New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-21
Later from California-ArrivaIo Of the Steam
shin TJnifad States


ship United States.
| The steamship United States arrived at a
late hour last night from Aspinwall, bringing
dates from San Francisco to the LIST inst. The
| following is list Of her passengers:
Rev DR. Scott, Mr.. and Mrs. Jones, H. H. Meers Mrs
Wood and two children, B. G. Cooper T. G. Cooper G
Stone A. 0owan, w. r. Gibson, J. Corvan, G. Brum A
B Charles, Dick Brown, II, N. vanwnkle, j. Peri, W
thompson, n Stewart, 4. Dalton Samuel DAD, Jones
c Cones 'l'm r''p0nt B. Layer N B. Hockey .
There is nothing Of Importance from the
isthmus. Many Of the former residents had re-
tuened and were rebuilding their dwellings.
The guard established on the line Of transit
had arrested a number of notorious villains,
supposed to have been connected with the re-
cent murders and robberies.
| The California papers are almost entirely
barren of news
Owing to the lateness of the hour at which we
received our papers, we are able to give only the
following items, which we extract from the San
Francisco Union
On the 25th ult., the Wing State Convention
assembled at the Theatre in this city. Full
delegations were present from almost every
county in the State, and all their proceedings
were conducted orderly and tremendously
Inc ticket nominated is strong and power
full, and will command the full strength of the
party
II is currently and authoritatiyely rumored
that the Democrats will run two sets of candi-
dates in all the counties of the State.
The mining intelligence that We receive CON
tinues to be Of the most favorable character
The fiuming companies are rapidly progressing
with their enterprises, and most of them antici-
pate being at work in the bed Of the streams by
the 18th of August
The Chinese dwellings in the vicinity Of Wea-
verville, Trinity county, have had regular
pitched battle, growing out of some feud Of long
standing in their Oriental home. Twelve were
killed and many wounded The immigration Of
Celestlals continues to be immense.
The overland immigration comes in very slow
although considerable stock from Salt Lake Val
ley has arrived. The van Of the immigration il
at least three weeks later than that of last yeal
and the one preceding
On Friday the 2Sth ult., VIM. B. Sheppard
convicted on two separate trials of the murde,
of Henry G. Day, was hung in little valley
lying to the south of Preside. A large con
course Of people assembled on the occasion
Sheppard protested his innocence to the last
| On the morning of the Goth instant, diff
Guilty occurred between VIM. B. Atkins and VIM
S. Way, who had formerly been partners in ths
commission business Way attacked Atkins
with knife, tussle ensued, when Way was
stabbed in the left breast, the wound penetrating
to the heart, and died Immediately. Atkins
was arrested.
/ The news from Oregon is of recent promising
discoveries Of gold.
| News from Lower California is, of the Chal
Il of hau will ba
mitted to remain in Sonora. Espinosa had
| thrown his influence SO strongly against Melen
drez as to drive him on the American side of the
| line-but he had returned again Every Mex
lean State except that of Mexico proper is il
disturbance, and against Santa Anna.
1 CoPYwRIGHT ExTINGUIsHED.-C Congress has
passed an act appropriating $4,000 to Thos q
Sumner, in consideration of the transfer to the
United States of the COPYRIGHT of a work
wherein he fully describes his own method Of
ascertaining ships position at sea when me.
ridian observation of the sun cannot be obtained
After the transfer shall be made, and the said
sum paid, the copywright shall be deemed ex-
tinct, and the books may hereafter bepublished
as if no such right had existed.
1 MAINE LIQUOR LAw.-B Porter, landlord o.
of the Market Hotel in Cambridge, was arrested
on the 18th inst. and tried before the Justices
Court for eighteen violations Of the liquor law
| and found guilty on all the counts. On the first
he was fined ten dollars and costs, with one
| thousand dollars bonds; on the second he was
fined twenty dollars and costs and on the six
teen other counts, each twenty dollars and
| costs, with three months in Jail, amounting il
all to fine of three hundred and fifty dollars
/ and four years Imprisonment. Mr.. Porter ap.
pealed, and gave bonds in six hundred dollars
to prosecute his appeal.
FREE GAME.-Six thousand live and healthy
quail were lately landed in Liverpool from
| Egypt, with the intention of being scattered
throughout the country for breeding.
| ARRIVAL OF THE CYANE.-The United States
steamer Cyane arrived at the CharlestoYn Navy
Yard, near Boston, on Sunday, the 18th. Mr.
Faben, United States Commercial Agent from
Greytown, was passenger by the Cyane. Has
on board the remains of Purser Ashman, ant
also the body of Felix Hewlett, the boatswain
who died on the passage since leaving Aspin.
| wall. The Cyane hove to, July 25th, for the
steamer Ell Dorado, which sent on board for 6
supply of provisions. Spoke on the 4th August
bark Frederick Warren, from New Orleans t.
Amsterdam, in bad condition; would probably
lay up
WHAT GERMAN EDITOR SAYs-The editor O
Der Pioner, published in Louisville, KY, say
that some of the most wealthy German citizens
| of the United States have raised million o
dollars, and intend increasing the amount tt
several millions of dollars, to turn the entire
tide of future German immigration to Canada
or South America, and to induce all the ss FIRE,
minded Germans =" in the United States to EN-
igrate to another country.
PETERSBURG, VA.-The Southside Democra
pronounces the city of Petersburg perfect,
healthy, free from cholera and other kindred
diseases.
A MOUNTAIN CAVE IN VIRGINIA EXPLORED. =
A curious cave on the top of the Long Licl
Mountain, near Purgettsyille, Hampshire Co.
Va, has, from time immemorial, been known t.
exist, but no one has ever had the courage t
explore it, until few days ago, when Professo
George Jordan, in the presence of number o
gentlemen, having let down candle, and fast
ened one end of rope to a saping, and tn