California politics
--The State Gone for Lincoln.--The Pony Express, from San Francisco on the evening of Nov. 10th, has arrived at St. Josephs. The steamer Sonora sailed on the morning of that day for Panama, with $820,000 and 304 passengers for New York.--The following political intelligence is received by this arrival:It is believed the total vote of the State at the recent election will not vary far from 115,000. Of the votes already counted (105,868,) Lincoln has 35,036; Douglas, 38,836; Breckinridge, 29,424; Bell, 6,942. Lincoln's majority over Douglas, 1,150. These returns are all received by telegraph from more than one hundred different dispatches, and mistakes have probably occurred.
The official count will be required to determine the result. The contest is between Lincoln and Douglas, with the chances in favor of the former. As near as can be ascertained, the Legislature stands as follows:
Senate — Douglas (Democrat,) 9, Breckinridge (Democrat,) 5; Republicans 4 House --Douglas (Democrat,) 40; Breckinridge (Democrat,) 21; Republicans 19. Of the 17 Senators who hold over, 11 are understood to be Douglas, 4 Breckinridge, and 2 Republicans.
There are already numbers of Douglas Democrats aspiring for Mr. Gwin's place in the United States Senate--among them, Governor Downey, General Denver, James A. McDougall and others.
The contributions to the Washington Monument fund on election day, at San Francisco, Sacramento and Marysville, exceeded $1,300 Returns from the balance of the State are not yet received.
More than $100,000 was wagered on the result of the State election in San Francisco alone, and some parties are suspicious that the election returns may have been falsified in some instances by parties interested in the bets. The total vote cast in San Francisco was 14,415; more than 3,000 in excess of last year's vote. This satisfies the people that the census just completed, making the population of the city but 60,000, is far short of the real population. The People's Reform ticket for municipal officers in San Francisco was elected entire by majorities ranging from 600 to 4,000.
Here the line gave out between Pittsburg, Pa., and Wheeling, Va.; a high wind blew all the wires down.
