Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-06
Plum q" Occasional Correspondent.

anticipated, from the innumcrable notices Of
LiRs given by members. Among the most in.
tercsting measures introduced, especially as re-
spCcis the people Of FL Dorado, NAV be noticed.
the one introduced by Sir. Lee on NOAday last,
providing for the erection Of court house and
other necessary buildings, ia tire County Seat
Of said county. II was rcWd the frat and sec.
ond times and referred ~ the FL DOrndo dele
gator, whCre il will probably remain, until
other SRd more important local measures, la
which your county is interested, shall be diA-
posed Of You may be assured that this bill
will meet with much opposition from portion
Of the delegation. They ure determined to
support nothing lacking towards q settlement
Of the vcXed question Of removing the county
scat, no long us il shall remain where it is; on
the contrary, they will seize this opportunity,
founded GU the introduction Of Lees bill, for
urging upon the legislature the passage Of an
act, rc-submitling 10 the people Of Fl Dorado,
the location Of the county seat. Nothing short
Of this will satisfy these agitntors-Oneof whom
at beast, secured his election upon the express
condition that he woUN not dgitdte the c0unty
seat question:, aud IL now remains for him TO
make good the assurances, which the people
particularly in the southern portion Of the
county received in good faith. and in which
they had the utmost confidence, or otherwise
to forfeit forever, every claim upon them for
political support. 1t is known that the course
Of one Of the representatives from your county,
is utterly beyond the ken Of the sharpest or
kcenest eyed constituent within the limits Of
old FL Dorado. As he snys "no man knows
the position intend 10 take, if this question
should come up" and any effort to penetrate
the deep and exciting mystery with which he
surrounds himself, would be simply ridiculous.
The agony Of suspense endured By his col.
leagues, and bis mystlted constituents, cannot
be borne much longer.
The Wagon Road bill is yet slumbcring with
the two delegations interested. They will meet
in committee on Monday evening next, for the
purpose Of adopting some measure 10 be car.
red through both houses withou; delay or n
mendmcut. They have already had one con
ference, and from what could hear. the "noisc
and confusion" Of other days were the cmbod-
imcnt Of harmony compared to the lively time
they then and there had upon that occaslon.-
1t is understood that the commissioners, Qw0)
IRE to be appointed by the legislature, and
they to select the third, and in the event of
their disagreement, the joint Boards Of Super
visors Of the rsIcctvc counties. to elect such
commissioner. An Intellectual effort was made
to tack on nm additional ten thousand dollars
to the original apl roprnion for the benefit of
| Al. Il a
defeated. the Sacramcntans regarding it as mn
obstacle to the success Of the main bill, in the
passage Of which, they exhibit most com.
mcndablc interest. Mr.. Carpenter, Of the Sem
ute, how ever, has given notice that he will in.
troducc nh act, authorizing your Supervisor
to levy tax for road purposes, having refer.
cnce, no doubt, to this particular road. Mr.
Loot bourrow OF the llousc, ulSo gave notice oil
II bill for a similar purpose, for the benefit,
doubtless Of his portion of the county. So
propositions for taxation will soon be knee
deep, und in their zeal for brneGung their i'm.
mediate constituencies, lose sight Of the app,l
ling aggregate Of Indebtedness in which THEN
county viii be involved. -.--
Mr.. Briggs Of Amadur has introduced bill
cNtmhtinS mining claims from execution
Some Nrong arguments can and will b,
brought TO the support Of this measure, and
judg ny from its reception, its passage may bt
predicted.
Mr. Kitchens bill for reducing the pNy o
members and officers CT the legislature, wa,
rejected by having the Cnacing clause stricken
out. The committee to whom it was referred
reported that it was in conflict with the Con
stitution, and hence its rejection. Col. Dick
inson Of the Senate has similar measure PEND
ing before that body, but il does not effect tn
pay Of Senators duIing their present term. -
Another gratifying evidence Of the aimony
Of the democracy in the House, was the vot
to indefinitely postpone the motion 10 taxi
from the table. Gray's (Dlk Rep.) Dougla
resolutions. That body are deter mined to re
cognizc no split in the democratic party unit
they have the most conclusive evidence tha
one exists. The testimony is not yet sufficient
1t may be Of some interest for your reader Il
know, that about dozen petitions, favoraLl,
to the reception Of negro and Chinese evidence
that were presented to the House yesterday
were most emphatically tabled. They wer,
subsequently referred to the Judiciary com
mlttrC, where they will meet with little or nj
favor. SOJOURNER.
$4,000 Reward - Lost, Strayed, abscond