New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-10-30
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA
. OREGON, ETC.
.aRRIY.aL OF THE pHIL.aDELPHLa.

OR ECON, ETC.
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.aRRIp.aL OF THE PHILADELPHIA.
The U. 8. mail steamship Philadelphia, John
McGowan, commander, arrived at an early hour
of Saturday morning with $50 passengers from
New York, Havana and the Isthmus.
She left New York on the 18th inst, at 2P.M !,
with II passengers for Havana, and n for this
port On arriving at Havana, on the morning
of the Oath at sunrise, met the U. 8. mail steam
ship Empire City, which had arrived from New
Orleans two days previous, and the steamship
Falcon from Aspinwall, with 100 passengers and
the California mail for New Orleans
The Sonora arrived at Panama on the 18th
inst, with 700 passengers. The Yankee Blade,
which left San Francisco at the same time with
the Sonora, had not arrived, nor had she been
heard Of at Panama 1t was thought she must
have been detained by some. cause or other.
She had on board upwards of 800 passengers.
The steamship Isabel from New York for
Havana, uia Charleston and Key West. had
| arrived at the latter port with a shaft broken.
Her passengers reached Havana in two schoon-
| ers on the morning of the Oath inst The bark
| White Sea and the schooner Mariana arrived at
| the same time. s.r'a
Nothing of interest had transpired on the
| Isthmus. .#ass...si
| Col Totten, of the Panama Railroad Com
pany, had offered to continue the guard under
| Mr. Ran Runnels, established some time ago by
| the company for the protection of life and
4 property on the Isthmus. A public meeting
| L. i Ia1I 81 ii,
| A native of Panama, named Lobe, blew his
brains out with pistol on the night Of the 9th,
while laboring under fit Of insanity.
Mr.. Ran Runnels has been appointed Special
| Inspector of Customs for the United States at
the port of Panama. 8,ae
| In the Aspinwall Courier OF the 18th, we find
the following news from the seat of war in New
| Granada
| By the steamer Teviot, such advices have
been received plainly indicate that the insurgents
been several times recently defeated, and driven from
their positions the coastas well at other points
further in the interior The prevalent opinion Cartha
gena seems TO be- that they now defeated beyond
eovery ut all points except in the province Of 0ota
there Cen Melo with four thousand men, is hemmed in
by Generals Mosquera and Lopez The victories the
| coast have been achieved by Gen Posada.
On the AID of Sept the National Congress assembled
Ibague which noted in last steamer edition
rendezvous Of the Constitutional forces The session
opened by Vice President obadiaand all the, data pre-
sonted gave promise Of speedyqueDg of the revolution
since that all the advices received the thnus have
been of similar tone. i5.,=z.- ..zz r-4z
4 = From California.
In the San Francisco Chronicle of the 30tf
4 ult we find summary of the events Of thu
preceding two weeks, from which we extract
the following items: 5z7z.,,, IS
The mines continue to yield fair return il
almost every part Of the State In the Southern region
water is beginning to fall and the mners In some in
stances shifting their quarters to the Middle
Il Northern diggings. Additional fumes have bsen con
structed in different counties, by lid of which man,
miners have been pentfuy supplied with water durin
the whole summer. The companies constructing thes
works have probably the whole lost considerable
in their specuations yet undoubtedly their various waite
undertakings have been productive Of immense advan
tages to the miners who have made use Of them.
The canal by which the water Of the Soutl
Fork of the American River to DO led into P1aeery
the vicinity scompetsd and the water has been e
| in. II is work of much importance-one OF the mos
, valuable canals in the State - z5=ag - .
The work on the North Fork Canal, leadin,
from Tahmaroo Bar down rs miles to Isant
sprogressng rapidly and will be completed within weel
The canal to introduce the Shasta river t
the mines about Yerka is going forward and will be dor
, within couple Of months. zzt . y
!. A company has been formed to make o cana
Of 20 miles in LENGTH from the Middle Fork of the stan
. laus to the Columbia. asA
: A duel was fought in Alemeda county on til
22d of September by Rasey Bivsns, employee at th
TETON Indian Reserves and Capt H. P Dorsey, Land Res
Inter Los Angeles Dorsey slightly wounded in IL
= abdomen; Bivens had his arm broken
A fire occurred in HorsetoWn, Shasta, county
Sept TO- and destroyed property to the amount Of 500
!, The majorities of Denver and Herbert owe
their highest competitors for Congress about 20
each Beard tWhig) is elected clerk Of the supren
Il Court. szzg
I "A number of persons have lately left this cit
for the Gadsden purchase. aud 1t is likely that many mol
will go thher at no distant day city entitled oolorae
City been laid of at the junction OF the COLORADO an
|. the ella 4ss
i A new daily German evening journal mad
. Its first appearance on the 25th = "a - = =
= A large amount of fruit is in our market nov
Grapes selling at retail at % cents per pound lar
peaches at the rates. and the largest size OF waite
/. melons can be had for so cents. 9 z -
i The banking house Of Carothers & Co. stoppe
!, payment on the 18th Inst. asss9 ~ ~
Il Two new school houses, capable of aeeommt
dating pupils have been opened and dedicated with
I, the fortnight. 60 g "a. is5
iSsi The Turn Vereins Society of this city ha,
j. commenced the erection Of large and elegant hall
o The Commercial Advertiser expired ON tt
" The following are some Of the statisticsof th
L port for the nine months past: The shnents OF GO
have beeu S3 2idS3I The exports OF quicksilxer ha
been lSs4s tasks, worth about $500 ooo The number
vessels entering port e marked upon the ensso
esss cleared was 4e4 with 396878 tons The imports
lumber e50Oo0oo feet. Freights received On cargo
from Atlantic and foreign ports. sos DUTIES G
Iected during last three months at the
ba S34e642 Gold deposited In the mint rom Inc lst
xurii to the lat OF September, 36 Gold eon
ID during tho same time, 81 46l 2o7 5asG9a
1t on the 9th of September eight prissoIn.e
escaped Prison Ut 0crts MADEIRA ana k
guard named Powell to effect their object Two 9TH
escaped on the 24th and two others on the 2s maxi
= twelve within one week as u ~ ~ Gfs4 =
!, new Indian reserve is to be established
tho eastern base the Coast Range in Golusi coun
lt- about 80 miles from the Sacramento RIVER y -.
te- Major Gen Wool has left his headquarters
IA p.n,nsI on 4 tour Of inspection He intended visit
he Northern portion Of the Military Departments
~ CALIFORNIA; a915s 6kRfsa$ ptss1 .'s 81.
VIZ From Southern California and the Plat
r. 4 Dates from San Diego to the goth, and +
nd Los Angeles to the 2lst ult', had been recei'
the at San I ran lo'sls,'s. & Is l.i9H >
ser Shocking NEWS FROM THE PLAiSs. = =
Livingston who reached Ban Diego short time since