New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-06-09
From Lower California.

From the San Antonio (Texas) Herald of the Sd
inst. we extract the following intelligence
The San Diego mail arrived yesterday morning at
O'clock twsaty three days out. This line continues
to make its trips N fine time. and always several days
within the schedule time. We have the San Diego
Herald aud the Sacramento Union of LIST May. From
them we Gull the following items of news
The San Diego Herald notes the arrival, from the
Gadsden Purchase, OF six eight mule teams loaded
with silver ore from the Hentzlelan mine. This is
the first cargo. They have out at the mine some
seventy tuns, averaging $4,000 per tun, and about
eighteen tuns worth from three to four thousand dol
lars per tun, are now lying at Fort Yuma, waiting ship
ment.
The teams there will take back machinery neces.
sary for extracting the silver at the very mouth of
the mine, and It is expected that they will have the
works in full operation by the first of August.
The San Diego Herald remarks:
We are necessarily often indebted to the carriers Of
the San Antonio mail for items Of interest from that
region, as well as the Gadsden Purchase, and other
places along the line; and while thanking them fol
their favors, for which we are truly grateful we
would respectfully solicit from the United States Off
and Others stationed and located at any point or
the travelled route between here and Texas TO furnish
us with briefly written communications in references
to particular localities and the facilities offered fo
the accommodation of travellers taking the overland
route TO the Atlantic States.
| There will be no emigration by the northern route
in consequence Of the Mormon difficulties, and as W
are being constantly written to in reference to thi
overland route for information which we not abl
to communicate, even if we could spare the time .
devote to it, we should be happy TO publish every
thing OF interest in reference to the best mode Q
travelling the requirements of an OUTFIT ETC.. for th
benefit of the public at large and we hoEe those in
terested will keep posted up on all these matters
FROM THE CoLoRADo.-The San Diego Heralt
says:
BY the last express from the Colorado river W
have news Of the Exploring Expedition under Lieut.
Ives. His steamer returned to Fort Yuma the l5tl
instant, having transported bis party five hundre,
and twenty or thirty miles up the river where i
| landed them. This is two hundred miles above tn
place reached by the private vessel sent up shor
time ago. The party having landed, proceeded b.
land up the river, and when last heard from wer
| about six hundred miles above the Fort. At tina
| point they would turn southward, and expected Il
arrive at the Pimo villages the 18th of May. From
their distance above the mouth of the Gila they mus
| have steamed to the neighborhood of Green rivei
This, by reference to the map, will be found to b
| about six hundred miles from the highest point ye
reached by steamboats, on the Arkansas river. Thu
reducing the distance between the navigabe water
| of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans to a mere span
This s very important. 1t will speedily reveal th
resources Of the valley of this great river Of tn
West, it opens way Of exit, by steam navigation, :
the produce OF the Territory Of Utah. and just nov
| it may be of great practical advantage in mtar
point of view. The steamer brought down, we under
stand, quantities of OF gold, silver copper an
other metals, map of the country explored an
various official reports for the Secretary of War.