New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-01-10

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By this arrival we have files OF San Fraucisco m.
pers to the 20th ut and other California journals
but they contain little of interest and nothing Of i'm
portance. From the summary Of the Alta California
we extract the following:
STATE.-There are ten mining bitches, having
more than twenty tom streams each of water in To.
olumne county, with total body Of water OF l 43O
tom streams, and an aggregate length Of 229 miles
The Sheriff OF Sacramento is engaged in selling the
real estate on which taxes are not paid The sum OF
s3o7 900 has been collected, and about $4,000 are
Jacob Knauth, who has a garden at the site Of
Suffers Fort, near Sacramento, has made 1000 gal
Ions Of wine this year.
Four thousand dollars Of taxes on mining claims
have been paid this year in Nevada county,
Oysters are found in the Estero Americana. an ca.
tuary near Bodega, in Sonoma county.
A great scandal has been caused in Sacramento by
reported seduction and attempted murder and sui
eide. u Wand was the injured husband !; A. 4. Me
loney, State Comptroller, the alleged seducer. Mr
Wand on the 9th inst, shot his wife, and seeing her
fall and hearing her shrek horribly he supposed he
had MORALLY wounded her, whereupon he shot him
self His wife was not touched by the bullet and he
himself not MORALLY wounded. tsE=zsse
w. y. Wright. who has farm on the Sacramento
river twenty miles below Sacramento city raised two
acres and half OF tobacco this year. 900 pounds to
the acre has been declared by tobacconists to be
worth 25 cents per pound.
Week before last some Mexicans in Marysyille nm
dertook to warm themselves over charcoal fire, and
they narrowly escaped suffocation. When discovered
they were all apeechless and some of them in
but when pure air was let in upon them they soon rel
covered
A Mr.. Burns was murdered in Shasta on the night
OF the 4th inst, by Mr.. RUSSELL 1t seems that
Burns wife was fathess, and had Russell in the house
when Burns went home. Russell ordered him to 20
away, Burns persisted in demanding admission, and
r. shot him. =
The trustees Of the NJ. E. Church, North, in sacra.
mento have resolved to purchase the National thea.
tre in that city, at $4,000. They will fit it up for
place of public worship, and expend $1,000 in re-
pairs. 81 -
The number of pardons granted for crime in this
State, by the different Governors, has been as fol-
lows: By Gov. Burnett, by Gov. McDougal, l6 /:
BY Coy Biger, first term, Is second term, IS BY
Gov. johnson, So; by Gov. Weller. ~.
me assessed value OF the property in San Jose is
81 l2l 1855, and the amount Of the revenue collected
for city purposes by direct taxation s7,O0s.
There has been some very cold weather in the
State. About ten days ago the snow was eighteen
inches deep at Auburn and two feet ct Iowa Hill and
Nevada. Slelghs were going In both places In Ne
yada there was thick ice, and Mr. ]. D. Havens has
twenty-eght men employed in cutting and putting
up ice. The California Stage Company ran sleigh
between Nevada and Orleans Flat In PlaceryiIIe ice
was formed six inches thick.
Snow has fallen during the past week to consid-
cradle depth on the top of Mount st. Helena, and
other mountains in the region of Russian river.
Several families have left Gibbonsyile, Sierra coun.
ty on account of the and cold weather intending
toreturn in the spring.
distinct shock Of an earthquake was felt in Mariposa
1t was accompanied by heavy rumbling sound like
distant and heavy thunder, and appeared to come
from the west or little north of west and pass off in
an easterly direction.
A nugget weighing As ounces, and worth s775.
was found in Illinois Canon Sierra county on the 9Th
inst.
The road from Pacerville across the summit Of the
Sierra Nevada has been examined by couple Of en-
gineers employed by the citizens of Placerville and
they report that the road is not made according to the
contract Some citizens Of Placerve have applied
for an injunction to restrain the Supervisors from
paying the bill
ClTY.-The weather during the fortnight has been
colder than any experienced in this city for two years
past The frost has CONCEALED the water in the gut
tiers to the thickness of half INCH and the mercury
on the 9TH and Sth stood at 26 deg at SUNRISE Du-
ring the last week an unusual quantity of rain has
faen and up to the present. the weather remains I'M.
settled.
The summit of Mount Diablo and the main Coast
Range, are coated with snow.
Accidents and sudden deaths have been unusually
numerous during the fortnight, and our criminal cal
endar exhibits fearful increase of murderous assaults
William Morris alias "Tipperary Bill" accused Of
the murder OF II. Il. Doke in this city, arrested
at Martinez by officer Chapelle, where he had been
confined OH q charge of having murdered man In
Victoria. He was at once brought down to this city
and incarcerated in the city prison. Coroner's in
quest was holden the body of the murdered man
on the 18th nst at which conclusive evidence was ad
duced showing Morris to have been the party who
committed the fatal crime. The verdict Of the Jury
was to the same effect, and Furthermore that he had
killed Doke without any just cause or provocation
The defendent to take his trial before the Court
Sessions for murder
The Gougenheims after concluding an engagement
at the Lyceum, have been taking vacation.
Mrs. John Wood has commenced another season al
Maguires Opera House. :
The renowned futst Koppitz had grand farewell
benefit at Maguire's, on the evening Of the 9th.
The Christy Minstrels are giving series of enter
tanments at the American Theater prior to their de-
parture for the East.
-Four through passengers left by the overland stage
OF the 9Th.
One passenger only left for St. Louis by the Over
land Mail Of the 10th.
During the week ending 18th inst. 8s46 ounces o.
gold were deposited in the Mint
The coinage Of the month Of November amounted
to $3.50 900, all in double eagles.
The coinage Of the Mint for the week ending the
18th was $780, 900.
vein of auriferous quartz has been discovered on
the Potrero, within three miles Of the Plaza. The
specimens exhibited to- US show concusively that
gold quartz does exist in the immediate vicinity of
city, the rock essayng several hundred dollars to
the tun. Whether the many claims which have been
staked out be protaby worked is yet TO be seen.
On the 10th instant Henry Mewse was hung in the
yard of the city JAIL for the murder OF Peter Becker.
On the 10th, young man, an employees at the
store No. So Commercial street. died of an overdose
druggist residing near the corner Of Commercial and
Battery streets. The prescription was prepared al
the shop, and delivered to friend OF the deceased
with the order that IL should Mt once he pivan IN III.