| Show from the south we learn from mr R D covington of washington county who arrived in this city on monday last that the detachment of U S dragoons under command of green who left camp floyd a short time since for the purpose of overtaking and ar arresting g certain i swindlers lers who as report reported eap eay had taken the wrong mules at or before the time of e leaving camp floyd for california were on their return without having accomplished the object for which they had been sent mr dir covington passed the detachment at the sevier on hig bis way to the city ile he says that he was informed by a gentleman that the detachment proceeded as far south couth on the california road as the santa clara that the individuals they were in search of were overtaken at or near that place traveling with a company numbering about seventy five persons but from some unknown cause no arrests were made and no mules recovered mr covington also reports that the crops in washington county were good much better than anticipated the cro crop 1 of sug bug sugarcane bugar sugar arcane cane is abundant and of a superior quality the ube syrup he lie states is much better than any that he has seen made in any other part of the ter the cotton crop is more abundant than it was last season all that was planted having come to maturity |
