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FRAHCB . THK A 8 SEMBLT . On Friday the Assembly was engaged with the debate on tbe question of its ewn dissolution . The result of a division was the adoption of M . Katteau ' s project fora speedy dissolution , by 400 rotes against 396 , and hs reference to a committee . The question thus decided is equtralent to the first reading of a bill in the British parliament . It sanctions the principle of the measure , and it is con ' sidered here that the Assembly caanot go back on the qu . esti . rn , but niUBt fix an early day for the dissolution . Whether that day lie the o » e fixed in the project of . M . Ratteau , the 19 th March , or that proposed in the other project of MM . Pagnerre and Bixio , the 4 th ilay , is of comparatively little consequence , now that the princip le of the project for a ddissolution is decided . ¦
speey . QUbVUt UI ^ CU < x >* wn —« - »•« - —— — , « . The next step coastquent on the vot « of last nigm will be the appointment ef a new comn ittee to report on the proposition of M . Ratteau . That ; repori cannot he brought up in less than e-g ht or ten days , after which the projeet mmtbe r « d aree tonea Trith intervals of five days , thus *^« ffZ be used the f « « K . ! MSi--S St £ Jla pn > j « t w « according presented to-day br MM Woltomfci de Lastevne and Gerard , proposing April 10 for the dissolution of the present AssewWy and tlie convocation of the next . The members of ihe National Assembly met on
Monday in their respective Bureaux to examine the proposition of XI . Ratteau relative to the dissolution of the Assembly . The most perfect accord prevailed Qa the occasion between the Moatagnards and the representatives of the Palais National , and both concurred in rejecting all the propositions tending to fix a date for the dissolution of the Assembly . They presented a majority of about 500 , and all "the commissioners elected to report on the ptoposition , with the exception of one , were averse to it . Those commissioners were— Messrs Rnux Lavergne , Bil-] ault , Dupont de Bussac , St Gaudens Jules Favre , Havin , Marie , Degousee , Pierre Buonaparte , Sarrans , Grevy , Lignier , Lichtenlwrger , Combarel de Levval , and Regnard .
On Monday M . Annand Marrast was re-elected President of the Assembly , by a majority of 47 / against 221 , his competitor being M . Dufaure ; hut as it was previously announced that M . Dufaure declined the candidateship , the contest was nominal . WHAT NEXT ? The French Government is about to undertake a great maritime expedition , and there can be no doubt that it is for the Roman States , and with the object of reinstating the Pope ia his dominions . The workmen and seamen at Cherbourg and Toulon are working day and night . Troops are embarking , and ' War against lUman liberty' Is said to be the order of the day !
THE BUOXAPAltTBS . The cousins of the President are likely to give him some trouble . Pierre Buonaparte has openly joined the Extreme Left . The ministry desired to remove M . Napoleon Buonaparte , the son of Prince Jerome , from Paris , by indusing kirn to accept an embassy , but he BuccessiTely refused the mission to Brussels , the Hague , and London , and that of Constantinople . He has resolved to remain on the spot to ttke advantage of events . PERSECUTION OF THE TRTJB REPUBLICANS .
The Attorney Seneial of the Republic is actively engaged in prosecuting the most violent of the Club orators . M . Barnabe Chauvelet , President of the Club of the Reiae Blanche , tras convicied , by default , on Taesday week , of hating insulted the Commissary of Police appointed to watch the pro . ceedings of the club . He was sentenced to imprisonment for o e mQRlb , and to pay a fine of 1 , 000 francs . M . Barnabe Chauvelet has fled from justice . M . Bernard , one of the most popular of the Socialist orators , was likewise convicted on the same day , for having , in a speech delivered ia the Club of the Rue de Chabrol , made t libellous attack on General Lamoridere . He was sentenced to imprisonment for one month and to pay a fine of 100 francs .
The trials by court-martial of the insurgents of Joue have recommenced in Paris . Two shoe , makers , ' notor i ous for the violence of their political opinions / have been acquitted , the evidence iaving been insufficient to convict them of ttt « fact of their having taken up arms during the insurrection . M . Barthelemy , v ? he was tried by court-martial in Paris a few days since , and sentenced to hard labour foe life , for having taken an active part in the insurrection of June , effected his escape from the military prison of the Rue Cheiche-Midi en Friday ni g ht week . He was jo ned in his flig ht by Dr Lacarabre , aa intimate susQciate of Blanqui . Lacambre l > ad been arrested in consequence of having taken an active part In the attack on the National Assembly on the 15 th of May . A strict search is being made for the fazitWee .
