, 1872-02-29
California Correspondence.

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Edis9r D5spaica :-Throash yoar po-
liteness, or that Of some other friendly
dweller in the ..sound country" I am
IN receipt of several numbers of your
paper, ana for which you. or some other
f1iebd. ds the case may be, will please
accept my thanks.
had not seen the paper previous to its
receipt through the mail, and it is but
an act of simple justice TO say that the
PUGEr Sound DIsPaTcH, in all the fea-
trres that contribute to the making up
and completeness of handsome news
paper, is ahead ofan. thing I have seen
in the newspaper line yet issued from
the press on the Pacific coast. Its head
is admirable, its body handsomely attir-
main, appear to ne to be entitled to ap-
proval. Our Pacific papers, in point OF
beauty of design and tidiness Of execu-
tion, are very "good looking" and will
suffer not at all in comparison with q
ike number Of papers anywhere else
published, and it is saying much for the
DISPATCH, in the respects mentioned, to
place it at the head of the list, but
think you will have to stand it.
I only took ny pen to thank somebody
for the kind act Of sending me the paper
in reference. but as l am comfortably
seated and can spare little time to write
more, trust you viii indulge NE, Mr.
Editor, in renning few lines touching
other matters.
Our Winter TO date has been one Of
unusual severity in regard to the amount
Of rainfall. As to severe cold weather
and snow-fAlls, We have had none at this
altitude, but never since the drowning
Winter of 1912 have We hal such an
overwhelming food as the present rainy
season thus far has brought Us. 1 did
not know. one spell, but California would
slide ont into the Pacific, so terrible was
the pressure Of the food, and had she
not been well 1noorcd to the Sierras the
probability is that she would have imi-
tated some other bodies Of the passing
time and taken ''new departure. Cal
ifornia is well put up staunch and strong,
but for all that she has dangerous ele-
ments to deal with, and can not be con-
sidered really refuge of safety at all
times. The elements referred to have
ha1.several fright smart" struggles with
her, bu. up to date she has survived
their attacks, and 'the band is still play
ing" Whether she survive or perish
in the coming tine depends. in my view
of the situation, upon the leniency and
mercy of the earthquake god. If the
city Of San Francisco will only behave
itself and not wax SO wicked as to awak-
en- the ire and require the inteiposition
OF the said god, to shake the rascality
and wickedness out Of it, and thereby
endanger the permarency of the whole
structure, California may survive until
the sounding of the great horn, warning
the dwellers upon this terraquaous plan
ct Of the final breaking up and, dissolu-
ton of all things. The safety of the
physical structure and durability of Cal
ifornia depends largely, if not solely up
ON the conduct Of the inhabitants of the
-''Bay City," therefore let the said in
habitants take warning IN time.
Our legislative "grist MILL is grind
ing away at Sacramento. but from ap-
pearances thus far not much "Aour" of
edible quality will be manufactured
Politically, there is a disagreement be-
( tween the two Houses, the Senate being
Democratic and the Assembly Republi-
can, and of course upon questions of a
/ political nature an agreement is but
rarely to be looked for. The leading
questions before the Legislature, since
! the election of the U. S. Senator, are
( the question of reduction of railroad
fares aud freights, the repeal of what is
called the ''five per cent. subsidy act, -
and the ''fence question: so called
The Senate repeals the Subsidy act, but
the Assembly non-concurs. The fare
and freight question is before Commit
tee, and the fence-no-fence- ce-trespass
question is at this time being discussed
in both Houses. As things legislative
now appear, not much is likely to be ac-
csmplished for the public veal at the
present session. Usually, the best thing
done by legislative bodies is their sine
die adjournments, and it will be great
relief to the people, who have to foot all
the bills, when the present Legislature
dislntegrates and its individual ingredi-
/ ent parts handle their trunks and car
pet-bags and make tracks for home dig
gings. An effort has been made to rat
ify the 14th and 18th Amendments, So
called, bat the political differences exist
ing between the two branches prevented
the consumation of the proposition
The Assembly ratified, but the Senate.
being short of Amendment rats, failed
to concur. California is pretty well
stocked with rats, but still lacks suffi-