, 1866-03-24
FROM CALIFORNIA.

SAN FuANc1seo Fab 70 1sSf
Within the last ten days the rainv season
In. c1ox.d and 1oro11a, 1r-o,ho, tho| wo = =.
nas eosea; ai'u iotcusf "eatnss s Anan =. vs. ~ ate
now enjoying never gladdened tho earth The
spring work Of the farmers Is nearly finished,
and we have now q certainty Of abundant
crops for the coming year. The nropositfon
n -a,.ot
~
TIE sFsc1FE CONTRACT ACT
agitated again at this session. TWAS thought
at one time that the measure was likely 10
paS'' aha tun Vi 'ae hafinss oanhs u can
Francisco followed, the small depositors In
their ignorance believing thst In the erent of
the specific contract act being ndopted, their
deposits. made In po1d. vould h. rrturneff IN
- asn,as,.. 49, e, ~ "a s.a. w u I.,.,, Au ~
T., ~ ae,,s ~ ~ -. ou' pa' .,auJ'
" .aS pfompl ae1ion o. lae directors OF me
nn'e'uu. ~. n'ot''as's.--s h~' .--.~ --rAHan'5 hv
tnc OH octng voted down u tho Legislature.
One housa lost $255, 600 Of Its gold deposits,
op some Of which interest for SIX, or even
frightened deposltors. and had not the other
moncyed Institutions helped It through IN
eelt-defence, 1ts immediate means wou1d have
been exhausted, and failure, which would
have inangurated q panic. Tould have been
the result,
TUE MEXICAN RESOLUTIONS,
or reaolutfnns calling On the Government, of
the United states to interfere and + h % to1cs ~ ~
arms overthrow the empire :oT Maximiliau'
pissed the Assembly on Saturday amid cTea}
excitement, the vote being almost rnani.
nious-72 to 2, These resolutions viii he In
dorsed by the Senate, and further resolutions
suggested by Governor Low in special mes
sage, expressing warm sympathy with the
struggling Llbea1s, wiz be introduced this
The Speaker, and mas received WITH cnthusI-
astic cheers. ;,
BowLRs' BooK.
't*Acrozs the Continent "by your old fel-
low-trascl!cr Bowlcs, of the Springfield R<pub-
lean, has been received here and Rad. 20 far
as I can observe, with not = little disappoint-
nent. There Is much in the book to admire,
but also many errors, excusable enough in
hurried newspaper correspondence, but
hardly excusnble when Incorporated in book
Intended tor future reference aud to serve az d
guide for future travellers. But the portion
Of the work to which most objection IL taken
everything md everybody originating fu New
England, md the belittlfug OF utter ignoring
Of everybody and everything from auT Other
section Of the Union. As you know, New
England furnished California and the Pacific
States generally with but comparatively
small proportion of our population, and New
England habits and tdeas are not dominant
by any means in this section of tho Union.
Whflo We must all admit the benefits derived
from New England, the studlous efforts to
Ignore every other section Of the 'Unfon by
The wntcF, from preface to appendix, is 81
no mems reliEhed or. received Is q compli-
mcnt by The prent MnIlx If mr. nonrIat;on
Pro;so II thc oa soctfnn -'s,1v Ta,,p ~
snn.titn ~ o,,r ncanio - d,3 a1, aa hn !he
appeuls ol ou1 people as alo coa1ish On the
New forKer, who said to his land
landy, "MY dear madam. I don't
nav word agafnst cofIfsh IN the
.hs1rart ii ia a fna 41,fn,r ~ a,H1t sns
49,, hoa1Fh- + ionM ot;an+st' ~ uouok, N!N
tsay nsa.J - ~" uo1ees ~ eulse OF IouI
4lnateu !. nsals =. y, nut a-a ue, maaam,
there Is much in the book which II really ad-
nfral1e. and regret TINT the writer sf1on}d
hayc allowed this one fanIt 10 mar ia mcrfta
AA1s 1,f. ' IL .AuAs - u4at ~ u'e4AtS
aHo Fopu!atl4J. Mose TEX! Information con.
ce!ntnE u1r seCuou Ok tne pulon, ls condensed
il his little volume, than Is found in half
dozen more prctcntious works SONG Of them
con1d name W .'3''t
eo"A~ A1es' ,r,vr,,,,,,> 1r~
rs,..,a 7 mesTEAEp !. aII QUE ,.,
cago, who has been stationed here as Quarter
maseI o. volunteefs a. the mead Of the dis
bnISnE' department during the VII, Was mus
tered out last week, and vii return to the
prac:tce OF the Law and business pursuits N
this city,
THE MEncEn sw1Sn1E.
Ge " recent NUMBER Of the 1:fl6uns
hns icTn Il, ah;nt " a. nnouS, a a. :. Meics