The weekly Placer herald., 1853-08-20
News of the state.


News of the Stote.
SAN FRANcIsco.-'c 'ccording 10 the
Herald the increased value of taX'hle
property, in one year, is upwards OF IL,
100000. The total amount of taxahie
property in the county and city of San
Francisco is 80 ,05O,47o
The commissioners of the Funded
Debt of the City of San Francisco, who
advertised to loan $4,000 to the bidder
proposing to pay the highest interest for
| it, Yesterday succeeded in loanIng oHt
$4,000 of the sum at 2 1-8 per cent. per
mouth No other bid was received by
them, and upon this the most ample se
curity was given his fund WAS ie
signed for the redemption of CITY bonds,
but as they are above par, holders WI |
not surrender them, and hence the Com
n,iSsioners are turning the money to the
best account within the scope of theit
power. Herald.
The same paper says the chief cause
of the delay before the Board of Land
commissioners is the deficiency of "lrrI
cal force, aud thinks it bigh t'up more
clerks wer, employed and The business ct
the Board pushed forward with more dis
patch.
A horse thief and svindler by the name
of Cryder recently bought horse from a
Mr.. Hrnlev, of Sacramento, viii on the
Sfeauhoat going to the bay. trydtr
gave n draft on ihe Bank ug House ot
Henley afterwards found rne RASCAL aud
his horse at Contra o>ta. The Alta says
there appears to he an organZed band IN
that neighborhood.
The clipper ship White loud and
Hornet have arrived at ~an Franri>co -
Th,. former in lO5 and the latter in lO6
days from New York. The Hornet an
rhorpd about IS minutes ahead of her
conpeer.
The s F. sun suggests the idea that
Santa Anna has raised his army of 10000
men to subjugate California, with the rs
sistance of Spain. Can't he done! no Use
Of talking.
The Sacramento Union says move
ment is on foot to e>tab l~h il female SenI-
inarv under the guidance and charge of
the SiSters'of Charity, wh" are shortly ex-
ppcted to arrive in San Francisco from the
Eastern States.
SACRAMENTO.
The Journal says, we yesterday took n
drive out AS far ns Brighton. The plank
road is going ahead, over two miles at 1t
being completed, and several miles of the
route thrown up and graded ready tor
planking. The contractor, Mr.. Kirk, Is
pudeavOring to pl INK as early a. practIcn
b,e that portion of the road between this
city and Brighton, which is almost impas.
sable from The depth of sand. BY the END
of the present week that portion vii
probably he completed.
Mr.. d. A. Shaw, Of Cosumnes, who
| left for the Atlantic States in DerenheI
last. reached this city Sunday, via the
Plains. He reports til emigration AS get
ting along remarkably well, and suffering
but little except on the Lower Humboldt
From him we have IL confirmation of th'
existence of fatal disease among tht
stock on the route. Large numbers o
horses and cattle have died with it r
Shaw left Council Bluffs on the 81 %
Nav, and is his impression that the bull
of the immigration had not reached Gar
son Valley He left Kit Carson in tn
valley with 1000 head Of sheep.
Ell DoRApo CoUNrY.-At White Rocl
companies Of three and four miners ar
daily taking taking out from two to fou
ounces.
Immigrants are now pouring in tr"'
Carson Valley, all in good health, St"r
generally poor from the want of .ra-
upon the Humbo DIT.
The pipes that convey the water int
PIacerviI are of iron, lined with wate
cement on thesinSde.
The whole county seems to he agt'Ate
in political way Numerous meeting
are being held and discussions had
Everybody seems to be going it for b'gle
and Waldo.
TUoLuMNE.-At Sonora, on the 1871
fire originated at the Irving Honse, q
Main Street. Before it could he exllr
guished some thirty or forty houses we'
) consumed, many of which we're sma
and unoccupied.
Quite spirited correspondence ha
passed between Messrs. Coffroth an
Randolph, rejecting upon each other 81
vereIy. 1t grew out of politics. Wh'