--The Pony Express, from
San Francisco on the 24th ult., brings further
California advices.
The Pony Express, carrying the result of the
Pennsylvania election, arrived at
San Francisco 22d.
The news was received by telegraph on the 21st.
It produced a marked sensation in political circles, rendering the Republicans exceedingly jubilant, whilst the friends of the other candidates despair.
The Republicans are now putting forth great efforts to carry the
State.
A bet was made yesterday of $2,000 to $3,000 that
Lincoln would carry
California, and another of $3,000 against $3,000 that
Lincoln will get more votes than
Breckinridge.
Senator Baker, from
Oregon, has been greeted with immense crowds since entering upon campaign duty in this State.
A new canvass of the probable condition of the next Legislature elicits the fact that seventeen
Senators hold over from last year, and will be members of the next Senate.
Of these, eleven support
Douglas, four
Breckinridge and two
Lincoln.
It is thought impossible for
Senator Gwin to secure enough new members to the Legislature, under these circumstances, to gain even a reasonable chance of re-election.
Lieut. Col. B. L. Hall, of the First Dragoons,
U. S. A., has arrived in
San Francisco, and has assumed command of the
California division in place of
Gen. Clark, deceased.
There was quite an extensive fire in the village of
Oakland, on the opposite side of the bay from
San Francisco last evening, destroying an entire square of wooden buildings.
The loss is heavy, but its amount has not been ascertained.
An effort was making at
Los Angeles to push forward the telegraph on the Butter field route, from that place to the
Colorado, one party having subscribed $10,000 for the purpose.-- This was before news was received of the intention of the
Eastern companies to build their lines to
California by the
Central or
Salt Lake route.
Accounts from Washoe state that a new tunnel eleven hundred feet long had been completed, striking the Comstock lead two hundred feet below the surface, at which depth the are taken yields $1,200 per ton. This is an important test of the extent of the lead, and holders of shares in the upper
Mexican, Central and other claims on that lead are much elated.
