Year: 1861

EDITOR DsMocRAT The town was quite
belligerent last evening after | mailed my
letter to you. If, however your readers
suppose for an instant that | am going into
the details of the business, they are mistaken.
Sorry mischief too often grows out Of the
busy iutetmedlling of letter writer's and diff
fculties that could have teen easily settled,
If kept quiet, grow into due's when the pub
lie is made acquainted with them. So this
pen of mine shall never tell whose face was
slapped, nor who slapped it, nor whose bat
got kicked into the street, and whose foot
kicked it, nor ye5 the nature OF the hlgh
words which passed between two prominent
individuals, nor the names Of those indiyldu-
ais If pistols have been invoked to settle
any of tie differences hntcd at, we shall
know the painful fact soon enough. can
not Imagine what caused the hot-blood epi
demic | only know that your eorrespon
dent, under the Inspiring influences of the
Denver breckenridge caucus from which he
had Just emerged, felt like anything but
fighting. The Lro,hcrly affection manifested
by the coalition patriots so filled my bosom


with the milk Of human kindness that felt
able to wet-nurse any bantling that might
have been the result OF their labors.


The Assembly to-day adopted resou-
tion providing for the appointment of a Sc


ect committee of three to act with a like
committee of the Senate to consider matter;
connected with the State Reform School
The Governor has appointed j. c. Petton $50
says the Unon) a Trustee Of the School, rice
II. s. Foushee deceased hut few days since
| cannot understand the propriety of this
proceeding. The Legislature being in session,
that body could have filled the vacancy be-
fore any great damage could be cone by the
existence thereof The Governor didn't ego
much on the State Reform School in his
message; funny, wasn't it, that he should
display such alacrity in filing vacancy in
the Board of Trustees, SO long before there is
any Reform School at all Well cant keep
up with it at all, and shall not try to.


The Assembly tabled Senatorial joint
resolution to day by vote of 38
10 80.


Murry Morrison made speech on the
Union resolutions in the House. and Your
junior Senator, De Long, spoke on the Crit
tenden resolution (so-called) in the Senate.


Gov. Downey has vetoed the bill, which
was passed after SO much hard work in both
house, to increase the salaries of Sacramento
county officials, and may as well look out fol
warm opposition from the gentlemen inter
ested in the bill, when the next primary elec
tions come off. The hepeople are very grateful
for such vetoes, but the politicians never for
give them. The people seldom whip the
politicians in convention let us hope they
may hereafter be more successful.


have heard number of men of usually
sound political judgment speak in terms o
high commentator of the suggestions mad,
in last Sundays DEMOCRAT by "Constitution.
alist," viz: the organization of Union par.
ty to be composed of all good citizens, with
out reference to partizan antecedents, who
favor the enforcement of the revenue laws al
every port of entry in the United States
and who are for supporting the Union against
the southern Confoderacy" There is some.
thing practical in The article referred to-
mode is pointed out for setting the ball il
motion. Something of the sort ought to bt
done. Tile SecesaioaistS of California ar,
ahiting and the Union men ought to be
thinking about some mode Of presenting
united front against them There are but
few Goo0ed disunonists in this State but there
are thousands Of cowardly sympathizers with
them who will vote to help the cause of trea-
as soon as a batch of Pacific Republic con-
sprator5 shall be nominated for State Offices
by united Democracy"l composed of the
unblushing defenders of South Carolina trea-
son, and the whining milksops who applaud
from behind posts, and deprecate "coercion'
against those who are striving to tear down
this great Republic


The Federal Government will have TO set
price on JEFF. Davis traitorous head, or else
acknowledge the independence of the South
ern Confederacy presided over hy that
worthy. The men who fear to speak for the
Federal Government now, because on Mon
day next its Executive head will be Re
publican. are for Pacific Republic, whch i.
to say they desire that California shall be-
come dependency of the cotton States. and
finally be annexed to the mock Republic
now sought to be established on the Gulf Of
Mexico. 1t is not wrong to do right. even if
one has, in SO doing to act with wicked Re
puLicans. CAprro1