The weekly Butte record., 1867-12-14
Sacramento Correspondence.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. H.. 1867

SAcgAaESro, Dec. IL ). 1867
EDIToR REcogp:-Agrseahle to promise / write
you my virgin letter from the Great City of the
Palms. As~Msrk Twain connts two. / viii not
be as arsricioas as he, and will only ask you to
Mark Well one.
The combined dignity of the State assembled On
Monday the ID inst. bs- nothing Of importance
was done. save the warning Of the sages that they
would at early day introduce bills, whether for
the especial benefit Of their pockets, or for the
general benefit, know rot. But there were lots
of bills presented.
The ail absorbing topic now is the Senatorial
question. TO be or not 70 be-: but so far as can
learn the ght will be between Casserly and Hoge
But as have no cash TO become United States
Senator with, ana Temple and Rose have. would
not be surprised il It laid between the two last
named gentlemen. Thus far Rose has made Wig
oroas fight, and has recently brought up aanking
force, consisting of various packages labelled thus
ly: "Brandy-Hon. A. H. Rose;" "Sheuy-Hon.
A. H. Rose" 'Whisky-Hon. 4. Fl. Rose When
this powerful battery gets into position there Is no
telling whose aspirations E.ay be blasted ss with
lightning stroke. Sacramento hiss often been
flooded, but never before has tide Of Rose water
poured along its streets. The spirits Of his adhe-
rents Rose rapidly. Outside of this, the news mar
het is dull, as the sages determined to do no
thing of Importance until after the holidays ex-
cepting the election of Q. s. Senator.
By the way you ought to have been on the bam-
boo great Pacific Railroad to Cisco if for nothing
else, only TO show You how near you could come to
mn .O-va and iusf ua Cd
fun for those who had never seen snow in their
lives, to enjoy rde through the great tunnel; but
some of the uninitiated found themselves not only
in tunnel, but in dilemma also. Two of the
party who left in the tunnel by the absence of
the locating disloeating. PIN, were relieved of
their pieces that go cn tick. But it was all
"goak, although the reality was "hard case"
As indicating the probable drift of legislation
during the present session, l notice that Senator
Roberts has introduced bill TO limit the hours of
labor; and Senator Comfy from your district, bill
to repeal the test oath; Senator Lawrence gave no.
tice Of an act to amend the Registry Law. In the
Assembly, Steele, of Siskyou. presented petition
asking for legislation against Chinese mining
0MaIley. of San Francisco, gave notice of bill to
limit the hours of labor Mr.. Broderson gave notice
Of bill to repeal the several Sunday laws; Steele
of bill to repeal the Registry Law Dwinelle of a
bill TO repeal the act excluding traitors from courts
of Justice in criminal cases; Green, of Colusa, in
troduced bill TO repeal all test oaths, which was
read twice and referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Senator Ever, introduced bill to confirm and le-
galze the assessment roll of Butte county for Co
Assemblyman Steele, of Siskiyou, has given notice
of bill to authorize the employment of one hun
dred State conycts, to construct roads in the
mountains OF Siskyou, Klamath, Humboldt and
Del Norte, and to apply Chinese miners taxes to
cover expenses
must say that "our' representatives have so far
been credit to themselves and their constituents.
May they continue so to do.
Sacramento has a rare novelty here known as
jim Covers Sample Rooms" where you, at any
time during recess. find the combined talent of the
country regaling Themselves and ask ng Jim who
they want for U. s. Senator. He is certainly
great favorite.
Among the notable strangers from Butte, no
notice the Sheriff elect. Levi Smith, Nourse, and
ex-Sheri:f Plum. don't know what they are do
ing, but you will hear again from CnIPs.