The Secretary read, as follows: Received at Washington, January 23.] SACRAMENTO CALllORKIA jamuzry 19, 1866 Tnjhe delegation in Senate and House from California at Washington:. Whereas sincethe discoveryof gold mines in California it has been the policy of the General government to allow all thosewho desired to mine for the preciousmetals in tb i State a free and unrestricted right to searchfor and discover the same and when found to hold and develo their claims subject only to such restrictions and ru esas might be adopted by ctuoanlvmen intiionng schuetledrbryistehsoisnetwhheo were engaged in inu severalmining district: of the state an whereas we believe that. by the adoption of that licy. the mining interests of the State have been developed more thoroughly and to n much greater extent. than the would have been under any other policy that cool have been adopted; and whereas legislation for thosurvey and saleof the mineral lands is threatened in the conof the U.S and it is seriouslyproposet to destroy the property interests which have conereated in this State under the licenseof the General Government for 17 years past and to revolutionize the whole systemof mining business and tenures under which the mineshave beensofar developed. the State has prospered. the Government has been supplied wuh the Finewsof war, trade With advantageous markcts and the revenue a valuable and increasint!re iio[u2rle, cit Thereforc, resolved I: themine" of Chliormnin general convention numberl, That weare on sodto an survey, lease, or sale of the mineral! d: of this tutu. as injurious to the best interestsof the General Government, and of this State, and utterly ruine us to the mining community. Remlced, That any increase of the tax upon the proceedsof the mineswould be onerous and imunous to the minin interests of this coast. Resolve, That the bill introduced into the Senate of the U.S. by Hon. Joan Seamus, ofOhio, is singular y calculated to work the utmost confuson and lossto the present holders of mining property, who have investedtheir labor and eapital in develoing themines. To destroy the vast canal interests of the State, the existenceofwhich is necessaryto the "o tection of mining, and to expel the great bulk of the population of the mining districts from their homes, their business, and possessions. Resolvedl That the miners of California respectfully petit on the Congressof the U. S. to respect the r ghts and property interests which the policy of an 9 government long continued has createdand fos re. Resolved, That we indorse the action of the Legislature of this State requestingdelayin the issuance of patents to the Central Pacific Railroad Company, or anotherrailroad company. until the Government has employed effective measuresto segregatethe mineral from the agricultural lands lying Within the liries 9f the grant to the railroad company; and whilewdling an anxious to aid and encourage the construction of saidroad. the greatnatiorial highway, we most emphatically protest must the cessionof avast section of mining and timber lands for that p ose, involving thesacrificeand destruction of print o rights already vested. Buolqed. That a committee oftive be appointedby the president of this convention, thesaid presidentto act as chairmanthereof, to prepareamemorialto congress embodying the sentimentscontained in these resolutions, and to cause the same to be through ur delegation in Congressto the of the U.S., the SecyInterior, and ComrGLO. Resolved, That a copyof these resolutions beforth with forwarded by the officers of the convention, to eachof our Senators and membersof Congress, With the request of the convention that the same be laid beforetheir respective Houses of Connem. A. A. SARGENT, President Mmern Conomhon. MARCUS D. BABRIGK. W. B. EWER, ctanl. AsstSecretary. W. A. SELKIRK. AsstSecretary.