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London, England, 1854-06-12 00:00:00

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CALIFORNIA.

Walker left San. Vineente on the 14th of March for th©
Colurid° with 114) men.; Colonel Suiith• remaining behind

in command of 20 men. About the 20th of March Colonei
Smith, with 14 mounted men, left for Rosario in search of shr
proirisions. On the 21st those remaining at San Vinconte
—Lieutenant Bidgoly and three others (two men had left '—
for San Diego)--=:Were sUrprised by Melendret, with a party St.
of Maidens 17 in number. Lieutenant Itidgely desired to 20

be treated as a prisoner of war, but no quarter was given.
He was tied to a tree, and expired after being piereed by
eight musket balls. Charles Harvey, of Loss Angeles, 13
was treated in like manner, 0. Y. Newell and Gustavus
Gothauear were shot while endeavouring to make their 31
escape. A man named Burr, being unable to travel, was
left by Colonel Smith at San Tilmo. The next day he re- I hr
slimed his march to Join onnyo, Au u Limning° was '
met by Melendree, who, in a manner apparently friendly, 22
invited him to shoot at a mark. Burr discharged his pistol, 25
and then Melendrez deliberately shot him dead. Colonel
Smith arrived at Rosario on the 27th, and after a stay of St.
three days, left for San Vincente. On the third day he St.
was met at San Ramon by Melendrez with forty well. 50
armed and mounted men. A meeting took place between 50
Melendrez and Smith, and a treaty was concluded. Smith 20
and his party were to give up all their horses and saddles, 20
keep their arms, and leave the country. This proposition 10
was met with great dissatisfaction by the men, but 50
they submitted to their hack), who has proved himself a 25
traitor both to the Mexican Government and to Walker.
Walker left San Vincento, driving off 100 cattle. In 25
crossing the mountains two men deserted, and 20 head of 25
cattle were lost. Soon after crossing the mountains they 18
were joined by 30 encepae, who followed them to the 20
river, where they stole some 30 head of cattle. At this St.
time the ra-L;;L'a had been reduced to beef alone—and poor
at that. There had imei; tryrn, hnt this had been reduced, St.
so that it was only to by had in the mess of his Excellency. 25
There was murmuring at this, for Walker had, 1-,sassed St.
that he would share the hardships of his men. They St.
reached the river six miles above its mouth, and about 70 10
from Fors Yuma. The Colorado here is about 400 yards St.
wide, very deep, and not rapid. The men creased by 10
means of rafts. In attempting to swim the cattle, several St.'
were drowned and some escaped, and the attempt was St.
~,,;2.loned. The first raft took over, among others, Sr.
ss and Sraith, an Englishman, and for St.
DouglassCaptin 1
along al;;; a pint of boiled corn, rich was St.
placed upon the ground and stole by, Smith. When St.
Douglass ascertained Sraiti to be the thief, he drew his 12
pistol and deliberately shot him dead. Thus a pint of 50
boiled corn was worth a man's life ! The party re- lei
mained at this point three days. On the second day 16
after crossing there was much disaffection in the camp— ,Snt.,
and in a barren country which they had invaded "%
with hostile intentions, with few means of repelling attack, 14
exhausted, naked, starvation staring them in the face, 50,
-0
many men prepared to abandon the waning fortunes of the
expedition and return to the settlements for an hos Li
livelihood. The party of our informant were three days 10
reaching Fort Yuma, where they were received by Major St.
Hall with courtesy, and their necessities supplied, Before St.
leaving the fort many others came in, aril it was aster- 20
tained that 50 men had deserted Walker, and others 10
were preparing to leave—in fact, a general "stampede"
had occurred. Finding his numbers thus reduced, that St.
he could 0 swim the cattle which were his only rations, 5°
Walker resolved i, retrace his steps to San Vincente, with 40
the evident intention of rejoining his Eteeilency Smith. 25
He started back in " the winter of his discontent," with 25
not more than 20 men and 20 or 25 bead of cattle, The „St.
character which Walker bears amon his men is by no 5128
means an exalted one. He is represented as excessively St.
vain, weak-minded, and ambitious. His vanity makes him
tyrannical—his weakness renders him cruel, hie unbounded
and senseless ambition has led him to believe himself bore 25
to command. His great pride was in" standing upon his 'uv„
dignity ;" his men were constantly harassed with vexatious St.
orders upon etiquette. There was not a sensible man in 6i
the whole command who did not utterly despise Lim.— 25
Los Angeles Star. 50

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. I st.

CUSTOM HOUSE, JUNE 10.

ENTERED INWARDS.—The Cres, from Oporto; Desnam-
brick, Paris ; Wilberforce, Hamburgh ; Belgium, Ostend ;
Alar, Dunkirk ; Marie, Christiania; Abana, Pernambuco ;
Soeridderen, Christiania ; Rover, Guernsey ; Jupiter,
Havre • Seine, Boulogne ; Elsun Lillina, /Nysted ; Olaf
Rye, Rio Grande; Princes, Sannesund ; Renard, Guernsey.
ENTERED OUTWARDS.—The Elizabeth, for Rostock;
Prince of Wales, Christiania ; Margaret and Jane, Toulon ;
Gammielholme, Copenhagen; India, Hong Bong; Bristol,
Brest ; Joshua, Geelong and Madras ; Calabar, Port
Philip ; Frau Engel, Hamburgh ; Emanuel, Harburg ;
Tinto, Bombay; Cres, Oporto; Drama, Rotterdam; Bel-
gium, Ostend ; Monsom, New Zealand; Alar, Dunkirk ;
Enterprise, Corfu, Zanto, and Patras ; John Bull, Ham-
burgh ; City of Boulogne, Boulogne ; Reindeer, Phila-
delphia.
CLEARED WITH CARGO.—The Maria, Christiansand ;
William Frederick, Singapore ; Genova, Naples; Baron
Osy, Antwerp; Candidate, Hamburgh; Gluctsgor, Stettin ;
Albion, Boulogne; Ysabel Segunda, Santander, Corrunna,
and Cose ; Affghan, Madras ; Princess, Bahia ; Earl of
Auckland, Rotterdam ; Batavier, do. ; Triton, Calais ;
Mgnet, Amsterdam ' • Lord John Russell, Harlingen ;
Bristol Bell, Boston ; Soho, Havre ; Alar, Dunkirk ; City
of Rotterdam, Dunkirk ; Foyle, Jersey and Guernsey ;
Pieterdina Marchiva, Hamburgh.

LrvEnrooL, June 10.—A schooner, with loss of both 50
mast heads, was off Holyhead, inward bound, at 11.30 a.m. St.
QUEBEC, May 24.—A derelict vessel was seen in the ioo, 50
May 11, in lat. 46, long. 57. About 200 sail were passed 20
in the river by the Cleopatra (screw steamer), arrived here 20
to-day. 20