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far from Ms Luthsr Deck. a member of the Ca-
 .urrs eou,gany. which sailed from thns perl the let of February. la the brig ThOnas Wsllsr. for TAmpieo, thence ts sske the overland rOsts ie Cali fornia Thi. h lbe frst account that we hEss seen of the successful accomplishment Oi the overland tourney by aay of tho reeeas California companies Ii describes Hsaay incidents and scenes of . nosea and sszsking character:
 MarArI-1x, April %. ls49.
 VI. hars at last arrived af the city of Mxz1tlan, ssssr s ;e.sasy of 43 days across Mexic0-a jour ney which think ssah seves fcrgrt. After all the harishfps we have gone throagh the company, with enc two errePtisHs, aEs in good health and
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 frOm Tsmpco, where we engagsd our horses and suuies Oar travelling averaged from 10 10 IS sagaes or from % te sl miles per day On the 2ist Of March ws arrived aa San Las Poiosi. distant about 90 miles from TamPics. For the first DO miles we had an Indian path through the cbaPaErei, and from that io the city Of San Luis we josrneyed aereus piafns hIIIa and ncuntafns; the most difeah of the Affef being the -PortO CanarO. Y which can vcsrcsly bs surpassed by the Alps. We were de- tafned at Villa Le Wallace, (fo1r days journey from Tzmpien.l nearly i've days getting cur horses shod,
 daSy wAieh, afisr all, fei upon tEo or three Of us We wuFs detained thuE in many towns and villages, HICWNGLtUH that we lost in ali about ten dayA
 Ca the 25th of March we isft Sun Luis, and arr rived on the q Apn h Gaadaiaasa, distance some S0O miles, ever barren psaias, rocky mountans and valleys. This city we lefs on fhssith April. and weFs several Says crossing the Mexican Cerdiilsras At midnigbt oh ihe 7th asvesni of ua starisd ex- press fir TsYse, wheFs VIC arrived oa the morning of Sun4sy ths Sth, the rest of the party arriving in tha evening. The distance of Topic from Gaada- Isara Is abont 800 miles. and t is about 30 leagues from San Esas, seaport town of the Pacific Here abeat sen of the whole Camargo company left for San Bias. where they took passage for San Fran cisco ln . small schooner and . brig.
 On the 10th April efs Topic with tho rest of the company, We traveisd together til the night of the l2th, when Capt Graut, Bingham, and myself started for the city of Mazatlaa- On ths 18th, Bs horss gave oat I thsnf ease Capt. Grant my eoii, and be and the guido left as al Esquenapa, where remained till the party arrived. Hoa wIli think we done taA riding whea tell yoa ws have travelled 100 miles day without changing horses Grant arrived at Fl Puerto MazatIan on the morning of the Iith. making ca that day ll5 miles! This is cypress trayeiing for y0a. The company arrived ksre on the night of the l6th- I can scarcely ex- press to yoa my delight on 6rzt behoidlng the Pa ciic oesan. The waves dash on the beash ia true Long Branch style. and the bathing in the surf is oqual to what you find at that pleasant resort
 We have taken Paangs for Saa Francisco in the Peruvian barqae Fanny, of 5D0 tons, De6ros. mas ter. She is fine, large vessel, similar to sn Ame- ricaB, and De Brot Is jolly, good captain, and Obigng She carries l5o passesgsfs, and will leave on she 22d or 33d. hope by the time this reaches you we will be h San Francisco. We expect to maks the passage in from 25 O 30 days, bat il may take us 40.
 The passengers that left Us at San Blas in the srhooser arrived here this afternoon in a miserable conditoa- Their vessel is sInaii, and the passea- gerz bad not room even te He down her deck. IT A. .f- II Ii gers, as she was represented o us at Tspc being very ditferent from what sue really is. The most eager of tbe company took passage in her before they arrived af San Btas, and were forced to so in her or less their passage money. am sorry 10 say that frcnd " z Of those ,ha, thus trieked
 huve been aboard of our barque where our little mess have all taken herths together. We expect 10 have pleasant trip up the Pacide-
 cannot give you all the details of cur journey through Mexico, but must reserve them for my re- tara. must. however, give you a few items.
 When 10 leagues from Gaadal4jasa we saw the bodies of three robber chiefs, hanging from a seaf- folding. where they had been for month. One month before, they, with 30e robbers attacked and killed party of 90 men, A company of Mexican troops was sent ia pursuit of them, They suc- ceeded h killing few and capturing the chiefs, wAom they shot af Guadaia5aFa. They thea cree led srafosd the place ef Tuassacre and strung them aP to rot. The gang of robbers is still among the mountains, and similar gangs to be met wiih all over Mexico They are, however, careful not to attzek armed parties.
 When ve were preparing ts leave San Lass To- ioS, the commander of the city told to be ready far R fight, as party of 200 rohbers was prepared to attack us ten leagues from the city. Such stories we heard every day, and we several times discovered sptes, the road and among Lhe mountains, watch jag our movements {; but, from some caRse or an- other. they were afraid to attack ns
 On the 7th of March we entered the, city of Rio Verde, aAont six days march from San Luis Po;osi One week before our arrival, Gen. lqueros, with 2,500 of his followers, attacked and captured the city. He is fighting for liberty, and has about 5oo nysn under him On arrival at the city the peo pie welcomed us with great joy, thinking we came to aid them. We catered the town about dnsk. The roads were level as \ floor. Orange and lemon trees ovsFhang tke streets, forming continuous arch, he branches hanging fnIi of fruit and exha ling most desscsas oder. IL seemed like entering Paradise That night visited by one of Iqae- TO men He Wantsd our asd, hut we eespecuull declined giving it- He said an attack on the city by the government troops was expected every mo- meat Had if been mace VIC shoald have had to take aide or the other.
 The nest day we Leis the city. A. ws departed young aad old placksd fruit from their treea and handed fl to us by the basket fall The sweet lemon ts as eemmon there ss the orange, and Ii IS fsat of which you have never heard. The varieties of tho cactus are very numerous, and some very handsome, growing ta the height of sO, 30 or e. feet, and being three feet in diameter af the base They weald h BataraI eariositss the States Those that arc So much admired al home aot to bs compared wiih those of Msxieo. 4 tree or plant is seafeeay te 6s met with, that has not thorn or briAr of some kind.
 Capt Grant Is the great man of the Americans here. He has beea working hard in arranging oar passage by the barqae and every one appeals to him for 1dvicr.
 forgot b nesiion that while at Rso Verde lt was tho1xht neessary for us t0 have pass from Gen iqaeros to pasS the smA parties that were securing the ceuairy- Grant seat Mexican Co the moan- tains to pTcaure H. but he returned with orders for Graat and hls guide 70 atsnd the General in per- Son- wanted to Aceoaipaay him, but hs would not Si'o~ a' and wena himS~ai- returning in four hoars from the mountains, and very much pleased with the General and hiz men-
 Ths next day, when three leagues from Rio Verde. we met l5 Of lqaeros msR, drawn sp in order of baltie ca the road. armed with laaees, Se We far fohf fasu rauL{ h~w.