The daily union., 1855-10-16
TWO WEEKS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.

BY the arrival of the steamer Northern Light at New
York from San Juan have received full files Of San
Francisco papers to the Goth utmo
Col Kinney has resigned the Povernoshp OF San Juan,
and another meeting has been called the English consul
having ASSURED him that the English government would
recognise him if reelected.
Col Walker is still at San Juan del Sur, recruiting
from the passengers He has fought battles since tie
last date from Nicaragua.
The schooner G. E. Foote which arrived at San Fran
cisco on the nth September she first vessel that has
brought cargo direct from Japan to the United States
Her cargo consisted of rice and japanese ware.
The Dillon difficulty had been at length terminated.
The first French vesseofwar that enters San Francisco
harbor saluted instead Of Mr.. Dlons consular
Hag-and thus the matter ends.
CALIFORNIA srATH ELECTION.
The San Francisco Chronicle thus up the result Of
the election in California;
"Tbe great subject of interest during the last fortnight
has been the result of the election for State and county
officers held on the 5th inst. The whole know nothing
State ticket elected though r. NJ Anderson democratic
candidate for lieutenant governor and Hugh G. Murray
democratic candidate for supreme justice have succeeded
by small maorities The other candidates have from 5000
to 5000 majority. The State officers elect
GOVERNOR. Needy Johnson Lieut. governor-R. NJ
Anderson. Justice supreme court Qong term) Hugh g
Murray. Justice supreme court short tcrnl David >
Terry. Comptroller, George W. Whitman Treasurer
Henry Bates Attorney, William @ WALLACE. Surveyor
John A. Brewster. State prin,er--James Allen
The know-nothings have majority of / or Q in the
Senate, and about 20 i'll the assembly.
The administration goes into Office New Years
day. Nearly all the mining counties particularly those in
the north went for Johnson. San Francisco and the south
coast counties OF Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San
Diego, and San Bernardino (Mormondom) went for Big
lsr
The total number of cast in San Francisco
l2,724
"A vote upon the prohibtory-liquor law taken at
tho election but the returns not In yet The vote was
light and was nearly equally divided. So far as heard
from the majority is against the law The election passed
oil as peaceably days generally do in California.
FRreHrFuL OF THE CHOLERA ON
PAcTIc srEAMsnr--We copy the following from the
San Francisco Times and Transcript
Con the 18th September the Nicaragua steamer Uncle
Sam arrived ut the wharf at the foot OF jackson street
Soon after her arrival circulated that the
cholera had ragged board of the boat fearful extent
We have endeavored gather authentic particulars
gard to the matter Thus far efforts have not been
successful could wish The captain reports the
customhouse, the deaths o3 adults children and
men--raakng l20 in all. We can find passenger who
does not insist that at least two hundred persled and
some appear confident that the number much larger
The law requires the captain to report the number dying
on his vessel but those dying in port included in
the number and this may in measure account for the
discrepancy.
After arriving Mt the wharf twenty patients were
taken to the Stale Marine Hospital Of whom is thought
not moro than one third will survive Many of the pasen
gers set the number of the deceased high $50 but
this Is, doubt exaggeraton
Among the incidents board We hear Of ono case Of
apparent hardshp young lady by the of Mrs
Honora White, whose husband resides San Josc
taken sick OF fever few days before the arrived
at this port she died before the arrival of
steamer at the wharf Against oil the Of her
friends, the remains Of the unfortunate lady taken
from her state-room and plunged into the
Much OF the sickness board is attributed to the inn
prudence or tue passengers many OF whom crossed the
sthmus foot and INDUCED freely in eating drink
ing on the Pacific side large number of passengers
were compelled to walk the Is,hmus owing TO the
pohhcal troubles in that vicinity which had caused the
natives to remove their mules The passage was of
the most uncomfortable
on the Pacific side which added the horrors Of the
voyage. The deaths were generally very sudden
surviving over from two to six hours from the time they
were attacked. The panic board was dreadful wives
abandoned their husbands, and husbands their wives,
while both abandoned the children. The passengers
were allowed by the company three dollars each
ing the lshmus foot One Young man who was cabin
passenger, while uerceding for friend in the seersge
was suddenly taken with vomiting and died in hours
geon OF Dr. Moses Of the army Messrs b. r. Moses M D