Show CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN CALI r 01 FORNIA tw W la corre correspondent dent of the Bu Helin who evi evl evi evl meily welly de has baa some fearful forebodings in rela iela tim alm ion lon a 10 lo to tbt the future regency ld that journal j bunal j the fol foi following loing corl coll in which tle tie points out some of the dangers to which call farnia 1 j ia q exposed from the secession move e s v t tle ile til e day F bulle BULLETIN bullerin rin that california a al I 1 laough bhe the bab bas not yet sent at her own cost a sol soi f soldier eol dier to the east to tak take e pa part rt in the struggle now going on is the right ar arm ua of the govern none can doub doubt for without her hermit hermil mil ilc lic liens ins of treasure sent forth monthly the government would long since have been bankrupt yet not dot notwithstanding her importance to the ibe nation there is 19 noi nto p rt it of the amei ican t so unprotected and exposed to the attack cf of a forean or domestic foe taij this dome war haa baa now row been raging for more months and california Cali lornia ia is in a more inore defenseless condition today to day than at its r excel that the athe ithe i the harbor are in a little better belter condition boat it oat the commencement of the war wait want it was lwell understood ihal that theo ther the secessionists and their their sympathizers in california had formed i i either as knights of the golden circle or under some other joud soubriquet riquet a league by f which its members were bound by solemn oat cat i s to sustain the southern catte catle cau catt e by moving en on ethe athe pacific coast for the f of a pacific republic and takli taking g and holding under that 11 i i etense the fortifications in this harbor and shift necessary seizing the customhouse custom house and Min Alint tin inthis thib this city we the navy yard at mare eisland 11 and the benicia depot the more beadil ji re adil to their purposes every gun at alamraz Vc Al atraz island was examined the caliber of at each noted a as ai i well as it ita relation sl maikel then fort point had not ab wen uen c n turned over to the military Deput ment kibb eing ting will in of uhe the engin er at a tat tnt I 1 jk in an state tle exposed ac y c gih BiH 6 edition tion of the N vy yard avit with ti its Us knag 1 aarne of 0 powder was well known and as was waa aiso alao the condition of 0 the e benicia Benicta Arsenal with its large supply of small barms armas arras and fidei fixed ammunition at that time every avery public post was n charge of a southern Iiii ap as well as the military department of pacific but they were not all traitors j ajda fa fedi fedl is but a simple act of jus ice to say of athe luj luo commanding general johnston that so soon soon toon aa as it etwas was made known to it m that the forts and arsenals were in danger and aud their reposed con coh condition known out bide olde he took prompt and efficient measures to put them in condition a 1 1 c ondi tion to resist an atack and thereby ve the public property to the government efort I 1 rt point was immedi immediately atey put in a condition fb 10 receive a garriton garri garrit sorl aon all ine loose guns shot and shell sheil t thau that at w u ere outside were moved to th the insie of the fort and a sen sentinel placed at th the gate alcatraz was carefully examined and thirry gun pun put in a condition cordi co tion for immediate use for a tim timi strangers igers were excy aed led W florn from the island and arid the surplus arms were A ere removed flom benicia depot to alcatraz Ac atraz where W aticy were more secure arby ajr the time these arrangements had been in made an order came from washington d 4 tig the concentration of trompa at this point pointy ilium orgon oregon and the Nort northern bern hern part of cali call frnia fndia soon atter after gen sumner arrived here ghi ahl ta mcf relieved gen jonnston Jo inston the secret f hereinbefore referred to was wag weil weli will ell eil known hown to gome some of our most prominent etli n and an effort was wag made to induce the I doane doatie owin owing 11 to his connection vigilance committee mo s 4 anthia long iong residence at the south to unite rith nith with their but be he not only refused then them with other citizens to thwart th their air rho rao vik vil and it is to this quiet association of gentlemen that this me of the abo keces 1 ces sio bio zionists became known this bame aso desocia cia cla tion upon inquiry learned theta the fact ct that every mu eket or other oilier available fi u earm that could al ie e had bad in san franciaco Fran Franci citco teto hai bai ba i been d ay ay and arid removed to the ir it gerior tf rhe the state slate p where they are aie no to doubt still bt polled rolled pol rol poi ted led e except such sueha as may have been bed sed at id irm arm gen johnstone Johnst John stona onya onla party and tt tk t other earties parties mho who have left be he state for dru ch wali wall the eon ron rondii didon ion lon of cal cai califern calir Calif forn torn a at llie the wt 71 ilie itie gen sumner assumed command litie AL liitt t use us ee abat what is its present condition order issued from washington to gen organize hix tin regiments of 1 1 tee california wag waa followed loll owed by