Daily national Democrat., 1860-03-16
SACRAMENTO CORRESPONDENCE
SACRAMENTO. Marcb 1atb

tons The State Reform School lin u o,o
ot them' There is much doubt in my mind
as to Its final success. 1t might fare better
were ii not for the effort that is TO he moda
for the establishment in your city of branch
oi the Insane Asylum. Some Senators are
probably committed to the latter, and there.
fore feel little inclined to vote for the looo.
ton of any other State institution at Marvs-
Vile. A branch asylum would perhans bo
fully as desirable, and as great a source of
profit as the Reform School Senators
Parks, Wheeler and Watkins will all vote for
the latter, but they find it dificult TO con-
vince others that juvenile villains should be
frelghted from San Francisco (where four.
fliths of them will be found) to Marysville at
fearful expense, when they might be well
cared for nearer home. This argument can
not be used against the Insane ASYLUM pro.
position, for mileage would be diminished
rather than increased in carrying insane ner-
sons to Marysville instead of Stockton from
the Northern portion of the State The Re-
form School bill is the special order for Fri
day and its merits will probably be passed
upon by the Senate.
The Constitutional Convention bill bas after
undergoing a number of amendments beAn
ordered to engrossment in the Assemblv.-
The amendments provide for holding the
convention in July instead of August. and
for submitting it to vote of the people prior
to November, 1860 An effort was made to
require its submission prior to july. 1861.
under which requirement it could have been
submitted in November, to be voted upon on
general election day, at which time public
attention would have been absorbed in vot.
ing for Presidential electors, and members of
the Legislature, while petty ticket-printng
committees could have controlled the cues
ton OF adopting orrejecting the constitution
1t Is OF the greatest importance that the in
strument proposed as the organic law of the
State should be voted upon by itself and
upon its own merits. An amendment was
offered to change the pay of delegates from
$780, and fifteen cents a mile, to the same
per diem and mileage as that allowed mem
bers of the Legislature, but the proposition
was not regarded with favor, and was quiet.
ly thrown overheard
A bill to pay off Sub Lessee McCauly, and
get rid of him, is now in the hands of the
Judiciary Committee of the Assembly, and
should pass. The State will save something
like $l50,000 besides expenses of legislature
by passing it. McCauly will be content, l
believe, with the quarter of million pro-
posed in the bill. Estelrs contract with the
State assigned to him. has been held to be
valid by the Supreme Court, and it would
appear that all our Legislators have to do is
to get off as eheaply as the contractor will
agree to.
The Committee on Claims in the Senate
recommend the payment of Thompson and
Forman, in accordance with the bill already
passed by the House, and it is likely that
their recommendation will be carried into
effect Nobody will be very sorry except
newspaper paragraphists who have been
able to make little item Of it during the
past three or four years. 1t will be the spe-
cial order on Saturday next.
The State Assayer bill was rushed through
with haste and B. B. Thayer promptly named
for Assayer by his Excellency. The Senate
confirmed the appointment to-day.
The proposed Sunday law was very un-
tremendously thrust out of sight to day by
being indefinitely postponed
Col. r. N Snowden took some exceptions
to something said by Hart, the Bulletins leg
slative correspondent, in reference to his
,Snowden's) motives in advocating the pas
sage of the Beef and Pork Inspector bill, and
took occasion, to day, to strike Hart with the
the palm of his hand whereupon that wor-
thy returned the compliment by giving a
well directed blow which put one of the
Coils peppers "in mourning"
The great State Comptroller case is at last
decided by the Supreme Court, and Meloney
with his corps of well fed clerks, will have
to vamose, to make room for Brooks and his |
followers. Meloney probably made use of
a compound word commencing with little
g, when he heard of the decision, but of
course do not assert this to be the fact.
The act to amend your City Charter hav-
ing received the approval of Gov. Downey,
is now law. D.
MINING AT Crescent CITY.-The Crescent |
City Herald says that good prospects have
been found in the sand beach near that place
1t adds "The fact of the beach being rich |
with gold for hundreds of miles, is known to
every one who has visited the beach and |
used the pan; and all that is required and for
which SO much labor and means have been |
by theoretical miners, is the proper
for separating the gold from the
sand, which, up to the present time, has not
been produced"
For WAsHoE.-Almost every other man we
meet on the streets is preparing t. leave at
IN early day for Washoe, and from present
appearances our town will be nearly depop- |
lated in the course of two or three months. |
-NeUada Democrat.
CENTRAL AMERIoA.-Advices from Nicar-
,Ouo stata that the british Miuietar Mr.