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hundred and seventy thousand acres, of which one hundred and fifty thousand are excellent arable land, and as fertile as any in the State. The extensive tracts of tule and overflowed lands in the vicinity of the Sacramento, estimated at one hundred thousand acres, are valuable, and at some future day will be used to advantage. In the vicinity of the Putah and Cache Creeks, are a number of valuable farms in an advanced state. There is an abundance of oak, cottonwood and willow timber throughout the county. Number of acres in cultivation, forty-one thousand four hundred and forty-seven.

Legal Distances.—From Sacramento, twenty miles; from Stockton, sixtysix miles, and from San Quentin, one hundred and fifty-one miles.

Eleventh Judicial District.-Hon. B. F. Myres, Judge District Court. Sessions, third Monday in March, second Monday in August, and third Monday in December.

County Courts.-The terms of the County Court: The Thursday after the third Monday in August, and the first Monday in December and April. Court of Sessions: Third Monday in August, and first Monday in December and April. Probate Court: First Monday in January, March, May, July, September and November.

Tenth Senatorial District.-Senator: Hon. H. Griffith; term expires January, 1860.

Member of Assembly.-Hon. H. Gwinn.

Agricultural Products.-Wheat, 10,500 acres, 126,000 bushels; barley, 30,675 acres, 245,400 bushels; oats, 100 acres, 2,000 bushels; corn, 162 acres; peas, 60 acres; beans, 21 acres; potatoes, 506 acres; sweet potatoes, 95 acres; onions, 34 acres; flax, 1 acre; hemp, 1 acre; alfalfa, 1,500 acres; sugar cane, 27 acres; watermelons, 68 acres; cabbages, 34 acres; beets, 10 acres; squash, 66 acres; garlic, 2 acres; broom corn, 156 acres; wool, 60,000 pounds.

Fruit Trees.-Apple, 35,227; peach, 92,645; pear, 10,250; plum, 2,379; cherry, 1,939; nectarine, 788; quince, 184; apricot, 3,256; fig, 410; pomegranate, 6; almond, 310; walnut, 23. Vines: Gooseberry, 50; raspberry, 200; strawberry, 200; grape vines, 155,425.

Live Stock.-Horses, (American), 950, (Spanish, tame), 1,255, (Spanish, wild), 1,350-total number of horses, 3,555; mules, 345; asses, 6; cows, 4,260; calves, 1,000; stock cattle, 7,740; oxen, 562-total number of cattle, 13,562; sheep, 10,951; hogs, 4,047; poultry, 18,114; hives of bees, 23.

Manufactures.-Grist mills, 3-steam; run of stone, 5; value, $10,000. Finances, May, 1857.-Funded debt, $14,320, ten per cent.; floating debt, $4,274; cash in treasury, $4,270; actual debt, $14,324. Receipts for fiscal year, $14,141; expenditures, $10,261; assessed value property, $2,249,358. Attorneys.-Cacheville: W. P. George, J. W. Jacobs, Samuel Ruland; Washington: H. Griffith, F. Woodward.

Physicians.-Cache Creek: G. W. Reed, S. F. Rodolph; Cacheville: J.T. Boon, Joseph Bynum; Grafton: Septere Patric; Washington: J. S. Curtis, E. C. Taylor.

XLV. YUBA COUNTY.

COUNTY SEAT-MARYSVILLE.

Yuba County, organized, 1850. Boundaries: North by Butte and Plumas, east by Sierra, south by Nevada and west by Butte and Sutter.

Topography. This is the most important county in the northern portion of the State. In addition to an extensive area of mineral lands, containing some of the richest placers, it possesses agricultural and commercial advantages exceeded but by few counties of the State. The area is estimated at five hundred and fifty-two thousand three hundred and sixty acres, of which two hundred and eighty thousand are susceptible of cultivation, eighty thousand for grazing, and one hundred and seventy-four thousand nine hundred and sixty acres are mineral lands, containing some of the most extensive deposits of gold in the State, with an abundance of the most valuable timber. Number of acres inclosed, forty thousand; under cultivation, twenty-three thousand acres.

Legal Distances.-From Sacramento, fifty miles; from Stockton ninety-five miles, and from San Quentin, one hundred and eighty miles.

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Tenth Judicial District.-Hon. S. M. Bliss, Judge District Court. Sessions, third Monday in January, April, August and November.

County Courts.-The terms of the County Court: First Monday in March, June, September and November. Court of Sessions: First Monday in January, April, July and Oct. Probate Court: Fourth Monday in every month. Fifteenth Senatorial District.-Senators: Hon. I. Allen; term expires January, 1860. Hons. E. D. Wheeler and W. H. Parks; term expires January, 1861.

* Elected Judge Tenth District; vacancy, January 1859.

Members of Assembly.-Hons. C. E. DeLong, J. S. Slingerland, M. Fuller, J. Whealdon and F. L. Aud.

Agricultural Products.-Wheat, 3,363 acres, 85,975 bushels; barley, 5,756 acres, 153,765 bushels; oats, 300 acres, 8,700 bushels; corn, 75 acres, 3,750 bushels; buckwheat, 20 acres, 5,000 bushels; peas, 10 acres; beans, 50 acres; potatoes, 9 acres; alfalfa seed, 50 bushels; hay, 1,845 acres, 2,395 tuns; broom-corn, 20 acres; wool, 21,000 pounds.

Fruit Trees.-Apple, 25,000; peach, 125,300; pear, 6,000; cherry, 7,500; quince, 2,050; fig, 150; orange, 10; prune, 50; plum 6,075; nectarine, 5,000; apricot, 3,500; lemon, 20; olive, 5; almond, 75. Vines: Gooseberry, 100; raspberry, 500; strawberry, 10,000; grape vines, 50,000.

Live Stock.-Horses, (American,) 700; (Spanish, tame), 300; (Spanish, wild), 275-total number of horses, 1, 275; cows, 1,295, calves, 700; stock cattle, 2,765; beef cattle, 709; oxen, 683-total number of cattle, 6,154; sheep, 5,573; goats, 100; hogs, 4,110; poultry, 2,653; bee hives, 20.

Manufactures.-Grist mills, 6-steam, 4; aggregate run of stone, 15; cost of construction, $80,000. Saw mills, 27-steam, 9, water, 18; lumber sawed per annum, 10,000,000 feet; foundry, 1; sash and door factories, 2; soap factory, 1.

Bridges and Ferries.—Bridges, 13; ferries, 4; turnpike roads, 3; aggregate length, 85 miles; cost of construction, $30,000.

Mineral Resources.-The mineral land of this county amounts to nearly one-third of its entire area. The mines of this section have long been celebrated for the richness and uniformity of their deposits. There have been several rich and extensive quartz leads discovered recently, in the vicinity of Sand Hill. Quartz mills, 9; aggregate of stamps, 80; arastras, 20; cost of construction, $80,000.

Railroads.-There are two railroads, projected, running to this city. The San Francisco and Marysville Railroad, via Vallejo; and the Central Railroad via Folsom.

Gas Works.-The Marysville Gas Works, recently constructed; capacity, 20,000 feet per day.

Water Works.—In the course of construction; capital stock, $100,000; capacity of main tank, 350,000 gallons; length of pipe, 20,000 feet; size of principal building for the works, 70x100 feet.

Finances, May, 1858.-Funded debt, $97,350; interest 10 per cent.; floatig, $69,000; cash in treasury, $7,600; actual debt, $158,750. Receipts for fiscal year, $102,900 expenditures, same period, $91,000; assessed value of property, $5,881,725.

Attorneys.-Camptonville: G. May, W. F. Smith; Marysville: F. L. Aud, W. T. Barbour, J. S. Belcher, W. C. Belcher, S. M. Bliss, C. H. Bryan, C. E. De Long, S. J. Field, C. E. Filkins, J. O. Goodwin, F. L. Hatch, H. P. Haun, Charles Keyser, P. W. Keyser, J. B. Kyle, C. Lindley, Lloyd Magruder, J. T. McCarty, John C. McQuaid, R. S. Mesick, R. C. Millner, H. K. Mitchell, G. N. Mott, S. B. Mulford, J. McC. Reardon, T. B. Reardon, Geo.

Rowe, Wm. Singer, S. B. Smith, G. N. Swezy, H. P. Watkins, E. D. Wheeler; Parks Bar: N. E. Whitesides; Indiana Ranch: B. E. S. Ely.