one to i rena sena den ben d east all the regulars infantry artillery 1 and cavalry this order was carried out and x all thi ihk lh regulars were sent east excepting three companies of at artillery and the gih oth regiment ment of infantry all those that were left hae babe been feen b een reduced numerically owing to the eipl 1 r tien llen tion lien of the term terin of service of a large number it i t rank and file and up tip to this time ume f V e uro fe olti manding geri gerl general eral i has not been able to fill olgeir thinned ran rad ranks ks but owing to that was an emic emis for a terne trine at least of all dea idea of a pacific republic or secession accession movement which gave pave opportunity to the incoming administration to change its public officers in the custom I 1 ouse arid and other departments of the Govern government merit here nearly all of the old incumbents being southern mm mf n and sympathizers except rome some of the tha officers of the and who it was generally understood were warm advocates of a pacific republic or secession the exposed condition 0 othe the public property at mire afire island and especially the magg magazine azine was made maee urit urlo e known to gen Sir sli soon after his arrival and for a time he stationed stati onet onel a guard there under the th direction of the eom pom mander of the yarl wh about the same time asked authority fro frow from it washington tj ta enlist a company of marines to be in chaise of a proper marine officer to guard the public property at he the island trus tin request has never been compi ed with up to this time notwithstanding its importance and i necessity necessity has been urged by the present able abler commandment coin Sel sei selfride fridg mp as well weli ell eli as bis his predecessor predecessors and at this time the navy yard with its valuable dock and stores as well as its magazine ia is without v any other protection man than the unarmed workmen employed loyed in tit the yard and the magazin mag iziar which Is is remo lemo remote te fram the cosely closely inhabited part of the yard las laa noot doot boother no other ber her protector than the keeper who besids s in a small house bouse close to it of the five regiments of infantry and one and a half of cavalry raised in california but a very few of them are in striking dB distance tance of san francisco and the other thickly populated portions of california they are mainly distributed tri buted over the entire frontier of the state from humboldt to tucson while a column of about 2000 is now in new mew mexico under gen gin carleton and col connord connors command is dis trig buted from fort churchill to sa t like thus the available military arv ark strength of the state ia is reduced to a force of a few fen hundred men to suppress bupp ress reia a sudden mr ot at cee tee zionists on lan 1 or in case ot or the advent of A I 1 f rei rel reign ceded fee up upon I 1 the tie seaboard it will be pie percee tej ted that at least loyal fitting men meu have b been een sent from among us while the secession se ebs ebb ess lon ion element from its accession of the paroled soldiers and refugees who have come among us its from has largely increased for it is isi a well ascertained fact that m many n thousands hou bou sands bands of this class f rants a h have e abeen been quietly locating in our midst many of whom are knowin to have walked the streets of san francisco end nd other oilier parts of the state boasting of their exploits against the yankees at bull run and other points the late election to a baskal observer will exhibit a diminished secession k strength from last vote but to an ac a stanco with their tactics it is alpar ut lit that they really only voted this year in tp those districts district where they had some sympathizing friend to elect in all alt other cases they did int not go koto goto to the poll polls and that too for the express purpose of lulling the loyal citizens into a belief that secession advocates are on the decrease in california 1 I be he fact however is that thit the secession element in this sate was never stronger or better belter organized than it ta Is at this thia time the ilie secession ista heie here aud aid aud especially the leaders are bold darin darlng daring w talen ed men of indomitable N will ill lii and courage who exercise an ar unlimited H ite control over their less informed felloe fol foi loe ioe lowers lowera nearly all it if not all the leaders are men who i emigrated migrated to Calir california ornia for the purpose of obtaining and actu lly dle did abt obtain a in office under tinder the state ant general goven coven ment merit which they thay heid held up to the election of mr loncoln Ln coln their 1088 loss of office has made them desperate and hav having in no hing to lose they are ready for any mischief that may be tinned to their advantage while the govern gov gos ern eru merit ment at agton feel perfect security for the protection of the public property in this stata in the loyalty ota ofa of a very laige majolly of the people of california e the people if tf the state themi themselves leves are lulled into a false security as to the loyal strength of california the bece sec eslon bion aion leaders are maturing plan which if they be not watched and anti chec