August 17, 1854 (5 pages)

oY Be 3 — : Ad : % * THE TELEOBA 4 WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDA! ING, IN GRASS VALLEY.“ = © sare bori—we laugh—we weep— _£* owe ltve—we droop—we diel! > Ab wherefore do we laugh or weep? > Ha Wthy-do we live, pr diel: =f>r” BY J. K. MOORE & CO. 8 jo" ase, he a Begeeet Ss: 3 Main Street, opposite the head of Church Street. ne Been Le ae § , se : bo. ae ote : = ~ Biiny doth the violet springs. 5 * sae TERMS: oo} abtngeeh by human eye? es For one year, in adWance. i.. “3 * 5 : iv oth the radiant ‘ brin For sig monthsp. 2. 5. ase + ++ os +=. __. Sweet. thoughts that ly fly ? rosea 6 geet eae bc Why do our fond heartsicling SL IE RSE, ee eo ES Ste 2 paler Om < rtisements, $2 per square (ten aia things that die? ee. bee first inséFtion, and $1 per square for each subsequent . ~ 2 et cay & insertion. te ‘ 1—-through and wrong; .* ONN & MONTGOMERY, Attorneys at Law, Conyeyancers, &c. &c., Main st. 27 tt geon and Accoucheur, basement story of the Masonic Hall. 1 tf geon and Accouchetr, Main street, opposite Adams & Co’s Express, Rough & Ready. 12 €m OZIER, RICHARD, Provision and Li. quor Dealer, opposite Post Office. 35 tf EN & CARMAN, DBS.,—Uffices, Main street, Grass Valley, in the cottage lately occupied y Mr. Skillman; in Nevada, office on Commercial street. Dr. DEN will reside Valley, and tender his sex permanently in vices to the public. 3d 3m DWARDS, C. BR. & CO., Crocery and Bakery, Main street, above the Eldorado SaJoon. 24 tf a Ee ed Ee Meat J. W., Lentist—Office at Dornin’s Da. guerrean Gallery, Main street. 35 tf OUSE, J. M., Justice’s Court—Office on Mill street. 24f gen cern ammennece . gaa ERANCIES, Bookstore and Stationery, one door west of Masonic Hall, Main 7 tf SS Te ict Oh oe Berd Sea OP EP EERE Sons PERL AR Ser ay Seem sapere S. WK., Wholesale and Keiail veéaler Groceries and Provisions. In connection he has also a Butchery and Bakery establishment, and has constantly on hand Meats, Breads, Cakes, Pies and Paitries of every description. Fancy fixings furnished for Dinner Parties at short notice—Rough & Ready. EYWOOD & BROTHER, Grocers & Provisiou Dealers, Boston Ravine. Also, Clothimg, Boots and Shoes, Miners’ Tools, &c. #@~ Goods delivered free ef charge. 10 tf street. ELM & MAW, Empire Livery Stable, Broad st., Nevada. Carriages and the best of horses can be had at all hours at a rnoments’ warning. 29 tf . @LL, Ss. S., House iste Mien Painter: Sash Doors-wad~TeMIOW Sash ace we order, erss cut and prepared in the shop. Also, Cabinet and Joimer work of ail kinds is neatly executed and Shop on Mill street, between Tt promptly attez ted to. Main and Neil. ] ANEENG, C. Jo, Attorney andCounsellor at Law, Mill Street, Grass Valley. 46tf Cah a ge Be AMB, WM. H., Watchmaker and Jeweler, L Main street, opposite Post Office. 24 tf OUTZENHIEISER, W., Wholesale and Retail Druggist & Apothecary, one door west of Masonic Hall, Main street, 1tf ARSHALL & C@Q., Dealers in Groceries, Provisions and Liquors, Hardware, Queensware, Preserved Fruits, Meats, Jams and Jellies. Housekeeping Utensils, Carpenters’ and Mining Tools, &c., &e. Goods delivered free of extra charge. 35 tf fp ae Gt ae eS ee ee eee cLAUGHLIN, E., Wholesale and Retail M Manufacturer of Tin, Copper and Sheet Ircn Ware; dealer in Stoves, Miners’ Tools, and Hardware generally. East of Masonic Hall, Main street. 2 tf OBERTS, E. W., Attorney at Law and Notary PublicSRough & Ready, Nevada county, Cal. 24 tf Se a a OSENHEIM & BROTHER, Watchmakers and Jewelers, dealers in Watches, Jewelry, Diamonds, &c., Nevada. 92 tf INCHESTER, 8. G., Dealer in Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils, Perfumery, Fancy and Toilet articles, Main street, next door to Beatty House. Physicians’ Prescriptions compounded with care and dispatch. 28 tf TILDE, JOSEPH, Grocery and Provision Constantly on handa 21 tf Druggist, and store, Boston Ravine. supply suited to the demands of customers. I. O. OF O. F. Mountain Rose Lodge, No. 26—Instituted June 5, 1854, meets every Monday evening, at the Masonic Hall. Brothers in good standing are cordially invited to attend. J. H. DICKSON, N. G. W. C. AULT, R. S. Rough & Ready, July 21, 1854. 45 3m* I. 0. O. PY Grass Valley Lodge, No. 12. INSTITUTED 28th July, 1853, meets every THURSDAY night. at MASONIC HALL, Main street. Brothers in good standing are cordially invited to . attend. S. D. BOSWORTH, R. S. Jan. 26, 1854. 