Daily national Democrat., 1859-02-18
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OUR SACRAMENTO CORRESPONDENCE.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 10th.

A'FhNAN%ANAA-''ANt
One Of the most important acts of legis
. laton which has been originated in either
branch Of the present Legislature, came up
in the House this morning for its third read
ing. l refer to the Revenue Bill introduced
by Mr.. Young, of Nevada. The most nota-
ble feature OF this proposed law, is the reduc-
ton of the State tax from sixty to fifty per
cent. After being briefly discussed, the bill
was made the special order for Mouday next,
when it viii be considered in committee of
the whole, A law by which the people can
be at all relieved from their present onerous
burdens OF taxation will doubtless meet with
general appreciation, From the favorable
manner in which it was received by the
House, am led to believe it will pass that
body.
A bill will be introduced into the Legislature
at an early day, authorizing the purchase by
the State of one thousand copies of Langleys
State Register--said copies to be for distribu.
ton among the various State and College
Libraries throughout the Union and in Eu-
rope Whereas the State Register is the
best compilation of the statistics of Califor-
MIA, it seems desirable that the Secretary of
State should be empo wered to buy the pro-
posed number Of copies if he can do SO at a
reasonable price As compared with Woods
Digest and some other works which the
State has already paid large..sums of money
for, it is vastly more worthy of favorable
consideration.
A bill authorizing one r. S. Ogden to run
steam wagons over the public roads and
highways of this State, came up in the AS
semblv this morning. Mr.. Mount, of Gala
veras got up the steam for Mr.. Ogden and
finally succeeded in running the wagon safe
ly through the gauntlet of this Houses legis
lative powers; and it passed by decided
vote am afraid that it will be very much
more difficult to run the wagons proposed,
than it was to grant Mr.. Ogden the
desired privilege, even supposing it possible
that Miller or somebody else shall eventually
perfect such a steam vehicle as will do the
desired running. Maybe, however, Mr.. Og
den is content to " wait for the wagon"
Dr. Thomas, the Esculapian member from
Stanislaus, introduced a bill, this morning,
providing for the protection Of the medical
profession and the community and the CON-
munity at large against empyrics and to
protect regularly educated apothecaries
against nostrum dealers. The bill caused
much debate Various and sundry substi-
tutes were proposed, among others, one
which should permit female obstetricians to
practice their profession after having under
gone satisfactory examination by Board
of Inspectors proposed in the bill. Drug
gists are also tc have leave to practice their
art after having borne the test of thorough
examination as to their qualification. As
direct blow to quacking, this bill should be-
come law. Poisoning has been tolerated
long enough. But the discussion of this bill
has involved much that is worthy of note
and unworthy of even Lecompton Legsla-
ture. BY turns, members made speeches
suggestive of the exclusion from the proyis-
ions of the bill, such peculiar schools of prac
titioners as they (the speakers) were disposed
to he partial to. Mr.. Mount quoted Greek,
and spluttered fippantly about the abdom-
inal viscera. One Whitney, a physical mem
Der from Tuolumne, essayed history of his
own experience in the medical profession and
his views upon physiology, anatomy, materia
medica, obstetrics, ct cetera. Young exhibit
ed partial return to his senses. Ellis and
Thomas, (both doctors,) looked disgusted,
because the unlearned should be SO impudent
as to talk about a matter they knew nothing
Of A great deal was said, too stupidity to
be worth mentioning. Mr.. Speaker expert
enced sense of gastronomic weakness and
called Frank Pixley to the chair, and he
Pixley) )fnally brought the House to a proper
sense of what they were doing and DIR. LIE
fevere, by calling the previous question,
caused vote to be taken, first upon home
opathic and eclectic substitute which was
lost, and then upon the engrossment of the
bill. BY vote of % to q this latter pro
position was carried.
The House adjourned about O'clock with
out attempting to transact its regular order
vi uuslness concerning Lne state Guager.-
To have completed the days exhibit of "es-
thetic acumen," as General Allen would say,
the following provisions of Sniktaw's should
have been adopted. 1t reads
Provided That the diaphragm of the Jug
nlar vein shall not be construed into dag
nosis of the Vertebra- fronts, depending upon
'ubclHvian artery of the spinal appendage
for its carotid support, nor the existence of
the venous fluid have any effect upon the
brains of any of those members receiving ten
dollars per day for gassing upon this subject
Possibly this provision would have been
adopted had it been offered.
You know what it is to write "up hill'-
You also know what it is to try and make
mountain out of molehill Being possessed
OF all this knowledge, only to be obtained by
experience, you can readily understand why
such supremely wearisome letters as this can
emanate from so unworthy legislative com
mentator as VANDYKE BRowN.
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