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Physicians.-Albermale: E. T. Wilkins; Bear River: Dr. Jeffries, J. R. Paynter; Camptonville: S. J. Bowlby, Geo. Budding, Geo. S. Farley Foster's Bar: L. Fitch, J. Groves; Honcut: H. B. Sheppard; Indiana Ranch: J. G. Cannon; Long Bar: C. E. Stone; Marysville: A. Ball, F. B. Gardner, J. B. Gray, C. A. Hathwell, L. Heard, E. Herzer, Lorenzo Hubbard, L. Lasvignes, Xaver Link, T. Maguire, R. H. McDaniel, J. T. McLean, E. M. Peirson, P. Peyraud, J. W. Reins, D. W. C. Rice, W. A. Ruaud, H. W. Teed, E. Teegarden, S. T. Watts, R. N. Webber, J. L. Webster, R. R. Wickersham, A. H. Wilder, J. W. Willson; Milk Ranch: H. B. Russell; Parks Bar: L. L. Hayne; Smartsville: J. B. Williams; Timbuctoo; T. H. Mayou, S. J. S. Rogers.

CITY OF MARYSVILLE.

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Finances, May, 1858. — Funded debt, $164,700, ten per cent.; cash in treasury, $30,000; actual debt, $134,700. Receipts for fiscal year, $101,000; expenditures, same period, $80,000; assessed value of property, $4,000,000.

ADDENDA.

ADDITIONS, ALTERATIONS, ETC., THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE SINCE THE PRINTING OF THE WORK COMMENCED.

[PAGE 44.]-William Preston, of Kentucky, Minister to Spain, vice Augustus C. Dodge. J. Glancy Jones, Minister to Austria, vice Henry R. Jackson. G. W. Ryckman, Secretary Legation, Chili, vice F. A. Beelen.

[PAGE 48].-Vi Turner, Consul Society Islands, vice Henry Owner.

[PAGE 50].-C. M. Hitchcock, Inspector of Drugs, San Francisco, vice Joseph C. Tucker.

[PAGE 51].-C. A. Hillman, Clerk U. S. Branch Mint, vice S. F. Blaisdell. N. A. Covarrubias, At-Keeper Point Loma Light-House, vice J. Stevens. U. S. Coast Survey-Add George Davidson, Chief of Triangulating and Astronomical party.

[PAGE 52].-D. McMillen, Keeper South Farallon Light-House, vice Lawrence Green. F. W. James, Keeper Tatoosh Island Light-House, vice Franklin Tucker.

[PAGE 53]-San Francisco Custom-House-Weighers' and Measurers' Department-Discontinued: Laborers, W. Brown and A. Pullen.

[PAGE 54].-Warehouse Department, David McKee, Superintendent, vice J. R. DePrefontaine. J. H. Coleman, Delivery Clerk, vice P. H. Downey. Inspectors, A. Gillis, vice James Hagan; John S. Perry, vice L. Ryan. Offices discontinued: Storekeeper, W. A. Taylor; laborers, H. Murray, W. S. Canty.

[PAGE 55].-U. S. Surveyor-General's Office.-E. B. Drake, Field-note Clerk, vice J. E. Terrell. C. E. Gliddon, Field-note Clerk, vice A. S. Easton. and C. Bielawski, Draughtsman, vice J. D. Saunders.

[PAGE 56]-Indian Department—L. C. Boren, Clerk to Superintendent, vice T. P. Madden. T. P. Madden appointed Clerk and Commissary.

[PAGE 57].-The Department of the Pacific is now organized as follows: "The President directs that the Department of the Pacific be divided into two parts. The southern part will be called the Department of California; head-quarters, San Francisco; Commander, Brevet Brigadier-General Newman S. Clarke. The northern part, to embrace the Territories of Washington and Oregon, excepting the Rogue River and Umpqua districts, will be called the Department of Oregon; head-quarters, Fort Vancouver; Commander, Brigadier-General W. S. Harney." The appointments of the Department Staff are not yet completed.

[PAGE 58].-Post-Office Department, Washington-B. N. Clements, Chief Clerk, vice G. G. Poindexter. Post-Office Department, California, offices discontinued: Amador County-Butte City; Butte County-Charley's Rancho,

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