Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-01-26

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Tie Huhlbur CnItfegnid Gold Act6ssssls-
Official Goreyn11esst Statements The Wash
itrtUn TInionfur notices the ridiculous
statements IN New York papers as to lately
received Official California gold accounts
about The alleged suppression Of which the
ever money -eager New Workers have allowed
themselves to &c. into great excitement, and
s.,,s. So asEEH az - es&B Etin aaEEa q z,
!" Some Of the papers have most graiuitous.
" undertaken TO assert that our government
is keeping back important information from
tie country This is false We are author
ICED to say that every item of Information, Of
fetal OF private, which has been received at
the War Department, (and we understand it is
true of the oihefs.) in relation to the gold re-
gion, collection of gold, or in any way rela-
ting to the subject, has been published ese7
2" An idle report has appeared in the New
York Sun that Gov. Marcy's son, an officer of
the army, now in California. was tuning ev-
erything in the shape of supplies into. gold.
and had collected Is barrels of gold dust,
which he had concealed in the earth until q
vessel of war should take it Off This Is the
Idlest story which was ever invented: BY the
last letters which have been received from him.
it appears that be was kept at Monterey,
working night and day in discharge of his Of
fetal duties; and in consequence OF the gold
mania. he was without clerk or servant OF
any description and that he had personally
to keep his books, do all the writing and all
the mental services, such as making his own
bed and sweeping his own room, depending
for his cooking upon the naval storekeeper al
Monterey"
The Union also denies that the government
had intelligence of the California riches as ear
~ as last summer, as il appears has been al
legged in some quarters, and adds:--- =
a'eThe government did not receive this intel
ligence, as regards the gold region of Caiifor
MIA, last summer, nor until within few days
before the meeting of Congress, when it was
all fully communicated and made public, as
has also been published everything OF the least
importance received by the government since
that date, including the assays made at the
mint The only officers or agents sent there
| by the government, are the military and naval
officers as required by law, and the postmas-
tiers and post office agents sent by the Post
master General in obedience to the require
ments of the law The Treasury Department
has sent neither officers nor agents to Califor-
MIA. ~. FIJI. Prs, tsaea 2sss
The confidential clerk of the Secretary of
the Treasury is still here, and has no idea Of
going to California. MIR. j. Ross Brown,
who was once clerk of the Treasury De-
partment, but who is now a lieutenant in the
revenue service, has gone TO Oregon, but not
to California. He goes to join Captain Fra
ser, who sailed for Oregon in the revenue cut
ter Lawrence, before anything was known
here of the gold of California; and Lieuten-
ant Brown was despatched with instructions
to overtake Captain Fraser if he could, SO as
to prevent the Lawrence stopping at Califor
MIA; fears being entertained, if she did stop
there, that the crew might desert; and, in any
event, Lieutenant Brown was TO proceed to
Oregon, and not to California. We can as
sure the public that the government has uni
formly published all important intelligence as
regards the mines and gold Of California as
they were received. and will continue 10 do
So" ,~.. - s-- g.. --. .-- zs sr--ss :.