New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-11-26
NUMBER 296.
Two Weeks Later from California.
ARatyAL OF rHg UNITED STATES.

Tho United States srrivel cG. a. Aspnvs q hours in
advance II the Illinois from View York making ths run
ffom the Bar 70 Aspinra 10 days and Is hours The
unitfl States encountered very rough weather with
strong winds from the North On her passage from As
IinFsh passed the ri Dorado 18th inst at o'clock She
haa beer put ashore the bar by the po for q hours
The steamer Eiuois sailed f.om A-pinwa for New York
IN the lsh int with $1,000 in gold and one hundred
and fifty passengers.
In" Cnited States brings the folo~ing passenger:
W Shepherd " Bogs. j r shepherd J Adamas ] b
A1atnas u 4laIns Sir Nackee ana vii. pnce yvilii,
Paul = WurtenbuFz Rev Mr. Kelly snd LADY ! " Town
send = } Or~en W Elliott Thompson Jno Crasn And
ls!y 3 b Brett u 5urnham Il Redmond, W P Lane
j. Nood u kli.. Lnhmae Par.ons, Hinke, q White
W 'egse u Pitch, u Rosssr, Brett. W rousay d b
syur.J May. Bryan II shuSer VI stewart j Prass
steerage. - ''-'
The United States brings the California mail, which
!sft san Francisco the 18th instant
The steamship Cortes called from San Francisco for
San Juan on the 1t lust ct l2 o'clock With large num-
her Of passengers, and nearly s2OO0OOO
The Pacific arrived at San Francisco on the 3l.t with
j5+ passengers. shs left San Juan the 10Th Oct
TREASURE sTEAaERs-s2 755oei was shipped
from San Francisco the 1 Of which s10ei 26 left by
the California and sGs0 sos BY the Cortes for San suan
Two dreadful steamboat explosions occurred on the
San Josqun river by which upwards Of fifteen lives
lost and many persons seriously injured.
The steamer American E1ge which phys regularly be-
tween San Francisco aud stockton left the former place on
The eTrning Of the 17th and had arrived within twenty
I've lilies of the latter place. w-n at 20 minutes past
o'clock in the morning Lor starboard boiler exploded
shverng the beat forward Of the wheehouse almost to
atoms Seventeen passengers known to have been On
boa at the time Of the accident missing land five Of
the crew were instantly killed Many persons sa-
Y~rey sealded Want Of space prevents from giving
hist Of the killed by this disaster. but will endearor to
furnish them in issue.
s.a+,Ha
tance from the of the above disaster the steamer
stockton exploded her boiler blowing out one end Of it,
and bursting the steam connection pipe The rush Of
steam went through the main cabin tearing away the
after bulk head and killing and woundng many who
happened be n that part Of the boat 1t IS uncertain
how many lives lost. but far be learned at
least persons have been killed Captain
sharpe was among these who psrished by this dire
calamity.
We indebted to the valuable summary of the San
Francisco Transcript Of the 3lst umo for the following
general intelligence:
A prostitute named Mary Lee murdered By IDA
Brewer. Of the same class in Sacramento the 2Ist
Cause Jealousy. The murdered woman WAS followed to
the grave by large procession.
There was disgracefu riot at Martinez n Calaveras
county on the night of the 18th The Americans and
spanards got into general fight Three spanaris
mortaliy wounded
Two frenchmen accused Of theft we're most dszraco-
fully MaltreateG by mob at Columoi on the IL Ii
They afterwards delivered 10 the proper au-
thorities and the grand jury refused to ud ndie-
Inent against them.
The potato crop in Santa Cruz has failed The cause is
worm which cutters at the eyes destroys the inside
| Of the potato
There have been several during the fortnight in
! the interior, but nothing fatal
sAN FRANCISCO.
The Land Commission has been very active during the
frtnigh aud have decided fifteen cases They have de-
cided nineteen cases in all Of which ten containing
10000 acres have been confirmed and nine containing
4 25l 600 acres. have been rejected.
The lispAtrh
ton and the majority Of the people blieve that the
Board is governed n its decisions b sound law and just
motives; though of h1ss interested each side
4 vita the decisions
The whole looks forward anxously to see the day
when all the land titles OF California viii BE- perma peuy
settled and from that dey the permanent prosperity o
the State will date principal of the grafton
from our State is the insecurity Of the land titles.
