Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-10-08
LATEST NEWS
BY LAST EVENINGS MAILS.
THE LATE CALIFORNIA NEWS.

The LATE CALIFORNIA NEWS.
As already announced, the steamer Ohio, from
Chagres, arrived at New York Monday morning with
the mails from the Pacific. She likewise brought $50
passengers and 81 100000 in gold.
We have little to add to the summary of events on
the Pacific, published yesterday
The late election in California seems to have alb
sorbed everything else. Imperfect returns from the
counties of San Francisco, Sacramento, Yoly, Neva
da, Ell Dorado, Solano, Marin, Tuolumne, San Joa-
quin Calaveras and Santa Clara give Pearse b. Rea-
ding, [Whigl majority John Bigler (Dem. ] of
about 1000, and the balance of the State ticket from
800 to 500. The counties of Men ocino, Napa, Kla-
math, Trinity, Shasta, Los Angeles, San Luis Obspo
Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz, will give Reading at
least 5000 majority. This puts his election beyond
the possibility of doubt; and the same vote will
elect the most of the State ticket The Democrats
have probably carried the legislature though the whole
is in confusion, and it is impossible to conjecture
what the result is Both parties claim the ascendant
cv, though even in San Francisco it not known
on the sailing of the Pacific, which party had been
successful for the municipal Offices in that city
A PASSENGER by the Steamship Prometheus states
that on the 10Th of September there serious
difficulty at San Juan del Sud 1t appears that an
American named MclIane had been travelling down
the coast from Monterey, endeavouring to get up a
revolution. At San Juan del Sud house where he
was supposed to be harbored was fired into by de
tachment of soldiers and two men killed. Suisse
quently McLane was taken on shIpboard, but at the
intercession of the North Americas passengers, was
liberated the next day, (he 10th utimo) and went off
in that steamer to San Francisco having Fl r. made a
solemn promise not to return to Central America.
The steamship Ohio met the Norherner in the port
of San Diego, bound for San Francisco. A num-
Der of the passengers had mutned and enGeavored to
take control of the vessel, but they speedily put
in irons.
f~rhe Isthmus of Panama infested with robbers,
and many passengers had lost every thing. gang
of ourtee bandits attacked the gold ran but the
ney subsequently, recovered and two OF the rob-
bers captured.
Late advces from Chill state that but $4,000 of the
100000 loan asked by the government had been ta-
ken at per cent which is the legal OF interest in
Chill. shock OF an earthquake had been felt at Con-
cepon.
Jamaica news possesses little ia terest Flour is
scarce and the demand limited.
The dates from Oregon by he arrival to the 2lsi
August:
The weather in Oregon has been very pleasant Our
aivices from the Rogue River country represent the
Indians as quiet and friendly. Strong hopes
tanned that no more difficulties will take place in
that region. Dr. Darte the Superintendent of Indian
Affairs, goes down the Sea Gull her next trip TO
pur chase their lands
The DEATH OF Mrs. GAINEs.-It appears from the
detailed counts OF the news from Oregon by the FRO
metheus that Mrs Gaines, whose death we have AREA
dy noticed, was killed by being thrown from her morse
and run over by team. The Governor had Just
been year in the territory, and had lost two daugh-
his passage out by the yellow fever whose ho-
dies were buried on the bleak shores OF Brazil.