The weekly Placer herald., 1853-01-15
legislative.

IAcS lSAAARVcs
On Monday, Mr.. Haydenfelt, in the
Assembly, introduced a bill establishing
Beuica as ihe permanent seat of Govern
ment and capital of the State, the law to
take effect 80 days after its passage.
Mr.. Canney moved to reject the bill,
and called for the ayes and noes. The
bill was rejected by a vote of 80 to 81.
Mr.. CORDOBA, on leave, introduced Il
bill to repeal the 18th section of an "act
funding the State debt accrued up to 31st
Dec, 1852, and the payment of three
per cent. bonds"
DIR. Nc Means moved the suspension of
the rules and that the bill he read a second
time. Carried The bill was then refer
red to the committee on ways and Means.
MIR. Carpenter, on leave, reported bill
repeating the death penalty in the crimI-
nal code.
IN SENATE.-Met at 8 O'Clock, Mr..
Lyons in the chair.
courts of the 1lth Judicial District was
favorabIy reported on.
MIR. Keene was unanimously elected
President pro tenn. of the Senate.
A report was received from the commit
tee IN relation to the overland emigration.
The SANDWICH IsLANDs.-A Lima
correspondent of the Journal OF Com
lnerce says:
| am again becoming alarmed for the
fate of the Sandwich Islands. The
French question has never been settled,
but has remained dormant for two years.
They have now a strong squadron coming
out, in which there are two 6O-gun ships,
destined, undoubtedly, to act against the
Islands, which have no protection but
such as may he granted by the United
States and England. This should be Sc
rious'y considered by our government
Those islands, in possession of mari
time nation, would give it the control of
California and Oregon, as much, or more
than the possession of Cuba controls the
commerce of the Gulf of Mexico. The
Sandwich Islands can furnish more good
sailors to man a squadron than can Cuba
besides, it is not so easy to afford efficient
protection to Oregon and California as to
the States on the Gulf Of Mexico. trust
the Importance of preventing the Sand
wich Islands from falling into the posses
sion of any European power is sufficiently
appreciated by our government.
STEAMER PANAMA.-We are informed
by gentleman who came passenger on
the California, that this steamer was to
have left Panama three days after the de-
parture of the California, and to bring a
portion of the great mail. She is conse
quently now overdue, and may be ex-
pected to arrive at any hour. Union
INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS If the
following from the London Times, be
true, our geological correctors of Moses;
cosmogony will have need to correct some
of their dates, to say the least:
| Professor Gorini, who is professor OF
natural history at the University of Lodi
made recently, before a circle of private
friends, remarkable experiment iIustra-
tive of his theory as to the formation OF
mountains. He melts some substances
known only to himself, in vessel, and
allows the liquid to cool. At first it pre-.
seDts an even surface; but portion con-
tInues to ooze up from beneath, and grad.
ually elevations are formed, until at length
ranges and chains of hills are formed
exactly corresponding in shape with those
which are found on the earth. Even tc
the stratification the resemblance is com.
pete, and M. Gorini can produce on q
small scale the phenomena of volcanoes
and earthquakes. He contends, there.
fore, that the inequalities on the face Of
the globe are the result of certain mater
ials, first reduced by the application Of
heat to liquid state, and then allowed
gradually to consolidate.
WRECK OF THE CAM.NcHE. E.-Bv mas.
sengers arrived last evening we learn that
party of workmen are endeavoring to
raise the iIl-fated steamer Camanche.-
There is fair prospect of success. A con-
siderable portion of the cargo has heen