New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-21
Later from California.
ARRIVAL OF STEAMSHIP UNITED STATES.

| The steamship United States, Capt. Schenck,
arrived at her wharf yesterday afternoon. She
sailed from Aspinwall at o'clock on the 10Th
| inst, and made the run in four days and TWEEN
| ty-three hours, bringing San Francisco dates to
| the LIST Of July.
| The Illinois was to sail the next day after the
United States with 400 passengers and 81, 175,-
| 600 treasure. The North Star sailed the same
| day as the United States with 300 passengers.
| From the Panama Star we extract the fol-
lowing item of interest:
On Monday night our city was thrown into a
| state of the greatest CONSERVATION by the
| strange sensation of an earthquake being felt,
after most of the inhabitants had retired to
rest Just fifteen minutes past midnight, two
| shocks, with barely seconds interval, shook
every house in the city, and so severe were they
| that there were few people asleep who were not
awakened by the movement Of their beds. The
shocks lasted about twenty seconds. Some
people were 50 terrified that they rushed into
the streets, expecting momentarily to see their
dwellings thrown down.
The night was beautifully clear and still, and
barely cloud was to be seen in the sky. The
earthquake was succeeded by lightning and
thunder, which continued throughout the night.
| The worst harm experienced by the shock
to be thankful that it was no worse. This is
| the only earthquake experienced in Panama
since the year 1874.
The San Francisco Herald, of the LIST inst,
has the following items of general news:
On the Both ult., VIM. B. Sheppard, convict
ed of the murder of a man named Day, was SEN
fenced by Judge Lake, Of the Fourth Judicial
District Court, to be hanged on the 29th of
July
The man Foley, who killed Dunn, proprietor
of the Pacific Police Gazette, plead guilty to the
charge of manslaugbter, and was sentenced to
three years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
OUTRAGEOUS night, as our Marine Re-
porter and Express Messenger was returning
home from the office, on horseback, near Union
street, on Stockton, he was knocked from his
horse by glass bottle thrown at him from a
drunken crowd at q French house in that yicin-
ity-cutting very severe cash over the eye,
and horribly mangling his face. Hs lay sense
less in the street for some time, and, from the
appearance of his person, it is supposed the
scoundrels must have beaten him while he was
PROSTATE and senseless in the street. No clue
as yet has been obtained of the perpetrators of
this scandalous outrage.
MURDER IN COLUMBIA. THE Columbia Clip
per says A miner of Yankee Hill by the name
of John L. Mahon, formerly of Van Buren, coun-
ty, Arkansas, came to town on the 18th inst,
and after being at the fandango and other
places of amusement, brought up at the Elk
change, where he got into difficulty with Ten
Pin Jack and some others. The proprietors had
them put out of the house, when the row again
commenced, and some one of the party stabbed
Mahon very severely. The cut was as much as
three inches in length and very deep. sur
geon was called and his wound dressed, which
was considered mortal He survived until
Monday morning, when death put an end to his
sufferings ~
YIELD OF THE MINEs.-From the 1st Of June,
1858, to the LIST of June, 1854, says the Empire
County Argus, the yield Of gold was probably
larger than in any previous year yet with the
immense amount Of gold taken, the average
would not be "a per day to the man engaged in
the mines Out of this sum must be paid all
the ordinary and extraordinary expenses of the
miner Improbable as this may seem at the
first thought, the actual facts would bring the
figure still lower. At a low estimate, there are
100000 men engaged in mining, and to make
the average we allow, there must be $120,000,-
COO taken out.
MINER RoBBERY--A miner named Myers
came down to this city night before last, and
took lodgings at the Mantle Hotel. On retiring
for the night, he neglected to fasten his door,
but placed his pantaloons, with his money in
them for safety, under his head. In the morn
ing when he awoke, he discovered that all his
money, which amounted to q considerable sum,
as he came down from the mines for the purpose
of returning to the States, was stolen. His pam
falcons were found lying under the bed empty.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY The Marysville Herald
of yesterday states, that on the afternoon of
Monday, june II, Robert Tresaner was robbed
on the top of Goodyear Hill by party of three
Mexicans, of ffty-thr ounces of gold dust.
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T., and jerked him from his mule After which
he was securely bound, and deliberately robbed
FATAL ACCIDENT AT NEvADA.-Two men, one
named VIM. Holmes, from Guernsey county,
Ohio, the other an Irishman, name not known,
we're killed instantly on Thursday last, at
American Hill, near Nevada, by bank caving
in on them, where they were sluicing down the
hill
NEW STEAMER. splendid steamship Poly
nesian, Capt. Rogers, arrived yesterday in 1873
days from Philadelphia, which speaks well for
her sailing qualities, considering the heavy
weather she had during the passage.
SHOOTING Wednesday last, says the Pla-
Ger Herald, two persons on Rattlesnake Bar,
named Davidson and Kennedy, were about to
ssdrown out" two miners, Cummings and Par
sons, by letting water on to their claim Gum
mings told them if they did he would strike
them withYa pick handle. Davidson drew his
pistol and fired at him twice; the second shot
taking effect in his arm, he started to rum when
Kennedy struck him with stick; Davidson
also pursued, firing another shot with his pistol,
the ball lodging in Cummings, near the sacrum
DR.. Thomas was called to extract the ball.
Owing to its position, it could not be taken out
He is in critical situation. Davidson and
Kennedy were examined by Justice Frey, of
Rattlesnake, who committed them to the county
Jail, for trial at the next term of the Court.
THE NEVADA MINEs.--The subjoined items
are compiled from the Telegraph. In Grass
Valley miners have been more than ordinarily
successful-as an evidence; Messrs Wells,
Fargo & Co. bought on Saturday evening four
teen thousand dollars worth of dust, in small
parcels. A new hotel has been opened in the
fourishing mining town of Forest City, which
cost 900. A new town called Mobile has
been laid out, about mile and half south
west of Iowa Hill and small mill, stores and
dwellings are to be Immediately erected. The
Drakeville company took out over $500 the
past week. The quartz leads at Houston Hill
and Osborn Hill yield from $40 to 800 per ton
YANKEE JIM's.-We find it stated in the
Union that prospects recently obtained have
given an impetus to mining and trade at this
place and in its vicinity. The Independent
Company at Forest Hill is succeeding well with
their tunnel. They washed out on Saturday
last, in eight hours, eighty ounces. From two
pans Of earth was recently taken forty-two
ounces of gold, and single person washed out
IN one day $1,000. Miners are making from
eight to ten dollars per day to the hand Yankee
Jim's is the depot at which miners in every
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