Daily national Democrat., 1859-02-26
OUR SACRAMENTO CORRESPONDENCE.
SAcRAMENro. February q

SACRAMENTO, February "a.
After much talk on the part of Buck of
Tuolumne. Moore, Of Nevada, and some
others feeling an interest pro. and con. in the
bill allowing Mr. Boraem $4,000 for his volume
Of Supreme Court Reports, the motion to re-
consider was carried and the bill was referred
to the Committee on Claims. Now whereas
the only amendment to the original bill, Is
that making the amount $1,000 instead OF
$4,000, and whereas large part of two days
has been occupied in buncombe effort to save
S400 to the State, it is the earnest hope of
every ardent advocate Of false economy that
Mr. Boraem be forced to stand the expense Of
his own Reports and that he be made a com
pulsory donor. ofhis labors to the sovereigns
of this Commonwealth.
Slingerlands bill concerning mining copart-
nerships, copy Of which sent you, came
up in the House to-day The Judiciary Com
mittee recommended that all after The first
section of the bin be stricken out When,
by the energetic rapping of the Speaker the
members were walked up to voting point,
the amendment was adopted.
The bill whereby an appropriation Of $4,000
is paid to II. G.. Langley for one thousand
copies of the State Register, passed the
House this morning by vote of 81 ayes to
2S noes. From some reason or other, the
members exhibited considerable tcnderfoot-
edness about voting upon this bill, and when
the final vote was had many seats were found
vacant and various members announced them
selves as having paired off" De Long was
among this latter class, but was only excused
from voting by decision in the affirmative
upon division of the House Lamar voted
no, then hy leave changed his vote to aye,
and then asked to have his vote recorded
no. again. \ member on the west side OF the
house moved with much magnanimity, that
Mr.. Lamar be granted permission to change
his vote again. The speaker ruled that the
gentleman had n right to alter his vote at
least half dozen times, but whereas the
honorable member was indisposed to ride a
free horse to death, he fore5ore exercising
his privilege to its extremity. | believe this
bill will prove a good investment to the
State, for by the distribution of three thou
sand copes of so valuable a work on the sta
tistics of our State as is the Register, there
can be but little room for doubt that much
more than the equivalent of the sum paid out
Of the Treasury will be returned to the Pub
lie Library in the shape Of valuable literary
and other works
While speaking of this matter, and after
having alluded to belongs pairing off, l
should add that before the ballot was an
nounced he voted aye-his pairing friend
having come back within the bar and voted
in the affirmative.
Much connection was excited when the
Senate Congressional bill was called up in
the House. a call of the House was had;
recommendation of the Committee to whom
the bill was referred was being discussed
when call was made for the previous ques-
ton, pending the action upon which mo-
ton to adjourn was made by Mr.. Lull, which /
motion was entertained by the chair and OPP
posed by Mr. Shepard of San Francisco, who
that no motion was in order
while the previous question was in operation,
and hence appealed from the decision Of the
chair. The appeal was sustained by very
decided vote. Gregory, of Mariposa, was in
the chair at the time) The motion then re-
Cured upon the recommendation of the com
mittee and the bill being read and the ques
ton being put to vote, the suggestion of the
committee was sustained This action Of the
House will probably relieve the anxious
minds Of Senators Burch and Merritt, of Phil
Moore and others who are inclined to immo-
late themselves upon the altar of their coun
try by accepting seats upon the floor of
Uncle Sans Congress.
The Bukhead bill was debated briefly in
the Senate to day after the consideration of
lengthy bill concerning highways and by
ways. After some talk by Mr. Phelps, Mr..
Anderson and Mr.. Berry, motion to ad-
journ prevailed, whereupon yonr epistolary
friend wended his way to the House just in
time to see its members donning their hats
preparatory to violating the Maine liquor
law. Yours, hastily,
NANDYKE BRowN.