19 tf SNOWY MOUNTAIN DIVISION, NO. 8, SONS OF TEMPERANCE, meets every Sat urday evening at Masonic Hall. All Brothers in good standing are cordially invited to attend. S. S, HOLL, W. P. P. C. Hunter, R.S 44 €m MADISON LODGE, NO. 23, F. AM MEETS EVERY TUESDAY EVENING, at the or Masonic Hall. By ordcr, E. McLAUGHLIN, N. G. . J. M. FOUSE W. M. CHAS. M. PETERSON, See’y. ROUGH & READY LODGE, NO. 52, mao MEETS EVER SATURDAY EVENING, at A = je Rough & Ready at early candle light. ? By order A. C. KEAN, W. M. E. W. ROBERTS, Secretary. AW BLANKS PRINTED AND FOR sale at the ‘‘Grass Valley,Telegraph Office,” at reasonable prites. E : Grass j eo ee “Endure—and die™!”? , The Banker’s Prisoner. . of two centuries. The snow tell thick and . fast. whirling like maelstrom eddies, or piling . . up in huge and almost impassable drifts, and . everywhere wheeling with the noiseless flight . of a bird, from cloud to-so'l, blanching all it . touched with the tints of death. It was such . a night as the doers of evil deeds delight in— its darkness aud storm so thick and fierce. Se. cureing them from the fear of detection. hiding them fromévery eye but the All seemmg. . . Gustave Gaehler, the present lord of the . a . castle, was seated alone in his chamber. His . . wife and daughters were absent in a neigh. boring city; his only son. a youth of tweng . years, and the two domestics—who. af . Sent, constituted the rather slender ary . the frowning battlement—had retired . early hour, weary with the chase that . cupied them since sunrise. Midnig og . been tolled by the clock. After cc strokes and leaning back for a m¢ . luxurious chair, the while holdiy as though by pressure he woul? . lassitade that had stolen over h . bestirred himself. took a few brisk . the room. and resumed at the ss . seat and his occupation. . He had that day late in the afi . ceived a heavy sum of money, and . now in counting it over, intending \ . it early on the following morning in ¥ . of Kiel. It was rather risky in those! . which date as far back as 1743—for the . er of even so strong a hold as his, ton, . long upon his pr mises a golden treasure N such weight. > . The thick, dark forest—-on the edge of . Which his castle stood, and which stretched in gloom miles beyond him—was the rendezrons of a daring band of brigands. But thatethes TAMISS lent thse PAR PREENM. ond re . ‘escort he could muster was so few in ttn ‘er, ! . the banker would not have suffered it 9 re. . main a single night under his roof. Bm the . bold chieftain, who for five years bad: leen . . the terror of the country. elading every of . . fort to secure him. and perpetrating e¥iry . week robberies such as might befit the fingég . of a fiend. bad learned that for one night te ! mighty sum would be in the banker’s castle. and knowing well. that if once secured in th} . vaults of Kiel it would be beyond his power’ . he determined to obtain it at once, and under . cover of the darkness and storm led his band . with stealthy paces to the spot. The silence of degth had reigned for some time in the old castle. Gaehler had nearly finished his work. when suddenly he was star. tled by a noise; it was beard but an instant, and ceased so suddenly he could not determine its character. A brave old man he was, not easily frightened ; and he concluded it . must have proceeded from a mouse or some . other truant animal, and proceeded calmly to ; secure his treasure in the massive iron chest . which had stood for years-beside his head. board. . But scarcely five minutes had elapsed ere he heard the noise repeated, and this time it . continned longer. and more distinct. too. Hastily turning the key, he hurried to the door, and after cautiously listening for a moment, became convinced it proceeded from . below. He immediately lighted a dark lantern, armed himself with his cutlass and double-barreled gun. and descended with noiseless step the grand staircase. determined to ascertain the canse of so strangé a noise at that late hour. Hesoon found that some one was hard at work on the outside. striving to make a breach in the wall immediately beside the great entrance door, which was guarded on the inside by a strong iron bar. He perceived that they were making the opening nearly on a level with the bar, and inferred cerrectly that their ohject was to insert their hands and thus lift the old iron sentinel quietly from its post and effect an easy entrance. Having satisfied himself thet such svas-the state‘of the case. in less time than it has tgken us to tell it. he at once awakened kis son j and servants, and revealed to them their per. il. Withont the least noise or sign that . Might betray alarm to the robbers, who stil] were heard proceeding cautiously with their desperate work. they arose. armed themselves, . and seeing that the windows and side and hack doors were well barricaded, and that no attempt had been made elsewhere, Gachler . Stationed one domestic in the rear of the . oe sontanth: to apprise them should . the brigands divide their forces in the hopes . Of succeeding there more easily. The other . Was sent to the armory for a strong rope. and . ordered to rejoin him and his son at the front door as soon as he had procured it, the castle. to those with without in their deep laid villainy. qe fancied. in the most perfect wiinlity, 3a weld . as the banker saw that a man’s drm was thrust . through the opening in the wall. and that the robber’s hand sought to raise the iron bar . which secured the door, he was at once on. the alert. He quickly made a running knot . of his rope, passed it around the wrist of the robber. strained it tightly. drew the arm fur. ther through, and fastened the other end of . GRASS) -V , es Feeedé, then a Sonfused sound from the out. men it, deep drift. Gaebler,.as soon as he ~ ilence and darkness reigned throughout . The dark lantern alone indicated . in, the progress making by those . side, 4d something like the muffled tread of Sfied that the robbers were fleeing. is domestic to despatch after them around € gunshots. ‘They then waited quietly. awhiltionger, until fally ‘assured of .the flight of {I but the pimioned man, and then slowly ba@ to seize their prisoner. A sight »ebill the bloud of even those stern men greted their vision. Instead of a Kiving man, traggling to be free, they saw nothing but: naked. blood-stained corpse ; and what mo appalied. them. was the fact at it wag.q,eaddess one. The’ warm red pops of iv Were@till’ oozing from the al veins, turgling over’ the scarcely: Inured as the Od banker was to the scenes of terror—-for bea@d passed his early years in the camp and @ the battle-field he could . not lock calmly Ma sight like that ; he could It was a dark, tempestuous night. -Tite . wind howled and swept with far:ous blasts . through the old forest. and around the ancient . castle, whose towers had withstood the storm ' that bad been S‘ fatal, and handle the muti. lated corpse. hey closed the door upon if. ‘and flinging avold robe over the white arm and hand whiff bung in the deadly noose, . they hastened an upper and distant room. ‘and waited Wtbh impatient hearts for the break of daw Slowly. tedionsly wore the hours away Put not until the sun was quite high in the Mavens, could the four men break the spell yich the last night’s horror had flung over l€ir nerves and hearts. and proceed to thef duties. Itwas determined aftgs’ ‘ hyoung Gus ee fe neighBorsome consubati with o fery and ti human feea.s rs>. ha Seah. nd every eve went EVERY. HOS obhed. There, upon the cold stone sill, half buried ina snow drift, clasped the feet of the murdered man, sata young and lovely woman. Ifer ‘tresses, dark as the shadows of night, clung to the silken lashes of her half-closed eyes. and her parted lips were stained with blood, as though she had pressed frautic kisses upon the gory land that hung just above her brow. She was coldin death. They buried them in one grave--sad though it secmed, that the beautiful and the pure should . est beside the sinning and the vile. Two years after. the formidable band were -rprised in their stronghold, captured. and lide to suffer the vengeance of the laws they . ha se long outraged. The mystery that yet . Sug over the affair of the midnight attempt OBhe castle of Gaebler was then elucidated. ‘heaptain, perceiving one of his men thus . mp'soned, feared that if he left him. he . mig) reveal that which would destroy them all. ‘Te consulted a few moments with the restg@id hesitated an instant, whether he . Shoulteut off the arm and strive to bear the woutdd man away, or