Washington telegraph., 1849-04-25
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San Francisco, Feb l6, 1919.
EDS PIcAYuNE -Supposing few lines from
these diggins may prove interesting TO you' II not
70 the public avail myself of the opportunity OF
the departure for MazatIan of the schooner Swal-
low. one of the fastest sailing vessels in the Pac-
fc TO send you this, with short synopsis ol mott
cios u nouidddes such as they are.
To commence, therefore, will inform you that
T arrived here on board the Ohio flag ship yester-
dav. twenty-eight days from San Bias, noble
ship, noble crew and very gentemanly set OF
officers. She is commanded by L. X. StriblIng,
ESQ.,, a commander liz rank, but more deserving
that of commodore, for being, if not the best,
among the best and first seamen in our service,
and one of the verv few who commands bis ship
in short one of the first ornaments OF our naval
service.
Com Jones left about ten days ago. up the bay,
on board the sloop of war (orl believe now store
ship Southampton, on an exploring expedition, 10
see how far it practicable for large SHIPS TO
navigate up the bay with safety. This is very
important matter to ascera an as the anchorage OF
Yerba Buena is by no means an agreeable one,
and the site for the grand emporium ior the 'fac-
fic one of the worst, with scarcity OF water,
wood, and every thing else (save fog and north
westers) that can contribute TO the hal piness OF
man. o,.
The ships of war at present here. are the Ono
"a. St Marv's Dale, Warren and Southampton
On the return of the commodore there Will be
little court. martiang and break up. The Dale
will oo home. and the Ohio will 90 to the Sand
wich Islands where flag has recently been
struck and a suspension of diplomatic intercourse
between our commissioner and bus Hawaiian
Majesty has taken place. The fact is, we must
alter our relations with this power and the only
way to do it will be to take the Island and estab>
lsh ourselves permanently on it. The agents of
our Government are constantly gett!ng INTO
scrapes proof that there is something wrong
some John Bull influence is at work IN the en-
gines of government of these IsanCs to EJECT us
entirely or curlaiI influence there. These
difficulties must be settled, and the sooner done,
Mexican fashion, the better for all
The accounts from the geld region are both IA
vorabIe and unfavoraLle. The whole region has
been since November about two ieet under snow.
The real "Dorado" has not consequently been
found though it is expected TO be stumbled upon
evely moment. The supplies of every thing are
abundant: indeed it does not require much to sup
ply the wants of 10000 or 5000 men, the most
that can now concentrated ia the valley OF the
Sacramento. A consda rable quantity of gold has
been (onnd in the ravnes Of the Sierra Nevada
1t has been picked up. and now that the people
lave to Dig for it, they begin 10 back out. There
is great deal of romance in all you hear from
California, and to explain the whole story:
The valley OF he Sacramento has been claim
ed by about twenty eight individuals, VINO nave
run out the lands upon imaginary lines based
upon false grants obtained from Gov. Michello-
irena since the ended. These lands CANNOT
be worth any thing without population, and the
bubbleof the gold region has been got up more to
attract atteLlion and draw immigrants on this
side..of the rocky mountains than for any other
purpose. There have been many deserters from
the army and navy, who led away with the pros
pect of making IA fortune, have found "the ele
ephant,' and have written in, wishing to compound
matters and return TO duty. This has been reIu-
sed them and the result has been that not less
than dozen have beer hung up between heaven
and earth for rebberes aud assasinations. Thus
you haze the Dorado oECaliloruia. picture of
ijt. Since .i,haye gone so far, 1 will tell you one
which think will cap any thing you heard of
during the wer, not excepting the elephant.
A Hooscr purchased in sths place Il few days
ago IS wort! of pins and needles; he carried
them to Suffers fort, and there sold S5UO WORTH
and wrote back TO a friend that he had S2O0n
worth hand still
Gov. Lane passed through this city short time
ago on his way to Oregon. The Maeck Odel has
Just anchored, eight days from Columbia river
she reports that the Governor had not arrived,
and that al was qRiet in the country.
The gold dgglns, as they called by Jack.
tails you lose" Ii a man finds an ounce of gold
hunger obIiges him to give it ior morsel to eat;
so, told me the other day, there is gain
ing any thing.
There is nothing Ike civil government here,
nor do | believe there is man OF Sa6e enough IN
him in all California to form code of laws
Every body does as he peases and Gen. Smith
will have pretty time of it TO put things to rights
BY this time California ought to be ter
ritorv, and civil governor appointed.
| believe have given you all the news of the
day. l shall nsyself return to MazatIan very
shortly, aud hope to the United States. | am
tired of being tossed about.
Midshipman Beae, who left w Washington with
the duplicate dispatches brought out by me- has
not arrived. has he been heard from. He
may be blocked up in the snow in the Sierra
Madre At last accounts Lieut.. Beale had reach
ed Santa Fe in safety. aud was on his way to
California by Col. Cookies route / have heard
much of the Climate OF California, but hs We never
tried 1t. At the present time it is cold, rainy
and SagreeabIe-nothing like the Mexican sky
and if possible more changeable than IN the Uni
ted States in The same latitude. This, they say,
has been an extraordinary year. Yours, DC.
L. s. The news of Old Zachs election has
been received, and was brought here with much
JOY, and two terms to him, say [.
Power OF HABIT-In very interest
ING work, Household Education. by
Miss Martineau,' is the following strange
illustration of habit:
An American infant was carried off
by the Indians and reared by an Indian
mother. as her own Of course he grew
up IN all the savage customs especially
in their admiration in the scalps of the
enemy. BY and by, he was brought
back 10 civilization, was educated and