The Sonora FbusteTirg Expedition has attracted con
siderable attention portion Of the party. about 20
started the night Of the 10th thu bark Caroline
One hundred eighty others afterwards taken ou
Them since thry left On the ol.t tie steamer : n
Wheeler previously engaged ia the river trade left
harb1r to be employed it said in the oosl1g trade
the sandwich Islands Another report said that she
le steamer Gniiah took 100 passengers. unusuall
large number fer Los Angeles, and it is reported ths
these were portion oi the party IL expected that
expedition viii BE- complete faure and the people gen
crafty hayo but little sympathy with it,
The L. steamer Active arrived on the "a Oct. il
port from the coast Of Oregon where she engaged il
tuaklug surveys.
ths 2I-t ut several specimens of gld we're found
in digging wen in tie valley between Telegraph and Rus
Ian hills, about thirty feet below the surface
on the 22l ult the st Francis Hotel burned II
1919 80 the flhouabie hotel OF the city late
iy il has been used principally as a lodging house, j J
coleman printer by trade formerly Of Maryland per
ihed in the flames lie leaves wife and two children il
| Maryland,
Tie ordinance for the 100000 loan has beou eenda,
so as e make the principal well the interest paya
bic in NewNurk
An ordinance has been passed to re-organze the Poic
Department The force viii consist Of fysix receiv
f50 per mouth aud to be appointed three by each Cnun
Gilman and TWO by the Mayor Recorder aud Marshal each
complimentary dinner given 10 John Mitchell. ol
the evening of the 25h at Musical Hail About 400 per
sons We're present.
The proprirtors of the Bcler organ in this cty av
commenced suit to compel the city to publish the or1i
nances, etc of the city, according to the stamp Act ii
their journal The Council desirous of letting
the Pointing the lowest bid, which would probably
about hundred per cent less than is ordered b
paid by the Stamp Act, but the matter must depen
on the decision OF the Sufrt me Court
Building in tue city is stu going on brisky and III
lsmaand Tor labor has not siackensd But few larg
bEick buildings have been commenced during the fortHis
THE MINES.
The mining news of this fortnight has been interestn.
but there are but few items Of sufficient Importance
attract attention abroad In our last summary, n,
ced the Convention held in the beginning OF the la
month al Sacramento by delegates from different Wat
Companies of the State Most of these companies
enced operatiousin the summer Of lso2 after two
paratyey dry winters aud when large amounts Of di
had been thrown up to be washed Macy ot the cana
were undertaken hastily and managed badly and Il
consequence is that they haze baer Improbable stoc
The Convention and the attempt to obtain legsatiC
favorable To the csnaling system EaTe awakened son
opposition among the UnaSSoeiated miners who have
pay the companies for the of the and ofle
look upon them ns oppressive monopoes,
Tue quite low and mining in the hills fat
and gulches is duh Some u the miners engaged
fuTrUwing ~ dirt wash during the winter, others
bulIi5' aIiins aud many prhs ptetiue.
On OF tie rivers mining is quite prosperous.
larE btr Of extensive enterprises such as canals an
tuu1H been projected, aud some Of them will
commenced during the wip,er and It IS q matter
certainty that tracts Of aufer1us lanf hrretoful
unwork-d for the want Of water will be furnished wit
the element duri the next summer 10y means Of canal
New d.sgiug been discovered a. various point
Near Fort M, he head waters of the san J0aqui
il is said that ri, lcers have been found. At Scar
Diggings large number of claims have been made on
hill discovered to be rich Several lucky discoveries ha
been made the Klamath and 1t is said that there
excitement about the beach dggugs above Cresce
City
The quartz mining companies plodding steadi
along, aud Of them promise To become highly prof
able The Empire Company. at Grass Valley, report th
during three days they crushed n tons. which average
SS to the ton about Is cents 70 the pound At )
nora number of quartz companies have united to for
one company.
number of miners have returned from Australia, nj
all agree that equal California for the riehne
Of its pacers. and far inferior ot the enjoyment
those popular rights which are dearer to the Amei
than gold The emigration from here has ceas
entirely
II is said that several parties organizing in :
interior to visit the mines the head waters Of I
Amazon. -
We have news from Portland to the Goth ult
The papers complain that Tie territory produces lit
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