The weekly Placer herald., 1854-01-07

funded by the General
Government. being 924,259 65
Balance, S2,540,556 05
In order to meet this indebtedness, the
Governor recommends the extension Of
the San Francisco cry front, under WiSe
and iudiciou+re rul ttiDuS and With pecjal
reference to the interest of the 9bjpp.nEaud
the depth of water. teargue~ the right of
the State to this property. AT ength, and
considers it and other property be onging
to the State, in and about san frHnri>co,
vii bring 1000, 600, the surplus of which
after payiHg the State Indebtedness, he
recommends shou 4 be Invested in seven
per cent. United States Bonds, which
would bring in am annual interest, equal
to nearly half our expenditures, under
the retreuchments he proposes. lie also
recommends that our claims be press, d
to the general government, for the monies
CO erted from the people Of this State,
ia customs, before the revenue lH"s of
the United States were extended over the
country.
Seyera amendments to the Constitution
are proposed, the most mporttutof which
is, that after "a revision by u convention,
II ~haiI be submitted TO tbe people for
their approval or rejection, he present
revenue laws ShuilI also he revised, and
no greater amount levied t1un il neces-
,ar} rn dftr. the expenses Of ~ econoni-
cal Government
A Lrge portion or the Message is de-
voted tu the discussion of the ind Ques-
tjuu In ID, .everal phases ia thl- State,
and his suggestions and recommendations
Iu This paftru ar are generally correct. -
/ he uu>eti,ed condition Of isud titles Is
mentioned us great draw bark ON the
speedy and permanent Improvement Of the
country ami la is of the opinion that " here
The settler has gone on lands IN good taIth,
Wder the impression tnai there existed no
tlt.e adverse 20 the General Cover uput
iu-l compensation should he allowed
hlnl # the iaud shat afterwards prove TO
he private property. bill soHem hat ot
ths character was Introduced at The last
session, hat failed. He suggests the pro-
prtefy OF thp Legislature asking Congress
10 donate the pubIIc domain ln limited
quantities to aciuai settlers. Ii this can
not he accomplished, he thinks Ihe ,aW
permitting pre-eWptorS 10 settle ON IN
StrUeYeQ ands until March next, should
be extended for one or more years. We
would have urged upon the people long
since the necessity Of action m thls mat
ter, had we not felt confident thar the
Legislature won d be favorable to the
proposition, aud that Congress- would, i'm
justice to the hardy pioneers OF CHihor-
MIA, adopt it, almost without debate In
relation to the swamp Hhds donated hy
act of Congress- to the several States,
under the act Of September, 1850, he
argues that all lands subject To periodical
overflow, come Withln the province Of this
act, and recommends that the Legislature
should take step, at an cary day for their
reclamation, and that they should We
thrown at once iut0 the hands of the actual
mprover on the most liberal TERMS
This subject shuu d command the earnest
attention Of that body during The present
session. The mineral nnds he would
leave rs now, open to the industry of
every citizen.
He objects strenuously to the policy
being pursued by superintendent Beale,
Of locating the Indians within the state,
" hen the law permits hun To locate them
on territory without, and recommends that
the State should use her influence, through
the Legs uture, to have them removed
without her borders. The Message con
siders that additional legislation may be
found necessary to prevent a monopoly
of the School Lands, and preserve m
violate the faith Of the State
The Message reviews with great care
the subject of common schooI education,
aud point, out the resources we Already
POSSESS for its support. Its suggestion
that thorough revision of our Militia
system is necessary, un,ess To abolish 1t
altogether, may meet win favor at this
particular time, inasnluch as the Militia
conventions aud other Militia tarces-such
as we saw exhibited mere on Monday last
are becoming highly popular with the
people, and Will 50 continue while they
are productive of fun; but for all practical
purposes, the MilitIa ~ stem IN tins, AS IN
other States, may he considered among
the things that were, aud the sooner IT Is
dispensed win the better,