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to every one in authority on this coast. 
    No important changes were made however as it was too late to do anything except hurry off the Expedition. I have good reason to believe that there will be an  examination into the previous conduction of the Expedition on their return this fall, and that the result will be materially affected by the success or failure of this seasons work. The Clara Bell, sailed for Petropavlovsk early in May, in charge of Capt Lutton, Sands having been discharged for disobedience of order. She put into Honolulu leaky and soon sailed again. The Rutgers (a large bark) sailed for Plover Bay soon afterward in charge of  Capt Anderson; the Palmetto Capt Arthur, for Puget Sound and Plover Bay. The steamer, with the Colonel. Knox, Annasof, Lewis & others under Capt Patterson (Marston having resigned) for Petropavlovsk 
    Lastly July 10, Golden Gate Capt Harding with Wickers and a lot of constructors for Plover Bay; and  the Nightingale, Capt Scammon with Mrs. Scammon Wright Chappel, myself and a host of others, and two river stern wheel steamers aboard, for Plover Bay. The [[underline]] re [[/underline]] fitting of Col. Wickers state room on the Gate (Col's last year) cost six hundred dollars!!!