The New York Herald Newspaper, January 10, 1854, Page 2

ADDITIONAL FROM CALIFORNI! IMPORTANT EXPLORING BXPADITIONS. MABRIAGES AND DEATHS, &., &., &eo. Mr. James Blair, formely of the Unite States navy, died in San Francisco on the 15th ult., of disease of the heart. Mr. David Mahony was nom'netad for by the democracy of San Fransisoo on +18 12h ult. to fill the vacancy cecasioned by the resizoarion of Mr, Samuel Brennan, Mr. Mahony, !t is said, is favorable to the election of David C, Brodarick to the Uaited States Senate. @ State Senate Exploring Expeditions, TWO NEW PAS3BS 1) THS SIERRA NEVADA. [From the Sau ‘raucivco Hora d, Deo, 15 } The two exploring expeditions which were despatched om this city some time since. for the purpose exploring the Coast Range, avd the other the Sierra vada, in the neigbhorbocd of the herd waters of the jolumne and Stanislaus—have returned, wad at this we are spaaged in preparing their reports, which will soon be submitted tothe public The Stanisians aud Taa- lumne Company, under Lieut. Moore, of the U S. Army, as Kogineer, N Goddard Assistant, aad Major Eovetis as Cummancant of the ercort, has succoedsd in disc ver ing to new passes in ths mountains, a abort distance’to the northwest of the river Stauisiaus, and almost on the f latitude of Sen Francisco, Oe of these pausen inid to be two thousand feet lower than the best pesw yet discovered, the ascent on either side being v-ry slight, wed perfectly prac'icable for the constroction of a rail read. The country beyond ix ope which has naver yet deen explored, ard bas been {ound to be of a very differ- ent character from that which liad been anppased. The mountains, instead # ronning north and south r* Taic on Frement’s chart, rao from portheast. The party auc» aswithin about three days joss. Clara, on the Virgin river, a oran: over the whole linw they found it to be of ar: ture) character, weil wa’ anos of estas.” The party represent that thera wll oot be rlighest difficulty ia oonstrustiog the rsilcoad over ir, This would carry the liaw of the road from the Miseirsippt to San Fraccisco almost dae east and weet Frem the extreme poit which the party had ressnea they Ciscovered @ beactiful valley lying before them, ex tending to the Virgia river, down waiah previous expaii tions bave psreed, leavir g the “ract over whica the party travelled hrretefore entirsly uoex plored ARRIVAL OF THE BSCORT To THS PACIPIC RAILROAD SURVEY AT SAN DIE (From the Sen Degy Herald Livutenspt Stoneman wiih the esi to the Pastis Railroad survey, numbering in ail forty mea, arrived Lest Sundsy, November 3, at tira M! sion of five months campaiga tu tue La. Dd Lae i iwi yot the Mohaverver, Lose men acsin the epjo: ment of excelent hextth, aud tae aaimels are in G56 condition They exp-ot to remain 61 erders arrive fom Gen Hi mpad near the Miasion until ro ock ia regard to their fu ture m vements, (pera foiure movements may be governed by the aspect (f atfairs in ovr sister republic of Lower California.) I, eat 3. being coatinusily assailed with ques'ions 'n respect to tre feayidi ity of the routed explored, rays tbe pnblic had batter wait until te official report of Lieut. Williar son, who has cha-ga of the nue vey, in published. Jieut, W. will arrive here from the mouth of the Gila during tae coms week, and having mace the most thorough mation of tae country pasned through, will by ablo to muks @ very acaurata aad satiataotory report upon every polot connecied there- with. Lieut. Parke is now engaged in a sxrvey of the San Luis river, which conrests with the pass at Agae Caliente, All the passes on thix route have been carefully explored, ex amined, and accurately level ed wi'n insteamenta, besides Ddeing wapprd upon » convenient wcale to show all the rivers, mountainy, valloys, aud other mere miaate iaci- dents of g ound 'Th ‘ort & Faluable acquisition to t ge of ths part of the coantry, nd partioularly from the fulare country to tua Oilocelo river, embracing the T-jon pass, Canuta de las Uvas in the Sierra Nevaca, the Cajon tay Gorgona, aad tne Cali- ente parses in the Coast Raoge of mocutains, and many others lees feasivle, but which, neve:ticl-ss, Bays been explore’ with great care. From s conversetion with Lieut that there is no rerious obs acle upom tats route to the onstruction of the road—tiat ateepest grades re quired cannot excved o30 hundred fee to the mile —that the track can be built without the nacessity of « single tunnel, and many miles can bs built without varyiag frum the natural surface of the ground. We learp that the survey has been conducted with the utmost scouracy and Gilelity, and that anew ant parfect amap of the whole country surveyed aod explored will bs constructed to accompauy lisat William-on's report, aud that the measurements werr sullisiently minute to give v ni obstacle on the roate, #0 tot © proper grade of the track fur a reilrwad can be at once determined, Such a contnbution to the (geographical and topographical knowledge of our State and svuntry ts ia- uable, even if the coveted railroad is not built on tne Southern route. The country between the Tulare valley and the CJorado and Gila rivers has never oefore been #0 thoroughly explored ; and tve viciuity of the Mohave river, bitherto nearly uoknowa, {8 now examined and war. veyed from its source in the Coss: Range, near the Uajon, to its final disappearance ip a saac Inke ia the desarc Close exe minations «n thy following objects were made: the Tejon Pars, anc Cavsce de las Uras in the Serre Ne vada, the Cajon, Gorgous, ant Agua Caliente passes in ‘the t Range, and mapy others ies fessidle, but which, wotwithsand: ave been expiored with great care, of which pase: througa the mountains have bad their advocates and atrenu sus supporters We are ivcliuel to Delieve | bat the report of the sarvey will set at rest for ever the question cf pre eminence among them, aad gia to one of thore mentioned « palm of superiority above the eet that will ensure the eonstruction of a raiiroadover ts, & oxe isever built throagh the Southern part of the Stoneman wa gathor State. It will be found ‘rom this report, we think, that the natural obst on thia route have besn greatly over- ated, and that the track may be bu'lt wi:hout the neces. aity of a single tunnel, or a grade of greater inclinstion than 100 feet to the mils, and this only oa rare occasions of comparative difficulty. The future movements of the sompany of Dragoons un- der Lit toneman, will undoabtedly depsad very much upoa in which ths Lower Uslifornian afsir is looked upon by the military authorities in California. They are in excellent condition, though jastin from a siz months’ campaign in the wild country of the Mohave, and can conbtlers do as goo service on a new campaign im the lower country as any body of troops now in service, commanced as they are by a galiaut ciliver of tried cour Age aud ab lity Miscelanesus. PRICES OF PASSAGE ON Bualth THE STRAMERS FROM SAN FRAN crsco— Cumar TRaveiiins —Three steamers will leaves this rode curry ing patsenge.s, maily acd treasure for the At tie, this morning, Ths Pacific Mail steamship Com- ny's steamer Golden Gate Capt J. 3. G. Isnem, the Ia ra nt Opposition Line st-amer Uncle Saw, Capt. William A, Milla, leaye thia morning at 9 o'clock, for Pa od the Nicaragna Company's steamer Oortes Captain T. B Cropyer, will ieave a: the sine hour for Sao Juan. the sates of charge: yes eriay wore as follows :— fu the Golden Gate, through Uckets, exslasive of the Wethmus tranrit, io dining osioon stetmrooms, $200; main saloon staiercoms, $150. open berths, $100; etesrage, $40. In toe Vacle Sam there were no regular rates of charges; the agents offering to carry a little cheaper than either of the other boasts. In the Vortwa, through tickets, inclusive of the Nicersgua transit, sold in oeck stave zome, $200; ealcon, $101; upper steerage, with secoai Yoin on theotnersive, 69), upper steerage, B75, store pe, $50. The boats are all {ict oles) steamers. The aod as mach comfort ok en Gate it a foating palace, nd ease can be enjoyed ia her magaificent cadian aad eloons as in» first clare hotel en spore ie Uae a povided boat. The Cortes sported 106 ber 8 26 uur It is very doubtiul waether ihe companies can dorivaa very large income from ibe | price, which they are pow carrying parsengere. We bad mush rather see tne prices om this si’e Kept up io accorsacce with other rates, and let the Cimiautiva be ma e@ up the otner side ‘The low prices will pwodsbly indice many persona to pay @ Visit to