The Club Valentino , of which M . Bernard was President , was closed on Monday night by the authorities . A considerable crowd , which assembled shortly afterwards , was dispersed by & patTOl , composed of troops of the line and the garde mobile This is a movement in a ri ght direction . —Times . — [ The truculent Times ever rejoices at the persecution of the advocates of justice . That vile journal is the curse and disgrace of England . ] Toe Club of Tracailteurs at Toulon has also been closed by the authorities .
¦ PEBSECtrnffN OP THE PRESS . The Gazette de France , the organ of the Leg itimists , was seized by order of the Attorney General of the Republic on Thursday nig ht week , and the Peuple , M . Proudhon ' s journal , was seized on Fridar .
THE MB KEPBBUC . A party calling themselves 'Les Jeunes Mofitagnards' have started into existence . They have an-Hounced their intention to found a club to be called the Club de la Place Cambrai . The Tunes of Saturday contained * long account of a meeting of one of the ultra-democratic Clubs on the previous Wednesday , from which we g ive the following extracts : — The more violent portioa of the Republicans held a mee t ing last night at the Salle Valentino , in the Faubourg St . Honore . The club was presided over by 8 person now notorious in Paris agitation , of the name of Bernard , who , it appears , is a schoolmaster at Belleville . He has , I believe , already -feorae testimony either to the sincerity of his
opinions , which are Socialist as well as Republican , or to his love for notoriety , in the fact of more than oae prosecution , fine , and imprisonment for the violence ot bis language . lie is a man about thirty-five years of age , of middle size , thin , pale , with high cheek hones , with bis long black hair falling down behind hand his upper lip concealed in a thick moustache ; in a word , the very type of a being discontented with his lot , Slid burning With desire to exchange his quiet but useful calling for one of s more stormy character . His voice was rather husky , his gesticulation theatrical ; but his language was fluent , and often sarcastic . He took the chair at eight o ' clock , and Ions before that hour the crowd outside the door waiting for admittance was considerable .
The spacious salle might contain about 2 , 000 persons , but little more than one-third , including those in ihe surrounding galleries and boxes , Wfl ! filled . The majority of the auditors appeared to be composed of workmen , and there was a good sprinkling of blouses , Three or four soldiers in uniform were present , a few National Guards , and abont twenty or thirty of the Garde Mobile , wearing , however , the forage cap as the enly part of their
uniform . The small sum of three sons was required from each as lie entered—no doubt to defray the expenses of the numerous gasli g hts , Ttie president took bis place on the platform usually occup ied by the orchestra when balls ani musical entertainments are g iven in the talk . On the same platform , and behind the chair , were , either seated or standing , the members of the clnb , or those who were tO Btl « dress the meeting , and amongst whom the blouses predominated .
The president opened the proceedings with a long speech , and for abont an hour entertained the auditory with explanations of the proceedings taken against him by General Lamoriciere for a libel . "Whether from a wish not to aggravate the case , or taught by experience , he was rather moderate in the language he used towards the General , and bis sarcasm was expressed in so artful a manner as , S . a 5 WS * , t dlence ' jet left him protected . He admitted the talents , the bravery of General Lamonciere , but they were not greater than displayed by every soldier in the French array . The General owed his promotion , he said , perhaps partly to his sword , but certainly much to the favour he found in the eyes of the French Princes in Africa . Had
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General « mw *^» , ^ 4 v ^« ^^ Eft * is not probstole that aVwWaiow wwSefrW * breast so many decorations , or display on w » shoulders tbe epaulette * of General . , & «*« , Mfl he continued to remain the admirer , «» e . "P % f ptre Enfantin , would he have declared in th , « afional Assembly theother dey that he d . d . ** tl « £ what the . Social * jgjj" * £ / S £ d gotten his lessons of Secabm * ^ t the to the M * -- ! " - * ^ \ wha t it once d l ffer - ^^ Sf Lou i P&ppe . Then no I ... tvrants and profligate persons who oppressed the
for the Government tbftt sent its agent to Madrid , whose sympathies towards those same tyrants are long known to the world . He referred to the work of M . Guizot . Be la Democratie en France , and quotedfrom it the sentence ( p . U ) insisting on the necessity of extirpating the fatal i 4 ea that the word democracy , must be proclaimed everywhere , and aloud , before anything lik « government ean be establisbed , or before any party can say it exiile . He aBked how could that man talk of dignity who was one of the first to join the barbarians , the Cobsacks and the Prussians , who invaded France , and
massacred her sons while fighting for the independence of their country—he who was the ready and unblushing apolog ist of the vast system of corruption which at length overthrew bis master , and nearly ruined France , who resisted every attempt to reform the political condition of the nation ? ' His invectives against M . Guiz-rt were terrible , and they were received with applause by the greater part of the meeting . The delica te question of the amnesty was then touched on by Bernard . The peojde , he said , were now the sovereigns in France ; it is now their turn to dictate their will ; and the day they
summon the President to pardon their erring brothers ( leurs freres egares ) of Jane , that day prompt obedienee must be rendered to their will . Many of the arrested had acted under a delation ; but many , very many , were innocent . He spake of Barbes , and bestowed on him the highest eulogies ; he described him as a man possessed of all the civic virtues of an ancient Greek or Roman Republican 1 He turned the National Assembly into ridiculs for wasting the public time in trifling disenssions , and leaving the vast interests of the nation unattended to . Yet , while he censured such a waste of time , he denoanced the agitation now going on to compel it to a dissolution ; and he described it as the result of a conspiracy between the Legitimists and Orleanists , who had snorn to make a crusade against the Assembly for its Republican character .
