New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-06-12

d'yiual Of The Passengers per Minnie scaafer |
and Daniel IVebster at Nicaragua
N.ll The Transit Route Open.
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The U. S. mail steamship Daniel Webster, Henry
Churchill, commander, arrived yesterday morning
from San Juan and Aspinwall, with passengers and
mails. We are indebted to Mr.. NJ. B. Hart, her ac-
commodating purser, for the following memoranda
The q. S. mail steamship Daniel Webster Captain
Churchill, left New Orleans 23d May, and reached
San Juan on the morning of the 2sth, at 6 O'clock.
Schooner Minnie schaffer lying outside the bar
waiting for a fair wind to enter the harbor. The
Daniel Webster landed her passengers, fifty in num-
Der, and proceeded to AspinwaI, where she arrived
next morning at o'cock and forwarded the balance,
one hundred and twenty, Immediately to Panama by
railroad. The George Law arrived next day at Z
o'clock, with six hundred and fifty passengers, who
also proceeded to Panama. Steamer J. 4. Stephens
arrived from California with seven hundred and fifty
passengers and two millions of treasure. The Panama
Railroad is in excellent working order-the passen-
gers making the transit from ocean to ocean with
comfort and safety in four hours. The agents and
OF tne road are entitled to much consdera
ton for the care and comfort Of passengers crossing
the lsthmus, and also the company physicians that
are stationed on the road for their kind and humane
treatment to the wounded and distressed by the late
accident who state that they had every care and
! kindness shown them that they could have had in
| any part of the United States. 8g @ gi#6
| All Is quiet at Panama. Sloop-ofWar St. Mary is
still in port, and received Mr. Commissioner Corwne
who arrived per George Law with salute Of fifteen
guns DR. Corwine on his arrival notified the Cover
nor of Panama Of his commission. y
Fifteen hundred natives are constantly employed
on the Panama Railroad, quarryng stone and improv
wooden ones, with stone abutments
British gun brig Hermes arrived at Aspinwa1i, from
San Juan, June lst, and left the 4th for Jamaica
Bark Pilot Fish and brig E. Drummond are to sail in
few days for the States. No sickness at AspinEal
| and weather delightful.
The Daniel Webster cleared for New Orleans on the
4th, at 6, T. A., and the George Law the same day
for for New York, with passengers and treasure. The
Webster called at San Juan next day, at o'clock,
T. NJ, Tor passengers, and left at Ii same night The
report Of the detention of the steamer Orzaba and
the blockade OF the port of San Juan by the English
men-of,War was premature as nothing of the kind
took place or was intended. This information was
! gained by personal inquiry The Minnie Schaffers
passengers l20 together with those of the Webster,
So, embarked together next day after their arrival,
and went up san Juan river unmoested. Left in port
f. B. NJ. sloop-oEwar Enrydice and schooner Minnie
sehatter The Hon. Cortland Cushing died at Punta
Arenas on the Gath ulmo of the fever of the coun-
try; His funeral was attended by his acquaintance
ana many others, among whom were Captain Tarleton
and other officers of the British ship Emydice; Eng
lsh and American Consuls were present. The latter
read the funeral service at the grave The transit is
IN possession Of Gen Walker Considerable sickness
dysentery. The Costa Rican army has retired from
Nicaragua to their frontiersit is said, with the
loss of one thousand five hundred men in battle and
from sickness. General Walker has made his head
quarters at Leon, and marched all his troops from
Virgin Bay and San Juan del Sur to that point. In
Costa Rca revolution is said to have broken ou,
during the absence Of President Mora, headed By
; ; influential family named Castro The Costa Rica
mail is now conveyed to the Atlantic, via Cathargo
: Norte. - =
June 9th, latitude 2434, longitude $3.50, passe
i ship William H. Wharton, of New York; same da
% passed ship John.
I California.
