The Placer herald., 1865-12-16
Jorr1Nas DOWN FROM THE CAPITAL.
rBY OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
Gallery cf assembly Chamber,
Thursday, December l4th, 1865.

u"r'hS the e'eht'ul session OF congress OF
1872, reporters seat in gallery, when
every member. from the veteran of quarter
of a century-Lewis Cass-down to Hami'
ton Fish, of New York, whose money
bought him his place; for he always looked
to me like one who had slipped into his seat
hy evading the vigilance of the Senate Door
keeper, "lo,k jerk" at the famous resoIu
,ions Of welcome to Gov. Kossulh of Hun
gary, introduced by Senator Fooe. then
haiIing from Mississippi, but since from all
creation, having boxed all points Of the com
pass-physicalIy, morally and politically
and who. bis wood rkerheaded son'in'law
Bill Stewart Of Observation-Disclosures must
wait to cast his ballot until near the close of
the polls, when all the loyal niggers have,
as my ancient colored friend Uncle Charley.
the boot'black, who knows his place on 4h
Street, near the Post Office-and who for
merly held the important position under
Post Master HardeDburg of hauling out the
mails to the Stages each morning, classicay
expresses it, have "done exercised de right ob
suffering, - have penchant for seat in
the gallery especially in the present instance
where can look down on the assembled
of birds eye view Of the scene below. candor
compe!s me to say that. after having seen all
the Legislatures that have assembled in Cal
itornia since the year 1851, have never
looked upon a better or fairer looking set Of
men. | say this, taking all parties into
view. The "Legslature of a 1000 drinks"
was said to embody more talent than any
other that ever sat in the Slate-but never
saw it-per contra, theLegis anre Of '6l-2
bad more sugar loaf shaped and mush heads
than ever sat in the Slate-the brains of the
members were essentially watery, which may
be hysiologicaly accounted for from the
fact this was the session of The great flood.
which fualed that rather eff-le body to San
Francisco, giving some Of lis constituent
parts chance to exclaim egotstlcaiy "how
we apples swim"
The same remark applies to the presen t
Senate, which embodles more real real alili
, ly than any Of It's predecessors that ever met
, IN The Stale. Both parties in the field have
sent their picked men to the State cock pit
as their champions, and neither can claim
that they have not "foemen worthy of their
STEEL There is your own Senator, judge
Hale, who however far he may have straved
after false Gods, and been seduced from the
ranks OF the faithful bv the savorv smell of
the t1-sh-pos Of Egypt, is legal giant, and
through them gold specs of hisn can see AS
far into political mill stone as any of them.
There is Vim. J. Shaw Of San Francisco.
man OF mind and cutivation-an experenc>
ed, sound, practical and conservative lpgisa.
tor. One OF the best trained and equally bah
anced legal minds of the Senate is that Of
John S. Hagar, former Judge Of the Fourth
District Court Of San Francisco, and recent
y elected from that city TO supply the va
canry ocras'ned by the resignation of Sena-
tor Redington. While on lhe bench he
commanded the fullest respect of the entire
Bar OF San Francisco, and fewer of his deci.
sions were reversed than Of any District
Judge OF the Stale not excepting Judge
Morton Of The Twelfth. The colleague of
these gentlemen, Hawes, the Senatorial rep
resentalive Of San Francisco and San Mateo
for legal acumen and clear perception. com,
bined with sound practical sense, md, mtabIe
energy and industry, has no superior in the
Senate. George Pearce of Sonoma, is not
only first class lawyer, but one Of the
shaipest debaIers in either House. Judpe
johnson OF 81 Dorado, although not as
handsome man AS the Adonis of the Senate
Of $50 OF the House of g g Brother B eli
the man with the curly locks who has es.
chewed politics to preach with yrea, accep
ance to the sisters OF Fifth Avenue in one of
the most fashionable churches in Gotham
is good lawyer, man OF good sense and
only needs experience to make first class
legislator. Judge Beden from Nevada. ALI
though II new hand at the legislative bellows
has nothing of the blower about him. and
has already made his mark. ChanceIlor
Harrison. Chairman of the Senate Judiciary
COMMITTEES is an able lawyer and well fitted
for the position. 1t is cr4diiabe aIk. to
Lieut.. Gev. Machin and Mr.. Speaker Yul4
that all the important committees, Of both
Houses have been fairly, impartally and ia
d'clousy made up Among the several
practical men OF The Senate uot Of the lepal
profession, John T. Jones of Trinity. stands
At the head. S. Z. Wright Of Del Norte. is
an amiable gentleman and the Senate show.
ed its good sense by choosing him President
pro tenn as his imparliamy and suavity of
manner eminenlly fit him for this position.
Speaker lue is good parliamenarian,
and presidrs with d'gnny; but the Speaker
pro tenn, Wilcox OF Mariposa, blar arksnirh.
makes decidedly the finest looking figure
head for the Assembly that ever sci in the
Speakers chair. His only druwJock is. tha,
he has propensity TO slide down in is seal.
and elevate his understanding on The desk in
front Of him. "Oli Holden, of Mendocino.
and OLD Chamberlain, Ct San Joaquin, who
have both served in the Senate, are the lead.
ers of the two parties in the llouse, and they
buck against each other like The M-rrmac
and Monitor. When these two old hard,
heads come together they make things crack
Among the new members on the Democratic
side Of the House. Lupton of San Francisco,
and Lu'trell of Siskyou, have already made
their mark tor sound practical sense and