The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-10

Direct tax at sixty cents on each 500 Of vAlus-
ucn OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $500, 600
Fr.isn Miners tax. I25 900
roll tax Observation-Disclosures, 90 900
ConsieEst goods. 80 900
Auction duties. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. rs 600
Paaepaer Observation-Disclosures. 10000
| Pos6essory claims OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1000
Total amount. $40, 600
Dee for and cost OF collection. 10000
Net amour: OF revenue. $4,000
The Governor advises the extension of the water front
San sacsco the sale Of the States interest In tho
under rs act OF March Goth. 1851, aud OF all other
property Of the State 10 San Francisco rhs sale
OF this property With the States share Of water lots sold
by the city, will amount to 81 100000, which will
psy the entire state DEBT and lsavs : surplus OF
from Cepsres, the grant q the "Ctvil Fund" about
81, 200 600, which, was collects! for duties At this
port 10 1Si7 and '4S, wi bout formal authority
from the United States government and for this pay.
ment OF the debt for which the State respou
.isls rhe average indirsst tax paid anuualy to tbs
general government by ths peopls Of California Is sll
per person whereas for the Other States average il
50 Is The tsl exports OF the Atsnts States Cor 1852
were Slb4 93l l47; Of California, $50 800 500 (aSout
500 900 onsthrd Of total ports OF the
United States)
The constitution should be amended 40 tha. the lsua
latve sessions may be biennial that it may not BE-
absolutely necessary that all lswY be publhsa in Span
sh The pay Of the Legislature should bs After
districts should be drainshsd tho pay for transport
Ing prfosers cut down Atty per mile and tbs pay
trio, Judges Supreme Judges and District Attorney OF
Ban Francisco, ~ to eff OF saving OF $3 600 yearly
and another saving Of $4,000 may be effected ia the
clerk hire OF the Leg la,urs
TIE Governor advises the Legislature provide just
compensation to squaters who have settles In good fah
and afterwards been elected 1t loss Of improve
and Congress should be requested to donate ani to
sctusl settlers No Indian reservations should be
made within the State, and al the Indians should
nssl interest Of tho School Fund is sisa $50. rhs
sapeh uses OF public printing ought to BE- reduced
every constitutional and proper to construct the
Pacific Railroad and to establish regular line Of
mene rivers should be improved above the ports OF entry
by the state sed below by the general rnc
State should the entire title OF the shores Of Mare
Island to the Uoited States TIE ars proof buiiass
should be provided for the State recoris The fee bill
should be reduced
bin been introduced to grant to the tsd states
site for the Custom House in this city Tnis site is
worth about $500 oOo but Cal forns don't feel sufficient
benefit far as give away that much to rich and
stipgy Uncle Sam The b however is understood to be
blind, TO furnish excuse to some Custom House on
be present capital furnish good advice
come 10 thsm) I'm portant questions Of State policy to
the legislators Ta- principal question Is the Senatorial
election, which will ext come up and provoke
lors and stormy debate. The friends of Mr. Gsn are
confident the election will not coms OF during the session.
while those OF Mr.. Broderck assert positively that 1t will
In case doe. it Is understood that the latter gso
Wil be elected.
The Mines.
The weather was delightful, beautiful clear and dry
Bfors III time miayg dinghy dull the rivers
nearly low In the all plants
all SIDES; fears we're entsrttined that las winter would
psss without any RAIN the old native CoiforniAns
recalled year nearly generation past when thsre
no RAIN and large herds OF horses drvsn into the
bay to save the little for the aud sheep; the
large dsmmDg coppsni's, in anticipation OF hsa rasr
had taken down their fumes to taem from the
FOODS which did come for of raa could
male little in the galches aud dry degnss.
The gold pros uce or he fortnight been less proba
bly,, than during any Other 10 might for nearly
n haua fha IN uta al
for tvo days has materially improved the prospect Of
sfiars, though still mo e rsia Ia wanted.
There has bean considerable excitement in Sonora In
ard 10 grant made to . company OF the sole right to
mine Sonora within tn. city limits for ten yssrs niis
ridcaed but order appears TO reign again The priv
lege sup to DO very valuable but the would
not row iemunerAts gls miners, and companies could
not urcertsse It without . arant.
