Daily national Democrat., 1860-01-26
Sacramento Correspondents.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. "a, 1860.


EDIroR DEMooRAT There were but Is
Senators present at roll call this morning
An act amendatory to the Practice Act was
on leave, introduced by Mr.. Phelps The
bill provides for the pro rata distribution OF
property of debtors when attached
Mr.. Edgerton gave notice of bill for m
act to prohibit gaming. do not know what
its provisions will be. The present law is
considered rather binding on the card-pay-
ing fraternity, and whoever seeks to anchor
ate their condition by removing the State
prison penalty, will doubtless make them his
friends, temporarily.
The bill to appropriate money to pay VIM.
T. Barbour, for salary due him as District
Judge of the 10th District, was made the
special order of the day for Thursday the
26th, at IL o'clock.
A bill providing that oil general laws shall
go into effect sixty days after ther passage,
instead of Immediately thereafter, as now,
was ordered to be engrossed.
A Till requiring the San Francisco Police
Court to have seal, was ordered to be en-
crossed 1t was urged, as an argument in
favor of the bill. that parties now 60 about
with spurious warrants and levy black mail,
upon persons named in them If the Court
should be required to have a seal with which
to authenticate its process, the evil would be
remedied
Several bills were passed to extend the
time for collecting delinquent taxes in various
counties.
When the Senate adjourned, it was because
no quorum was present.
In the House there was but little business
done, although the session was long one.
Mr.. Gwinn, of Yolo, offered a resolution
that no motion for an adjournment be enter
tanned until o'clock p NJ, unless the order
of business be sooner gone through with
The Speaker said the resolution would con
fliet with the rule of the House. Mr.. Gwinn
entered his Solemn protest against the ex-
penditure of the peoples money" The reso-
luton was laid over until tomorrow.
Mr.. Stevenson offered resolution concur
rent) instructing our Senators and requesting
our Representatives in Congress, to urge upon
the Postmaster General the necessity of re-
establishing daily mail on the route be-
tween Marysvile and Shasta. There is no
doubt, think, that the resolution will be
adopted
Some discussion took place upon the Senate
concurrent resolution, for urging the Post.
master General to provide for more speedy
transmission of the ocean mails. The resolu.
ton was amended, SO as to advocate throw
ing the contract open to general competition,
and adopted.
The usual gravity of the House was some.
what disturbed by very singular proceed
ing on the part of Mr.. Fairchild. His pro-
posed amendment to the bill to provide for
the payment of the expenses of the Inaugural.
ton ceremonies, had been made the special
order of the day, and the House went into
Committee of the Whole on the bill. The
old gentleman produced formidable looking
on the subject He went on to read this,
and some said that, in two short hours he
made good Roadway towards the middle of
it, when member rose to point of order
He was not speaking to the question. An
other moved that Mr.. F. be requested to print
his speech. Another moved that he be at
liberty to proceed dd h6itum. The member
was not to be badgered out of his speech,
however He went on reading, to the utter
establishment of everybody, and the House
became so uproariously amused by the nov
city of the affair, that the Speaker was
obliged to come to the rescue and dissolve
the Committee. The bill was then passed as
originally offered.
Mr. Welty notified the House, that he
should introduce an act to amend the Reve-
nue. Act
Mr.. Mason introduced his bill to locate the
State Capital at San Francisco. The Sacra-
mentans are becoming quite fidgetty on this
Capitol business.
The usual number Of special bills were
noticed, introduced and acted upon. A recital
of them would not pay.
A long discussion was had upon bill Civ
ing County Judges the power to hold Courts
in other counties than their own. The bill
was lost by one vote D.