Daily national Democrat. [volume] (Marysville, Calif.) 1858-1861, 1860-02-03
Sacramento Correspondenee.
SACRAMENTO. Feb.

SACRAMENTO, FEB. !.
EpIroR DEMOCRAT The Legislature trans
acted no very important business to-day
There were many vacant chairs in the Senate
chamber this morning, no quorum being
present. Mr.. Phelps moved call of the
house, which was carried, but three tardy
Senators made their appearance. and further
proceedings under the call were dispensed
with.
Sundry citizens of Nevada petitioned for
q law to allow mileage to witnesses in criminal
cases The petition was referred to the Com
mittee on Judiciary. A great deal of COM
plant has been made heretofore by parties
sabpened rs witnesses in State cases, and
who, after travelling fifty or sixty miles and
losing q weeks time, found that they could
get no pay. 1t is argued by many that it is
every citizens duty to give his time for the
general good, and appear, at his own expense,
in courts of justice when his testimony
would bring an offender to an account for
his crime. 1t seems pretty hard, however,
for poor man to be compelled to pay for
having been an unwilling witness to viola
ton of law. A law to allow reasonable com
pensation to witnesses in criminal cases would
be popular, and therefore we may expect to
see one enacted
| Mr.. Chase introduced bill to amend the
Act to Prohibit Gambling. which was re-
ferred to the Judiciary Committee. 1 be-
leve it provides somewhat milder penalty
than the existing law
Mr. Dickinson offered resolution, which
was adopted, directing the Sergeat-at- Arms
to furnish the Governor with copies of all
documents heretofore printed or to be here
after printed Mr.. Dickinson stated that the
Governor had requested him to introduce
such resolution, as he had, up to this time,
received none of the printed documents of
the Senate. Rather a serious omission on
the part Of somebody.
The vote by which the bill of Mr.. Red
man to change the time for publishing de
linquent tax lists in Santa Clara and Contra
Costa counties, was lost on yesterday, was
reconsidered. A motion was made to refer
it the Committee on Finance, with instruc-
tions to report an amendment including all
the counties in the State, in the extension of
the time when taxes shall be payable, to De
cember in each year. The bill was finally
referred to the Committee on Finance with
out instructions Those Senators and mem
bers who represent farming counties, will
advocate extending the time for paying taxes
until later than it now runs.
In the Assembly, Mr.. Laspeyre made an
explanation of some remarks made by him in
the contested election case yesterday He
had said the Legislature had as much right
to give the money of the State to beggers in
the street, as to yay mileage and per diem
to the contestant He did not intend to APP
ply any epithet to Mr.. Gallagher. The ex-
PLANTATION was doubtless satisfactory.
Mr.. Hone gave notice of bill to regulate
the pawnbroking business
The Baker troupe played the Corsican
Brothers to night to a full house at the little
Sacramento theater, on Third Street. The
tableaux were not good, The combat was
the best ever saw.
! The Wizard had sore throat and did not
perform. D.