Such as it was , the Assembly was , at all events , Republican , and the same could not be said of the Legislature , which would , probably , begin its career by the restoration of the Empire or the Monarchy . Above all , he cautioned the Republican party to be on their guard against those who would excite them to a violation of public tranquillity . Those who gave them such pernicious counsels were the secret agents of their enemies—Boyalir . ts of every shade , and aristocrats . He denounced those who would meditate ententes or insurrections . Pacific agitation was their plan ; it was thus that Socialism recruited its disci ples—a Propaganda , but one of reason , and not of the sword . Let them reserve their strength for the hour when the Republic was in danger ; and when any attempt was made to overthrow it , or change the form of g overnment the people had given to themselves , then , indeed , thev would all descend
into the streets . This sentiment was loudly applauded , the audience shouting Vive la Republique . Several other persons spoke , after which the proceeding ! were brought to a close , by the President announcing a banquet on Sunday and another on Monday . The one intended to be celebrated on the 5 th had been postponed . It was also mentioned that persons were stationed at the doors to receive the contributions of those who were willing to assist their i rothers in distress . The' brothers ' were Chamulo t , and another named Muriel , prosecated for seditious language in one of the ClllbS . The meeting separated about eleven o ' clock , and , it must be said , in the most orderly and peaceable manner .
The Club met again on Saturday evening , when , says the correspondent of the Times , ' the President , Bernard , was more violent that ever in his denun . ciatioH of conspirators against the Republic . In this term are , of course , comprised all moderate men of every sjiade of politics . The probability that he will not be long at liberty , as a fourth prosecution is banging over his head for subversive language in the clubs , may perhaps have embittered bis feelings . He seems at all events desirous of making the most of his time . A duel has just taken plaee between Count d'Alton-Shee , ex-peer of France , and M . Charles Delescloze , principal editor of the journal La Revo-Mian Bemoerafigue Bt Sociale . Ml d'Alton-Snee was wounded in the hand , and his antagonist in the arm .
Election of a Democrat . — M . Favetier , a Republican , has just been tleeted for the Upper Rhine . His opponents were three candidates of the moderate patty . He had been Prefect and was dismissed . A letter from L'Orient mentions that 130 of the insurgents of June confined in that harbour , have been set at liberty .
GERMANY . AUSTRIA —The Austrian diet resumed its sit . tings at Kermsier on the 3 rd inst . In the sitting of the 4 th inst ., the Minister of the Interior , Herr Stadion , read an official declaration setting forth the decided objections oi the cabinet -to the first article of the fundamental law , as lately voted ( at the first reading ) by the Diet . That article , which sets forth that all power proceeds from the peop le , is denounced by the Austnan cabinet as embodying a principle which has rendered the streets the theatres ot the wildest excesses , and which gave rise to the
murder of Count Latour . Such a principle is incompatible with that ot hereditary monarch y . The Diet had not been authorised to call the lights of the crown iato qaestioni Ministers trusted that that objectionable principle would not be sanctioned by the Diet at the second reading . The approval of that article would be considered by ministers as a violation of the basis of thfc monarchial principle . This announcement created the greatest sensation , and it was at last resolved to adjourn till the 8 th inst ., in order to give members the opportunity of becoming well acquainted with the import and contents of the ministerial declaration .