the A'lantic S'ates — Alla Cal-fornia, De,, 16. Monper of Jack Wurstiy—Gaxat Exorremeyt IN Loa ARGEAS —AboLt seven o'clock on the night of Dec. 7 St e@.4 app: Oached tay Souors camp, party playing cards upop the grouse, ar named Jseus Sonate, a Sonorisy, agt oak whi a& warrnot for murder commitied in the Plrra Isst winter Senate arose a4 aboot Lin of; but « gz atived a second time, he plopged a Jong noi’e tw roagh Jack's breast, passing hrongh bis heart avd cowing out back of the abouldar evate immedio ¢ly fled across the Zanja, in the diteo tion of the river, No smer Oae men stand pg upon the opposite rive seeing Jack fall one the man fire, wen? immec to the spot aul found Jack breathing bis last. Pursuit was iastanily made for the merderer by the Saeru®, the Reogers and the ci ixens, but be eluded teem all. Wheelan wae an Irisnman, (nd came to this country a & New York volunteer in the Mexican war, Ho was certly eectedaco-siable. and had proved himse:f e Mi sie jcer, He was brave reckles Lost bis throogh a careless iadifference to the des perate character of jhe man hearrested. H+ way baried on Thurrday afterncor under the auxpioes of his con pa- anions of the New York Volunters. The District Court ad journed out of rerpect to bis mem ry. Raves oF Hain Tiees—A Foc ~ We have in our , sion fitterm copies of the Why, Alta, Herald ani Echo, of July end August i*52, printed» the different colors of ef yellcw, bie, red, tronze purye disck, brown, gresn and buff. Berides these, tere a» nuwbers of papers! ow the interior, on cigaretto pape og paper. Some of tae-e ar festances there ere two bal’: i ia to be hoped, for the couverieace a ixwof the pudlie and the press, \hat posimiias scarcity will ever occur egain in Celiforcia, In ocnnestion with thix, we are info: by « paper dPhivr in thiso ty that the eatire eocsimp tien of peper in Cali ornis ard Oregon, of every desorip. tion, does not equal that of the New York Hekiun oiies al. ne.— San Francisco Commercial Adverter Dec. § 4 1wo-Fou He curre spoadent of thi Veao ter, writ ah Selmeu river, giver the fol owing account of » fatal renvoatre whicn oczurred at tie recieg pest of Trick & Orambeugh, en the dith of No embs = Between {he bours of sine: d eevenin the ereniog, a mei ( the nawe of Jobo burply, form er y of Sostoa, vate rod i opparently elivutly intosicaved. Ia ps ne back part of /he room, he ebused several persons, and bere a¢Cressed bimse.{ particularly to a young inva oy toe pame of Antosy Walioa, formerly of lowa, env war we 10g af cook im the esteblishment. Syme worls passiag oetween them, Marpby s'rack Walton with bis Deud io ‘el row commenes olting in the =A ath the posterior part of the herd; the latter cunsiog instan- ‘ tetas death, Walton was killed by Marghy, end Murphy by William J. T ick, who acted in defence of Wal- ton and bis beure. A jury { tee people, summoned for the purpore of investigsting the case, found that “Mr Trick is ot oply svsta'pable wpa prinsiples of nstaral justice and equity, but even coms endab! od that this Jury, refvoting the public opivion of the minera of Salmon river, fully sod upqnal.fvdly exonerate William J. Trick fom sll legel accountability wha'ever ”” A Pmtapetratan Drownap —The steamship Governar, in going into Bollcas bay, on Friday, December 9, omerved the body of @ man flsatiog ia the water just ioalde the bar. Lowered a boat and picked him up. He was dressed in a black frock coat, black escin vest and mixed gray Pants, apparently thirty five years of age Hadtwo ra. csipts ip bis pooket. one from woreship Rnode Island for twelve half bhis. mackerel. The name of the deceased is Wm M Vinton, formerly of Philadelphia. Duar or Hoy. Mx Carsoy —Hon. J. H. Carson died in Stocaton on the 12th ult Mr. Carson was a member of the Leg rleture elect from Calaveras county, and had been out of bealth for some time. Mr. Carson was one of the earliest residents of California, having gons acrow with Gen. Kearney, ia 1847, He was connected with the Qoartermsster’s Department of the United Sta‘es Aray at Monterey uncer Colonel R. B, Mason, and was one of the earliest and most successfal explorers ia the miaing region. Jcbn Murphy, formerly of Boston, and Anthony Wal ton, were billed in an aileay at South Salmon River, on the {0th of November Robert 3. Hart, formerly of New Bedford, wa: drowned in Sap Freocisco harbor, by falling overboard from a ves- sel on the 12th of December. Marriages and Deaths, MARRIED, On the 11th Dee., at Valejo street church, San Francia- co, by the Rev. T. F. Ilsbaria, Thomas Connell to Miss El{zabeth Murphy, of New York. In San Franciaco, Deo. 8, by the Rev. Albert Williams, Mr Alexander M. Schell to Miss Mary L Daria. On Thursday, Dec 8, at the Chorsh of 3t. Francis, San Francisco, by the Mout Rev. Archbishop of San Fransk co, Kegene Casserly to Miss Teresa M F, Doyle, daughter of Mr. John Doyle. Dec. 1, by Henry Richardson, Jas:ice of the Pease, Turd tows sbip, Mr Francis Alivater to Susannah Gillet bevh of San Francisco On Thursday, Dec. 1, by Rev’ S. 8S Harmon, at the resl- +1ce of br. Caldweld, Mr William Stingley to Mise Nancy F. Mylar, both of Bhaw's Flet. In'tatamento, Dic 8, by the Ror, J. A. Banton, Mr. E. W_ Wilder to Mrs, Klithe C. MeCoon, both of that city. In Racevilie, by Rev. J Simmons, Mr. Dsniel P. Boa sore to Mirs Tempe B. Eoglish, ail of Grass Va'le. In Nevada, Deo. 6, by Rev. J R Tansey, Mc. leaac N. Heys to Miss Caroline M. H-ya, both of Nevad Iu Sap Fransisco, Dec. 14, by G, W Casserly, Eq, Jas tice of the Peace Firat township, Mr. William Hector to Miss Elizabeta Whitburn In Sonora, on the 7th Nov., Mr. Joseph McCarter to Miss Heléah Nobles. At Usb Spings, Deo. 3, Mr Charles A. Johoson, of 3an Francisce, to Miss Elizabech Haacry, of the former place. At Don Pedro's bar, Dee 1 Mr Elijah Stridling ts Miss Parr eila Lee, all of Tuolumne county. In Jacksonville, on the 47th of Ostodsr, by Judge P. McF. Patten, George L. Dean to Miss Elizabeth M. Wells AtCalspooys Linn couuty, Nor 19, oy Rev J. MoKea- ney, Mr. 7 ¥. Moody, formerly of Chicopee, Mass., to @ Rte phenson, f»rmeriy of Ohio. larion county, 0. T., by R Arther Powell, Me. David D. Prettyman, of lacks county, to Miss Sarah Ann Ktiggs, formerly of Bloomdel3, iowa. Ta Portland, 0. T.,.on the Ist November, by the Rav. Mr. Bagley, Mr. Win Beckett to Miss Jane Taomp won, of Polk couaty, 0 T. On the 20th November, “by the Rev. Kaoch Garrisan, Mr, Rowell Powell to Mise Ruth Haltz, all of Lian county. 0. Ia Marysville, O. T, on the 22d November, by the Ro T. H, Poarae, Mr. James Graves to Mies Melvins Piborn, all of that city. In Sorema, on the let Dec., by Justice J. B Boggs, Mr. T. Batley to Mi-a Lucy Chambera In Sacramento Dec 8, by the Rev J, A. Benton, Mr. E. W. Wilder to Mra, Eliza U. MoC.on, of that ci y In Sacramento, Deo. 8 by Wm Saoowaker, Ey, A romor bea been circulated that the entire psrty had surrendered at discretion, and were taken to Jan Tomes; but ts not generally believed. the report coming from pr tops who nad recent y arrived in town from planes bat « litte distance ‘rom bere, and many miles from Kasia. Toe impression with people here is that a good deal of sharp fighting mest be cone before the Americans will give themselves up. Streggling travellers, in equeds of two or three, have arrived ip to@n, ot different times of che day and night, rileatly have ceparted for the lower coualry, ssying little or nothing about the busines: bot they sre, witbout doubt, an auxilisry Americave, quietly parsing into the Mexican territory in © cer to aveid the inte: ference of the United States mili tary sutborities in this neighborhood, The military forca now in this vicioity connsts of tyo companies of artillery, under Col Barton and Lieut xtoveman’s company of dragoons, at the Missioa of Sia Diego, about ten miles from ths Mexi¢an territory, aod cre hupdrec from Escinada. At Fort Yame thera are three companies of the Thirc Infantry, now ab at to bere eved from that post, and they may be 020 oa their march to San Diego, should the government take any as live ateps to interfere in this cater. In referring to the above sewa the dan Fraocisco Herald of Deo. 13th eays :—The expeditioais's are said to have made their bea querters at decipsde nesr the heat of the Gulf of Catfornis, The term ‘ Eacioade’ eens 8 roadstead ’? and is pot the pame of any towa or settle ment In fact there are several ‘ E .cinadas’’ on the (ult and the Pacific coast. The one selected by the expadi toniets is probably near San Felips the moat morthern