Mariposa Democrat., 1858-02-11
LATER FROM THE SOUTH.

at San Francisco from the Southern Coast.
The papers contain but little news of interest
The Los Angeles Star says: A rumor has
been current in town for some time, to which
we did not at first give crcdence, that two
young men, Thomas and John Aiken, former
ly of this neighborhood, and who had been in
confinement in Salt Lake City, were murdered
on their way thence to California. A party of
four started from the city; they procured
guides and interpreters; but when about two
days journey west Of Ogden city, they were
set upon by Indians, and the whole four kill
ed. The interpreters were not molested. We
hope this may prove untrue. The Aiken boys
were well known in this city, and very much
respected. Since they left for Salt Lake. we
had previously repeatedly heard of their death
this time it comes to us on the authority of
a man who had the narrative from the inter-
prefers.
We stated last week, says the same paper,
that the Ives expedition had been abandoned; :;
since then we have been informed that this is
not so-the operations having been merely
suspended, in order to execute certain orders
received from Washington. A number of
gentlemen connected with the land party were
discarged, their duties being performed by
others.
1t is stated that the vacancies in the various
county offices of San Bernardino county, caus-
ed by the exodus of the Mormons, have re-
Gently been filled by the proper authorities.
The Los Angeles Vineyard Company recent
| ly named their estate at Santa Anna, Annaheim.
The land owned by the company is tract of
one and a half miles long, by one and a-quar-
ter miles broad. It is surrounded by fence,
five and a-half miles long, composed Of 10000
poles, each Of which is eight feet long, being
six feet above the ground They are planted
one and a-half feet apart, are strengthen
ed by three horizontal poles, and are defended
by ditch, four feet wide six feet wide at the
top, slopirg to breadth of one foot at the
bottom.
The water for irrigation is conveyed by a
ditch from the river, a distance Of five miles
to the land, and through the land two and a
half miles. 1t is eleven feet wide and two and
and a-half feet deep; making zanja of seven
and a-balf miles long.
Besides this, there are conductors for lead
ing the water over the grounds. OF these
there are nine, each one and quarter miles
long, four to five feet wide, and one and half
feet dcep-makng in all thirty. one miles of
conductors
Again, there are bitches six feet wide, along
the highest ridges, extending seven and half
miles; and inferior bitches, winding through
out the grounds three hundred miles-making
a total length of bitches of three hundred and
forty-six miles.
The average velocity Of the water is two
miles per hour, discharging, on the calculation
of twenty square feet, 21l 200 cubic feet per
hour, or 5,O6s,s0 cubic feet of water per day.
The main zanja is finished and the water
flowing into it, yet there is no perceptible dim
mutton of the volume Of water in the river
Annaheim is divided into fifty lots of twen-
ty acres each, and these by streets three rods
wide, having town site of forty acres in the
centre.
II is assumed to be necessary to spread over
one square foot Of land, one-third Of cubic
foot Of water-hcnce, to irrigate 1000 acres it
will require s,7l2,00 cubic feet Of water
In the operations at present in progress,
there are employed seven men, fourteen hors-
es, and seven plows, in making bitches; one
man, one wagon and two horses procuring
provisions and irewood fourteen men, four
teen wagons and fifty-six horses in hauling
fence-poles; one man, one wagon and ten
horses in bringing cuttings thirty-threc men
making bitches and fences. There are two
overseers besides cooks, etc Making in all,
ss men, 10 women, "a horses, Z plows, and II
wagons Daily expense, $2l0.
The enterprise and industry exhibited at
Annahiem have stimulated the neighboring
rancheros, and we have been informed that
men who heretofore were inclined to put
light estimate on the plow, have this year had
several of them at work. and many acres of
grain have been sown in soil never before fur
rowcd. A grist mill is also in course of erec-
ton on the Santa Anna rivera novelty in
that section of country.