Washington sentinel., 1854-01-08
6eneral aateIliaente.
FROM CALIFORNIA.

FROM CALIFORNIA.
The steamer Illinois, which arrived at New
York on Thursday from Aspinwall, brought three
hundred and fifty passengers and twelve hundred
thousand dollars worth OF gold.
The dates brought from San Francisco are TO
the Uh of December but the news has been mostly
anticipated by the late arrival at New Orleans
The San Francisco Herald says:
We have received by private adyices intelli-
gence from the adventures by the barque Caro-
line, which sailed from this port in October last,
with the acknowledged intention Of conquering
Sonora AT la Paz, after the reduction Of the
town, the Americans secured above two hundred
recruits, who cheerfuly joined the ranks and
agreed to go to the death with the new comers"
II is stated that prolific veins of silver have
been discovered near the city OF Acapulco. They
They are said to be unsurpassed in richness by
any of the mines in the country, so far has been
explored. There have been several earthquakes
in Acapulco
A private letter from one of the Amazon Ger
man settlers who joined the expedition states that
the suffering fthe parties has been very great,
and that many have deserted 10 Brazil
The ireka Herald contains long leader upon
a hanging affair which has recently taken place in
Yreka. The account gives no names or dates,
and the Herald speaks of il as a horrible affair
Frenchinan, who had killed citizen, was ar
rested and placed in confinement by the legal
authorities. Some parties from Greenhorn creek
came over and took him from prison, gave him a
Lynch trial and hung him. He had been sick for
some time, and it is sad was partially deranged.
The Herald thus describes the closing scene
"The trembling victim was led to a tree hard
by, where stood galows, which had heretofore
been used to trice up butchered cattle-a fit place,
truly TO consummate such a tragedy. Then he
was placed on horse and the rope adjusted TO the
tree. The prisoner, seeing that his doom was
sealed assisted them in adjusting the fatal cord 10
his neck. Some one cried ut.to tie his hands,
and, while some oficious individual was accom-
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lost his balance and swung from the horse, amid
the wild, savage yels of his executioners. There
being no sudden force the moose caught under
the chin and did not slip.
''The stranglng victim, with face full of agony,
and eyes starting from their sockets, gazed wildly
around upon the crowd beneath. The cries and
yells that rent the air would have been becoming
in hungry wolves or halfstarved hyenas they
seize upon their prey But all was not yet over.
The rope refused to do its duty, and several per-
sons caught hold of the quiverng body of the dy-
ing man and mercifully lent him additional weight
10 stop the current of life; while another person,
in the tree, with commendable perseverance,
shook the rope with the same benevolent object"
A Captured SIaver.-The schooner N. II.
Gambr Lieutenant De Camp commanding, ar
rived at New York on Thursday, in ffty-three days
from Loando, South Africa, after having experi-
enced succession of violent gales, which stove
in her bulwarks and did other damage.
The N. FL. Gambrill halls from Baltimore, is a
SLAYER. and prize TO the United States frgate Con-
sttution, Commodore Isaac Mayo, and was cap
turcd on the Sd of November off Congo river, and
placed in charge Of Lieutenant De Camp, who
brought her home
The Gambrill is small schooner of about lis
tons burthen, and was built in Baltimore. She is
not of clipper build and is in respect fitted for
the occupation in which she was supp osed TO be
engaged Sngea .,,,u..s !, ~. u, ..,,.;.
ceive her carge. The bottom Of the vessel was
completely filed with water-casks, which were
all panked over. In addition TO the regular stove
for cooking provisions for the crew, a large galley
had been put up the day previous. The cook, on
being questioned, said that the captain had told
him that "the galley was for him to cook the food
have received from 800 to $50 slaves, in the mar
row space between the deck and the planking
over the water-casks-a space i'll which man
could not stand erect.
Her crew consisted of eleven men all told-the
captain MIST and second mates, cook, steward
four men before the mast and two passengers,
who went out in her. The captain was an Ameri-
can the two mates were Englishmen.
When the Gambrill was ready for sail, perms-
sion was given TO the captain and crew either TO
return in the vessel or TO go ashore and shift for
themselves. They all preferred the latter alterna
tive, excepting the cook and one of the crew, who
returned in her.
She brings home these two men, and also twelve
seamen Gnvalids) from the squadron. The follow
ing are the names.
Chas. Johns, boatswain; John III. Pulver, mas
ter-at-arms; John Ray, Jos. Doan, Andrew Al
cour John Appleby, VIM. Brown, John Ramirez,
Desto Delta, Chas Tucker, E. Mills, seamen; s.
Lane andsman.
The U. S. ship Marion sailed for Benquea,
Nov. Sd, all well. The U. S. frigate Constitution
would sail for Monrovia and st. Helena, in few
days. The U. S. brig Perry was at Monrovia.
The health of the squadron was generally good.
The Constitution has not lost since she
went on the station
The Steamer San Francisco.-The telegra-
phic report received in this city Thursday after
noon, that the above steamer had been seen at sea
in a terrible gale of wind entirely disabled and