New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-23
Late from California.
.aRRIY.aL OF THE UNITED STATES.
FIFTEEN DAYS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
Arrival Of Col Fremont at San Francisco.
Later from South America and Australia.

\ FIFTEEN DAYS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
| Arrival Of Col Fremont at San Francisco.
Later from South America and Australia.
| IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
7 The steamship United States, Capt. T. D.
Lucas, arrived at this port at 3 o'clock yester-
| day afternoon from Aspinwall. She left Aspin-
wall at o'clock the evening Of the 18th, making
the run to this port in days and % hours-the
| quickest trip between New Orleans and Aspin-
wall on record. ..@..o
The steamship North Star left Aspinwall for
New York on the 18th with 700 passengers and
100000 in specie. The Illinois sailed the even
ing of the 18th with 400 passengers and 81 ,0O0,-
900 in specie.
The United States brings the California mail
to May LIST, received at Panama on the 18th by
the steamer Uncle Sam, and the following pas
sengers:
| w Fairchld, agent 0 NJ 8 Co Aspinwal, Mr. Brown
and lady Mr. Schropshire and lady, Col Wood, Robt
Stewart John Lindens Robt Pupjon Charles Leighton,
Geo Stickney, Mr. Lopt Mr. Mays, James Cunning, Mr.
Jofrss, Mr. Hunter, Oheeyer, and rs in steerage.
| California.
We have received by the United States our
usual files of California papers The San
Francisco Alta California of the 18th ult says:
Col Fremont arrived in this city by the
Stockton boat Of yesterday, having left his
whole party in good health on Saturday, en-
camped beyond Stockton. Col. Fremont is in
| excellent health and is very hearty. The re-
ports brought by Col Babbitt, Of the loss Of o
number of his party. and the intense suffering
of all, were much exaggerated. Col. Fremont's
party was composed originally of eight Ameri-
cans and twenty Delaware Indians and but
one man, an American, was lost He Jagged
behind and finally became discouraged, and sat
down in the snow, where he was found by
party sent back after him. He was brought
into camp, but all efforts to restore him were in
vain, and he died. His whole party are in good
health,
Col. Fremont crossed the Sierra Nevada near
| the head of the MERGED River, and reports that
| there is but little snow there The railroad
route, which he examined, he considers to be
favorable His explanations and notes are very
important, be having passed over a good deal Of
ground over which no man had previously tro1-
den. We hope to be able to present in few
| days more complete account of his trip.
The same paper of the LIST inst. says:
| The wheat crop has attracted much atten-
tion. Fears have been expressed that the crop
would be much too large for the demand of Cal
nornia, but this is not probable. The number
VI acres III Wueab III bue CtHte Is eatlnAt6u TO De
| about 10000, which, at 80 bushels to the acre,
would produce one and half barrels of flour to
each person in the State. The prospects for the
crop are good. This estimate is too large, and
it is quite probable that the demand will
slightly exceed the supply, The great majority
of the wheat fields are in the counties bordering
on or near to the bay.
The bark Walter Claxton, heavily laden with
| lumber for this port, was lost few miles out
| from Humboldt Bay on the 2lst 1t is thought
| that q hole was knocked in her bow by the
anchor. She turned bottom up Of 16 persons
on board only were saved.
Ther has been four or five days Of rain
during the fortnight, and the miners and farm
ers are thus well supplied with water
The news from the mines presents little Of
striking Importance, though the season is ex-
tremely favorable and the gold produce cores
pondingly large.
On the 10th the steamer Secretary, plying
between pthis city and Petaluma, burst her
boiler when off San Rafael, about IS miles from
this city. About 80 persons were killed The
boat was racing, and the engineer had tied
down the lever of the safety valve. He is among
the dead.
The trial of Senior Del Valle, the Mexican
Consul, for enlisting men for the Mexican army,
was conducted on the 10Th ult., the jury render
| ing verdict Of guilty, and recommending the
accused to the clemency of the Court The
sentence will not be passed until the 18th Of
| May
The French Consul, Mr.. Dillon, has been also
arrested for refusing to attend court as a wit
ness in this case.
The Legislature has fixed the 18th of May for
the close of the session.
The San Francisco Chronicle of the LIST inst.
has the following items:
MIR. Price recently recovered $4,000 from
the. city of Sacramento, as damages" for in
i jurles resulting from his falling into hole in
one OF the streets of that city.
The Mint is in full operation, and coins money
at the rate of one million of dollars a month
Its capacity is still greater.
! The Chinese population has been increased
within the past two weeks fully fifteen hundred
4 large number of vessels loaded with passen-
gers, are reported on theirIway from China, and
the latest adyices from Hong Kong were to the
| effect that 5000 men and women were waiting
passage at that port
The clipper ship Flying Cloud arrived at this
port on the 10Th, eighty nine days and eight
hours from New York, the quickest passage
ever made between the two ports.
! Our dates from Utah Territory are to the Cd
March. The Mormon settlements are repre-
/ sented as prosperous in the extreme,
/ The clippers ship Golden Fleece, in beating out
of the harbor on the 22d, struck on the rocks
| near Fort Point, and was rendered n total
| wreck. she Is salu TO be fully insured in BoS-
| ton, where she was owned
Mr.. John S. Beener, Superintendent of the
State Prison, was drowned on the 10th, near
Point Quentin. He was So years old
Under the city ordinance for the suppression
of houses of i'll fame, numerous Chinese pest
houses have been broken up, and the keepers
| fined and imprisoned.
Benjamin f. West, portrait painter, for
merly residing in Salem, Mass, committed
| suicide in the town of Fremont recently This
names of other persons who have committed felo
de Sc within the last fortnight are, j. Barrows,
foreman of the lumber mills at Mendocino
james Sutton, formerly of Boston, who killed
himself at Sacramento; and Emanuel Skull, a
clothing merchant at Gold Hill. The last men.
toned was native of Hungary, man of re-
fined education. and q famous linguist.
The theatres have been more than ordinarily
attractive. The Bateman Children filled the
Metropolitan for two weeks, and then retired to
give place to Kate Hayes and an operatic troupe.
Madame Bishop also has an engagement at the