Rich lngs said to have been discovered In ssvs
raj pes and several iupoi tAnt nninng canals have
been rrrvayed and companies formed TO Introduce
into dry dieg'nss during the summer.
Auosg hs canals protested is one 20 hrnt tas South
Yuoa INTO 6rass Valley which, 1t Is oalaulatsd would
collect mere than 50 yearly FOR The rent Of the
waite.
promsiay silver mine Is said t, have bssa ops aei in
NJ nterey oiuny.
Surveying expeditions.
We 'ate the following fro tn. Los Angeles Star OF
Dec 81: Our last rep rus from Lieut. Wilamsoa'd
veying party sts'ef that Ia with dstschmspt, asd
down tho nohkvs hpp.ss 10 follow 1t 10 the joo
raco; and expecting that its course was such th.tit
would 10 within short di lance Of hts main patty
he txpe lied Also TO be able 70 visit the hohavs val
lagos" Of which much has been said, but Of whose pre-
else location the world has bee ignorant We learn BY
leman recently from that region that Lsut vii
hanson followed the river bottom dist osons hun
dIed 10 hunored and fifty miles bslos the point
"ls,r the sat Lake road leaves tho issr Ma,h Of the
way the bottom was cove ed with cotton ,od and vii
the lowest point ne reached the river assumed the ap
pearSnce Of lake twenty miles In lenath At the lover
which the water must take to reach the Oorado
There s outlet By which the water reach The Colo
RADIO, and u It does must b. BY subtsrsnsAu passages
beneath the monntairs The party we're Obliged TO re-
trace tntir steps by u Btte Syringe and the Caon
he found villages" and cav no Indians excspta
few wanderers in the desert; ,hsre sufficient,
either Of animal or vegetable life upon which To-
dams could 80 hsiss.
Col Norris arrived in town ths week for camp sup
plies He gives Interesting items the
country ms has surveyed. Col Norrs's Instructions
~ continue the bae line north from San Bern ardino
forty eight miles, and then parallel correction lines
to the ocean After reaching the Mohavs he fund the
country 60 broken BY volcanic his that he Obliged
10 follow the OF the river bottom until he rsaohsd
point about atty miles north. Then following back to
poiht thirty miles north he commenced his q st
recon line For the first miles the on, timber he
met vi cedar; the agave Americans abou nded In
great profusiop; bunch grass also abaudsnt, aad
Afforded excellent grazing for his amin ALE On reschtng
the mountain he came upon numercu us valleys OF public
lands the soil Of which he pronounces to be good
any in tbs STATE. He mentions valley OF ct least
i've hundred acres well vatersd and u bersd which IL
reached BY canon . fs milss from the TETON trsu,
snd VIII oh he describes most beautiful and eligible
SPOT. Col Norris's camp Is now 1t San Fsrnsuds,
0, The Los Angeles river
Marriages, BIZ this and Deaths.
MARRIED.
In S'p Francisco, the morning OF New Years day,
Trinity Church. by the Rev. Wyatt sr. Albert G.
Randall to Miss Anne Aususte r. eldest daughter Of VIM.
Soul~.
10 San Francisco Jan At the residence OF and by tho
Rev. Mr. Rolllson, Mr. c. l. II II to Miss Jane A. Brock
hurst second daughter Of Mr. Samuel BrocAhurst both
OF the Presdio
At AsssIy Church in Sacramento, Dec %, by tn. R,v
n Ernrr T. NJ nu~- - o. E~~u a.
Mrs. NJ. A Randolph.
AT Assery Church, In Sacramento Dec 90 By the Rev.
T. Crouch, Jr, Mr. Thomas Carr OF that city {, Miss
Ellen Mc9resor. late Of Scotland
10 Eevads, Dc 20, BY the Rev. j. Tsnsey, Mr.. Geo
0. KlsouIpe to Mise Mary McIs,n.
In Nevada Dec q, By the Rev Warren. Mr.. John
B. Carter. to Miss Alice Aooie formerly Of Bostep Mass
both OF Fureka
In Souoma, Dec 81 BY the Rev. ] J May Mr. O. W.
Victor to Mes CAtharine Lane, all Of Sopoms.
In Stockton, Dec. 81 BY the Rev. Mr. BLY, The Me- Sas
Bort TO M.ss Elizabeth Kerr, both Of Sioskton.
In Sacramento, Dec. 90 BY Rev Ne. Quinn, Thomas