The Nevada journal., 1857-03-06
sacramento c Correspondence
TUESDAY, MARCH Sd, 1857.


the recent decision of the Supfeme
Court, and something ought to be
done. But the wisdom of both ho uses
has not yet settled what is the proper
remedy to apply. One has fame y in
which he INDUCES himself and am uses
his listeners another doubts and dog
matizes, and in the confusion prodp pced
by the conflicting opinions and W him
seys on all sides it is impossible to di-
vine what course the majority of the
Legislature will pursue to get out of the
aforesaid fix.
But things are tending to produ ice a
Constitutional Convention beyond a
doubt. Even the State Journal, as you
have seen, is rather verging to the side
of the Conventionists.
AS ever, | must reiterate that the i'm
portant measures are yet untouched,
and the impeachment trials commence
tomorrow, which will tend to postpone
action upon the principal bills for an in
definite period of time. However. the
project to legalize the State debt comes
up on a special order tomorrow at II
o'clock. The State Prison, State Lu-
natic Asylum, the Revenue, State
Printing, and a score of other matters
require attention, and such attention,
that in comparison with the time spent
on the few local bills that have cost two
months to pass, it is fair to presume that
unless hurried up by their constituents,
the Legislature will hot adjourn till dog
days. Happily, however, there is a
remedy the people may refuse to pay
for such services.
The Civil Appropriation Bill is still
derstood he is waiting for the passage of
the bill of Senator johnson, of Sacra-
mento, defining what Indebtedness shall
be, commonly called the dictionary
BILL" 1t provides for an act taking eff
feet by jerks and bitches as the money
comes into the treasury. The act de-
clares that no debt shall be deemed
debt till the Controllers warrant to rep
resent it has been drawn, and no Con
troller's warrant shall be drawn unless
there is fund in the treasury to meet
it. Under the BILL the Legislature can
employ any amount of service the prop
er officers may certify to, and pass upon
the claim, and sometime in the fut, re
when the treasury has dollar, the Con
troller may draw his warrant, and the
claim becomes legal debt, and is paid
accordingly. This may be tenn pora-
ry means of avoiding the decision of
the Supreme Court, but it seems TO
want the strength of good argument for
its support.
Burton is regularly installed in the
Controllers office, and goes at the bust
ness as if he understood it like a book
The main topic of conversation in and
about the Capitol is the advent of the
ubiquitous Ned MCGOWAN. He is lying
low at the Magnolia, holding cou rt in
private, and depending upon the a etion
of the Legislature to grant Kim pr btec-
ton from the clutches of the Vigil ance
Committee. Hundreds have been to
see the big, ''yaller" moustache and
corresponding corpulency. The former
is as of yore, changed never a hair, but
the latter has caved in.
An interesting debate is going on
concerning the constitutionality of ere
ating a new Senatorial district out of
the 18th. Passed.
A calico party comes off in the CAPT
tol on Friday eve. How these things
are conducted, / leave to your bache-
lorships to find out 1t is to be hoped
you will speak favorably of the thing,
as the lady who is prime minister ip the
affair sent box of clothing to the suf-
ferers in the Nevada fires. Success to
her efforts, say, for l am partial to
calico.
- During the discussion of the Su-
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