Washington telegraph., 1851-02-19

LATE yRox CALIroRNIA-By the arrival last
evening Of the u. S. mail steamship PatiHt; Capt.
Jarvis, from Chagres. we have San Francisco
dates to the lst ult The Pacific left Chagfps on
the 25th, and came direct, without touching al
Havana. she arrived at her wharf at III O'Clock,
=. NJ , and brought 252 California passengers
All that we see Of elections is the result of that
in Sacramento CITY, on the l4th of December,
for Mayor and Councilman horace Smith was
elected Mayor and ]. A. Cogsweil to the Coun-
Gil, Lise to the LegsIature-all Wings
Col. Fremont has published in some of the San
Francisco papers an address TO the people ot Caii-
ilornia, in which he tries 10 render his course IN
the u s Senate acceptable. The address is de-
voted entirely to the proposed law regulating the
mines and settling land claims in California.
| The manifesto does not appear TO meet with
much favor.
In relation to the election for u s Senator, the
San Francisco Herald gives table OF the strength
Of the respective political parties in the Legsia-
ture. In the Senate there are nine Democrats,
! six Wings, ard one doubtful In the Assembly
| sixteen Democrats, eighteen Wings, one Inde-
| pendent, and one doubtful The six members
| from Toulumue and Marpnss will not couhne
themselves to party candidates for Senator, they
not having been elected on tarty grounds.
| The wings Of the upper districts, Sacramento
/ City included name VI m Grove Deal, formerly
a member Of the Assembly from Sacramento
county, as their candidate for Senator.
The accounts from the mines in regard to the
success Of the miners very encouraging.
| change of the Stat. capital from Sau Jose to
San francisco is much moote,l. r
Assaults and robberes matters OF nightly
occurrence in San Francisco. The list Of mar-
ders; &c is a formidable one. On the 2oth o
December, old man named Toy, about sixty
years Of age, aud leaving wife and child, was
! found murdered 10 the streets Of San Francisco
| Near San Jose, the raucho Of Mr.. Digby
Smith, from Burlington N J. was burned down
and himself and partner aud stranger found
murdered, shot through the head.
The cholera is not much spoken Of
Forty Of Captain Freucs company reached
Sap Diego, on the Pacific, after journey of sew
| en- months across Mexico. in which they suffe roc
horribly BY hunger, thirst and toll. There thirty
| FIVE of them took passage in brig for San Fran
| cisco, which they reached in twenty one days
having divided out the last provisions and water
| on borr0, their arrival.
In a fight which French and number Of his
par,izans had with the rest OF the company al
Corolitas, in Mexico, Mr.. Wright and Mr.. Mel.
| son killed, Nh Cooper bad thigh broken
! and Mr. Homrs both arms broken French hao
his right arm shattered and was shot in the side
supposed moraIIy
Gambling is stated 10 be greatly on the decline
| in California. Provisions everywhere are low.
The Custom House al Monterey was entered
| by number Of persons whilst the collector, MI
Randall, absent, and ss27 900, part the col
Iector's property and part Government money,
| stolen. Several Of the thieves were caught, and
the whole sum, it is expected, will he recovered.
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