The daily Butte record., 1858-04-29
Sacramento Correspondence.

SACRAMENTO, April 81, 1853.
A combination OF business aud sickness
has been the cause Of my not having written
10 you latterly
The Legislature adjourned yesterday at
IL o'clock ns per concurrent resolution The
last scenes were characterized with more
than the usual dignity Of expiring legisla-
lures. The speech Of Briggs of Amador, on
presentation Of the watch to Col. whitesiies
was a splendid oratorical effort. have no
doubt but that Mr. Briggs would make a de-
cidedly prominent politician in this State
should he turn his attention to IL. | think
his intentions are always honest. consequent.
iy If he should err by error of judgment.
the people would be disposed to overlook it
DE Long Of Yuba. is undoubtedly n young
man Of great promise, and will one day be a
prominent public man.
In your paper Of the 26h find letter
dated Hamilton. April 2iih, relative to the
survey Of lands and notice Of my commu.
nication in which spoke of them. Ny rea-
sons for so doing we're that knew there had
been located several ranches 10 Butte which
included mineral lands L also was aware
that y the locations ,oeFe noi .frauiuie.t,
they were not exactly in good faith. There
is difference in measurement and by calcu.
la'ions of the standard in your neighborhood
OF at least fuo mules, which gave great lat
tt,..Ia 10 o
convinced it could be proven tha, Larkin
paid several thousand dollars extra for the
survcy-and the lines we're run according to
his wishes which may have been correct. but
undoubtedly included the best land The
survey near Marysville did not include
land which had been sold by the parties
heretofore--and also ran out Of the survey
the red lands above Z,briskies. and meaa
deoed along (as il were) to include good ag-
ricultural and also some miner al lands. Now,
the instructions to the Surveyor General are
to include land heretofore sold by the grant.
ees rs that was prima facia evidence that
their grant was located at that particular
place. Ifit were not so. the grantees would
receive double the portion of the land or at
least double the quantity sold by them be.
fore the survey. The party who surveyed
the above mentioned rancho, is one of the
Surveyor Generals bondsmen-and those
claiming the land are all rich, which per.
haps had no bearing on the case but may
have caused slight variation. The facts
as above are not always the case; for in a
survey in one Of the COW counties where the
boundaries we're properly defined from a
given point to another. the Inc was disre.
garded and land amounting IN value to
some tifty thousand dollars was run outside
Of the ranch--perhsps occasionei by the
owner being an ignorant Mexican and
friend Of the Surveyor General being inside
Of the rancho if the proper lines had been
established.
Ia justice to Col. Hays late Surveyor Gen.
eral will say that those parties whose boua-
daries were not clearly described in their
grants were generally displeased with the
surveys--and have every reason to believe
was the cause Of Larkins rancho not having
been surveyed during Hays administration
Most Of the members have left for their
homes, by the way OF Sau Francisco, where I |
suppose hey will indulge iu recreation after
the severe faugues Of the session.
Years. Burrr.