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THE LAST CHINESE BILL.

The Assembly on Saturday passed bill
providing for poll-tax to be levied upon
all "aliens ineligible to citizenship" of
S25 for the first year and $50 for the sec
ond. The better part of an afternoon was
spent in discussing this precious measure,
and finally it received the affirmative
votes of many members who must be fully
aware that it is not worth the paper it is
printed upon. 1t is an attempt to dis
criminate against a people who have been
guaranteed by the United States the same
rights, privileges and immunities, in all
respects, as are granted to the subjects of
the most favored nation. 1t is, therefore,
a law in contrsven ton of one of those
treaties which the Constitution of the
United States declares to be the
supreme law of the land. The
FIRST attempt to enforce such law
would bring the question tefore the iu-
dietary, and the statute would teyond
doubt be pronounced invalid. Some of
the arguments used as justification for
passing so manifestly futile measure have
been puerile almost beyond conception.
For instance, it has been gravely asserted
that members of the Legislature are not
supposed to know whether law is uncop-
stitutional until it has been construed by
the Courts. This is tantamount to saving
that members of the Legislature are not
bers are, however errone ously, supposed
to have intelligence enough to restrain
them from the waste of the public
funds IN the preparation of palpable
absurdities. They are supposed to be
sufficiently familiar with the Constitution
of the United States to avoid gross and
fragrant violations of it, or of treaties made
under it. Nothing but the most unpar-
donable denagogism can explain acqui-
escence IL measure which every
school-boy knows to be a imere beating of
the air. and which is so transparently in
effective that It can scarcely even tickle the
obtuse faculties OF the class for whose
special qualification it has been adopted.
We are ashamed when we see a California
Assembly STOPPING so low as this, for it
tends to bring the State into contempt
and discreGit abroad, and to react against
the purposes which those who advocate
such preposseyous laws profess .to have
most at heart.
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A CHAIR OF EDUCATION.

Professor Sill, OF the State University,
writes to contemporary criticising the
bill which has been introduced to found
Chair of Education at the University, and
at the same time to abolish the State Nor
NAL School. He approves of the first
proposition, but deprecates the second.
The fact that the State Normal School is
not what it might be does not affect the
fact that it is all we have in that line. 1t
would be better to improve and enlarge
the school than to abolish it. As to the
Professorship of Education, it is In the di-
rection OF progress, and if the right man
can be obtained we agree with Professor
Sill that it will be desirable addition to
the University.
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PACIFIC COAST NEWS.

Last week prisoner attempted to burn
down the Modoc County Jail.
Times are fearfully hard at Typo, and
many people are giving the town the shake.
Grizzly bears haunt Mammoth City at
night, and small boys are afraid to venture
out.
\ chemical fire engine for Healdsburg
has been ordered, and most wisely, as there
are but few places in the city where suffi-
cient water could be obtained for any other
apparatus, says the Flag.
They have discovered a bug in Tehama
that bores into the hardest wood with its
gimlet head. 1t takes smart stroke of a
nail hammer to crush its head, and then it
explodes like a PERCUSSION cap.
C. G. Carpenter, an experienced miner
and good prospector, has returned to Pres
colt, after an absence of several days,
bringing with him samples of very rich sill
yer and copper ores from new district to
the north OF Tiptop. The copper ore,
especially, il the section from which it
came, is said to be immense Arizona
Miner.
The Marysville Appeal says: ';The
grain crops in all parts of Suffer county
are reported very promising. A farmer
living low down on the Sacramento river
bottom says the ranches all along present a
healthy appearance. The farmers on
Feather river are also promised large crops,
and some are necessarily sowing late"
A new steamer, to be called the Colum.
bia, is now being built for the Oregon
Cn,,nan,r bt- Tnhr Dooob oF
Philadelphia August Reidmann left for
the East yesterday to bring the steamer
to this coast The Columbia is expected
to eclipse any steamship ever sent to this
coast IN the completeness of her fittings
and the beauty of her model.
A destructive fire broke out in Russells
livery stable, San Andreas, Sunday. The
stable and dwelling house of Mr.. Russell
were burned, together with thirteen horses,
two cows, two stages, and about ten bug
gies. Dr. Robinson's dwelling house,
stable, horse and carriage were also de-
stroyed. The fire issupposedto be the work
of an incendiary. Mr.. Russell possessed
one of the finest appointed stables in the
mountains, containing many valuable
horses. and as the loss was total it will be
severely felt. [Amador Sentinel.
Some of the sheep men, being out of
feed, and unable to procure any, have
turned their bands out to hunt their living
without herding, excep. to take a lock
around occasionally and put out poisoned
beef for coyotes and other wild animals
Should any more severe snow-storms occur
the loss in sheep will be immense. We
think the heaviest part of the winter is
over, and with little pleasant weather the
grass would come up sufficiently, together
with what can be obtained browsing, to af-
ford enough feed TO bring the remaining
sheep out all right. Yreka Journal.
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EORN.

