New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-12-26


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FIFTEENDAYsL LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
Arrvalof the Steamship Pampsro.
interesting g from Sonora, Oregon, Washing
ton Territory, and the Sand,cich Islands
The steamship Pampero, Captain ". c. Pianders ar
rived Saturday morning from San Juan, bringing us
dates from San Francisco to December l. The Panpero
arrived At San Juan ths 18th instant The Northern
Light arrived the same day from Nsw York aod eailed
again for that port the 18th instant with Eve hundred
passengers, and ST. e35.1ls in specie or freight
The psmpsro left San Juan ths morpDg of th. 18th
With nttyve cabin and hsudrsd and forty ax steer
age passengers and 100000 freight in the hands Of
tho passesgers She left In port saa Juan the Roya
Mail steamship Teyot and the American brig Martha
Clark loading for New York The Bremen bark Antoi-
nste arrived at sss Juan the l4h With hundred
German emsrants for Costa Rica The Isthmus is re-
ported very healthy and the transit speedy comfort
able The passengers Of the Psmpero Northern Light
started up the river San Juan evening Of the 18th
all well In coming out of the harbor Of San juan ths
Psmpero met An English vessel of war going iu
The following is a list Of her pssscngsrs:
StIade and lady, Mrs Gen Thomas, Mrs Marshall
Mrs Woolay, Miss woolay Haywood and lady Miss
Haywood, Nrs Preston Miss Loucks r Cannon vifs
and children. DIR Casson, Cbaviteau IIorntou
J u Cup, W IL Barlow. McCerks q Martin Mr. Long A
5trison. Quinn, Barnes Winch J W Montaom
Ty. Mclaughlin. John Plumb Dorsey G Csrriiau
and daughter, Iceby, J Icsby Ii Luckstt 7 Mur-
phyy, p.y.s.is Williams pysI nishto-er, L
Wells Borsh, N Henry Boring, Boripg j
Thornton G Brown, II Powers. Walker Z Hunter. G
Parish, J Howell @ Buckley p Krepps b Rsipb
II Ralph, Q Dohl, 9 C Toomer. " b johnson. 7 Mur,
Ply; White: W Hedge, ElIsrs Meyers Il II Jones
Rents, Z Stevens, W Ii Adams, W Aires G McMurtha
y Wooley. soley, J Lackie, J Smith. Hedden
achahon; Rifle, Carroll, } Fills, " simms, W
Cravens Trstter, B Lee Adams, Benty II Harsh
ned as Northgrave Wsllase, Armstrong, W Duvs
Davis. Hooper, Offers Weaver John Madrilie ii
smith II Bowman, Corvn, W Hays W Bevers
Riddle LiJshn Robinson. II Hicks, john HarreIl
Ii Derby Sanford, 7 Robine A Legarsn, Vaecs
onas story Mulkley. D Gravel Gravel D II Ammer-
man Rodgers, ehspple, 4 Osrh N Brandsubery.
perre, Haywood Milton. G Keys 8 Duncan n u
Winslow Reathey W Resthy, J W shultz NJ Dun
can, Ligott Thos Gormau, Rich'd Mitchsl WIN Bow
land " Carrgan, Bringham, Chas Ii Field. and 147 in
the steerage. " -
Summary Of the FOrtnights News-The following sum-
mary Of the fortnight 10 from tho San Francsco
Herald of December 1: Nj
The SateThe expeditions which we noticed in our last
summary as Fitting out in State for the purpose az
exploring the surferous regions of the Amazon seem To
nave made progress and the excitement has in
measure died away The sober second thoughts have
oested the enterprise of many of its charms and it has
Deem found upon examination TO possess much less Of
ronsncs than at first supposed Occasionally an ar
svey upon the subject but there to be NO
whatever Of the sailing Of either the expedition 10 aid
flores In his designs upon the existing Government Of
ECUADOR, or OF the other expedition which has been in
ted 70 take peacesble possession Of portion of the Pc
ruvian territory. The movement OF the expedition to
Sonora also remains in sfdfu quo.
