The Nevada journal., 1857-02-06
Legislative Correspondence.
SACRAMENTO, February 3, 1857.

EDITORS Journal - Absence from
the capital for two weeks is the cause of
my long silence You have, however,
lost little as the press of this city has
furnished you with the most important
legislative items.
You have doubtless remarked the
House Special Committee on affairs con-
nected with the Controllers and Treas
urer's office. The report is rather tight
ON the Controller, who according to his
own testimony, if he did not throw OBJ
stacles in the path of the Board of Ex-
aminers created by the last Legislature
to act as check upon the State officers
at least did not lend any assistance to
them in the discharge of their duties
The Controller may have been wilful
and stubborn, but few doubt the integ-
rity of Col Whitman.
The disclosures which have been
made public concerning the affairs of the
Treasurer's officers, are getting little
old and musty but will do to call up to
remembrance occasionally. When are
we to receive the tens of thousands of
dollars in the clutches of Palmer, Cook
& Coz What induced DIR. Bates, after
the loud warnings he had had of ire
sponsible concerns, to trust S124,OOO
with the Pacific Express Co., and that
too, five months before it was necessary
tie use the money at all ; and how came
scrip, which was bonded in August, to
get back to San Francisco in July, to
pay taxes! These are questions that
are still asked, but not satisfactorily an
swered.
You have observed an effort at White
washing in the State Journal. That
paper entertains, probably, an idea sim
liar to one of our locofoco friends, who
offers to bet the state treasurer voted
for Old Buck predicating his bet upon
the fact that the Americans in both
houses are prosecuting the aforesaid
state officer as he says.
One month of the session is gone, and
the finance committees of the two hous-
es have as yet brought forward no
measures to sustain the credit of the
state. A bill was introduced by Coff-
roth, few days since. to re-enact all
the funding laws on the statute books.
The bill, otter passing the two houses,
is to be submitted to the people for their
approval. By this mode it is proposed
to constitutionalize the state debt.
By far the most important measure Of
the session yet introduced, is that of Mr..
Shaw, designed to bring about con-
vention to revise the present constitu-
ton. The impression is rapidly gaining
ground that our government is too ex-
tensive, and creating too much expense.
The Judiciary system certainly needs
remodeling. Some of the presses of the
state are in favor of all changes in the
organic law being made by the legisla-
ture, without the expense of conven-
tion. But the only certain and effectual
remedy against the evils of which the
country complains is through conven-
ton. This legislature is the most as
sumptive one | have yet Witnessed
During the canvass with what caution
did the members avoid the vigilance
question, immensely popular with the
people Not a word, of course, on that
organization escaped their polite lips.
But now the cat is asleep, the mice run
out Of ftheir holes and play the bravado.
They are all law and order loving ami
mails, and if you are to believe their bar
room stories, not one of them but made
a glorious fight on that principle, alone,
and came off victorious.
The attempt to form Buchanan
county, is another piece of characters
tic assumption. There is no longer
taste for the beautiful Spanish and In
dian names that every where abound,
but an old fogy appelIation must be i'm
ported for our use The name of Wash
ington has been wisely rejected by two
California legislatures; but we wouldn't
wonder if Buchanan were adopted with
a rush.
The most prolific topic of conversa-
ton at present is, the life and history of
the dead and living editors of the Bul-
letin which were very poorly read to the
assembly to-day by Gen. Estell. The
story was listened to by the stainless
Murray, the peerless I, John McDou-
gall and other choice spirits. A few of
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