New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-05-28
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port yesterday Tofnfr from 0rE eia Havana.
Sc left New York On the 7th Inst. and Havana on
the 9th. g4 s555 ss N WI Ea3
y On the nd inst. the Granada spoke ship Antof-
nette in New Providence channel from Genoa; and @
forty-one days from bound ID Nsa Orleans
On the 18th, passed steamship Empire City Tie
steamship Illinois, from AspinW at Havana
on the inst. with GAG passengers and 81 ss 200
III treasure There vas nothing nes ii Havana. 2
Tie following ii Iist Of the Granadas passenger:
From Nesg YORK Mrs, Smith and two ehIdren,
M- Morris and lady, Fl. n. Smith, s. WoleYer, q:
Cope. q. i9oma flye in the steefag ge.s s'
=t From Harana Ar, Maxwell, Miss WALKER, u "a
Sharp y 0a aarroit, 4. Kim Z: is-two IN
From Sspin,uan ss Thine. .T. A. Nv, Mrs. Thorn
and family y. G Yoakeln, Miss wilson,
Edwards, Dr. Saunders, G. j.. sWasseY ss. Norris,
Judge Moseleg and tad id second cabin and T
l in fhe steeFags
+ II ffe ssrasad brings dates from California to the
I 5ta INST We extract The following items of interest
from the summary VI alta of the 5th
\ ult: ss I
The public schools have fust closed y VEN sucess
fal term q nnple terminated with
Il extensive examine public shbIsIosls and Nay
II day fessivit ss 5'SS,
The schools of ars Id a very fouriissIhipe
cond and By tlle
/ tanned yerYenyiaIle Ell
Nicholas Graham; under .sssitefiee VI U
sentence TepreYed until the seth Insts Efforts arf
being made to obtain his full pardon AZ
r. M. Baekus was convicted q nianslaHghser fpr
killing Frederick Oldrnan about year since and
been sentenced to the State Prison years and
Blk months, and to pay a fine Of so, coo
Captain wa Richardson, one of sthe Oldest resi-
dents Of California, and for twenty years
/ the Port Of SAN francisco under the
ernment died at Sauciletto On the 10th nit
DR.. Hammond, Of the u. 8. Branch Bfints aIsosdied
the day, and Dr. s. 3. lfIs County
GAtxr5f
a Republican State Convention WAS held at seera
mento on the 30tt April, To select delegates to the
National Convention to be held on the 1Tth June
/ next, at which Judge Nathaniel Bennett presided
tand the following persons were chosen to represent
Il this State in the aforesaid Convention Messss @.
Washburn, John A Mills, Z. B. Foger, q. Owens ".
/ II. Gharnbe W Pierce, a. ~. Hanson John
1 lf.Reed. s3ff3 szSS8s
Tie state Legislature diotrned en The lit. tie
day Of the sailing Of the last steamer leaving
cord Of its public acts or the criticisms of the press
and the scrutiny or The people. Many things have
Il been done for ebeneft Of the State, and much tat
was needed was left undone The bill to csnsoi
the city aad County Geysnmets IF NE
4 tion under it will be held in November next
The bills to fund the county indebtedness and the
injected city scrip we're both lost, and since the adj
journmsnt suits have been commenced against the
X city upon the latter for about 900 900 There
n about 000 of this character
against the city, nearly al of viii probaby PEI
how, consequence
Il Legislature to provide forfundng Ill :s
A Gov. Johnson has removed VI q. Rhode from the
n Office Of Secretary and appointed VIM. Bausman,
late Secretary OF the Senate
4 ii There is nothing tieuarly new concerning the
affairs Of Adams 81 Co. It IS expected that dividend
will soon be made, and viii prohab nay about 10
4 per cent 52s5l$aa455
n s The great Bulkhead scheme has been rapndiated
Il by the Council after consuta Chamber Of
Commerce and discussion Of its merits BY tie city
press It was believed tel be powerful monopoly,
a and would place in the hands Of the city certain
rights Of the city which she ought not code away
Mr. Alfred A. Green. an old resident of this city,
claims to have recovered from old Spanish papers,
written evidences Of the title of lands in and abDut
San Francisco, and asn claims that with these papers
the city can establish her title against al adverse
claimants, and without them she cannot He offers
s. to sell them tothe city for $50 00o and large con
e, tingent in case of success. a sss}
II The Marysve Express Of the 5th, has the follow
Z ing: ,gt8@5s III; 3z s5 ,si ,4 4555
/ MINING NEWs.-Afr. BfastoE, Of the Express, says
d the Shasta Republican, has favored with some
81 news items from the North. He left Yreka on Mon
Y day morning last.Hst& A gs'S%s Sass 8S8
L More than the usual number Of travellers are now
,e upon the Northern trail Many are on their way
down for the purpose of visiting the Atlantic States
and an equal huberare Oh their way to tile Siskiyot
re mines and Rogue River Valley At least one hundred
@ footmen were met between Yreka and this place.
