The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-01-03
4ighly interesting from Catherine.

Highly interesting from california.
THO aoeeks latrr-ArriraL of the steamship
Panama at Pdnanld!-And the Empire
City at the port of. Ne1o York-HaLf a
Million of Gold Dust-The Election IN
CuEitormia-Adoption Of the Constitution
Intelligence from the MineS-No Califor-
MIA Mails.
The steamer Empire City arrived at N
Y ork from Chagres on Tuesday, with fifteen
days later accounts from California.
The Empire city brings no Government
mail, although one from San Francisco by the
Panama was waiting at Cruces for a small
steamer to bring it.
An election took place an California on the
18th November for State officers, Congress
men and members of the Legislature. AT
San Francisco 3, 1863 votes were polled. The
returns from the country were incomplete,
but the California papers say that P. H. Bur
nett is probably elected Governor; John Nc
Dougal Lieut.. Governor; and Rodman NJ
Price and George w. Wright Representa-
tives to Congress.
The Alta California newspaper oil the 18th
says" The regular Democratic Ticket for
State Senators and Assemblymen is elected
by large majority, and it is therefore GER
tain that Mr.. King will not get support
IRON the District of San Francisco. Under
these circumstances we regard it as certain
that he will not be returned to the United
States Senate"
We copy from the New York Evening
Post the subioined interesting letter.
PANAMA, December 4, 1949.-The steamer
Panama arrived here this day, having left
San Francisco on the night Of the 18th OF
November She brings 235 passengers, and
freight to the amount of $49S, 399; of this
there is about $50 900 in gold dust and specie
from Mazatlan, and the remainder in gold
dust from San Francisco. There are num-
Der of passengers direct from the mines, look
ing rusty enough, but with well filled gold
bags. There is one among them who has
$4,000 in gold dust, the result Of his own
digging; his locale was at the north fork OF
the Juba, $50 miles from San Francisco
He arrived in San Francisco on the Sd of
June and will probably be in New York by
Christmas day. Never was daily labor so
richly rewarded. There are others with
their golden stores varying from $1,000 to
$4,000.
These, however must be taken as rare ex-
ceptions. They report themselves as so-as
having drawn the prizes, while most about
them had drawn blanks in the California lot
terry. They all report an increase of difficult
most of The accessible localities, the impossi-
bility of working the mines over four or five
months In the year, and the general dissatis-
faction of the miners with the results of their
Iabors. The yield of this year will hardly be
over that of last, which was estimated at
eight millions.
There were some fears entertained of fam
inc in the interior of California The rainy
season had set in, and it was feared the COM
munication between those in the mines and
the river towns, where supplies could always
be had, would be cut off: in consequence OF
the state of the roads and passes.
This would also apply to the emigrants
across the mountains. Provisions had risen
very high in San Francisco. Pork was sell
ling at SO and flour at S45 per barrel. The
latter, however, had declined s. on the day
of the sailing of the steamer. Warn cloth
ing, Indian rubber coats and heavy boots
were in great demand, bringing high prices,
in consequence of the inclemency of the wea-
Their.
There was good deal of Sickness dysente-
ry and fevers, in San Francisco and the inte-
rior towns and settlements.