Show the california I mail tail arrived on the e evening ening of the by which we wd received news from san francisco to the ath of march from new york to the fth and from washington to the lith of february com cow congress ress had bad done but little up vp to that thai date A bill organizing dacotah and arizona territories ri was waa reported in the senate on the 4 ath of february the comm committee idee of ways and means of the house of representatives represent Re presen preben atiles had been at work early and late for some bome sometime time t trying ry 0 to o afee abee agree alpon on some bill that thata they could report with some prospect of its mee meeting ilp alp g w with favor but no two tiva of the nine members could agree upon any point some were for free trade some diome for moderate some bome for specific and others for adva ad valoree valorem lorem rotem dutiel duties but could not agree as to the details the horrors of an empty treasury were b be e fore them but to toca toce replenish it was goeasy no easy matter and could not well be done without resorting to loans or an increase in the tariff a measure that could not be adopted without giving jiving the ue lle to the reports that had bad been made byse by secretary cretaro cobbs subordinates that tha the existing revenue laws were sufficient to keep the treasury in a healthy condition the secretary in reply to an inquiry made in accordance with a resolution which passed the house acknowledged that the receipts for the first quarter of the current fiscal ldar ear were wera ony only about twenty three thre e millions and the estimates for the other three quarters amounted to only the pension bill alone which had passed the house would add several millions millio ps to the expenses this year and more next next and that if i the treasury notes in in I 1 cincu circulation are to be redeemed this year 3 ear which was not contemplated when making the previous estimates it will require eighteen millions mill iopu 1 mure more by the end of june and should congress adjourn without doing 0 something to relieve the treasury I 1 it would be impossible to meet the current currer liabilities As a belins means of revenue he be recommends the abolition of the franking privilege and increasing the rates cf postage to give five cents together witha with a mo modification of 01 th the tariff the house committee on military affairs on the he ath of feb referred the war debt claims of oregon and washington territories to the auditor of the treasury for computation on the he same basis that government paid for supplies for the regulars during 17 the indian hostilities idies of 1855 6 and to report to the next congress the claims of oregon amount to over four foun oun our millions at the rate of 1121 for each days lays service rendered A bill to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public lands presented by mr grow grov of penn passed tha house of depre representations a on the lot of february february y the following is a copy de delt celt it enacted bythe acy the senate and house of representatives of the united states of america la in congress assembled j that any person who Is the head bead of 91 a fialli or who has arrived atthe at the ag ge of 21 years and Is a citizen of the united states deates or who shall have filed tiled nis intention to become such ucb as required by the naturalization laws of the noted states shall shail from irom and after the passage of this act te be entitled to enter tree of cost one quarter section of vacant and public lands lauds which may at the he time the application Is made be subject to private enry try at lej per acre or a quint qunti ity ty quai equal thereto lo 10 ie I 1 e locut d in a body lu in confar mity with tha iha legal f of the public lands and after the same ghali shall have kenui keyed sec 2 an ann ti bce it turi benen beren acted that the lh person apply ing ce for the benefit of this act shall upon application to ahe Registe rot theland effice in which be he orabe Is about to td make suca such entry make mike affidavit before the sald bald ter that he ar r edie edle la Is the tho head bead dl of a f anally family or la Is 21 years tears or more of afe aft add aud add that such application Is made for his or her tier exclusive use or benefit berye berie fats fiti and thoa ie specially mentioned in tills hia act and D not ot directly or indirectly for fur abe use 1180 or lor benefit of any other person or whomsoever and upon making the affidavit as above required require di and filing the tho with the Register 1 he or ghe she shall shail thereupon be permitted to enter af pf land already fied fled pro provided idedo how everTha no ceru flea e eb all ali be bi given or patent 1 sued wiell the expiration of aire five years yearb rs from the date of such entry and if at the expiration pt f such time or st at any anytime tan the reatter ibe the pelson pelsor making fuch entry or it he h be dead doad his hil widow ory cry or in case at 0 her lur death his hia heirs or de devisee or lo 10 base bas of a widow making mating such enry entry li hf r vira mira hina hins OE or devisee n casa case of her deaths death bill prove by bi witnesses witness 4 that wat he she 66 or they hav continued to reside upon and cultivate sid bid ald aid