New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-12-27
Later from California, Oregon,
China, India, etc,
PROGRESS OF rHE INDIAN WAR.


From the news summary of the Alta California,
we extract the following items:
Not the least important occurrence during
the past two weeks, has been the Allied celebra-
tion of the fall Of SebastopoI, which took place
IN this city on Monday, November 26th, at
south Park An immense pavilion was erected
for this purpose, under which was stretched ten
tables, each two hundred and thirty feet long,
and preparations were made for seating four
thousand guests. A dinner was provided for
the multitude, unexampled in variety and pro.
fusion, and all the preiminaries were made to
render it the grandest affair of the kind ever
known in California.
A Mr. N. K. Lovett, native of New York
city, aged "a years, committed suicide in this
city on November goth, by hanging himself to
. beam in house at the corner Of Dupont and
jackson streets. Family troubles are said to
have caused the act
A Frenchman named Dupuis, was brutally
murdered at the Mission Dolores on the night Of
the 3Oth ult., for his money. His hands and
feet were tied and his head beaten to pieces -
The murderers have been discovered and are to
be examined.
Cora, the murderer of Cen Richardson, has
been arraigned at the Fourth District Court,
and the trial will probably take place the pres
ent term. Able counsel have been engaged for
We have had several heay rains in the last
two weeks, and the "rainy season. may be
fairly said to have set in.
On Friday, the 30 ult., at o'clock P NJ -, the
apologetic salute was fired on the raising of NJ.
Dillon's Consular flag. The French frigate EN-
buscado, arriving on that day, twenty two guns
were fired from the fort, at the entrance Of the
harbor, and twenty -one from the q. S. razee In
dependence, Capt. Tattnall. On re- hoisting the
Consular flag, M. Dillon took occasion to de-
liver speech to o crowd Of two thousand of his
countrymen who were assembled around his
door, conciliatory in tone and neatly worded
The assemblage cheered. Madame Dillon made
fast the tri-color to the halliards with her own
fair hands, up went the flag, ,.off went two thou
| sand chapeaux, the Consul bowed, Madame cur
tested, the crowd dispersed, and the wounded
honor Of all concerned is nicely healed. A year
and half ago, there was some hot blood shown
on the subject of the arrest of Consul Dillon
A singular fact in connection with this circum.
stance, is that the U. s. Marshal, Gen Richard.
son, who made the arrest, was murdered within
few days of the settlement of the dispute
which his own prompt action, under the direct
ion Of the Federal Court, in part gave rise to.
The ship Mary Spencer takes among other
cargo for Liverpool several hundred barrels o.
California flour. How have the tables turned
in these respects since lS49'
Forefather's day, December 22d, is to be cele
brated in grand style by the New Englanders.
A machine, modelled after the Hoosac tunne
boring apparatus, is about to be applied to tun
neling in the mines. Mr.. Steen, Of Gorden s
Steen, has the patent right to the invention.
The first of series of lectures before tn
Mercantile Library Association, was delivered
on the 26th inst. at the Municipal Hall. Thes
lectures are becoming very popular, and viii
| do bo1 1sr 1ad ! H.,
| After long interval, another steamboat dis
aster has occurred, causing several deaths an,
wounding several more. The little steame
| Georgiana, plying between this city and Peta
| luna, exploded her boilers on the 23d ult Sh
| was the smallest steamer running on the bay
An examination before the Coroner's Jur,
placed the entire blame upon the Captain.
On the oath ult. salute of seven guns each
passed between the o. S. razee independence
and H. B. NJ. frigate Amphitrite.
A diver, named Stephen Crowly, was suffoca
ted in diving bell in this harbor, on the %
ult., while attempting to recover an anchor an
chain in four fathoms depth of water. He be
longed to the wreoking schooner Ada.
| The colors of the shipping in this harbo
were displayed at half-mas on the 29th ult., i
token Of respect to the memory of the late emf
nent ship builder, William Il. Brown, who die
at New York, Oct 9th.
The U, s. Branch Mint is closed for the pur
pose of making the annual settlement Durin
the past eleven months, over $s20,000,O0O wort
of gold has been coined at this establishment
principally in 800 pieces
With the rains, agricultural affairs are i'm
proving, and great preparations are maxim
throughout the State for the approaching so W
ing and planting season. 1t is believed tina
the largest wheat crop ever soWn will be put i
the coming year.
The mines at this time are yielding immense
/ ly. Any thing like faithful chronicle of tn
discoveries and rich strikes made almost ever
day, would fill small volume. Table Nom
tain, in Tuolamne county, still continues
marvel for its richness, and vast sums of tn
precious metal are daily extracted from il
The whole mountain is being pierced with tun
nels, and it will soon become like honeycom
for miles in succession. To purchase a clair
to one hundred feet of this mountain, or lik
space on many of the flats adj AGENT to it woul
require fortune. Thousands of miners, VIII
have recently recorded claims here by the righ
of discovery and possession, now feel sure {
making the ''pile' for which they came to Cali
| fornia. The copious rains have also set th
miners at work in all parts of the State. Larg
piles Of earth which it has taken MANY month
labor to accumulate, are now yielding thei
treasures to the busy industry of their owners
| Even from Kern River we have cheering &C
counts. We hear of rich leads being discoyere
| there.
Meetings of miners have been held in Neyad
county, asking for the reduction of water rate
by the ditch companies. Important reduction
have already been made from this cause.
Many wonderful fossil remains and petrifca
tions have lately been brought to light by tn
mining operations in the interior. At d dept
of 159 feet decomposed oyster shells have bee
found in Table Mountain. A curious article {
real soap has also been discovered, which closel
resembles CASTLE soap, and moreover answer
an excellent purpose for washing Specimen
have been exhibited all over the State: and
is o fixed fact, that a mountain of SOAP exist
in California By what process the ingredient
were thrown together, it is impossible to say
but the article is now actually extensively use
in the mountains, and it has been sufficient
tried in this city to prove trat there is no mis-
| take about it.
Extensive coal mines have been discoYere
near Stockton.
Sabastopol celebrations have been held in va
rious towns Of the interior.
Two horse thieves were hung at Union Cit,
| Almeda county, on the 10Th ult.
| The levee in Sacramento has been strongl
repaired, and large additions made to it,
Sacramento is now lighted with gas.
| From Oregon and Washington Territories.
The Indian war, now raging in Washipeto
and Oregon Territories, still continues. AT th
latest accounts numerous families had bee
| murdered and MANY valuable lives Loaf Tb