New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-03-12
Fifteen Gays Later from California,
asEaHtlaefrfssI 4, q. q. ~, !, . 4! -

siock q an earthquake vas felt in this
city the morning Of the 18th The nens zsars slas
aroused from their sleep and hundreds rushed rant
ealY in the streets their night clothes HI aaa
lasted some twenty-five seconds and was rIpeaJsS
by lluflblng sound like distant thunder No nstes
rial damage was done to property The fire YyaITfeH
from onesbIcE store the plastering more Oh ea
cracked " good many buildings, and in some in
fssures created i'll brick walls
great ytimid people were terribly frightened for
time, buttheT were soon led to beIieyethat there
was no danger. It was tie most severe shock Of
WHICH I; We have any account in SAM
The report Of the Engineer WHO made
nary survey Of railroad from Sacramento
ha5 just been published. The distance Ii HInety
miles, and 1T i estimated that The road saffbe con
s.saeted s1 Tor $1,000 900 The first
sWo mesof the g Sacramento Valley Railroad Is
,l completed and grand celebration Is to take
p,ase o zoe I'd PC the new town Of Folsom, the
tn,e srnas "a Of the road. This road is ODE con
siLlea other towns in the mining region ana
W re lhe nueiets for network of RAILWAYS
a eo.es.as the principal towns Of the mines with tie
i Tl.ls anu with San Francisco Pub
nc e1peclllan REGARD to these enserY,risassA
and apecufaten fral etts faa eapaa
is not improbable thatS heavy
made ~ Il laroada. Capal IL nov aecumula-
ting N this country, and seeking investment Il, a,v
kind Of enterprises that promsesIreft snrrer Il
about being made for railroad from Stockton III
Francisco, and project for arailroad from
at the former place.
Much indignation. has been manifested IN this efV
IN eonseqIeneesof the 1 ppoiatment Of j
District Of California The party named wasf years
professional gambler IN arysViiIe and IS supposed
sthe President has been imposed upon. or he would not
eaFe made such an appointment. Strong
his removal, signed without distinction of party, viii
be forwarded to the President strong indeed, that
removal will be almost certain to follow. 555%
. slxpersons were fined $3.50 in one Of our courts,
on the llth instant, for keeping gambling houses.
sWe have very stringent law for the suppression Of
.lH MngleseI Z Is eniofced, IL mas most
til cty and indee fbs Sta4a a
ate gambling is seldom witnessed IN nnte, ,Iaces
There is nothing from Oregon later than the neWB
received here on the 9Th, and forwarded our eve
lig edition by the steamer which sailed on that day..
II our colnmils. however, wlEbe found much fuller
"details from that quarter 1t appears that the Coy
erlorof Oregon has already yissued 5000 scrip,
to deray the expenses Of calling sout volunteer SOL
diers. to fight the Indians ssTh ssYaE promises to
prove. very expensive affair tostle General Govern
ment . .5-
Tie schooner Page arrived at this port from Japan
on the 18th, with miscellaneous cargo, which it is 9
believed will find "a good market here brought
news of asviolent earthquake which took place at
Jeddo:on the llth November, and destroyed 100 900
houses and 10000 people: This may be an exagger
atetis account; although it was obtained at Sioda
from the DntehInterprefer great deal of interest
is felt here in the japanese trade, and we shall
tinue tosend an occasional ship there to procure
goes Wellas to try to Introduce some Of our no.
tons into that mysterious country.
" Accidents in the mining region have been quite
Sconnon. GaYng ia ot emban lnents, burying from
gle ~ sL VI az q Time, nave Deelf Ok
frequent, almost af dali occurrence.
such accidents Insen1e cases are doubtless unaEod-
abe" but may ottenbe attributed to careessness on
the part Of operatlyes who, shabtuated to danger,
have become tooihardy. tesx5 AS.
sssonthe 18th, we were called 70 record sorrowfuI
casualty; two women and two children while riding
with some others in a carriageby the margin of .
small lake rear this city, were by the over
i turning Ofsthe carriage in the water.
! The Alta California has la long account of the
afSfS e. +bs assS,tl1sat sS 1s 10 and tI o,,o t+o7s
4 - II; II Ut, =
ing IT, ron q Wnief We extract t q 1ne, following
I 1t occurred at about tWenty-thre minutes past
i've o'clock gn friday morning The shock was pre-
ceded and attended at its commencement BY very
heavy and distinct report, which somewhat resembed
the roaring or rushing Of heavy Sea, and also that
sorI ol sonnnatlon sounds and such as TO
not teTror The vihranna v,a
north to south lasted about twentVve seconds and
were 50 foreble as to awaken nearly every sleeper
t,e ~ Slly Inc yiofation appeared 70 ne lrom Me- 10
escanod ths far ~r as M ait. y
the earth xas vrW 4a =
to and fro heayiiy ffarIarS and md nai1u
trions wera short an raa atn
i.I sto " tttS sio-