The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-05-18
Important from CaIIfsrnIn.

Mutiny in the Pacific sq'.adrOn-Gen. Smiths authority
disputed.
By arrival from Vera Cruz the New Orleans Pcay.
une has received the following important intelligence
from California, bringing the dates down 10 the Goth Of
March, which is % days later:
MAzArLAN April 8. 1919.
GENTLEMEN: The Peruvian barque Fanny, Capt De Bro
whence she sailed on the 18Th nlt.
short time before the Fanny left of the boats
belonging the United States ship Ohio away with
boat and all They pursued, captured, and brought
duy they refused to turn out obey the orders OF the Off
in consequences of which, abou, 80 of the leaders
Jone; you'd hang n.nber Of the s0np!rato There was
soopofwar St Marys had been tried by court martial
but two
San Francisco on the 18th March. Owing the
number of people arriving San Francisco The country
very insecure state great rant Of an efectiue null
fary force and the extension Of the iaos the United States
our The Territory. Yours, &c, Up.
The Monitor of the 9th utirno states that file of
the ''Alta California" published at San Francisco had
Just come to hand, reaching up to the 18th of March
These state that several meetings had taken place there,
at ead S e
task of framing lars for the preservation Of order and
the projection Of trade and commerce ,cihH he district Of
San Francisco. II also resolved that three judges
should be elected for the administration of justice.
We saw letter yesterday, dated the oath ult, at Vera
Cruz, from a foreign merchant which confirms the
s s
and had qnnued his prohibition erelaing foreigner,
had Modified Se q~hs
mulgated at Panama, were at first inclined TO suppose
that such modification, upon popular representation
made to him. had been COMPOUNDED with disavowa OF
his authority; but 1t ,cold appear that something more
serious has occurred though precisely oha 0e do not IN
derstand.
March to organize government definitely postponed
to the first Tuesday in May, May ist) we had sup
posed but is possible that the necessity of an earlier
organization became apparent, and that the convention
proceeded to their work as first intended and the legsa
tive assembly above named is part of its work. On
this point must await further news, for we are not
willing suppose for moment that General Smiths
authority has been suspended 1t could not fail to be
known TO correspondent at Mazatlan, and he would
not neglect TO mention it.
The Monitor, two days earlier, (he 22d) says General
Smith has organized good police and tacty permits
every who chooses TO dig at the placers-that II
would be impossible at the present time to hinder then
This, we presume about the extent of the difficulty
The same paper says that every arrival
s ssuerai meeting" had been held at San Francisco, a,
nn @ ,rs a'Tf sSse o S. says
Alta California, to render the labor ef the Indians
more profitable.
The Indians in California number l6 $50 in New Mex
leo, 81 900 California contains 44S,69l square miles,
and New Mexico 1887 square miles.
The following is an extract from letter addressed TO
the editors OF the Monitor by merchant at San Francis
co. dated 9th March:
81" appears that, throughout the immense extent of the
placers, you cannot find foot of ground without gold
and there spots where from each cradle (bdted) full
of EARTH the adventurer washes out pound of precious
ore.
"The activity in this part is extraordinary, and the cir
| culation of money prodigous. Everything Is high IN
prcemore particularly manual labor and the transit oil
goods The freight OF barge from here to the landing
place of Santa Clara hrce leagues from San JOSEF
$500 to $500 Here wretched hacks OF horses sell fol-
$50 in San Jose, $780, Food for one man is Us day
From San Francisco to Jan Jose, by land, It is twenty
leagues thence to the quicksilver mines now working
by Mr. Forbes, il is four leagues; and to the paceri
sixty leagues more"