Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-02-09
ONE WEEK LATER FROM CALIFORNIA
Arrival of the North Star.
Opening Of the Panama Railrcad-Senato'
rial Caucuses-The Markets, &c.

The steamer North Star arrived at New York
yesterday afternoon with 81, $50, 900 in gold,
ono weeks later news from California and tho
Sandwich Islands. We take the following
summary from files brought by this arrival:
FROM THE ISTHMUS.
The Panama Railroad is at length COM
pleted. On the 18th ult, the train passed over
the road from Aspinwall to Panama for the
first time its arrival in Panama caused great
excitement among the native population, who
had never before seen that great triumph of
human ingenuity, . Locomotive" Thus il
will be seen that the connecting link between
the Atlantic and the Pacific Is formed, and
makes trip to the North or South Pacific de-
sirable, need not fear the loss of health, for
merly incidental to the exposure necessary in
the transit ,ross the Isthmus, which will
.henceforth occupy four hours in comfortable
cars protected entirely from the weather.
The P. M. s. Co., intend keeping one of their
fine steamers at Panama ready coaled, await
ing the arrival Of the passengers from the At
lantic States; on their arrival in Panama
they will leave the cars and 60 Immediately
on board ship, thus avoiding all detention.
The passengers that went out, and also those
that came home passed over the road in the
cars, and there has not been q single case of
sickness among them.
THE UNITED STATES SENATORSHIP.
Col. P. L. Edwards of San Francisco is the
Wing candidate for United States Senator.
The election would take place on Wednesday,
the 18th Of January.
THE GWIN CAUCUS.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. Is, IL p. MA caucus of
DR.. OWNS party was held tonight. Forty
five members were in attendance, six of whom
left during the proceeding
Mr. French made motion that no one
should be considered bound by the actien of
the caucus until ffty-seven members, major
ity of the joint convention, should agree to
abide by it, and that then a majority of the
fifty-seyen should have the power of making q
nomination to be supported by all.
After considerable discussion, this was voted
down, and Mr. Mckinney moved that ifthirty
votes were cast for any one man, he should be
considered to be nominated.
Before this motion was finally disposed Of,
the caucus at 104 o'clock, adjourned until
Tuesday evening, at It O'Clock.
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
The Broderick party met at Jones' Hotel,
bers met in Assembly Chambers. A resolu-
ton was discussed making thirty-six votes re-
quisite for a nomination. Adjourned until
to morrow night
IMPORTANT FROM ACAPULCO.
A part of Santa Auna's army, 2, 200 in mum
Der, had deserted, and gone over to General
Alvares, q portion of them, with some Of their
officers, reached Acapulco 23d January, tho
remainder were daily expected.
GREAT EXCITEMENT AT LOS Angeles!
Great excitement at Los Angeles, growing
out of q stay of execution of two murderers
Brown and Alvitre. The mob, five thousand
strong, brohR into the prison, to bring the
criminals to tho gallows. Our la accounts
leave off, without giving US the deuouensent.
LATER FROM SANDWICH ISLANDS.
BY the arrival of the schooner Restless,
Captain Brown, in twelve days from Honolulu,
we are put in possession Of Sandwich Island
dates to the 23d December, eight days later
| than those brought by the MoseIie.
NAvAL.-The United States ship ST. Mary's,
the British ship Trincomalee, and the French
ship Eurydice, at Honolulu. Dec.
REVIEW OF SAN FRANCISCO MARKET.
Since the sailing of the last steamer, ths
general market has remained in the same state
of quietude. Remittance from above have
come forward moro freely than in December,
but there has been none Of that influx of ooun-
try buyers which had been so confidently an
| ticipated. Business in all tho week closing
has been dull, and sales Of the most leading
| which the stocks are moderate and the mos t
confidence felt
The arrivals have been moderate, compris-
ing only the Hornet, from Philadelphia, and
the Flying Fish, from Boston, with assorted
cargoes, and the Raven, from New York, via
Rio Jsneiro, with coal and coffee. A number
of invoices, received by the two first named
vessels, had been sold prior to their ar rival,
| at rates, in many instances, in advance of those
| current as we write
The advices received from the Atlantic coast
by the three steamers relative to the revival
of the shipping mania to California, which
produced such disastrous results in 1854, are
regarded with any thing but feelings Of salts
faction by our merchants here.
We look now upon glutted market next
summer RS disagreeable but inevitable GER
| tainty, and as a natural consequence the
ruling Of ruinOusly low prices, which we
should not regret 80 much if they bankruptel