Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-04-08
FURTHER FROM CALIFORNIA.

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MAzATLAS, CALrFoRSIA, Fee. ], lS4s.
This important place is strongly gasoned by about
FIVE hundred from the Independence and Congress
gaes, while the ships lie moored in the habo protect the
garrison and defence the city Outside within
twenty miles, nine hundred Mexican troops, and they eff
lecuay destroy all trade with the interior. Skirmishes
taking place occasionally and hitherto the result of those
skrmishes has been in eur favor.
The CALIFORNIA; far from being quiet possession
of the United States, and Lower California
Of actual hosiie whe Colonel Stevenson is daily expect
ing attack in Upper California. Indeed letter writer's
and generals commodoes and coones who have gone home
strangely mepresent matters, and il they all say) they
conquered the country, they will have
and do for the Canans do stay conquer
ed launch arrived TO day from ST. Joseph and La Paz
porting that eight them two officers had been
surrounded at ST. oseph by $50 mounted Caonians, and
taken prisoners This done in sight OF the little band Of
about eighty sansoncd at 81 Josephs under Lieut.
Haywood of the Independence gae that the lieutenant
can only defend hmsel and does not feel safe venture his
little band among five times his number, who surround
him. Lieut. Haywood is brave officer and is really in
bad fix and the actions of his superors strange and
accountable. He has vessel 10 flee to- and remain
housed until relief is him from the commodore Colonel
Burton is at La Paz, in similar situation, defending him
self but thuks 1t Is not prudent to risk engagement
although he has the Of retreat having the Cyane sloop
OF at anchor him. Now this Is the quiet possess
sion Of California much spoken Of The truth is, the
unteers canno be depended upon and they good
there not enough Of them do any thing think quite
probable that of attack they would the enemy
They submit discipline, and dsordery and efracto
y OF course there among them exceptions but the
majority Of them only plague their officers aod
be depended The country should be given up, su
Gent force sent 10 protect and sustain the Government
present every thing unstable, and in few days the whole
country may be possession OF the Mexcans from Monterey
to Cape ST. Lucas Governor Mason and all.
Sen Francisco the only sale place, and the safety OF that
Is 10 be attributed 10 the absence Of the volunteers there being
twenty there and the population about equally divided
between emgrants and Caonians As you 90 south this
Is not the and in Lower Caiornia there
10 Of another county, Having been through the length
aud breadth Of the land, write observation and from
hearssy. The policy Of our Government at home
strange and would appear that they have made be-
ieve that the Cafornians very friendly. You may de-
pend upon they only friendly while is their interest to
be aud that duties levied and collected much
higher than they paid BEFORE they cannot be persuaded
that the Americans better than the Mexcans tor, what
may have been the Mexican tariff they never paid more
tan hal and often third, and sometimes nothing. rs
duties paid the Government bu, always remain
ed in the pockets OF the Government officers.
Then again they they made treaty OF peace with the
Unied States and do consider very handsome
10 be placed the footing with Mexcans, who
open Then again the United States, through their
officers taken for the the army hofses saddles and
CATTLE for which they have paid and that they say, goes
rather ahead Of their former masters, the officers sent
Mexico Indeed the conduct Of army here can never
sct much credit upon country under the old plea
- when in Rome, &C. they say they only fail into the
Of the country, whereas they continue the andanpocs
three nights in succession, and do Rome did, by
engrafing Mexican customs their vicious habits of
drunkenness iceniiousness, and Of kind
This picture Of affairs in California highly colcred
and Mexcans have rcason far morals concerned 10
rue the day when these enlightened Americans came among
them Before they temperate, though slohfn they
were firmly attached 10 their church, a@& te