land and ittu reside upon the same and babp not ked ivd td the game same or any pah part r I 1 thereof t the then ni in cae cas el he ile lle stir he 1 or they if it at that tuat I 1 time me a citizen of the be united states stated ba lly III on payment of t ten tin n dollars dollar be entitled to a patent patents ai as in other othe r cases provided for by law and proT Med farther ahert incase in cage cafe of the death of both rather talker and mother leaving an n in infant fact child or children under twenty one years yeara of agey ae the mittit and the fee shall inure to the benefit of bal gal sald eald id infant child or children and the execl org or adm inia lnla or guardian may at any time within two year years atter after the death of the surviving parent and in accordance nce nee with the laws of the state in which such children for the time being have their do sell cell said bald land for the benefit at catald baid said infant infants but for no other pur purpose and the burch aft shall acquire the absolute title by the pur c bae hae and be entitled to a patent fro n the tb united states sec 3 and be it further enacted enact td that the Regi register register step of the la land nd office shall note all such fuch on the tract t ra ct books and plat plats of his office and keep a sitter remitter re of all ali 1 such entries and make mate return tho lbs thereof beof to the gei general gel land office together with ath the proof upon which they have been founded sec 4 and be it further enacted that ail all ill lands acquired under the provisions of this act shall in no event become liable to the satisfaction of any debt or debts contracted prior to the issuing the patent ther etor sec 6 and be belt bell it further enacted that if at anytime any time after illing filing the annl ain lavit as in the second section of this act and before the expiration of the th nire fire years rs aforesaid it shail be proven Prove riv nis after due notice to the seta aeta et tier to the satisfaction of the reg Beg lster ister of the lana land office that the person having filed such tuch affidavit shall have bave actually changed his ir r her residence or aha aba abandoned adoner the said entry for more than six months at any time then atine a and d in that event the land so entered hall thail t revert back to the government and be disposed of as other public lands are now by lawai law subject to an appeal to the general land 0 office mee sec 6 and be bp it further er enacted acted that no individual abdil be permitted ted to make more than one entry under the ahe provi afons of this act and that the of the he r lar lit d office Is 1 hereby required to prepare and issue such rules and regular lonsy consistent with this act as is s hall shall be necessary necea sary and proper to carry va ita provI alons into effect and that the registers and receivers of I 1 the he several land offices shall be entitled d to receive the same co compensation for apy ap ylanda lands entered under the p provisions ro visions of this act net that they are now entitled to receive when a hen the same quantity of land Is entered with money on halt half to be paid by the person making trig the a at the time of so vo doingo doln and the other half halt alf all on ibl ihl inept the by the person to whom it may be isred tsi aed pro elded that not pot liftig la in this act hail ball be so construed as a to impair or interfere in any manner whatever with existing preemption pre emption rights the new york tribune says that if this bill had bad become a law fifteen years ago it would have saved a vast deal of public corruption and would have added immensely to the power and happiness of the country the house committee on military affairs have reported rep oried adversely to the establishment of military posts in sonora arid and chihuahua according to the recommendation of the nes president and the senate committee on territories Terri Terril orlea lories have expressed themselves averse to organizing a territorial government for colona or I 1 the pikes peak country it has been report edat st louis louig that gold in large quan quantities has been heen discovered in the region of country lying between the headwaters of the missouri and columbia bia bla rivers the house of representatives cf of massachusetts chu has adopted an amendment i to the requiring a residence of two years yeara in the state before the ther resident can be allowed to vote at elect elections ione fone over one thousand thou sand dand persons were expected to leave st louis for mikers peak eak gold mines early this spring 4 1 lord hord kaw kad naw successor was expected to arrive abou abacut the the end of february akry airy the alton aiton iton iii lii 11 penitentiary was burned down on the ath of february february y A regiment of her Majest Maje ya troops the hio hig highlanders High b landers was expected at new york on the ath of february on the their way to are oregon their kits bad arrived and were in the customhouse custom house no british troops have been seen in fin that city before since it wag was evacuated by them in 1783 a at t be cloe clone of the revolutionary ivar war i THE ur EASTERN lail JAIL due on the ah arrived I 1 on sunday the soth dinst about 3 pm p m we have not asyet ascertained the