Daily national Democrat., 1860-02-26
SACRAMENTO CORRESPONDENCE.
SACRAMENTO. Feb. oath.

reconsdered the vote by which the bill Gre
ating the office of State Assayer was passed.
believe some of the Senators voted for it
without much reflection, and should not
be surprised now to see the bill defeated.
The bill to protect female children, or
rather to prevent girls under seventeen from
playing hurdy gurdies and hand organs
in the streets, was passed in the Senate.
The telegraph monopoly bill was again
postponed, and made the special order for
Tuesday next.
The bill concerning divorces was before
the Senate, and quite a number of ladies
were in attendance, doubtless thinking to
be instructed and entertained by the debate
thereon. But there was no particular life
manifested by Senators, and l did not even
notice what was done with the bill.
In the Assembly. the bill to pay $4,000 to
Thompson and Forman was made the special
order for Tuesday next.
The bill for Sunday law came up, and
Mr.. Conness moved to recommit it, with in.
structions to the committee to so amend it
as to make the compulsory cessation from
business on Sunday a merely civil regulation.
The motion prevailed. The Sunday bill thus
amended, will be free from the objection
hitherto urged against it, that it was based
upon a religious or rather sectional senti.
ment.
The endless war concerning Indian wars
came up again to-day, in the shape of reso
luton to refer the vouchers of Gen. Kibbe to
special committee of five, with instructions
to report only upon the correctness of the
accounts, embraced in the bill to appropri-
ate $4,000 DC. An amendment was offered
and adopted, referring the papers, other than
vouchers and accounts, to the standing COM
mittee on Indian Affairs, with instructions to
investigate and report the causes of the Pitt
River war. The resolution as amended was
adopted The special committee is UNDER
stood to be friendly to the bill i indeed do
not think the fairness of the accounts, as to
rates charged, &C., is seriously doubted. The
sticking point is as to the manner in which
the war was gotten up originally 1t is said
that the standing committee on Indian Af-
fairs is deeply impressed with the wisdom
of Governor Weller's army policy, so inves-
tigation will perhaps be deemed by it an
unnecessary labor. think the proceedings
had upon this subject sufficiently prove that
the friends of the bill under consideration,
are unwilling that all the facts in relation
thereto should be made known. The special
committee first appointed were scrutinizing
the early history of the affair too closely, and
violent measures were successfully resorted
to for getting rid of the troublesome investi-
gator Will members never learn that in
vestigating committees are not to investigate
at all? 1t is all a matter of form-in this
case, hardly that.
The House passed bill for compensation
of witnesses in criminal cases, in certain cases.
A number of counties were exempted from
its provisions, and Mr. Westcoatt labored hard
for the exemption of Yuba. l think the others
of the Yuba delegation opposed Mr.. West
coat. l knew that Messrs. Hugg, Crowell
and ORear did so. believe the bill provides
for no compensation of witnesses residing
within three miles of the Court House.
Peter Lundberger was to-day sentencenced
to be hung on April 18th. Judge McKune
was much moved on the OCCASION, as was
evidenced by his tears which fell fast. The
prisoner, when asked if he had anything to
say why sentence should not be passed upon
him, answered by his counsel, that he had
but one request to make, which was that he
might have as long a time as possible in which
to prepare for death. The Judge gave him
fifty days. The longest time permitted by
the statute to intervene between sentence
and execution is, believe, sixty days.
The Gwin faction have been beaten in
Tuolumne, as you are probably already
aware There was rumor here this after
noon that the friends of Stephen A. Doug
las had carried the primary elections in El
Dorado county. have, as yet, heard no
confirmation of it.
am sorry to inform you that Senator
Wheeler of your county is quite sick l
went up to see him to-day, but found him
sleeping quite comfortably, and did not dis
turb him. He has been confined to his room
for several days. ID.
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