New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-23

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OF the American. Miss Heron 10 playing
round of Sc farewell engagements" previous to
leaving for Europe The Thillon and the Mon
plaisirs are somewherei in the interior towns.
William Shepard has been convicted of muir
dering Henry @. Day, in this city The defence
set up was q insanity"
WALKERS ExPEDIT1oN,--The latest accounts
of Walkers Expedition are up to April TO- He
had crossed the Colorado near its mouth, and at
this point most of his men deserted him. About
fifty Of them are reported on their way to the
settlements Some ten OF twelve, exhausted,
half naked and alfstarved, reached Fort Yuma,
at the junction of the ella and the Colorado, and
were relieved by Major Heintzelman, the officer
commanding that post Finding himself de-
serted by most Of his followers, Walker turned
back with the intention as is supposed, of join
ing Smith, left in command at San Vicente,
Lower California. Of the twenty men left with
Smith at San Vicente, five were murdered by
Millendrez, ten have reached San Diego, and
the other five (Germans), together with Smith,
have gone over to the Mexican robber Walker
cannot have more than twenty men with him.
TRADE AT SAN Francisco Business of all
kinds was looking up, and money was consider
ably easier than it had been for some months
previous. z @..4-. v@.. ..u.
Merchandise of all kinds was improving in
prices, and there is a prospect of its paying
| small advance on cost and charges, provided the
shippers in New York do not again food the
market before the present stock is worked off
Oregon,
AWFUL STEAMBOAT ExPLosIeN.-An Extra
from the Oregon Spectator of April s, says:
The Willamette Falls Company's new steamer
Gazelle left her wharf at Oregon city at half
past six o'clock, A. NJ. on the 9Th of April, and
had just landed at Caneniah. at fifteen minutes
before seven, when terrible explosion of her
boilers blew her into atoms, killing about
| twenty persons and wounding many others.
| Fragments Of bodies were found scattered in
every direction; some were blown into the river,
others to the shore, but the greater part of the
| killed found were lying about the deck forward,
among all kinds of fractured machinery and
| freight Mr.. David Paige, chief-superintendept
Of the Company, had his head literally dashed
! to pieces, and could not have been recognized
| by other means than his clothes Many others
were as badly mutilated. Among the killed
| was Mr.. David Paige, of San Francisco, whose
| wife and child were killed last year by the ex-
plosion Of the Jenny Lind ...
| Washington Territory
! Major G. H Larned, of the Fourth Infantry,
and eight privates of the same regiment, were
| drowned in Puget Sound, about the LIST of April.
| The Indian disturbances have boen effectually
| quieted.
| The CHILEAN bark Duchess of San Lorenzo was
wrecked near Vancouvers Island, recently. Of
fifteen passengers, and the ships crew, only one
person was saved ....
| Gold has been discovered near Steilaeoom.
| South America.
! The new steamship Sonora, from New York
| the 11th of March, arrived at Panama on the
9th May. having made the passage in AZ days
20 hours running time. The Panama Star and
Herald gives the annexed report of her log
| Running time between New York and Rio, q
days and % hours
Running time between Rio and Valparaiso,
Is days and q hours.
Running time between Valparaiso and Pana-
ma days % hours.
| A letter in the Aspinwall Courier, dated Car
thagena, April Sth, states that q revolution
broke out in Bogota, the capital of New Grana-
da, about the middle of April, and General Melo
had declared himself the Dictator at the Capital
| Gen. Herrera, and most of the National Con-
gress had fled, and had not at the last advices
| accomplished reunion.
The Panama Star and Herald says:
| From an extra issued from the Office of the
| Panameno, on the night of the 10th inst, we
learn that new Provincial Government has
been established at Bogota. Gen Melo is su-
preme Chief and his chief Secretary is DR.. f. A.
| Obregin.
In Peru, the civil war continues to absorb the
attention Of the Government and the people. a
fresh disturbance has broken out among the
revolutionary parties themselves, which threat.
ened the overthrow of the revolutionists.
The Lima Foreign News says;
Within the past week, near one hundred gold
hunters have left this city for the mountains on
prospecting tours The major part intended
going by way of Cerro Pasco. One or two small
| companies, however, left with the intention OF
striking off to the southwark, from Tarma
| The deaths in this city, from yellow fever,
during The month of March were as follows
Men, 406; women, 200; children, 212--total,
| 8l8. The deaths during the same month in
| 1858, were 253.
| From Bolivia we learn that General Belzu
had suppressed all attempts to turn him out Of
| power Belzu was to have left La PaZ on the
| 10th ult,, for 0ruco and Cochabamba, whence
he intended passing over to Sucre in order Il
reassemble Congress in August.
From Chill we have no news of Importance.
| Australia.
The Melbourne Argus, of the Sd of March
says, in commenting upon the new Constitution
This House is to consist of thirty members
who must have within the colony money quail,
| ifieation of ten thousand pounds. "The House
will not, from its very constitution, be very
industrious one, and small but compact pha
lanx Of unscrupulous men, acting in union in
the Senate, may assume q very awkward and
dangerous position. Its popularity is already
in fair way of being blown to the winds by
being looked upon rs mere chamber Of sue.
cessful money grubbers; and it is only necessa.
ry to make it the arena for the prosecution o.
self interests, to render it as mischievous and
contemplate, as it ought to be pure, dignifad
sagacious; the object Of the respectful affection
of every sonnd thinking man in the community >
The MARKETs.--At Melbourne, the gold
market is active, and the price remains firm al
G3 II Cd per ounce,
/ The Sydney Gold Circular says, advices from
the Gold Districts continue generally of cheer.
| ing character, and in many places there arc
evidence of good supplies, both from old diggings
and new discoveries.
| A correspondent of the Panama Star, writing
from Melbourne under date of Feb 10th, says
As we all live in great state of excitement
about the newly discovered gold fields in Peru
already 5000 adventurers -four ffths of whom
are Americans,) have left this country for Peru
The mania for emigrating to Peru has now
spread universally over this colony. About
twenty vessels are at present up for Callao
nearly all of which will be crowded with pas
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