The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-02-16
(, ALIFORNIAl
FOUR WEEKS LApERi

MEETING OF 1IlE LEGlrLArtrlI,-
INAUGURATION or GOVERNOR
ELECTION 0FSENA1ORs GREAT
-LlliL-AI san LlAALIzCOL -
Ibr frnm-lip l,mlro CHy C.w WI
tuu. rrll,,d % hrr durl. BOO Nrw inrb, phltt
60 u'r.urk m "Wednesday night, unrr Ins-
-lta ull-u duyH iinm CmpIr-, Bringing FHu
i'Wnrtfu dWrs 90 ilIn IL uf rbr brings
fb1 rurs.rrIs, uud Hh.ml urr nni ln't
uulllDns iu lnid dust Tho EWprrt ipy
dun- not bfirg l.u pvllt, lhry viii DO
brought ou ny thr lHlr"n, lhi OUftH
reached Panama on lir rvruiue 81 tii, sOuI
nnd btouniit tuwn llr,r uilioua ln gold
du'l and 800 pprsruRrrs,
inul uuuuri ui gUit hy rla Empire tly,
consigned 90 rrruns boo ArW York, b. u liif
'-ifi-#ie''i4i - ii-l=-'i4P-far Alnut ~ rluA,z
200.
Among thc u,H-cururH iu tho Oregon were
Erubiors Fremont mud NWiu, Musars Wright
aud Gilbert. Representative 90 CouFors,
lul Thomas Butler King,
The urw Government pitlliipruu urPnn-
i-ll uu Monday llo l7ll Ut DrccWhrr UHHr
g., pll Ilu mcuhora 0t both Houses byiuF
ufrrruI ON Thursday HE Inauguration of
ihr Governor md Lioui, Governor took place
ihr Two iluusrs h1yiug convened iu joint
meeting for lluI purpo-g The onlhH Of otlice
wrru administered NJ ttrU M fiiU rVr1trr'H
desk, ly Chief Justice DIWmlck, Of lhr Su-
pcfnr Court. Governor liuruoU then deliy.
rrcl his Inaugural Adircss.
ANrr the Governor had been innuTumlod,
ihe Legislature voted r'rG r0rs for United
snlcs Senators Whole number ~ votes a.
NECESSARY to u choice 81, On th0 iHl bal
lui,
John C, Fremont, q r. Butler kinr 10
ftttt /
n, W, llnIleck, II EoboG Scmpl6 3
Thomns J, Henley -
ON tho third ballots
WIN. NJ Gwin, % ThomnaI lluulry, /
II. w. llallcCk, ~ John w, Grury !
Il. 49, King,
so that john G. Fremont and Wm. ",
Gw!n were declared duy elected.
Tho whole number Of votes thrown IN tic
llccIInn llL GnNCLL9r nnl RelIg nmlglNCz
tu Cougfcsa was ou,5 is,UuU, UiIUuU.U' Wu
State can probably poll 10000 yolea, There
wcro ten candidates In the field for Con-
prcss; the highest uu ihr list WIS G. W.
Wright, formerly Of Nantucket, who had o.
1Jl votes; the next was Edward Gllhou, 0i
the New York Volunteers, aud one of lhc
Editors Of The .2tl California, VITO hud o..
300
From the mines wc learn hint Winter had
como down aud wild winds, SHOW mud rlrrt
nro bcnling the rude heights ul the Sierra
Nevada, ms illor despoallon OF ~ glutcrng
Ncdti, there wns fierce nyrngcr IN tho ell,
rmcuts. The streams rush swollen md
numbering through gloomy mud rugged Gnu
ons, aud al day long the cold rain drives
steadily downward, horne FROM thick muss.
~ Of heavy clouds on the blast from iIc lcy
North, holding forth scarce n hope ofhyUfu-
Bile mining weather ngain, until Spring bursls
tpon the barren mountain lands, and nwHkes
20 blooming vcrduro the brond fields of Cal.
iiorniu. Operations were not entirely Hus.
pended Oh tie American river nj the date of
our last reports, but II * probable That the
stll more recent rains will compel those who
invo been i0bOliug win such uumitiguicd
success during the past two months TO nhnn-
-4!aa ihn Ged altnsetleT- OF iAe-yarinuA
erich digsings" numbered among the discoy-
cries Of the year Just expired, tho Georgetown
wushings which aro situated near the Cnlu.
ma Mil, Of the South Fork will hvnrably
compare with tho most prolific aud extensive
of any which the Sacramento mines have YET
produced. Good fortune hrs longest inrrcd
among the many NJ work IN tins vicinity
continuing even to the copious rains OF n
fortnight since. On Trinidad river the suc-
cess Of the cold.digccr hns boon limited, hu'
on Feather river South Fork, new washingt
niayc been worked with immense sGcGcss-
This stream, together with tie Nuhh, Bent
Creek aud Dry DigEiugs Of that region have
beou nearly abandoned since the Gains com
mcuccd in consequence Of scnnty supplies
of provisions, aud the difficulty there cNis',
of rcplonishlug the store in the prcsrut con,
ditiuu of tho roads. Our NAPiccs from tht
Snu joaquin, impcriec, dough they ho, con
coy intelligence Of "A similar uRturc respect
ing tho more distant sections ofthS Placer
On all tho nrincinnl sircnms.- nniSilhs,4ud
ing, ynst numhcrs of people nre in winter
quouers, generally ~ health, hlgh hopes und
FFiT1J5,
From he ma California of Dec. ooh.