New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-21
Later from California.
aaagvAs, Oh T1sis OVERLAND NAIL. /


By fa,e arrival yesserday evening ofthe San Diego
lid San Antonio Mails w have San Francisco
,,sgefs hi sss slt ult. TAere d no news ofiInport
atlce. Ill BulIesn ridicHies the campaign agains
tas Isist Ravar Indians in Tho following style:
NJ have before d General Kibbes report on hi
nAlHpaaxn aganst thu Fitt River and Teham& count.
1f7xns u this document General Kibhe sing
AD 4xns Md the men Of the late war with char
&Stefiztic enthusiasm. The Comnanderin-Gh Chief D
nm ex8ny dwel3s with conscious pride upon th
cStssxs ti1e frrocity, ana The resources VI The II
dim fee who were suhdued upon the terrors Of TIL
county they Inhabited, aud upon the gaiiantry m,
raagnanitnity Of The american troops who invade'
md reduced it.
az 1 sasaple 81 liz achievements 81 our forces
the General remarks & Out of the whole nunlbel
0f 3nasasss fought about 900 were killed and i2D
taken prisoners Il It must not be supposed tlaa
these resGats were accomplished without DANCE
and lass To the Americans. The casualties sum
ned Ap hi ths returns of the Acting Assistant All
jutant General, and reported to the COMMANDMENT
Chief " The California Militia, Gov. Weller, are q
Iollo6
Ana, IL & added. tiaat the wounded viii recover
The astonishing dispro portion between the kiles
and wounded shows the desperate character Of th'
N6hting Tn nearly All the great battles of tn
world fhe number placed Aoss de combat BY shots
sabre cuts, bomb shells, cannon balls, slashes
commissions, and other non fatal injuries has heei
xin0 he excess wa even greater than that; bn
IN Gen. Kihbe'S campaign, after ten or dozer
pitchad battles and innnmerable skirmishes. SAT-
prises assaults, abusraes and sieges, It u fouilt
that hss dead are anly two less in number thai
his wounded. Tue annals of warfare can hardl,
supply 4 parallel 10 this bloody record.
The Pezaiuan Argus remarks that better buttel
cad now no bought in our markets imported from
tl,H East than can BE- found 81 California make, ant
thAreupoa speaks as fellows;
WitlIin fie last few days We have conversed
with several Of Onf merchants in regard to it, and
tbny ai xlink it Is attributable more To lack 81
kn6Nlsdge ii regard to the proper management q
ike milk and curing Of The butter than to the eli
mate California butter, rs q general thing be-
comes rancid IN two or three days We merely
mention these facts IN order that cur darymen
nxy know that defect exists, and il possible en-
deavor e remedy y, and g compete with the
Eastern dAiries. ss
me same paper says
WIZ Wers shnwn, II FEM days ago, q specimen OF
what Was caimed ID be silver ore of great richness
IL was found hy some of our citizeus during the
past sumner, id the mountains on the borders q
Oregon, and about 200 miles from Salt Lake. 4
parfy VI M0rfunns we're III the party making the
discoycfy, md taking mp the claim. Since their
refxsf III salt Lake they have tested the ore, and
found II To- be Of exceeding richness; at least such
ii TIL suppo a. they have recently written 70
lbefaI oifAgs f0r their claims n the concern Such
u the given W rs ~ The person exhibiting
fhe specimen.
Yhe SUI Franrisco TsuIIetin says
NE Are srataisd 70 learn there il i speedy pros
DeTt 81 fhe extension 0f the Pacific md Atlantic |
telegTAp line; MT. George M Williams, who his
Telegraph Company goes down to-day for the pur-
5f3s@ III extending The wires from Visalia 10 Los
Angeles, for he Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph
Company MI. David Williams, a Fery expert and
skiilfI operator VIM take the place of his brother
Al Till point il the service Of the Alta Telegraph
Company
Ths Paeiic Sentinel, published at Santa Cruz.
ssys:
Mfthin fortnight one hundred TINS Of earshells
III sab70a6s Y have been sent to New York from
San Francisco, 10 be reshipped half 70 Germany
ind Han U France. They are destined for the use
hooks ANA for Thu handles Of knives and forks.
