New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-21

Fort KEAENEY, March 1.-THE Pony Express
nassed at 4:l5 = NJ, bringing the following sum.
mary of news: 7
SAY .FRAScrsco, March 2, $40 P. M,-Arri7ed,
ISL ship Sierra Nevada, New York
Sa1ied' Feb 2sth, ship Richard Busted, London
park Daniel Webster, Shanghae ; 1st, steamer Cor
tez, Panama, carrying SO passengers and 1929 0GO
IN Tba TTfbeaaaEe @ 1852 900 of which is for New York
s9 90' 3. "a. sA'f o0O Asop Co., $l25 0OO Davidson,
S'f'oooi Nv stffau2s? $4,000; Coleman, $35 900.
Inc snip Daahing Wave cleared for New York
WI WIN nllscelianeous cargo, comprising 1900 sacks
Of barley, 100 sacks copper ore, 1000 hides 400
TASKS Of quicksilver, 40 bbls tallow, 81 bales Of
wool, 800 bags of guano, etc.
The steamer Uncle Sam, with New York mails
Of Feb. lst, is now overdue some six days, caus-
ing much anxiety.
The Po0y Express, with dates from the Atlantic
States to the 18th ut., is teegraphed from Cargon
Valley to-day.
The Horasz.hy case for alleged defalcaton in
the san Francisco Mint in 1855, is on trial in the
United States Circuit Court
4. Austin & Co.. retail dry goods rncrchant4 re-
Gently reported as failed, have resumed business.
Hgracc Smith, who killed the printer Newell in
~21 francisco On the lat Of January, being refused
q change Of venue by the Court has Detitioned the
Legislature, alleging that he cannot have a fair
trial in San Franc=co, and asking the passage of
special act removing his trial to Placer county his
place OF residence thus virtually asking the priyi
!tGe to select his own Judge and jury. Both
Houses of The Legislature have granted the prayer
Of the petitioner by than two-thirds maiori-
ties. There Is some prospect that the Governor
viii veto the act and throw the responsibility on
the Legislature of again passing it by -.k.rds
vote.
The chairman of the Breckenridge State Central
Committee has called meeting Of that body at
sacramento on the goth, to consider the perilous
crisis in national affairs. He argues the follow
ing reasons for the meeting:
Let US have Union if We can, peaceabe dissolu-
ton if we must, bat conflict never. If peaceable
w ahoul 1nt
main with the free States? If bloody separation.
Why should she not establish Pacific Nationality?
Is she wiling to be dragged into a against
Southern Confederation Of her sisters? Should
such Confederation be irrevocably established
ought not she to demand of the other free States
to consent to a peaceablc separati0n If any must
come as an unyieding condition of her remaining
with them? Does not I.ncoln's foreshadowed
palicy Of executing the laws in the seeded States
imply force, coercion, war? Are our people ready
to r,unge into anarchy, and suffer the ragages Of
such war? These are the mOmcntous Guestions
to be considered, and which it is feared will toe
soon require action: therefore, full meeting of
tS'gn-d CtiAs LINDLE!, Chairman
There are no new features in the Senatorial elec-
ton question now before the Legislature. The SEN
ate yesterday amended the Union resolution preVi-
ousiy passed in the Assembly and adopted it in the
following form by a vote of 20 to 6, the negative
votes being Republican:
ReS0lced That we heartily endorse the plan of
settlement for existing difficulties in the Atlantic
States as proposed by the Hon. J. }. CFlttenden in
the Senate of the United States, January 8th 1861
| and that We condemn the use of military force to
| coerce the people, recommending conciliation and
concession rather than war, and compromise rather
| than disanon.
| From different parts of the State the mining news
is about as usual at this The recently dis
covered silver mines in Nevada county, near Grass
! Valley, are prospecting well, and experienced
| miners from the Washoe district have great conf
| dence in them.
During the past three days business has not va
ried from the quiet character and limited extent
heretofore noted. There was not enough demand
for money, on steamer day, to create the least ex-
| element. Coal and coffee are dropping under re-
cent heavy receipts. The dry goods trade is as
suning more healthy appearance. Candles and
crushed sugar steady, as last quoted. Domestic
liquors. received per Sierra Nevada, are not in
good demand. Sales of a parcel of American
brandy at 5a3c. J. II, { Co. lard, 16c Spirits
turDentne, nominal, at Is to TIC. The entire
| cargo of Malaga fruits, per f. A. Iawlins, sold at
auction yesterday at rates generally satisfactory
| to importers though rafsns brought materially
reduced prices. The market for wheat and barley
il less active, but prices are we'll maintained.
| About $50 O0o bushels wheat, purchased for eX-
| port awaits chartering Of suitable vessels