14 JULY 1849, Page 2

Authentic accounts from California confirm the earlier reports of the

place,—its Midas-like superabundance of gold, its anarchy, and its starvation. The chief magistrate under the United States rents a house like a turnpike lodge, for 1,0001. a year ; a cook re- fused 6001. a year. In point of morals the condition of the peo- ple is frightful. Meanwhile, the Mexicans propose to go out in armed bands ; and it is quite possible that in such way bucca- neering desperadoes might outdo the soldierly powers of the Yankees. California may be a kingdom to some freebooting ad- venturers. Why not ? Curious, if the conquered land should prove the lure to bring back the guerillas of Mexico, and supply the treasure to pay bands of military outlaws in snatching it from the Model Republic