Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-06-18

FROM CAIIFoRNIA-The steamer George
Law arrived at New York on Friday last
with news from the Pacific coast From Cali
fornia there is nothing particularly important.
There has been wagon-road Convention at
Marysvile, with prospect of making fine
road over the Sierra to the Honey Lake Val
ley The Convention passed resolutions con-
demnng the proposed Southern or Texas route
for the Overland mail. Politicians are pretty
quiet, the only lively factions being those of
Broderick and Gwin, who still agitate the
Democratic family quarrel. The crop pros
poets are toerable, but by no means brilliant.
There is a fair supply of old grain on hand
Another indictment for embezzlement has been
found against DIR. Bates The Governor has,
in the name of the people, sued a newspaper
for libel, in saying that he was bribed by a
good dinner to sign certain bill.
From Sonora we have full details of the ex-
termination of COL Crabbe and his band of
fillibusters. The entire party consisting of
eighty-four men, including Henry A. Crabbe,
their commander, were massacred. On the
lst Of April the party entered the town of Ca
vorca, situated on the Gulf, and Immediately
encountered the Mexcans, under Roderiguez,
who with several of his soldiers, lost their
lives. The fillibusters next took possession of
several houses on the plaza, but shortly there
after were hemmed in by the foe. In this po-
sition sort of guerilla warfare was sustained
for eight days, with a loss to the Americans of
25, and to the Mexicans of 200 men, A sum
mons from the latter to the Americans to sur
render was at first refused, but at the expira-
tion of the above mentioned period, Crabbe
and his ifty-eight surviving soldiers marched
from the building in which they had entrenched
themselves, and which had been fired, and un-
conditionally laid down their arms. On the
following days the entire party, with the ex-
ception of their General, was taken out in
squads and shot. A more humiliating and
ignominious death awaited General Crabbe-
He was allowed to write letter to his wife,
and hold an interview with one his original
company, who had left him before they cross
ed into Mexican territory, after which he was
led out to execution He was then tied to a
post in front of the building he had occupied,
his face to the post, and his back to the exc
cutioners. A hundred balls were then fired in
to his body, after which he was decapitated,
and his head exhibited in a conspicuous place
for the multitude to gaze upon. Among the
killed are a number of the most distinguished
political personages who have ever resided in
California. Some days after the massacre, a
detachment of % Mexicans from San Juan
crossed the line and seized'four of Crabbe's
party, who were sick in bed in the house of an
American, aud meted out to them the same
punishment as had been visited upon their
countrymen. Twenty recruits from Tucson,
who were on their way to Crabbe, at Cavorca,
were attacked by 200 Mexicans near that
place. They, however, after severe fighting,
reached the American line. The excitement
throughout California, consequent on the re-
ception of this news, has been intense, and q
very general feeling of revenge seems to actuate
the minds of the masses.