New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-05-23
Later from California.

foruia papers to the 5th inst, from San Francisco.
The intelligence il not important. The San Francisco
Herald Of the 24th ult. says speaking Of the over
land route:
We have too much neglected our Overland mails.
particularly that which connects San Francisco with
st. Louis and Memphis The result Of this neglect
came near costing Us its very exstence-an evil that
force. One learned arithmetician has proclaimed in
the halls of Congress- that every letter sent by this
route, cost the Government sixty.fve dollars, and
upon this showing, predicaed the argument that II
branch OF the public service. As direct logical de-
ducton, the gentleman right. It cannot be denied
that when the question is narrowed down to this
one point the argument is clearly in favor Of the dis
continuance Of this route But here it stops and we
will proceed to furnish many other cogent reasons 10
into daily mail.
Firstly, it will not be denied tina: the Butterield
line, and its adjunct the San Diego and Texas line,
have been by far the most regular reliable and bene.
hclal to our community. A suppression of these
lines Oh the plea above mentioned would necessarily
involve like suppression Of other less beneficial
routes and we therefore constrained regard the
argument as directed against all overland commun.
cation between California and the Eastern portion of
the Union. The death blow once effectuaIIy given
to the principal routes must eyentuate in the annh
lation of those Of lesser import. Bat we would re-
specifically represent that enterprise whatever has
ever yet yielded full fruit in the earliest stages of its
existence The Bntterfeld line is but OF recent
growth; it is to some extent experimental; it ir-
wolves other questions besides the transportation
Of mails and passengers, and should be allowed at
least a reasonable time to fructify.
Joseph W. Brewer, indicted for manslaughter in
killing Benjamin F. Moulton, has been acquitted.
The death sentence Of Jacob Ellyea, convicted Of
murder in the District Court of Stockton, was pro-
nounced the 21st inst The prisoner was sentenced
to be hanged on Friday, the Sd OF June.
The San Francisco Herald Of the 25th nlt. says:
Wee Lam. Chinese female. aged about twenty
years. died yesterday morning at the hospital Dur
ing the day thousands of Chinese went to see the
body, and preparations are being made for grand
turnout at the funeral, which will be conducted in
Celestial style. We learned that this girl is descend
ed from one Of the FIRST and most wealthy families in
the interior Of China. About two years ago she paid
visit to some relatives in of the seaports when
she was kidnapped and sent to this city in company
with many other females, since which time she has
been leading dissolute life.
The Mariposa Gazette furnishes the following in
teigence
Col. Fremont has recently commenced an action
10 the United States District Court against Sheriff
Crippen and securities for the sum of twenty thou
sand dollars, being damages sustained by Col Ere.
mont by the Sheriff failing and refusing, as alleged
in complaint, to execute writ delivered to him last
summer. g~t9.7
Col. Fremont commenced suit on April 10 against
the men who have Of late been working the Pine
Tree Vein. He claims damages in IS 600. The men
who are sued say that Fremont owed them about
$40 GOO for work on the vein and that an agreement
was made between themselves and him, by which
Fremont agreed that they should hold the vein and
work it until he paid them the amount due them or
until they made enough out Of the vein to pay them
selves s
Col. Fremont recently has sued John Vandewater,
ct al for $1,000.
OfGeneral Walker the San Francisco Bulletin says
We learn that the "grey-eyed man of manifest
destiny" who has been keeping himself suspiciousy
quiet since his arrival in this city, will take his de.
partnre for ehuantepec to day in the steamship Gold
en- Gate. He will be accompanied by Colonel Frank
Anderson and Others who have held fast to him
through thick and thin Baron Bruno Natzmer,
Walkers right hand man, went to Tehnantepec by
the last steamer, probably to act kind of John
the Baptist to his great chieftain. What General
Walker is bent upon is rather a difficult matter to
determine-as difficult as the problem sought to be
solved during the war between America and Nor
monia, :" will they go North or South ~ as5
The Bulletin says:
Every succeeding day develops some new source of
wealth in our favored State. Our mines of valuable
metals and minerals not confined to any particular
section but extend throughout the length and breadth
OF the land Very extensive marble veins have been
recently discovered in the extreme northern and ex-
IRENE southern portions of the State.
Victoria. .s.
We have the Victoria Gazette Of the 23d.
The Gazette states that nearly S250OOO had been
shipped from port between March LIST and April 10th
and is certain that more than al 600 600 was ey
| tracted from the Fraser mines between April Goth
1853, and April GOTH 1859. The Enterprise arrived
at Victoria, the 22d, from Fraser river, bringing
$35 600 in dust
In reply to an address of the House, PRAYING that
his ExcelIency would urge upon the home Govern
ment the desirability of establishing mint in this
Colony, Governor Douglas has assured the House that
he will without delay, enter into communication with
her Majestys Government, strongly recommending
the eXpediency and advantage of establishing mint
on Vancouver Island.
British Columbia.
FROM PoRT DoUGLAs.-A gentleman who arrived
here on Saturday from Port Douglas states that at
the date of his leaving there provisions generally
were scarce. Flour selling at CSC. per h. bacon
81 90 per lbs beans l6c. He corroborates the report
of the destitute condition of the Indians along the
Harrison iooet route. Some OF them were en-
poyed to pack goods on the various portages as they
did it for much less than the mule trains They were
able to pack from 100 to $50 lbs of bagged merchan.
disc, but were at a disadvantage with goods put up
in boxes. Several Cinnamon had come to Port
Douglas from the Canoe country after provisions,
who displayed large amounts of coarse gold, gene
rally resembling watermelon seed in size and shape of
grains. They also exhibited coarse humps of from
one-fourth to one ounce in weight They reported
the diggings whence they came as paying from $40
to sl2 day to the hand but there were instances Of
claims yielding from $50 to sl25 to the hand per
day.
There was still some snow on the first portage, and
sOle VI lut Suludutu COUllR GOWN OF gong up
wore snow shoes.
MINING IN THE CANOE CoUNTRY.-An informant
of the Gazette says:
There are now about 1000 men engaged at work
in what is termed the Canoe Country, and making
from $40 to $40 per day to the man and he esti-
mates that there are from 1000 to 1900 more en-.
gagged in prospecting the various districts indefinitely
described yet, as the Batteau land Balloon il
countries, embracing what is supposed to be rich
mining region of some two hundred or three hundred
miles in length, and the width of which is vaguely
surmised Provisions rated at the time of his work.
ing "rather high !" -four 81 per h.. bacon 81 so per
lb. beans, 81 per h.; and dernd hard to be got at
that In fact the cost almost doubled the prices
above given, when taking into consideration the time
lost and hard labor performed in the tramp for tem
and the packing, or rather backing of them in re-
turn.
DIGGlEG ON THE SQuAMIsH- of our readers
may remember that several months ago the Gazette
published an account of gold discoveries on the
Sguamish river (Which empties into the Gulf OF
Georgia north Of the Frsser). At that time party
set out from this city to work on the river. Since
then have heard accounts from there, but there
is current in town that pa7ay has been
working the diggings in question probably during
the past winter.
From Tahattf.
We learn, says the San Francisco National from
Capt. Warner, of the brig Edenits, from Tahiti
that Queen Pomass and her two sons were still
in prison on the 22d ult. The Ssueen was con