Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-05-18
From the New Orleans Picayune, May O.

FURTHER ARRIVALS FROM MtXlCO.
- DAYS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
We received Yesterday, by The bark Plymouth,
Capt. Perkins, and Ihe. brig Lima, Capt. Higgins,
from Vera Cruz, the former The Goth uIt., and The
Iater The Isl inst files OF the Monitor the Univer-
"a and The Siglo from the city OF Mexico 10 The
&c h ult. and the Jalapa 2 mpoateca 10 The Pin
inclusive In hese we fad much further nlor.
nation from California, which we proceed IL
give below, first nlruducin The following brisl
letter, which also reached us yesterday, from a
we'll informed source al MaZatan, which bring,
down our dates from San Francisco TO The 29ih
of March, or twenty-five days later than we pna-
lshed yesterday.
Correspondence oflhe ". O. Picayune.l
MAzlTLAN, April 9, I849.
Gentlemen The Peruvian bark Fanny, Capt.
de Brot arrived here on Inc 7;h lns., direct from
San Francisco whence she sailed on the ~ n oil.
A short time before the Fanny left, one OF the
boats crews belonging TO The UniIed States Dag
ship Ohio ran away with boat and all. They
were pursued, captured and brought back. Shot,
" alter the crew peing called 10 perform some
duty, they refused 10 Turn out or obey The order,
or the officers; in sequence of which aboul
thirty Of The leaders were confined IN lions q
court martial was being held on board the ONO
and il was the opinion mat Com. Jones would
hang a number VI the conspiraors. There was
much disafTrcIion in The navy. All OF The 9TH
GERS OF The sloop OF war 81. Mary's had been
tried BY cuurl martial save Two.
The u S. propeller Massachusetts arrived al
San Francisco on Tie 25lh March. Owing Ia
the immense number OF people arriving al San
Francisco, The country IS in very INSECURE state
A great want Of an effective military force, AMI
The extension OF the VS. OF The United States
over The territory. Yonrs, &C., }. r.
The Monitor of the 24h ult states thai it
Of the "Alta California" Published at Sac Fran
cisco. had JUS, come TO hand, reaching up 10 nt
Is h OF March. These safe that several meet
ines had taken place there, al which resolutions
were pa.sed 10 uIganlze Legislative Assem-
hly composed of nIleen members, charged ~ih
The task OF framing laws for the pfeserva ion Of
order and The projection OF trade and commerce
within the dlslric, OF San Francisco. l was al
SO resolved that three judges should De eiec'ed
Tor me administration a justice
esav letter YESTERDAY, dated the IAN nil.
al Vera Cruz fror ioreien merchant, Wh'ch
cot6fms The above inuimalion given by The Sigio.
Ii is represented that The people nt Caiiiotn'a
mad organized Government, winch disaVOWed
the anlhorily ut Gen. Smith as Governor, and
had annulled his prohibition excluding iofeisn
ers from working the mines. Thinking u qnile
which he promulgated at Panama, We were At
first inclined 10 suppose that such modification.
upon popular representation made 10 him, had
been coDiounded with dissvowal OF his auho-
rily; blu. it would appear that something more
serious has occurred, though precisely what We
do not understand. The convention which it
vas proposed 10 hold in March 10 organize
Government, was cefnilvely postponed 10 the
frat Tuesday in May, (May lst,) as we had !
supposed, but il is possible that The necessity oil
an earlier organization became apparent, anc
that The convention proceeded 10 their Work as
first inieLded, and that the legislative Assembly
above named is part Of its work. On TINS point
we must await further news for we are not VII
ling 10 suppose for moment that Gen. Smhh,s
authority has been suspended. II could moi IAN
to be known to our correspondent al Maza'ian'
and he would not have neglected TO mention H.
The Monitor, two days earlier, (ihe 22d) says
Gen. Smith has organized good police, and Ia
city permits every one who choose. 10 dig al The
placers; tba, /. would be impossible for him al
Inc present lime to binder them. This We pre-.
sumo is about The extent OF the difficulty. The
same paper says that every successive arrival
increases the excitement about the gold region.