Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-12-07
Great Excitement in Mexico!
asion of Lower California by Fillibusters
OF INDEPENDENCE

"A Our Own Correspondent.
6. "WAsHINGroN, Friday, Dec. ,, 1853.
il AVE private adyices from the city of Mexico
In Eth ult., to the effect that letters receiy
T ere from Topic, dated on Nov. II, state that
8hundred armed men from San Francisco had
landed from the brig Caroline, at the port OF
p, Lower California and had taken pos
on of the town, put the Commanding Gener-
81 prison, and declared Lower California indie
= ent,
Iley have flag with two stars, which is sup
a BY my Mexican informant to mean Lower
ornia and Sonora.
Ereat excitement prevailed at Mexico on the
u ut., when the news was received.
II is likely that Santa Anna may take advan
q of this circumstance and of the agitation
d buses among the Mexican people to proclaim
nreIf Emperor"
This announcement, which we copy from the
bDane, is one which, it is presumed, will sur
Il, no body that has paid any attention to the
hi intelligence from California. 1t was
dectIy notorious fact, for some time previous
d. departure of the last mail steamer, that
nervous force of fillibusters had sailed from
\ Francisco, tolerably well earned and equip
i professedly for "mining purposes!' but re-
4 for the purpose of doing just what we now
lthey have done in part,-creatlng a "ReYo-
bn' in California, as n prelude to future an
Eation 20 the United States.
The vessel which has conveyed these adventu-
to La Paz,-the Caroline, well furnish
with provisions and ammunition, and Just be-
d her departure from San Francisco, II consid-
Die quantity of powder, lead, &c, was seized
|they were on the point of embarkation. 1t
i also stated, in some of the journals that par
were going by land to Sonora to cooperate
d those who have gone by sea. If this be So
BIZ, we may expect to hear of stirring times in
81 quarter soon.
A. we have said, the ayOwed purpose of these
en was to work the mines of Sonora, but the
nyersal belief i'll California was that their real
gect is the subyersion of Mexican authority,
u the establishment of an Independent State.
D. plan is, to secure the cooperation of as ma.
y Of the inhabitants of the country as possible
Y war against the Apache Indians, and then by
Coup de man to declare Sonora free and indie
endont seize the persons and property of all
p oppose them, and organise new Govern
nnt
/ The place where these fillibusters have landed,
4 4 Paz, Is small, unimportant town, in the Gulf
california, about Il hundred miles from the
eqthern extremity of the peninsula of Lower
'illlt' 1t HAS nut rev llllluDl1uDtS. ana VT ud
~ learn that even these few have any means of
Foiectng themselves. This preliminary exploit
the tillibusters, therefore, is nothing wonder
H. IN itself. On the contrary, if their intention
|as to push on to Guavmas, some hundreds OF
Hes further up the gulf with Il view to reyolu-
'ollize the State of Sonora, it seems to us they
pFe committed a bad blunder in putting into La
IA sort of half way house,-whence the
Nlcan government could be apprized of theil
3'emrnts IN plenty of time to interchange com
I1naeht5 with them when they reach their desti-
tUeh' Neyertheless,- matter what fate over
F I, these tilibusters-the movement is one
,'eil shows the animus of large class of per
s.i IN California, calling themselves American
P'oizehS' towards Mexican territory South of them
i1 as such, it will require as much vigilance anc
.,4IfSty on the part of the General Government
y ~ Heep clear of another war with Mexico, as {
'SIns administration showed, when just such fill
a,a attempts were made by just such "a
li aoah citizens" II reyolutionize Cuba, ant
~" us INTO war with Spain.-N. Y. Express