Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-01-15
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
Arrival Of the Steamer Star Of the West,

The ARREST OF ANDERSON AND HIS MEN
The United States mail steamship Star Of the
West, A. g Gray, Esq commander, left Aspin-
wall January =; at 81 p m, and arrived at New
York on "wednesday night. She experienced
very heavy heavy head winds and bad sea in
crossing the Caribbean.
She brings the California mails Of December
Il, GUT ,44O in treasure on freight, and s7 pas
sengers.
During the two WEEKS which have eIapsed
since the departure of the last mail steamer CO.
pious rains have continued to fall all over the
State
The farmers are already busily employed in
blowing and sowing, and as there is little dam
age done by winter frOsts. there need be no ap-
mature labors.
At the Government Works at Mare Island great
activity prevails. The steamer Senator is now
on the dry dock undergoing repairs The sroundS
are being graded FOR new edihces, and two OF
three large buildings are ia process of erection
One William Smelling was murdered on the
5th, in the county seat Of MERGED, by w. C. Ed
wards, desperate Of the ne ighborhood
Lieut.. Ives, at last accounts, was about to ex-
plore the Colorado river with a stern-wheel
steamer.
The Sonora surveying party, under Col. Stone,
has left Los Angeles.
A bill containing deposits generally resem-
bling glass, has been discovered in Napa county
The Mariposa (FremonD Ranch is to be sold
FOR taxes. Ii was assessed at over 500 UOO and
the total taxes amount TO $1,000
&C: Lyons, X. Poore and ID. McCauley were
hung for murder at Sonora, on the 18th The
scenes enacted at the scafold, well after the
execution, were absolutely sIckeniny The cuI-
prits had been piled with liquor until they were
too drunk to speak cOhereniIy or stand without
assistance, and in this state Were launched into
eternity. POOre confessed to the murder of eight
Mexicans and three Cinnamon In this State since
l-J0.
Theatricals have revived. Miss Annette Ince
is playing at Sacramento.
The American was reOpenpd on the Nth inst .
with Miss Julia Dean- Hayne Miss Emma
Stanley is performing at Maguire's.
street ahray occurred in Sacramento, on the
18th, between Charles A. Sumner editor OF The
Republican paper, and Henry Shipley Of the
state Journal. The former who is relative of
Hon. Charles Sumner, of Boston, was very badly
beaten.
and the residue Of Walkers maraudinp force by
Capt Sands, of the United States steam frigate
Susquehanna, are not very clear, ard IL seems
diihcult to determine whether il was an arrest or
voluntary surrender. Anderson abandoned
Castillo, after wantOnly destroying all the pro
perty within his reach, and was coming dawn
the river when intercepted by Capt. Sands An
derson and his men are understood TO be now ON
board the steamer w abash.
DIR. Hdwley, one Of Col. AHderson's officers
has made statement of the affair." which appears
TO have been very simple.
He says: ~ On December I3 we were Informed
by Col Rogers of the arrest Of Gen Walker and
his men, and their return to the Uuited States
After the receipt of this intelligence we burned
tuC WV oPihtu tue tdHnOns, ana shipped
board the Ogden all the available property, cat
tie, &c, and left Castillo on the 10Th to 90 down
the river. We stopped nine miles above Grew
town, on the San uan river, where we ,were
visited Dec. -, by Capt. Joshua X. Sands At
eleven O'Clock nIan-of- war boat under his com
mand with force of marines, from the United
States frigate Susquehanna, put off from the
steamer Morgan. When about 300 wards Off he
commenced bowling very politely w hen Can't
Sands approached us, he asked "who was our
commander! Col. Addison replied :. he was ;"
After which Captain :. replied :" will you come
on board sir;' Col. Anderson went on board
OF the Morgan alone, was asked on the upper
deck, and, In the presence of three of his officers
the following dialogue took place:
captain Swell, how are you getting along
up here?
Colonel Avery we'll
Captain S-l've come up to take YOU
Colonel A-liave you orders from Commodore
Captain s.-No, sir, I've orders directly from
Colonel Al think am out Of your juris
diction.
Captain ST. could take YOU in Kamscbatt,
Colonel A.-Well, sir, | suppose will have
Captain S.-Yes; call your men on board
Eoionei A-f0u had better 20 on board and
Captain 81 will. VIII you 20 In nv boat,
Colonel A.-No, thank you will 90 In my
Captain Sands then came on board the Ouden
and left soon, saying he would send an engineer
and pilot on board, get up steam and take us
DOWN. WI
we arrived in the harbot on the es,h necsr.
Der, when we were shipped OH board the ulton,
and thence proceeded to Aspinwall, where we ar.
rived the LIST OF January, 1858.
correspondent Of the New York Times SAYS ::
Nicaragua and Costa Rica, In view Of their
eoli'lios uaheef, u Is presumed, came to an IN.
d-rstanding OF their differences and sent 400
men to san Carlos, at the entrance to the Lake,
and lOO to Castillo Anderson, finding himself
closely pressed, and likely to he more SO, his
embarked his men on her, and then wrote to
Captain Sands, asking his views in regard to his
surrender. Captain Sands replied that he was
ready to receive him and his men, IL they came
and delivered up their arms. Subsequently,, An
derson spiked his cannon, burned all the build
ings about Castillo, destroyed the mac hinery Of
a steamer al the Rapids-understood to he the
Nlrkin-and having killed all the caftls anA