cut off the head and leavebn. Fear decided them. and he was decaplined, his body despoiled of itsclothing and le But wWhked as the young robber was. there Was 2TOMnyce about his life. He bad one day secure: from unmanly outrage a young and beautiiy) girl, whom one of their band had capturei: He had obtained permission of his chief ‘4 retain her as his own, and in . one of those caverns of which legend tells . Many @ story. he had given bera secure home. There thenceforward he carried his treasures ; there he wooed and won ber. She had been three months his bride, when he left her on tat stormy evening to join his band on the at#ek upon the castle. In vain had she urged hin to refrain from going ; to . Stay with re . might not be; he was the bravest of them <j), and could not be spared ; at snch a time. Unknown to him. she track. ed his steps. anghaficr wetobing them fle off . in their narrow psth, crept close to the embers that yet glowed on the broad rock which, _in the depths of tie forest, had served them . for a hearthstone, waiting anxiously and impatient till thet return. Their bardened earts beat wildy for a time, as they marked . her agony whenshe found not amongst them _her beloved. Rough, vile men. asthey were, ' there was not fe that could tell her he hung . a headless corps@beside the castle door. They . told her only } hung there a prisoner, and would mayhasfree himself ere dawn. With the step of ag@hased decr. she bounded from _them. ang ‘ay through snow and storm. . They dareq 26 follow her. and only guessed. . as did thoge Who found her on the morrow, . that she had Gied of horror. The roper’s grave. which. if tenanted but by himsef*would have been shunned as a weird spot, because of the beautiful bride that slept on his bosom. constant in death as in life, vas @ green and sunny place. And should fhe traveller. even at this distant day. he temyted by the beauty of a summer twilight td ramble amid the crumbling monuments of the graveyard of Kiel. and inquire what lonely, flower-gemmed bank that was in that distant corner. he would listen to the story of the banker’s prisoner and his frozen bride. the rope to the iron balustrade in such a manner that the robber found himself pinned to the inner wall, unable to stir an inch. ' A breathless hush for a few moments suc“Tsee through it now.” as the maid serSa Sa hhicdier p massive door, and swung it} , not ask his serwats to loosen the slip-knotcone Dick. Daily's Stump Speech.on a rockety, lien-roost, to be lookin’ up. A A cfisis “ha sen, and somethin’s” tit? What are we lere Lis, and V’d-stand here Feller Citizeas—Jerusalem is to pay. and we haint got atiy pitch. Our hyperbolical and majesticcanal of creation has unshipped her rudder. and the ¢aptain’s broke his neck, of dimuns, Our wigwam’s ce a shirt ona brush fence, ‘se ere latitudes is vanishing in ablue flame} Ar uch things to be did? ine ach. doins is goin’ on to be conglomera_A repeat te you in the name of the peaBf liberty, when he’s flewin’ over the “capped summits of the Rocky mountains, if we’s goin’ to be extemperaneously big yogged in this fashion? Oh, answer me. Let me not blusu in ignorance, as Shakepeel says. Shall we be bamhoozlefied’ with such unmitigated oudaciousness? Methinks Ihear you yelp— No sir, hass-fly !’" Then ‘lect me to Congress, and there’ll be a revolution sartain. Feller Citizens+If I was standin on the . adamantine throne of Jupiter, and the lightning was flashin’ around me. I'd continue to spout! I’ve sprung a leak and must hewl like a bear with a sore head. Flop together —into ranks and bear me through. Feller Citizens—You know me, and rip me . out with a mill grap if I won’t stick to you . like. brick dust to a bar of soap. Whar is my opponent? No whar! I was brought up among ye, feller citizens, and papped ina . . school-house. but he can’t get around me). Hictum, stric. with his hifalutin. big words. 