The Van Buren press., 1859-09-30
Latest News from California.
WHOLE DEMOCRATIC STATE
TICKET ELECTED.
By Overland Mail.

The Mail which lett San Francisco on
the 5th inst, reached here Thursday morn
ing last, being less than nineteen days out.
By this. arrival we have San Francisco
dates to the 5th inst inclusive news gene
rally unimportant The Republicans and
have fused on q Con-
gressional ticket. and would support Baker
and McKibb n for Congress at the State
election, which was held on the 7th inst.
Horace Greeley left San Francisco on the
5th instant.
The mail which left San Francisco on
the 9th inst, arrived here yesterday morn
ing-less than nineteen days out. by this
arrival we have dates to the 9th inst. Suffi-
cient election news had been received at
San Francisco to render it certain that the
entire Democratic ticket has been elected in
California. The following ip relation to
the election is from the San Francisco
Times of the 9th inst. The Times is a
Black Republican sheet, and gives it up as
in the extract below
The Election.
We are forced to the conclusion that the
Republican candidate for Governor, Leland
Stanford, is not elected. Further returns
from the interior may vary the result some
what, vet our candid opinion is that Latham
is elected by small majority of perhaps
say fifteen or twenty thousand. We do n OF
think this majority will be overcome by the
returns to come in from the remote pre-
cincts. But we hope for the best.
Our candidates for Congress, we fear are
also defeated. They made good run. how
ever, and probably received the votes OF
many Democrats who voted for Latham.
The returns come in so slowly, however,
that we can judge little what the majority
will be against them. 1t is estimated that
it will be from three to five thousand. If
it does not succeed the latter, it can easily
be overcome in the Presidential campaign
Indeed, it would have been this time, had
the canvass continued another month.
The rest of the Democratic ticket is cleo
ted by large majorities. Mr. Latham leads
the ticket, probably by several thousands
His success has astOnished his friends
Such Struggling retnrns as have come in
from the country we give in another col
umn. But we are in no particular hurry
about publishing such, for the more of them
we get, the more are we confirmed in the
opinion that Stanford is not elected Ii
anybody thinks he is, he can get lively
bet" taken at this office
We have not space for full details of the
news of this arrival, but append few
items =
Carson Cry, September 8, 1s59-The
Salt Lake stages passed here at p. NJ,
bringing five passengers and no papers OF
mail to this place. The Indiads, led on by
Mormons, are becoming troublesome at dit.
terent places along the line. Last Sunday
fifty miles above Gravelly Ford. they killed
an emigrant named Watson, and wounded
another, name unkownr They were walk
ing short distance behind the train. We
are informed by a passenger for Salt Lake.
that company of troops were sent out
from Camp Floyd to punish the Indians for
the late massacre of emigrants. They had
an engagement with them, killing twenty
| Indians and several horses. Five or six
OF the soldiers being badly wounded, two
companies, more have been sent to their as.
sistance. y station is being erected on
Bear Island.-San Francisco Herald, Sept
/ An.
HoRRID MURDER on THE OvERLA ND ROUTE
We find the following in the Visalia Rec.
ord Extra
The following was communicated to us
by an cid and reliable friend resident in the
vicinity
FonT YuMA. August 20, 1s59.-Editor
Tulare Record-The overland mail station
known as Mohawk, was attacked on last
Saturday. at 4 P. NJ, by two Mexicans
The station keeper, Mr.. Phelps was left 70,
dead. Six stage horses We're stolen. Mr.
Phelps, believe, is a native of New York.
1t is thought he cannot survive. as he has
not spoken since he was found
SANTIAGO.
P. S.-They attacked him when he was
reading newspaper with the butt of thei,
pistols. / understand that his skull is
broken. The doctor from Fort Yuma lef,
last evening to see him.-Times, Sept. 9th