10 BY the arrival Of the Daniel Webster we have Sa
Francisco papers to the 21st May inclusive We tai
= the following summary from the Alta of the cot
which contains all the news of the previous tortnigh
- Ihe most startling intelligence of the fortnight
d the assassination of James King, of William, ESQ
editor of the Evening Bulletin BY a man named ia
VI o T. Casey formerly convict in Sing Sing Prison.
~ =, and atterly proprietor of the Sunday Times,
d this city, It occurred on Wednesday, the l4th inst
at about o'clock, P. NJ, in Montgomery street {
,, the corner OF Washington, and was committed b
Il cowardly shooting him through the left breast Will
- ~ out any warning. The assassin was taken into cu
L Is tody, and a most intense excitement was create
among the people, who manifested strong desire
lynch the perpetrator of the deed on the spot. Th
difficulty grew out of some publications in the respec
: : i've papers Of the parties.
u u The Vigilance Committee turned out with tw
i thousand armed citizens on Sunday, the 18th an
proceeded to the County Jail, and demanded the pei
son OF the prisoner Casey and the Sheriff surrendere
hlm as successful resistance to such force was pei
. fectly impossible. They also removed Cora the 1nul
derer Of Gen. Richardson, from the Jail to the Vig
lance Committee head quarters, and will probably tr
them both by peoples jury, and punish them &C
G2 Gordingy. It is thought they will both be hung
The whole was consunlmated with but little excite
ment, but created deep sensation in the community
= The conduct of the Committee meets with the ar
= proval of almost the entire community, who ar
anxious to see regeneration here.
melancholy accident occurred on the 5th inst. q
4 the May Festival OF the Turn Veren Society, by til
q premature discharge of cannon, with which tw
Z men were firing salute. Both were horribly mutilf
ted about the arms, and one of them Charles B. Dae
! get died on the following day from the injuries r.
= = ceiyed. The other, B. s. Tabor, German, has ha
a a both hands amputated near the elbow, and is don
t well.
!, The City Comptroller has submitted report of IL
N finances of the city for the current year. by which
shows that there has been saving in the annual e,
peses OF the city of about 100000 from last yea
This reform is attributed to the operations of the
!, = charter, under which we have been working sine
Il Il July last.
: The past fortnight has been marked by strrin
10 events in California
Immediately after the departure of the last steamer
Il efforts were made in many parts of he State to
~ ganize volunteer companies to go down to Panama
n protect passengers the Ishus and if necessar
in to chastse the natives of Granada for the late saugt
Of ter of Americans Public meetings were held on th
= Plaza in this city, and many patriotic speeches Wer
s. made, and persons enough appeared ready to go o
10 the expedition, but it was finally thought advisabl
postpone any action until the arrival of the mex
steamer.
The State Council of the American party met
le Sacramento, on the 18th inst with a good repre-
sentation from all parts of the State Resolutions wei
1t adopted removing all secrecy and the different d
t. grees. Also endorsing the Nebraska question and til
H. nomination of Fillmore and Donelson
The difficulty in the Democratic party in this Stat
le has recently been revived by correspondence b
Is tween NJ S. Latham Collector of this Port and Sc
u eral Democrats who claim that he has not show
certain members of the party sufficient considerable
lie in bis official avors. The complaint comes from th
branch of the party called Purifiers or who clai
10 to be contendmg for reform in party matters.
e, President Pierce has been addressed on the su
jeet
u Col zobriska, of Sacramento, Democrat) al
le Geo. G. Bates, Esq, of this city, Republican
u after making several attempts to have a pu
Is lie political discussion at Sacramento---wh
20 was prevented by the dislike of the people to i
$, ten to discussion of the principles Of the F
e publican party-fnally got hearing and the deba
er came off before large audience in front OF the
O. leans Hotel.
le An attempt was made on the 9Th instant to fire Il
s. steamer Young America, on her passage from th
g. city to Marysyile and within five miles of sacr
mento. One of the state-rooms had been e
~ gagged, and every precaution taken to success
4. fully burn the boat. Everything about the roo
Of was saturated with camphene, and one or tW
az full cans were also in the room, for the purpo
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