From Me ". o. Courier of fhc 20tA uh AaAlpOTianf from SaRi(Ornia.
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By the arrival says the New fork .,tn oi tie 2lst instant, from ihr Pacific Ocean. We received last night our letters from Upper California, from the 2oth ol April To the Isl oi July. inclusive. We condense the follow ug summary Irom hal dozen interesting letters. Tine inhabitants were generally iii aror of he United States retaining posses ston al tiIe coantFy, marriages were becom- Hg trtqaeai; new miaes were being tIlscov- cred, aud the busy hum oi AmefIcan indus try Is waking up the incident sayages on the shores oi the geeat Pacihc.

 AiieC several dry winters, they have now had a ramy season, and prospect ol good harvest oil the plantations. The natives seem lo look for anuexat,o0, though they are somewhat indifferent about t. The main plan suggested among others Is by a lar sale and an honorable transfer oi rulers. One tenth of ihe residents are now foreigners. wlIeh 1t Is thought will be increased by an other lenlh this September, and the same number in iSl7.

 Near ;he town of the Angels, is large sandy plain al the foo, ofsome mountains, in which they have discovered quantities oI gold 4 common laborer can gather 10 the amouat of 5 per day-The plan of getting the ore is 10 wash the sand in a fiat basket. They have instituted ounce currencies of the metal. Mines of coal, biIuminous itch and pewter have been found. Al Sonora, on the bay of San Francisco, quicksilver mine has been opened by New Yorker, and another by person of Massac huseus. Both a.e in successful operation.

 pesseis on tAe California coast Juae 20ik, ls46. Ships Barnsiable, Hall, of Boston, coastiug and trading, vandala, Everett. do, Sterling, Vinceai, do, Moscow, Phillips, do; barque Tosso, Libbey, do, barque Angola, Salem; larBey, arrived this month from Oa- hu, and landed and sold cargo of x. F. du- mcsiic goods, IS now loading with soap, shingles and timber for Oahu, thence to Sa- len. This is the first cargo ever sold in California at one sale. It WAS purchased by Thomas O. IArkin, l.. $. Consul Mexican brig Maria Terese, is loading with California produce for Nazallan. III E. N. ship Juno, Captain Blake, Jeff here yesterday for Santa Barbara. U. $ ship Portsmouth. ]. B. Mea,. gomery, is at San Francisco u. s. ship, ai- ter a long and severe passage, had arrived q, Gallo, about the 4th of April was to SC, sail fer Oahu, expected in Mon,ery first of July, bound to Mazailan

 AFFAIRS AT THE FARTBEsT WEsT- Soaething mer-Married m the U s. Con- sular iIoase. Mon,ery, California, by Thomas o, Larkin. U. s. Consul, James Williams, oI Cape G,raFdean County, State of Missouri, to Miss Mary Patterson, Jackson counsv:-- Mr. Iahn Harris, of Brighton, Monroe Coun. ty, New York, se Miss Drusila Shadden. Q Asksnsas-all arriving ia California via sk, Rocky Aoaasains,