1m albronto, catnip, Brazeel. Eoglooney. ‘1 Baffin’s Bay! What do you 4 ; think o’ +? *e 9 Jo it, porkey, root, hog, or die,” as eneel said, when César stabbed ‘hi ouse of Represeitativés. ‘er Citizeas—"Lect me to 0 ish mad-dogs. muskete@ps*and bad aud goin for the annihilation of the ‘camp meetings and jails.y 3 ow and fustifiben hawk--PRh is every day, Sundays excepted, ard lienough to swim in. Yes, feller citizens {aim in the sublime, the terrific language iess— Richard’s himself again!” On, then onward to the polls,-‘Hence ye Brutus, broad axe and glo Let's licker. aa oad SO nee a SOR She ee ee 5 “ _— THE Scuoor House:—There were some fif-"} teen or twenty barefooted healthy looking boys and girls, playing. and sctatpering. and shouting around the duor, and I wondered at which seemed to characterize whoever inhabited it. While we were seme distance from window sash, and the liftJe ones disappeared with a rush into. the house. That sound was too full of old memories, recollections of long ago, not toexplain the problem that had puzzied me. That log house, standing there all alone in that little clearing, was” school house, a “seminary of learning,’ a small branch of a great system, that has thrown and is throwgress such as finds no parallel in the world’s history. As we passed it, the door stood open, and I took an observation of the inmates. There was the plain but neatly-dressed mistress, with her clean calico dress and black apron, her white neckerchief over her shoulders. and crossed gracefully over her besom ; her hair combed smoothly and modestly from her forehead. and fastened ina knot on the back of her head, and a class of little girls before her, about hearing them read. One chubby little fellow, of say eight or nine years of age, was standing by himself in the middle of the floor, with a paper cap on his head, his pantaloons rolled half way to his knees, his legs and feet bare, and the forefi: ger of the right hand in his mouth, and his face downward ina ludicrous, sheepish and shamefaced fashion. There was no mistaking his position. He was undergiong punishment for some sin against the Jaws of the sebool. demonstrating the great truth that reaches all the way from the cradle to the grave. that the way of the transgressor is hard. There was something so old-fashioned. so familiar to me in all this, that Iwas tempted to laugh and cry at the same time, as the present and past stood ont so palpably before me. = E i 7 JS The “ Industrial Luminary,” (Parkeville. Platte Co, Mo.,) of the 13th June, referring to the immense emigration. to Nebraska, says: ‘Now is the time for Missourians . to make claims. The country is swarming with emigrants. Men on horseback, with cup and skillett, and ham and flour and coffee tied on behind, and with axe shouldered. are facing westward; while gentlemen and . ladies are driving furiously to and fro in carriages—printers writing—lawyers speaking —doctors gallanting ladies and selecting sites for residences—companies with flags . waving. staking out the vast prairies—trees falling—tents stretching—cabins going up— everything alive. and everybody wide awake. . Hurrah for Kansas! ‘Westward the star of empire takes its way.’ ’. . A Fatuer’s Apvice.—Jeems, my son, keep away from the gals. Ven vou see one coming. dodge. Just such a critter as that young ‘un cleanin’ the door on the other side of the street. fooled your poor daddy, Jemmy. If it hadn’t been for her, you and your dad might have been in Californy, huntin’ dimuus, my son. SHAME TO MANHoop.—To see a delicate wofrom morning till night, and a herculean gentleman measuring out rolls of lace and . vant said, when she knocked the bottom ont . delicate ribbons, would make a Pawnee Inof the pail. ‘dian laugh at our assumptions of chivalry. . Feller Citizens—This are a day for the pop. . ulation of Boilie, like a bobtailed pullet a. and explain now till the'day. of the spmnazonwes youd whoop for Dick Dally . » =~ es +4rY; Banapart. when preaching in the wilder. considerately ; it is no exaggeration. . would cost this Government $50,000.000 to “ gallop . apace, fiery footed steeds.”” and make the 'welkin’ tremble with anti-spasmodic yells : . Daily. ‘ ? ., the evideaces of a prolific re;roductiveénegs, . were unbound, and fell like the mantle of . P f death over her fair bosom. Frozen tear-drops . it, however, I heard a’ loud rapping on the . ing this country forward, with a rush of pro. man rubbing bed-clothes over a wash-board . ALLEY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1854. Defencrless State of California. mes McDougall in a speech deliverHease of Representatives. in speako political necessities, says:—_ “ om thieseat of the Federal Government alifornia js distant 3,000 miles ; deserts and hostile tr intervene. There is no way through that intermediate country exeept for parties who go.armed for war. For ali purposes of be r Pc no way ; there“is one even for an army in and the cook’s div to the depths of the vasty . time of war. No man of military skill would undertake to carry a considerable army from the Mississippi to the Paeifie by land. The sea. the fearful, treacherous .sea, must be relied on ; the’ dangers of the tempest and the im aud then a peoplé, and who impose upon speciés of exaction and outrage. Of the perils of the sea we have had.a recent instance, in the terrible fate of the vi tims storm-gwept from the deck of the Francisco. From the pe-tilent atmosphi encountered'in crossing the contiment, withZim © ae in the tropics, but few entirely escape; and I hazard no (departure from truth an saying. that poison-charged atmosphere has a:greater number of the lives of our people ‘than were sacrificed on the battle fields of Mexico. Is it known to this committee, or if known, is . the fact appreciated, that we bere are farther ‘from California—that more obstacles inter. War now rages on the banks of the Danube? upon the banks: of the old Euphrates than upon the shores of the bay of San Francisco? . Such is the fact. California is a familiar . name; but it is in a distant land, sir. * * * * * * * * . . In case of a conflict. where would a hostile power strike us? Strike us where we could . be struck most securely. And I state here, . that any second-rate power could effectually . cut off the commerce, destroy the cities, and . for a time crush the rising greatness of our . wnole Pacific coast. fore the. arm of this Government could be Congréss andi felt on that cuast, were it ever so potential. Would England thus expose her Indies to hecome the prey of an enemy? California is repndi; the Iifdies of these Atlantic States. ave barn . But s nisl all” se this Government could furtain afi@defend that coast in time of war, for , me to Congress, and I shall be led'to. a singl® year. would cost this Government $50.000.000. This statement is not made inIt efend that coast for a single year—suppilies, roops, arms. everything must make awoyage « of. seventeen thousand miles. The fact is.it cannot be disguised: it must be recognised that with the present means of communication, the Federal Govhernmment cannot yurnisn federal protection to California. re EPTRAORDINARY CHALLENGE—GREAT PIsToL SHor.—Mr. Edward W. Paul, of St. Louis. publishes in the Republican of that city, the following extraordinary challenge: “ Owing to the frequent and urgent solicitation of many friends. Iam induced to make ; the following progpsitions : Proposition 1s&—I will fit a half dollar to the end of a twig two inches long, and while a seeond person will hold the other end an inch anda half of his face. i engage to strike the half dollar three times out of five, . at the distance of ten paces. or thirty feet.— . I will add in explanation, that there are several persons willing and ready to hold the quired. Proposition 2d.—I wilf hit a doliar tossed in the air, or any object of the same size, three times out of five, ON A WHEEL AND FIRE. Proposition 3d—AtT THE worD, I will split three balls out of five on a knife blade placed at the distance of thirty feet. Proposition 4th.—l will hit three birds out of five, sprung from the trap, standing thirty feet from the trap when shooting. Proposition 5th.—I will break, aT THE woRD. five common clay pipe-stems, at the distance of thirty feet. Proposition 6th.—I engage to prove. by fair trial. that no pistol shot can be produced who will shoot an apple off a man’s head, at the distance of thirty feet, oftener than I can. Moreover. I will produce two persons willing and ready to hold the apple on their head for me, when required to do so. Proposition 7th.—I will wager, lastly. tha no person in the United States can be produced. who will hit a quarter of a dollar, at a distance of thirty feet, oftener than I can, ON A WHEET AND FIRE. Tam willing to bet $5000 on any of the above propositions. one fourth of that amount forfeit. So soon as any bet will be closed. . the State of Missouri, until the money shall have been paid over by the judges, or with. drawn, less forfeit. I will give the best and . most satisfactory references that my share will be forthcoming when any of the above propositions are taken up. Any one taking up any of my propositions. must address me . through the St. Louis Post Office, as the ad. vertisements or newspaper notices may not meet my eye. Propositions will bé received . until the first of September next. I will require satisfactory referenees at the outset for the depositing of the money wagered. MapaME Sontac.