Year: 1860

When the Legislature assembled
yesterday there was barely quorum
in the Senate. only seventeen msm>
bers Of that body being present. In
the Assembly Gov. Downey sent in
the correspondence relating to the
Indian war in the moth. Govern or
Weller refused 10 allow his private
correspondents c., relating to the Indi-
an war question, to go before the Leg
islature upon which an exciting de-
bate sprung mp, which finally result
ted in the-mot5en TO print the whole
correspondence being carried.


The question ofthe removal of the
Capitol Is at present the all engross-
ing topic here, and has thrown the
people of the good city Of Sacramen-
to into an immense excitement. A
joint Committee of seven on the part
of the Assembly and four on that of
the Senate to take the matter into
consideration reads as follows:


"Resolved, by the Assembly the
Senate concurring, that Committee
of seven from the Assembly and four
from the Senate be appointed to in
vestigate the two propositions made
for the removal of the seat of govern
ment and report thereon"


There was motion made TO refer
the subject to the Committee on pub
lie buildings which was lost. Mr..
Merritt said he was opposed to a re.
moval. procidcd the city of Sacramen-
to would live up to- her agreement
and construct public buildings for the
Capitol. Strong speeches were made
against a reference Of the question
to a standing Committee which was
finally lost, and the chair appointed
the following named gentlemen as the
special Committee Messrs Watkins,
Eagon, Phelps and Haynes,


A bill has been introduced prolib-
iting female children from letting
themselves out TO dance houses and
lager beer saloons for hire, making it
misdemeanor punishable by fine
and imprisonment.


The Committee appointed to visit
the State Prison and report in reia-
ton to affairs there handed in their re-
ports to-day, which being very
lengthy, was ordered printed for II
use of the Legislature, and the read
ing dispensed with. 1t is understood.
however, that the Committee urge
that the State take immediate poss-
ession of that institution and await
the final action, or acceptance of Mr..
McCauley to. prop ositions made to him
McCauley is in town, and as lie has
as the saying is--'a good thing"
from which the State has no release.
he will probably keep it until his lease
expires unless the Legislature con-
cludes to buy him out, which l con-
slider would be a great saving to the
State in fact anything to get it out
of the hands of it's present couduc-
tors would be an everlasting benefit
and measures should be taken to ac-
complish that and at once.


There was petition presented in
the Senate to-day. signed by over
10000 citizens of San Francisco pray
ing for the passage of a law excluding
Chinese apd~l Gooie labor from our
State. 1t was referred to the Judc,
iary Committee. This action will be
hailed with delight by the miners in
general throughout the State. when
tell them that there is no doubt but
that final and definite action will be
taken during this session to remove
these obnoxious beings from our mines
or at least so far as not to bring
their labor. iy competition with the
whites. This measure appears to me
to be just and one that should have
passed long ago. The time has now
arrived when good la5oring men can
be hired here almost as cheap as in
any State in the Union, and we have
no longer any use for race of beings
who only seek to make money from
us to Zurich their homes in a foreign
land. l say-let the Legislature pass
bill excluding them from the State,
we don't want them.


The Standard-Botts' Standard ]
mean-has been trying to get reso-
luticn passed providing for the APP
pointment of two official reporters ill
the Legislature, whereby they can
get the legislative proceedings free,
but l imagine they will fail. as there
is already foureor five stenographers
regularly employed there by private
enterprise. who give correct trans
cript of all the business occurring dali
ly. This should-be sufficient without
saddling an extra expense upon the
State for useless matter.


The contested election case of TIL
ton VS. Gallagher came up in the
House to-day, and was argued by
counsel in behalf of both parties. Mr..
Tilton was allowed to retain his seat.
A resolution allowing Mr..
Gallagher mileage and dollars
per diem for the time he has been here
was offered by some enthusiastic in
diyidual which was yery properly yo-