New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-04-29
Lat r from California.

Ld1 from CalltoraI2.
BY the steamship Philadelphia we have files Of san
Francisco papers 70 the 5th inst from which we ex
tract the following intelligence
There has been great amount Of rain during the
ioFtnight-probably nearly four inches-apd Il has
visited al parts of the State. Before the rain a
severe drought had been felt in sl the sonfer7, .,,
ties, and much harm was done 70 the crsns~tbs
grain 10 some places heading out while the stalks
were scarcely six inches high.
Aooat tne goth ult there was heavy frost which
ad serious injury 70 the younz fruit and there a
danger that the peach orchards from Red Bluffs 10
santa Cruz viii furnish little fruit this year
An enort y making 70 bave the capital OF the State
removed 2 Oakland. The people q that place held
meeting on the evening Of the 10Th ut. and r.
solved that in case the capital of the STATE should
be removed to Oakland, they would donate NJ tts
State sufficient land for all the State buildings woold
provide all the bOding stone wanted FIVE Of cost.
aud would also provide building before the arst III
January next, suitable for the Legislature 10 meet in
The people Of tbe town Of Mariposa are making
an effort to drive the Chinese from their place. Many
Of the citizens have signed paper promising to
have no dealings with the Chinese. and to Iet no
houses 70 them but the paper Is not to be binding
unless all the citizens sign.
young man named Heath murdered an Indian at
Los Angeles, about the 10th ult.. by shooting him
with rihe-the mnzzie against bis breast-whiie
asleep. Heath has been arrested. So far as appears
from the statement in the Star, he cannot be con
yicted because the oniy witness to the murder was
the Indians wife, who was at bis side when mnr-
dered
Henry A. Bush was shot and killed near sacrs.
mento on the 18th ult., by John Keller. The difi-
cnity had is origin in jealousy the part Of Keller
VINO says that Bush tried 10 induce his wife 70 leave
him.
y. E. Henderson was shot and mortaIIy wounded
| IN Sacramento, on the 22d ultimo. BY John Black.
dnring ARRAY between the latter and John Keenan,
Henderson was quiet spectator Mt the time Sew
erai shots bad been previously fired between the com
batants. Black had been married a short time before
70 young iady Of Sacramento, but the marriage
had been kept secret because her relatives disiiked
him, but after the affray and his arrest she could
keep the secret no longer.
Two hundred Chinese immigrants arrived here in
the clipper ship Daring, from Hong Kong, on the
Counterfeit twenties double eagles) are in circuIa-
ton in this city. The coins have been sawed through
the edges filed With lead, and remilIed. The work
executed 50 neatly that il is almost impossible to
The first Pacific Chess Tournament opened on the
| evening Of the 22d instant. The President selim
Franklin Esq, addressed the meeting, after which
the rules and regulations read BY Mr.. Wheaton,
| the Corresponding Secretary The PLAYING com.
menced at u o'clock on the 22d, and has been con
tuued until midnight from that hour on every sue
ceedug day. Great interest is manifested in the pro-
ceedings.
A trotting match came off over the Pioneer Course
on the 18th inst, between s. q. Daniel Webster and
br. &. Young America mile heats; best three in
i've, 10 harness. The latter won three straight heats
The persons lost by the wreck Of the schooner May
shaw, wrecked on the night Of March 49, n the bay,
have been since ascertained to be VIM. Judd aud
John Hnnnewe. Of England, and Spanish boy,
name unknown.
The red petteoat has made its appearance in town.
several ladies having adopted Il as street costume
The application o. several residents Of the Twelfth
District TO have colored children admitted to the
school OF that District has been denied by the Board
OF Education.
Two brothers arrived here from the Atlantic States
several weeks since, having in their joint possession
81 400. Soon after their arrival the younger one
robbed his brother Of his porte monnaie and fed into
the interior where be subsequently arrested, and
sent back 10 this city on the 26th ut.
The Archy case still remains undecided before the
U. ;. Commissioners
The Feast of the Passover is being celebrated by
the Jewish population Of this city with interesting
ceremonies.
The news brought by the steamer John L. Stephens
that the opposition line OF steamers had been stop
ped, GRATED no little excitement In town. There
were about fifteen hundred miners here awaiting
passage, who, on hearing the news held an indig-
nation meeting on Portsmouth square, and voted to
proceed 10 San Pedro, whence they intended to start
overland - Texas. The steamer Senator sailed on
the Sd inst, with number Of the adventurers on
board, all OF whom refused to go the mail line at
the raised prices
| During the month Of March, out Of population Of
eighty thousand in the city and county of San Fran
CISCO only 9S have died. In February the deaths
were 81
A sailor named Robert Barry was killed on the 2d
| lnst by falling from the mast OF the clipper ship
| Vitula, in this port
| Mr. and Mrs. John Wood returned from Sacra-
mento on the 3Oth uit and recommended at Maguires
operasouse, when Mr.. and Mrs Wallack went into
the interior. They play TO crowded houses.