New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-10-29
NUMBER 2O3.
ilayhe' the celebrated actress She viii! play another
engagement at the Metropolitan Tbeater during Oc.

ilayne, the celebrated actress. She will play another
| tober. "''"s w
The schooner CtrIew left this 1syt on The 10Th with
ont her clearance papery She was rrnfrtea as hay
ng merchandise and Passengers 4 seY her departure
the re'cnhe cutter William L. Marcy was aens in pnr
t, nat G9na not toyerlake the abscontlng craft. She
On the I'D fleet OF six clipper shjr,4 arrived fro,o
eastern pol1a since then seTeral otheT4 have come
in, and the whole have occa4oned great activity On
the docks. ' "
It is estimated that since the ed merchandise IN
the value of three millions Of Dollars hare reacI,s1
this port,
On the 28tfr a large cargo Of nitrate Of soda ar.
rived ffum lquigue, for the t. S. Eanch Mint which
has, for the want Of this article been but partially in
operation for several weeks.
The steamer John l.. Stephens from Panama, ar
rITed on the 10Th. Below Monterey, during heavy
fogr she run down the schooner Francis Skiddy, Of
drowned.
Senator Welers conyse in regard to the Committee
OF vigilance has subjected him to sucl, pointed CEN
sure botn from the press and the people, that he has
thou8ht 1t best to be Tery humble individual.
Some how it happens that our public officers re-
turning from abroad are not met with the slightest
demonstration Of welcome.
Ex-Governor Eohn McDOugal who came hv the
last steamer, was arrested by Constable for ega
Voung IN San alateo county. He gave bal, and was
very indignant.
People laughed heartily when thev heard that the
President and Secretary of War were begerent and
inclined to shoot into San Francisco. They had bet
ter not.
To-morrow, 9TH of October all the fixtures in the
Vigilance Committee Rooms, except the Executive
Chamber, will be sold at auction
Cty polItlcai matters pretty much as they were
at the sailing OF the last steamer. The local nonina-
tlons have not been completed.
The condition of business exhibits hut little activity
yet there Is no general complaint in the market
There have been some large sales of real estate and
rents mold to high standard. Improvements Of an
nI tt11
ward
The British shipoftheline Monarch is now in the
harbor. she arrived on the Sd from Vanconver's
Island, and has over 700 marines aboard She left
of Fuca, all well on board.
The health of the city is excellent the Coroner has
little labor to perform and there is cheernlness and
gaiety in society.
Great quantities of grapes are brought every week
from from the southern Coast and from Oregon we have
the finest and largest varieties Of apples and pears
They sell for so and 10 cents each.
From the steamer edition of the San Francisco Bull
letin, We extract the following items of city news:
On Monday, September 22d, six clipper ships with
cargoeS OF assorted merchandise arrived in port from
New York and Boston Two clipper ships also AZ
rived the next day, besides other vessels from other
quarters. There has consequently been considerable
bllskless about the wharves and warehouses Busi-
! tona Circus opened at the Metropolitan Theater
which has temporarily been converted into hippo-
drome, and been used as such during the fortnight
On Tuesday, September 3Oth the United States
Circuit Court commenced the trial OF Richard P
Hammond ExCollector of the port of San Francisco,
who had been indicted for cnbezzlement of public
monies The jury failed to agree eight being for con-
Vlctlon and four for acquital.
The John Adams Commander Boutwell,, had ar
rived at Honolulu, officers and hands all well.
lnte an extensive lumber trade has Sprung up be-
tween Puget Sound and the Islands, A hazv atnos-
piIe1e prevailed at Honolulu, indicative OF volcanic
action. a comfortable building had been completed
for sailors home.
The first whaler of the season, the American ship
Icnas Coln Capt. Rose, arrived on the 9th August
full and bound home. She is from the kodac grounds
and brings favorable from the vessels left there
She arrives much earlier than usual