New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-11-28


expedition the Amazon in May have Just returned
after rutess search They propected the Colorado
River and on several other smaller mountain streams
finding gold, but in very limited quantities
The Courier of the 10Th ult. says; &c During
the fortnight since last steamer edition. little worthy
especial note has transpired upon the Ithmus Aspn
wall has been more frequently and more copiousy
drenched than we ever remember to have it within
the length Of time. This profsion OF showers has
not however been distributed along the line of the road
" The movements for Government at Aspinwal
in sa and there is little doing possible in
the way Of mendng matters ut Panama. The secret OF
the wreworkers that the National Congress has by this
time very will declare the lsthmus independ
emit State and render necessary different style of gov
erpment from that recently contempated.n
The Star of the 18th says:
att sgrayng hear of the rapid progress of the Rail-
road and the prospect speedy completion The whole
line is nearly graded and the working parties at both
sides are within about half mile of each other The
track is all laid to few miles, and we understand that
hand-car will soon be put on at this end
Oregon.
The streets of Portland were being planked
as in San Francisco.
INDIANS KILLED is reported that the com.
pany of soldiers who out the emigrant
took five Snak Indians prisoners Just beyond Fort
Boise and that attempting escape four of them were
shot and the fifth wounded Maj aaler's the captu
ring party.
THE SNAKE INDIAN MASSACRE. THE Oregonian
hnn ASusSA
Of the United States troops ordered the Snake Indian
country, dated Fort aoise, O. T.. September a.
Yesterday passing the scene of the massacre on
the river Boise which took place on the 10th of August
last. we picked up several bills with receipts to them
from which have gathered the names of the two Ger
mans who were killed but whose hadnot been pre-
yiousy aseerained The names John Frederick and
Rodaph Schulz of Frederick Schulz who died in
Wisconsin These men resided last in Calumet, Wiscon-
sin Should they have relatives in Oregon Territory it
will no doubt, be melancholy satisfaction to know their
fate The certainty of thing, however deporable is
more agreeable than state Of suspense.
Some of the Indians who are with me- have discovered
of the caches of the murderers and have retaken
great variety Of articles too numerous to mention as
handbills read The muderers have become
ingly wild and have made themselves scarce Like an
gels visits, few and far between,
MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH IN OREGoN.-We are in
formed that Messrs johnson Tousley of the Atlantic
and range 81 Lines and more recently
OF the Alta California Telegraph have recently visited
Portland for the purpose Of establishing line between
this place and Salem, via Oregon City and Lafayette.
: GOLD ON LEWIS RIVER. - T. G.. Robinson,
ESQ., Of this city returned few DAYS since from visit
to the east fork Of Lewis River MI Robinson brought
with him some ne specimens of gold which he obtained
By pan washing only one days ride from Vancouver
specting in that region.
Australia.
EXPORT OF GoLD.The total value of the gold exported
from Australia for the first months Of 1854 up to
April /, was 98,777, sol, or about s3Oooo0Oo.
EXTRAORDINARY CLIPPER PAssAGE-Fotf Hundred and
ing Herald OF July H. says Considerable interest has
been excited in consequence of the appearance in bay
OF one OF the finest clipper ships the world has pro-
duced. Tne Red Jacket, under the command of Capt
Reed has performed the passage from Liverpool Port
Philip in the astonishing short period of 81 days
hours passage unparalleled in the history Of sailing
ships The greatest speed attained during the passage
from England to Australia in "a hours 402 miles being
little over IL knots an hour As proof Of the admira-
Bile qualities of this ornament sailing ships
recorded by Capt Reeds log that in her passage the
the short time of II days and 10 hours.
Java and Singapore.
Dates from Singapore to August 4, have been
received at San Francisco
The cholera at Java, in the division Probalings is
raging fearfuly. great inundation had caused the
destruction Of large quantities of coffee and cattle
Paitan and Kederee In several districts of Kederee
| the water stood as high twelve to fifteen feet
Heavy shocks of earthquake had been felt Menado
| on the goth and 28th of July
most malignant fever had ragged the Islands near
Amooyna On the islnnd of Laparoyan six hundred
| tives were carried off with the disease
Several coal beds had been discovered at Bantam
The Java Courant of July IL says the name Of the Rus
sian vessel arrived from Melville taken possession of by
| the British men-ofwar the 0nu ALBRIGHT, master
| The vessel was afterward given up.
An artesian well supplied the island of Onrust
Her British Majestys frgates Sybee and Lily arrived
at Java the 10th of July and sailed on the 2th for
| Singapore.
| The European troops have not suffered much from
cholera and fever Lieutenant Coops died on the 2sh
| June.