New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-10-29
Later from California.

Telegraph Cable haa been the occasion Of great re.
joiei9g throughout the State. On the 9th ult., |
regularly organized celebrations Of the great event
were held at San Francisco Sacramento MgrVsville
Stockton Paeerville and many of the smaller towns
The ceremonies were nearly the same in all the towns
consisting Of gala professions, bondreJ and iamina
tons at night
The Humboldt Telegraph has been completed from
Plaeervile 70 the first summit Of the Sierra Nevada
The official vote OF the State, at the last election
has been counted and shows "A 9T votes for Tnstce
| Of the Supreme Court and $4,000 for Garry anti. /
Observation-Disclosures having majority Of 1897 |
me total number OF votes cast for Supreme Judge
was S99I against 90 1858 for Governor in 1851 and
/ IlO2Z3 for President 10 1856.
| vein OF valuable red chalk has been found in A !
| mining tunnel 10 Gold Canon, Sierra county
The Los Angeles Vineyard reports that gold, and
ores q sllVer ana copper, have been found in the
| mountains OF Los Angeles. One sample of carbo-
nate Of silver is supposed to come from valuable
mine
Large numbers Of Indians have recently made
their appearance on the mohave causing greet alarm
at San Bernardiuo. They have conducted themselyes
| in hostile manner generally, have attacked and
wounded several Americans, and have stolen num-
Der of cattle.
dance of water on the Desert now between that place
| and Fort Yuma, new wells having been dug at the
Indian and Cooks, which will never fail hereafter.
On the oath inst. a. J. Taylor, pioneer proprietor
Of the san Francisco pistol gallery, fatally shot
by Mr.. John Trayers. The latter was examining
pistol handed to him from the case by Mr.. Taylor
when the same exploded, killing the latter instantly
Coroners jury was convened, which promptly ac
| quilted MIR. TraTers
a prominent citizen, named C. P. Smiley, died on
the oath the following day, his remains were fol
| lowed to the Lone Mountain Cemetery by an immense
| c0nCOurse of persons.
! During the last week ,l03 ounces Of gold were
| deposited in the q. s. Mint
| The Bensley Water Company, since our last issue
have completed their aqaeduct, and are now supply
| ing large portion OF the city with pure and cool
a Evin into
ocean short distance below the entrance Of the har-
| Dor. The capital OF the company is $l500000, and
| there has been already expended over S200, 900.
The water is raised by means of two steam engines
Of $50 horsepower into distributing reservoir stu.
ated on Telegraph Hill near North Point, at an ee.
walton OF 60 feet above tidewater. From this reser
YoiT the main pipes are already laid through Battery
1 Washington and Montgomery, to Market streets
also, from Battery through Vallejo, Pacific jackson
| and Clay down to the WharVes and along the citv
front from Vallejo, through East to Market. large
number OF hands are now employed in laying pipes
through other horoughares along the city 'front.' and
putting in servieepipes from the main to stores and
| dwellings.
The company are even at this early day furnishing
the shipping to the harbor which, with the supply
given to stores and residences, is yielding handsome
revenue. The entire stock is owned by three per.
! sons, who compose the company.
The aqueducs is capable of supplying an abundance
OF water to city four times the present population
Of San Francisco. The Inauguration of the introduc
ton OF fresh water into this city is worthy Of being
attended by as marked demonstrations as were ex
hibted at the Gable celebration, for its Importance
| can scarcely be over-estimated
Upwards Of six hundred returning adventures
from the Fraser river country have landed here
during the fortnight.
During the month Of September the gold coinage
at the mint amounted to Sl,O3O,OO0, and the silver
coinage to $4,000
Theatrical matters have somewhat revived, The
Starks" are playing at the Lyceum to good houses
At Maguireis Opera House. Chrsty's Minstrels ara
drawing as brilliant audiences as ever.
There is much sickness principally measles) pre-
vailing amongst the children Of the city-otherWise
the general health of the town is excellent.
Oregon and Washington.
We have dates from Portland to the 22d uItimo.
Captain Jordan had returned to Fort Dalles from
Simcoe, and brought an Indian rumor believed to be
reliable that party OF dragons, who had been sent
out scouting by Col Wright, had captured the two
noted hostile chiefs, Quachien and Ouhi. Both were
shot by Col Wrights order. It is reported that Ka.
miakin was melting the Indians to vigorous prose
| Cution Of the war.
Col Wright had a battle with 400 hostile Indians,
SpOkans PelOuse and Coe1r dAllenes on the LIST ult
at place known as the -Four Lakes The Indians
defeated with loss of Is killed. not one Of the
| U. s. troops being wounded.
The officers attributed the victory to the Minnie
rifles, which surprised the Indians. They did not
know what to think when they were shot down nj a
distance of 400 or 500 yards. 1t was new to them
and they were badly scared at the result.
Sandwich Islands.
We have Honolulu dates to the 10th nit
new treaty has been made with France. The
| Advertiser says that the main points Welded to
! France are That the French language is to he
| placed on level with the English; the dnty on
liquors to be reduced from So to So gallon French
vessels IN the Hawaiian kingdom to be placed on
the same footing as Hawaian the French Consul is
allowed to exercise Judicial functions belonging OF
| right to the Hawaiian courts
The ship John Marshall had arrived at Honolulu
from her second voyage to Jarvis Island, with some
n uup he Ia
| BILE at the Island. The clipper White Swallow made
| the passage thence from Honolulu in seven days
| had discharged her ballast and a large quantity of
| water, and was taking in guano With the gang nj
work on land (twentysix hands, she was taking on
board about fifty tuns per day, and would sail for
New York about the 18th of August touching for
fresh supplies at Apia, NaVgator's Islands,
The Northern Whaling Grounds.
By way Of Honolulu we have bad news from the
North Pacific whaling vessels, particularly in the
Arctic Ocean and Bristol Bay.
Up to the latter part of August 700 barrels was the
best catch reported in the Arctic, and many ships
had absolutely nothing while the average would not
be over $50 barrels to each ship.
The probability Is, that the Ochotsk feet, number.
| ing some sixty ships, will make what the whalemen
term good cut-that is, get plenty of oil
So far we have heard of but one ship as having
been lost the Napoleon III, of Havre, NOBLE large
vessel, which, with about 1900 barrels of oil on
board, was cut through by the ice in the Arctic
Some 200 or 500 barrels of the oil had been saved by
LLe huleEiELu VESSELS lus DIaBaLZa and Hercules
The Kodiack feet has done very we'll compared with
those in the Arctic and Bristol Bay The season
there, however, was short and most Of the ships will
proceed with as little delay as possible to the New
Zealand cruising grounds.
i South Pacific.
We learn from Tahiti, via Honolulu, that the ship
Wild Wave, of Boston, 1850 tons, bound from this
port to Valparaiso, wrecked the low island of
Oeno, in lat 30 deg min. south, Is deg. 81 min
west on the night of March 4th She was a total
loss. All the persons board, IS men, were saved
rather 81 the island at the latest accounts
with provisions sufficient to last them four or five
months, aud about three months after the wreck the
| United States sloOp-ofWar Saratoga, ut Papeete,
| went to rescue them.
|
CHRISTIAN SLAyEs.-The following figures show
the number of slaves at the South who are church
members and the churches they belong to:
Connected with the NJ E Church South are 100000
Methodist North in W. VI :, and Maryland 10000
| Old School Presbyterians $780,. $4,000
New School Presbyterians supposed,...... 5000
Cumberland Presbyterians ..,.........=. 10000
Protestant Eplscopa!ans .... 1880. 1000