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Letters have been received in the city of Mexico
from California, announcing that on the Ist OF
April the United States sloop-of-war Portsmouth
arrived off the port of San Jose and after demand
ing the surrender of the town, landed one hundred
and fifty " Yankees who planted there the Amer
ican flag. The Portsmouth then sailed to take like
possession of the ports of San Lucas La Paz, and
Loreto. These all small posts IN the peninsula
of Lower California two in the extreme south of it.,
and two on the western side of the Gulf of Caifor-
MIA. The Mexicans express the belief that it will
not be long before the Calilornians will turn upon
their invaders and expe them.-Picayune