to few days since party left ksonyile and Vi
cinity for the Atantic States, with piles III Thf
party consisted Of twenty one and they tool
la with them the sum Of S $l4e 600, being the result o
lt several years industry as miners merchants Eme
E ehanics etc. They passed through this place. eE
Thursday last.
,e A sham duel was fought near Yreka on Sunday
he last Ofcourse party killed on the first fire
and greeny was compelled to fly for dear life q g.
The great Yreka ditch now delivering few slnce
r. heads Of water the Yrska Flats. It viii be some
of time before it will be of any general advantage TO
ID the miners Of that locality. p s3s.
II Indian troubles no longer exist in any portion of
ii Siskiyou county or the Rogue river country. l:
u Business is improving freEa population Ts
the increase and the late rains have put considera
d ble amount of gold dust in circulation jsi
Il 373I Later from Oregon.
e SIN Oregon the Indian still continues, and the
success the present campaign has far amounted
= onyto the seizure of few canoes with their con-
tents -squaws and cooking utensils. This war bids
fair to rival the in Florida for its length Of dn
n F. Later from, China. A @
BY the arrival Of tile bark Live Yankee, at San
), Francisco, from Hong Kong, we have eighteen days
e later news from China. is}s5 q ssfs,g frs
HEAVY FAIIuRE.-The mail says that an Ainerf.
can house in Canton of long standing, Of great enter
prise and respectability have suspended payment,
, names are given: M ,s v J, ,$ s5 4,
70 WRECK OF AN AMERICAN SHIP.-The American
q clipper ship Mermaid toWed from Bombay to Hong
m Kong, with cargo Of cotton was wrecked on the
II Prata Shoal the night of the I'd March, having
been carried on shore by the current, the weather
al previously preventing any Observation being taken
# No lives lost, The captain also reports that two
te other vessels one Peruvian and Dutch were said
by the wreckers to have been recently lost on the
: Shoals 8 AZ .5s{ g5 l 3 E$53S5s 5sE NE %8Ss "a,
"A Canton correspondent Of the China Mail Of the
II 18th March, says: za5 KS.
e. During the last fortnight news has come that Yeh
y the Governor General, has been advanced another
y step the ladder Of Office and is now the fourth
d member Of the Privy Council, the Nui Koh which
consists Of two Manehous and two Chinese This
is always styled the Grandee who embodies or repre-
st sents the humanity Of the Emperor
at The local authorities have tried to raise revenue
q for Winking at the rebuilding Of the shops outside
ae the city wall which were all pulled down in August
to 8 1854 b forbidding the shopmei to brick ad
tiles in expecting, of coursa be
g feed for permitting it.. Nearly all the lots are occu
' pied on the south of the city.
4 The execution ground is but comparatively seldom
If used and the deaths there few to excite
remark. It may be inferred therefore, that the Gov
ernment has auellsd all sedition. About a month
m ago the existence Of an organized band Of boys
1e whose object was the downfall Of Manchus was dis
a 4 covered near Fusham, and two hundred or more
H. arrested. Their ages ranged from to II, and Sc
rs strong the evidence against them that many O
IN the older ones were decaptated It excited much
n surprise among the gentry and officials at Canton