New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-12-15
Further News by the Prometheus.

On the Esd ult. the Russian Consul at San
Francisco obtained the use Of the American ship
Zenobia for the purpose Of firing salute in
honor Of the affair at Petropolowski and the
hitherto successful defense of Sebastopol. a
large crowd assembled about the wharyes upon
this occasion. The Herald says:
At noon precisely the Russian flag up and
uted with twenty-one guns, and afterwards
fired mark of respect to the Consul Mr. Kosromiti
nof, his departure from the vessel collation. was
spread on board number of toasts drunk and the
festivities passed Of with great eat. The Zenobs is
American ship, sailing under American colors and
inanded by an American. This is significant.
We extract the following items of general in
terest from the San Francisco papers:
A pgis body with human face, resembling that of
Chnaan was exhibited at the Coroners Office last
ing On the forehead snaut protudes but the other
portions OF the body perfect 1t found in the
water in the rear Of the Gas Works, by man named
sweeny and has excited much discussion among the sc
entfc Of the city. 1t will be disposed Of to-day.
beautiful specimen Of quartz and gold last week
taken out of Jsmesons Creek Pumas county at depth
of 40 feet; it weighed nearly ounces, Wv
The mines scots Bar siskiyou county continue to
yield m8gnifcently-40 to 180 per day having
been taken out by nine individuals. company Of six
eleo recently took out of their claim in day eighty
five ounces. aSeiA 5'1
The news from the Northern mines is very good mi
Trinity, Salmon and Klamath rivers obtain from
six to eight dollars per day and learn that Salmon
river have taken upwards hundred dol
per day to the man. and it is said there will be
for ten thousand men for the next ten years. 7h
Some beautiful specimens of globular gold have been
found the junction of the North and Middle Forks
OF the American river. @
New diggings have been discovered between Weaver
vile and Oregon Gulch which said to promise very
we'll.
The hills in the vicinity of Diamond Springs have been
snbected to course Of tunneng and reported to
be rich with gold =A
The mining news from Marposa is very fatterins, a
| 1aroa ripe of oOld last
which yielded S27o Reports Of big strikes very
rife g s @'t.s
dispatch from Michigan City says that great exotic
men prevailed in consequence of extensive discovery
of the precious metal at Dutch Guch The averaged
$40 in gold each. SEA
The pearl and other fisheries beginning to excite
attention in this State of which they considered
to be one of the principal resources.
Mr.. Washburn U. 8. Surveyor has discovered sail
water lake in the neighborhood Of Kern river and tbs
Tejon eight miles long and five miles wide, the bottom
| which is crystalized salt. g. tz zs' s-H =
The Echo du Paefqe gives the following information
regard to the movement of the Allied feet recently in tn
harbor at San Francisco which may be presumed to b
| authentic and correct: - a@
The Allied squadron under orders of Admiral Febvre
Despointes sailed on Saturday last follows The Eury
dice having board the Russian prisoners sailed for tn
Sandwich Islands, The Government ordered the prif
be kept there until further instructions regardin
| them shall be received. e ~
The Porte and President will proceed Mazatlan froI
whence after stay of few days they will sail for Yalpa
raso where they will await orders to return to Europe
any other destination which may be assigned them H.
NJ ship Pique will remain here until further orders Th
Amphitryon leaves for Honolulu from whence, after
short stay she will sail for Tahiti 1t is probable that til
squadron will again assemble in harhor in fe
months and in conjunction with the Acese and AdyeI
ture again go norhward although their movements wi
be controlled altogether by the current OF affairs in Euro
Capt. Peters, who took the ship Challenge from Sa
Francisco Guaymas with the French battalion boar
had returned to the former place with his family VIII
at Guaymas he taken prisoner and kept in close
fnement for forty days without being permitted to 81
i any On several occasions he was taken out to
shot but saved by the energetic inference of Maj
Roman and Gen. Yanez and was eventually liberated.
Dates had been received at San Francisco from Los
gelos and San Diego to the 10th The Los Angeles St
i says:
H The San Bernardino Rangers have been securing Il
country in search Of the companions Of Felipe Avlt'
the assassin bat without success The influential ga
ornians take no part in the attempt to bring eupris
justice assigning that they feared the We
geance of such would fall upon themselves as II IN
caught them the lawyers in the Pueblo woud SCI she
free. Ess
On the morning of Nov. 18th, says the Star salvad
Beltran fred two pistol ahots at Jesus Garrsel one
which took effect upon the foreh cad the
to the brain physician was Immediately called but
is thought th wounded man is beyond the AID OF me
cal skill Be itrsn escaped
The week past says the Caof nian. has been compa
lively quiet Four persons have been killed. it is tr
but it has been considered po or week Tor killing
tHo has been split OPEN md an occasional cas-
cutting has occurred, but these are minor matters
create but little feeling Sunday passed on without me
eeat-the jail got filed with dt unken Indians OF D.
sexes gathered up by the Marshal and his attentive
. high minded colorsd deputies. In. Niger Alley -
usual number of gallons of vile wi iiskey changed han
and average business was done with greasy pachs
carda; few insgnfcat rows oco' irred, but no harm
" suited tn erefrom.
Tho pastors of the Catholic and Methodist churches
Anglos complain that the ser vices are seriously
turbe BY the noise and nproar ssuing from the cli
and bull fights every Sunday in Their immediate vlein
Mrs eassin the lady in Los An gooa, who was recel
shot in the breast by Jose Marin Hsrnandes, has 9
died. Hernandez also died of the wound he received
the affair, but the two men riding with nun escaped
special Grand Jnry has found indictments for Ha
| against VIM b Lee, Felipe Alyitre, Migueleto ane
nocencia an indian boy and girl, all OF whom are In
tody and against several others for different oenses
II sre still ikt large - s3ay
II Latter FROM Dies ERET.-The Deseret New
the l2tI Of October had been received in san Franc
ga neral Conferences Of the Saints was held in I'M
= bernac Ie Great Salt Lake City, which commences
the Ct Of Got and WIS continued for upwards Of
gree I deal OF churc business was done, intersp
with prayer addresses. and singing, etc
Mr.. No. a . .v,. q. ,;ohs Youug