pueblo ov the Gull nice of Lower Qalifornia Tae distaace from this point by the road acruss the monatsing to Sen Tomas. upvm which it is said the expsditionists were marching at the time they were attacked, is aboat ai cty- five leagues, The road is over # rugged and mouatainour coust:y, d peith-r water gor pro- visions can be found upon it. Cnlees well ac justated with the ciuntry, thore #ho attempt to make tais jour ney ae in imminoen; danger of perishieg for waat of ‘ar, I: passes for some distence over rugged moua- tains, acd ageip tbrovgh narrow res justeuch astuat io which tats battle is raid to heve tazen plase, wita walls of ro:k many huadred feet high os eaca side. [a some of these passes, we are ioformed, ten men could hold at bay a thousand. Meleadrez, who is spoken of ia Our correspordeat’s jeter as the commander of the Jali- belongs to a well known family ta Lower The head of the famiry served for a loog tice ia the Mexican army, avd all his rons, (o2e of waom, Av- Tonio, Wes probably the commander hece epoken of,) are thorovg>ly familiar with the cvuntry through wnica the road to Seo Tomax paseas, aad po doudt avatiet Ubemeclves of this kno one of the steep c whom the expeditionts *ere on the march to capture, 1+ Sub Prefect of Lower California. and commander of ta- Mexican port of San Tomas. This Jat piece ix am oid mirsion station contatai. g, besides the courch aad ms sion Duildipgs, about ten orber bailiiags Our iaforms1t that es force of two nundred figntiag men collected on + in this negh were two | cappon at Sen Comas, oaw of which is said to have been taben over to the Kocioada, an! suck the launch of the Caroling Busides these, Negrete hed a full supply of small arms (or the use of the raacheros ia case of sisturbances. San Tomas ie situated near the Pacific cosst, about forty-seves l4aguss soath of Sia D zo. There are two roads bet weea— me tn good coaditi admittpg the passage of vehicles; tae other slong t! besct, used only by borsemen. [he place the expedition- ists have ficed upon as torir headquarters is said to be the very worst they could have found in Lower California ‘The couotry back is a desert, furotehing neither water or provisions. The + xpeditioaiate woula be eompelied to rely entirely upon the subdristencs brought wi. them. ‘The reat scross the mountains to San Tomas is frigntfal, parsable ovly by mouctaiceers or those thoroughly fe:nt liar with it.” There are about 4,000 Intisns in Lower , Only & portion of whom Varistianizs aud fight wita great determination. T Californians number adout 10000 We learo the: it was the intention of Walker to send a detac, ment over to San Tomas tefore Mr Emory left. It was probably eom- manded by Mr. Chas wilmaa, o: this city, who was cap- tain of the company. The Alta Cultforvia saye the news from Lower Calif r- Dia boas the vew republic, with itl ud eoancing degin Thomas W. Wade to Miss Maria Siout, all of Sacrameato City. 1a Diamond Springs, on the 27th Nov, Anthony R Brown to Mise Harriet Firth. Ip San Francisco, Deo 11 by the Hon. H.C Murray, at the residence cf Mrs M J. Stevens, Mr. Calvin W Kal- logg to Mia Maria Evereste, botn from Anu Arbdoz, Michigan, BIRTH. irl, in San Fraacisc>, Deo. 11. DEATHS, In Bap Francisco, op Tcursday, December 16, Mr, James Biair, second son of Me, Francis P. Biair, ct Wasaiagtoa | City, and late of the U.S navy, aged 34 year In San Francisso, November 24, of aongestive fever, James Dixcn, non of and Margaret D.xou, of Madrid, Nt Lawrence county, N Y., aged 20 yeara, 8 monthe and 18 days, brother to R Dixon, In Merysville, Daoemper 1%, of dysentery, Georg: E Camp. formerly'of Stowe, Varmoat, aged 33 years, In Nevada, December 8 of consumption, Mc. Williom M Brare, formerly of Monroe couaty, Liliaois, aged 36 Mrs. A. May, of lackamas county, 0. T, December 3, Robert D., ovly childef J. M and R W Bacon, aged 18 months. November 15, Colbert Andereoa, H3 was a native of out had resiced in Clackswas county since 0s- In Oregon, November 15, Chai les H. Trumbull, formerly of IlMnois, aged 25 yearn. At Chambers’ Prauie, W. T., November 16, Mes J. Hicks aged 21 years Ia Oregon, November 30, Crogaan8. Post, aged 19 years and ten months. In Merion county, 0 T., November 24 Lawton formerly of Boston ta Oregon City, November 24, Clare John B and L A Preston, aged 13 years. In Colomb.a, December 3, of chronic iinpatitis, George A Field, M.D? Late of Gratton, Mane, agot 28 rears On the 11th December et S.cc formerly cf Trewout, Obio, At the reddence of G on Sunday moroipg, D: Bowne late of New York cite, aged 39 years In Sacramento, William W. Spackman, infant son of James and Mary 'A Laidley, aged six weeks. Eu Mr Garrge 0. uly child of lee Miatura, ia San F'cene dropyy, Wili nm H Oo Wednerday, December 14, at the Mission Dolor consumption, J. W. Sloane, sged 31 years. In San Frano sco, December 12, Fortune K. Storrs, of Rochester, N. Y., aged 42 yearn. | At Satterville, Dec. 6th, fiom a gunshot wouad, Joos than Harrold, forme. ly of England, aged 28 years, In Sacramento, Dec. 6, of typhoid fever, Bzau Lesper, son of Cbristopher Leeper, formerly of New York city, aged 1% years In Marysville, of consumption, Mr. High Turasy, tire of the county Down, Irelacd, late of Mobile, Als., aged 38 years. ‘At Camp Seco, Nov. 22, of consumptios »f the langa, Mre, Inabella Harkness, wife of James Harkaess, frown Edinburg, Scotland, aged 26 years ‘At his residence in Papeetes, Tahiti, Society Islands, on the 29th of Sept, Edward Lucett, aged 38 years, The deceased was @ native of Esting, Middlesex, Kogland, aad Temoved to this 1;land in the year 1841 Io Nevada, Dec 8 of consumption, Wm Beard, of Mon roe county, Liiinois, aged 56 yours iu Bocramento, cu funda;” Lec, 2, Ralph Jakes, lately of Baltimore. INTERMENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO, Dee 1— Daniel Clare, Cincianati, Uhie, aged 25. 2—Unknown man $—Benj. 8. twitchell, Chenango Go., N. Y., 69. 60. 4—Margaret Broadhead, Eoglaod, 32. James J. Ireland, Kosbester, N.Y Chosk Lee, Ubina, 54. 6—Pstrick Can, Irelyod, 35, George 9. Lawton, Portemonth, R. 1, 3 €—Peter © Lace, Norway, 21. 7—Capt Wao ©. Millar, Newcastle, Me., 25, Infant chal. of Mr. and Mrs Lidisy, trick Sha very, Ireland, 30 Geo Eoffiels, Seu F isso 19 mouths, 1l—Wm. H. Bo rpe, New York, 80 years Darrand H Lang, New Orleans, 60, Thor as J Roach, 26 12—F. K. Storrs, Roebestor, N. ¥ , 42, Lee Hee Foo, Cbina, 22. 13—Marey Husker, San Franciaoo, § yra and 6 mos, 14—Miss Risortyl’o, Switzerlan’, 33 Robert 8. Hart, New Bedford, 31. Thomas Ril y, Ireland, 16. Henry Burke, Ireland, 16, The Expeditions to Sonora and Lower Coul- fornin. THE ATTACK ON THR FILIBCSTERS—RUMORED SUR- ERSNDER OF THE WHOLK PARTY. SAN Dinso, Deo §, 1853 On the 34 December @ party of twenty from the force of Americara at Eozipada msde am atteck upoa the raceb o’ Le Grulla inbavited by some nal/dozsa famni- lies, aud corried off beef and provision. Tnis placeis bat one leagve from San Tomss, and tpon tisiogs «f the above favesion reacbiag there, the inbabitents turned out is pursuits! the party, whom they 0 rertoox and en gaged in a rlight shiemieh, which rasalted in the loss of teo billed om the part of the Americans and two taken prisoners Toe Awe icens continge! their retreat to Eacinada in | gest iteeif to the | tween Messndrez and the gfe politeo referred to in ning, is on the pomt of ending most di astrously Tae Caroline lefc bere on the 17to Ostoder, witn foriy wix tli busters; on the 3d November arrived at La °az, took pod reasion ¢f the town, and rua up the revolationery ff sg; on the 6th bad a fight with the native and repulsed them, andthe rawe day Asiled for Sun Lucas, @here they ar- Tived op the #th; ov the Oth they sailed for Kaci oace arrived on the 28:h Dovembsr, and on the 80th bevt cf the messengers who arrived om the Gollah. Oo the 3d December, avoursing to the news received yester- €sy, they sentout ® paity of foragers, who toot vinin apd 6'cck from arench. This 1 ceused th a forn ana, Who attacard the party, sillea twelve o: four- teen men, and drove them back to Eaciuads, where the whole party were bereiged on the 6ta Decambe-, cae werk age, and entiely cat off from tieir vessel. Weare pot ia‘ormea bow mapy per-ons were on board of tne Caroline, but probably met more thaa Give or «x, norho far wbe Jay from shore. Aa accouct different from tust furnished by our oo:reepoucent is given, to the eifest that the perty of Americans started out from Kacinada, for san Tomas, twenty-tive miles distant, with tne iatea- tion of capturing Negrete, the gfe politico or the civil chief | of Lower Uatiforota, « peitiva tuferior to thet of the Mi itary Governor.’ Sach course would naturally sug- vasters upon bearing cf the feud be- our coresponence. Besides, it eppoars uureasonedly that the Hibusters should be so regardless of policy, ho Lesty, and Anericso h nor, as to go Gut to tase, wichout pay, the property of the ransheros, Hyeever, our cor Yee pondent ts generally correct, has excelieat muaas of information, aud his accouat is consistent, aad is given with fuil details, If the account as given be correc’, there are only ab vut thisty Amerteans lt of wuom, perhaps, tavoty tive eee xed in t @ adobe house a wee wince Io this nose the party bac but aemalint cvo provi toos avd water rot eff *lent for more than fuur or five cays at the at aout, excrulccf the iege is proombly decides nefore thix time; enber the whole party is captured, or taey have ercaped to the Carvline, If the party-are stil oo land 1c is probable that the vessel will bs capiared og the Uat- forniene. The success of the Mesicans wil! iaspica them with confidence to coxtinue their opposition aud sseroely apy change cer cow be made with aovtaing like the pre sent force, which will make the expedition a failure, so | far us Lower California is couceraed. Ths aceouats which have reached ua Saye arrived throagh Moexisens, and may be very much exaggerated; bat there ie Ii :tle reason to condt that there ia some fyundetion fur them. Our corseepondent reems to think that the party hve already been reinforced by the partiesof etragglers who would probably unite a‘ter pemetratiog @ short distanse {nwo the Mextoan territory. MORE EXPEDITIONS. (From the 3aa Fraosec> Advecti-or, Dea 14) D¥PARTURK OF COL. WATKINS’ COMMAND. Yesterds y morning, at i c’cicok, the Bri ina bark Anite, commanded by Capt Gilham, (iate of the brig Arrow,) took her departure from the tad of Clay street wharf, having on board the remaining poriion of the Sonora ex- editin, belonging to the party of Presivent Walker, bere were om buarc 2/3 meo when +he cast off froa tae what, consistug of three oompanier, A, 3, and J, ander the command of Lieut, Col, Watains. Tnese, as ve on. nounced a few Gays since, are uncer the orders o/ Col, Walker, avd will on their arrivalat the piace of denarke- D, pur thems: lven at his dieporal The object of this expecition js the conquest of the tate of S.nora The Anite is a bark of 200 tons or thereabouts. The :ceae at micaight on Clay etreet wharf was most enlivening About half way down Front street a door was throwno and, aati by wapio, draye ard carts mace their appear ance, Files of mon rprung out and pared qaxntatien of ponder from the store, hesices ammanition of ail kinds, A detachment stool guerd the while, in utter siiense, ond the movemen's were made with eush celerity thet the observer ¢ wld scarcely perceive where and bow the articles made their appearance, A heavy squall had justPpassed ovee the city, which was suc- by a clear dlue evy, allowing the rays of tae muon this kingnlar picture, and giving it the ap- pearaic? of rome snuggling woene in adeama. The am musit on was escorted rapidly duwn to the Aaits, and as hantily pasted on board, A crowa of aboat ons hucdead persops had by this time collacted, and tre aoiss increas arg, the cMicern of the expedition enjuined siieucs— which however, bad little effect Friends teking le: ofeach other, lin. rs, commands from the may of the verrel te hie crow, the steady tramp of moo paye- ipg Co and from iho vessel aud the myatery attechiag to the whole affair, formed seene ag strinicg as it wan novel, Weovld svarcely credit that ao armed party wae thas saving the city, without to sliehtest opposi ov the part of the autorities We hssrd iceoa aptiy stated that if any resitanse made the forve would stop at nothing to eflect their tara, aad we shoud jac e mived fsoes aud Sristiiag aims everywhere eeea, that the expeditioa vould axe bave been prevented without an atte: Oe ths pert ot the filibuster to resist. Such, ho rever, was the seorasy with which the whole affair bad beva masaged, shat rothirg happened to retarc the departars. As tas m> ment of railing approsehed the coufustoa aac noise in creaced, and all the efforts of the offlssrs to kxap sileure were upavalling. Several of the cen were aragk, and gave vent so the exuderance of their spirits by noags, aud cepunciations uyon the * greagers” who lad made the re ported at'eck upon the party new ia the eootaern coun try The steamer Thomas Hast now app oecdedacd rade fart to the bark, when the fasta were at off, ths vessels wang round to the tite, and the expacitim was fstely unéer way. Nothing could noe restrata he men, su3 loud and repeatec cheers rose from the vowel, which ware heartily responded to from the wharf. the It'tl: flestwe:t ith the rest of the force, eatrencned at that ple Aero the figh!ing continued, our acconnt seys, with the loas of tan twelve Americans, The Mexicans surounded 4 prevented al! iogreas or og 64, ant eifectuaily he retreat to thy vessel by destroying ail their This wee the aepect of atlairson the 6th, the dete of our iaformant’s letter, He makes allusion to the killed of ty, bat does not state the namber or cir It is deemed imposeible that the American party can eecape, if, indced, apy remaia set alive The clarac oro! their ancailants renders it iaprobable that any quarter will be rhown. fhe Maxicaa fores is commanded by Negreta, the mili’ ohief at Sen Toms, ot, wipeularly enough, y berated ‘rom pritoo to take con Tt eppeara that avowed robber and outisw maaed Melendres, who wa» hed to the mountsize by a decree of the military rdant collected « suffisfont body of choice spirity h meelf, made a tuocessful dea-ent upon the wwn, wed his olf enemy, and a!l the other authori- This enterprise was hardly consummated Weep an ey preys from La Gulla yacht intelligence of the attack upon that place by the Amoricnas tm ptleoned authorl were immed ately liberated, Sri] 6)! joined im the pursuit of the eommon enemy, Some «four promivest citizens. who are large owners of stook io that country, mav'test com ider alarm at the pre- sent aspect of afeirsin that quarer, One, Dogs gl bay eetest amount of property of that kind at ef +t with an Bancin' t bie if be preservation ¢ up the bay to get claar of the #aipoin ¢, aud then, turning glided part the silent city with the strength of ths «bo Vide. Off Clark's Point two brass picoes were paton hovtd the Avits ‘rom t wer, and four other guns, iatend ed to be uted on bo: Yeesel. Oaco under way, and the party began to look out for the cutter, aa intimstions hed been gives the commenter that ahs ha: been o. to intercept them. From this to Fort Point, tharsfore, « dead silence ensued; searcely a word @a: spoken neti the broad coean, spars ling in tue moonlight, Isy before taam then toe men were mastered in cvmjanios [twas eurprising to find the class of men comp wing this exps: tivo. In one company, conrinting of sixty thres maz was cot # member Dut would have iad pesiance in Koy Aocisty; and instoad of te ge), woe beg one style ‘of adventerers usually found ia such situations, there were very macy whose reserved manpert, sod quiet style of conducting thomseleas, showed that thay were no movises in there aCairs, Avra, in thie expecition, hax to meet with perhaps th 3 hat has ever deprived him of @ night’ . sand Lieat Davidson, Mesere. Joveph Radduck, J. Griswold and Joseph Clements were on board. , Al three o'clock the steamer cast off, ths light on Point bearing neatly east, ab ut five mi es distant, Tuers a Jarge ewell ranning, sad both vessels pitched wad Ved beavily, The Arite made * ones, aod wh seen wat Dakiog to the south wart with ry are ys de, ‘rorg northeast wind blowing, and the foam tiying ry fr mw ber bows lo reference t> the ailing of the Anita the Herald —The steamer Thomas Hant, which left yerteraay ing, atm quarter past one o’s.ook, with the bark tensid y for Gusymaa, but, in fect for them The weather was clear and cold, with a atiff breezs ( southward in gelian etyle. We now urderatead that there wer upwards of three hundrei expaditionists on boar I~ they them+el+es represent tt ii to be their oum- ber. The eccommodetions on board the bare er lim ted, most of the room having been occupied with provisions snd amemuoition, of ehish there ts the gree’ eat abuncapes, Io addi'ion to the smell arma with which erery one is provided, the Aoite caries four quart # vic peuntera and two four Two of these were taken aooard from the Thomas Aunt, at nperation of rem ving one it came very near falling overboard. O1 the retura of the steamer it was found tha; two of ths expecitioniate—a man and a boy—whose hearts had failed them, bed emuggled t remsel) on board Taos Inst that was heard of the expeditionists was a succession of cheers, Tie following are the remarks of the Alla California of Deo, 14:—It ie waid that avery Iarge majority of the party who went off ia the Arita yest moroing with the intention of covering themeeives with glory were what is usually denomlaated @ ‘hard crowi.'’’ A great number of “shoulder strikers” and quits» epriaksing of large sized newsboys have gore in these three compauins, and if report speske tuly San Franciaco has not #adered much by the loans of these sitizens. Toe Rsoordec'a doce yertercay morning was more thiuly populated tnanit had been bef. re in several wei Whether wre if any c n- nection between this fact andthe departure of the fill busters‘ deponent saith not.”’ [From the Alta California, Dec 16.] The repubiic excitement anpvars to be considerebly on the flog. Since the dapertare of the Avita the 008 of access of the filibasters have scarcely been mea 4, spd the town will probably remeia y ret oo ubdject until we receive some farther advices from the seat of war. There is a very significnut fac’, which, if it have po copnection with the character of the party which left in the Anita, is certainly littls siagu For some three monte previous to the night of her departure, the Recorder's dock had been crowded with loafers, druok: arcs, and rowdies of every des sription, vo that the s'ttiazs of the court were often pr longed till three aad fcur o'clock efternoon very much to the disgust of the reporters perticularly Since the exodus of tne filidus. ters. however an astonishing decrease hes taken place in the popuistion of the dock, and the station house has «Outaines @ large number of cooms to let, whch nad pre. viously been cccupies with trarsient aud permaaeat cdgers, For the past three or four mo-ninga the Re corcer has bad not more thea five or six case: # day, aud the clerk nnd ¢flicers who offisiate in the court as well ag tbe repor oud begiad if m flibasteriog ex:etidon would rail_every day if it had such aneflsct upon toe morals of the commanity ANOTHER BXPEDITION FOR THB SOUTH. (From too Sen Fravotee >Uommercial A ivertiser, Do 15 | A primary meeting of expedition the third’ was hed Jentercey im thie city, The bail is fairly io motion, sad we can: ve that th» present morement is deytin d to eff ct the futare affairs of our southern neighbors for weal or woe to no incoasiderable extent. B» avary xtea ner from Sacramento and Stockton numbers of sdveaturers arrira, all enxious to enlist under auv leater who may out him telf fereard forconmand We company is already forming to join the forces of the revolutionlata uncer Col Walker Another meetiog will be held, per haps to night, when the wfiiceracf the com any will ve shosep, and the ranks filled up. There are already more applications than are waoted. It is tne iatentioa of these companies 10 concentrate on or near tne California las, anc to await sufficient rei: f xrcements before commencing cperations We beard it remarted yesterday that this affair bac been organizing fortve leat five months, that the administes iva at Washiogton are weil scquai ed with what is goiog on. Tor movement ia weil ander- stocd throvghont the Soathera States, and the firs: im- porast acoer sions to the American furces will be through fezas avd fiem New Orleans. W» this is to ead no cny can foreree. Tao enong the respectable portion of the commun ty whoa posed to thé alfsir predict that ‘he next newe from the little band will be o theic toial destruction—a warnivg to all filibuster: for the fu- ture. Ochers precict the orriain success of the party, and assert that the end will ba !be entire conquast of So. nors ad it» occupation by the Amerisane As far as ns- tional justice is concerad, n0 greacer wrong could by cove the Mexicans thao this seizure of ther tecrtury with peaceful relat ons existivg between t.e t-o netions, But that the conquest will bs made andthat within the pext fo « montbe, r@ i.clired t» believe if we mey judge from the tendency of affairs at present. MI?CALLANEOUS. [From the lcs alifornis Dac. 10 } L wer “aiifornia etock appeared to be conntderably on the rise yesterdey Several tac ividnals ware seea in the oourre of the day passing through the streets with blue hirts ucder their arms, and very dete miced, wad, ia fom eases, eavege looki: g couotensncas. We uud-rstand that a company is already u'ga'zad, who are to b4 uai- formed with blue stirte aid ‘oit’s revolvers aad thet they will leave either to-dey or on Monday for Sen Diego, whence they w.ll proeed to headquarters by land Awe-ting was pelt last evening at E gins [vase No, 31, op Burh street Fifty volunteers enrcled their names upoo the muster rolls of the armies of the republic . We vidersand that this party is to be furnished with arms and equipments ty parties in this city, aad that they are to be cfficered by persons who have brea ia the Msxican war. It is seid that » vessel bas been engaged to convey this compacy to their place of des:imation, wad that the “snoulder biting” fraternity enters very largely into its orgavization. [#rom the Alta Californis, Dec. 11 ] We ande: stand that » force,to be compored of @2¢ thou ard men,is slieady partially organized for tae purpuse of EP seeding to Sunora im the course of to or thres w+eks. tin aald that asteamedip has been purchased, and th the party wil! go to Sonora ‘for the purpose of work ng the gold mioen’’ in that State, [From tbe Alte California, P49, 13 } Notwithsteaciog the disastrous news which reashed us THE Nay OF MTGE This hay contein« -everal plec-s for sachorage, but pope of them are creme safe for large vessels, or evi for email ones saons of the year. Tasreare also Feveral otbee perta in the Galf of Califrrais ff north, which are ocsasional’y visited by coastiog vi but it is notknown that nny of tham are likely w be of much commercial or military moo tance, TAL OF THE MLLMUSTARS The naw gov rnment have Gx-d theic head- vertera at Foe radi the heal of the Gulf aot mors t huvéred wiles from San Dir go, a: d oearly opposits Guat man [tis ccnvenientiy lncate! to reesive rein{c roements from Upper California, and at the aawe time makes de tcont upon Sonora, jast acrons the Guif PRCULEARITIES OF THK 8914, ELC The Peninauia ix aoout seven ouvired miles in langth, and var yirg from fifty to one buadred miles in bea ith. Ap irregular chaio or brown ridge of moun‘sins ex‘ands throughout ite whole Jeogth. with epora rauniag off on ch ride to tha gulfand theoccwan Bet ween thene spurs are rumeror broad pisiad covered with atanted treas, aod during the raiay month with s thin but aatritious grate, In the dry reasons, this grass im parched up like bay. dut from i's cutritiovs cberacter it affords aban: Cant food for the berJs of cattle and borses whicn cou- Alifute the price'ps! wealth of the rancheros Taa cry- ners o( the Foil pr vents vhe growth of trees of any con Bicerable magnitude, except on the borders of a faw m:untein streams This timber, though far fom baiag pentifvl t exceedingly duratie and mech esteemed in sbip-buil ing The greatest height of tre mountains is estimated ac five thou and feet; many of then are mere piles of broten rocks, while othera ars covered with gras, abrubbery and emall tres, The vlaias are sandy snd mostly urpr dactive—not, however. from aay natural barrepness in the soil, but from a defisiancy of water There pre but few durable atraams ia the whole couatry, ard streams of go waterereextcomely scarce Butin the piaips, avd most of the dry beds of rivers, water caa be ob- tained by digging wells ovly a fo" fe-sin depth; aud whe: ever irrigatiun haa been reaorted te by meant of these welr, the produce ef the soil from its remarkeb'e fer- tility has sbun‘actly rewarded the labor of the agri- culturist, Mush of this toil is of voloanic origia, having shed from the mountains by h extracted by means of irrig parently barren and uoyrolific rand i Marvelous, Tbe gineral aspect of the country un the cosst is exceedingly barren and forbiidias, out | have fven bo instayoe, where the acil is propsr'y cultivated, ‘that the lator bestowed on it is not well reward+:, The vrowth of vegetation is exceeciogly rapid, aud the soil svc climate are sveb as to pr duce nearly all the t opical fcvite ip great perfection. But the inhabitants a uixia- cli od to agriculture, and most of them Jive tatulrat ant devirg Jiver, eubsinting principally upm their hards, Not withstanding the unfavorabie character of th- «oan 1 ia capsule, in the bands of an industrious aot »g isul: tural people, of mprortiog « population much more nt- merous thar the preaent. Inths time of the missions, when very amall portions cf the soil were ouitivated and even these but rudely, by the Indiana, the four diatrits of Sap Jose, Sentiego, San Antonio, and Todos Santos con. tained » population of thirty-five thousan’gou's, wae ean le present population of the same districts is only seven Wourand. