The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-01

Lieu. II W. Stanton, LIST Dragons, osuusadipg,
ccppsny @, LIST Dire gsons-5 of6csrs 81 men.
CALIFoRNIA.-FWt Reading, Upper iSaeys~ssnfo.
lat Lieut. N Davis I'd Infantry, command
ing; company y, % hiantry-5 officers, 4s men.
RHsrt0 Barracks, Bea<ci0. Major w Seawell,
~ Infantry commanding. company A, LIST Dragons,
companies g, and G, I'd Infantry-lS officers, lS9
men.
Bcnscia ARSENAL, Beneeia. Brsves Captain c. p.
0rdDance-l officer, 10 men,
PsEudtc, Sa~ frd~etsco Major @ 8. Merchant,
Sd Arullery, commanding, company n, I'd Artillery
--3 officers, SO men.
ton, Sd ARTILLERY, commanding, company +, Sd Ar
ti,lsIy-7 officers, Al men.
Mission, San D,ego.-Bt. 1t. Col. Magrder,
lst Artillery, commanding, company |, LIST Artii-
Fort yuma. Colorado Riry-Bt Major s. P.
HentzelnaD, I'd Infantry, commanding. companies
D, d. end !, I'd lnfaniry-ll officers, lSs men.
Rancho dL Chino, near Cajo1 Pass.-Capt. Q.
I'd l. fantry-3 officers, 81 men.
~ F,t M'ae,, Ugper San Jodqu,n.-Bt. Major q !.
and X, I'd Infantry officers, "A men.
Major E H Fitzgerald, lst Dragons. commanding,
company 4, 1st Drag0ons-5 officers, 60 men.
The 4th regiment of Infantry, shortly expected
from the Atlantic, win probably be posted as fol-
Headquarters and four companies at Columbia
Barracks, Vancouver; one company at Steilacoom.
Puset's Sound; one company at the Dalles OF
the Columbia; two companies on the Oregon Trail,
in tho vicinity Of Rogue river; one company on
Trinity and Klamath; one company at Humboldt.
Ten companies.
The three companies LIST Dragons, serving in the
division, are to be employed, when the season will
movement Of two of these companies from Fort
Reading, on Cow Creek, will be made soon after
the arrival Of Brevet Major Fitzgerald with com
pany which has been on service Mt the ella The
from Port Oxford to the Oregon Trail. The perma-
nent station of these companies is at Benicia Bar
racks.
Since the arrival in February last Of 500 recruits
from the Atlantic States, there have been l0l de-
scrtions reported, UP TO the LIST inst.
Arrival from the Plains.
We cut the following from the Sacramento
Union:-
TRAGEDY on BEAR RIvER-rHE BoUrE-THE
observation-disclosures SUFFERISG,--We had
the pleasure, Of an interview, yesterday. with Mr.
has just arrived from the plains, with Q Pskey Of
eight men, consisting Of David Rudicil, A. Bowlby,
D: White, Hugh Miller, W. Seaman, JAS Johnson,
w. Medor and A. B. Medlor.
This party left St Joseph's on the 25th Of April,
with one wagon, fourteen head Of cattle, and two
horses. They made the trip through in eighty-fve
days. the shortest time, believe, yet made by
teams They came through without an accident
Of any kind.
A most melancholy tragedy was enacted on Bear
river about the time Mr.. Bowlby and party were
passing that point. Two men from Kentucky had
q difficulty, in the course of which one shot the
other. The next morning a jury was summoned
from the train, the man tried, found guilty Of
MURDER and sentenced to be shot leave the train
Two mules, with arms, sc, were offered to him,
and he was orderad to choose to leave Oh be shot.
10 VIZ n
rather die an honorable death than run. He was
accordingly taken out, and seven rifle balls lodged
in his bIeast-he giving the signal to his execution
crs to fire. We regret exceedingly thu. the names
Of the parties are not remembered. The man who
was shot was quite an old gentleman, and the homi
eide was young man.
Mr.. Bowlbys party found the body of murdered
man on the Humboldt river. 1t was supposed he
was murdered and robbed by his travelling compa-
Mons.
The party came down the south side of the Hum
boldt, and found the road better and the grass
more abundant than on the other side.
Mr.. Bowlby says that the grass will be entirely
exhausted long before the emigration gets through,
and that n vast amount OF suffering is inevitable.
Hc estimates the plumber of people coming through
mt sixty thousand, of which SIX ten thou sand are
bound for Oregon. There is an immense amount of
loose stock coming, and they tho grass before
them. a LADY gave birth to n hale, hearty boy on
the Humboldt, and was coming on her way rejoc-
ing.
The government relief train, says Mr.. Bowlby,
though 1t viii ailoid great dea of relief TO the
sulcirg, will be hut drop in the bucket. We
hcIe tie ciiiup, OF California will move promptly
fer extending further aid. Cne hundred thousand,
or even two hundred thousand dollars could be
rased by subscription, j.. little while for 80 hui
nane q purpose.
One Of the recently arrived immigrants states
that larty. consisting Of twenty persons, at
lacked in the iawnce country. by over one hundred
OF that tribe, ana made 10 yield up span of po-
nies and one yoke Of their best cattle and also
con PEELED to slaughter OK Tor the hungry abo.
rhymes.
Thus far the cmgrants have got along without
much trouble: but they are all OF the opinion that
the rcar Of The emigration must suffer q great
deal, for the want Of food and water for their
stock