Tbe capture of Pesth has created great excitement at Vienna . The correspondent of the Times writes : —Vienna is seemingly tranquil ; but I have my own reason for believing that this morning ' s intelligence has caused a profound sensation . Ia the TCTJ fiCft of the congratulatory addresses , which cannot fail to pour in , the great majority of the Viennese is strongly attached to the Hungarian cause . This morning there is a considerable display of military force , and the patrols are more frequent and stronger than usual . Hot-Beds of Demockacy ! ' — The correspondent of the Cltronicle writes ' . —According to the journals , the state of tbe public mind at Gotha is far from satisfactory . That placet indeed almost all the small states of Germany , are hot-beds of red- ' iot democracy . [ Abu poor Qruntiek 1 ]
PRUSSIA . —The political trials at Berlin are proceeding . Several workmen have been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment . The SUeiian Journal oi the 5 th contains the following curious details relative to the composition and projects of the ultra-democrats , and more especiall y of the central club , or society , calling itself the' Confederation or Union of Justice , ( Bund der GerecMigMt ) , of which the directing committee and leaders are Republicans . The president and princi pal affiliated members of this dangerous club are known to feir , as secrecy is imposed 0 Y for * midable oaths , and , it is added , by jenaltieB , which remind us of the old Whemgericht . The Siksian Journal gives , however , a list of names which t would be useless to repeat as none are men publicly knowa , unless it be those of Harro , Heriujr .
and Maizini . The object of this secret confederation is the destruction of all dynasties , and the establishment of a universal Republic ( Welt Republie ) . For this purpose , the central committee commenced establishing lod ges as early as March . Upon the first meeting of the Democratic Congress , in May last , at Frankforr , men only of secondary importance , such as Frobel , the companion of Blum , and others , whose violence was their chief recom * mendaiioa at first and princi pal cause of defeat afterwards , were chosen . This Congress chose a e ntral permanent committee , of which Zete , of M iytnce ; Professor Bayrhofer , of Giessen ; Schutte , who became notorious as an agitator at Vienna ; John Konge , and Germain Metternich , of Feldkirch , v « i members . Two months later the leading committee was transferred to Berlin , where we had prot d o ? its activity and deleterious workings . All n ; inor
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w ^^ *^^*^ ^™ r ?—~ - , .. — lodgSJ * n < Ne ™ & > ttee& ok * yC ( 1 th » central authority , Uritkae eiCMpi ^ of that ef Vienna , which had its afiiliiMgnsNn Kuagary . Deputations from the latter , however , cams to Berlin , where Kossuth and the Vienna consp irators emp loyed agents and maintained active communications . Faots and undeniable judicial evidence are thvre to prove that a rising similar to that which look place at Vienna was projected at B t rlin , and that numerous foreign agents , especially Poles , were congregated here in readiness , and in hoptg of an explosion—which would have burst fort had not the Imperial general triumphed ' Breslau and other Silesian towns , which may he re « garded as the hot-bed and stronghold of ultra-democracy , furnished more than a fair quota of
members to this Congress and Central Committee . Berlin , Halle , Stettin , and almost all Prussian towns , furnished their contingent . If the assertions of some of the members be true , the whole number of lodges in different parts of Germany amount to nearly two tkousand , which were established by special delegates , selected for their Republican ardour , and probably for their reckless spirit : among the most zealous ef the latter were , it is affirmed , three German American delegates , named Haas , of Cincinnati ; Krag , of St . Louis ; and Kuhl , of Philadelp hia . THE FRAVKFORT PARLIAMENT , Oh the 13 th inst ., came to a decision on the Austrian question . By this decision the central ministry are empowered to carry on diplomatic negotiations with Austria , ju » t a « if it were a foreign power . THE WAR IN HUNGARY . ( From the Times . ) THE CAPTURE OF PESTH . Vienna , Jan . 7 . —The eleventh bulletin and the twelfth were published last night and this morning . They announce the concentration of the Imperial troops ronnd Ofen and Pesth , and the surrender ot these two cities . The head quarters of Prime Windischgratz were , ok the 4 th inst ., at Bia , about ten miles from Ofen .