great deal Of interest recently been excited in re-
gard TO the agricultural capacities Of California During
the last season fruits and vegetables of every
nave Deen produced rvaling and in instances ex
ceiling the productions older States 1t has been
clearly shown that California produce almost every
snng which Is grown in the Atlantic States Recently it
has been made to appear that tobacco cotton can be
cultivated with great The former has been found
growing Wild in the Valley Of San Josquin and Major
Reading has succeeded in raising beautiful sample Of
cotton from New Orleans on his rancho on the
waters Of the Sacramento The introduction Of rice and
yea INTO the state ~ way Of experiment. is also conteIn-
plated Rice believed, will grow luxarantly on the
swamp lands Of the interior and it il thought will
flourish on the slopes Of mountains Sugar has also
been extracted from the California pine tree
The United States Land Commissioners haye rendered
several additional decisions The claims To the
tracts nave been confrmed San Buenaysuturar For
nando Pico claimant " Corral del Ouaten NJ A. De Ia
Guerra Lalaillade claimant San Miguel Rsymundo
DIVA, claimant Tomales Baulenes Rafael Garcia
claimant to two square leagues "A tract near San "a
brisl' Jose Domingo claimant Rincou de san Francis
quito, T. and Robes, claimants Canada de Raymun.
do twentys square miles in San Francisco county,
Louisa Greer ct a claimants The Board have also reject
ed the following: San Ramon two square leagues in
Contra Costa county the heirs Of Lorenzo Pacheco claim
ants Arroyo seco Joaquin de Ia Tore claimant Fl
kincon Tenodora Arreones claimant Two parcel. of
land each containing two hundred varas square near
Mission OF San Gabriel in Los Angeles county Victoria
Reed claimant As as the decisions rejecting soma
Of the claims were made known the tracts were imme-
dstey covered by squatters stalking OF claims
under the presumption laws of the United States
portion OF the work upon the San Diego river has
been and the work suspended the present
The object to turn the river with the making Il
nayigable.
The Commissioners of ths State have taken formal pos
session Of the Mission lands of San Luis Bey semi
nary purposes.
Kit Carson at the head of party crossed the Colorado
on the l1th Of November, bound to New Mexico
Another prize fight between Allen McCoud and Richard
Shaw, for $1,000. came off ia Georaetowp Nj Dorado
county on the 9th of November Twenty rounds Wsre
fought, when Shaw was declared the victor
Coal has been taken out in the vicinity Of Goose Bay
On Friday morning last, the State was visited by
gale which did damage in various m rt Of
the state Rain f copousy several days causing
great rise In the mountain streams An sppeaIrnce
veraure has been impaired to the State aud the
showers have renewed the activity of the farmers
Tne joint committee Of the Legislature appointed
the last session to overhaul the books OF the
Treasurer and Controller Of tate made the report
showing in glarpg coiors the extravaganza
Wnlcn mas existed in most of the departments
mept. "
The Golden Gate arrived on Wednesday, Nov IA at 4
NJ and the Sierra Nevads and Uncle Sam at half past
a NJ on Thursday, The 18th, bringing an unusually
large number of passengers.
Mining accounts from all parts of thu State contipue
favosble The rises in the different streams caused bv
the recent rains have however produced change in ths
nelds OF operation. In many places, fumes, dams and
machinery have been swept away, occasoninng heav v
losses and putting immediate termination TO all ope
raons in the river beds and along the The miners
have therefore been compelled abandon these
Tor the winter and seek other dggngs among the guches
which have heretofore been dry working order
In these hitherto abandoned sections the harvest
commencing The numerous water companies have
during the summer pushed their works every practi
cable quarter of the dry dggnes 1t is that
they will this winter yield rich return In consequences
OF the rise In the rivers have been
y facilitated with the river towns and there nc
felt OF scarcity of provisions in the mines
during the winter. The Gan Francisco market hayina
been obtained at low prices
Several casualties recently occurred in the ;res
caused by the caying in OF pits Several persons hay,
also fallen into those pits, and been either injured
killed. Cd 80 = sF.4.l- :
The Democracy of California at this time engaged
In civil somewhat similar In its character to that
waged by the same party in New York The bone Of
contention is the election of Senator which one of tn
factions is urging to contamination the approach
ing session Of the Legislature year advance Of th
regular time This haste Is opposed by tho other faction
on the ground that it ia violation Of long estsblishe
custom and is intended to the election Of a psr
ticular candidate without expression of the popu,
Will This opposition has drawn from the Democrat III