The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-10
New York, Monday, April Ts, 1854.
Circulation of the New York Herald for the
Week ending April 8. Is04.
The News.

The News.
We have the details of two weeks later news from
California, brought by the steamships George Law
and Star Of the West. The intelligence, which is
very interesting, will be found in another part of
to-days HERALD. The great depression in the
markets, and consequent stagnation in the ordinary
channels of trade, which has been announced and
commented upon, still continued to check the pros
perity and advancement of the new State, and its
effects beginning seriously to be felt among the
merchants Of San Francisco. The mines although
some districts were giving fair and profitable
yield were not, on the whole, aggregating the
amount that they were twelve months since by
many thousands of dollars. By this news we have
intelligence from Col. Fremont's surveying party,
who, it is represented, had suffered considerably in
The mountains from cold and hunger, and seven of
the company had died from the above causes; but
the Colonel was still pushing on, having fourteen
men left. The Indians were very troublesome, but
in most cases where they had committed depreda-
lions they were severely punished. The political
excitement was running unusually high, and
charges of bribery and corruption the order of
the day. Interesting news will also be found from
the territories of Oregon, Washington and Utah.
According to the details of the information an
nouncing the safety of the Darien surveying expe-
dition under Lieut.. Strain, the party must have
suffered most terribly for want of food, and from
sickness and hardship. Judging from the brief
sketch of the obstacles encountered by these hardy
men, it is not probable that any Others will soon be
found willing to undertake similar journey. The
savages who murdered the four men belonging
to the British ship Virago have been described
by tribe of rival Indians, but at last dates
the assassins had not been apprehended. Judg-
ing from the rugged, unprepossessing and I'M
healthy description of the country given by
the explorers, combined with the fact of the
mveterate hostility of the natives to white men, it is
probable that even those who originated the idea
will give up all hope of accomplishing the her
culean task of building ship canal between the
two oceans through the line designated.
The details of the last intelligence from Lower
California indicate that the fbuster expedition of
Col. Walker would prove an utter failure. Failing
to enlist the sympathies of the natives, his men
were gradually withdrawing from his standard and
returning to California, where, finale to their
disappointment they were generally arrested by the
government authorities for having been concerned
in an unlawful enterprise against neighboring
country with which we are at peace. Most of those
who remained with the self-styled President Of
the filibuster republic, like certain cliques of
politicians in this part Of the world, seemed
bound together by no other ligaments than Il G
desire to plumber and rob the weak and I
fenceess; however, tie members of the band
were quarrelling with each other, and it was be-
heved that the whole affair would break up in an
indiscriminate and murderous fight among them
selves. Four deserters had already been tried by
Court Martial, and two of them were shot and the
Others whipped. Under these circumstances it is
reasonable to believe that the star Of Walkers re-
public has by this time been entirely obliterated.
The news from the countries bordering the South
Pacific will be found very interesting. The revou-
tionary operations in Peru, headed by Gen. Cas-
tilla, daily becoming more formidable and
il was considered that the administration under
President Echenique would be speedily deposed. BY
the way, we observe that some of the California
papers give credenCe the report that various of
the revolutionary movements now in progress in
South and Central America the result of the Sc
cret Vaccinations of Santa Anna to embrace all the
Spanish American States in one grand confederacy,
as was intimated to be his design some time ago by
the Mexican journals. In confirmation of this extra
ordinary scheme to bring about war of races
project on the part Of the descendants of
the Spanish to resist what Santa Anna terms the
aggressons of the northern barbarans (the English
and the Americans)-he recently despatched a spe-
cia envoy to Guatemala but what was the result Of
his mission has not TRANSFERRED 1t is also well known
that the agents of the Mexican Dictator have for
many months been busily occupied, both in Europe
and in our own country, particularly in California.
in endeavoring to persuade Germans, Spaniards and
French, to colonize his domnons Santa Anna is
especially anxious that the Germans should settle in
sonora, and probably hopes, chiefly by engendering
an them feeling of hatred against the Americans,
to retain possession of that TERRITORY What will be
the end of all these curious transactions we shall
know hereafter. Quite likely the rejection OF the
Gadsden treaty will knock them all in the head by
depriving Santa Anna OF the sjnews q war and
mischief
The spirit of enterprise seems to be fast agousnc
The Chilians from their pristine cthargy They
are vigorously engaged in providing the means Of
sducation and adopting measures for opening tho
agricultural, commercial and manufacturing re. !
sources OF the country extensive scale as com.
pered WIN ther former imbocilty in these branches
o' industry They have ALTO appointed 4 c,mmil.
bsoner 70 proceed to England and negotiate i0I tie