The irst corps of the army was stationed at Teteny and Promontor , the seeond at Budaro . and the third at Bia and Concurreny . The first corps , under command of Baron Jellachich , met with tbj Han garians in the course of its mareh t ? pon Tereny , and a cannonade ensued ; but when the Imperial troops proceeded to attack the heights on which the Hungarians had placed thek batteries , the latter were withdrawn , and the Magyar forces retired upon Promontor .
The Imperial troops proceeded to approach the two capitals of Hungary . Their Manoeuvres were not for one moment interrupted , not even by the arrival at head-quarters of . a deputation from the Hungarian Diet , offering terms jf surrender , and consisting of Count Lows BattViany , the ex-Premier of Hungary , the Bishop of Lonorits , Coant Mailath and M . Deak , formerly a member of ihe Cabinet . Prince Windischgrat ; peremptorily refused to lecehe these genttemm as a deputation ,
but he accorded them a private interview , hom which Couut Batthiany was extluded , and in which they were given to understand that no terms short ot unconditional surrender would be listened to hy the Prince . The deputation tcok this answer back to Pestb , and when the Impe : ial troops advanced on the morning of the 5 th inst , ready to attack the two cities of Ofen and Pesh , the two towns surrendered at once . The Magyar forces had evacuated them upon the approach of the Im » perialisls .
KosBUth has gone to Debrtczin with his adherents , in order to form a junction with the troops of General Bern . He took with him the regal insignia of St . Stephen , the Hungarian King . The statement of the Vienna mail of the 10 th instant , that Kossuth had fed to Debreczin , with the regalia of Hungary and the bank-note press , is csnfirmed by the Brerfsuet Zeitung , which adds that he has been joined by tht committee of Defence , and by those members of the Diet who had declared the throne of Hungary vacant , and that his partisans are some 12 , 000 strosg . On the 6 th inst . the 1 st army corps of the Imperial troops left Pe « th for Debreczin . Pesth and all its vicinity had been p laced under martial law , and it is understood that the leaders of the revolt will all be tried by courtsm&Ttial , and punished with rigour .
The fortress of Comorn still holds out . The maiden fortress sits on many waters ; ' in fact , its greatest strength consists in that position . But the Hungarian rivers are now as dry ground 5 the ice iis equal to any weight ; and thus , perhaps , in a few days we ahall have the news of tbe conquest of Comorn . News from Pesth to the 8 th inst . states that a great many arrests had taken place , those of the Counts Louis Batthyany and Anton Scapari among the number . The Ban of . Croatia , Baron Jellachich has taken possession of the palace of Count Caroly . i
ITALY . ROMAN STATES- —The Supreme Junta had dissolved itself , tbe only purpose of its existence having been to convoke the Constituante . The Pope , by a new brief , had announced a new com mission of government , having at its head Cardinal Altieri . I yThe proclamation ef the Constituante took place at Civita , under a salute of 101 guns , MAGNIFICENT PaVULAR DEMONSTRATION . On the 2 nd , notwithstanding the intense cold , a most imposing demonstration came off at Rome . Towards evenisg the guards began to gather on the Piazza Ventzia with banners and music . The whole
garrison of Home turned out , pioneers , cannoneers , and all the general « arap . The march began by torchlig ht . ScoreB of blazing firebrands traversed the Corso , and from all the quarters of the town that long avenue was the conduit of the population towaids the place of rendezvous— . the large square delPopolo . Troops of Dragoons opened the procession with brass bands , then came tbe fourteen standards of the fourteen wards into which Rome is divided , followed b y crowds of pedestrians . The colours of the Feretti family ( orange aad white ) were conspicuous among the flags . The juvenile regiment of Speranza came next , and . t ' aea the cwic troops m immense force ,
with their artillery , sappers and miners , with axes , beard , and apron , six large guns , from the arsenal of St . Angelo , and the whole body of Papal ' carabineers . For an hour the march kept on , and the disemboguing mass had . then filled the whole square and its nei g hbourhood , which Wazed with the light of a thousand torches . ' To tbe Cap itol , ' then , was the cry ; and every bouse in the Corso being lit up , back rolled the tide of population to that immemorial spot . All the banners were ranged round the equestrian Btatue of Marcus Aurelius ,
and , amid solemn silence and intense cold , all heads baing uncovered , the decree convoking the Constituent Assembly was read .. Then up rose the Abbale Rumbaldi , and said : — ' Roman people ! Your fathers , from this hill , originated civilisation amid barbarotu ; Europe , and you have to begin the work again this year of our Lord , to rescue Italy from dark intriguers and brutal despots ; and I | 8 S 3 Cler » gyman ( saeerSote di Chrkto ) % call oa you from the Capitol to vindicate your independence and your ri ght to self-government—principles whose root is ia the gospel . '
These words were receiYed with enthusiastic applause , and the orator having recommended the people to observe the calmness and dignity becoming a truly civilised nation , the multitude instantly separated in the greatest order .
