New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-10-03

himself accidentally in the foot with pistol, yester
day, on Claiborne street. Officer Dean took him to
the Charity Hospital.
Later from the IEansas Mines.
"-
A Leayenworth correspondent Of the st. Louis
Republican gives the following memorandum, taken
from the Salt Lake way bill:
man by the name of Jesse P. Bally shot two
men sixteen miles east of Three Crossings, while
asleep in their beds. He was taken to the Command
that just passed here and turned loose He has gone
West.
The following is from the Rocky Mountain News
Of the 18th OF September:
Reports from the South Park continue favorable.
The yield Of gold is steadily increasing, and the
mining districts extending in every direction. Heavy
float gold, but little water worm is found high up on
the sides Of the hills and mountains, character OF
deposit very rare, and denotng very rich mining
country Hundreds OF men rushed to the South
Park, expecting to gather gold by the thousands,
and because they did not Immediately on their ar.
rival. rushed away again precipitously as they
went in, and knowing as little, reporting bumbug-
the old cry-whist those who went patiently and in
dnstrously to work are now making at the rate of
$40 to $50 per day to the man.
The damming and ditching companies on vasques
and Fall rivers have been seriously mpeded in their
operations by high water about the 9Th inst, which,
in several Instances destroyed or badly injured their
dams, consequently we have no satisfactory reports
as yet.
At Gregory's the miners are steadily increasing
their yield in both lead and guch diggngs.
On Monday and Tuesday of last week, three men,
with a slnice took from the Russell claim on the
Russell Guch forty ounces OF gold On Wednesday,
two men took from claim on the same gulch fifteen
ounces. Many Others are doubt doing well, but
we cannot obtain names and figures.
Another water company has been organized, and
two bitches are now in progress for bringing water
from Fall river to the RUSSELL Nevada, Mountain City,
Gregory and neighboring diggings.
reliable correspondent, writing from Mountain
City on the 18th, says: All the mines are yielding
largely; perhaps more gold is now being washed
from the various leads and guches than at any pre-
vious time.''
prospects richer than any before discovered
excepting the famous Gregory A single speci.
of quartz was taken from 1t which contains full
fifty dollars in gold.
Old gold miners who have worked in California,
Australia and South America, oil concur in saying
that this district say for six miles square, ia richer in
gold than any other of the extent in the known
world.
doing well, both in lead and guIch diggngs Much
of the quartz rock taken out is hard and cannot be
advantageousy worked without machinery. Hun
dreds of tons of it, however, are being piled up,
awaiting its arrival in the coming spring.
William Kroenis, Esq, of Taos arrived in our city
on Monday evening last. From him we learn some
items of news from the South considerable travel
is setting toward the States, from the South Park by
occurred at Fountain City recentlys between some
returning emgrants and the Settlers growing ont of
cattle of the former breaking into the cornelds
of the latter. Some corn was destroyed when the
settlers took up the cattle and demanded damages
which the emigrants refused to pay. A fight with
firearms ensued in which one settler and fonr emf
grants we're wounded-one of the latter seriously.
Crops look we'll, and there will be large amount
of produce raised in the vicinity of Fountain City
and Huertano this season.
Mr. K. is apprehensive of continued troubles with
the Tabawatcha Utahs.
DUEL.-We learn that most sangunary aud fatal
duel was fought in the new dggiDgs the Colorado
recently, between E. Warren, Of Indiana, and G. W
Harrison, of Virginia. Both were candidates fol
Justice of the Peace and Harrison was rlected, from
which arose the difficulty. They fought with Colt:
Warren killed, the ball penetrating his heart Sc
the story comes to us-we cannot vouch for it.
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Opposition State Ticket.
| From the Thibodaux Gazsttc 2sth ultl
Elsewhere will be found the names of the candi
dates for State officers upon the Opposition ticket
nominated for the approaching November election
The platform of this new organization will be reai
| with interest,"
As an independent journal, we do not wish to be
understood as committing onrsef in favor of any pc
| litical party in particular, though we must admit
that the principles of the Opposition party" II
commend themselves strongly to our sympathy.
The principles of both political organizations here
IO10re eXleLlnR IN Lne Slate seem TO nave been lg
nored by the Opposition party, which has based it
self upon certain principles and issues, which, if car
| ried out, will be productive Of much good.
| The resolutions of their platform pass in review
the presen'a administration of the General Govern
| ment, which they denounce as having failed in its
pledges to the peope-whose weak foreign policy has
forfeited all claims to the confidence of the country
ETC. Our State Government is arraigned for its ex
travagance and increased expenditures which have
become fearfuly alarming to an already tax ridden
people, and without any adequate benefits being ap
parent-for the fas6cation Of the present domnent
party in its promise of reform-the proflagacy and
| corruption evinced in the administration of the
"Swamp Lands" by bartering away the rich heritage
| for the benefit of few land jobbers, etc.
| AS the principles of their political faith, the Oppo
stion party denounce the further agitation of thu
slavery question in Congress as impotic, calculated
to produce good, but on the contrary create sec
| tona animosities. 1t advocates an economical ad
ministraton of the Federal Goyernment-the limitin,
of the expenses for printing to the actual necessitie
of the Governmeht-the abOlishing of ranking priv
| ileges, etc.-a vigorous enforcement of the Law
az ains territorial nsubordination-a Just and manly
administration of the foreign policy of the Govern
ment protecting and asserting the rights of the Gov
eminent and its citizens whether native or natural
| ICED, against foreign aggression-and, finally, i
stands pledged to an economical administration il
the expenditures OF the State moneys-a reduction
| the rate of taxation-interna improvements will
State aid up to constitutional requirements.
| Such ia brief summary of the views and purpose
| of the Opposition ticket Of this State which is sub
mitted to the voters OF louisiana With such princi
pies, this party cannot fail to command the approba
tion OF all sound, reasonable and reflective minds.