New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-09-11

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with.
| The events for the two weeks preceding the
| 18th we're few and nninteresting Business 4
| all kinds presented the same stagnant appeaf-
ance which had characterized trade for some
| time previous. The wheat crop was nountifui,
and mining, where water was procursble, was
still exceedingly profitable.
Summary or NEWS FOE THE FORTNIGHT ENDING
| THE 18TH.
The City Of San Francisco.
judge FarweH who arrived here by the last
staanaa4. thok his seat on the bench Of the Uni
/ 1ea States Itand Commission on the 18th
| Hiss Iaura Esene had left very abruptly, IN
! The b9rls Mary i. Jones' for Sydney
| Tha departure IF Judge Hoffman for the At
| lantic States had 1ef5 5he lew husiness Of the
United States Distrfot Court in q condition ex-
| tremely dissgreeabla to both attorneys and
clerks The Marshal being unable TO act VITA
out II Court, had discharged bis deputies.
The announcement that the United States
| Land Commissioners we're unable TO agree upon
the city's claim had very injurious effect upon
business afFairs in the city.
& portion Of land had been purchased by the
| the Board Of Supervisors whereon 10 erect
House Of Refuge
Henry Atksr5 was examined before tire
Recorder, august " m 3 charge of numbering
Henry s. Way TIE case had been turned over
! to the District Cours.
| Ten thousand dollarshad been expended upon
the sick Chinese passengers in the ship Libertad.
| Ole Ball gave q grand concert at Music Hall
on the Sfh inst, for the benefit Of the charitable
fund Of the Fire Department.
| A Democratic primary election was held on
The 9th tiIt. to eleet seven delegates from each
Ward to form City Convention.
a tri-weekIF Spanish paper is to he Published
in San Francisco. p be styled La Croplea
| A man named Biaxton had left oakland City
to ride ID Independence Missouri. in eleyen days.
A bet Of $4,000 wns pending on the esult.
The corner stone Of q Jewish Synagogue was
laid on the 9Th ult.
In the Board of Assistant Aldermen, an or
dinance has been passed providing for the issu-
i, ance of City Bonds to the amount Of 800, GOO,
to bear interest at the rate Of ten per cent. per
+ annum and to run for twelve years.
| The Rev Dr. scatt's Lecture, delivered be-
fore the Mercantile Library Association, has
: been published,
Il The democratic primary election came off en-
the 9th ult.
Smith Grand raf1le came off on the 10th alt,
at the Metropolitan Theatre. young man
named Kelsey was the fortunate holder of the
!, ticket for $4,000,
An iron fence is about to be placed around
ths Plaza
The claim Of San Ramon, in Contra Costa
/ county, has been confirmed The claim for he
! Rancho Canada de Guaaal6upe and for portions
I Of the Pulgas Rancho has been reiected. Among
the rejected claims were those for the munich
:. eal lands of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obs
4 i po. pa
" Immigrants were fast arriving at Carson Vail
" lev on the Goth July. Live stock was arriving
st in large numbers, and looked better than at
: any former season, The immigrants reported
grass plenty and health good
The Hook Farm Digger tribe Of Indians, a
few years ago. numbered over FIVE hundred at
present there are but fifteen living.
Two Frencbmen, while sailing On the mill
. ipend above Fosters Bar, On Sunday morning
. were drowned by the capszing Of the boat.
Their names we're Henri Langle, aged q years,
. and Edenard, aged 70 years.
Two conyicts, NAMED Bruce and Lawton, who
recently made their escape from the Sonora jail
: were captured on the 10th, on the Tuolumne
:, We learn that band of robbers has been
y organized near Sonora, and part OF them had
y gone on to Marysyille for the purpose of mur'
Z, dering and robbing. There We're a number o.
1, Joaouin's old hand with them
~ Bidwell was burned down August 2. Not a
le single building below the Hill wns saved The
whole town was consumed in one hour
W Another boulder, worth about S4o0, has beer
'0 taken out Of the Arcadia Tunnel, at Minnesota
- There is prospect that fourth set Of Con
NC cressiona1 nominations, will be made in th
= State hy the Frees5l party, who will nominate
vi noon tf the NahrasEa bill. and IayO
No of its repeal.
rs By the last accounts from Southern Californii
70 we learn that there had been skirmsh betweel
"a the Melendres and ChaTes -
" ~ Salt has been discovered in Los Angeles coun
~ ty, in lake about II miles from Los Angeles
ha | A company has been organized Tor the purpos
of manufacturing i
The grape crop is said to be very abundant
ties great excitement has prevailed at SAINT
a,I mn Barbara in regard to the Kern River mines
jol, Col Williams, from Chino, reports that ther
A were a great many wild Indians in ths valley /
lhr, that vicinity, who were committing e5tensly
W depredations.
"A An American named Reed had been brutal
P murdered in tho vicinity of Los Angeles.
Excellent four is being manufactured at Ii
Los angeles Mills.
es, Indians arc loavin. the Tejoa; rather TIM
be- be taken back, they Show fight
the Mr., Winner has alsenVerea goie heafii
: quartz leaa in the vicinity Of San BernArdinp
A pleasure party which left Nevada about II
5th had returned They picked Mr. Delaya'
The who was lost from Lola Montez's party the wet
spa previous. He had been three days withol
lth food
the Several companies Of overland emigrants ha
nts arrived in Nevada during the week endr
en- August,6. They reported that the emigratiS
aad this season viii be larger than any preYiol
na, one.'
rn- The Sacramento Union Of August 8 says TIL
for Lieut., Beekwith and his surveying party, VI
pom have been engaged in surveying fha region
'ew country along the proposed Central Route for
at Pacific railroad, have returned Lieut. Bee
the with had B6en absent about four months u
sing left San Francisco for Washington an the f65
the for the purpose of making his report Vt hea
ity ounrters From his statement, il appears tn
most he considers the central route as hlehl5 pra
ticnhle for ~ railroad
the Some ndividualnt Mariposa prefssses to ma
discovered by accident suhterfaneous pa
through the Sierra Neyada, which he THINKS
lur practicable for railroad He alsoo processes
lray have discovered tribe of white lnd1ans-
nm Coal has been aocidently discovered near b
we're lineham Raw PUGET Souud.