. Deck and port : or, Incidents of a cruise in the United States frigate Congress to California ; with sketches of Rio Janeiro, Valparaiso, Lima, Honolulu, and San Francisco . MBLING. EFFECTS OF THE GOLD MINES. PAST AND PRESENT CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY. The peak where burns the blush of morn, The glen in which a torrent rolled,The crater where the Deil was born, Are hemmed and stratified with gold;And een the quartz, which bind the shore,Sweat out at tunes the precious ore. Thursday, July 16. The Cyane warped out ofher berth this morning, and we warped into it. Ourships are now moored in line,
. Deck and port : or, Incidents of a cruise in the United States frigate Congress to California ; with sketches of Rio Janeiro, Valparaiso, Lima, Honolulu, and San Francisco . MBLING. EFFECTS OF THE GOLD MINES. PAST AND PRESENT CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY. The peak where burns the blush of morn, The glen in which a torrent rolled,The crater where the Deil was born, Are hemmed and stratified with gold;And een the quartz, which bind the shore,Sweat out at tunes the precious ore. Thursday, July 16. The Cyane warped out ofher berth this morning, and we warped into it. Ourships are now moored in line, command the anchor-age, and present a very warlike appearance. This afternoon a large ship was discovered round-ing Point Pinos. She entered the harbor under acloud of canvas, and proved to be the Collingwood,bearing the broad pennant of Admiral Seymour. Shecame to anchor outside the Congress and band greeted her with God save the Queen,which she returned with Hail, Columbia. She isan 80 gun ship, and looks majestic on the Admiral was greatly surprised to find Montereyin possession of the Americans. Commodore Sloat, having received information at. GLANCES INTO CALIFORNIA. 387 Mazatlan, through the public press, that our advancedposts on the Rio Grande had been attacked by aMexican force, sailed immediately for this port. Onhis arrival the town was taken without any conflict,the flag run up and saluted with twenty-one gunsfrom each ship of the squadron. A proclamation wasthen issued by the commodore, informing the inhabit-ants of the bases of his proceedings, and invokingquietude as the condition of security and repose;while our own men, who had been stationed on shore,were strictly enjoined not to molest the citizens intheir lawful occupations. Friday, July 17. The bay of Monterey circlesup broad and deep into the coast. It is far from be-ing land-locked, and yet the southern bend is suffi-ciently sheltered to afford a safe and quiet town is
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