New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-01-07

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Arrival Of the Steamship Ell Dorado.
DETAILS OF TWO WEEKS NEWS YEoM CALIFORNIA.
IMPORTANT FROM LOWER CALIFORNIA.
BATTLE BETWEEN AMERICANS AND MExIcANs.
TEN AMERICANS KTLLEDtt
Sailing OF Another Expedition from San Franciaco.
The United States mail steamship Ell Dorado capt. A.
g. Grey from AspnwalI the evening Of the 29th ult,
arrived at this port yesterday afternoon O'Clock
bringing one hundred passengers and fyone thousand
dollars in specie.
The Ell Dorado was detained hours by heavy
northers.
The El Dorado brings the California mails received by
the Golden Gate which left San Francisco the afternoon
Of the 10th uls.
The John L. Stephens reached San Fransisco the 10th
at 10 The other steamers had arrived when tho
Golden Gate left
The steamship Uncle Sam for Panama and the Cortes
for San Juan. sailed from San Francisco on the 18th
os the run down to Panams the Golden Gate beat the
Uncle sam twentysix hours, notwithstanding having
called at two ports the way.
sl842545 in specie was shipped for San Juan by this
Cortes and s666+a70 by the Golden Gate for Panama
The health Of the Isthmus still continues good.
The Panama Railroad Company run the all
the way to the Mataehne station, Col Totten the
chefepgineer of the company making arrangements
for the transportation of from the latter place
direct to Panama that the time occupied in crossing
from Aspnwall to Panama will not exceed eleven hours
The following is list Of passengers
AIrs Burns and child. Mira II Brown. @ Jorden and
lady Mr. PiIley and lady, Graves. McIickle Chas
Parke speugle, j Stemejohn, J Walker. l. Posey
Aury Mathews S Cole, O Mcmillan, b scbng.
Eastnage. C Bush, L 0r1nsby A Noble. V Barker
Ventert, NJ Matthews, and seventy y-three in the
steerage
BY the FL Dorado have received files of San Fran
cisco papers to the 10th ut Highly important had
been received from Lower California. An engagement
had taken place between Walkers party and the Mexi
cans in which the Americans defeated with loss
of ten killed Another account states that the American
party wholly destroyed The created great
citement in San Francisco and in the nterer body
of hree hundred well armed and provisioned sailed
from San Francisco the relief of Waker on the 18th
ut Another expedition, numbering about thousand
to sail before the LIST Of January. The San
Francsco Herald says: l-
On the night of the 7th December Major Emory Secre
tary Of State of the Republic arrived in San Fran
cisco simultaneously with the of the battle of La
Paz and the establishment Of the Republic His OBJ
ect was to obtain reinforcements. The mme-
dhtey teegaphed TO different points and the work of
enrolment commenced without delay. A number of
young men in the city, Stockton end Marysve
their Willingness join the expedition and in day or
two IL undertood that three companies had BEEN
collected from the different points in this city Thpse
having the matter in charge issued script upon which
addition to voluntary contributions ample supply of
provisions, arms and munitions of obtained
These movements were conducted quietly and without
terference from any quarter srhe British
ing cleared regularly at the custom house Monday
Eth instant with forty passengers it pretty well
dertood that she would be the bearer of the Expedition
sts either that night or the following the active
preparations could be discovered in certain quarters
the morning OF the 18th however the southerner
arrived from San Diego. bringing startling which
had the effect of fastening operations courier
we'd at San Diego on the Th from Guadaloupe in Lower
CALIFORNIA of engagement which was said to have ia
ken place few days previous between small party Of
Walkers men and party of Csforuians under Melen
derry in which the former attempted to surprise the
ter but were themselves surprised by ambuscade
which ten out Of twenty were killed and two taken
prisoners The engagement is said TO have taken place
pass of the mountain between EDcenada and Tomas
II u vas also reported that few days previous few
Mextcans had obtained small brass cannon from San
launch OF the Caroline killing one of her men These
particulars having come through Mexican channel
were not generally credited although it believed
that there had been an of kind between
the hostile parties, Be this it may the morning of
the 18th instant at quarter past O'Clock the bark
Anita with upwards of three hundred expedonists on
board reinforcement thoroughly armed, provsonei
and equipped, with four small field pieces was towed
from the of Clay wharf to sea by steamer
and when last seen bearing away the sonthward
under stiff breeze Two of the companies board
were under the command of Geo. R Davidson and W.
