Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-10-13
Two Weeks Later from Cali
fornia.

,sTrw Yoxx.o OCT. 81
The steamship Nor,hern Ii III, from San
Juan, Nicaragts, arrived here \ I0o'clock
this evening, with ss4 passengers, and
S96O,000 In specie. She connected with
the Sierra Nevada, which left San Francisco
Sent. Is.
The State election in California was held
Sept. 6. J. w. Denbcr and r. +. Herbert,
Anti Brodcrick" democrats, were elected
TO Congress. In all but six counties the
Anti Broderick ticket had $1,000 votes, the
Wings $1,000, and the Brcdarick ticket
5000. In the Legislature there are twenty
SIX Democratic, and six WING senators and
IN the Assembly forty five Democrats and
ihirty-6ve Wings. sea, ai.t .-a
Il is doubted that the democrats will be
able TO unite upon candidate for the U. 8.
Senate. % ~ iiiU hne s1s H
In San Francisco the Know Nothings car
RED everything before them. They elected
their candidate for Mayor, s. z. Webb,
formerly mayor Of Salem, Mass, by over
$40 plurality. On ticket of27 names, the
Know No,hngs selected 20 OF the nominees
Of the Wing and Anti -Broderck Conven-
lions, and we're Know Nothing nominees
only. They elected every man, some Of
them by 1910 majority. The Know Moth
ing vote was 45U0 out Of about 6000 IN the
whole city. The new Common Council is
composed Of twelve Wings and four Demo.
Gratis N Hr.F -ii
I. The news from the mines continues TO be
of avery encouraging description, and the
interior papers talk as If the miners in the
different localities were averaging gains. -
In the southern mines the season u represent
elias being the most favorable for river and
bar digging that had perhaps ever been
known there,
From sea the chief cmigrants have been
Chinese. Every ten days or so somew here
between 500 and 1000 of these people arrive
at San Francisco. The late clamor agains.
he race has almost died away in the CITY,
In the interior, however, II is still OCCASION
ally heard pretty loudly. The people Of the
different counties are continually quarrelling
among themselves. and in different parts OF
toe State have recently had several pitched
battles, IN which number of CONTESTANTS
were slain.
Moro Indian massAcres were reported
among the overland immi grants for Oregon.
.tt,cs from kansas.--A gentleman who
has Just arrived in Boston from Kansus. in
forms the Journal that he met the last party
of ernigranis sent out by the Massachusetts
urday last They were all well and in good
spirits. The Slavery extensonis,s Of Mis-
souri, have modified their tone in relation to
the emigration. They are none the less de-
terInined to establish slavery, but are more
qdict md insidious in their movements. He
saw the author ct tho iamo,s resolutions
passed BY the Western hre-caiers, very
nnld and inofiensive hooking gentleman, W no
said be had been agreeably surprised at the
character Of the emigration, aud seemed To
THINK the terests Of the territory would moi
suffer irou the present movement Of popula
ton The Impression Of the gentleman j:
that there will be severe struggle before
slavery can be excluded from Kansas. The
cxtanslonIss are working earnestly, and II
IS thought that when the struggle comes al
the polls they will summon to their aid q
cohort OF temporary squatters from the Mis-
SCUM side of the river. The first and socont
companies of Kansas omgrants have unitct
their interests and formed an association fol
mutual protection and government. Then
form of government is somewhat novel, bu
- truly republican.