Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-02-18
SACRAMENTO LETTER.
[rRox our own coRREsroSprSr.l
ST. VALENTINES DAY-CIIINEsEN NEW
YEAR-CALtFORNIA LEGISLATION
-SACR AMENTO ADJUSTMENTS.
SACRAMENTO. February 1G. 1874


En- EvrSISa NEws: ASH In com.
pliment to the season OF love.maklug
Ia general aud the mating Of the birds
In partlcular-St. Valentines Day
the sun sl,one out brightly OIL Satnr-
DAY. aud for n time 1.-THE Winter OF
our discontent' was "made glorlou,
summer" The youthful maidsns and
gallant young gentlemen. who, like
the State Changers OF the Jacknifc
Brigade ut work on the Capitol grounds
believe IN msking hay while the sun
shines, made the most Of this first fair
day We have hal for n month Of Sun
days. The dealers ~ valentines were
accorlingly beseiged by tina class from
mornin. iii night. aud even the chill
dren of a larger growth. grew young
again aud INDUCED In their youthful
pa.timc Of sending these mlssives to
their friends. The result has been All
unprecedented activity In this character
Of literature. aud one Of the heaviest
dealers In TIL, species Of light reading
informs your correspondent that his
sales this year have nearly trebled
those OF last season. There has been,
too. a very %pcrceptible change for the
better IN this departmcnt-tiIe hideols
caricatures, vulgar la design anu
coarse In execution-the purpose OF
which was la too many instances to
wound the delicate sensibilities Of the
victim who was the recipient, anu to
crafty the private malice OF the SELL
der. have given way TO n class decided
~ more artistic IN style. reilned IN
character aud delicacy Of execution.
A Celestial Holiday.
This anniversary OF u reverc,l saint
In the Christian calendar, Is succeeded
by one which Is observed with all the
rites of l'agani'm. Yesterday was the
commencement Of the New Year Of
the =. Heather Chiuee," which la-t1 for
something like u week. Last night
the uproar caused by the Wholesale
discharge Of ilre.crackerS OH | street.
would indicate TO the stranger i,lac-
customci To tlIi. annual bnmharlmcnt,
that the capital city e California WAS
Ia II state IL siege. A. your CORES
poIdent has tho misfortune To tlber.
naclc la n vicinity near the State Cap.
i,ul. where there are number OF CHI
nc.e washing establishments within
ear-.lot. III. rest was very materially
disturbed by the frequent discharges oi
this iavorile artillery OF III. llcatlirn
during the entire course of the night
aud morning. Luckily this festival
comes but once n year.
Matters OF General Legislation.
The Railroad FreichtS and Fares
bill, which passed the Assembly some
time ago, Is still before the Corpora
tions Committee IN the Senate. The
Committee had Governor Stanford be.
fore them one entire evening last
week. sitting with closed door.. IA the
Intense disgust Of the san Francisco
CaH AMI Bniistia. Upon a question oi
privilege. Farley, the Chairman. stated
that the editors ot those papers were
respectfully Invited to be nnl appear
b fare the Committee. and tell all they
know la relation To tlls manifold rail.
road abuses of which they 30 loudly
complain, and In rsse Of their failure
Ia accept, they would be served with n
summary process that would bring
them in aud compel them to testify.
Iii. l. ~ II should he. IL newspapers
make Wholesale charges Of the corrup.
tion ot corporations, duplicating legiS.
l,tors with having been bought up,and
being In their pay, let them substan-
tate these charges, anl present ~ in-
dictmcnt la n tangible Shape or ever
after hold their peace. There Ia but
little doubt that the bill regulating the
tariff of freishts aud iires ~ It passed
the Assem- bly,. will be- materially
amended aud modified before II passes
tii- Senate. In the face Of thi, strir-
gent enactment. the provisions OF
which. u fully carried ont, will prove
a check to the construction Of railroads.
IN California for some years to come.
The people OF Nevada aud Grass VAL
ley, Nevada county, have petitioned
the Legislature for u charter for n rail-
road IRON three points. tn connect with
the Central Pacific at Colfx. which
shall be- exempt from tho Act which
has passed the Assembly, so that the
hllacy Of the dog In the manager policy
inaugurated by tile Dolly Varden's. Is
already being made painfully appar.
ent; In short, the mad dog cry against
corporations. upon which hobby. 40
many Of our law-maklng Solons rode
into Office, Il fast becoming stale, Hat
aud unproiltable. Having accomplished
its object. the election Of Gov. Booth
to the L. ). Senate, the party has al.
ready outliv,d Its usefulness. and IL.
members will discover when they leave
the halls Of Legislature at the close OF
the session. that "thc place which
knew them nee will soon know them
10 more forever"
Relief for Sutter aad Marshall. Abo.
iItion OF she Death Penalty.
The bills granting to General John