3, Cpttra The of the other officers. with the
exception of Col H. Watkins, commander of the expe-
dtion, are unknown. The expe dition made up of
young nen, mostly from San francisco, of them
rather wild, but many of them highly respectable cti
great many who had ENROLLED their names were
unable to get off but it is understood that they in CON
junction with others, numbering perhaps thousand
will leave this port for Encenada during the present
month. Some will take the steamers to San Diego from
which port they will proceed by land and others will 90
direct By first it stated that an Eng
lsh rgate had been dispatched from Mazatan
cpt the Caroline but she has not since been heard of
Thus the matter stands at this date, Dec 16.
DEPARTURE SECOND ExpEpIrIoN FROM SAN Fran
cIsCo.-The Transcript of the 18th saws
This morning called upon to announce the de-
parture of second expedition bound for the Rcpubc
of the Two Stars
Between half past nine and twelve O'Clock last evening
parties of from two to six each might have been
vending their way down town. with blanket bundles
under their arms or their backs, and rifles in their
hands. Their destination of course evident They
seemed to make secret of their departure although
they passed along the very silently and had little
to say to acquaintance who might them except
here and there word or two in under tone. They
seemed to be remarkably ignorant of the name Of
the vessel they to sail in where she was
bound for, the number going when she start
Arrived at the end of Clay wharf might have
outer evidently the object of interest She was
dngy looking bark deeply laden her decks covered with
barrels Of provisions. etc, etc.
Gradually the crowd Of Republicans, with their intimate
friends gathered about her decks the end of the
wharf The little cabin held continuously repleushed
crowd of six eight (aE many could get u a time)
while wishes for good fortune, farewes something
warnia passed the rounds
About midnight two of ammunitiou-riaes pow
der etcreached the end Of the wharf and were backed
up to gangway plank. All seemed in excellent spirits
and two lines formed across the deck inter
mediate vessel to pass the pickles y board A short
time afterwards Jack and Barney and Tom and sundry
others called up the wharf bring down
the rifles belonging to Company b. At last every thug
board and a were ready for departure Friends
shook hands, and bid guod-bJ, fifty times apiece; and
rs the crowd gathered and there appeared show
of resistance the part of the authorities Federal or
State all grew more confident OF successful departure
and with confidence noise.
Nothing OBTAINING them but the appearance
of the steamer Thomas Hunt which had been chartered to
tow the craft with her freight Of glory heads
At five minutes past her lights displayed themselves
as she rounded the end of Pacific wharf approached
the scene of excitement and hope The steamer crept
slowly alongside aud her hawsers made fast to the
bark! delay of fifteen minutes followed. allow time
for the nifty first grip of tho hand and good luck to You
old boy and for the stragglers who singing song
at the nearest bar-room. to get on board.
The order WAS then given to let the bow and stern
lines the omnous bell of the steamer heard ringing
from the engine the escaping shut off;
the paddles commenced moving and the two crafts swept
galianty OIL First there three cheers for the new
Republic from those left behind followed by three and
tiger from the hive Of human beings on the deck of
the bark closed by indcrmnate shoutings and cheers
The bark that took the party is called the Anita, and
she Is bound for the locus of President Walkers
men. She is 2S5 tons burhen and what her registered
is say She carries provisions sufficient
te last two hundred ninety days She also has on
board two thousand three hundred pounds of powder
balls enough to supply each with eight hundred
and six hundred caps apiece for each man She also
has two pieces of ordinance shells to aid in effect
ing landing, should force be necessary on reaching
Gnaymas
On board are three organized companies aud two COM