The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-10-18
LATEST FROM CALIFORNIA;
Arrival OF the Star Of. the West.
FULL PARTICULARS OF HER NEWS.
Election OF Gsvcrner BIx,er.

The steamship Star of the West, Captain
=. l.. Tinklepaugh, arrived Oh Sunday after.
moon, in seven days and twenty.oue hours
from San Juan, having on board SO passen.
gers and $Sl6,670 in gold dust, and bringing
dates from San Francisco 10 he 10th Of Sep
TENDER, which were brought down on the Pa.
ci6c side by the steamship Cories.
The ELEcTIoN.-John Bigler has been re.
elected Governor of the State by a majority,
over Waldo, the Wing candidate. 662. The
Democratic ticket generally had received q
fair majority.
The revised charter Of San Fra nciscc.
which was drawnup some slime since by u
special convention, was submitted to the peo.
pie at the late election, and rejected.
The Council of San Francisco passed an
ordinance authorizing twelve years loan of
100000. with seven per cent. interest, pay
able semi.annna'ly in New York-the o-di-
nance to be approved by The people. The
ordinance provides that of this loan 100000
shall be applied to building City Hospital
100000 to building school houses, and
$4,000 to building engine houses
balance to the liquidation of the floating
debt. The ordinance was approved at the
election by large majority although the
vote was small.
KIT CARSON reached Costumes river, near
Taylor's Ranch, on Friday, with 500 head
OF sheep. The remainder OF his her., 1000
would be in in few days. He had sold his
sheep for $4,000, cash.
The pris oner taken,by Loves Rangers, at
the time Of the death of Joaquin, was placed
in Jail ut Martinez, for safe keeping. On
Friday morning The jsilor found his prison
empty, and The body Of the prisoner hanging
to the limb of a neighboring tree. This act
is supposed to have been committed bv Mex
! leans, who were fearful that he was about to
make important disclosures in relation to the
various bands OF horse thieves who are now
committing depredations in different parts oi
the state.
|, Lieut.. Beale, United States Indian Com.
missioner. and party arrived ut Los Angeles
Oh the s3d of August, from the plains and
mountains, all in god health. Lieut.. B. i'm.
medately proceeded to Tulaie valley, on bu
, siness of bis department.
r The mining interests continued in pros.
, porous condition, and the operation Of impro,
; ed machinery, and by the application Of sci.
= ence to the working of the Wines, must con
D tinue to progress Tor years to come. Thu
: working Of auriferous earth obtained by sink
f ing shafts and drifting is tn most profitable
: branch Of mining now pursued. Fluminl
!, enterprises are numerous, extensive and pro
fitable.
d At Butlersville, a new town, ten mile,
from Crescent City, there are some forty O
# fifty miners at work, .wl.o are making from
! sixty to.seventy dollars per day, and the div
n gings are supposed to be very extensive =
: Nearly all the population have left Crescen
: City to prospect the new diggings, and thu
h accounts they bring are flattering.
. Gold is found under the buildings at Pla
n cerville in large quantities.
8 The silver mines of Arizona, in Sonors
j; the same about which Roussstt de Boulbo,
i had difficulty with the Mexican authoritie