New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-22

mails and passengers from San Francisco TO FentOsa
Bay, had on board s2,25O0OO in treasure, and $50
passengers for New York, via the Panama route.
The Sonora bad the largest shipment Of gold that
has been made from San Francisco since the 9Th Of
June last The t3tal exports of gold from San Fran
! cisco dnring the month Of October amounts to 49,,
or 12.
The Quaker City. made the run from New Orleans
to the Coatzacoalcos river on her last trip in 81
hours, arriving DIT midnight of the l4th inst
Her mails and passengers were transferred to the
Suchel and left Mnititlan the morning of the 18TH
When last heard from the passengers were in fine
spirits, and would undoubtedly reach Yentosa in am
pie time to meet the steamer on the Pacific.
The Suchel made the ran up the river and back in
% hours. She met the California mails at suchel
and arrived at Mnititan on the evening Of the 10th,
but owing to the prevalence of severe norther the
Quaker City did not leave until the morning Of the
18th.
The country along the Tehuantepec route was quiet
and healthy.
The Pacific steamship Golden Gate left Acapulco
November I, With the first mails and passengers for
San Francisco via Tehuantepec.
There had bean no arrivals from or departures to
the Atlantic ports since the sailing Of the last steam
er from San Francisco.
The Quaker City brings package for Freeman &
Co.'S Express, il being the first express matter from
San Francisco via the Tehuantepec route.
Mr.. LIE Sere5 President of the Tehuantepec Com,
pany, returns in the Quaker City, having been over
the entire line Of the road across the Isthmus.
letter from passenger by the first trip of the
| Quaker City, dated Acapulco, Nov. 10Th; says:
"Our whole trip was a delightful one with the ex-
ception of few hours on that hot Monday, and
enjoyed it much"
The Quaker City left dinititan on the morning of
the 18th.
| The rainy season on the Isthmus commenced, with
violent storm, on the 23d uIt. and since then the
prospects of Minttlan and the Tehuantepec route
have much improved the accounts from the districts
in the vicinity,up to the date Of the sailing of the
| Quaker City, being very encouraging.
The overland mail for st. Louis and Memphis left
San Francisco at 10 o'clock P. ~, November 9Th.
Among the passengers by this route is Cen W. c.
Jones, of St. Louis.
We have dates from Vera Cruz of the 18th inst,
but no important news to communicate. The Pro-
gress of that date speaks faYoraby of the Tehuante
pee route and predicts great good from it to the
whole country
From the summary of the Alta California we ex.
tract the following intelligence:
There has been considerable excitement lateIv in
Santa Barbara in consequence of the discovery of
some silver ore in the mountains near the town
Everybody is out on the hunt for more
Placido, an Indian, aged one hundred and thirty
seven years, died on the goth ut. at San Buenaven.
tura He helped to build the Mission Church there,
eightyfour years ago.
Four divorces we're granted at the last session of
the District QOurtin San Bernardno county,
i The Camels started to run away from the TETON
reservation during the last storm Nine were caught
and brought back the other six had been found at
the latest dates from Los Angeles.
One Indian was shot and killed by another at the
Forks Of Butte one day week before last. The two
qGarrelled over gambling game. The shooting was
done with a rifle.
Several Indians have recently died very suddenly
on Indian Creek in the vicinity of Pnckerville
Their deaths are supposed to have been occasioned
by eating the bodies Of cattle which died from a
disease similar to the murain which prevails to an
alarming extent in that vicinity.
A society has been formed in Los Angeles to en-
courage the emigration of Spanish Americans in Cal
itOrnia, to Mexico They publish oug manifesto in
the Camor Pubiico, setting forth the advantages OF
Sonora as new home calling attention TO the fact
that the American Government has failed to protect
them as promised in the treaty of Guadalupe HdalrO
and that the Government of Sonora offers to nav the
passage of the poor from San Francisco to Guaymas
Don Manuel Retes is the President of the Association
The vintage is now in full progress in Los Angeles
, The wine produced this year will be much superior tC
any hitherto made Great care is taken in every de
, partment Of the manufacture and the experience Of
former years suggests changes and improvements in
its treatment AS the grape market in San Francisco
and the north has fallen off; the quantity of fruit
turned into wine will be greater this year than form
erly There will not be so many small operators; the
great houses have generally purchased the crop of the
growers, and the wine manufacture will be less gen
eral, but probably more carefully attended to.
Another large party of immigrants arrived in Los
Angeles county last week, from Iowa, Missouri Ar
kansas and Texas. They arrived in excellent health
having not experienced the slightest inconvenience
The station OF the Overland Mail Company AFFORD
resting points at convenient distances along the road
which greatly help the traveller in his Journey The
feed for stock is excellent, aud the animals arrive il
a prime order. A very large immigration from the
southwestern States is the road and we shall soor
have an addition to our population in this district
greater than we have received for several years to
gether.
There WIS heavy rain on the 2lst and 22d ult. Il
drove most of the river miners out of their claims
! and deposited large amount of snow on the
mountains,
\ deep snow fell on the country between Downe
vile and Gold Lake and Sierra Valley. The contem
plated surrey ola wagon road to the valley will havt
to be postponed for this year.
One Toilet, of Aamdor county, lost about SIS 900
worth of sheep on Thursday night Oct. 2lst, from
: the effect If the heavy rain.
: The Government has commenced excavating tht
ground for its mammoth foundry, the Pacific
coast, which is to be located at the Mare Island Nav
Yard. II will be the largest foundry in the Untet
D States
Not long since the Supreme Court, in the case o
Fremont VS.. Sheriff Crippen, OF MaripOsa county
OF the Josephine quartz vein, which had been fOrCi
bly, taken by the MERGED Mining Company. Th.
company bas applied foran injunction to restrain the
Sheriff from putting Fremont in possession
: free and fierce scrimmage occurred at the Chan
mel Rock claim on the DIST ult., between a party o
&anakas and some Cinnamon, all of whom were EN-
poyed on the claim Both parties were arrested fol
a breach Of the peace
Since the departure Of the overland mail of tht
ed, the storm which was then raging has been fol
lowed by another, which commenced at sundoWn OF
Il the evening of the 23d, aud continued during the
greater part Of the night. During no previous yea
in the month Of October.
g., Charles CarvaIho Chinese interpreter and twt
s. Cinnamon named DR., Liput and All Ting, were al
Il rested on the 2lst charge of having furcbly all
Quoted tile bride OF cOuntryman of the latter nance
d All Young. The former was hOn0rabIy acquitted
ii and the case continued as to the latter suit fo
d perjury has been commenced against the complain
ants it bling alleged that they instituted the prose
n cutOn for abduction through malicious motives.
IF Henry NJ. Naglee, receiver in the matters of Adam
u Co, has completed the payment of the first cgh
r. classes OF Indebtedness, amounting to upwards 0
4, $lj00O0-
fire occurred on the corner Of East and Merchan
streets ON the I'D which destroyed two buildings be
longing 10 William Wckman. The main edilicc wa
l. occupied by MesslS, Adams Marks, as ship chand
~ lery establishment, A man named David c. Harris
Of Baltimore, burned to death in the building il
"a which THE fire originated.
Some ESQ 900 pounds Of coffee arrived here on tn