Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-06-08

metal while those who are fortunate freon.n,,.
make from one 10 Two hundred dollars
Lieut.. Beall showed US specimens NJ o.l..
had procured in the country OF boih yarie,ies as
particles and The lump. One specimen vas nm ~
calculated to make the eyes stare and oh. ~
water" Il was solid lump, WEIGHING Up
pounds, worth $4,000 OF the pure rosv e oea.
Il is impossible 10 compute The NUMBER ~ e ~.
sons now in California. "No census coU,I PSI. 81
taken" for they are scattered everywhere h,ors O
lis extensive forests, prosecuting The cues, ~
the root of all evil. Still the utmost good n,i ~
prevails in the country; they have no resn ont.
laws, but the large Infusion of Intelligent .na
upright inhabitants preserves peace and or; "a
by species OF modified Lynch iurisd,xrs,;;ee'
which necessity has created. They DO moi ' c"m
plain. as has been said, OF want Of soyernros.,
Tor thew have not time, in their more eDgrossnn
avocalion. 10 think OF such things.
Lieut.. Beall informs US that the rumor .,
munily ON the OHIO is without toundaion >.
everything was in most perfect stale Of subor
dination on that vessel, the night before ba IL,
Governor Smith, having entrusted him with ass
patches Tor our government, he took passaaa
from San Frncisco, on the 18th OF Ami .
board the steamer Oregon for Panama Tsa
steamer touching al San Bias, and rem,.1;na
three days Tor iue, ne received intormallou ,tom
par,y Of Mexicans who had been ,,ad;n.
among the Indians, OF the safe arrival in ,ls
country OF Col. Fremont and party Thar osl.
Ian, officer proceeded across The teser, for San
Francisco
Alter a trip of about twenty days, the oreoor
arrived al Panama. Here Lieut. seal ne,
Mrs. Fremont with MIR Jacobs, her b.o,ber,r.
law. and communicated The news Concerning her
husband She had previously received accoun,s
from lhe United States, Of his difficulties ami Of
his fortunate escape. About Two thousand per.
sons arc waiting al Panama Tor transportation
10 San Francisco. About three hundred OF these
including Mrs Fremont, would Iase passage il
The Oregon; and the others would go in The Cal.
iiornia and other vessels, daily expected. Tie
California was 10 leave San FRANCISCO the Ia;
after Lieut.. Beaii, with Mrs. PerslteF Smith, and
a number 81 other ladies' returning 10 The United
States. With this party Col. Mason would also
return.
Being desiIou, OF reaching Chaeres il time
for The Falcon, Lieut.. EealI proceeded a, once
by nigh; but though lie reached that port i,
sryeu,ern hours, he found that hr steamer hat
sailed the evening before. Leaving The mails
for The return Of that steamer, ne took passage
an the Isl Ins on the bark Flolia, Tor New
Orleans, wneIe he arrived on Monday morning
and Immediately came 10 Tins city. bis journey
has thus been remarkably briei, bur hac he Cd.
tained massage on The Falcon, he would have
made The trip 10 New York from San Francisco,
in me remarkable short lime OF tWenly-seven
days
Lieut.. Beall proceeded on yesterday, 10.
Washington, By he mai! boat from this Guy
VIZ have thus given hurried summary Of
The information we received in our conversation
WIN Lieu, Beail, and, il our readers ale as
much Interested in the narration, as We were,
hey wil! Be compensated for me perrsai.
Prescription The ORDER o. rHS DAr
C,uespo.G ence OF The y. YORK Express Wing
WASHINGTON, May 29.
TIE APPOINTMENTS.
lis E" fxet iact" that the Hon. William G.
Riycs. al Virginia, has received and accepted
The tender OF The mission 10 France, in place OF
The uon. Richard Rush, who comes home.
THIS Important appointment will DC all that
Vire,nia will get OF diplomatic character.
she must RET contsnteG with the large number 0!
patr;olc sons she already has serving their coun-
iry in The army and nay, and IN The civil Offices
OF tie government.
|, IS also nearly OF quite "a fixed fact" that
The Hon. Abbott Lawrence, OF Massachusetts,
riIl acccp, The tender OF The mission 10 Engla
III place Of that very small, mousing Loco Foco
ia esn,aa, the Hon. George Bancroft.
Hon. Battle Peyton gets The mission TO Chill.
|! is fixed"
The cabinet in session yesterday I'D very
respectable business in HE matter 81 removals
ard appointments. The bulge, however, wa!
no, hal! gone through with. Another session 0.
the cabinet will exhibit more good WORK.
am happy to learn, upon reliable authority,
that both Mi. Meredith and Mr.. Prei.on, OF taa
cabinet, are resolved 10 be not whit behind
their observation-disclosures. Ewing Collamer ana
Ciayon-,n me good work OF equalizins the offices
OF The government between The Two sreai poINica
parties OF the day and elevatins The Standard o.
appointments. 49,.
Mr. Meredith will &C! on The recommendation
OF the head Of some OF The bureaus oil his depaf;'
aren't, which, from unavoidable circumstances,
have bern me time deaye+.