—Madame Sontag. from her arrival in the United States up to the close of her Mexican engagement, had clear. ed $100,090, and she had caleulated that an. other season or two, with her new company, would have nearly doubled thisamount. Her . for her return, which in forty nights, would . have brought her $60,000 more. It is but a short time since she purchased a noble chaThe servant of a Prussian officer one day met 4 crony, who inquired of him how he got along with his fiery master : “Oh, excellently !’’ answered the servant ; we live on very friendly terms ; every morning we beat each other’s coats: the only difference is, he takes his off, to be beaten, and . ] keep mine on.” —that we could more readily place an army . mmerce and goverameént, there is . , . vene than intervene between us and where . oS =i NO. 48. Facts and Fancies. * se ae learn, says the Alexandria (¥a.) Gazette, that a young lawyer, who had just settled in one of the lower counties of Virginia, -was informed that there had been an order of Court which required all young Jawyers who not be chargeable to the county! ,“‘ Hallo, Sharp,” said Pop, meeting him yhe other day in the street, “you hobble, my boy ; what is the,matter with you?’ #0O,I had my feet’crushed, through the careleasnesa road cars—that is all.” ‘And mean to sue for damages?’ ‘ no. Lhave had damages enou -already—had I not better suc ! no, the water-wheel ofa saw-mill, says tends to apply for a pension, as” lie vivor of the ‘Revolution. “Mother, did you ever hear sissy swear?” “No, my dear; what did she say ?” she said she wasn’t going to wear her darned stockings to chyrch on Easter Sunday.” Somebody advertises to agents to sella work entitled “ Hymenial Instructor.” A cotemporary adds: “ The best Hymeniai instructor we know of is a young widew.— What she don’t know there is no use learning.”’ Burns, the runaway slave, says ‘he nexer saw such a massa as Massa-Chusetts! The report that a schoolmaster chastised a boy with a railroad-switch is doubted. If he This might be done be. ~ protection required. To main. in his mouth, so as to bring the coin within . twig or stick as described above, when re. the money will be deposited in the Bank of . did, he got off the track. Joe savs—“* Sam. I have lost my watch overboard ; it lies in twenty feet of water. Is there any way to get it?” * Yes,” says Sam, ‘‘ there are divers. ways.” Critpish Srxcerrry.— A lady who wae quite in the habit of dropping,in at her neighbor’s about meal-time, in the hope of .ohtaining an invitation to partake with :the family. was recently completely nonplussed by the unhesitating frankness of a child. ' Knowing thata neighbor’s supper-hour was . five, she called in about four,and settled her. self down for a long call. . “Tt takes two tomake a bargain,” and the . Jady honored with the call had no idea-ef giv‘ing an invitation, if it was in her power to escape it. Accordingly the hour of five brought no indications of supper. Timewere on, the sun was near its setting, and still the same. A little girl, the daughter of the lady in question, began to grow quite uneasy. At length. her mother having gone out for a moment, the visitor said—** You must.come over and see me, Mary,sometime.”? “No, I wen’t,’”’ said the child. ‘Why not?’ ‘“ Because I don’t like you.” ‘‘But why don’t you like .mo?"? 4 Booause I-am-—hunery, and want some supper.” ‘“ But,’ said the visiter, amazed, “I don’t prevent you having year supper, do 1??” *‘ Yes, you do.’ said little Mary. “ Mother said she shouldn’t have supper till you are gone. if you didn’t go tif midnight.” In less than five minutes the visitor Was marching out of the front door with a very red face. She hasn’t called to see little Mary since. Little Mary. in her childish frankness, has not yet learned the important Jesson which after years will not fail to‘teach her. viz: that “the truth. however excellent or desi. Table in itself, is not to be spoken at all times.” A PowerrcL Pcrr.