The Sun. — 1849-03-07 (London, England)

STEUART. " ' Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief United States' Naval Forces, Pacific Ocean." " San Franci,co (Upper California), Dec. 3, 1948. " ' Sir,—The long looked for St. Mary's, Commander Cron inshield, joined me at this place on the 12th in t. " TrlnlliS AP C. JONES, " Commander-in-Chief United States' Naval Force Pacific Ocean. _ " ' The Hon. John Y. Mason, Secretary of the Navy." The Union adis  From Chagres the dates are about a fortnight later than those by the last arrival, and the advices relative to the subject of California are of great interest. The third ship of the Pacific Mail Line of Messrs. Howland and Aspinall was about to leave New York for Rio, Panama, and San Francisco. She would take out 33,000 dolls. in specie. She completed the line, the steam-ships California and Oregon being already at Panama. The California arrived on the 18th of January. She, and two ships that were there, would take all the passengers to San Francisco—between 600 and 700—who were waiting their departure on the 20th ult. The California left Valparaiso on the 22d of December, and Callao on the 10th of January. Six ships had left the former port for California since the Ist of November, and 10 were loading for the same region. The steamer California brought to Panama from Callao and Pay ta 118,600 dulls. in specie for California, 17 cabin passengers, and 52 steerage ditto. The California spoke on the Pacific coast 35 vessels bound for California. The accounts from the Californian gold regions continue ample. We extract the following official documents from the Washington Union of the 14th ult.:— " We are indebted to the Secretary of the Navy far the following very interesting letters just rect ived from Commodore Jones. They were forwarded from Mazatlan by our consul, Air. Parrot, thence across land to Vera Cruz, and transmitted to Pensacola, thence by mail to Washington:— " Flag ship Ohio, San Francisco, Dec. 22, 1848. " Sir,—My letters from Nos. 33 to 42 inclusive, dispatched from Monterey by Lieutenant Lanman, and from this place by the Lexington, will fully inform you of the operations of the squadron since our departure from the Gulf of California. Nothing material has occurred since my last date. Desertions are less frequent, the Ohio having lost but oi:e man since her arrival here ; and I think the disposition to desert is not so general; but that may be owing to the inclemency of the season, which, for a while, must suspend the digging and washing fur gold, except by such persons as are most amply supplied with good houses and all the ',necessaries of life requisite for a winter's campaign in a rigid climate, affording nothing for the use of man but gold. Incredible quantities of gold are yet daily collected, and scarcely a week elapses without some new discovery of the precious metal more startling than any previous one. It is said that a small party of five or six persons, a few days ago, struck upon a pocket, as they term certain deposits, from which in two days they obtained 30,000 dollars Of pure gold. Within the last three weeks we have certain accounts of fifteen murders. In one instance an entire household of ten persons—a respectable ranchero, his wife, two children, and six servants. The man, whose name was Reid, bad been very successful in the diggings during the summer, and had returned to his house near Santa Barbara with a large amount of gold. His house was surprised by an armed party, and the whole family, as above stated, were barbarously murdered, and the house rifled of its golden still at treasure. The perpetrators of this horrid deed a large. Of the other five cases, fourarerehighwwiathy robberies committed on persons returning I may say gold from the mines. In a word,erty p are insecure with truth, that both person sorry to add in Upper California at this andtiaend vapni ordloeln caeca, as yet disthat, in all cases of outrage e _ United States, disbanded covered, emigrants from I rts and deserters from the army volunteers, runaway and navy, are believesdalt o be, the perpetrators. s attended with murder have been " The mutinies fully confirmed, and have caused much uneasiness to shippers of gold froml this coast. " A recent arrive from Callao reports that the Adelina had been taken into that port, and the mutineers, eight in number, promptly executed. ...x have the honour to he, your obedient servant, "`