Year: 1861

I a tiresome One unrelleved by stlrrlng OF uuu
sual incidents, if we except the unusual touch
ing of the Age, at the Mexican Port of
ManzanilIo, and the shipping of a few passen-
gers, and about 100000 in silver bullion


Manzanillo is small seaport town of about
fifty buildings of poor quality, scarcely rising
above the dignity of Chinatown, as seen from
the steamer. Did not go on shore. 1t is the
seaport town for Colma an interior town OF
considerable Importance, distant about % or
so miles. The volcano in this vicinity and
bearing the name of the city, refused to operate
for the benefit of the Ages passengers, and we
had to content ourselves with looking at It's
towering peak, ard imagining how it might
throw off smoke, lava and Mexican thunder,
when the spirit moved it. The bay, or harbor
of Manzanillo is beautiful indentation Of the
coast


The only unusual incident of our short stay
at Acapulco, was report that the yellow fever
prevailed to some extent, and in tracing up the
report for pastime, found it originated with
German resident, who was indebted to Ger
man passenger on the Age in the sum OF
81 900 He was attacked about the time the
steamer arrived, and the steamer was found to
contain one man who refused to brave the
yellow fever for $1,000 1t was slyly hinted to.
our fellow passenger that his debtor had proba
bly, outwitted him.


Our stay at Panama was brief. Arriving
there at A. NJ, the mails and passengers were
whizzed across the Jsthmus, and at night were
far out on the tempestuous Atlantic l had
no time to observe the town of Aspinwal and
if placed back there to-day, (which Heaven
forbid while there is a cool and grateful New
York, and cousin Jones in the Office of the
Astor House), should not recognize familiar
scene


One day out from New York, we buried
passenger who had died of Consumption. He
was Freuchman, whom the French Consul
at San Francisco was sending home. He died
while we were in the Gulf Stream, and the
following morning, the wheels of the steamer
were stilled for a moment, and bis remains
consigned to the deep.


Fort Sumpter has fallen The gallant
Major Anderson was finally compelled, by the
neglect of his Government, to surrender his
trust to the traitors and rebels now in arms
against the Government of their country. The
dispatches received have, through rebel sources,
announce tremendous battle, and nobody hurt.
The result of the capture of Fort Sumpter has
been to cause the President to issue Proc
lamation declaring the Cotton States in open
rebellion, and calling for 5000 Volunteers
Of course this will be promptly responded to
by those States remaining true to the Union,
and the result must be a destruction of all the
commercial interests of those peevish and
foolish States, whose pride goeth before a fall,
and led them to attempt the destruction of the
noblest and best Government on the face of
the earth Of course you will have all this
and much later intelligence, before the receipt
= of this letter. Am in hopes, however, that the
Proclamation calling an extra session Of Con-
tCcS III liiiC lUl tiilI .let &c
to elect Congressman to succeed the rebel min
compoops Burch and Scott, that the State may
be represented, at this important juncture in
our history | believe California TO be for the
maintenance of the Union and the supremacy
of the Constitution and the laws, and will
thunder through her ballot-box the utter des-
function Of +Lo bnll hounds nf 70 no iaicn, ffha
Brecknridgers) who have forced the war upon
the Government. The Government must be
sustained or it must beput down. Men must
be for the Governmentor against it ; must be
American citizens or rebels. Let US all be
good citizens, and against every enemy of free
Government. and against none more firmly
than against traitors.


The war news of each day is having its effect
upon the trade an6 commerce Of the city.
am of the opinion, however, that there will not
be much of Storm As California will hardly
be called into the action, what will Zach
Montgomery, Thornton and other rebel SYM
pathisers do? If they aid the rebels, they will
have. to go to Cottondom to cotton to the
, rebels.


The Proclamation of the President, blocka-
ding the ports ofthe seeded States, meets with
general appreciation here Should the Ad-
mnistraton confne its efforts to the blockade,
and the defence of the Capitol, its policy would
meet with the universal appreciation of the
people of the North and West Should the
seceders, as now threatened march upon Wash
ington, and destroy the magnificent pubic
buildings, and the records of the Government,
the indignation of the entire \ North and West
would be excited and unite in demonstration
of wrath that would pour its hordes of North
erners into the South and drive the traitors and
rebels into the Gulf of Mexico. May Provi-
dence save the Government, and the deluded
people of the South from such fate.
Those from the South in California, who doubt
the ability Of the North to do this, have no
Just idea of the greatness of the North, or the
universal indignation that an attack on the
Capitol would arouse. The feeling among the
Democracy here at present is, that OF regret
at the sad state into which sectional parties
have Dlunue1 the countrv They smDlV feel