Plymouth, January 23-Wiie OF Henry Nicolaus, a
dauThter.
Gold r lat, near Nevada City, January I4-Wife OF
John Vail, a daughter.
Near Newcastle, January II Wife of C T. Adams,
daughter
Healdsburg, January 25-wife of George W Rich.
man, daughter.
Near Headsburg, on Porter Creek, January 81
Wife of john Green, daughter
Mare island, January S0-N fe of J. r. Whitaker, a
son.
Los Angeles, January 2S-wife Of Charles Enz a
daughter.
Giroy, January 22-wife of F W. Blake, daugh-
ter.
Red Bluff, January 2l-wife OF Curtis Ballard, a
son.
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MARRIED.,

Woodland, January &C. F. Thomas to Agnes
Bullock.
Placerville, January 21-william R. selkirk to Mrs.
Maggie Newport.
Plaeerville, January 2l-Leonard G Hart to Katie
Allen
Napa City, January 20-Nelson L. Springer to Anna
J. .ly.
Near Kingsburg, Tulare county, January Lorenzo
D. Fowler to lorenzo NJ. Mct'all.
Gilroy. January 20-C. M. Nichols to Laura E.
Baingerfeld
Sonora, January l7-An ono' Rodgers to Mary
Freitas.
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a miner named Miller, says the Jack
sonvifle Times is supposed to be lost in
the Siskiyou mountains, as nothing has
been heard of him for some time. He
started for Elliott creek from this place
. after New Years day, when the snow was
quite deep on the ground, and since pass
ing Collins residence on Squaw creek
nothing is known of his whereabouts,
though search has been made.
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consummste the proposed purchase Of the
Freedman's Bank building in this city by the
United States Government, bill for which
purposehas heretofore been recommended by
the Commissioners and once passed the
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MATTERS AT WASHINGTON.
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Transportation of the Australian Closed
Mails Across the Continent.
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the allied army have been arrested by the
Chiiians az Antofogasta. Buenos Ayres.
General Camacho has made himself Presi-
dent of Bolivia.
The wheat crop of Buenos Ayres is excel
lent, but that of Santa Fe is very poor.
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Mortality Report,


For the week ending January 81, 1880, made by
W. c. FARSswoRTH, Superintendent OF the City
Cemetery. Office, No. 500 street:
January 10 Unknown child about days; Cali
fornia.
January 24-Low Ken Hoo, IS years China
January 25-Thomas Henry, IS years; Ireland
Kong Goe, year and months; California
January 26-Allce n. Hammer, years and 20
days; California
January 27-Grace Mirtle Anderson l year, II
months and IA days; California.
January 2S-Sarah Reayes, % years California.
January 29-Georgia A. Curtis IL years. months
and II days; California. Augusta Perry, 70 years
and months New York.
January 30-Eizabeth Kelly. IS years; Ireland.
January 31-Ah Mn, IS years China.
Besides the above there were brought here for in
terment the following:
December %. 1s79-Nellie VI. Croker, % years,
months and II days California.
January 2i--Henry Russell, 40 years Chill. Jane
Wallace, 10 years; California.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
DE. HATCH.
DE. HATCH,
NFFICE 81 J STREET.-oFFICE HOURS 0
~ A. NJ. and 1890 to . PM ia29-tf
Il. GEORGE EBERT,

