The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-15

ture home, (-h o. have set for the nrst Of March
r.. ,qu.oIon.~ De again di:psrssd TO cruise whore
they can Be most in giving protection and
seci riry to our country mon aud their property.
A. have already said, IL can do the State any
point 81 lssst Is long above intmsted; not that
take any part In the civil I'D OF affairs
nfsn onm.n, nav, nC.nns 20 90 -sn0%s1 I'm
odcers In authority, ss by eur eountrymen resident
cit sens; also BY commercial gentlemen visiting the
pert; and although an but III qusidsd TO give advice
upon many questions Of Is~ sud usage which daily
sIse. there mahy Of the old Inhabitants we'll
or Al lsast prefers 10 believe that my presence on
shore will add stre myth aud influence to the Law and
order abiding portion of the community.
have the honor to be,
Your obediene servant,
THOMAS AP o. JONES,
Commander. In chief u 8. Naval Forces,
The Hon JoHs Y MASON, Secretary Of tho Navy.
Lieut.. Lspmsn, Of the United States navy, arrived
lat evening In ~ ngton In the steamer,
.. bearer Of Dispatches from the commander Of the
Pacific fqusdron AT Paia on the 18th January alt.,
he took ps sssgs in the mail steamer California aud
srrived at PsnsmA on the l7ih On the 25th the Ca
lrf"Tpia VAS TO sa for San franehco We learn from
Lieut. Lsnmau that there were about i've hu ndted
psrrons including Gen Smith and other officers wat
Ing At faps9a ior passage up the coas' Lieut. l..
is confident In the opinion that they all
cam .h,p Psi.arp sis, and an ' EnS,h vessel dis.
ch RS cd coal NJ Panama There bad not been much
sickness or mortality on the Isthmus The Calf
(oHs Of the Aspin wall line Of stesmsr) reached Pana-
ma after the extraordinary passage OF days
from New York, and Is altogether . splendid sea
steamer.
We in deb.ed to official source for q copy Of
the Star and Californian, printed at San Francisco
Dec. nber %, received yesterday in Washington
ArouR other artces ir contains the proceedings of
The rising OF the psople Progress of the and
meeting in San Joee' for organizing . provisional
govern mehJ aso, the account of enthusiastic
provisional government ting" held at San Fran
cisco on the 2lst December And yet Consress still
slpmhers the insecure condition." the lamar
chcal - the reprere received OF the
iDpupisy with which outrage ana violence
nitted" in California! 1--WE shall publish these pr,-
ctediIgs to morrow.
San FRANcIsce, December 25, 1S48.
The nag ship Ohio rails In the for Mazatlan,
and dispatches overland mali to the United States
via the city Of Mexico by which this will reach
you l wrote to you but q few weeks ago, by Mr.
Sievens. United States Navy, per the Lexington
Since then, have been the gold aggngs and
turned yesterday. Gold is still foun nd the greatest
aoup dsr in the original epots discovered and ne
dPgf Ga are being found every day. and every drec
ton IRON the Anne ricau Fork. fuw days before left
the xtt low stage Of the water and the tally pro-
cetds a each mans labor this bar (siucs It's dis.
covery) has bee hu dred dollars There no
mistake about It. although 1t incred bic that
so large sGc unit can be dug by one man per diem
! Visited the Sscr cmento In company with Captain
of the navy for the purpose Ct exploring the
whole OF the gold region but before could colleo
our horsss, aud get ready for the mountans the
OVERT Ok us, obliged to abandon the trip
When We lett Suffers Fort three days ago, the
about Owe inches Deep and the weather freezo
cold thing unusual In this country that it
known before by the Oldest inh Abitaat Although
have returned from the expedition to the gold
thsl start again with large amount Of goods
and 60 to Trading In right down esrnss-Cor Of the
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