fifteen nautical, or seventeen and a half statute miles. The structure consists of a keeper's dwelling of stone, with a tower of brick whitewashed rising above it, and surmounted by an iron lantern painted red; the entire hight being ninety-two feet. The latitude, longitude and magnetic variation of the light, as given by the Coast Survey, are: Lat., 43 deg. 40 min. 20 sec. N.; Long., 124 deg. 11 min. 5 sec. W. Magnetic variation, 18 deg. 55 min. E., July, 1851, 12. CAPE HANCOCK, Mouth of Columbia River, Washington Territory. A fixed white light, first order of Fresnel, illuminating the entire horizon. The tower is whitewashed and placed on the pitch of the cape, about one hundred and ninety feet above the sea. The light is elevated about two hundred and thirty feet above the sea level, and will be seen, in a favorable state of the atmosphere, from a hight of fifteen feet above the water, twentytwo nautical, or twenty-five statute miles. The latitude and longitude, and the magnetic variation of the light, given by the Coast Survey, are as follows: Lat. 46 deg. 16 min. 35 sec. N.; Long., 124 deg. 2 min. W. Magnetic variation, July, 1851, 20 deg. 45 min. E. The light is exhibited every night, from sunset to sunrise. A Fog-Bell of sixteen hundred pounds is placed on the bluff, in advance of the light tower, and sounded during foggy or thick weather, night and day, every five and a half seconds. The striking machinery is in a frame building on a level with the ground, with the front open to receive the bell, and is also whitewashed. 13. TATOOSH ISLAND, Off Cape Flattery, Washington Territory. A light is exhibited in the light-house recently erected on the highest part of this island. The light is a fixed white light of the first order of Fresnel, and elevated one hundred and sixty-two feet above mean sea level, and should be seen in clear weather, from the deck of any sea-going vessel, nineteen nautical, or twenty-two statute miles. The structure consists of a keeper's dwelling of stone, with a tower of brick, whitewashed, rising above it, and surmounted by an iron lantern painted red; the entire hight being sixty-six feet. The latitude and longitude, and magnetic variation of the light, as given by the Coast Survey, are: Lat., 48 deg. 23 min. 15 sec. N; Long., 124 deg. 43 min. 50 sec. W. Magnetic variation, 20 deg. 45 min. E. 14. NEW DUNGENESS, Straits of Fuca, Washington Territory. A light is exhibited in the light-house recently erected about one-sixth of a mile from the outer end of this spit. The light is a fixed white light of the third order of Fresnel, and elevated one hundred feet above mean sea level, and should be seen in clear weather, from the deck of any sea-going vessel, fifteen nautical, or seventeen and a half statute miles. The structure consists of a keeper's dwelling of stone, with a tower of brick-the upper half colored dark lead, the lower half white-rising above it, and surmounted by an iron lantern painted red; the entire hight being ninety-two feet. The approximate latitude and longitude, and magnetic variation of the light, as given by the Coast Survey, are: Lat., 48 deg. 11 min. 45 sec. N.; Long., 123 deg. 7 min. 30 sec. W. Magnetic variation, 21 deg. 30 min. E.; August, 1852. A Fog-Bell of eleven hundred pounds is also placed on the extreme outer end of the spit, which is sounded every ten seconds during foggy or other thick weather, night and day. The striking machinery is in a frame building with the front open to receive the bell, painted black, raised thirty feet above the ground on an open structure, whitewashed. 15. BELL BOAT, BUOYS, ETC. A Bell-Boat is placed just outside the Bar, entrance San Francisco Bay, California, in fifteen fathoms at mean low water, in range with Fort Point and Alcatraz Island light-houses. The bearing by compass, and distances in nautical miles, of prominent objects, are as follows: The course to enter the bay is north-east half east. The boat is thirty feet long and painted red. The bell of five hundred pounds, is elevated fifteen feet, and the day mark (of three and a half by four feet) eight feet above the water. The bell is rung by the motion of the sea, and should be heard under ordinary circumstances, from one to three miles. Mariners are cautioned not to run into or damage this aid to navigation. Southampton Shoal.