The Placer herald., 1866-03-10
JoTr1NGs DOWN FROM THE CAPITAL.
rBy OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

will declare the Legislature adjourned, and
the Halls that have resounded with the elo,
quence Of the orators and statesmen of the
Sixteenth Session, will remain silent for the
next two years to come, unless on occasions
when they are opened for political TRADE
by some strong'mnded woman Of the Emma
Hardnge school--or for some peripatetic
politician Of the Cuyler SchoIfox school TO
confer the degree Of the Order Of Rebecca.
As the Session draws near its close, the
tiercer does The pot begin to boil. and the
cauIdron is .seelhing bubble, bubble toll
and trouble, Black spirits and white, blue
spirits and grey, MingIe mingle while you
may" That the present Legislature is black
enough, its records will clearly shov. If
no other evidence were wanting. an incident
occurred in the Assembly TO day, which suf.
fcisn,ly defines the complexion of that asl
tute body. A resolution was introduced TO
allow that prince Of Humbugs, styling HIM
self Col. (O Hawkins. the use of the Assem-
bly, Chamber, to deliver lecture upon the
war. Holden, of Mendocino, stated that
from all he could learn, the redoubable Col
was an impos,or,-b never been in any
Of the battles he professed to describe, and
never was lion. until he was made so by
the asses of California who were running
after him. This was rather hard hit upon
Brother O. 9. Wheeler, formerly of the
Sanilary,-but more recently of the Freed
mems Fund, who has had tho stirring up
Of the ass 10 the lions lions skin, before the
faithful in California, and Gov. Low who
presided al his first annual meeting in San
Francisco.
Mr.. Peterson, Of Los Angeles, offered the
resolution ipasmuch as the Assembly had re.
fused to adopt that introduced hy him few
days ago. allowing the use Of the Hall to
Hon q. Montgomery to deliver lecture on
Education. The majority passed the resolu-
lon, as a matter Of course. A resolution
was introduced Immediately after by Dem
ocrat, rendering the use of The Assembly
Chamber to Mr.. Montgomery for the pur
poses aforesaid WAS negai.ed by decided
vote. This is sample Of the fairness oi
the dominant party in the present Legs'a
ture. Had the Dem cratrc mn riy pre-
sented an unbroken fron.-remained firm
and entered into no compromises, the re-
suits during the present Session might have
gone whoreing with the radiug of
a cardinal principle for some County roa,:
bill or a bridge or ferry franchise.
An exciting debate took place in The As.
sembly yesterday over the bill introduced toy
Wilcox. Of Marposa, authorizing The Board
of Supervisors Of tie city of San Franciso 10
indemnify I. A Brady for the loss of the
type and material Of the San Fl, nrisco
Monitor. destroyed by The mob. which made
such clean sweep on the fifteenth Of last
April. The majority of The San Francisco
delegation which as you know is as black
AS the hinges Of Tar'arus reported agains,
the measure. The bill was ably advocated
by Messrs. Lupton and MrClelIand, Demo
cratic members from San Francisco, as well
as by Messrs. Wilcox, of Marposa, and Saw
yer, Of Calaveras. who for some years pas,
has had the charge Of the Chronicle Of iha,
County. Upon tes, vote, the measure was
only defeated by majority of two.
The most exciting matter in the House to-
day WAS the bill raising the rates Of fare over
the Omnibus Railroads, in San Francisco,
from five to ten cents. The President, Su.
perintendent, Secretary and directors Of this
road have been on hand in the lobby for the
past ten days, to engineer The thing through
and they considered that they had dead
thing of it-but as the dsrkey said, "Whi,e
man" Especially if he is member of the
California L-gisIature,) "is berry onsartain,"
and "there's many slip between the cup
and the lip" The result proved ,ha, these
parties after all their exertons had their la,
Dor for their pains.-for the bill contrary to
all expeclat on was Indefinitely pos,pon.d- -
which kills i. dead by majority Of eleven
votes.
After a vexstious delay Of some weeks.
the Eight Hour Bill came up in the Senate
today, and passed with an amendment tack
ed on by its enemies, the employing manu-.
facturers Of that body,-that the law shall
not take effect until the States of New York
and Massachusetts shall have passed similar
laws. The adoption of such a role allowing
the States named TO legs|ate for California
virtually kills the bill. and the wise men ad.
op'ing it certainly u t fed and made asses
OF themselves hy their action. There is no
danger however that so absurd a provision
will be ratified by the Assembly, which body
passed the original bill by an overwhelming
majority. The Senate on yesterday passed
the Act defining the boundary line between
The counties Of Sacramento, Placer and Su,-
Ter, but as have been unable to procure
copy Of the bill cannot at this time give
you its details.
During the Senate Session Of yesterday
and to'day--the case Of d. 0. Mccarthy, OF
The American Flag, committed to Jail for
contempt in refusing to testify in the case,
wherein he charged seven Senators with be-
ing bought off At $l2 900, per head to vote
against the repeal of the Specific Contrac,
Law, has occupies considerable share of
The time and attention Of that body. Mr.
Heacock presented an anonymous petition,
censuring the Senate for its Treatment; Of the
Flag man, and demanding his immediate re-
lease from durance vile, which was very
properly rejected. Senator Ku,z of Nevada.
afterwards introduced a resolution which