New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-03-29
NUMBER vi 22 .
ARRIVAL or THE STEAMSHIP GRANADA.
Later from Gal iifornias Oregon, emma, sand4
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59.8 sTscta Islands, ete.
The steamship Granada. Capt. arrived WI
terday from New York via Havana, bringing the e,aI
ifornia mails and passengers, which were transferred
to her from the steamship Philadelphia, III Hayana
We have received by her our egular files of Havana
papers, bnt they contain nothing worthy of note.
The q. S. steamship Philadelphia with California
mails and passengers, arrived at Havana On the morn
ing of the 25th. The U. S. sloop-of-war Potomac,
flag ship,) Fulton, Saratoga and Cyane were in tie
harbor of Havana. e E4
%s California.
Our dates from San francisco are to the 5th inst.
From the news summary of the Alta California of;
that date we extract the following items
The chief subject Of excitement during the past
fortnight has been the trial of A. A. Cohen assignee
in the case Of Adams 4 Co, on a charge Of having
embezzIed money and books placed in his care a
large amount of testimony has been elected and pub
ished in the newspapers and the publication has not
had any tendency to lessen general prejudice Ito call
it by tue mldest term for him) against Cohen sev-
eral witnesses testified the trial that they had been
told in Cohens presence by persons in his company
and apparently in his confidence, that 900 belong
ing to Adams Co, had been deposited by Cohen IN
certain safe and to all this the latter MAIDEN obec
ton. G. Il. Garrison testified that Cohen after having
obtained possession of these funds, had spoken Of
starting a bank in New York with a capital of
S25O,00O. For some months past great exertions
have been used to learn what had become Of the ledger
and cash book of Adams & Co. Cohen said he had
never obtained possession of them but the fact that
he had not complained of their absence while acting
as assignee left ground for strong presumption that
II they had not come into his possession he was partly
to blame for it. On the evening of the 9th February
bag was discovered floating in the bay and in that
bag were found the ledger and cash book Of Adams &
Co. with half dozen leaves, containing some Of the
most important transactions torn from each 2s's
On the 2Sd February the first number Of the West
ern Standard, weekly Mormon paper, was publish
ed in this city. 5tzsE E$+'3s S55.8 sszz s
To-day (iarch s. the Democratic State Conyen-
hon meets at Sacramento to select delegates to the
Cincinnati Convention. The delegates chosen will
probably be in favor of Buchanan or Dickinson. In
this city the Democratic party is at present split
line similar IN some respects to the line which sep
Rumors Of fllibustering expedition, to be directed
against the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, are afloat Be
yond these rumors nothing has transpired E
Preparations are being made to send troops to the
| northWard, where the Indians are still committing
terrible ravages. It is rnored that Gov. johnson in
tends calling out some portion Of the citizen soldiery
| to send to Crescent City. #tsYs r s4f5 u f5 =,
| The RaVeis are playing q farewell engagement at
1 the Metropolitan Theater, and drawing crowded
houses number of the old resident actors are giy-
| ing entertainments at the Union. 2#54
The interior papers come to us crowded with fat
tering accounts of rich strikes and almost universal
success By the present great system Of slnicng and
hydraulic mining. the business is conducted with
greater facility and economy than ever before. Per-
haps at no period have larger amounts been taken
from the mines than now. Many Of the bitches and
quartz mills are being worked with foreign capital
and as reliable information becomes diftlsed Califor
MIA must become a centre point for European invest
I ment, %
/ From the agricultural regions we have encouraging
| statements. Large crops are being put in and the
season thus far has proved proptos for the labor Of
| the husbandman. 75s5s5
Affecting accounts have Just reached us from
Klamath county on the North California coast, where
about thirty families have been slaughtered by the
Indians, and the small coast settlements burned
The country is in panic. There are no arms, and
express just arrived here for aid reports the peo-
pie there as entirely defenceless and with no means
Of escape. Preparations foot for their relief
The Sacramento Valley Railroad Company have
completed their work as far as Granite city, dis.
tance of twenty-five miles. This road will eventually
4 be completed to Nevada and the rich mining region
1 about it. The Inauguration tett took place on the
/ 22d inst a5 81 s.at52E 7tss a}
Oregon and Washington Territory.
