New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-06

rs.en,aaves rsq7esied upon C11gres' ne import
u suinorzinz a. 900 a pTscies'e -- ~,
Of Nk.oIA RAILROAD from ne fsH-n~ D1'~ - 80 n
as ppi River.
IN rye uuqr re Nsl0ua f5oveun-rL VIZ rev -1 ~
-..e ne sccornp samel u ne E--sf rofE ccre sief
\, he srsi resolution he Immediate or gsrzs1o1 20 a. r.
.--l. Esctrrer Cons ~ make complete surveys sd =
pJrsr0rs = De .. "a routes "i-cl taEe te@n
rnereed 20 pu5-c ao-ee a. prseuea- or iae Use q ca
Tessir.z Thai e1ceeucv 10 Governor - requested
% flrw-r1 esc n ,eZ-1rs and Reprrser a. 80 N
CouErsss e@r,a-d copy q t5e foreEo7- JONI h~--
Report on the Appointment of a surveyor
u j. proposed % establish 10 CLilorl.a - o--e
of Surveyor Genera. with the dates %. STATE Ia
gi1ecr and ComuissioDc. RI la'orns- Improvements
/ 10 be Included 10 IS functions a legislative re-
port on th.s subject hss 1s; been puoh'hed from
y Inch Ne take the following extract
Among the stran-e spectacies presented by TINS
marvellous creation 90 popAo1s STATE -" sam d
! tx Months ia the midst O. dc seri, noinng ls
moro striking than the locs distribution and dOmes
tir condition Of the people Thousands. Do sina-
,,-,ies o-s licked ~ IN the revlles and g1rEes o
/ tbe Sierra Nevada, CIT oh by SHOWS, lmpassabie
/ rivers and Jams rendered q4agmres Dy ram from
/ al communication with the world or with the paI
/ ties 10 a. dining nO.0@s and fortunate hey nad
! themselves provided Nlt1 food '9r the water
tlous ands fearing famine. snd the hardships o. TIE
mountains have come down iato tue towns and
e.. wing under canvass during tie .nclemencles %
the rainy season. or crowded into filthy tayerns.
without comfort and exposed b the temptations
Of vice ia is most odIOas iOrms. The Consequence
s suffering AID loss Of lie, the hounsnlng 70 az
unparalleled degree, Of gambling and usury and
the turning O. the hard earnings OF the eOorer INTO
the pock cts Of monoposts o. the means Of subsis
/ tence and specu atOrs on misfortune. Ihls great
! EVIL can 0ny be remedied by the alors oi the Ell
rineer. The country must be rendered easily &C
I az. la. q Ilr - al
and prosperous citizen. aud fortunately Is conior-
nation seems u favor the hope that much may be
| accomplished by comparatively small effort.
As Commissioner O. Internal Improvements.
J The duties )i the Surveyor General " 3 be a CON-
| bnaton Of those Of n Civil Engineer and the Com
missioner o! Patents under the ntsd states lie
| IS charged v III the suggestion OF such works and
\ the collection 81 sgch Information as VIII tend ill
/ medlately Ia every manner 10 promote the IL
crease Of all the valuable productions Of the state
| He is to use every effort 20 inform himself T. the
quantity, qualities and annual yield OF al mineral,
tllisee and grazing lands, and as % the existence
sud the means q remedying diseases and other
causes of injury. preventing Adeq ate return @.
| crops But from none o. the provisions Of the b.A
which YOUR committee have prepared do they Jok
| Or more desirable results than from that hlch
commits 10 the charge this officer tie subject o.
| irrigation aud the preserving and planting o.
| forests and timber trees IL has already been
not enriched by minerals, possesses In SOL and at
mOsphere the rarest combination OF qualities for
vegetable production. TIE coarser and the finer
products wheat maize, potatoes and the Ike
and the le, olive, and the crepe flourish equally
well with the aid Of one simple application
water. lie, this be supplied and timber sufficient
for building and fencing be found, and California
becomes more attractive 10 the farmer than any
region heretofore opened 10 American enterprise
Your committee are happy to believe that this
want will be supplied, and with more facility aud
at less expense than the rich lands OF the Missls
spp VALLEY have been cleared ana pat under cul-
tivation Without aGyerting to what has been
done in former years by the Fathers with their
limited knowledge OF science aud the aid Of ignor-
ant savages the topography of the country and ia
mliar facts furnish the strongest 70 believe
that q supply OF water can be easily had. Exten-
sve reservoirs might be formed in the corges OF the
bills by damming OF streams ard catching The rams
Of Winter the elevations, which everywhere at
short distance hem in the valleys, Indicate subter
ranean waters, which may be pierced by artesIan
wells and brought 10 the surface ana common
wells, which require to be sunk only few feet
might be fitted with pumps worked ss windmills
and made 70 furnish, al c very small cost water
sufficient for every purpose OF the arm