Daily national Democrat. [volume] (Marysville, Calif.) 1858-1861, 1860-02-10
CORRESPONDENCE.


SACRAMENTO, Feb. 6th.
EplroR DEMOCRAT The Senate Commit
tee on Public Morals reported bill for
Sunday Law to-day, providing that none
but hotel keepers, marketmen, dealers III
medicines. and other kinds of goods, the sale
Of which Is necessary at all times, shall be
allowed to do business on Sunday. The pen
sltv for a violation of the law is a fine of not
more than $500 nor more than $3.50 Super
,isors and City Councils are authorized to
compel offenders to labor on public works.
MIR Merritt introduced a bill to prevent
Melonev. the acting State Controller, from
drawing further pay from the State Tor oin>
cial services, until the contest between INN
and S. II. Brooks elected last September be
decided by the Courts, in his favor. After
lengthy discussion, in which Senators Chase
Merritt and Clarke were prominent, the bill
was referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Mr. Parks introduced, without notice, on
leave. a bill for the erection of State Ke-
form School upon the site donated by the
City of Marysville to the State for that pur-
pore 1t was read first and second times
and referred to Committee on Public Morals
A bill to authorize Ell Dorado county to
subscribe $500 900 of Stock in the Folsom
and Placervile Bailroad was referred to the
Ell Dorado delegation.
The special order of the day being the bill
to authorize County Courts to change names
VI IuuIvIuuuIs, ruuv UP anu an Into NS''"e
discussion ensued. Mr.. Ballou made some
remarks, in which he stated that he had
ascertained, upon Investigation, that the
changing of names by the Legislature had
cost the State some $4,000. The report of
the committee to indefinitely postpone the
bill was adopted by vote of II to 6.
The Ladies Seaman's Friend Society of
San Francisco, ask for $4,000 in aid of the
erection of an Asylum for INDECENT Seamen.
The petition was referred to the Committee
on Commerce and Navigation, together with
bill by Mr.. Peachy, to make the desired
appropriation.
The Senate passed the bill authorizing the
managers of the San Francisco Orphan Asy.
lum to bind, as apprentices, etc, orphans un
der their care.
The Governor sent in to the Assembly
some interesting correspondence concern nq
Indian hostilities in the Norty, viz: letter
from Gen. Clarke, of the U. S. Army, accom-
panied by report to him by Lieut.. Dillon O
the condition of Indian affairs at Round Val
| h. IT,
stand infinitely more in need of protection
than the whites" There is evidently "aI
irrepressible conflict between the regular
of the army and the citizen soldiers of tn,
California militia.
The Assembly passed the bill appropria-
ting money to pay the expenses of the Pa
cifc Railroad Convention.
The eccentric member from Ell Dorado
(Mr. Fairchild) offered about three quarter
of yard of resolutions, concerning tn
g state of the Union" the African slave trade
fugitive slaves, territorial, squatter and fed
eral sovereignty, States rights, Harper's Fel
e ry, Kansas. negroes, negresses, little nigger
II etc, etc, all Of which were read 10 the gres
edification of members, and intended to hay
IS been referred to the Committee on Federi
Z Relations but believe such reference Wa
N"ii'S '"i' - "'' "ilis'iSESu e""IIuS avO
] passed by the Assembly. do not know il
provisions.
t The Railroad Convention to day recon
, mended, by resolution, that the State offer
bonus to induce the speedy construction {
telegraph lines across the Continent A
evening session of the Convention was he'll
in the Assembly Chamber, and motion t
rescind the Recommendation fora State apprc
priation of $l5,O0O,O00 was discussed. Tn
discussion will be continued at some plac
tomorrow night, when Geu. McDougal will
speak at length, in support of the ga, 900 90,
proposition. Judge Barbour is member O
the convention n