GHARLESsT. JONES AND ED. NJ. MARTIN.
" Attorneys-at-Law and Notaries Public have
removed their office to No. 607 / street. between
Sixth and Seventh ia24-4p1m
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VyHE LEADING MERCHANT TAILOR, NO. 529
street, between Fifth and sixth Choice
line OF French and English Goods to select from
All work guaranteed. Prices lower than any other
house. ja2l4plm
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Excessive COId-PcOplc Freezing 10 Death.
British Interests in Lawer CnIIfornIu

LONDON, February 1st.-The Standard as
serts that telegraphic instructions have been
sent to the commander in-chief of the British
naval forces in the Pacific to dispatch a man.
of-war to La Paz, Lower California, in conse.
quence of the late disturbances there, which
are regarded as liable to endanger British
subjects.
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DIED.


Sacramento, January 3l-Charles jan es, 5oyears,
Friends and acquaintance respectfully invited
to attend the funeral, which viii take place from
the Mccormick House, this morning at 1890
o'clock.l
Sacramento, January Sl-Adolph l. F., only son Of
John and Pauline Gruhler, aged months and ID
days.
Friends and acquaintance respectfully invited
to attend the funeral, which will take place from
the residence OF his parents, Eighth street, be-
tween II and I, this afternoon at o'clock
Sacramento February Jacob Heber, aged a
years, months and u days.
Funeral notice hereafter.
Nevada City, January 27-George Sanford, 81 years
10 months and q days.
Napa City, January So-Cornelius Gounond, SO
years.
Napa Redwoods, January 2s-Robert Scarce, "a
years.
Near stockton, January 2o-Mrs. Margaret Nina
hen, SO years.
st. Helena January 21-Eggert Gierau, As years.
Gilroy, January 22-Mrs Anna n. Whitford, 20
years.
Suffer Creek, January 2l-Antonio Pendoa, So
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LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES

SPECIAL TO THE REcoRD-UNIoN.l
MATTERS AT WASHINGTON,
Transportation of the Australian Closed
Mails Across the Continent.
PACIFIC COAST POSTAL CHANGES.
New Departure in the Affairs Of the Pacific
Hail Steamship Company.
PASSENGERS FOR THE PACIFIC COAST.
Two Men Killed and Another Injured by
Railroad Train.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS or FOREIGN NEWS.
Outbreak OF Yellow Fever in Brazil-Fur-
ther Chilean Victories.
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In deciding what industries shall be pur-
sued by the convicts it is necessary to know
first what general system of reclamation is
to be applied to them, for the labor plans
must doyetail into this general system if
they are not to render it abortive. In de-
termining these matters it must also be
constantly borne in mind that the kind of
labor adopted is likely to exercise a very
important influence upon the schemes of
moral reform put in operation. Monoto-
nous, distasteful, uninteresting employ
ments, can only brutalize and stupety those
who are condemned to them. When the
crank system was used in some of the East
ern prisons, it was found that the men who
labored the longest at it became prone to
insanity. 1t was work without an object
or an interest, and it destroyed the minds
of its victims. It is useless to mag
inc that convicts can be reclaimed by
making mere machines Of them. They
must be dealt with from the beginning
with full recognition of their manhood,
and the latent good in their natures must
be fostered by iudicious encouragement,
not crushed by the paralyzing influence of
a monotonous and cast-iron discipline. To
those who have studied penology all these
considerations will seem title, but as we
are about to attempt penal reform without
the aid of any special training in those who
are intrusted with the work, it is necessary
to begin at the beginning. If the Board
has any plans already outlined it would do
well to let the fact be known, moreover,
for the Legislature Just now seems disposed
| to try its hand at the problems which
are developing, and it is to be feared that
if it does not find the Board pre-
pared with a scheme of its own it
may pass some law which will render fur
ther progress difficult, if not impossible.
The idea that there is something forrni-
dable in the competition of convict labor
is one of the decisions which seems to
have taken a sireng hold Of certain classes,
but it is really an idle apprehension, and
| it is to be hoped that it will not be allowed
to Illustrate the reformatory purposes of
the Board and the Warden. Both of them
will we are sure find counsel and encour.
agement from the press of the State, SO
long as they make it apparent that they
are determined to improve the condition OF
our penal institutions.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
The Distress in Ereiand-Aftaeks Cen,-
piained of.

