The union Democrat., 1870-02-19
sACRAMENTO ConRRsPONDENC
SACRAMENTO, February llth, 1870.

SACRAMENTO, February llth, 1870.
IMAM GARDINER"
That "Man Gardiner" is again here. DE-
ring the last 4S hours verbal inquiries have
been showered at me thus:
Have you seen Bob?''
w. S. Cooper.
"Where's Bob?"
Allen Mardis.
:" Bob Gardeners here"
Joseph Van Prack.
bob Gar-ner's in town."
Everybody.
1t seems to be presumed by all these pco-
that have some sort of charge of this man or
he Of me. They seem amazed that we are
not always together. am, say at the Ori-
cans Hotel and men rush in and remark,
'Bob's Mt the Golden Eagle?" | am expect-
ed then TO rush directly to the Golden Eagle
and ..wait for Bob !" The increasing idiocy
uf the age is lamentahie.
sir. Gardiner and Or. Brown amalgamate
in room %, Golden Eagle. There, DO these
two impositions unhlushingly sleep together
and reyer did the four walls Of any one room
enclose u greater amount OF sin, sedition, and
seduction in two packages.
BILLS.
Important bills daily come up. That Gre
a:ing the Office of Bank Commissioner was
discussed nearly two days. One ground of
objection urged against it was, that by it, ev-
cry mans financial position was liable to be
paraded before the public, just perhaps as he
had overdrawn his bsnk account. One great
aim in the erection of the office is to touch GER
tain dead mems cash; several millions of
which are said to be lying in sundry banks,
unclaimed and affording a revenue possibly
to the banks themselves.
The Saa Francisco Grading Franchise, Nc
Coppin. President. was anothe: big thing,
Anything with McCoppin's name Tackled on
causes q general pricking up of ears. In op-
position we had sand cars, rails, dummy en-
tines. Earrings, smoke and old and young
people run over, beside huge monopoly in
dwelling the sand hills and casting them in
the bay by its opponents. 1t has passed the
assembly to engrossment. This is tanta-
mount 10 its passage by that body.
NORTH PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The North Pacific Rciroad runs to Hum
boldt Bay. Twenty miles Of raj! are laid.
The company ask for grant of land in Ma
rim County, also one in San Francisco. We
can't find out exactly how much they want
1t may in Marin be 500 acres. 1t may be
5000. The metes and bounds described in
these bills are as uncertain as to the amount
of land they contain, as the shape of the clouds.
Years ago in San Mateo County, some one
wanted from the State n grant of land where
On to establish Tan Yard. Sixty acres,
they said would do. The boundary descrip-
tion began right and proper enough thus:
commencing at a certain house etc. y and
they say that after the grant was secured and
the Legislature had adjourned, they picked
the house up, put it on wheels and carted it
off to another spot so rs to make the lines
- commence ut said house, - enclose nearer
4. 900 than GO acres. Perhaps sense cf these
things tabled the North Pacific Railroad land
appropriation.
TWEEDIANIA.
Senator Tweed wants as an additional in
ducement for boys to be good, to grant them
under certain conditions of virtue and moral
ity, the privilege of voting at Is. In the
light in which American politics is now seen,
many think the cause of virtue and morality
would be better served by withholding this
privilege until IS.
FINANCIAL GEESE AND CoSLINGS.
T.. -
sinking in debt. We created a Current Ex-
pense Fund. The redemption of outstanding
County Warrants was thus provided for.
People like cash better than scrip. There was
levied a tax of 60 cents on the 800. 1t was
levied to augment this Current Expense Fund.
The proceeds of that tax never went in that
direction. The financial goose should have
begun to fatten. But she did mt There was
a mistake in the appropriation of the goose's
grub. The revenue derived from the pro-
ceeds of the Go cents per 500 tax, went into
the General Fund. This General Fund is ar
Older and stronger goose than the gosing of
''6l' the Current Expense Fund Some
how, it gob5led and stole the gosling's corn.
We have S3, 800, which IS just at present
hung up over both these geese. The Gander
General Fund and the Gosliug Current Ex-
pense Fund, both eagerly gap their bills for
it. Both want it. The Gander or the Gan
ier's friends have been to Sacramento. \
bill has passed both houses under suspension
of the rules and rushed to the Governor for
signature. When be signs, that s, 500 goes
pop into the Gander's month, and your Cos,
hing Current Expense goes piping around
hungry. and your $500 Curren. Expense
Scrip Is still worth but 50 cents on the dollar
aud still you pay double the amount you
should whenever carpenter or blacksmith
IS hired to do a job, while jurors. officers of
election and all others who are paid out of the
current Expense Fund. said pay being fixed
ey law, receive in gold but one half the
amount to which they are entitled, because
ince.
All this to whom it may concern. There's
"luSs mere IN certain quarters and people
WHO meet that Man Gardiner saw to him "Are
Fou the chap that's after euint. or is Ouint
after you. whiehs"
fVRLic NOTICES AND PLACES.
Somebody wants bill passed to render i,
Lawful III yaur county n nos. -,