cause of its detention lo 10 the news by this mail from city is not of so late a date as that received by way of Califor california tila rila by six days there here are two mails malls yet he due from the east but there are so many causes that might operate to delay the transmission aside from deep snows and cold weather that no calculation can be made as to the time tim e when they maybe expected to arrive however we firmly believe that it the mountain boys boys who were employed employ pd during the fore part of the winter in carry carrying ipg the mail on the route between this thia city and the thi south pass had bad been continued continue a in the service the mail would have haie been brought regularly despite of all the snow and cold weather there has been this winter in that region A nm new SE settlement for several weeks past emigrants in small companies with their families stock and other effects having the appearance of being belog in transit to some other region have been seen almost daily passing through the city going north on inquiring where they thay were bound as aalt asit it was too early in the a eason season for thim them thew them to b be i starting for california andade our attention we ascertained fiey fley were gol goi going n to a new settlement that was b edtl r ade aae in in the north i part of weber count compty breis bekis between fin aa f 9 ogden gsa gla e n I 1 and north wallow creek about oni one hundred b und raia families milles 1 wp we have bave fince since bince r t r n been informed haye have gone ge or are goin going them there this oaring about one half of them from fro lehi lebi the balance from other places in utah ufah county with a few from great salt lake the tract of land on which this company are locating is said to be a good one for stock raising as well as for grain with plenty of water for irrigation without which in thia this country farming cannot be carried carri carrl ell eil on to any great extent af authere there are but few localities herer where the ground is moist enough to grow crops without bitici being ll 11 irrigated we wish those enga engaged ed in making this settlement ll 11 much in turning another portion of this sterile country into fruitful fielda fields SNOW storm on saturday morning last quite early it commenced snowing briskly and continued without intermission till nearly sunset with the wind blowing 1 a good breeze from the north west piling t it up in heaps wherever there was any thin thing to check it in Us its onward course several severe storms of snow have visited this and the northern counties since the first of february but none none equal to this thie we bad no means of ascertaining 23 the exact depth of the snow which fella feil fell as it was so badly drifted drift cd but it must have been over one foot toot it I 1 was a melancholy mel mei inchol y time especially to those who were short offiel of fuel and offered of teed feed for their animals which izz iff li consequence of the protracted reign of winter has been in usually severein and about tire city for many weeks stock on the range rane ran e must have buffered suffered severely as well as that which has been kept up for use during the winter V how many mahy more such storms may be expected this spring we cannot say but one or two more eiore would materially lessen the amount of stock of all kinds owned by the citizens in this and the the counties north we hope this will be the last one of the season 1 tie the the prospects for the s sat fretting et in of spring are no more favorable than tham they were last week sunday was somewhat plea piea eleasin pleasant sin and the snow which fell on saturday melted fast on monday the wind blew from the south thawing slowly but very chilly and disagreeable out doors 11 yesterday there was another snow storm adding four or five inches to the depth of what remained of saturdays issue the recent storms have not reached as far south as report says that farmers have boen plowing blowin and sowing there for a week or more tillers of f the soil in rn this and the nort northern herm berm counties should have all things read y to commence corm corn operating as soon as the weather will permit Vother wise they will not get in their aeed grain in season A disgraceful took place in this city on thursday evening last A company pany orsome of some bome eight or ten fast and headstrong young youn 1 men had bad entered into a combination during the day to make an assault as we have been informed on onia onla a party that was to be held beld that evening in God dards hall by some of that portion of the citizens and sojourners who by common acceptation are denominated gentiles in contra distinction to the he nor mor mons and break I 1 it up capt cuan cunningmam Cunning ingham ham bam chief of police had by some means been advised oi of their anten intentions t ions 0 and was wason on the alert to prevent them from putting their pla plan sinto nanto execution should hey make an ebbit efroim and had a sufficient police force at hand band for that purpose some time in the i iye ive evening riling they made an attempt to carry varry out their nefarious design but found the pol poi police ice at hand ready to receive them the mad caps made a vi vigorous orous attack upon the tha police |