PROSPECTS OF WAR , Advices from Turin , of the 8 th instant , state that Marshal Radetzski had , it was rumoured , publiehed an order of the day , in which he proclaimed the resumption of hostilities as imminent , and promising to enter Turin at the head of the victorious Croats after two battles , it was also reported that Venice would be attacked . DUCHIES .-The Alba of Florence says , that . graye insurrection had broken out at Fiacenza
THB VBNETIAN REPUBLIC—ONIYERSA . L SUFFRAGE . The Provisional Government of Venice has issued a decree establishing a permanent Assembly of the representatives of the State of Venice , with , tb . 6 power of deciding upon everything relating to the interior ot exterior condition of the State . The representatives are elected b y direct Universal Suffrage , in the proportion to the population of one to 1 , 500 . All citizens twenfy-one years of a- > e and upwards are electors . The elections will commence on the 20 th of January , and the representatives will meet immediately after ; their mandate is to last six months .
SPAIN . The Clamor Publico , under date of Vera , the 4 t h instant , says : — « A t the moment of the closing the post , we learn that from 400 to 500 insurgents have entered Spain by Echalard . They are commanded by General Zariatfgni . Another band of 100 men , under Sanz , have also entered Spain by ZugarramurdiV ' A letter from the frontiers of Catalonia of the J lth instant , announces that a sanguinary en ^ e-
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ment between tbe Queea ' a troops , commanded by General de la Conchi , and the insurgents heided by Cabrera , took place on the 7 th instant , between Vich and St . Hippolyte . Between 600 and 700 men of both forces were put 1 ms de combat The letter adds that Colonel Viver bad captured thirty-two of a band ef forty republicans wtth ammunition and horses .
TURKEY . The Journal de Constantinop le states that intelligence had been received from Kurdistan , which announced that Nourronllah Bey Governor of the province of Kakiari , had raised the standard of revolt ' This insurrection , ' remarks that journal , is not of a nature to cause the slig htest uneasiness , to Se Poitt , &wl <*<««* to considered as anything else than an act of folly .
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ALTA CALIFORNIA ; OR THIS NEW GOLD
REGION . From the geograp hical memoir upon Alta California ( the California acquired by the late treaty with Mexico ) addressed by Lieutenant-Colonel Fremont to the Senate , at the last session ot Congress , we make a few extracts descrip tive of the country : 4 Ato California is divided into two parts—the Bastern and Western . The Eastern portion , lying between tke Rocky Mountains on the east , and the great range of tbe Sierra Nevada on the west , comprehends an area of about 500 square miles , and saving the region around the Green Salt Lake in the north-east corner , and a few green spots along the
flankB of the Western Mountains , is a howling desert of burning Band , bald mountains , and is covered with evidences of volcanic action . It comprehends fivesixtha of the territory of California , as acquired from Mexico . The only wftita settlement within its limits is tlie Mormon colony near the great Salt Lake . The Great Basin is surrounded by mountains on all Bideg , and the rivers which flow into it from the mountains emp ty into lakea th « waters of which are evaporated in the sun , as a substitute for an outlet to the s ? a , or the streams are absorbed by the sands of the desert ; as , for instance , Mwy ' s river , afte " f a course of 300 miles , suddenly sinks into the Bands , its waters as thick and bitter as bitumen , from the impregnations of its volcanic trail .
? The western division of California lies west of the great range of the Sierra Nevada , and between it and the Pacific Ocean . Excepting the Mormons , near the Salt Lake , whieh trenches upon Oregon , in the eastern basin , this western section is the only part of California with which the array , navy , and settlers from tbe United States hare had anything to do . All the accounts we have had of California , from time immemorial , app ly to the slip of cauntry flanking the Pacific Ocean /
SIERRA KBTADA . This Sierra is part of the great mountain ranga which , under different names and with different elevations , but with much uniformity of direction and general proximity to the coast , extends from the pe ninaula of California to Russian America , and without a gap in the distance through which the water of the Rocky Mountains could reach the Pacific Ocean excrpt at two places , where the Calumbia and Fraser ' s river respectively find their
passage . This great range is remarkable for its length , its proximity and parellelism to the sea coast , its great elevation , often more lofty than the Rocky Mountains , and its many grand Tolcanic peaks , reaching high into the region of perpetual snow . Rising singl y , like pyramids , from heavil y timbered plateaux , to the height of fourteen and seventeen thousand feet above tke sea , these snowy peaks constitute the characterising feature of the range , and distinguish it from the Rocky Mountains and all others on our part of the continent .
