New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-06-19
CaIifornIa-Arrivai Of Rev. Walter Cotton,
Of Philadelphia.

Tho following interesting narrative was fur'
nished to the PhadePhia Norfh A@v'eaH, by Mr. Col
ton Acalde OF Monterey
The e. 4 mail steamship Oregon, In which came
passenger 10 Panama left San Francisco Apr ~ Her
crew their arrival at that port hsd refused dety
intending 20 20 10 the gold mines Commodore Jones.
on being applied 20 by the captain, ordered Me OF
marines on board the steamer, who marched me crew
over her side, 10 the deck OF the T. . snip warren.
where they were put Ia irons. Here they renamed
while the passengers and their baggage were dis
charged aud the STEAMER got ready tor sea They
we're then offered 800 month u they would 60 quiet
ly ON board and resume their duties but they refused
they were then marched on board In irons while lew
fresh hands were prOcuTed-hardy sufficient 10 get
the steamer 10 sea .
On the Second day out the refractory crew were IN
formed that the steamer was bound "a Panama ana
that there she would 60 whether my aided IN setuhs
her there Or not The proposition Of 500 month 10
each of the crew and el2 20 each Of the nfemen was
renewed with the assurance that they should % os
charged their return 10 san FRANCISCO 10 tns p'o
position all two, seceded and resumed thrir ouos
the two recreants held out through the enufe passage
some may be- surprised AZ this eonPr"nIse, sesnDins
ly 80 prejudcia disclp inc and me ODhkanons % $3.50
faith. But II va. necessary ana caps IT,, H. ,os A.
great praise for hs and discreet conduct 10 Ine ~
fr You cannot enforce contracts Drt"een s"'O' anu
matters Of vessels At San frsneisco-hefe "a" 'ans
OF enforcing them, either through ssn peha'"es W
unysicsl com pulson The service must ios ths pres
ri an eat b voluntary and the enormous prices dc
rnaoded paid A the great nsDis subsidies these wa
70, will decline 10 less than one year sailors can Do
procured in California tor one-quar@r "h@ mey Low
reached ian Bias nine days from San Francisco,
during three Of which were reduced enursiy " our
..is our coal having oven out We were detained I'VE
DAYS IL Bias taking la coal No launch, except tnh
beoaang ~ the company except Tor one day could bs
orocured and the coal had 70 BE- brought through
long stretch Of shallow water. Il poor pars tor
depot We found Acapulco much betsr. Here the
harbor Is sndOcked and the shore bold, and three
quarters the trouble and expense injured At San bss
might BE- avoided Acapsco, by the wsy, IL very
pretty place IL stands the head Of tie bay. within
the crcng range Of Wild picturesque elevations which
crowned with swinging mass Of evergreen shade.
The white cottages Of the Inhabitants ge@ IRON TOE
yerdant hooks with romantic effect. IL hss poPuiI
o. come 90. who subsist mostly on irniu "nlcn
reel from their native trees In tropical proason %
people Of small, delicate stature ana are ie "a
yiyaety and fun. They greet you a. cofa'Ay IS snsy
mad Known you forty years. Iney are mixture u
spanish and Indian blood and are enoo~eo Nlla many
arnisole and attractive qualities Aespnsco "as once
Mace Of Considerable usde portion OF the commerce
of the City Of Mexico found an outlet mere but oil lac
t nae declined, Ike all other towns IN that ilisted
Republic.
three DAYS from Ssn Francisco On the following day
The mail steamer Pabams-much 70 the JOY VI the god
diggers-esms stesming Up TO her anchorage, ana
eosl .hip followed close Der track We found some
nfteen hundred Americans AZ Panama bound 70 Can
forIis waiting for passage OF these tue tnros
steamers and the vessels the haYbor have, beiore
tnls TAKEN away the grSasr part LUG tya'' - -"
nearly clear We left the California san Frsncisco
she hsd supplied henelt with coal from an Ensnsn
vessel By paying forty dollars per ton and bad snppea
new crew by paying hundred dollars pr hos.s
and yet with al these enormous enMses,, ~
handsone prodt. 70 her owners Everything connect-
ed sfh siifornis moves grand scale me fesan
= an ocean in which your hite triesi.y stream r'.a
cSrni h TIE Choleis OF our day; is golden ne~ee 10
NO able though not reality, 90 large az ngsres IN
Inc frsnt,e dreams Of Il VIII not elothe nstons
though eonsider4ble communities may mere invest
Themselves in yellow ponp.
Tse ra,h Q. gold diggers 70 California continues 80
xyr.t a. ever Provisions the ses board are rea
soasbIeous the mines very high Gold has recent
" been discovered on The Towslemie, MERGED ana
1.y.three streams which ron into the San Joaquin,
ao1th of the stsislsra An industrious man may -
on, his ounce . day, any Of thess streams Sss
more about ne gold mines hsseaoss