New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-02-01
Grin 0rlsans Dailp 6rtstsnt.
Later from California.

Later from California.
Our dates from San Francisco are to the stu Of
January. From the news summary Of the Alta Cali
fornia we extract the following:
The main subject OF public intererest lust now N
Cahcrnla are such are connected with STATE Iers
laton. The Legislature was to meet yesterday ct
Sacramento. Governor Weller did not deliver IL
message IN time TO go BY this mail and we are vet
very much IN the dark to what he win sav on the
questions Of calling Constitutional Convention, the
amendment OF the Constitution by the Legislature a
make the legislative sessions biennial instead N an
nual the taxation OF mining Claims the attaehmert
law, etc. The Governor elect has kept his own conn
sci remarkably wen % fzs, and nobody vetures to
pontecl for the sscretsryshp Of State and he s,as
ComptroeTshp, which last Office has beer, Rendered
vacant BY the Acceptance q the Office Of q. s. Sur
ve,of General BY J. W. Vaudeville, Comptroller esss
Governsr Weller win probably recommend The ,sx-
alton OF mining claims and the question vii proF :
bly, occupy more time than any other, and possibly
will lead to serious quarrel in the Democratic parS
views OF the LEGISLATOR but it 10 supposed that most
Of the members from the mining districts are strongly
opposed to the collection Of taxes from their const
uents-
Ths greater part Of the town Of Dowuievills v,s
burned down on the LIST inst The total loss Is ezti
mated at s4s9, 600. -
There vas an anti Mormon meeting at Los Angeles
on the sth nst and they addressed letter to Gen.
Clarke, in command Of the Pacific division, praying
him 70 send ve hundred soldiers down TO their county
for their protection Y,
and present many interesting results. The total
number OF school children in the State between the
ages OF four and eighteen, Is 81 722. The total en-
port Of gold during 1857 was $40 25s 1s2 The total
fl,265 TASKS The total value Of the merchandise
exported ffom San Francisco during the year was
$44l5759. The total value Of dufiabIe imports VS.
s4.lio 20. The total sno9nt q freight paid on
During the year there have been us applications
for the benefit Of the insoveut law in San Francisco
Inc debts OF these insoyens amounted TO o. 3Te $780,
| and the assets TO ssl2417.
Eighty-two divorce suits we're brought in this city
during the year, and twenty-five were before the
courts which were commenced in 1856. or the ia
suits, "a were commenced by wives and 20 by hus
The total number Of claims for land under Mexican
titles in the Northern District of California IL 426
vi these I'll are finally settled in favor Of the claim
wards OF ii goo acres each on an average on IA
remainder 10 have been finally rejected or dismzsed
about 20 are yet undecided and the remainder have
been appealed % The United States Supreme Court.
On the night OF the I'D OF December Sylvester
Murphy, from Pittsburg, Pa, murdered young woy
man named Mary Ann hcGiynn, who had been for
sometime his heusekeeper, al the Red House Hotel,
about four miles from the city, He shot her in the
head with pistol and cut her throat and then COM
mitted suicide by stabbing himself The cause OF
the tragedy was not kpown bot the parties had been
in the habit OF drinking liquor and quarreng.
On the morning Of the 2lth inst. slight shock Of
an esrtnquake was experienced in San Francisco.
Thsatricals have been quite lively during the past
I9r.nlgns. MIS-. !niia Dean Hayne has just com,
Pe'eu very successful engagement al the Americana
a grano complimentary beneht was rendered her on
inc CLOSING nlgnt, January z.
| CURES. -,
The Pennsylvania troupe still perform al the Meo-
| deon. r - - -e-'N
| Mr. and Mrs John Wood who arrived bv the Isst
steamer are unable 10 perform until The arrival II
their baggage which was detained on the Isthmus.
| Gancrito SotaI tha J.. - a 1919, -
| engagement Al The Americana '''' 'S-'''''''- 'A
| Orexos, e
| w.h.ro N. :, =
III 49,. s ~ .a ~ .ol1ala 20 lne zssn n
eonntiss ana hs 's si s re- are 10 rom All me
countes, anu tne oincial vote shows 5O19 majority
"a 80 ~ is.or o. tne constitution,
'D ~. T,.;a1 ..le sunes1n OF free negroes
!, shova ~, a. 80 mas Deen nnisned, and
s,e leo -1s 'ue 'o'Ai fsiue Vi taAaDe properly y
| Inh., . st.. -
"a IA '~nie'' ioine''y uosHrnor OF the Ier1to.
IT, IT, Te..;.;,
NJ, lei d N Sp 5Nss,s.lIT organized on tne TN
nv rn ~ ~ y, Dongas as Prescent o.
uorse AHu LA NJ Dusler as speaker OF tne
J Prsn.-a,;or, -.
TeP saaslons are making 70 eec' state officers and
"a " C.y Us Sent message 70 tne LEGISLATURE