-A third class Can Buoy, red, with even numbers has been substituted for the Spar Buoy upon the S. W. spit of Southampton Shoal, in two and one-half fathoms water. Vessels bound up the bay should leave the buoy on the starboard hand, and be sure to keep it open to the east of Yerba Buena Island about a length. Bearings and distances: Point Blunt S. by W. (magnetic), distant about three miles; Point Campbell, S. W. by W. (magnetic), distant about two and a half miles; Brooks' Island, N. E. by E. (magnetic), distant about three and a half miles; Yerba Buena Island, S. E. by E. (magnetic), distant about seven miles, and Red Rock, N. W. (magnetic), distant about five and a half miles. Invincible Rock.-A third class Can Buoy, with red and black horizontal stripes, has been substituted for the Spar Buoy, in three fathoms water, on the north side of, and about a half cable's length from, the shoalest part of the rock. Vessels should not approach the buoy from any direction, nearer than one cable's length. Bearings and distances: Point San Pedro, N. N. W., (magnetic) distant about three miles; the Brothers, N. E. half N. (magnetic), distant about one mile; Point San Pablo, N. E. by N. (magnetic), distant about one and a half miles; Point Castro, S. E. by E. (magnetic), distant about three miles; Point San Quentin, S. W. (magnetic), distant about three miles; Marvin Island, Prison Ship, W. half N. (magnetic), distant about two miles, and Red Rock, S. E. by S. (magnetic), distant about two and a half miles. Anita Rocks.-A Spar Buoy painted red, with even numbers, has been placed in three fathoms water, about half a cable's length due west from the shoalest part of Anita Rocks. Vessels should not approach this buoy within a cable's length, as a strong current sets across the rocks. Commission Ledge.-A Spar Buoy, painted with red and black horizontal stripes, has been placed on the west side, close to said rock, in two and a half fathoms water. Vessels should not approach this buoy from any direction, nearer than the distance of half a cable's length. Lower Middle Ground, Suisun Bay.-A Spar Buoy painted black, with odd numbers, has been placed on the south side of this shoal, in two and a half fathoms water. Blossom Rock.-A Spar Buoy, painted red and black horizontal stripes, has been placed in four fathoms water, about half a cable's length, due south from the shoalest part of the Blossom Rock. Vessels should not approach this buoy, from any direction, nearer than the distance of one cable's length. Day Mark.-Notice is hereby given that a mark, painted red, has been attached to the wreck of the ship Crown Princess, lying in five fathoms at low water, north of Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco Bay, consisting of a plank, seven inches by three inches, thirty feet long, showing fifteen feet above high water, with a board five feet long nailed across, one foot below the top. The following bearings (magnetic) and distances (statute miles) give the position: Alcatraz Island Light-House, W. by S., two and a half miles; east end of Yerba Buena Island, E. S. E., one mile; west end of Yerba Buena Island, S. E. by S. half S., three-fourths of a mile; Telegraph Hill, S. W. three-fourths S., three and five-eighth miles. Four Fathom Bank.-(Being the northwesterly and shoalest part of San Francisco Bar). A first class Can Buoy, with red and black horizontal stripes, is placed in four fathoms at mean low water, on the west or seaward end of Four Fathom Bank. Bearings and distances: to Point Bonita Light-House, E. by N. (magnetic), four miles, and to the Telegraph Station on Point Lobos, E. by S. (magnetic), six miles. The buoy is also on range with Fort Point Light-House and Point Bonita. The bank extends towards Point Bonita, is two and three-quarter miles in length and nearly one mile in greatest width. The least depth on it, at mean low water, is three and three-quarters fathoms. N. B.