The New York herald., 1851-11-02
ARRIVAL OF THE CHEROKEE.
SEVENTEEN DAYS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA
Ele ction Of Democratic Governor.
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The Whole Democratic Ticket
Elected.
aNTELLIGENCE FROM MINES.
TROUBLE WITH THE INDIANS.
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Dy the arrival Of the steamship Cherokee, Captain
VXinde, from Chsgres, have seventeen days later
intelligence from California The Oregon, ct Panama
from San Francisco has upwal ds of two millions of gold
dust on freight
Advoes by this arrival relative to mining operations
are Of the most favorable character Several Of the
quartz mining companies have mat with extraordinary
success in their operations and the yield is not only
likely to be steady and uniform but unusually large
The G. the steamship Ohio going into Chagres on
The day of her departure
We regret to hear, by this arrival. of tas death of
Captain D. q Bailey, Of the steamship Pacific at San
Juan del Sud lie was formerly commander of the
Liverpool pack. ships Orpheus and Yorkshire oat of
this port Previous TO his taking of the Paci
nc, he was in the Pacific mail steamship Panama lie
was very popular with the profession and bis
will be deeply rsgretted by large circle Of friends
KIt appears that the democratic party have been ON
pletey successful in the State election Cafor
mia By the reports received by former arrival
supposed by many that the whg candidate for Governor
Reading was elected but the returns incomplete
and deceptive and the msorties in most Of the counties
then to be heard FROM have in for the democratic
candidates The following Is from tae San Francisco
Herald, Of Goth September
The returns ON nearly all the counties in the State
have at last been received and footed up They show
mAorties all the candidates the democratic ticket
ranging from thousand and fifty i've thou.
sano seven hunueu ana ufy nve Johu Bger Is elected
Governor BY about fifteen hundred majority. messrs.
Marshall and McCsrke elected to Congress by heavy
msjorities Major Roman leads his ticket having al
ready four thousand handrsd aud fifty FIVE m,io
rty over his whig competitor he gets q majority in
every county in the State San Francisco The
returns from the counties yet to be heard from will in
the democratic maorties about four hundred It
will be that excluding the vote for Governor nearly
every county in the State gives aory for the demo
cratic ticket The Legislature is strongly democratic in
both branches. The whole vote posd in the State is
about forty five thousand In the cid settled States this
would indicate population Of about three hundred
thousand but here the rule will not apply. 1t Is uu.
questionabiy a very slim vote. Conidering that our
population varously estimated az from hundred to
two hundred and fifty thousand, is composed in great
Of male adults full vote would have been up
wards OF one hundred thousand very large proportion
of the babsnt however foreigners entitled
vote. In San Francisco, for instance this proportion Is
quite third and estimate It high onehalf
But acan glance the California for long
time TO come must poll small vote in prop ortion her
population The very nature Of the country with sparse
settlements scattered immense extent territory
and the occupations In which the majority Of the people
engaged prevent a very full at the pciis
The present vcts T. ereore forms data upon which
found an estim ate Of the population
The following is the aggregate vote on :hs State ticket