Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-02-23
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LATEST FROM CALIFORNIA

Semi official accounts received in Washing
ton supply dates from San Francisco down to
the 25th of December. The Washington
Uuion contains the subjoined letter from J. l..
Folsom.
The Union says :-'' We understand that a
letter is received from an officer in Commo-
dore Jones' squadron, of the 18th January
The Ohio was then at Mazatlan. Reports had
been received of the arrival at San Diego of
the dragons and company of artillery, un-
der Col. Washington, who had gone across
from Camargo, and passed through Monterey,
Saltillo, Parras, &c.
SAN Francisco, Cal, Dec. %, 1913.
My Dear Sir-Commodore Jones has but
this moment informed me that the Ohio will
sail to-day for Mazatlan, and take the op-
portunty for forwarding few public letters,
this being the only means OF getting them to
the States. Will you please 10 have them
sent to the post-office at Washington?
Since last wrote to you, the affairs of this
country have been constantly getting worse
We have no government here, either civil OF
military, and the country is full of lawless
men, who are committing the most shocking
outrages. Murders and robberies are of daily,
and, might almost say, of hour occurrence
Not an arrival occurs from the north, south,
or the interior, but notifies the community of
new acts of villainy, which go UNPUBLISHED.
Within six weeks, more than twenty MUIR
ders have occurred in a white population of
less than $4,000 souls. The people are now
acting in self-defence; and four or five days
| oiD H. T L.,
! sixty miles from this place 1t is of the most
California should be impressed upon those at
Washington who have the power to apply a
remedy. The people are now preparing to
organize provisional government,
but should Congress give US terri
torial organization at the present session, i
will supersede the popular local organization
now taking place, but which cannot go into
effect before the ensuing summer The Uni
ted States revenue laws are now in force here
. and will yield an income of say $3.50, 600 thu
ensuing year, and perhaps more, and four-fiftb
of this amount will be collected at this port
t Much dissatisfaction exists at the payment O
such tax on the part OF the inhabitants
| without either government or a representa-
ton. This feeling is gaining ground from
, day to day.
} wrote you very long semi-ofIicial lette
? some time since, (September 49, going q
length into the history of the gold mines.
5 trust that you have received that communica
s ton, as it accompanied other official papers
4 all Of which, l am informed, were correctl
! sent from Mazatlan to Vera Cruz about si
: weeks since. | have only time now to inform
= you that everything stated in that letter ha
! been more than realized up to this date TIL
: gold mines continue to be as rich as before
| although the rainy season has caused many t
t suspend their work. There can be no doub
t but that at least 100000 of gold at SIG pc
4 ounce troy, has been taken from the Mines
, The most accurate estimates am unable t.
make show that 81 800, 900 have been sen
> from the country, and s1,O0O,O0O of it ha
r gone from this port. One vessel took S40O
OO0 Two-thirds of all that has been export
ed has gone to foreign countries, and conse
e quently, to foreign minis
! am, dear sir, in great haste, yours truly,
= J. L. FOLSOM.
t Gen. JEsUP, Washington, D. C.