New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-01
1tD Orlfars Dailp Cresteu6.
Later from California,

Ann WAL OF THE PONY ExpRpsa

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,!!1Er KrAs Ny, Dec. 25.--Weather, bright but
&c s9la. Id Pony Express passed at O'Clock, A.
No w, WIN r' u, ,.,s;fsrrfa D. ties as follows
OH pay ar Fr,.de,stee IL, 24o, P. MArriTed
Pri,isb ateamer Ter11aefro Hayre. Sailed sth--
Ladogar Valparaiso filthy paraisa9 II, s,thee5ship
Panama, carrying one hundrea ooss oaal'
Hsssengers, and 81 ,455,G00 in fye9
YorEs The unusually large treasure ship. n t new
derstooto be in response to urgent app = IN
CoMMERcIS s>e-Business is entirely inacstTe. For'
the last Few days has been Ia,nng, ahG ontaoe 9
operations ave beenretarded thereby. Few goods
are selling aG former prices Butter is lower, Ztac
for Isthmus. 0bis snch articles as are immediately
TneeGe, a,s tRa &D. Whatever anxiety there may
be ~ a"i' 81 fn;o;, forced sales CARROT pc n:aae
unless = He5 ,re lice, and they are not urged:
The y = y~ -. srIied large asPount OF
treasure i dlai,c. a-". has caused a-h.+ter
demand, and i at per cent, "'.'
there E5 no hes,s. Il ing or 1i5tfHS' 81
the soundness of b.. ~ here. The ).
receipts of wheat give y, ! a ntark ;icG1.5e
shipping qualities would he 1. 81 3osl 20.
There is some abatement in the IN. ma &C " sA'p
teract the diminished demands. Freightz are
easier Three pounds is tie best that can be had
for Cork. The ship Fair Wind gets IS 1os- for
wool from the coast of Me1nco to q British por5-
Among the passengers by the Bncle Sam were
a large number Of aspiring Republican politicians
en- route for Washington, where they proposs'
spending the winter, expecting the incoming Ad-
ministration to select from their number the pr1n'
cipal federal officers for this coast in he spring.
The fact that something like onetheust men are
supported by federal patronage in Ca m. has
the effect of developing thousands of pls :HsteeTs
whenever q new Administration is Ins''' '-r':S+H
and heretofore extensive combinations a,"~;hE pa
fessional politicians have often deceived - 8senS:
into, making bad appointments.
Several boxes of Washoe silver oreWent forward
by the Uncle Sam, valued at sl2 ,00O!,
ic np6
position Of Minister to Mexico.
Capt DAILY the pilot, who lost the steamship
Grenada, has been discharged by the Board OF Pilot
Commissioners.
The Pony Express, with st. Louis dates to the
9th ult., arrived at San Francisco Cd the l1th
| instant
The Fremont gold mines of Mariposa, are regu-
| 1ary reported yielding at the rate OF S70,O00
| per month; but expenses are not given, so that
| actual profits can be calculated.
| An opposition steamer has ommenced'running
on Sacramento river, greatly reducing passenger
| fare and freight.
| The Republican papers charge that a. secret
| organization is concerning measures to establish
| an independent republic the Pacific coast, in
case of a dissolution of tha Union. The charge
does not seem sustained by evidence.
Col. Fremont has commenced suit to recover
$4,000 worth of gold, dug by miner from the mines
on his land grant-the object being to test the
question whether title to land gives right t'
mines also contained in the land.
The steamer Pacific arrived on the 10th wit!
British Columbia dates to the Sd and Oregon to tn
9Th inst.
Senator Nesmith will proceed on the next steame
to California, en- route to the scene OF his tutur
labors in the National Senate.
The papers give an account of the murder 6
, Mr.. Carter, trader, III Washington Territory, b
Indians. Reports are published that members c
Lieut.. Muflen's Wagon Road Expedition discovere
gold on the head waters of the Columbia, an
also on tributaries of the Missouri river, Will
making their passage through the country TIL
year. M.
Nothing of interest from British Columbia. Th
steamer Otter arrived Victoria from Frazer rive
with $4,000 in gold. The Americans in Victoe
generally observed the 18th ult as Thanksgiyin
Day. Trade at Forts Hope and Yale is Representa-
as lively, the merchants being busy employed
. packing goods for the upper country. The pro
poets for the spring trade were very lattering
The steamer Uncle Sam left for Panama tn
forenoon with It's passengers, mails, 81, 466 ,9l5
in treasure; $9930 goes to France, $1,000 to "a
anna, and the rest to New York. Among the trelg
are lat boxes silver ore, valued at $4,000.