Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-02-27

their He has inrnged the right of the pec
pie bear He has made unreasonable searches Of
papers and effects He has suspended the privilege
of habas corpus and in keeping American citizens in dun
geons without confronting them with their He has
suppressed the right Of enjoying liberty and property with
fathers td arms in the days of the resolution
Nearly year later-namely, On the 22d OF
August, 1862, 0 'Doherty wrote as follows
THE Abolition unta which by false preences have Oh
the Government have resore 10 draft in
II is thought by some that will be
California to raise the quota Of men called Tor from TINS state
are without hope that such madness VIII rule the
hour With no desire 10 create needless apprehenson
will nevertheless candid opinion that any at
tempt the people Of California into te army lor the
of carving on the the nefous scheme of
Aboitionism will be met by RESISTANCE large number OF
people this believing the present war to be waSed
with no view TO restore the Union it and preserve
the Constitution is but prosecuted only TO crafty the
the and concatg property Of citizens the
Southern States CANNOT and WILL NOT be ade participants In
the guilt!'
In the San Jose. Tribune of October 20, 1862,
referring to the order of Gen. Wright suppress
ing the further publication of the paper after
that ISSUE O'Doherty says:
on inquiry the and gallant officer who
instructed to intimate this final resolve to us If there was no
by which could make the paper acceptable to the
General informed that the only way he knew
sustain the Administration We replied that, there
nor bayonets sufficient to make us do this.
and 50 interview ended
= Now I have given you many extracts, there
is no room for comment. 1t is consolng, how
ever, that the extracts are so clear that COM
ment is unnecessary.
DEBT OF STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
A bill authorizing the levy in Sacramento City
of special tax of 20 cents on the 500, and in
the county of % cents on the 500, for the pur-
pose of paying the debt of the State Agricul-
tural Society amounting to something over
$40, 900, has passed the Senate, and will prob
ably become law 1t is just that if the Fairs
of the Society to be held every year in Sac
ramento the people of this city and county
should pay the debt. 1t is said that the heaviest
taxpayers favor the project.
THE PATRIOTIC RESOLUTIONS
Have finally been adopted by both branches of
the Legislature. The amendments agreed upon
to compromise the differences between the two
Houses are of little Importance except that con-
corning the legal tender currency and the Con-
fiscaton law On these two points the resolu-
tons, finally passed, read as follows
We indorse the financial policy of the Government and
the Legal Tender the great administrative
for successfully carrying on the war against the rebellion
and which pledge ourselves to deepd and uphold"
which has for its object the unconditional forfeiture of the
property of rebels and Senators hereby instructed
and Representatives in Congress requested to urge its
adoption.
COMMON SCHOOLS.
An act to amend the School Law has passed
the Assembly, and will probably pass the Senate
1t levies State School tax of five cents on each
Sl00. 1t appropriates SO, 900 from the General
Fund of the State for the support of the Normal
School. The Board of Supervisors of each
county are required to levy a county School tax
equal to two dollars for each child within the
county. Schools must be kept open at least five
months each year, and if the School money is
insufficient, Trustees are required to levy tax
on the property of the district.
TAXING CHINESE.
That eminent statesman from Del Norte Sena-
tor Wright, introduced bill to levy monthly
State, male and female, excepting those who
pay mining tax. The bill was discussed and
indefinitely postponed, &c to 3.
SACRAMENTO RIVER.
Mr. Dodson has introduced bill approprating
S. 900 towards the cost of dredging the Sacra-
mento, for the removal of the sand-bar known as
the Hogs Back"
BOARDS OF HEALTH.
A bill has passed to engrossment in the Assem-
bly, which provides that the Justices of the Peace
in every township in the State, the Trustees of
every incorporated town and the Common Coun-
Gil of every city shall be Boards of Health, en-
powered to examine into the causes of sickness
occasioned by filth or nuisances of any kind
and to have the same removed. Persons viola
ting any order of such Boards are subject to fine
or Imprisonment. The Boards of Health are
also empowered to remove smallpox patients TO
houses apart from thickly settled districts.
A FUTILE ATTEMPT.
The Constitution says that Assessors and Col
lectors of town, county and State taxes shall be
elected by the qualified electors of the district
in which the property taxed is situated. The
people of Sacramento elected as Sheriff. (who is
also Tax Colector,) Mr.. McClatchy, late editor
hn ~ l,,t - Il l1la
tion in the Assembly don't like McClatchy, and
bill was introduced by Mr.. Watson to separate
the office of Tax Collector from that of Sheriff.
The bill was on Thursday indefinitely postponed.
1t being considered unconstitutional as well AS
unjust.
SPECIAL LEGISLATION
The Governor last week vetoed three Assem-
bly, bills, two of them granting road franchises,
and one the right to sell real estate of deceased
person without application to the Probate Court
All OF the bills were passed over the veto, by an
average vote of four to one.
TAXING THE MINES.
Both Senate and Assembly, by very large ma
Jorities, have refused to pass bills to tax the
mining property of the State. | must defer COM
ment for want of time.
The bill to give the Governor power to remove
appolntees has been amended in the Senate so
that removals may be made by the Governor,
Attorney General and Secretary of State acting
Jointly charges to be first made and proved as
to unhtness or disloyalty of incumbent-the ac-
cused to have opportunity for sef-defence. The
bill, as amended should and probably will pass
both Houses FAUST.
UNION STATE CONvENTIoN.-In another place
we publish the call of the Union State Central
Committee for State Convention to be held at
Sacramento on the oath of next month, for the
purpose of choosing delegates to the National
Union Convention which is to nominate candi-
dates for President and Vice President The un-
ion Central Committee of this county meets to-
day to select delegates to the State Convention