That part of this range which traverses Alta California is called the Sierra Nevada ( Snowy Mountain . ) It is a grand feature of California , and a dominating one . It divides California into two parts , and exercises a decided influence on the climate , soil , and productions of each . The t « O sides of the Sierra exhibit two distinct climates . The mean results of observations made on the eastern side , at sunrise , 30 deg . ; the state of vegetation and the appearance of tbe country being at the same time ( second week of December ) , that of confirmed winter , the lives frozen over , tnow on the ridges , annual plants dead , grass dry , and deciduous trees stripped of their foliage . At the western base
the mean temperature during a corresponding week was , at sunrise 29 deg ., and at sunset 52 deg . ; the state of the atmosphere and of vegetation that of advancing spring ; grass fresh and green , four to eight inches hi gh , vernal plants in bloom , the air soft , and all the streams free from ice . Thus , December on one side of the mountain was winter , on tlie other it was spriig . MARITIMK REGION WEST OP THE SIERRA . NEVADA .. West of the Sierra Nnvada , and between that mountain and the sea . is the second grand division of California , and the only part to whicli the name applies in the current language of tbe country . It is the occupied and inhabited part , and so different in
character , 60 divided by the mountain wajl of the Sierra from the great basin above , as to constitute a region to itself , with a structure and configuration , a soil , climate , and productions of its own ; and as Northern Persia may be referred to as some type of the former , so may Italy be referred to as some point of comparison for the latter . North and south , this region embraces about ten degrees of latitudefrom thirty-two degrees , where it touches the peninsula of California , to 42 degrees , where it bounds on Oregon . East and west , from the Sierra Nevada to the sea , it will average in the middle parts , 150 milea , in ihe northern partB , 200 } giving an area of above one hundred thousand miles .
Stretched along the mild coast of the Pacific , with a general elevation in its plains and valleys oi only a few hundred feet above the level of the sea—and backed by the long and lofty wall of the Sierramildness and geniality may be assumed as the characteristics of its climate . The inhabitant of corresponding latitudes on the Atlantic side of this continent can with difficulty conceWe of the soft a \ r and southern productions under the same latitudes in the maritime regions of Upper California . The singular beauty and purity of the sky in the south of this region is characterised by Huraboldt as a rare p henomenon , and all travellers realise the truth of his description ,
The present condition of the country affords but slight data for forming correct opinions of tbe agricultural capacity and fertility of the soil * Vancouver found , at the mission of San Buonavedtur . i , in 1792 , latitude 34 deg . 16 min ., apples , pears , plums , figs , oranges , grapes , peaches , and pomegranates growing together with the plantain , banana , cocoanut , sugar cane , and indigo , all yielding fruit in abundance , and of excellent quality . Humboldt mentions the olive oil of California as equal to that of Andalusia , and a wine like tbat cf the Canary Mands . At present but little remains of the high and various cultivation which had been attained At the missions .
CALIFORNIA . The productions of the south differ from those of the north and of the middle . Grapes , olives , r n - dian corn have been its staples , with many aMimi . lated fruits and grains . Tobacco has been recentl y introduced , and the uniform summer heat which follows the wet season , and is interrupted by rain , would make the southern country well adapted to cotton . —Wheat is the first product of the north where it always Constituted the princi pal cultivation of the missions . This promises to be the graingrowing region of California . The moisture of the coaat seems particularly suited to the potato and to the vegetables common to the United States , which grow to an extraordinary size .
