New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-08-31
Later from California.

The past fortnight has not been very prolific in
news items IN this part Of the world Our people
have been enjoying kind Of calm after the Fraser
river tornado which swept away so many ofs9ym
0nng men 70 explore and conquer the Wllds at the
North. The approaching election engrosses most at
sention Just at this time. The Democratic party, if
preserved intact has no serious opposition in Cafor
MIA put J1st cow schism exists 10 the ranks, grow
ing out Of the Buchanan and Douglas split Senator
Broderick, who has just returned from Washington
being the leader Of the Douglas Democrats IN this
State s engaged in the hereplean task Of battling
against Federal patronage and influence here JudRs
ing by the convention at present assembled az Sac.
ramento, the Administration wing appears in the
ascendancy but it is dicut TO tell the real aenti.
meut Of the people. An effort is being made to
secure the fnsion Of the Douglas wing Of the Demo-
Gratis with the Republicans. There g little probable
ity that it will succeed. II it does, the Democratic
ticket will be defeatedin September
From our exchanges we extract the following
summary of events during the two previous weeks
The steamer Oregon on her way from Victoria TO
this port, struck upon Point Reyes on the night Of
the 3lst ut in dense fog. The rock was discovered
before she struck, the engine stopped, the COLI
sion was not very severe, and the boat got OF Hnn
uFed after have rubbed against the rocks for i've or
ten minutes. F0rtytaree passengers jumped OF the
vessel to the rock, and were saved few, yaFiOuslg
estimated at from three to jumped into the water
aud were drowned The names OF the drowned per-
SONS are unknown
i j. said that Q. s. military post is to be esiab-
lished in Honey Lake valley.
The Marysvle News says that contracts have been
made toF the construction and equipment of the Val
| lejo and Marysville Railroad. The company intend
to nave their own steamers running between Vallejo
and San Francisco.
The work on the road across TIE Sierra Nevada,
from PacerYllle to Carson Valley is rapidly progress
\ sing The present stage fare from PIaeerville to
Genoa Is $40.
The first mail from Salt Lake, under the new over
land mail contract arrived at Pacervile the 2Iss
uit., and was received in that place with great re-
joicngs The first mail going eastward for Missouri,
via Salt Lake City started from PIacefyie on the
| 24th, and although only days notice was given
at Sacramento City, five hundred letters were sent
from that place and the immediate vicinity to the
Eastern States. It is expected that the mail will
reach st, Louis about the Ist September.
The assessment Of taxable property in Sacramento
City this year amounts TO Sl2, 1872 last year it
was S1I ,l93 ,945.
number Of coored men Of this city addressed a
letter. some months ago, to certain officials of New
Granada. asking about the inducements offered by
that country to coiored immigrants A letter has
been received in reply from Gen. BOsques in which
he tells them to come and says daFkeY has the
same political and social rights as white man in
that latitude.
A party Of seventy.fve Chinamen were driven from
their claims on the bar of the Sacramento, at the
mouth of Middle creek, week before last. Their
rockers and other mining utensils were thrown into
the river. 1t is pretended by the whites in that
neghboFhood that the laws of that district prohibit
Che Cinnamon from working there.
A fight occurred on the 18th ult. on Grouse creek,
in Humboldt county, between party Of whites and
Indians. Ten Indians and one white man were
killed.
party Of sixty apostates from Morrnonizrn have
arrived with their families in Carson Valley, from
Salt Lake.
vessel arrived on the 2lst inst. with a cargo Of
whale OIL obtained on the Lower California coast
e The amount of gold bullion deposited for coinage
at the Mint during the week ending the 24th, was
: 2T ,j5764 ounces.
i DR.. i. G. Lyon, late Coroner of Amador county
has been arrested upon a charge Of numbering bis
r own wife by poison On the 18th OF July last Mrs
h Lyon was found dead in a well on her husband
premises. Subsequent Investigations awakening tht
: suspicion that the husband had had some agency il
her DEATH a post Hortem examination, and an analysis
Of the stomach Of the deceased, were had These
resulted in positive proof of the presence of large
e amount of arsenic in the stomach. Dr. Lyon ther
fed but was pursued and oyertaken at Stockton. Hs
: is quite wealthy, and it is hard to assign reason fol
2 his unnatural crime.
: Oregon.
), We have news from Portland to the 24th nit
e The State Government was organized at Salem
]. the Capitol, on the Sth nlt
=. John Whitaker was declared Governor elect, tool
the oath @ q 9se ] and ., delivered civ his inaugural mes
appear to have ahdicated in silence.
Sandwich Islands.
g We have news from Honolulu to the sth nit.
er David l.. Gregg, late Commissioner, has been az
pointed Minister of Finance.
A number of Kanakas have gone to Fraser river.
y The Fraser River Mines.
u Though the rush from this State to the new mine
in the British possessions this coast has now prett
ne much ceased, still the news from there has ocCupe
ne large portion of public attention Our latest date
so from Victoria V L. are to the 2Sh July and frol
the dggings Fraser river to the Goth Of the sam
month. The news is not yet conclusive either as
ry the richness or extent of the new gold field but
an latest accounts are certainly very favorable II
e: to believe Gov. Douglas, there can be little dou
M of the existence Of rich gold fields in that regio
ic That funGtionary who possesses better normatic
than any other person. is reported to have used Il
we following language in public speech at Victoria,
the 10th July, when addressing a crowd OF miner
~ This will tell you, as my own settled Opnio
o that think the country is full of gold and that
aa and north and south Of Fraser river there is 60
III. field of incalcuable value and extent. have to
y our glorious Queen so, and now tell you So
tts The water in the numerous streams at last
e ginning to fall for the season, and the III Il
IS mountains which heretofore has fed them is pret
'Fh near exhausted. A good many miners are alreat
working on the bars in the rivers and some of the
9V are doing very we'll All were sanguine that
IA as the fell they would take out large quan
= ties of gold A new route had been discovered
7A the Upper Fraser river region, by the way of Har
as and llOet rivers and lakes, and easy ta
This was considered Of great value, as one Of I
ry, principal difficulties heretofore to be contend
,ed against the difficulty of transporting proViso
"a to the upper waters of Fraser river where the prin
- pal diggings are said to be located The Hadso
pe' Bay Company now permit all persons to take up
to unrestricted quantity Of provisions to the mining
gion, and there seemed to be little or no suffer-
,st there now for the want of food. The Hudson's
- Company and its officers have acted with the utm
red fairness and liberality in their dealings with
miners and others, and are very popular and univ
but sally respected.