The weekly Butte record., 1861-07-27

SuSDA7 Law. - The Legislature Of las.
winter, passed an act commonly known as the
Sunday Law, and as the time for its taking
effect is rapidly approaching, We publish it in
full. The District Attorney, not being eau
didate for Office, will re-assume his reserved
rights ard eoerce implicit obedience to the
law and all Of its provisions, without fear or
favor.
AN ACT FOR THE OBSERVANCE OF THE SAB
BATH. Apprcved May 20, 1861.
The People of the State Of California, repre-
sented IN Senate and assembly, do enact as fol-
.otrs:
srcrloS l. Any person who shall, hereaf
ter, keep open on the first day of the week,
commonly called Sunday, any store, workshop,
bar, saloon banking house, or other places of
business, for the purpose of transacting bus-
ness therein, except as hereinafter especially
provided, shall be guilty Of misdemeanor, and
on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a
fine of not less than FIVE nor more than fifty,
dollars.
SEC. 2. The provisions of this act shall not
apply to the keeping open OF hotels, boarding
houses. restaurants, iaverns, livery stables,
retail drug stores. for the legitimate business
Of each.) or such manufacturing establishments
as are necessarily kept in continued operation
to accomplish the business thereof, nor to the
sale of milk, fresh meats, fresh fish, and veget-
abes.
SEC. 3. Prosecutions for violation of this
act may be either by complaint to magis-
trat hv iplio htr md
all fines collected upon convictions under this
act shall be paid into the Common School
Fund Of the county.
SEC. 4. This act shall be in force from and
after the first day of August, eighteen hundred
and sixty-one.
A TREAsoSABLE CoNvENrIoS-The Stock
ton Argus thus speaks of the late Secession
Convention, in San Joaquin county:
The Breckenridge party held their Conven-
tion in this city on Saturday, the goth instant
1t resolved itself virtually into Secession
Club. A more fanatical set of men we never
before saw gathered together. With them
/" madness ruled the hour" Under the plea of
attacking Republcanism, Secession was up
held, and the effort of the Government to pro-
tect itself and to maintain its existence, was
secuted at in terms that expressed the most
CALLING hatred. In the midst Of the fury of
the Convention, we could form fair idea of
the Revolutionary Clubs Of the Red Republi-
cans of France in their widest zeal. In that
Convention all love of country was discarded
The United States was not recognized to be
a single nation. 1t was singular sight to
witness so revolutionary spirit against a free
form of government like ours. and it is hardly
credtable that the same number of sane men
could be gathered together to give vent to the
declarations there uttered.
The first movement of the Convention was
the precursor of the resolutions adopted
Thos. Laspeyre was chosen President Of the
Convention, thereby indorsing his well known
opinions IN favor of Secession and his desire to
recognize a divided country. With talents of
no high order, with no position as business
man, known to the community only as non
producer, it was evident be was chosen TO pre-
side over the Convention on the sole ground
that he was a Secessonst The speeches de-
livered were full of treason, and the speakers
acknowledged that they would not be allowed
to utter them and continue their sitting, were
Federal troops in the city. They had the au-
dacity to denounce the Government for abridg
ing the freedom of speech in the face of the
fact that they were allowed unbridled freedom
in uttering reasonable sentiments, when they
well knew that 10 the secession States, were a
man to speak in favor of the Union, he would
be hung on the nearest tree One speaker in
his speech unbluFbingly spoke of theft, when
Secessionists in Virginia had stolen ladies'
wardrobes wardrobes that belonged to his
own relations who had proven true to the
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