New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-12-13
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA, OREGON, sANI
WITCH ISLANDS, ETC.
Interesting from China end Japan.

By the arrival of the Empire City have the Falcons
mails bringing dates from San Francisco to the 10th of
November days later than the accounts by the
Star Of the West by way Of New York.
From the summary of the San Francisco Chronicle
extract the following items Of interest:
Hamilton Bowie, the late City Treasurer has been ad
judged in civil suit against him in the Fourth District
Court surrender all the books warrants and papers, in
carried BY him the Supreme Cour which
will not meet for couple of months. The criminal
charge against the same party in reference to his having
frauduently abstracted the books papers, etc., Of his
office, is now before the Grand Jury.
William Sherman has been elected City Comptroller
in of J. G.. Meiggs the brotherof honest Harry
with which arch sWindler he sailed recently from
this The election passed over quietly one or two per
Sons only being cut and gashed The Know-N Nothings
carried their man by large majority.
The issue Of Fire Department Bonds, amounting to
S2000O0 to bear 10 per cent interest," redeemable in
twelve years. proposed for by several parties The
proposal Of John Perry h to take the whole at 80 cents
| on the dollar, was accepted.
The virtual monopoly of the California Steam Naviga-
on Company in the interior waters has at last
strong opposition from the people of Marysye who
deeply Interested in having low rates of passage and
freight between their city Sacramento The opposi-
ton Ctzans Linen has just started the Queen City
the finest steam vessel the waters Of Bay She
500 burden and has engines Of 500 Her
total length is 200 feet The main saloon 1856 feet long
l6 feet wide She has been altogether California bulk
and finished, excepting only the engnes which were
made Cincinnati Other large opposition steamers
being built while some expected daily to arrive iron
the Atlantic side. becoming muCf
more magnificent and powerful than before.
magnificent testimonial in the shape of solid sTe
is about to be presented to the late Mayor
Mr. Garrison by Of the leading merchants and ct
zens The value of the rough material alone Is sever
thousand TWO hundred dollars.
1t is perhaps worthy of notice in summary for tn
of old Cafornans in the East to that the old
neglected Plaza " q gladed fenced in with beau
tu iron railing divided into garden plots which hay
been with glass; and, finally, that the Count
Super ssors have made appropriation of thousan
al fO dpnn1 ltpt hn nil
| would have thought it?
Judge Delos Lake. of the Fourth District Court
thought himself maligned by small weekly pape
called the Leader he attacked the editor and broke
cane upon his person. The Recorder fined him fifty dol
. lars for the offence.
For the first time California the reporters and edit
of the chief journals in San Francisco have forme
themselves into social club 1t numbers upwards G
twenty members.
During the last six months upwards Of fifty person
have escaped from the State Prison. The labor of
prisoners through motive of thif originally to pro
job is farmed out by the State to the Governor
the Prison He employs the prisoners In various way
such making brick auaryng stone cutting wood etc
outside Of the prison wallis and often at consderabl
4 distance from them few men, armed with revolver,
accompany the prisoners wherever they to labor bu
the guards are often quite insufficient Desperate attack
have been made Of late by large bands Of the prisoners
to escape and in many cases those were successful
| although not before considerable number had bee
killed by the guard. The latest stampede of the kin
occurred on the Sd of November when eighteen Of IL
prisoners sought escape One Of them killed
two others wounded while the arrested in the
attempt The successive and apparently easy escapes
large numbers OF the most desperate villains in Caorn
has directed much attention of late to the subject
public The Governor has appointed commission to Il
. quire into the matter.
The material progress Of San Francisco continues to
yery marked Although the heavier rains of the seas
may be expected here has been fine weather sin
I'd the first rains noticed about month ago. new bri
buildings of various sizes are still being in many pac
begun and urged on to completion.
The English and French squadrons now lying in o
intend it is said to make their winter quarters hei
They will, however, occasionally take cruise outside
the Heads. The officers seem often on shore and are
liable patrons Of the theatres, etc. The u Steam
gate susquehanna has just arrived from the sandwi
Islands to increase the hustle and the number Of {
" " Hmen of war"
ns The news brought by the susquehanna shows that
of the Sandwich Islands to the United Sta
h almost accomplished factso far as the annexat
h depends the Islanders England France and the Unit
States fight the rest Of the matter in Congr
by protocols protects and the other machinery of dT
20 mato warfare.
sn By report of the City Attorney, 1t appears that
ma Francisco has ct present forty law suits on hand
,od these twelve brought by the city, and twenye
against her The former chiefly for payment Of
granted by purchasers of city slip property in Deeem
i'll last year and involve amounting to $4s5 5s7
ps suits against the city involve amounting to 50
me 5eI.
s ie. The usual number robberies burgares, essa
od with intent to kill dues murders, executions etc
ng taken place throughout the City and State during
lIe last fortnight
nd The mines in some places continue to yield good
turns In other places the early rains have spoiled
Port works Of the miners and delayed for time their char
ese of making pe' All will come right, however, in
end at this season. o good deal of uncertainty aln
prevails at the mines some having too much, others
" little water After little while different miners bet
themselves to the districts and claims which best pror
@ @ase to pay them for their labor.
NE Considerable discussion is going on in both the
eey interior papers the feasibility OF estabishir
line of stage coaches between California and Msso
ther Various have been published by parties
with the subject The attention OF the Fed
no Government is particularly called to the subject
daily mail proposed by the scheme of overland mail
have munieston would be great boon to this country
lana an would be to the other side of the Rocky Mounts
Whatever would promote emigration hther as the
posed stage might certainly be expected
heas would be Of much service to California,
rma The .attention of the Federal Governments like
In specially called the crying demand for military
lection the emigrants crossing the Plains from tn
ex tacks Of the Indians. The thefts depredations
slaughters committed by different tribes upon the I
ery persons Of white during the passng Sc
- have been very great line Of military posts along
for great emgrant trains Is much required such
were adopted, the project of the overland daily
,et communication would be much simplihed and helped
Much dissatisfaction continues to be expressed thro
out the State at the virtual monopoly now esabshe
, the steamships for the East, and the consequent
So fares Recently. it will be recolacted the Mali Conn
for Panama the Independent Line to the same place
ali the Nicaragua Line TO San juan entered into com
- ton The steamers of the Independent Line
bought up by the other two companies, who then "
co. to run each alternate weeks The fares
previously had been moderate and occasionally yer,
were then suddenly raised the steerage rates to Sl5
the highest ciess Of cabin fares to 5000 These rate
e supposed to be much higher than could enable the