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS. The agricultural products of Lower Colifornis are maize, Avgar-cane, potatoes, dates. figs, grapes quiaces, lemons ano olives. A considerable quantity of hides, beef, cheese, noap, sogsr figs, ral-ing, ets., is annually exported to Mexico and Upper California, four and merchan tise being received in exonange. Tay vegetabls market of Mazatlan is wleo in part supplied from the Valley of Ssn J COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE OF LOWER CALIFORNIA, Bot the value of Lowe: Californie does not reauit from its being either a grazing or agricultural coua ry. {ts fisheries, mines, commerce, and the foftuence of its geo position, are matters of much higher impor Tanee than its agricultural productioas, THE PRARE PLFHSRIO The whole coast of tha peninsuls abounds with fish ; claws and oysters ay@ found in great plenty, and of every The islands of the gaif abound with veal, sod sling grounds on the Pacific cot are of great . During the year 1847, Magdelens Bay alune, at ore time, contained as many a6 twen'y eight sail, ell epgsged in this Gchery. Che pearl @shery is alao exceo ingly valuable Formerly, wheo it was o-n ducted with system and regalarity, the aanasl Procuce of ‘a single vensel with thirty or forty vers, between the months of July and Ostoder, urnelly anovnted to scout sixty thousand dollars; ip ti ea forty and fifty thoasand Tort.ise and pearl shells are also articles of exportation, MINBRAT. RESOURORS. Lower California contains valuable mines of gold, silver, copper and lead: but for the waut of capital, very few of there are worked and this in the rudest manner poss ole. Nevertheless, tbe labor ex.ended on them ia well re a there cao be ny donb; that wita capital and suitable means thry would yield very hanisome protits. The ralt mines on Carmen [land are capsbie of supplying the whole coast of Mexico end Calirorpia the dates on this article now amount: to & consideracle sum. LA PAZ VIEWED AS A NAVAL STANION. The comnerce of the peainsulaie now very limited, being principsliy confined to @ coasting trade with the te of Mext-o, The whele population of the country is jut ittlemorethao ten housaod, and the anoual ia ports and exports are esti aated at three hundred thou- sand dollars. But io our hands this commerce, treed from the absurd restrictions imposed by Mexico, will soon reesive @ great ex‘easion. Li Paz will become the principal cepot of American goxs for the westerm cust ct sextco, and in a few yeara moat foreign gvo% intende* for he tena oonet will be da perit-d im ‘be warehouses of Lower Celifornia, to b+ trans erred to the parts of Mexico at such times ani in sucd qoantities ax the ‘emance of the market may require. woreover, the principal commerstal port: of tue M-xiceu coest (Mazatlan and Seo Blar) ace insccessibis to mr yesterdsy from several pervons left in the (Jolin yesterday, lateading to proceed by land from San Diego to the weat of war. A party w.s to leave to day in a sailing vessel, bat whether the Feports of yester‘ay will have « tendency to retard or burry therr movements rem .ins to be seen. A merting bed been called at Marvavilla, December 9, to cyneul on what was to be done about Lover Califor nis, Sonora. dc. Toree or four hundred persona were present; Dut toe prreoos who called the meeting did aut Qvpear, and nothing was done, It was evident, however, at several hundied men might easily bave been recrait e@ to go 10 Sonora, We find the following in the Mary+ville Herald :— Lowsr Catvoxnia Taken.—It is in the hends of Wil- Hem Waiker and bis brave compstriots Ali is wanting. All whe desire to go iastanter w aid these brave A ne: cane in their noble enterprise ot freving a country from the shackies of despotinm, will miet at the Usited 5 ates Kotel to-morrow (Friday) evening, at 6% o'clock, to con- sult and act. A fui atteadadce of all citizens favorsble to the enterprise i requested. The Bremen brig Teyphenis, Captain McKeoz\e, witha ee. of Germans oa board, sailed from San Francisco for Guayamez on the 16th December, withoat molvsta: tion. It will be recollected that this is ostensibly a peaceful expedition, tbe party going to Sonorafor the purpose of settling in the Sta! LOWER CALIFORNIA. DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY—OUCUPATION BY THE AMEKICANS IN 1847, Ia Paz, the capiiat of Lower Catifuruia, it will bs re- merabered, was captured in 1847, during the war wi h Mexico, by the US. sbip Portsmouth, under the com- mandcf Captain Montgomery, and was beld f:r several montba by Col. Burton, with» battalion of the New York Volunteers. Daring his stay there, wita but two com anies, he was cecieged for many weeks bys Mexican foree four times bis own (a being reinforced by Na giee’s company, he tcok the field, rou'ed the enemy, aad restored peace to the Peninsula, DIMENSIONS OF TM OOUNTRY. Lower California jes betweca 34 deg 60 min and 32 deg. 30 min. north letitute, beitg spout 700 miles in length, and varyiog from 50 0 100 mils in breadih. An irregular er brcken ridge cf mountaica extends from Cape eas to the frontiers of Upper Calf rois, with spars running off cn each side to the galf and the ocean. POPULATION Colone! Burton obtained from the Padre Presidente of the Peninsula, the folowing estimate of the population by jurisdictions :— Jurisdiction of La Paz..... wd Sea Antonio. Total.......+-++ Of there two hundr GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF TAB COAST AND HaRIORS. From an eladorate report upom the condision of the Peninevia, addresned during its ocoupsties by the Ameri- caus, by Capt. dalleck, to G.neral Mason, we extract the olor ing — Yee puinoipal ports of Lower California visited by wnal ent merchant vessels ara Sao Quintic, Aagd lens, ondidy, (near Lorew ) aad Malige PORT OF SAN QUINTIN ‘The port of San Q.inita im latitade 30 deg 23 min, is ald to afford seoure anshorage for vossels of every de reription, and to be sufficiently commodious for the re ception of a mumeron fleet, UF MAGDALKNA, The extensive Bey of Mrgdalece, on the Paoite coast, hex acquired comidersble eotoristy, trem ite being re » tana Jose La Pez sorted to every winter by large uombers of whalers its size gives it the charactrr of an tuland roa, ite waters be iy be for di mo. miles. It furvishes several places of v8 anchorege, BAY OF SAN JO8K, ‘The Bay of San Jose, near Cape Saint Lusas, is much frequented by coasting vessels, nud occasionaliy visite by whalers and men of wat. Being the outlet of a fertile valley, extending some forty or Blty miies into the in terior, it us probably the bet pla jawe Peainsula for supplying shipping with water and fresh provisions tt 1 ares, ges roadstead, affording no protection whatever during the eaasop of south e Ths town of San Joe contains about 1,100 inna! LA PAY, La Paz, om the Gulf of Califo: north of Cape S:. Lucas, is the of government, and the principal port of Lower Califorais, and tts extensive Bay atforda excelient places of anchorege for vesseis of any size, acd is eufficenily commodivas for (ha most namerous fivets, The town contsins adoat 600 iahabi tents. 1) ‘ic cipal pearl fisheries are in this im nediate vreipity, nd also the moat valuable inicg diettiets, It fe the Outletef the fertile valley of Tid anniv id of the poduce of the whole country between Santiagy snd Loreto, The ceve er estero opposite the town ef Ls Per fornishes specious and saie ancaorege which m y be reached by veesels drawing not more tisn signteso oF twenty feet water; and the cove cf Pich iingue, at the routheasterm extremity of the bay, aai aoout six miles irom the town, ‘fords a0 excellent an for vensels of any site, but the main bay caa de reached nly by tall vessels, The adjscent couairy being barren and novntaipour, and the roads to the interior +xsee lag’ ¢)Mienit, this place can mover be the outlet ¢f mash agri coltoral prduce Ba'as the tslaad of Carnen, mearis some eighty miles oy posite to the patramce of thie dar, com'aine an aloros’ a0. 