Weekly Trinity journal., 1863-01-31
LETTER FROM THE CAPITAL.
,oonnrspoSpENcE OF THE JoURNAL.l

dry matter for the Seherai i'"' W ~
we'll he made otherwise, therefore make this
norton of my letter as brief as possible. up 10
,bis date there have been introduced in the Sen
ate and House 163 bills, about equally diVided
botween the two Houses. OF these more than
half have been introduced within the past hVe
davs They are mostly of special nature OF
local in their application. But few OF them par
ticularly concern Trinity county Among 'nose
which have already passed both houses are '"o
bills introduced by Senator Shurtleh 10 limit 'he
time for the transcribing of the county Records
in Trinity and Shasta counties These acts so
amend the former acts on the SUBJECT tha' 'ne
transcribing of the records must be completed oy
the first day of May next No general laws OF
Importance have been passed this week. Among
those now on file is most stringent bill against
gambling, introduced by Banks. 1t declares the
conducting of games misdemeanor, punishable
by fine not exceeding $4,000 for the first offence.
The second offence is made felony, the penalty
being fine not exceeding $4,000, or imprison'
ment in The State Prison not exceeding two years.
II makes it misdemeanor for any person to gam
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Imprisonment not exceeding three months 1t
declares it a misdemeanor to be employed in
gambling house. and strictly prohibits gambling
on steamers, in hotels, &c.
A resolution requesting CALIFORNIA; represen-
tatives at Washington to urge upon Congress
the enactment of law supplementary to the
Pacific Railroad Act, will probably pass The
law called for is to prevent such construction
Of the present law as will prevent mining on
lands granted by the act to the " Union Pacific
Railroad Company" The act grants to this
Company all the timber on the lands, and might
be so construed as to prevent mining on the lands
by prohibiting the telling OF the timber.
A resolution has been introduced in the Senate
declaring Leander Qunt not entitled to seat
in that body. Mr.. Quint being absent the reso-
luton was temporarily laid on the table. 1t Will
be remembered that Quint was allowed his seat
last year on the strength of 4O6 votes alleged as
cast for him at Big Springs precinct, although it
was conclusively proved that no election was
held at Big Springs, and that the alleged returns
were fraudulent.
A resolution has passed the Senate authorizing
the appointment of q committee to inquire
whether Senator Baker uttered reasonable Ian
guage in public speech in Visalia in August
last. The vote on the passage of the resolution
was 81 ayes, noes Messrs Bogert, Doll, Hol-
den and Vineyard voting in the negative. Mr..
Baker, Shurtef and others did not vote. Before
the adoption of the resolution Mr.. Baker denied
! II hio
and said he was ready to justify all that could
be proved.
Notice has been given in the House also of in
tention (by NJ Fitch) to offer q resolution of in
quiry as to the loyalty of T. j. G. Kewen. The
Union opposes action on these cases on the ground
that the accused have been released from confine-
ment by General Wright, and says this action of
the Federal authorities should shield the party
from any inquiry on the same charge on the part
of the State" If General Wright himself was
entirely free from suspicion of disloyalty, this
assumption might be correct; but those who best
know General Wright his opinions and associa-
tions, are not so fast to accord even to him the
purest sentiments OF fealty to the Government
His most intimate associates are we'll known
sympathzers with the South in this rebellion,
and his action with regard to the release of Kew.
en- and Baker was-if the facts ore as alleged
discredtabe to him as an officer and humiliating
to the Government. 1t is stated that Kewen
dictated the terms of the oath to which he SUBJ
scrbed, and that its form was several times
changed before he would accept of 1t and fur
ther that abundant proof could have been adj
| a., h0th X Dol,o
General Wright considered their oath of allegi-
ance sufficient.
| Mr.. Wright Of Del Norte, has introduced bill
to prohibit empiricism and quackery in the prac-
| tce of medicine, which makes it a penal offence,
punishable by fine, to practice medicine without
a diploma from some Medical College, and rem
ders any person not q licensed physician liable
to indictment for manslaughter if patient dies
while under his or her charge The bill is aimed
at female practitioners especially those who at
tend in obsetric cases. 1t also cuts off all clair
| voyant, magnetic, electric and hydropathic treat.
ment, except when used by the regular faculty.
Nothing is said in the bill of these matters, but
that is what the effect of its passage would be.
aud in the opinion of your correspondent people
should be allowed to choose their own medical
executoners without the aid of the Legislature
The practice of medicine has not vet attained
| the dignity of science. What is called the
4Nateria MedicG is but the result Of a series of
experiments, and it will be ages hence if ever
before anything approaching to certainty can
be attained in the practice of that which has, so
lar proved only this--that the symptoms upon
which must be based any diagnosis of disease.
aud the conditions which always more or less
interfere with the desired effect of supposed rem
edies are SO wholly unreliable that success in
medical practice is now considered as little
else than chance or the result of shrewd guess
work.
On Wednesday morning the Union published
dispatch from Washington to the effect that Sen.
ator McDougall had offered resolution condem-
natory of the course of France in Mexico and
asserting that is the duty of this Republic to re-
quire OF France the withdrawal of her forces in
Mexico, and that it is also the duty of this Re.
public to furnish aid to Mexico. On the same
day the dispatch was published here. Mr.. J. W
owen offered resolution 10 the Assembly con.
demnatOry of the course of Senator McDopooii
and requesting him to tyithdro,, b;s .oooI,.9:'