Daily national Democrat., 1860-01-24
SACRAMENTO CORRESPONDENCE.
SACRAMENTO. Jan. %. 1860.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. %, 1860
EDIroR DEMooRAr The rain has COM
menced falling here again. We are having
two or three winters in one
The town has been remarkably quiet to-
day. A good many of the Senntors ana
members took leave of us on Saturday, and a
good nanny of those who are left,put on Their
serious countenances and exhibited them
selves at Church.
The Legislature did no important business
Yesterday. A concurrent resolution requesting
the establishment of another Land Office in
this State has been presented, and will proba'
bly, be adopted by both Houses. There can be
no doubt of the necessity of establishing sew
eral more federal offices in California. Had
there been more of that sort Of influence
here two weeks ago, perhaps the Senatorial
election would have resulted differently. By
all means let there be few more land Off
ces. They should be established conditional
ly however. Let it be provided that, if the
next President is not pure and simple
G white, the new office shall be "no 60"
A petition comes in now and then, pray
ing the enactment Of a law to secure the bet
ter observance of the first day of the week,
commonly called Sunday. They are always
referred to the appropriate" committee, and
very likely will not be heard from again for
some time.
The amendments to the Civil Code, recent
ly offered by Mr.. Welty, in the Assembly
are of q somewhat startling character. The
Clerks and Shcriffs will suffer some if he sue
ceeds in obtaining an endorsement of his
measure, for among other things. it is propos.
ed to authorize the lawyers oissue and serve
papers for the commencement of suits.
An effort is being made to urge the Gene
raj Government to abandon proceedings
in the Almaden mining suit A concurrent
resolution to that effect was offered in the
Senate on yesterday, and referred.
A bill is before the Legislature to provide
for reporting and publishing the decisions Of
the Supreme Court. 1t provides that the
Court shall have the right to supervise the
acts of the Reporter 1t is said that the
present Reporter, Harvey Lee, has performed
his services in manner that does not please
the Court. The present Executive is under
stood as desiring to make such an appoint
ment as will meet the approval ofthe Judges
A bill has been introduced, at last, having
in view the destruction of the nice little tele-
graph monopoly. at present enjoyed by San
Francisco and Sacramento paper. 1t pro-
vides that all telegraph companies shall give
preference, in transmitting dispatches, to the
general Associated Press, and requires opera
tors to furnish a copy of the general dispatch
to any paper willing to pay for it. But. say:
the Bulletin, where will the "two days later
news come from?" 1t is claimed that the
Bulletin and Union get dispatches sent TO
some station west of st. Louis, two days after
the stage leaves that city. The other papers
will have to make like arrangement in Or
der to keep up with the times. The San
Francisco and Sacramento Editors have now
been in committee of the whole upon the tel
egraph subject for some time, and Constant
readers" are anxiously waiting for them tC
rise, report finally, and ask to be discharged
A strong effort will be made here to induce
the Administration County Committee tt
modify the test recommended by the Stat,
Central Committee, for the government oi
the primary elections. The call may not
therefore issue for some days yet. Gwin's
peculiar friends will advocate the strong test
of course If all Democrats vote together
the old man will not be able to fulfil the task
assigned him by Mr.. Buchanan, viz: to per
init no Douglas man inside of the organiza-
tion, to go as a delegate to Charleston.
l observe that that Complete letter writer
J. B. W., has again ventured into print. His
letter made its appearance in the very nick
of time. Had it been delayed day longer,
who knows but the Legislature would have
committed the Infamous outrage" of elect
ing him to the Senate at this most improper
time? He can be candidate just as well
next winter, if he at that time, regards seat
in the U. S, Senate as necessary to his hap.
piness." D.