5 ay nt venseis for four months of each year, and durisg viti'ed only by small ovaste: Bat with TF alvorpia ip ovr oossetaion, mercosst Vessels of fever character, at all reayon: and ta all winds, csv fi refoge in La Pas, and their corgoes dispech*d 12 + ueb qvantities and to such points of tos opp mite ‘as circum tances may jos ify. [bia place ia a few yours Will be hat Mezatlen now v, ond Moastion experisace the fate of Sem Blas and A:spal.o. Tae tmpor‘arce bow of this port resatts msioly from its geegraonical and the influence it atan litary 1 depot upon fic. A well fortified Gtate proximity to the cost of Mexicn. would have a most Ddereficiat ioflurnce on ourcom mercial i. te:est io that part Of the Pacias. The great value, in time of maritime wer, of such key points as La Pez, and the commending infla ence ¢xe>cleed by them ia the protection of commercs, Dave become eetsled principles in military defence ; sud England shows her spprecistion of their trath, and the wisdom ef her owo policy, in establisniog stations at like St. Helena, Cape of Good Hops, Gibraltar, Corfa, aud Bermud THE STATE OF SONORA. We traslai- trom the Zravt d’Union puoisbed in the cl y of Mexteo, the following deta.led account of the geo grephical positin. resources, population, ete, of the State cf Sonora, wh co is now attracting so much atten tien:— GROGRAPHLCAL PORLTION. The State of Sonors extends (com the 27t to the 33d degree of lati ude, Tth, and between the 1lilth end 117th (egress of locgi‘ude, (Paris meri ien.) Ite bound ries sre, op the north the river Gile, on the esst the hign plains avd mountains that separate tt rom N.w Mexico and Chibuabna,on the south th Rio del Faerie aod S.nalo, and on tue west the Vernuliion Sea, or Gulf of Cerve ‘TERRITORY 48 an ares of about one hundred thousand miles, or iilions of acres of Jaud, of which plains, val- ‘ateaus copstitate more thea one half. The pia nt boest of plenty of timber acd fine pastarsge, and the vaileys sre coursed through by numervus ersrks mad streame ‘whore watess oan be usefully smployed for sgri cultural purposes. Water is reaciiy found im all the laine, anc ariesian wells ovnl4 be reacily construste? ‘reey of great diaweter aud height, Gt for buildiag, sash as osk, aab. pe} pine cedar, et:, grow in abandance plevtations and ranchor, now ooeupie than one million acrar, the balance of the territory being entirely sbadoned, on aeconut of the depre iations con- |, do not cove: more witted by the Indias. avk ‘A grest part of Sonora is eatirely m by ite inhabl:enis, who dere oot go further wo han afew miles from the centre of population thirds of this neglected territory cen be by perties who formerly had po session, but out by the Incians. About tweaty millions of acres still remain the property of the State cuMATE. The State is traversed from the west slong the 31+t ps Jel, by « chain of sterras and platens, whicn gracualiy pexrerthwardiy towards the river Gila one handred spo twenty milesdtatant. South and west of thie range, a8 for an the tea, exiend a serten of elevated val tsourand feet above the level of the sea, which ceases « emperate and lovely clunate. Over more than one belf 'ftbis country \be heat gradually tnoreases as you ap: proach the ees cr Gila rive:, Ernoy saya thatalorg the hore of thet river, im ail its length, the tempereture varies from 65 to 76 degrees Fahrenheit, in December. it i¢ geverably 76 at San Diego Oaltforaia. At Gnaycine the Leat is inience curing sammer, Tre couatry is very beatthy It is qaite comn on to see men one hundred yd and over. PortL, The ravages committed b: Apsshe Indians have greatly reduced the popalati Offisial documents show ‘hat upwards of¢ne thousand persocs ‘all ther victimes aunvaily Yet, the whites, Indisasand Mestizoes, amount to ® population of more than ore bun¢red thousand. Ao Cligarchy, com pored of afew rich families, control the country, The poor classes are iquorantand docile, and the Inciens re‘sin their natural ignorance aad barbsrity. Notwithstanding all this, the populetion of Soaors ia sti foe best of all Mexico AGRICULTURE, The inbabitan's cultivate ouly what is strictly neces. rary for their personal ure. Goaymes exports flour aloog the Mexican coast. With the exception of @ varrow atr p of lac d extenoing along thef~« ast, avd coms wlerras with oat vegetation, dut full of precious i stais, the sotl is ex- vele tert The couo ry, while in ita prosperity, was cole brated for the quantity sad variety of iis anima’s, have teen destroyed by the Indianv. By s rare provision cfnajure, fruits and pro‘uete of cold and warm ‘Limatee grow on the seme soil, Worst, corn, auger cans, rape vicee cotten aud oranges, can be seen growing in be treme fied. GOLD AND SILVER MINES, All the metals are to be foand in Suuora in abondance, Some ot tts mines were cpce worked, bat for various one= fear of Ir diane, Lirinesa cf the ite: titante, #apt of means, ond absence of ail sorts of iadaa ‘ry As this branch of the eudject {s the moat tnterent: ing ‘0 the reacer, we dwell more particularly o2 it Mexicans eal) ‘miner |'’ ell thatia metallic inany piace or territory, of wha‘ever natu-e it may be For fever hind, which are foued ta called ‘the of eto. Art‘ona is a +ilver mine, discovered Tt requires ¢igaing to the copsh of @ few fewr only to reach it. Virgim eilver i¢ found ia Inge Inmpe. ( vce wan dog ont which watehel \bree thovre ted porsde The m 1 sraor, or bee cla meta al bas: ° anding t hiver \ aust wi Vane « where it remsined for seven years, and fiually resulted ia an edict declaring it the property of the crown The Apaches at thet time revolted wich fest, together with $e troubles in the interior of Mexico praveuted the fur- ther Forking of the mine, and it now remains aait wos then left 4lamos is also a silver miaw, easily work- ed. Gambca, in his treaties on minerals, siya cha! there was @time when it prodused more than ail the miaus of te demaad, ead also the Ovject of monop ly. Juan Ilivfsaso da la Ci- enezuills. oikcovered ia 1783 consists of pamerous gold mines Oue of theas latter, named Ls Uinsa- first worked by Don Actoalo Eartque de Use tro It is the only regular work knows iuSouors. It iol ed, in four yeara, four millions of colinrs, Tae vein having become obstructed by toe fall of one of the abalts, the proprist rs became d sconraged and abandoard it, takiag the other shafts, which have p-odaced $501,000 "Gold Ip at then silva: At a cai ine 6 wan picked up with toe baud: gather # Velasco, as ohickens piox ud oora After wi ig 3 tried, amt ope Uaesrudia took on’ of his claim $100 000. Gold was some imes fouad with clay aud someticaes with red earsn. Tas placars «i Sap Francisco were ¢iscsverad eight years later, spd in Jere then ove year more (wn twen'y taousand peraor# had casembled there from Durango, ciel end Chihuabus. Placers or mines thare dissuveced were im- wediately absndoned on secoumt of the revoiution. Scie sey that they are very rica. It is well known that s great number of creska fe from the tierra of the Caracos, and mauy of them em ty iuto the river Gila, after pa agi gokt mines, Tree mines are geceraly coupoed of vetus of gold mixed up with re¢ clay, wnich holds tip fragmmate or dast We say nothing of the quer mines, which ere icoume nd very rich, Bat Sonora tea & grest dead better t tz q The Scnoranisns have never execu'ed any artitotal work for the purpose cf mviog Chay have generally abenconed their ciggings as «oon as auy diffisalty pre- sented itself, The ma der of miuera by the Ladivas ie amorg the cavaes of this abandonment. Taeic iaziaess, Want of the recesrary means, of kaowl+dze aad toduetry, are the causes that there people have ro: livtle prodted treasure of ‘heir rich heritege We cam of mines aireaay kao-va for their very sa‘ely sey that there*14 pot in So- monniat: that isnct eariched wiih some mineral. In that mumber some mines are poor in quality, owt ox: cestively abondent iv metala QUICKSILV ER, COPPER AND IRON MINES, Gold and -itver m 1ves are not the only oper that an in- telligent incustry can derive profi: row. There are also mines of quicksilver inthe north weat of the Sierra Medre, tifty leegues from Guaymes The sierras crear Tu@-0a aoa Tvbse are sull of virgio iron. At San Juan Miga-! chere * a nine of megcetic iron not yet toucsed. {bismiaeral: yie ds eighty pr Ceot, Copper is also very