Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-10-02

letter from California Of late date. Il represents
the Mexican influence entirely gone. OF the laws
Of the Sandwich Island King, he says
"TAxEs-PoIl tax, man, one dollar woman,
one-half; boy one-fourh; a girl, one-eightb,
(they can until they are fourteen years Of age, run
at large. free Of taxes) payable in cash when that
is announcement, in Arrow Root. Land Tax
Large farm, one fathom swine small ditto, a
three cubit swine very small ditto, swine one
yard long. | do not know whether the length of
the tail counts or not. guess that Kamehameha
the Third, don't go the whole hog when he is col
eciing his rents, the law goes on to say There
shall be other state, county. town or district tax
If the farmer on good land fail with the collector,
this is doing real damage; and il is downright la
illness, and he shall be dspossessed.'
Although the land shall pay no more taxes, yet
the law reads, under tax on labor, two weeks la
Dor shall be done for His Majesty the King Of the
landlord and two weeks the people shall have who'll
ly TO themselves II the laborer appears not on the
morning Of tax day, he is fined one rial; IL not at
noon, two rails Some OF the fish are under taboo
for the Chief, others not If a man is none the
better for brandy and breaks down fence he pays
a dollar fa,hom and 10 the prise Of the govern
ment be IL said the oafer is rather at loss to find
the brandy, aud stands some chance Of paying his
debts, not by being locked up as in civilized
countries, but by working off the debt at hard To-
Dor. IL lazy man gives for excuse. he has no
land land shall be given to him. There's chance
for Emigranis.-The Laws, are against old men
marrying young ladies.
The defendant in case OF libel or mere outdoor
swearing can prove in defence there was no evil in
tent he swear at random, at pleasure, but not
curse you in reality men mast quit loahng and go
TO work. the Chiefs are Chiefs the Kanakas are
Kanakas' and must obey the law accordingly. As
said before, laws have not yet crept into the Ore
con code. Ia California there is large allowance
sent on by the supreme government, but as the pa
per on which the laws are printed is not very good
to make paper segars. the law books are laid upon
the shelf To make thousand dollar obligation
good here il is necessary to purchase from govern
ment an eight dollar stamp paper, and have never
seen an Alcalde enforce the payment Of the debt,
although eight dollars paid TO make il legal.
Sometimes the debtor pleads too much rain at
other times the is too dry or he is too busy
10 attend, the Alcaldc has neither Sheriff nor
Constable. fees nor commission, and is forced 10
serve one year collecting debts is al the lowest
stage. II person with stolen property comes for
ward and says he purchased the article from an In
dian who had left for some other place, the trial is
put of until the Indian returns or the plaintiff has
had time to look for him. Some people dislike
prosecuting man for stealing their horse foT fear
they should be told that the man only bringing
him home by a round about road, and demand a
uoHar TOT MS uouOie IL LOT any crime person rs
really banished, he is ordered to some other town
and is sure to go when he gets ready and return
when he has occasion.
Some Of the ails are uncomfortable aud the pris-
oners are often kept outside; as the food is bad
they go home 10 get better, and always return TO
the prison door when ordered. There was COM
plant made the other day TO the Acade, by per-
son who lost stolen property that the thief was out
Of prison and every day passing his house; the Al
cade said il very wrong, and in continuation,
remarked that he had told the prisoner to take his
forenoon and afternoon "pasea' on the other side
Of the town.--On another complaint that prison.
er after his trial. came to the store where he had
been stealing the Alcade said TO the complainant,
merchant, This day is Saturday. tomorrow is
the Sabbath, and Monday fast day (holy day but
on Tuesday or "Wednesday, the thief shall be in
formed that he is prisoner aud shall be dealt with
accordingly" Sometimes the Alcade puts the In
dian prisoners to work perhaps banishes few OF
them to work on his own farm. When they be-
come tired of the fare, they run away on his Wor-
ships horses, they don't steal poor ones. The Al
calde picks up the drunken Indian cooks and stew
ards in the afternoon Of fast days, aud discharges
them next morning in time to cook their masters
breakfast. Some of the Monterey prisoners are
banished to San Diego; those Of the latter place
Monterey. That's fair. II they commit a second
offence they may be banshed back again, and can
find their own horses on the road which are easily
borrowed with lasso; the owner Of a Monte
rey horse which may be stolen once near home and
then at San Diego by another explorer of the
try, may him again, minus some flesh and crook
ed legs. But then he gets his horse by giving the
man who says he found him at San Diego, dollar
or two, which is considered cheap for bringing a
broken down horse five hundred miles"