Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-02-21
OPTICAL DOCUNENS FROM CAL.
lFORNIA

OPTICAL DOCUNENS FROM CAL
lFORNIA
The following among other intercs ing
letter. has been received by the Secretary
Of the Navy from Commodore Jones They
were forwarded from-Niaza'lan by our con-
sui. Ne Parro', thence across land TO Vera
Cruz. and transmitted to Pensacola thence
by mail to Washington:
IrNo AL FLAG suir ONO. !
San Francisco. Dec - 1913.
SIR: Ny letters from Nos % to42 in
elusive despatched from Monterey by Lieu,
Laomau, aud from hi, place TO Lc1iugo on.
will fully inform you Of tho operations OF
tho squadron since our departure from tie
Gulf Of California Nothing material has
occurred since my last date. Dcscrtlons
are less frequent. the Ohio ,bu' one man
since her arrival here and think the dis
position to desert is not 50 general: but
that may be owing to the inclcmcncy Of the
season, which, fora while, must suspend
the digging and washing for gold, except by
such persons as are most amply supplied
with good houses, and all The aecessdricS
.. lite requisite for n winters campaign 10 a
rigid elm to, affor1ing nothing for the use
Of man but gold. Incredible quantities Of
gold arc even Yet daily collected; and
scarcely week elapscs without some new
discovery Of the precious metal more start
LONG t}e .u" III. said thai
-.g persons. 4 lev
yJ.4ci. as the,
Soma ..r ON which 10 tw,
days. ..cy oD,aD,4 t&o,OpO in pure gold
| have bcsu living ou shore at san Fran
cisco now two weeks nnl have bad ampl,
opportunity for examining the subject, and
am more than ever satisfied that the dis
posaf of the gold regions in the territory o
California is the best if not the only prac
ticnble disposition that can be made Of then
in the present disorgnnized state Of socict,
out here
The worst forcbodings Of evil consequcn
, upon the want OF certain aud energetic nd
mrnistraion OF justice in this territory ar
almost daily realized Within the Ihre
last weeks We have certain accounts Of fif
teen murders in one instance an entir
household of ten persons "A respectabl
ranchero, his wife, two children and six SCI
wants The man, whose name was Reed
had been very successful in the digging
during the summer, and had returned to hi
: home near Santa Barbara, with a larg
amount Of gold His house was surprise
by an armed party, and the whole family 4
above stated wcro barbarously murdered
and the house rifed of its golden treasure
The perpetrators Of this horrid deed ar
: still at large; Of tho Other five cases. fou
are highway robbcries, committed on per
sons returning with gold from the mines -
! In word, may say with truth, that bot
persons and property are insecure in UppC
California at this timo aud | am sorry t
=, add that, in all cases OF outrage and VIC
y, lence. as vet discovered, migrants from IL
United States, dsbauded volunteers. ruua
d way sailors and dcserters from the arm
/, and navy, are believed to be the pevpetr,
! tors
y The muffin les attended with murder.
:, which alluded in my letter No. 43, la,
a been fully confirmed and-not witho,
y good rsason-has caused much unessne
- to shippers Of gold iro.l this coaft
~ To guard each and every vessel saiIir
hence With large sums in gold dust, Won
require every ship Of the navy The be
-. that can do is 10 keep the vessels Of ia
squadron at sea as much as possible, pl
- ing between the ports most lroqucutcd !
- cur mercantile marine Enclosed is COZ
Of a circular (No. g. which have found
~ necessary TO issue and uako public, in &
hope thai it may have some tendency
~, prevent a repetition Of such acts rs have !
cent?, occurred ON board the English scho
f, lcr Amelia, and The Gillian barquc Ado
y "a.
4 recent arrival from Ca.lao reports III
the Adclina had been taken into tina, 20
~ and the matineers, eight in number, prom
-. ly executed
~ have received a request from the Go
~ crnor OF Valparaiso. through Mr. Moor
o. head, our Consul at that port. t, arrest a
IT, keep safe the Adcllna, should be tortuG,