—In entering a harbor from seaward, buoys with black and white perpendicular stripes may be passed close on either hand. Buoys with red and black horizontal stripes are on obstructions, with channels on either side of them, and may be left on either hand in passing. Red buoys with even numbers, should be left on the starboard hand; black buoys with odd numbers, should be left on the port hand. 1. XI.-WAR DEPARTMENT. RETURNS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,* Commanded by Brevet Brigadier-General N. S. CLARKE; exhibiting the name and location of each Military Post composing the same, with the Officers in command stationed thereat, June 1, 1858. Capt. C. C. Augur... 66 Major J. B. Scott...... Capt. H. M. Judah...... 66 Fort Bellingham, W.T. Capt. G. E. Pickett.......1 company 9th Inf..... Fort Jones, Cal.. 66 66 66 66 66 2 cos. 3d Artillery. 1 company 4th Inf...... Fort Crook, " Fort Terwaw, Cal. Capt. J. W. T. Gardiner.. 1 company 1st Drgs.. Fort Humboldt" Major G. J. Rains........ 66 66 66 55 Benicia Barracks... Fort Yuma, " Lieut. Col. C.S. Merchant F'ld St'f & Band 3d Art Totals...... 155 2854 3009 2. FORTIFICATIONS OF SAN FRANCISCO HARBOR. The amount appropriated by Congress, to June 30, 1858, for the erection of the fortifications of San Francisco harbor, is $2,695,800, viz: for Fort Point, $1,545,800; for Fort Alcatraz, $800,000; Fort Lime Point, $350,000. * Since these returns were made considerable accessions to the Department of the Pacific have been made, and all of the available force in the State transferred to Oregon and Washington Territories, in consequence of the Indian difficulties there. For officers of Department Staff, see p. 57. + Not to be added to total, because aecounted for elsewhere under "Present and Absent.". The fortifications of San Francisco Harbor will be, when completed, viz: Of these works, Fort Alcatraz is nearly finished, and the defenses at Fort Point are in an advanced condition. The ordnance intended for these works are of the heaviest and most effective used in the service, consisting of eight and ten-inch Columbiads, sixtyeight, forty-two and thirty-two pound guns, furnished with all the improvements and appliances of modern warfare. 3. MILITARY SYSTEM OF THE STATE. By the Act of April 25, 1855, the State is organized into six Military Districts, with six Major-Generals and twelve Brigadier-Generals.* All free and able-bodied citizens, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, residing in the State, not exempt by law, are subject to military duty, and are required to be enrolled therefor. The Governor of the State is Commander-inChief, and is authorized to appoint and nominate an Aid-de-Camp, for each and every Brigade. Every free white male inhabitant of the State, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, not a member of any volunteer company, is subject to a tax of twenty-five cents, for the support of the militia of the State. Number of citizens liable to military duty (estimated) one hundred and eighty-three thousand. There are at present organized in the State thirty volunteer uniformed companies, with an aggregate of eighteen hundred members. First Division. The counties of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Monterey. Second Division.-The counties of Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Mateo, Alameda and Contra Costa. Third Division.-The counties of San Joaquin, Mariposa, Merced, Fresno, Tulare, Buena Vista, Tuolumne, Stanislaus and Calaveras. Fourth Division.-The counties of Amador, El Dorado, Sacramento, Placer, Nevada and Sierra, Fifth Division.-The counties of Yuba, Sutter, Yolo, Solano, Napa, Sonoma, Marin and Mendocino. Sixth Division.-The counties of Butte, Plumas, Colusa, Shasta, Tehama Siskiyou, Trinity, Humboldt, Klamath and Del Norte. *The Militia Act of 1850, organized the State into four Military Districts with four Major-Generals and eight Brigadier-Generals. The following were elected by the Legislature, April 11, 1850; T. J. Green, J. E. Brackett, David F. Douglass, and J. H. Bean, Major-Generals. J. H. Eastland, A. M. Winn, R. Semple, J. McDonald, J. E. Addison, D. P. Baldwin, T. H. Bowen and J. M. Covarubias, Brigadier-Generals. For List of Officers now in commission, see p. 100. |