The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-05-22
From the New orfean, Delta. 18th
Later from California.
ARRIVAL OF The PROMETHEUS
Gen. Muno4 DECLARED Dictator.

arrived at San Juan May 9th; next day her
passengers. with those from New York. Csc
In ally left for the Pacific, via river and lake
in the Company's ;usgniscent new light
draupht river steamers. On the night Of the
9th, having received the returning Csliior-
mans from the Sierra Nevada. the Promethe-
% left San Juan for New Orleans and the
Northern Light for New York with 500 pas
sengers, and 100000 on freight. The
Isthmus continues healthy and the river - IN
excellent order. The Prometheus arrived at
the Balize in days 30 hours from San Juan.
Below is list of her passengers:
Judge w 8 Lee and lady, Col Jackson,
lady, and infant, Miss Wright, 8 Little and
lady, DR. Muse and four Indian boys, Capt H
H Csuty and lady. Prof 1, Haas. Col e p
Marsh, A B Alney, ] Saunders, F Walker
and daughter, H A Smith. J Hoge. Col A N
Coleman, T Rowland, r Ssiesbory, ]
Dennings. J E Park, H Hudson. w Hudson,
J B RigselI, G Burton, J Harrington, E
Fitzsimmons. Day, H Neuberry, F J.biIin,
L d Spisor, Houston, Frank, w Moore,
] B Leatherbury, Henry Gurley, s Kend, 8
w Mclaughlin, Kirk, Margrave, L D
Kirk, M Mckenzie, w Andrews C G. B
Sibbs, J B Roach. F A Parrish, VIM Temp
son, Martha Brown and others in steerage.
The civil war 10 the interior has received
q new impulse in the accession of General
Munoz to the revolutionary party. He has
set aside Castillon, and other leaders OF that
party, and has made himself supreme Dicta-
tor. He 10 in possession of large force in
and about Leon, and IL soon expected to lay
siege to the Government party again in the
city Of Granada.
The copper mines lately opened In Costa
Rica, turns out to be very rich. Bars Of
gold are now in circulation in Central Amer
lea. n. B. d. steamship Clyde, left Grey.
town, May 9Th. No other large vessels in
port.
The news from Caliioruia by this convey
nnce 10 but FIVE days later thau we had pre-
viously received. We ind little to copy
There is no probability that there will be
any further attempt made to elect Q United
States Senator. The Sacramento cores
pendent of the San Francisco Times argues
that DR.. Gwin Is already conetitu,ionsIlv
elected--ihst he was elected Senator on the
| first ballot that took place ia the Joint Con-
vention Of the two Houses Of the Legisla.
tpre, in January last. On that ballot he
received iorty.twO votes, and Mr.. Edwards,
the next highest candidate, thirty.six. which
gave Gwin plurality of six votes. The 38th
section Of the 4,h article Of the Constitution
/ of the State of California declares. that ain
all elections by the Legislature, the members
thereof shall vote viva voce. and the votes
shall be entered OF the journal. Section 30
| in article IL declares, that ga plurality Of
votes given at any election, shall constitute
choice, where not otherwise directed in this
Constitution" Under these clauses Of the
Constitution il is commended DR.. Gwin is
clearly elected United States Senator. The
same writer says that DR.. Gwin will, under
these circumstances. present himself at the
bar Of the United States Senate, at the COM
mencement of the next session, to take his
seat.
Mr.. Theodore Bahnsen Of the firm of Cor.
res e. Bahnsen. Of San Francisco, laboring
under aberrsticn of mind produced by com.
mercial endorsements, committed suicide
on the 23d ult. by blowing his brains out
with Colts revolver. He was q native Of
Denmark, Of about &c years Of age.
The Balaklavs claim near Columbia II pay.
| ing eight ounces per day. There are Jumps
taken out weighing from two to seven
ounces.
A writer in the Oriental calls on the State
to contribute to the relief OF the sick Chinese.
as they are refused admission to the San
Francisco Hospital. He says that tho Chi
nese in the State amount to about $1,000
and about IL, 900 have gone back; there must
then have been paid into the treasury of Cali
fornia, about two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars of hospital money.