New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-06

tary messrcoms and quarters tlS,0VV, ana SO
forth. A perfect madness must have seized on
government which would conceive such mon
stroui outlay, and we caa hardly wonder o. the
dsloysl murmurs of the diegsrs at the taxes which
are imposed for such purposes on their licences.
their food and their enjoyment. Fancy the null
tary, numbering, we think. about ons thousand
strong, costing El42 095 spar! from quarters,
barracks, and go FORTH while the expense Of the
small petty sessions judiciary is fi6 352, and this
for population less than one-third that OF the
State of Massachusetts, which, performing all the
functions of a State with an excellence and dig
pity which makes it constant reference as a
model Of perfect government even in the British
House of Commons, lsyed in 1853, as its total in
come comprising loans to rail ways and canals, but
f50OOO0, or just one ninth of the expenditure Of
Victoria II there be left 10 the world one who
still believes in this charming British Colonial
principle that one country can transact another's
business better than itself, we would ask no
more certain disenchantment than is afforded by
this picture.
In the management of it's resources and the
comparative reasonableness Of is expenditure,
our own new selfgoverned Colony Of California.
though thoughtless. extravagant and regulatory
enough in all conscience still presents favorable
contrast But if inferior in that deluge of expen-
diture, which is in some degree the attribute
Of youth, it makes ample compensation in far
outstrpping it's eastern gold contemporary in
recklessness of human life. At a recent rather
renarkable dramatic exhibition in this city,
mspy ignorant people thought proper to laugh
because the author was compelled to acoOmuo-
date himself to historic fact, and after killing the
greater number of bis characters, to call them
again to life and encore some two or three times
their death. But no fiction can compare with
truth. The audience forgot that the scene was
laid in the beautiful Pacific and that most of the
heroes were Californians. We have before US the
California homicide calendar for the month of Sep
TENDER, 1855, presenting bill of fare which far
outstrips the conception of the most fantastic
drsmatist, and would require still more ample
multiplication Of mortality.
1t exhibits cool total Of ffty-seven killed in the
month In July the list had risen to one hundred
but the murder temper appears to fall with the
thermometer. In the quarter it presented the
sum of three hundred and ninety-seven, rather
respectable amount for one small State. But not
40 much for its number even is this statistical
table remarkable, as for it's variety. Every cline
and country is represented. Ireland, Of course,
figures masni6cendy in the field. Wherever fight
ing is to be found, fIom California to the Crmsa,
the Murphys and the Cranes aud the Flanigans are
foremost And to show the fidelity OF Irishmen to
their national superstitions even in the most dis
tant regions, every Irishman in our catalogue vas
murdered by another Irishhan. They would not
allow SO pleasant job out of the family. Next in
rank come the Indians, chiefly on the murdered
eide. followed by negroes, Cinnamon, Mexicaus,
Germans Okilled we are informed, In one in
stance BY Irishmen through mstake,) some
French, and brace or 80 Of Americans and En-
glish.
These facts, however. it is not fair to forget,
are in the case of both these Colonies, rather Incl
dents to q new and crude state of society than
things of permanent nature We trust that
with their growth will come the wisdom and the
power to correct all such evils. California, dark
as may be the detail of crime to which We have
pointed, has made within the past few years most
rapid advance in civilizing influences. And with
that daily increasing power Of directing her own
affairs, which will sooner or later mature into in
dependence, Australia will, We doubt not, ere long
check that extravaganza which threatens her with
danger Indeed, it is impossible not to cherish
the presentiment that these two golden fields
which bound the far East and West are destined,
unless spoiled by "a most foul msgOvernment, to
reflect in the wealth and prosperity oftheir people
the riches which sleep beneath their SOIL