Washington telegraph., 1850-02-20
From tile ~. 0. Picayune, Fe, 4
INTERESTING FROM CALIFoRr1. y

From the ". 0. Picayune. Fe5 :
INTERESTING FROM CALIFoRNI.
The steamship Alabama, Capt. Wr;~,,
from Chagres the 9th ult.. arrived ssNl
yesterday, bringing dates from San Fres
cisco to the Slst December, inclusive
We learn from an extra of the Az
Californian, published on the day of ,hs
departure of the Oregon, {2lst Decemhass
that the Legislature of the new States g M,
at San Jose to organize on the l5,b
There were but six Senators presen, -,
thirteen members of the House, and u Nv
want of quorum an adjournment tool
place on the following Monday, Q7tbI
On the 18th after the standing CONN.,,
tees had been appointed i'll the House arI
some other preliminary business had hoaa
transacted, the two branches of the Leo
islature met in the Assembly Chamber :,
IL, NJ, in pursuance of joint resolulion
The result was shat Peter II. Burnett wa,
declared duly elected Governor .Tobn
Nc cDougal Lieutenant Governor. ana
Geo. w. Wright and Edward Gjlber,
Representatives in Congress.
On the Goth the ceremony of the in,r
guration af the Governor took place in n.
Assembly Chamber at San Jose. Tbs
correspondent of the Alta Californian "a,
marks, she came alone and unattended
no pomp. no venai Sno rds, ueeies, u,.
rade Of armed men, His inaugural, ,v0,
delivered immediately after he had ,aker
the prescribed oath, which was admins,
tered TO him by his Honor KimbaI n
Dimmick, the Chief Justice of the Super,
or Court.
On the same day the struggle for
5. Senators took place, in pursuance of
previous resolutions, at the Assemhr
Chamber, at O'Clock, p. NJ, which 70,
suited in the election of Messrs. i. I. Fra
mont aud VIM. M. Gwin.
Messrs. Fremont, Halleck, Henley
Gwin, Stevenson. Geary, King, and
Semple were nominated by their friend.
respectively, but the name of Col. Sic.
venson was afterwards by authorly
withdrawn.
On the 3lst Of December, Gov. Burrett
sent his first annual message to both
houses of the Legislature. 1t is docu.
ment of considerable length, treating with
ability all subjects of interest to The in.
fant State. Ten thousand copies in
English and two thousand copies in
Spanish were ordered TO be printed.
The nomination of Mr.. Van Voorhies
as Secretary OF State having been con.
tirmed by the Senate, he resigned his
seat in The House.
On the 22d, the two Houses met for
the election of various State Officers
when the following result took place:
For Treasurer, after two ballots, 10.
man.
For Comptroller. J. S. Houston.
For Attorney General, l.. J. {. Kewen
For Surveyor General Chas L. Whit.
ting.
For Chief Justice, S. G. Hartings.
For First Associate Judge, Ii. A. Lyon.
tcr Second Associate Judge, n. Bur.
nett 27.
Gen. Riley attended the organization
of the Government of San Jose. bnl iel
for Monterey on the 22d December
"glad," says the correspondent OF the
Alta Californian, Ito be rid oi the cares
OF Governor, and happy to return to hls
legitimate military sphere aud duties
He carries with him the best wishes of
the people for his continued health aud
welfare.
The following amounts i'll gold dust
were brought Oh the Alabama, consigned
to commercial houses in this city; toAlauu
sci White q Co., $50, 200, to }. G. Meek
er & Co., $S3. 600; and p. J. Povey $1,000
There was also about S300,0O0 in gold
dust in the possession of the passengers
We learn that Col. j &. Fremont and
Dr. w. M. Gwin, the newly elected Sen.
ators from California, came passengers 10
Panama by the Oregon. Col. Fremont
was detained III that city on accoun. Of
illness in his family. DIR. Gwln had Ia
ken passage on the Empire City for New
York.