Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-05-11
LATE FROM CALIFORNIA.

gislature.
Steps were in progress, it is said, to form an in
dependent Government. Ii is also said that Com
JONES was about to take measures to prevent it.
| law has passed the Legislature imposing ta
of twenty-five dollars a month on every foreigne
who works in the mines and resolution had beef
adopted instructng the judiciary committee to pre-
pare and report, at as early day possible, bill
to prevent the immigration of all persons from any
of The penal settlements of Europe. A bill of tina
description was reported on the 29th of March.
The annexed letter gives some further particulars
of the proceedings of the Legislature:
SAN JOSH, March 81, 1880
As the session approaches close, the proceedings Of TIL
Legislature become and more interesting. The chic
object to attained this the organization of the
State Government and the framing osuch general laws
absolutely essential to the proper administration ojus.ce This
plan has been nearly possible carried put The duties
Of the State officers have defined the Courts organized
the State has been dstrictel and divided into counties tie
seats of Justice established and civil and criminal code
have bsen framed not yet perected suited as nearly as
possible TO the immediate exigences OF the people.
In addition this the desire Of the judiciary Committee
carry the intention OF the trainers OF the con-
stulon. general incorporation law has been established
An act has been passed prescribing mode assessing and
collecting public The benefit OF the writ OF habeas
corpus has extended the citizen In the civil and
criminal codes, and the acts regulating IN me
courts features accordance with The enlightened
spirit the constitutions been introduced Progress has
been stamped most Of the laws Of general character
The injunction Of the constitution the effect mat The Lee
gslature shall prohibit by law rson or PERSONS asso
citation, company corporation, fran exercising the pvl
eges of banking or creating paper circulate money!, is
still unexecued II has not however, been neglected A
bill has been introduced by Mr. Citenden chairman OF the
Judiciary Committee of the Assembly, IN conformity with
this Injunction This las met with most determined
and slreEUor~ position and Ultimately its further consider
alton was under the Of its opponents, post
poned until week. MI Crienden, the Trainer Of the
BILL and Mr. Randolph wer It's most strenuous advocates
Mr.. Henley led the opposition. The test vote was on an
amendment proposed by Mr. Wheeler, the effect of which
to render the bill nugsoy The vote was as follows
For the amendment thu is opposition to the bills Aram
WsSa ee more
Against the amendment Bradford, Cone, Covarrubas,
Creanr, Crittenden Deal Gray, Mcknstry oser, Ran
dolph, Scott, Stowell-l2 a .a.'.
tic vote, and tie amendment was lost of The
attempt to force banking system on the State, in the
teeth of the constitutional provision against it. is very strange
is understood hat the brokers' of San Francisco have dehed
the Legislature frame any law which they cannot render
nugatoy It's nevertheless very certain that the aw IN de-
spite of the opposition to it, will ultimately pass at this
session. ..~ ..... f" ...... .... ..r.~.
Communications have been received here from the lower
country evil disposed persons are ag,atng the
question Of separation in the South letter from Santa
Barbara that meetings have been held but the
people very wisely RETAINED from compromising themselves
until they could have the advice of their representatives in
the Legislature heir representatives strongly opposed
the people from their attachment to the State Govern
ment promises TO evenuae in an absurd failure
ELECTION OF JUDGES.
The following gentlemen have been elected
Judges of the several judicial districts
District O. S. We,herby, District g. James s. Thomas,
.. III. A. Tiff, Z. Robert Hopkins
3. John Watson, 8. w. r. Turner,
4. Levi Parsons, 9. W. Scott Sherwood.
5. Chas. M. Dreamer. ,."
~, ho, 6ral b-tb oT aII,ra
al $1,000 per annum.
..'." ELECTION OF COUNTY OFFICERS.
The first election for County officers under the
State Constitution took place throughout California
on the lst April. The election of these officers
will complete the organization of the State, and SUI
persede whatever remained of the mongrel system
of Mexican and American law that prevailed.
Col. Jack Hays, the Texas Ranger, was the most
prominent candidate for the Sheriffalty in San
Francisco. 't'..
FROM THE GOLD REGIONS.
The Pacific News of the 26,h March has the fol-
lowing information relative to alleged discoveries of
gold on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada:
The existence Of gold the eastern slope of the Sierra
Nevada although seriously questioned since its discovery
the streams heading the western side Of the
chain, has been authenticated in form to leave the
matter free from doubt gentleman who has ust arrived
this city from the East by way Of the Great Salt Lake and
Los Angeles informs that the question is settled. In what
quantities the gold exists he is unable to say, Of
provisions precluded his party from hating long enough to
test the richness of the discovery The metal was found
the surface Of rotten granite and TO certain depth n.eImn-
ged with il, forming the bed Of stream then dry Its To-
cay about hundred miles from Los Angeles, the
old Spanish trail between that place and Santa Fe in the
neghborhocd CT the Little Salt Lake party has left Los
Angeles for the spot prepared to test the availability OF this
new placer" .' ~.
The Pacific News of March 80 says that the travel toward
the southern mines is increasing every day. and the prospects
in that region, the coming season. fattering than
made ard laid the population increases
Stick said to be growing rapidly and business becoming
brisk the roads to The mines become passable.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The San Francisco Journal Of Commerce notices the ar
val there Of the schooner California, from exploring expe
don to Trinity Bay The bay found in latitude do A.
and Trinity river cmpyng into it, The party landed among
the Indians and surveyed the country around the mouth
the river There for any vessel of size
boat could only en'or at high water.
The journal the discovery San Fran
of what has the appearance of rich mine Of coal which
premises ample supply Of that most important material
fuel both for domestic purposes and those especially Of steam
navigation We roice advertisement in the Pacific New
for practical engineer who has had experience the mnin
districts of Pennslv which has probably
ion with this discovery. ~." ..@A
BUSINESS MATTERS &c.
The correspondent of the New York Tribun,
writes from San Francisco follows, under dat
of the first of April: