The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-09-03
HIGHLY INTERESTING INTELLIGENCE
FROM THE
TERRITORY OF CALIFORNIA,
SPECIAL DISPATCHES
TO THE
NEW YORK HERALD OFFICE.

number OF other gentlemen arrived from California
which place they left the 18th of June making the
trip In the unprecedented short period Of sixty
days They came by the way of Fort Hall, and met
with but little of incident the way Col Fremont
was OF the party as far Fort Lsavenworth and
pected In the city to-day He Is under arrest
The snow in the California mountains was found very
deep in placesfrom two to fifteen deep number
of the bodies of those emgrsnts pershed last win
ter were found and buried The sunsrngs Of this band
Of pioneers must have been dreadful or the whole
number only survived and he lived the bodies Of
his companions for many days 1t Is suspect
ed that this individual, Kngsburgh murdered q Mrs
Donner Of the party, for her fat He almost
essed much.
Gen. Kearney left Monterey ON the slst of NAV, with
an escort OF 3 men Of the Mormon Battalion His
mand including Col Fremont and nineteen of the topo
graphical department. afterwards swelled to sixty
Capt Mason, of the First Dragons, left in COM
maud as Governor and Commander in Chief Gen. Kear-
to proceed by to Lower California and take possess
sion Of that country In the harbor Of Monterey were
anchored ships Of war Columbus Congress Portsmouth
Warren and Erie. Commodore Biddls was in command
Com Shubrick, with the Independence and Cyane
wee IN the Gull blockading Guaymas and Mazstsn:
A great number of Oregon emigrants met ON the
road, numbering over one thousand wagons It was
thought that some Of them would be compelled to win
ter in the mountains. ARGUS.
MONTEREY CALIFORNIA, June !, ls47.
We ind ourselves in state and situation both strange
by laws. We do not belong to Mexico because Uncle
Sam has taken away from that nation; do be-
long to the United States simply because until there Is
some definite treaty between the two nations
has right to this country As Vattel SAYS a con.
quered ope must for the time being be governed by
the conqueror, by the laws he finds In existence The
United States government cannot allow us even q
form OF code OF laws. IT'S said, and some be-
ieve the story that Mexico had laws in California but
thpvc ha md ldost
remembrance Of them, either in thsoey or practice we
must live on formerly, In lawless blessedness We
have however, fair supply Of lawyers the present yesr
and each produce the laws Of his native state
urge the Aoalde adoption as most applicable
to thu In hand In former days sold barter
ed without taking notes. and lent hard dol
lars and gold ounces without having any suspicion that
an obligation was Of any Importance paid and
our neighbours house or land; yet In infancy
and barely understand the real necessity of both
make the bargain safe and good We find by those who
left home OF late yearsthst all right smart behind
of the Rocky Mountains. am no prophet, yet
imagine tn the code Of which learning respect
ing debts win increase the borrowers and have ssnsi
BILE diminution in the number Of lenders sellers
The town Of Monterey Is slowly increasing the inha-
bitans yet content to fast they safely
whilst those Of other places think fast they
any way Is best. Goods falling In prices; pro-
ducs from the Ranches rising for instance, fanssa
purchase an arobs 2s pound Of sugar. this year the
is reversed, making four in the Ranchero's
promptly took up arms put down the Mexicsns and
Californians in the revolt of October lS46 and saw
Commodore stockton and COL Fremont conquerors
Anticipating that with the pay for their services and
&C. they gave up to prosecute the war thew should rs
turn to the sacramento with funds to purchase lands
aud stock they may be woefully disappointed. hope
mott will tell; IL 1t proves fear, may the right
man bear the blame. For ten years California has been
governed by many chief and commander rather too
ms Nj "a trina in QuAG fofn nf
shall follow Sattel too closely.
Gen Kesrney, Coils Cook and Fremont, Capt Tur.
leaving here the States Commodorss Bddle and
stockton in this port, and also the Portsmouth"
dsnoe,n and "Cyane," are OF Msxatlan. The ports
mouth, in March or April, took possession of the Anne
Lucas, suspicion OF wanting land cargo Of New
Orleans cotton at San Bias, and for communicating
Political affairs in California are quiet and hope thew
may remain PAISANO.
SANTA BARBARA, Upper California
May l5th ls47 )
dropped you letter few days SINCE but in this land
not yet penetrated By opposition mails cheap post
Offices it is always safe to send duplicates and private
bag being made up for New York directly via Rocky
Mountains eagerly embrace the opportunity to give
you your five hundred thousand readers an dea of
things they at present exist here, and my private
opinion" in regard this famed FL Dorado of the
West.n
Everything Is quiet here For the last three weeks
however, has been continually following
the effect that Gen. Bustamente Gen. Flores, Gen.
Castro was marching through Lower California and
ing up here to dspossess "los Amercanos the rascay
invaders Of the soil Of California Some Of these stories
have come with such air Of probability that the
mandants Of military posts have held themselves in con-
slant readiness for attack, and the Congress- with
Commodore Stockton, went to st. Thomas, the
coast Of Lower California where 1t said some ammu
niff and mil ofnp hoAh aor
conveyed the Gulf from Guaymar But there is
danger to be apprehendsd from the arrival Of Cen
quired bis soil about these times Flores has by
time, doubt not the evil Of his ways, and
the utter utty any further attempt at rebellion and
the heard poor Castro was that he
In Sonora sick and forsaken eudesvorng by some
means 70 procase passage 70 % tnsrs 70 roln
most respectable fellows In the country and has been
awIully beed in some instances. There is man who
would ncte the Calfornians arms quicker than he
The American military force in California Is entirely
too great allow for moment the idea of any nsurrec
on the part Of the Californans alone. Capt Temp,
kins IL ut Monterey with two companies Of regulars
Two companies of Col Stevenson's command San
Francisco under Major Hardie one at sonoma, three
companies at santa Barbara, under Lieut. Col. ii s. |
Burton, while Col Stevenson himself has just gone
the Pueblo de los Angeles with companies to relieve
COL Cook, who has $40 Mormon infantry troops, and
eighty dragons under his command With these, and
the force OF the navy the coaswe could muster from
There not the slightest possible danger any
difhcutes springng from the Caornians themselves.
IL iueH, however, that majority or them
favoraby disposed Is the United states govern
ment. Muca as they det-st Mexican rule here, they
would prefer 1t at present to the American and
first entrance Of Mexican force into the country they
would rise almost en- mosse, and make desperate
effort to expel from their soil We at present
existing under curiously mixed government. BY the
treaty Of peace entered into by Col Fremont after the
battle at the Pueblo 1t accedeI to the Cslfornaps
that they should not be- required to take tho oath of al
legance to our government at least during the with
Mexico Although the Governor Of California an Amer
ican the country is governed by Mexican laws and all
the Offices In the gift Of tho people filed with Mexican
subjects. What we want here Immediately Is firm, per-
Insnent territorial governor and government IL has
changed hands many times that IL has been almost
impossible to keep the run of It, First Commo.
dvre soat who after hostng nag at Monterey and
San Francisco, relieved by Commodore stock
ton who, Of course was Governor Of California Soon
after Col Fremont received the appointment from Com
Stockton and after shortived glory Of few weeks,
upon arrival Of Gen Kearney the rens OF govern
meut passed into his hands AL this be It recol
ected has rapspred In the short space Of ten months