abuadent ia: Ube carads. it is always found in a virgie state, and mixec with gold. Thin i) fonad insueh q uiatitivs on tas cosst, thas 2t could be uset as ballast foc sai zs COMMERCE A commerce already exiais win the interior. Tas cu: tom house at Guay mas yieics a revenue of ‘rom fifceen io cipbteen thousand collate per monch, Tne annual ox- ~crts amount to $15 000 00 Gusymas, by reason of ite Ieeation, furntebes supplies to New Mexico, Culauahus, Sirelca and Lower Calsforvis. Its portisas finy as that of Acaguleo, THE FUTURR. Scnors posseries too m.sny natural riche ticn cam produce too much gocd to jeave it withoat a nemescus emigration. There is & need of Anericaa energy and activity ia ‘hat country, whien 1, ia itself, & garden of agrisulture—pome-ses immense micerat re- Fources, and ebjiys an extensive oommerce with the {neighboring S’ates. Chir ushae, Sinaloa and: Da- japgo, which are yesrly partially cepupalated by the Indians, will then es their ‘nbhabitaate enigratiog to The grest ratirosd projest, to ene tse two enda merican coptineut, which i «poksn of, is to oross ‘This is, ixCeed. B great pr jt; bat to bald a rajiroad ina dere t for thres huudred leagues, 19 alinost it posible, It woul rot o#fereitcouls be usta. Cade fornia, Sonora, New Mexico and Arkauras can, each ove, execute ita portion, vi iag the «ther. Sachs plea would ic mediately connect the Pecitic with the “issisippl. sad become the necessary inerme ‘ium of the commerce of the intesior, and civilize- ‘TBE CONDITION OF THR COUNTRY. In conection with ibe above, we publish the following extract from @ ocr munication of Gov. Grudere, of Sovoa, to the Minister of War, writ m on the 28:n of September: Ire, eat tha J ebai make every efor: w improve the condition of Sonora, though I +half Lave to atrwagls with the increas ng difioulties mentioned in various papsra which I have previously tent to your Exc ileasy, In one of those comiouvicatio.s I assured you snd I repeat it-ts.t the Apacnes, who sre #0 hue vile to us, are at peace sith the establisnmeats of the Unied Stats locatei near our oouuda- ries, The frierd'y relations ara evidenced by the numerous carey-ne which pass ty apd from talfornia, sear our presioios (texts) of santa Cruz wud Tacso», whictcsravaga generally take with thea: avicoxls purchased of the Apa- ber, who rooded the animals frou: us J also said befor that a lively trade bas beea commeuoad oa fhe shere Mimbres, where the Indiaos well ali thy s'olea except the prisoners, who, being uasaloan! fre. quently killed, With this treffic aud witn such disre- ward cf he duties of humanity, the aostilities of the sa- vage bave increated s» that they ox supply the wants of the trace with New Mexico acd the Ameriesn es:abliah- mete near the line; the war t:cre:sing in vitteroe a at the same time, unti: 1t bas attained » ousracter of exter- mipation. In the midatof ao many oouflicts, the xeeving in sight the ho-rible pernpective, the iat+cest of tha cnint trate of the nstien for 4s for Sonora @ eques's that be asy hav~ the revenas deriv- ec from tobacco, to use ase fund to mawtsia war with the Inc ians 1M. DE RAOUYSET NOULUON Ss stiss10N The appexed a-tcle rela'ive ty ihe reorst visit of this geitiemen t. Mexico, is ira ted from La Mesager, a French paper of Sap Francisco: “Several journals have anpoucce. M de Raouaset’s nomi pation to ‘he Governorsbip o’ Sonora by Geasral Sata Avpa. It is true that impo-tant off-ra were msde 10 var country mar, to atiach bim to the servise of Msxico, oat ve know, from reliable sources, that be has declined ‘uew, In going to Mexico at the invitation of Gan, Sauts Ana, iv was not M de Reousret’s ia‘entwn to sonsuli bis own sumber of Freueh aru diss, hed forward tu tus -ucoemful peaceful au'rsacs into So Ceavored toc .noataguinst and prejudices wh oh lead tus Mexicaus to treat forrigasre iadworimioately aa eaeuni A.ving failed in hir efforts for ths pubiic benefit, M. de Ravusset = doub‘less, bave consulted his own interest an) ac- cepted the offers which were made to him; buteren wits. outexactly knowing the motives waich iadu: nia re- tosal, it does not astouish us, from a uac whom we Kaow to be 60 faithful to his placg-s aod xympathivs, Basia, M. de Racusset is one of those wu has the scrovgest faith in the destiny to de fulfilled by California aod, therefore, to Jeave this couniry and attsch himself to tne enti-rocial policy of Mealco would de divorcing the living inorder te espouse the dying. M de Reounset would have ceased to be himself ii he oad accepted the oilers of Gen. Santa Apna.” News from the West Indies. By the arrival of the George Law we reevived our files of Kingston, (Jaw.) papers, with ths letter of our regular correspondent dated upoa the 27¢h ult. The news is mot of much importance. OUR KINGSTON CORRRSPONDENCE. Kixestox, Jam, sa, 27, 1853, Crowds of Passengers by the Stexmers—An Inspection of, Kingston— Adjournment of the Leyislature —Arraagement regarding Kesponsitla Gmernment-The Plan Proposed Holaday Sports— Satisfactory St ite of the Public Health. The streets of Kingston have vecowe, to-day, quite en livened by the hundreds of passengers by thedeurge Law and the Star of the West, who are uow gulag to acd fre inspecting the city. Some of them think it a mighty fice place, whilst others, noannoyed ly the hundred and one little urchins who fullow them thronga the public bighways, are so disgusted that they will not express an opinion at all Boch vesels, I beiwwre, leave to-dey. I write in me for tbe George Lye, There is searcely any ww feature in tha polition! news of the colony, the Legislature haviog sdjuurna! to the 17th Jexuary. Before the adjournmec: ney came to what I may term Ty Satiefeciory ovtcluaion. ua the subjectof reeponridle governmen: ‘Lhey bave determined to authorize the Governor to ap- point either two or three members from the Hoe, sod one frm ‘be Council, te form « cadiasi, of exerutive coun, {rom whom are to proceed wlt the tmp ortant yoes- ov and general policy. Bach nismbder uf the ¢ £400 per aoanm, end £300 are to oe hole for expenses of office. I toiuk the cbeme will work well, ‘The Christmas holidays have passed off or are nssing off, quietly, Trere bas beeo « little of ths ‘ Jonnkanos- ing’ abou’ the town— hat is, dan‘ingor mer arcadiag— bur otherwise everything har ben q cet the public health ia very watisfac.o y, more so theo tt has been for nome time past Tae quise departure 0° the George Law prevents mé vaying more ou this 0-08- sion, The weather is plesrant, out nut ss.culd as it was. LS NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS. The Kingston Mvrning Jourral of ine tains he following particulars restive to +pcnsib’e governmen® for \he islaad, whic! will! th ult., com Lue plav of re. . tt ia tnovghs, adoptec cp che re-ntroubhing of the Lozi wine cf form the rep srt, a acopced by the House, var ry little from that'carrird ia ccmanties of the whcle bouse with Mr Girod’s amendments, prior to the report being referred back to the select commicies foe sole of the oficial member. of the Assembly and Conveil, to be sppointed by the government, a’ter overs) Givisions, were Dxed at £500 a yoar each, eaclus 1@ of £500 per aunum allowed between tbem for oillcs expan 98. The prefered loan of £600,000 on the gustan ee of the Britirh goverpment ix to be accep'ed aod the ciencies of the iast six muntbs wade cherge op i+; and o oivil lint ix to on parinanentiy ed, rot rxcerding the sum of £40000 pr senam The mestures adup ed by toe House for the purpors of meeiirg Uk wishes of Lae government hare besa ram A on the siriot letter of the Lube of Nowca:tie’s denps.ch. I: is eo mmenaed tha: the Court of Aumiraity Sess.ons be aol snec, and ite fometions transferred to the Ucarws of ine. ihe same journal remerks:—We understan’ thet the vepersbie Amertoas Consul, Colrael Hacrieon sosomp nied by R J © Hitohins, Esq (wie wes meting Cousas to bis pet prt they yuited oar galient Gomm- core at Fort Roy bere Colon) stile n wan reosived all the ponore due to bis official charsote:, as the edly ation of kiaared co and amity, waica we hope ad truss will cever be in ocrupied Un the 20th ulimo @ body of Uno ies, amous' to 844, who bac been concen rato’ iu Mow ogo Boy, tefe that town, wider fu ercort of » licv, fur uw c epot in Kingston, in order to cbtatn their :ucusn passages. Amc nget (he obituary aotices of the last fortnight, is the name of the Rev, Jihn disiondey, senior, for m or of the parish of Heuover, The vacsuey a omoent cweere gales. the inestan Set