The weekly Placer herald., 1853-06-25
Per Wells, Fargo & Co.'S Express.
Later News franl the East.

Francisco on Sunday evening last, bring
ing dates from the States up to the 2qt
of May, from Panama up to the 9th Of
June, and thirty days ater from South
America. SHE brings 500 passengers, IA
of whom are ladies' and al children.
new territory, ca led Washington,
recently established in the northern i,Art
lof Oregon, has received Majhr Isaac Fl.
Stevens, late Of the u ). Army, fur it,
Governor. The precise boundaries "f
the new territory are yet to he established
; The officers of the army appointed to
assist Governor Stephens, are Capt. John
w. L. Gardiner, first drag""n-; Brevet
Capt. George B Me- LELAND, sSixned To
duty according to his hr-vet rank; 81
Lieutenant Johnson K Duncan, Sn Artil
cry; 2d Lieutenant Rufus Saxtnn, Jr. +,
4th Artillery; 81 l. rutrnant Cuvier Gro
YER, 5th Artillery; 2I Lieutenant A. }.
Donnelann, corps of Engineers; Brevet
2d Lieutenant John Mu len. Jr. LIST Arti :
erv; Dr.. ~uckiey aud Cooper, Surgeons
and NaturalIst-.
The Scientific Corps will consist "f some
twelve or fourteen persons. We may
name John EVANS, Geologst of the ex
I,edition; j. NJ. Stanley, Esq, Artist; G
w. Stevens and \. Remenvi, ESqrS.,
Astronomers; A. w Tenkhars and F =.
w. Lander, E~qr-., Civil Engineers; and
John l. ,mhert, Draughtsnan
Captain 'crl-lnnd will depart from
Puget ound for the purpose of exp or
ing the Cascade Range, with two officers
furnished him by the I'rigadier General
in 60 0ni,,and on the Pacific, and proceed
eastward
4 portion of the main party under
Lieutenant Done son vii leave st. Lou
in n steamer about the 18th inst and
ascend the Missouri, river to Fort Tn ON,
at the mouth of the YelInw~tonr, the
place of rendezvous on the east, where
they will hp joined by the remainder of
the party, under the Immediate command
of Gov. Stevens.
Capt. NcCl-Iland, and some of the
party mentioned above, arrived in the
John l.. Stephens; also the following
named military and scientific gentlemen.
being one of the parties ordered out by
the Government, To make Il survey OF n
route for the Parif. Railroad: Lieut..
:. K. vii ianson, in cOinmand; Lieuts
j. G. Park and &. b. Andersnn, Lieut.
George Stoneman, commander of the es-
cort Of Dragn"ns; Mr.. J w. Smith. Civil
Engineer; Dr.. Hermann, Physician and
NaturaliSr; Mr.. Preuss, Drattsnan; Mr..
GopptII, Artist.
Capt Whiting, IT, s. A., who takes
charge of the fnrtifrationI, etc in III
Bay of San Francisco, also arrived in the
Stephens.
The New York Crystal Palace is pro
crossing rapidly; 400 men are daily en-
p owed in it; lut il j. sti thought that il
cannot bp completed before the 4th of
Ju at the very soonest.
The New York papers say that the
treasure. on board the steamer Union was
pIundered to the amount of o or $4,000
on her last trip from Aspinwall. One
of the boxes was found filed with shot
and old iron. The act is supposed to
have been committed on board.
The claim of the Rev. f. Wifiams tn
the Throne of Frnare ia still an open
oues ion. Mary Ann wi iianls, his ire
Ented) mother, has sworn positively to
his being her child, in New York; whilst,
from New Orleans, we learn that dncu-
nants highly ~ favor of his aims, have
been brought To light. ".
MoNsrEs >rEAMER.--A late number nf
he Liverpool Albion says: We under
-taud that the cOn'e'np aftd vessel of
1000 tons burden, tor the Eastern Steam
Navigation Company, will he driven by
two paddles and Il srrew, and thar fhr
power 10 work this combination will he
derived from three pairs of engines. II
j. 10 he constructed of iron hv Nr Scott
Russo l. under the inspection of Mr..
Brunei
Mr. Joseph w. Fahrns, Of Sa'enI,
Mass, has been appointed u ;. Com
n,prcia Agent at San Juan del Norir.
P Ru-WAR WITH Bolivia Business
nlong the coast is reported dull
The yellow fever was raging in Lima
and Cal 40.
There were two hundred vessels load
ing with ruano at the hin"ha Islands.
he gov. v.rnment has sent a colony OF
,bout two hundred poor Germans across
he Andes t" form II colony on the banks
ot the Amazrh.
The government has made contract
with an American 20 furnish two steam
prs for the navigation of the Ainnz"n
Peru has derI ,rpd war against BOLIVIA,
and the Peruvian fleet had landed 5000
troops at africa.
Bo ~, President of Bo'via. has d'smlS
sed B,stllo, his minister of t'ieign affairs
and some hopes are entertained that
peace will soon be made again.
Srr.N, oN TN RIVER RAMAZON.-Ih he