The shells VIZ mostly from the vicinity Of Mon
tsIey.
According 10 the Jacksonville Sentinel Marion
Taylor, who lives upon Butte creek, Southern
Oregon, Han raised tile tobacco plant on his farm
there, from seed brought by himself three years
ago from Missouri The quality was pronounced,
by presumed competent judges, to be superior.
The Sentinel adds:
Mr. Taylor, who Is experienced in the culture Of
tobacco, says that us fine leaf can be raised on
Butte creek and In other parts of jackson county,
ii Id My portion Of Missouri, and the climate il
admirably adapted to curing It and preparing it for
aaarket.
Tar Loss or THE NoRTHERHER. The Portland
papers III Oiled with accounts Of the loss Of the
steamer Northerner. The Oregonian Of the 18th
january says on the subject:
II ii ilaposaibie TO estimate the amount of loss
sustained by our merchants here BY the late ship,
wreck There was about one hundred tuns Of
merchandise for this city, all of which was lost
All The Express matter Vas also entirely lest The
ar1nnt of treasure by Wells, Fargo IS Co. amounted
to s2s 900 Of Government money to pay off the
hD0ps us Fort Vancouver. 1t ia unknown how
much, or upon what insurance had been effected
helom4 1t ri cers&in that large amount of losses
viii fall upon the merchants and business men 81
twenty-five mai Bugs fol Oregon were picked
up along The shore altar the wreck Of the North
ef1Ars and forwarded 10 this city BY The Columbia.
1t supposed The through letter bags we're all re.
hare been distributed and; as general thing. can
be aeeipheted. The newspaper mail received here
Is aatirely destroyed Id consequence Or tile water.
LArEsr Or rHn Stx-rL.gA-MEEN MINES. The
Portland News Of the 18th January mentions that,
BIZ IN arrival on the night previous from the Upper
Colnnhia, All the previous reports OF the richness
md extent of THE Simsl- ka-meen mines we're con
6rmed, The party dispatched by the citizens Of
Portland 10 exafsne tie new mines, were at Waila
Malla week since They were prepared to star
fos Einil- ka -naeen, by way 81 the Spoknn river
They xeEn expnctsd to be hack in four month
from The time they left Walla WaIla. All uer,
wen and ia good spirits.
The 0reg0nian Of the 18th January says:
M have information from ". III Barron, VIII,
haa Just returned from the northern mines, whicl
c0urzB Ail previous reports In relation to the rich
mess of the Kenell and SEmil- ka-meen gold fields
M. Barron has travelled extensively over the Fra
scr river, KeneH and Sismil. kamcen gold region
during the present year and gives it as his Opinion
that THU r1inEs At the north are uneanaed bv an
III California. Mr. Barron left Fort Alexander lat
Iii November. and be says TINT miners were making
from one to thirty ounces per day to the rocker
that III dirt above high Water mark on the Kane1
river would yield from 81 to 50 to the PAN and tina
the best paying dirt was mixture Of blue ella,
and black sand. forming cement, which is WEI,
hard and difficult 10 dig.
He also says that the best way To reach thesl
mines is by way of the Columbia river TO Wall,
WallA 0r Priests Rapids, and thence by land
that there ii abundance OF fuel, water and rras
DID lille whole route, and that the country is easil
travelled BY either wagons or pack trains.
Ihe scarcity And high price Of provisions is TIL
only drawback To this mining region. Hcosts no,
some $40 per day TO live! there. Mr.. Barron say
that several persons are now purchasing agricu
taral Implements, grain, seeds. ETC., with view
planting and groWing graln In TINT country, to sur
plf the demand during the coming season.
sa8S III IN 7 $
THE AMEEIGas Corr UApIRE. The Londo
Times of the 29th ult. has the following:
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