The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-01-16
Arrival of the Falcon.
THE LATEST FROM CALIFORNIA.

THE LATEST FROM CALIFORNIA.
The u. S. Mail steamship Falcon, Lieut..
H. J. Hartstene, U. S. Navy, commanding,
arrived at this port at II o'clock last night.
The Falcon brings 115 passengers quite
a quantity of gold dust chiefly belonging to
passengers and the mails from California. up
10 1st December, from Panama Both Of De-
cember, and Chagres LIST January.
Among the passengers in the Falcon are
the Hon. Vanhugh Livingston, Y. ). ex-
Minister to Ecuador, and family; Vanhugh
Livingston, Jr., bearer of dispatches; and
T. F. Wilkins, a celebrated artist. MIR. w
has taken sketches of the route from the
Mississippi river to California, known as the
South Pass (Fremont's road)-California
Gold Mines, and Life in California. He soon
intends to bring the sketches before the pub
lie in the shape of a magnificent Panorama.
The schoonar Sarah A. Smith, of Belfast
Iarrived at Chagres on the Both ult.. with pas
lsengers from the steamer Crescent City.
The dry season has now set in, which rem
ders the Isthmus more comfortable TO people
crossing it.
1t is quite healthy at Chagres.
About 900 emigrants are on the Isthmus
awaiting transportation to the Ell Dorado
but as the wet season has set in there, large
number of them are taking sail vessels at
Panama, so as not to arrive at San Francisco
before the wet season is closed.
The ships Norman, Charleston, Kingston
and Corbiere are advertised to sail soon from
Panama.
The U. S. storeship Southampton, Lieut..
Handy, commanding, anchored off Panama
on the 29th December. Officers and crew all
well.
DR.. Cullen informs the editors of the Pan
anna Echo that be left Panama on the Goth
Iult. for the province of Darien, in the portion
Of which inhabited by the aboriginal tribes
he intends to make extensive explorations
and where he expects to be successful in the
discovery of rich mining regions Judge
Shattuck, of Mississippi, accompanies the
doctor.
The English steamship Peru arrived at
Panama on the 22d ult. bringing thirty pas
sengers and $750000 in specie She sailed
again on the 9th with quite crowd of dis
tnguished passengers. For Valparaiso are
bound the Hon. Bale Peyton American
Envoy to Chill and daughter; Messrs. Bright
and Friedrich For GuayaquIl, NJ. De Man
vile, French Minister to Ecuador, and the
Spanish Charge TO the same port. For i}ue-
naventara, N. G., Gen. Mesquera and Gen.
Herran, both ex-Presidents Of New Granada
Gen. H. thence proceeds to Bogota, and Gen
M. to Popayan his native province
The steamship Unicorn. Capt. Porter, arriv-
ed al Panama ON the 29th uit. from San
Francisco, which port she left on the Isl
December She brought 100 passengers
and large freight in gold dust, at leas
$780, 900.
The Falcon did not touch at Havana, owing
to the late arrival Of the Unicorn at Panama
and consequent delay of the Falcon at Cha
gres.
PAssENGEEs.-C F Curtis, J St Clair, N
st Clair, w Aston, G II Silders, J Paxter
J Miller. o Murray. MIR. Livingston anC
family. E P Barnard, lady and children. Mr.
Pankwood and family, MIR. LODI, E D Sortel
lie, G Trusdale, Mr.. Hocomb, J G Wingard
J F Thursby A II Wood, E McAlister G
H Bloom, w L Hays ] G Hays, c Hays, P
Gentry, C Adams, d G Buchanan, A Nj Blu
chanan C Maitz, Miles c Cross VIM Nc
Cobb, w Longstreet, G L SWEET, L Algio,
w d HiIlyer, J Mccain, H Winters, Mr..
Holcomb, A Frisbee, M Clark, J Walker,
II Tangeman, A Dexter, E T Parkwood
G Hays, A Cowen, w H Can, G Gordon B
Cowdrey, Sturtevant, w t Hoyet, H Glas-
cock. E Newsmaster, NJ C w Wells, P Drom-
goole, C Mcclure, G w Reynolds, D Too
mey, L l. Whiting M N Fox B Dyer, il
Wilkins, J M Wagner, F Smith, D S Glass,
G G Fisher, J Miller, L Rodgers, A t Morse,
I p Thomas, d Maurice, H Taylor, E Thorn
as, B Ryant, NJ Garrett. NJ Peploe, Convey,
w Wills. H B Spooner, Jennings, F Fabre
Williams, Morse, d G lady; G Forester,
l. Friam, Wedge, J Hall, N Ogders, S
Guthert, Mr.. Lindey, J Jones, A Miller, F
Emo, M Stephenson, Smith, S V Mande-
vile, Mr.. Clark, Mr.. Conway, J Mckinney,
y Nevergold, Mr.. Dewitt.
The Election.
The full returns of the election had not
been received at San Francisco up to the 1st
December, nothing having been heard from
the four lower districts-San Luis Obispo,
Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and San Diego.
1t was believed that those districts would
not vary the result given below.
For Go~ernor-Peter H. Burnett $685.;
Vim. S. Sherwood 2i29; John A. Sutter
2183; J. w. Geary 1850; w. M. Steuart
$40
For Lit. GoreJmor-John McDugal 667f;
R. Roman 1898; John B. Frisbie 1901; f. j..
Lippitt 694; A. M. Winn 831; De la Guerra
l29..
For congress-Geo. w. Wright AIS;
Edward Gilbert 1923; Rodman NJ. Price 3485;
L. Dent 1917; P. A. Morse 1910; E. J.C.
Kewen 1926; w. M. Shepard 1885; w. E.
Shannon 1899; Pet Halsted 1897.
The COnStitution-For Constitution 993S.
against Constitution $50; blanks 1910.
Latest from the Placer.
from the Alta California, Dec IL
The early severity of the winter has with
out doubt defeated the plans of many of the
miners, and may prove disastrous if followed
up by another visitation of incement wealth |