DUBLIN, February 1st.-At a meeting of
the Mansion House Committee last night.
Lord Mayor Grey presiding, it was announced
that GO, 800 had been received to date and
e15, 800 discussed. The Chairman com.
planned of the attacks which had been made
in America on the constitution of the COM
mittee, and its mode of distribution of the
funds intrusted to it, and read letters from
Roman Catholic Bishops McEvilly of Gal
way, and Duggan of Clonfert expressing as
constituent at these attacks, and declaring
that the Mansion House fund is administered
solely with view to the relief of distress,
and that the committee enjoys public conf
dence. Archbishop French, of the Church of
Ireland, was present, and joined in these ex-
pressions. 1t was announced that the com.
mittee had received $4,000 additional from
Sydney, making total from the Australian
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Card.-To all who are suffering from
the errors and indscretons OF youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay loss OF manhood, etc. will send
recipe that will you, FREE OF CHARGE
This great remedy was discovered by missionary in
South America. Send selfaddressed envelope TO
the REV. JOSEPH I. INMAE, Station d New
York CITY. f3-MWS1y
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JOHN T. CAREY,

ID EAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENT,
IA Conveyancer and Notary Public. Rents Col
lecttd and Loans Negotiated. City and Country
Property Bought and Sold Commission, at
reasonable rates Houses 70 let, Stores to let,
Offices TO let Improved and desirable Building
Lots for sale at bargains, and on easy terms Farms
for sale in Yoo Solano and Butte counties. Manager
Of the Sacramento Branch of the Home Mutual
Insurance Company and Agent for reliable Foreign
Insurance Companies. Office, No. l0O6 Fourth
street, Sacramento. ja26-4p1m
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LANSiNG'S
ELIZABETH WILLIAMS,

TyORMERLY OF CHELI, NEAR ROCHESTER.
New York, last seen by her brother John, in
Red Dog California, in 1859. Any information OF
her will be thankfully received by her brother
Thomas. Address, GEORGE FRENCH,
jaz62p2w What Cheer House San Francisco.
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EIDwIFE-GRkDUATE OF THE UNI.
IVA versity Lyng Hospital of Berlin Resi-
dence, Masonic Building, Sixth and streets.
ia201m*
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r LEGISLATIVE AND COURT STENoGRAPHEk
Ia Office in RECORD UNION Building, Orders for
any kind Of shorthand work promptly attended to-
Fifteen years experience. Residence, No. 1,507
Tenth street. near U. apl5-4pu
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Il. Il. WILL9S,

PHYSICIAN-oPFICE AND
4 residence, Nathan building, corner of Seventh
and l streets. Office nours, $50 A NJ, to
and to s PM dl-4p1m
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The reduction in cable rates will go into
effect on the 1st of February. The rates
will then be 62l cents less per word than ia
at present charged to all parts, except Great
Britain and Ireland.
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STATE Prison ApmIN1sTaA ALTON.

The Board of State Prison Directors
have chosen Mr.. J. P Ames TO be Warden.
This selection is probably as good one as
could have been made, without going out
side of the State. Mr.. Ames bears we'll
earned reputation for ability and integ-
rity, and it viii be in his power to do
great deal of good in his new position.
Since, however, the Board has declined to
seek specially educated incumbent for
this Office, it has manifestly entailed
larger responsibility upon itself for the
outcome. The public have for years been
demanding penal reform, and this de.
mand will continue until 1t is satisfied, no
matter what methods may be adopted by
the authorities. The Directors must now
realize that they have undertaken to show
how the best results may be attained by
the employment of unframed intelligence
This is distinctly the proposition to which
they stand committed, and while we
shall be glad to be enabled to rccog-
nize the vindication of their Judgment
we must point out that they have rendered
1t more necessary than ever for themselves
to demonstrate the soundness of their
policy. AT the commencement of their
arduous task they are confronted with a
question which, if not treated with the Mt
most caution, may interfere seriously with
whatever reform plans they wish to put in
operation We refer to the current at
tempts to legislate the means of intelli-
gent action out OF their hands by the en-
actment of some crude measure in regard
to the employment of convict labor. 1t is
evident that those who are advocating such
a measure have no just conception of the
true relations between the State and the
convict. They seem to think that but
two things are necessary: namely, to
make the State Prison self-supporting, and
to prevent convict labor from being
brought in competition with free labor But
there is far larger question behind these,
and unless it is allowed to control
them we shall look in vain for
any practical scheme of penal reform. The
first and most important consideration
ought be the reform of the convicts, and
everything else should be subordinated to
that. 1t may be well enough to be able to
show that the prison is self-supporting
but unless that end can be accomplished
consistently with the moral education of
the convicts, we do not hesitate to say that
it is not worth an effort. As matter of
public policy the chief requirement in any
penal system must be the restoration of
the criminal to industrious and law-abiding
habits. 1t would be possible so to employ
the convicts that their labor paid for their
subsistence, and yet the State Prison might
remain what it has been hitherto mere
College OF Crime, shaping careers of lawless-
ness, and booming all who entered it to
hopeless infamy.
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JOHN CONgAD.
ESTATE Z INSURANCE.
GREETlMG!

EEAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR
Il 4 to all. We come boldlyto the front as the
leading
Real Estate and Insurance Agents
OF Sacramento, representing the best Fire Insur-
ance Companies OF this coast.
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MO. So X STREET, BETWEEN SECOND
IN and Third, Cigar Manufacturer, and wholesale
and retail dealer in Havana Cigars, Chewing and
Smoking Tobacco, Gilt Edge Fine Cut Chewing To-
accn. PineR. etc ie3-4plm
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MISS l.. j. KELLOGG. VI. H.,

a TTORNEY AT LAW-OFFICE, SOUTHWEST
corner of J and Fourth streets Residence,
II street. between Fifteenth and Sixteentk. d9-4pf
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GENERAL NOTICES.

Capital Colonnade. No. ioi5 Tenth street.
Private rooms for families The best of wines,
liquors, cigars, etc. JOHN HECTOR, Proprietor.
dis I'm
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READ THE LIST

German American, of New York; British America
aud Western, of Toronto Canada and last, but not
least, the grand old Phoenix, OF London. Combined
cash capital, $1,000, O,,a.
SPINKS & AC6CK,
Real Estate and Insurance Agents, Office 402
street. ia3O anti
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IS COnsomrne. at the Forrest :" every
evening from to 12 nl7-1m
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TO ROUsEKEEPERS.
PA. BYRSE'S STEAM CARPET BEATING
MACHINE,
street, bet. Thirteenth and Fourteenth.

Always complete stock OF Undertakers' Goods
in every style. Special attention given tn country
orders. n lowest rates d2 4plH
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NTo. 6s j, AND THIRD AND STREETS.
~ Hot Lunch daily from IL \. NJ. to l o'clock
". The Best OF Liquors and Cigars.
dl3-4plm BOWERS II LONGABAUGH
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earle At CRoEY,

CtONTRAC TORS AND BUILDERS, ARE PRE-
pared to do all kinds Of WORK N their inc, in
city or country PRINCIPAL place Of business Sacra-
mento. Shop, 50 Second street, between and L.
Post-office Box, 40 Sacramento. dl6-4ptf
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BosToN, February 1st.-A dispatch from
Mount Washington says that there was to-
day the greatest change in the weather ever
known on that mountain in the same length
OF time, the thermometer at noon being. 19'
above and at o'clock in the evening 81
below zero. The wind blew at the rate of 80
miles an hour.
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SPECIAL TO THE REcoRD-US1oN.l
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vYestern-Bound Passengers.

OMAHA, February LIST. - The following
through passengers were on today's train,
leaving at 12:15 P. NJ, to arrive in Sacra-
mento February 9TH: DIR. C. H. Bradford,
b. J. Oliver, Miss Oliver, Miss Healey. Sam
uel NJ. Wilson and wife, San Francisco !;
Mrs. l.. G. Morgan, Centralia, Ills; W. NJ
Bunting, New York, Samuel j. Miller, st.
Paul, Mimi; Andrew H. Grossman, Phila-
delphia; James Horton, Buffalo; w. C.
Greed, Boston.
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A. u. NIXON. ". D..

CUCCESSOR To FOX & sTRUTZ, IMPORTER
- and Wholesale Dealer in Wines and Liquors,
No. Al street, Sacramento. Sole agent for Falk5
Milwaukee Beer. dli4plm