By an arrival at San Francisco on the 4th. from the
mouth Of Rogue river, the following intelligence was
received: .s H.g
The Station at Big Bend, some fifteen miles np the
river having been abandoned several weeks previous
the Indians made sudden attack on Saturday morn
ing, February 2Sd, upon the farms about four miles
above the mouth, where some ten or twelve of Capt
POland,s company of volunteers were encamped the
remainder Of the company being absent attending
ball on the 22d, at the mouth Of Rogue river
The fight Is stated to have lasted nearly the whole
of Saturday, and but few of the whites escaped to
1 tell the story. The farmers were all killed. *
| 1t is supposed that there are now about three hun
dred hostile Indians in the field including those from
Grave and Galaise Creek and the Big Meadows. They
arc led by Canada Indian named Enos, who was
formerly fayorte guide for Col. Fremont in his ex
| petitions.
List Of RiNed.-C Capt. Ben Wright, Capt. John
/ Poland, Fl. Braun E. W. Howe, Mr.. Wagoner Barney
Mr.. Smith, Mr.. Seaman, Mr. Warner, John Geisell
and three children, 7. Mccullough, S. Heidrick Jos.
Seroc and two sons, besides three four names un-
/ known. 5,5E5i. lrs't 5t tsi4E& 7yr .4 Ef
Mrs Geisell and daughter are prisoners and in the
hands of the Micano band of Indians, about eight
miles up the river. DR.. NJ. G. White escaped by
jumping into Yuca creek and secreting himself under
pile of driftwood, remaining there for an hour and
half and until the Indians had given up the search
The inhabitants at the mouth Of Rogue river have
all moved to the north side of the river where for
merly, under the apprehension of sudden attack a
fort had been erected they number about $50 men
having less than hundred guns amongst them.
i, The schooner Gold Beach left yesterday (Sunlay)
morning at halfpast five o'clock, and it is supposed
that fight commenced at daylight, as there was q
party going to cross to the south side of the river
where they expected to find the whole body of In
dams. Atsunrise everything on the south side was
in flames. +, l,,z n.
/ A meeting of the citizens of Crescent City was
held on the evening Of the 25th inst when petition
to the Governor of California was submitted to and
signed by nearly every male inhabtant in the town
requesting him to call out the volunteer force of the
place, and to provide other necessary to enable
the citizens to defend the place. There were not
arms ammunition in town to equip twenty-five
men. There fifty U. s. troops stationed at Cres.
cent City, which force in the opinion of all is totally
inadequate to defend the place against the three or
four hundred Indians which have attacked the settle
ment at the mouth of Rogue river. subscription
was raised at the meeting for the purpose of charter.
ing the schooner Ellen to proceed to San Francisco
to convey the petition to the Governor and to request
him to carry out the necessary measures as soon as
possible. r
From Puget's Sound dates are to the 21st ult. 4
large number of Northern Indians in war-canoes at
tackled WILDLY Island, robbed the custom-house
killed cattle and went off unharmed.
Il Sandwich Islands.
We have files of Sandwich Islands papers M to th,
9th of February. The lava-stream from the rrea
volcano is slowly but surely winding towards Hio
which, it is feared, must be eventually overwhelmed
The ship Ocean Telegraph had arrived at Honolulu
and had taken on board two hundred and Fifty barrel
oil from the whaeship Nmrod. Political affairs wer
quiet The local news from the island is unimportan
From Ghlna--Death of Conn. Abbott
!; The Friend of China of the 18th of Dscembe
! says: -, A8a & 1-r
S With much regret we have to record the death
4 Commodore Joel Abbott, scomnander-inchief of tf
United States naval forces in these seas. 1t is no
two months since told of the very precarious stat
of his Exccllency's health and of the fears ente
:aned regarding his recovery. Determined to die i