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blame him. If he can save the State from
bankruptcy, he will have proved himself an
excellent Governor. The Address is brief—
very brief; but then it is in keeping with the
Governor; he has had but a brief existence—
being about twenty-eight years old. He is a
brief lawyer—having commenced the study of
law in California. But I was mistaken in call-
ing him a "brief lawyer," as he never had one.
His career as Governor is destined to be as
brief as it can be—i. e., two years.

The colored people (that is a small portion
of the entire number) are circulating petitions
for the repeal of the statute prohibiting the
testimony of a colored person in any court
in which a white person is a party. This
petition is altogether different from those
that have preceeded it. It does not emanate,
from its face, from the colored people. Its
form is, " 'We, the undersigned' petitioners,
humbly pray your Honorable bodies to repeal,"
&c., &c.; and the signatures being those of vot-
ers, (white men,) the Legislature will find it out
of their power to treat this petition in the way
its predecessors were treated. This is the best
of policy on the part of the colored people,
and is an evidence of their improvement in po-
litical science. The petition is being signed by
numerous representations of the wealth and
talent of the State; but I regret to say
that there are hundreds of colored people in
this State who are either opposed to, or are in-
different about the efforts which a few of us
are making for the betterance of our condition.
Such people deserve consignment to some sugar
or cotton plantation, with no prospect of
liberty.

Cora, the man accused of murdering General
Richardson, is being tried. This trial is the
most important one that has yet taken place