american
Ship Defiance.
New YORK October 4. The Steamship Crescent
City arrived this evening at 10 o'clock. She brings
500 passengers and a million in specie, including
among her treasure $4,000 of Australian gold, per
Adams & Co.'S Express, being the first shipment
from that country by the California route
The Crescent City left Aspinwan on the morning
of the 25th ult On the second day out sh' met the
steamship Star of the West. West of Calcos she al
SO ship dsmasted.
The health of the Isthmus good, and the
weather very pleasant The news from the lsthmus
otherwise unimportant.
AUSTRALIA. The Crescent City brings Australian
dates to the goth of July, which had been received
at Panama. The miners in Australia were agitating
a reduction in the license tax. Large meetings had
been held, at which those in attendance were armed
to the teeth Great excitement prevailed and was
feared that difficulties would ensue.
Fresh discoveries of gold had been made, and the
mining intelligence was favorable.
VALPARAISO. Valparaiso dates to the 1st of Sep
TENDER have also been received. The markets were
dull except for -four, which was brisk at So 90.
Catharine Hayes was soon to complete her career
at the rate of s., 900 per night
The construction of a canal from Quillota to Val
paraso had been undertaken.
The papers give further particulars of the state of
affairs at the Chinchas, growing of the difficulty
with the American ship Defiance. The Defiance, on
going to sea- sauted the other American vessels, and
was fined. second salute was then fired, which so
went board the Defiance with three boats filled
with armed After encounter, the
captain of the Defiance seized and bound, and
then thrown into one of the boats, by which he
severely injured Tha Peruvian commander having
taken possession of the Defiance took her to Callao
and retained the commander in prison. MIR. Clay,
the American minister to Lima, forthwith chartered
the British steamship Bolivia, and went in her to
Chinchas to investigate the whole affair. He has
transmitted the result of his investigation IN dis
patch to Washington
Business has become paralyzed throughout the re-
public of Bolivia.
The most exciting stories have reached Santiago
de Borga of gold discoveries made the Amazon
and Branches rivers. The washings were said to ex
tend for forty leagues and 25 pounds of the precious
metal were mentioned the average of mans
labor.
THE YELLOW FEVER AT THE SOUTH. The Angus
ia Chronicle learns from Montgomery Ala. that the
yellow fever spreading in that city, and perfect
panic had been produced among the people. All
those who could get away leaving. At the
Pensacola Navy Yard on the 29th ult, the disease
rapidly declining. There had been sc deaths
there since it broke out in July, and 10 at Pen
sacola. AT Milton, Fla it is said to be still raging
At Port Gibson, Miss, there had been 455 deaths up
to the 10Th ult, and 100 were still sick. In some
cases Whole families were down. Six physicians
i'll the 18th ult, and another requistion had
been made the New Orleans Howard Association
for nurses The publisher of the Port Gibson Herald
had fallen victim to the epidemic, and the paper
had been suspended. AT Washington a small town
in Louisiana, DIR. Herd and % others had died of
fever during the first twenty days of September, and
70 persons were lying i'll on the 22d ult. A great
many citizens had fed, not sufficient remaining to
bury the dead. Those who remained were in nearly
starving condition, being dependent upon few
Planters who sent provisions in carts to within half
mile of the town. The of 81 900 has been re-
mitted from New Orleans, by the Howard Associa-
ton, for the relief of the sick at Galveston.
letter from Tallahassee, dated September 81,
gives fearful account of the yellow fever at New
EVnfU 1xxrhO n0r16lo o111oo bod
fed-eyen some of the Notwithstanding only DR..
Betton to administer to the wants of the sick and
ing but he too had been stricken down, though at
last accounts he was recovering The Tallahassee
Sentinel says :" We understand that the physicians
of this city will attend by turns at Newport as long
as their services shall be needed p
A man named Bird has been sentenced to ten
years Imprisonment IN Nj. for bigamy. He is said