Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-05-26
CALIFORNIA NEWS.
OF THE NORTH STAR.
$1,5OO,OOo IN G OLD.


The steamer North Star, from Aspinwall,
arrived at New York, on Wednesday after
noon.
She brings no later intelligence than that
brought by the United States, at New Orleans,
but the papers contain some interesting de-
tails, which we give below:
The rainy season has not yet commenced
on the ISthmus, and the roads are in good
order.
The Panama railroad is completed as far as
the Summit, ten miles beyond Obispo, and
will be ready for passengers by the next
steamer.
The health of the Isthmus is remarkably
good, there being no sickness of any kind pre-
vailng either at Aspinwall or Panama.
The steamships, Cortes, Uncle Sam, and
Panama LETT San Francisco on the LIST inst,
with more than two thousand passengers, and
two millions five hundred and nineteen thous-
and dollars,
The news from the mines presents little of
striking Importance, though the season is ex-
tremely favorable, and the gold produce cor
respondingly large.
-Four vessels had arrived at San Francisco,
from Hong Kong, with two thousand Chi
nese passengers.
The Mexican consul at San Francisco had
been tried and found guilty of the violation
of the neutrality laws, in enlisting oldiers for
the Mexican army. On the morning of the
10Th ult., the steamer Secretary burst her boil
ers, while on voyage from San Francisco to
Petaluma, in Conoma county-when sixteen
of the passengers (among them the veteran
explorer, Maj. Ebbets) were killed, six badly
injured, twenty-three slightly injured and
eight saved enhurt.
Walkers expedition for the conquest of
Southern California is completely broken UP.
The Los AngeJos Star states that about the 7th
of April, party Of ten or twelve of Walkers
men came up the Sonora side of the Colorado.
and crossed the ferry, nearly in naked and
starving condition. The party gave no salts
factory explanation why they separated from
Walker. They stated that about ten DAYS pre-
vious Walker crossed the river, some forty
miles below the mouth Of the ella, by means
of RATS and swimming.
They describe the whole of the command.
as being in a most miserable and destitute con
diton-w wearing the same clothing, with
which they went to the country, and this in
tatters and rags. Walker hmselfis no better
clad than the rest, and has but one boot. and
piece of a boot.
Several persons from thr New En- Stand
States were killed by the explosions of the
Secretary, and Gazele, but we see no names
upon list the of killed and wounded, hailing
from this vicinity.
FROM OREGoN.-We have dates from Ore
gon, to the 2Sd of April. The crops through
out the Territory are looking WELL although
the spring is more backward than usual
Its estimated that there is double the ouanti-
ty of wheat in the ground than ever before
Tie voters of Oregon are, by an act of the
last Legislature, required to express, ON the LIST
Monday in June, their opinions as to the ex-
pediency of organizing State Government
The question now forms the leading topic of
discussion in Oregon. Those in favor Of the
measure assume, says the Oyegonioa. that Or
egon will have population of So, 900 inhabi-
tants by the time she can be admitted as q
State; and that the taxable property will
amount iii valuation to $53,OOO,OOo.