The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-11-24
ELEVEN DAYS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
Eighteen Days Passage by the
T0huantepeC Route.
$2,5OO,OO En- Route for New York.
BUSINESS REVIyING in san FRANCISCO.
THE NEW ROUTE FAIRLY OPEN.
CONDITION or AFFAIRS ON THE iSTAMUS.
&C., &C., DO.
NEw ORLEANS, Nov. %, 1858.


The steamship Quaker City arrived here to-day bring
ing the California mails which left San Francisco the
9th inst, and were brought the hmus of Tehuan
tepec.
The Quaker City, on her outward passage in crossing
the bar OF found fourteen water and
sailed direct up to Mnatan, where she the iron
steamer Such The latter vessel after receiving the pas
senges and mails proceeded up river and arrived az
Suchl on the 18th at midnight the time being but seven
tyeght hours from New Orleans From the latter place
the passengers and mails forward to ventosa on
the Pacific from whence they conveyed San Fran
cisco by the mail steamship Oregon
The California mails OF the 9Th inst reached ventosa
the evening Of the 14th landed at such the 16h
and on the 18th they put board the Quaker City
bound to New Orleans where she arrived sixty three
hours from Minatitlan.
The steamer Oregon would sail tho 10th inst for AGA
puco connecting with the Panama plenty or
time for the mails Of the 9th of October which reached
yenosa in good time.
confidently asserted that the trip from San Fran
cisco to New Orleans be made by this twelve
days
1t is represented that the work on the Isthmus pro
crossing finely All but twenty five miles is good
ming order, and in two weeks time the work will be
finished and twenty coaches placed on the route.
II is proposed TO open a route via the river Jalte
pee which will cut off miles of the worst part of the
road and bring the distance down to hundred miles
There is plenty of water the Coatzacoalcos bar
the harbor Of ventosa is good that of Valparaiso
The Isthmus is healthy President Lozere passcn.
ger on the Quaker City, but will return Immediately
The liberal party still in possession of the Isthnus
Notwithstanding the intrgues of Zuoaga.
Six of the laters party were publicly shot at Tehuan
tepec on the 9th instant.
At Tabasco the liberals uppermost, and had
ceeded in taking the steamer Guerrero.
From California the news Is not important. Heavy
rains had taken place The weather very cold and
there was much snow on the mountains
Business was revivng.
The Circuit Court had granted injunction restraining
the new Amoda Quicksilver Company from working the
mines belonging TO the United States.
suit had been instituted in the United States District
Court in San Francisco, against the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company for carrying an excess OF passengers which
the damages are laid at thirty six thousand dollars
The Fraser river Adventures still ocking back
society had been formed for the announcement OF
emigration TO Sonora.
The work had commenced the United States foundry
at Mare Island. It is to be the largest establishment of
the kind in the country.
Real estate in San Francisco was advancing in price
and business generally was looking up.
Thomas o. Iarkin, formerly United States Consul, was
dead.
The steamship Sonora the mail steamer of the 5h had
on board two and quarter millions of specie and $50
passengers
large party of emgrans had arrived at Los Angeles
from Texas, Arkansas, Missouri and Iowa.
The from Sandwich Islands represents that the
whaling fleets in the Arctic and Behrng seas and Bristol
Bay had done poorly.
Considerable excitement had been manifested in San
Francisco account Of the reported murder OF four
Americans in the Gadsden territory by Mexican au-
thortcs.
The news from Oregon says that Col. Wright had re.
turned TO the Daes aud that the troops were to be con
cenrated at Vancouver for distribution by General
Harvey. Col Mansfield had completed his inspection.
The wala wala Indians troublesome in Washing.
ton Territory.