Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1846-11-12


Late aud interesting news has been received from
our Squadron in the Pacific. now under command
of Com. Stockton.
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n'ocRaueu all Inc western coast OF MeN'coi anu
that our government is firmly established IN Calf
forna, over which Com Stockton proclams his
authority as Commander in Chief -
OoS' "iooNroN r"o0LAsNI'""
10 "n nho" u may concern D. ~ otocSton'
Commodore hnu Oommander-lnOnlei OF the ohi'.
ca STATES naval forces IN tue Pacihc ocean, aud
governor and Commander-in'Chlei OF the rerrlo'
oil Cailornia, do, by the authority oil tue Presl'
dent aud Congress OF the United States OF North
America hereby declare all the ports haroors,
pays outlets, and inets on the west Coast on Mex
'co' south OF San Diego TO DE 10 STATE oil 'lgor'
Gus p'ockade, winch VIII be made absolute except
against armed vessels OF neutral nations.
All neutral merchant vessels found IN any OF the
pays ahd haIoors Oh sdid coast on arrival OF the
nlocKading iorce, viii be allowed twenty days TO
leave.
DFen under my hand and seal, TINS nineteenth
day OF August. A. ID. one thousand eight hundred
aud iorly'sN, at the Government House in the
"Culdad de los Angeles" the Capitol of California
TSipnedl J. r. STOCKTON
Commodore and Commander.in-Chiefo of the Naval
Forces u. y. PaCltC Ocean. and
Commander-nC Chief of the Territory of CALI
fornia.
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II F,;ra,a Co,,cn,ss
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W. n,ocsadad c,o,a c.ilso - H. Sd.;.h
Islsnds ,,o ,nade tho n,ss,na in o. H. ,ho,ah 4,
covers abou, q 000 miles We I.ndsd NJ Van
E,k our new commiss;one, and M T,,rel our
new Consul al Honolulu unJer annronria,e "a.
noy Commissioner IN the lin, :. ,ye f,n,d ,bo Mi
sionaries in mood health ac1;yeIv emnIoyed and
received from them many lind u,,en,;ons We
visited all their schools and we're biahIy orai6ed =
In these are educated those on whom The destiny
of those islands denends Noih;ng strnck me here
with so much force as The buae yoc,noes which
threw mn ,hese Islands 40 the I1cb, or be,vo, L;ch
ayes since became extinct hui which all, len their
toyverinq oones add Incl On, /, s,yae ,,andonr IN
the seas
We sailed G,or Uo,olulu IN tho ood or I,,o ,,d
arrived hoe ,C,er nass.ro 81 % - w. e."i
al CaiGn,nia in late Of reroIn,on .nd ,ho n,or
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Co,ces has 1o,;,nd % ,La Son,h O., S's.i.,or
has d;sn,,,hod ,ho C,,no ,;,L o., E,o,,on, .,d
his two hundred ridprv" 20 ~. on his s~.. sd
the Commodore with the marines Of the squadron,
is to engage him as he wheels about TO the North
covered this country flor years with rapine and
blood. He mastered in the most brutal manner,
but few days since, three Americans residents
here. His overthrow will be hailed by natives as
well foreigners He is held an outlaw by
both
This revolution commenced in an attempt to
drive all OF foreign birth, who had settled here and
were not Roman Catholics out ofthe country
The prescribed party took up arms. appointed Mr.
Idc, of the United States their leader declared
California free of Mexican rule and avowed their
determination to make her an independent republic
They took Sonora, an important town-the inhab-
tanis joined them. fortified the place. and repelIed
successfully, every force sent against them. When
Monterey was taken by our squadron, they imme-
diaely run up the American flag. On the arrival
of Captain Fremont from the west they Joined him
and came on here; Captain Fremont took up arms
in consequence ofhaving been assaulted, while en-
gagged in his surveys BY the forces Of Gen. Castro
His original force consisted of thirty bu, since
he espoused the republican cause his force has in.
creased, by volunteers, to three hundreds but they
are now al under Inc command OF Commodore
o,oo"'ou' lucy W." usoaiN no" r,o oI c
WIEN sue 'eaoheS hei ueSl""t'un' ulouHt "es"