New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-26
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY JULY 20, lo90

h,;el The prospects were good, but in consequence
Of n water siling they were obliged 10 suspend oPe
raiions for the present.
;rt, miles from San Bcrnardino but IS reports are
so contradictory we do not fel inclined 10 puoisn
them OF present.
ARRIVALS At san DIESo.-Since our last issue,
se1s The San Dtego Herald, a number 81 stran-
eers have visited us, among whom are " .. ~
Ger ESQ. from the Upper Ferry CO., Rio Colorado
T1r ILouss Spence, from Altar, In sonora WIN Que
hundred head Of horned STOCK which arc neg grazing
al the Rancho of san fsabel; Capt H. ctocSer, Hon
New.Mexico. with fifty large mules IN gooi o'ue.'
This gentleman informs US that be encoun'ered no u
sc,l,ses IN he road from any Of the Ind>n tribes
,h,,ugh which be passed and ihet be found toleraoy
coed pasture all the way. lie has oeen 'nrse nou'.
coming through and has left his ANIMALS ana pafly a.
Warmers rarch 10 nest few days Mr. "iinsh var
rett. from Colorado William Mann, Esq, from
Rancho de Guadalupe, i Lower CALIFORNIA WIN Que
hundred head Of fat beef cattle and some nne horses
which he, in comtany with our Old ana respev,eu
fr end II. l.. koln, Esq., intends conveying 10 Stn
Francisco for butcherng; also jose ANTONIO Moreno,
from Notation, via La Psz aud the coast range. he
reuorts that the whole country affords uch grazing
thing remsI kabe and almost nnpreceiened ~ tue M
mails of California history. Most of the ahove-na ned
Gentlemen are en- route for Los Angeles, whittier they
will shortly proceed.
NEWS PROM THE DESERT From the Rio Colorado
we hesr. ssys The San Diego Herald, that the a'e
damage done to the steamer Gen. Jessup WAS very
slight. She is nov ireightlng regularly anu sa'iS10
re work of erecting quarters for the troops at Fort
Yuma il progressing rapidly, considering tnat t"o OF
the brick LAYERS found II te too hot Tor them, snd
omit work Lieut. Parks, L. :. K. X. =. and party,
ritb Lieut.. George A. Andrews and his company OF
Sd artillery escOr', arrived al Fort luna on tue
morning Of tie 9Th list, in fine health and spirits,
having crossed the Desert without any accident A
Mr. Rowland brother of John Rowland, Esq, of Lss
Angeles and family, with two large families, were
net on the Desert few days since en- route Tor New
Mexico. They doing well. The Thermometer
for some tire has been ranging from III 10 10 III
the shade at the Colorado. oather scorching tunes.
MURDER oS TIE DEsERT-Lewis j. r. Jaeger,
Esq furnishes The San Diego LfTad with the ioi,
lowing particulars OF acold-blOOded murder couh"'eu
on The desert some twenty miles westward OF Jaegers
ferry, during the night of the lst of June. About
O'clock on the mos ming OF the 2d party OF three
Americans and two half breed Cheroke.s awoke Mr'
j. ard dtmnnd TO be fened scrJss the river IN
hurry. the which he declined doing. and they passed
passed Oh. Some two hours afterward, Mexican by
n name of Zuniga gallOped up to Jaegers ana IN
formed him that while he and hs brother wereJ"ufney
ing from Los Angeles, of VIII ch pace they had oeeh
rtsdohts, they were oyertaktn al dl'ecros Oy ue
five men alluded TO. and that they Travelled IN COM
many topeher ill that night at 10 o'clock, when one OF
The Americans without provocaon or previous lntlma-
ton de beraiey drew his pIstol ami shot the Drother
in the back from tie effects of which he expired IN
fifteen minutes. The three Americans were severdliy
named Bill Pete and john III seems thet
uron being refused terrage, they procceded up tue
river bottom and concealed themselves Tor hye days
Wien ihey swan the river and into Sonora
From the person of the murdered man the murderers
took ZONE five hundred dollars in Mexican money
VIII eli leaves no doubt that cupdity the NEGATIVE
to tie foul deed
Mons GOLD EXCITEMENT. Mr. Francis Debir,
saws The San DiegO Herdid who has just arrived
from San BomardlIo, says that quite an oxcpeui'h1
has teen prevailing among the Mormon brethren from
discoveries lately made of gold deposits in the san
Berpardno mounaiss. Several parties OF the faithful
were out prospecting, so we may hear more OF the
bubble in few days.