VALLEYS OF THE SACRAMENTO AND SAN JOAQUIN These valleys are one , discriminated only by the oames of the rivers which traverse it . It is a . 5 itl « g le valley—a single geographical formation—near 500 miles long , lying at the western base of the Sierra Nevada , and between it and the coast range of mountains , and stretching across the head of the bay of San Francisco , with which a delta of twentyfive mileB connects it . The valley of the San Joaqum 1 b about 300 miles long and sixty broad , between the slopes of the coast mountain and the Sierra Nevada , with a general elevation of only a few hundred feet above the level of the sea . It presets a variety of soil , from dry and unproductive to well watered and luxuriantly fertile . ;
The northern half of the valley of Alta California is watered by the Sacramento , which runs ihvin south into the Bay of San Francisco , while the San Joaqtun comes into it from the southern extremity flowing westward , and meeting the Sacramento in the bay , which is nearl y in ths middle of the valley . The valley of the Sacramento is divided into upper and lowcr-tke lower two hundred inita long , the upper about one hundred ; and the latter not merely entitled to the distinction of upper , as being higher up on the river , but aU 0 us having a
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superior elevation of eonw thousands of feet above it . It ascends like an immense column upwards of 14 , 000 feet ( nearly the height of Mont Blanc ) , the summit g listening with snow , and vUib e , from favourable points of view , at a distance of 140 miles down the valley , WESTKttW SLOPE OF THE SIERRA N EVADA . The western flan * of the Sierra belongs to the maritime reg ion of California , and is capable of adding greatly to its value . U is a long wide s ope , timbered and grassy , ni * intemta of arable land , copiously watered with numerous and bold streams , altitude . .. . of feet
and without the cold which its name and might imply . In length it is the whole extent of the long valley at its base , five hundred miles * In breadth it is from forty to seventy miles , from , the summit of the movmtain to the termination of the foot hills in the edge of the valleys below , and slmo 3 t the whole of it available for some useful purpose—timber , pasturage , some arable land , mills , quarries—and so situated as to be convenient for use the wide sltpe of the mountain bring of easy and practicable descent . Timber holds the first placd in the advantages of this slops , t he whole being heavily wooded .
Many of the numerous streams , soma of them amounting to considerable rivers , which flow down the mountain side , make handsome , fertile valleys . All these streams furnish good water power . The climate in the lower part of the slope is tbat of constant spring , while above the cold is not in proportion to the elevation .
BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND DEPENDENT COUNTRY . The bay of Sau Francisco has been celebrated , from the time ef its first discovery , as one of the finest in the world , and is justly entitled to that character , even under the seaman's view of a mere harbour . But when all the necessary advantages which belong to it—fertile and picturesque dependent country , mildness and salubrity of climate , connexi > n with the great int « rior valley of the Sacramento and San Joaquin , its vast resources for ship timber ,
graia . aiad caUle , when these advantages are taken into the account , with ite geographical position on the line of communication with Asia , it rises into an itnptjttattce fa ? above that of a mere harbour . Its latitudinal position is that of Lisbon ; its climate is that of southern Italy ; settlements upon it fur mow than half a century attest its healthfuloess j bold shores and mountains give it grandeur ; the extent and fertility of its dependent country give it great resources for agricultural commerce , and population .
Tfa « hay « pe «* 8 to the ri e nt and left » extending in each direction about thirty-five miles , having a total leagth of more than seventy , and a coast of about 275 miles . It is divided by straits and projecting points into three separate bays , of which the northern two are called San Pablo and Suisoon bays . Within , the view presented is of a mountaiaous country , the bay resembling an interior lake of deep water , lying between parallel ranges of
mouBtams . It is not a mere indentation of the coast , but a little «? a to itself , connected with the ocean by a defensible gate , opening out between sevsnty and ei ghty miles to the right and left , upon a breadth of ten to fifteen , deep enough for the largest ships , with hold shores suitable for towns and settlements , and fertile adjacent country for cultivation . The head of the bay is about forty miles from the sea , and there commences its connexion with the noble valleys of Sau Joftquin and
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THK GOLD REGION—THE CLIMATE . The gold region of California is in the Sacramento and its tributaries . The climate of the couatry has no winter in the valley , but the rainy season and the dry , The rainy season begins in November , and continues to the end of February or the beginning of March . The rest of the year is without TftiH * , but the streams from the Sierra Neradt afford all the facilities for irrigation in the heats of July and August , The whole valley abounds in wild cattle , wild horses , elks , deer , antelopes , grizzly bears , partridges , water . fowls , salmon , &c , &c . All the products of the United States , from apples to oranges , from potatoes to sugar cane , may be produced in the valley of the San Joaqum and Sacramento . The climate is remarkably healthy .
Such is the California on the PacifAc—the richest , most picturesque and beautiful region , for its extent , upon flie face of the earth . Such is the El Dorado of the gold mines ; such is the great acquisition of the late war with Mexico .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 20, 1849, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1506/page/2/
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