The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-18
Our California Correspondence.


The steamship Northerner leaves here this morn
ing at seven o'clock; unreasonable hour for the
departure of vessel carrying the mall but as there
is no remedy, it must be submitted to.
The intelligence which this steamer win convey,
will be two weeks later, provided the Vanderbilt
line do not anticipate it; but, within the two weeks
that have elapsed, since last wrote, nothing Of
striking importance has occurred, although much
has transpired which affords room for thought and
consideration. In this connection may refer to the
final passage Of the Slave bill in this State. This
is not, might be supposed, endorsement Of the
Fugitive Slave bill, or Of the compromise measures
generally, but act referring to slaves which were
brought into the country by their masters before the
adoption of the present constitution, and at time
when il was undetermined whether slavery would be
tolerated in California. This law provides that
within one year after its passage the owners of
slaves shall have the privilege of removing them
from the State; if they do not do within that
time, the slaves to be free. This measure was vio-
lently opposed by the abolitonists, of whom there
are great many in California, but it passed never
theless, and is now the law of the State.
This leads to the necessity Of referring to the
slavery question in another form. Every steamer
that arrives here, brings to California more or less
slaves from the Southern States; and if the mporta-
ton Of this species of property should continue in
the same way for q few months to come, large ad-
dtion will be made to the slaveholdng interest of
California. sufficient, perhaps, to counterbalance
the anti slavery interest II this should be the ease
the State Observation-Disclosures persons who in IA
of division of the State into Northern and
Southern Caliornia-will succeed in their enterprise
but not until then. There is an agitation on the
subject as intense, and marked by as much acerbty
and bitterness as any agitation on the same sub
ject that ever took place in the United States
As it is, there are two parties on this ques-
ton slavery here as elsewhere but contest has
yet taken place between them. The time however,
is not far distant when this subject WILL of ITSELF be
the dividing line between political parties The re-
suit will be division of the State, and the ncor
Now is the time for philosopher Greeley to blow the
trumpet. The Phstines will soon be upon him
and lie is expected to, at all events, make effort
to avert the calamity with which California is
threatened. He might, perhaps make some capt.
tai for his friend Seward out Of the matter.
Ii intelligence has not been already received in
New York on the same subject, you will learn by
this mail of the breaking out of revolution
In the Society Islands, and of pr0nuncianlsnto
having been issued by the naked natives, setting
at defiance the authority Of old Queen Pomare.
One would suppose that the Society Islands were
the last place on the map of the world, where po
itical outbreak would occur 1t must be recollect-
ed, however, that example is contagious, and it is
not at all unlikely that Louis Napoeons success in
his coup d6tat in Paris has extended the Society
Islands, and that the fattering manner in which it
was received by the French people generally has in
duccd some semi-naked subject ofQueen Pomare,
to raise the standard Of revolt with the view Of Ill
innate sovereignty in his own person. Be this it
may, it is generally believed here that the movement
originated in Paris, and that the French authorities
in the Society Islands have to do with it than
Il would he rolitic to acknowledge.
Some time since, a party OF ad:anturers left here
a,.o;S;n. 49,, salras ar H. Inost chlons Janosts
"fnid 3ha. 49, -o, ~ 80 a;s, .hara Erou
tbe foot tbot Most of those who comnosed tho exnn
dillon are on their wav back il will be seen that
tho norty ala not maet with tho succass tbev antci
rotcd The c,lIow;no extract of n letter from ono
&c tho marty gives some interesting inc,rmation
concernin = tho Stand -.
We found The RIGHT Mace and think tbere ia nlentv of
gold there but we had neither the proper tools nor
cient against the Indians We made only
one blast and from that We found We should have to
fight for what we got and we thought the better part OF
valor was 70 get more strength. -
We nave seen more o. queen chaflos.e lsiand .nan
,er ra e' o n a ~ ,ha b;b nmn,n nd h
seen several beautiful waterfalls from inland lakes The
Island is one eolid rock with little earth composed of
decayed vegetation The IN many places have lain
for ages. and not decayed yet Many Of the mosn
tans are entirely bare We were wrongly informed but
did not give 1t up TN we found the place we we're sevc
RAJ uHes ior weeks dbound in aineren hafoors ana
az seany Indians e%eept in Gold iiareer where we sw
~; 10 aVS soa ,nr,e nd nr;naiiv &c ih m fav
Tbos ~ Cold arhor me- tho worst If all tbev ba
been spoled by the III B Co. and want in barter more
than twice the value of their gold We considerable
Jumps hands of the Indians which they stole from
the crew Of the Una when they blasted.
People who would leave California for the purpose
of looking out for gold mines still more productive
deserve to be disappointed. Every day new ones
are discovered and it would really seem if but
1.-THE OF our mineral resources was yet brought to
light could fill this letter with the accounts that
have raocbed here within tho two weeks nc tbe
snd;n, &c lilo Iumns and nc tho discovery of now
nlacerss but5 II would be useless The trnth Is
piac.is pu' ~ "ouiu oo e'oioso' nv uut. e'
oahIorna may DC SCI GOWN as nast peu VI auriier-
Gus wealth. whose productions Will ana must, as the
population increases influence the value of gold in
| very material degree. before many years You
4 NAV expect hereafter the eyports of that
nreeious metal 10 he commensurate with tho
| humber nc norsons IN ,bo ,a;,as avorao;no ss
| 80. H. 10 ddaab xaon III 10, rs u
/ - - -, a.aa,o In 20. !: sfee 49,. :.
lea'es neie e'e. s,eaei WIZ not give you any da.a
lor caicuiatioh; uhiess you add 10 ~ one hundred