The New York herald., 1849-02-24
IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION.


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IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION.
PANAMA, Jan. 10. 1s49.
To WIN NELSON, Esq u S. Consul ct Psnams:-
SIR:-1he laws Of the United States nAct the pe.
naty Of fine and on trespa. sers ON the
public lands AS nothing can be more Unreasonable
unjust than the conduct pursued by persons not cti
Esns Of the United States who focking from ell
parts to search for and carry off gold from the lands
such conouct ia in direct violation Of law 1t will be.
osme my duty Immediately ny arrival there to put
these laws In force and to their iufraoon in
future by puskhing, With the penalties provided BY
law, ell those who offend.
As these laws probably not known to many who
make publicly known that there are such laws in OF
stence and that they will be, in future, enforced
sgspst ell persons not citizens Of the United States
who shall commit any trsspsss on the lands Of the
United States in California.
Your position as Consul here, being in communica-
affords the opportunity Of making this known most
generally. and will be much obliged to you II you viii
PERsiFER SMITH iSe' Ss MAJOR Gss asu.r.
US. A., Cong Pacific Division.
PANAMA, Jan. 2O-9 P. M.
The above Is genuine, from the pen OF Gen.
Smith, handed to me by Mr.. Nelson, the Amerlcan
Consul, who has done all in his power to enable
me to forward the latest intelligence to the Neso
York Herald. He has consecrated all his energies
TO the comfort and expeditions transport of the
American emigrants.
The California Is a splendid steamer Captain
Forbes reports that the weather In the Straits of
Magellan was very bad; yet the California, (now
the feetest and staunchest steamer In the worldly
Iorced through the Straits In 40 hours-ha avlng ex-
perienced two very heavy gales before she catered
hem--leaving the Straits amid tremendous gale
The WIND blowing W.N.W. although the weather
was foggy, and the sea extremely rough, the Cali
lorna dad not ship a solitary spray. The Cafor-
MIA met with no accident whatever during the
whole voyage, the engines operating far better
now than when she lett New York.
There were some 81 Peruvians on board the Cali
forna when at Calao.
The note OF General Smith to Mr. Nelson, the
Consul, doubtless applies to the Peruvans. What
the effect will be at California is obvious. We
must fight on our ARRIVAL at San Francisco. Ilsa
rich Joke, lndee d, that we should travel, at our
own expense, to this distant land, passing the
most horrible mountain defiles OF the Isthmus, and
the Alligator Creek from Chagres to Cruces, with
its fearful currents, its banks teemlng with aamas
rattesnakes, and every species of POISONOUS rep.
tiles, and the dees ON either side aboundlng with
panthers-I say 1t Is Joke, and serious one with
some, that we should come out here, and hence to
O., to hight, at an expense OF from 600 to 81 500,
(piovislons excuded) ito fight, not for our homes,
and Trends, and wives, and children.-no, but
simply ter our tents, which, from all accounts,
must be first pitched In San Francisco on soil at
this season so muddy that man weighing some
100 lbs will sink nearly to his waist. repeat it Is
a stupendous joke that we, and the Cape Horn
tmlgrants should travel from l6 600 to IL 900 miles
TO fight tor our lives and tents, pitched in the odous
mud, and fight, not for IS or $40 per month, the
wages OF COMMON solder, but fight at our own
expense. President Polk and Secretaries Bucha-
npn, Marcy, Walker, Mason, and the knowing
ones, must be shaking their sides at Washington,
to see us rushing like the impetuous Niagara tor
thas tar distant region, leaving the dearest assoca
tons and objects OF affection behind, to become the
pioneers of forest region, where the slightest ap.
proximation to civilization has not appeared.
When this order OF Gen. Smith is generally
known IN Panama and San Francisco, think
u a n cad fn uat l.
ledge OF the emigrsnts in Panama now, and of the
American character, think that a disposition to
assert our country rights, come what may, and
spirit OF cheeIiuness and hllarity will supersede
all melancholy emotions. There will be but little
gold digging tor some time alter our arrival, be-
cause know that Gen. Smith, the hero IN Mexico,
is the man OF men to execute the law, and espe-
cially proclamation 81 his own. Uncle Sam has
hit the nail on the head, In alurlng many brave
and noble Americans from their homes at this I'M
portant Crisis, with guns, blunderbusses, pixies,
pick axes, and shovels, and every implement o
destruction under heaven, with plenty OF money
and provisions purchased by themselves with their
own money and with great care, to fight the enc.
mics OF our country--t0 drive all foreigners from
the richest soil ever discovered In the whole
journey OF the sun.
MIR. Foster, at Lima, informed Capt. Forbes, that
he had just received a letter from San Francisco,
stating that flour at the mines was $50 per barrel,
and $5 per barrel in San Francisco, brought up
from the Pacific coast. Brandy 10 one ounce Of
geld per bottle; best beet 10 rated from SIG to $l2
per bullock,-at the mines dearer,-whole droves
going up to the mines. Capt Forbes says that Leo
ring and Co., of Valparaiso, have got $l50,0Oo In
bags, that they are keeping for sailors and others,
who are continually arriving there. Capt. PHELPS,
OF the brig Mslek Adhel, captured from the Mexi-
cans In the war, the employ Of Jos. B. Eaton, of
Boston, has re allied 100000. He operated thus
his crew being about to desert, he said 'Boys,
let us all 60 together; you want provis:ons, and
will supply them. The crew accepted Capt.
Phelps proposition, and oil they went, and all got
rich, the captain doing the best business, and has
sold the vessel. The crew OF Capt. Phelps said
somehow the large Jumps always fell into Capt.
Phelps bag, and the smaller ones into the bag Of
the sailors; good Joke tor the gallant captain.
A clever and faithful son writes to his mother,
sending junk bottle full Of dust, saying-"Dear
mother, have only time to say that send you
bottle OF gold dust. Iwould send youmore, but
can't, because bottles are scarce these diggins"
Capt. Forbes told me this having seen the letter
Of the boy at Valparaiso.
Among the Peruvians who applied for passage
on boerd the California, was a man worth &2Y,-
0Lc, 600!
Panama only contains some 6,000 inhabitants
and not 10000, as formerly stated
On coming down to the Consul's, from where
now write, (wIth Capt. Forbes sitting by my side,
and other eminent gentlemen presently saw some