The Nevada journal., 1852-05-01
later From Southern California.


By the arrival of the steamer Ohio,
FIVE days from San Diego, we have re-
ceived later intelligence from Southern
California. From the San Diego Herald
of the 18th inst. we extract as follows
The Government Courier from the
the Gila reached here OIL the l4th inst,
four days from Camp Yuma, bringing
dispatches for the commanding general
of the division and the mail fol the At
lantic States. By this arrival we have
adviccs as late as the morning of the
10Th. The route over the desert is da. iv
becoming worse, owing to the scarcity
of water and grass, and as q consequence,
much suffering will be endured by the
train Of animals now employed on the
road. The transport schooner, Sierra
Nevada, is moored in the Colorado, at q
point distant seventy miles from Camp
Yuma. The contractors are indefati-
gable in their exertiOns to supply the
post from the vessel, but owing to loss
previously reported in this paper) of
one Of their flatboats, they fail to meet,
p
troops. An examination of the river has
been made. and all parties are satisfied
that it can be safely navigatcd by small
steamers, such as are used on the Ohio
"a fact Of no small importance, mas
much as it demonstrates a problem hith-
erto wanting solution, that a line of posts
can now be established upon the Gila
with certainty Of being supplied with
facility and that promptness so neces-
sary to the success of all military opera
tions, and will secure to us an easier
transit Of travel over route, but for
Indian cpr@dations, would be consider
ed by every body as the most feasible
of the numerous land routes leading
from the old States to our favored coun-
try. Maj Heintzelman, with that en-
ergy and promptness that has ever at,
tended his command, has been active in
the pursuit of Indians, and they have
received lesson that will long be re-
membered on the Gila.
EARTHQUAKE.-On Monday night last,
precisely ut midnight our citizens were
alarmed by very severe shock OF an
earthquake, which continued some thir-
ty seconds. An adobe house, with a
tiled roof, situated near the Plaza. at
Old Town, was destroyed by the shock.
The motion was yibratory and oscillat-
ing from west to cast, and it is more
than probable that it had its origin in
some Of the islands lying to the west
ward of us, whose volcanic construc ton
renders them at any moment liable to
a visitation of this nature. We await
with anxiety intelligence from the Sand
wich Islands
LOWER CAL1foRNA.--Capt Don Man
uel Castro, Mexican Commandante of
the ncighboring frontier, is in town.
Our readers will remember that few
weeks since, we commented on the in
human murder of two American citizens
{ Van Ness and Mcdonald by q party
of Mexican soldiers, headed by an Off
Ger. We are rcjoccd to learn that
Capt. Castro has taken the matter in
hand, having arrested ironed and dis.
patched the accused to La Paz for trial
before a court martial We doubt not
justice will be meted out with an even
hand, for Capt. Castro is determined to
use his influence and Office towards re-
deeming the stigma now resting upon
his command, growing Out of the murder
above alluded to.
Maj. Emory has been appointed prin-
cipal surveyor Of the American Boun-
dary Commission, in place of A. b. Gray,
removed.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
has purchased the wharf at San Diego,
new town, for ten thousand dollars.