checked ted m may ay ca cost cosi t us dear at no very dis ant day the late lave t p proposition ro position to raise arm and equip a reci reri regiment m ent i fur service in the east has bus exposed g the e poverty of california in arms and prents necess ry to arm any considerable number of men for elther either branch of the ser ervice it is said that there is not a light field battery fid fit nc for service in california except tuat chit that chat owned by the old california guard which was Tur purchased chased for them by the citizens of sin kin sin bin feancisco Fian cisco and that there are not muskets enough in the national armory of I 1 california Califor lih nih nn to arm a single regiment now if this be true and for one I 1 do not doubt it ihen lilen had the patriotic gentlemen who propose proposed d to expend ome tome to equip a regiment for tor the east better bet beb er far better appropriate the rame amount for the purchase cf of the i arms and equipments for the purpose ot at arming our citizen soldiers in incase case of an e tur eur mar gojich u which in my bumble humble judgment billiu will arely 1 rely tely arise if th the B preset prese arese t war cont for it is apparent to me that the bece secessionist while they will leave a aco g cooperative operative co force in california I 1 are about to lorin torin a settlement in a neighboring territory biear near our bouthern south Bouth frn rn frontier that is destin destined pd to give us trouble at no distant day da and anil therefore shoud should b be looked to rt it will be remembered by all that some few 1 5 ears pars ago an expedition was fitted out under the then captain now general stone for the purpose 0 surveying and settling the tb e public lands rinds of sonora ant and other olber parts of mexico under a contract with the mexican lexi call cali govern j it ent at th aline line it was waa said and there is no doubt of its truth nuth that many men of cap capital in it California and elsewhere had embarked in this speculation the expedition eft left california and alid commenced its operations which 1 for a time progressed peaceably but finally 1 got into difficulty with the stat state mexican authorities and was abandoned at least for a I 1 tic tia e since the of the southern rebellion anti and after the idea of a pacific republic was abandoned by the secessionist the state of sonora in M xico aico has been the po n nt selected belp ceil for the formation of a new republic that tint state and its mineral and other resources hae have bae been examined by shrewd men tinder under the of establishing mining and anti trading posts ani 2111 thus far under the I 1 prudent management of a mi n well known here as a secessionist but at guaymas Gua Gna where he reside as a well weil informed merchant this man has the control of a we I 1 established mercantile house in charge of relatives who are secessionist or at least known as strong sympathizers who are now and have be ben n fur sometime past envied in shipping mai chinery stores and other proper property to their I 1 i mined minea in the interior of or sonora solora ai a d near n ear the I 1 yaqui rier river and to other points where it ia is pr posed to establish a settlement of I 1 I 1 zionists from california among the leaders if not indeed the leader of the girst first band ol 01 i emigrants will be a distinguished soldier of k he the wata between mexico and texas and the I 1 united states who vrho lately held a high civil I 1 a appointment under the general central Govern government men t he ile it j ii ji i said coes for the fhe purpose of survey ing and running inc ing out some land iines jines formerly surveyed by S one it is well known that the present governor of sonora is opposed to the scheme of colonization sought to be carried out under tinder the stone contract and expedition and it is therefore not probable pio babie bable that this party of emigran a will attempt to carry out the stone contract contracts until they feel strong 1 enough to resist the aiex Alex mexican ican author ty in sonora which would be but a vety vely short time after they oric one got a foothold such is undoubtedly the present scheme of the f t of california to give us ug trouble and let any prudent man aak himself if a scheme fraught with more danger to our peace ac ar home as well as with a irle irie ridy power could be devised or t at would be more aror ibor dangerous than the settlement of a band of desperate men within a few miles of our territory but arder the protection of a foreign c flag especially connected as they undo ct d ly will be in communication and bym sym sympathy ath ly with hith at least thirty thousand men nien i acaby bally duperat de who ate aie no v living i in our I 1 therefore ask are thle ehtee e not dangers that should be looked to anda aalf anci if they can be guarded against but in addition to all this there is another element of danger to ti ue e peace of the pacific coast being organized to 0 o which the he secession ec element if it orice once gets foothold in sonora will wilt be a most powerful auxiliary to do us its harm it is a fact well known to all the world that france most moat earnestly ear nestly neatly desires to acquire a foothold in the pacific ocean and 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