The Arkansas banner., 1846-10-21
From Ike .f. Y. Com. .4dpertiser. Sep. 22 Interesting from California.

We have been permitted to extract the fol- lowing from letter receives, here yesterday, from an officer now on board the U. s. ship Levant, who was on board the U. frigaie Savannah, commodore Sloat, when that oi- licer took formal possession of California As this affords the most particular account yet published of this conquest, We presume our citizens will peruse il with satisfaction.
 OS BoARp U. 5. SHtf LEyAsT,
 Of MazaElan, Aug. 10, lS46. wrote you from Monierey ois lAe elh of July, or shortly after giving yoa detailed account of the occurrences at that place; fearing, however, thst yoinsay not have re- ceved II, forward il to you by this oppor- luniiy, which will probably be the last com
 nunlearion you wlil receive fEoip me, being how homeWard bound.
 On the 6th af July all was busile n the cabin ol the Savannah; some four or five men were busIiy employed writing letters, prociamaiions, Sc, preparatory to taking | possession oi CaliiuriIia. l. was long after the widening hour of midnight ere was en- abled to catch short and troubled repose, as all was to be prepared by SIX o'clock the 1 following morning, which came as bright
 aad beautiful as July day of our own ia yored island. Al six a. in capt. Mefvise came osl board to receive orders, and al
 he Ieit with summons To the military com I mauua1t of Monterey to surrender the place l forth with t0 the arms of the Uniled States, and also similar summons To the military governor for the surrender of all California [ | \ ,.f fhs Ttl, It,lsv tk
 slated from the Savannah, composed of the boats of the Savannah, Leyant and Cyane,
 and landed without opposition al the mole. The forces were then marched up short 1 distance to the eustomhonse, where a 1 coucourse of the inhabitants were assembled. 1 Here the marines asi the men were halted,
 and the proclamation read to the multitude by 1 Rodman M, Price, Esq, parser ot the Cyane, | in loud and distinct manner, which was re- ceived with three hearty cheers by those pres 1 eni. The flag of the Uailed States was then
 hoisied by acting Lieut. Higgins, immediate ] ly after which salute of 2l guns vas fired i by the Savannah and cyane. The custom. i house was then turned into hanack for the
 United States forces, and every thing settled down quietly.
 l Communications were immediately des- patched to Commander Montgomery, of the Portsmouth, at Francisco, al which place, ! and at Zanonia, the United States flag was hoisted en the morning of the 9sh. and be- fore ten days had elapsed the whole Of Cali- fornia, North of Monterey, was under ihs flag of the United States, much to the apPa- rent satisfaction of the people, who hope will las,, knowing how much better they
 will be of under the Government of the United Siafes
 On ihe 18th Of July Capt Stockton arri- veG. too lase, however, to fiariIciFase difecify ] in taking possession of California.
 On the 3.i,h Commodoie Sloal gave uP the command .o commodore SioekIon. hoisted his flag on board ibe Levant. and sailed for the United States via Mazailan and Panama, and we hope 10 reach the United States in November.
 TnE GLORY OF ALL LANDs.---kev. ;. N. Pomeroy, Bangor. Me, writes fgom ihs osher side Of the Atlantic ia this sifaip ..One result of my observations in vanoa' countries, is the deep, overwhelming coa-. v;ction, that the Uaiied Sia.es oi Nofui America is immeasarahly the most blessed land the sau shines upon, iii ali hs cifcah through the heavens. Yca never meet an American abroad who does Dot say the same Sins we have, indeed, many, great and iear.s'' But our privileges, how immenset ihe thought which has spontaneously Fisen 70 my hear, thousand iiH,es, az have look ed upon the inhabitants oi these asseiei's iands. in lhelr sqaalid poverty, is. Ges