—A New York pill doctor, who advertised in a Cincinnati paper, asked the editor to give him:a:puff. The ed. itor, good natured, wrote ‘a ‘first rate notice.” from which we make ‘the following extract : ‘One single pill wora in each pecket. will instantly give ease and elasticity to the tightest pantaloons. A little quantity will create an appetite in the most delicate stomach, or physic a horse. They will also be found to give arich flavor to apple dumplings, and a peculiar zest to pickled oysters; they will thicken soup. reduce corpulent persons, and are excellent bait for monse traps. One pill dissolved in a bucket of rain water will be found a. perfectly water-proof lining for canal embankments ; placed in steamboat boilers, they will effectually prevent their bursting. and greatly increase the speed of the boats. As for their medical qualities, they are justly entitled to be called. *‘Medicamentum Gracia Probatum.” i.e., “a remedy approved by grace,’—for they effectually cool St. Anthony’s fire, and stop St. Vitus’s dance. They purify the pimples in the small pox. and eradicate the red gum ‘in teething ; they reduce white swellings and‘cure the black jaundice. blue devils, yellow, ‘scarlet, or any ather fevers; they cure also ‘the thrush in children, and pip i1 hens, the stagger in horses, and the nightmare in owls. But further enumeration is unnecessary ; suffice it to say that this medicine isa combination upon new principles. discovered by the present proprietor’s immortal grandmother, and are an exception to all the‘rules of science. common sense, and experience ; so that while they are the most powerful agent in nature, revolutionizing the whole animal economy. and eradicating the most incurable diseases. they are at the same time a perfectly innocent preparation, and may be taken with entire safety by the nursing infant—all powerful, all harmless.’ He Wov.pn’t po 1t.—A friend of ours who deals in plain English, and has no acquaintance with large words at that, happened to take a walk to Swampscott one pleasant morning recently. A stranger was to preach at the Swampscott church that day, and the bell had nearly finished tolling, when our agent in Europe had concluded engagements . friend hore in sight of the church Being well dressed.and looking decidedly dignified. he was at once taken for the expected minister. Ashe approached the church, he was . teau and domain in Germany, with a portion! met by several hardy sons of the ocean, and of the proceeds of her American tour.—Alta. one of them addressed him : . “Sir, do you officiate to-day 2” Our hero, slightly misunderstanding the purport of the question, answered them indignantly : ‘No, I’ll be cussed if I'll go a fishing Sunday, for anybody !” The Swampscott friends con¢luded that he wasn’t the man they had taken him to b3,~ . Lynn News. : ‘settled there to give security that they should . of a conductor, the other day, between raildon’t you ‘“ Why, »

oY Be 3 — : Ad : % * THE TELEOBA 4 WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDA! ING, IN GRASS VALLEY.“ = © sare bori—we laugh—we weep— _£* owe ltve—we droop—we diel! > Ab wherefore do we laugh or weep? > Ha Wthy-do we live, pr diel: =f>r” BY J. K. MOORE & CO. 8 jo" ase, he a Begeeet Ss: 3 Main Street, opposite the head of Church Street. ne Been Le ae § , se : bo. ae ote : = ~ Biiny doth the violet springs. 5 * sae TERMS: oo} abtngeeh by human eye? es For one year, in adWance. i.... “3 * 5 : iv oth the radiant ‘ brin For sig monthsp. 2.. 5. ase + ++ os +=. __. Sweet. thoughts that ly fly ? rosea 6 geet eae bc Why do our fond heartsicling SL IE RSE, ee eo ES Ste 2 paler Om < rtisements, $2 per square (ten aia things that die? ee. bee first inséFtion, and $1 per square for each subsequent . ~ 2 et cay & insertion. te ‘ 1—-through and wrong; .* ONN & MONTGOMERY, Attorneys at Law, Conyeyancers, &c. &c., Main st. 27 tt geon and Accoucheur, basement story of the Masonic Hall. 1 tf geon and Accouchetr, Main street, opposite Adams & Co’s Express, Rough & Ready. 12 €m OZIER, RICHARD, Provision and Li. quor Dealer, opposite Post Office. 35 tf EN & CARMAN, DBS.,—Uffices, Main street, Grass Valley, in the cottage lately occupied y Mr. Skillman; in Nevada, office on Commercial street. Dr. DEN will reside Valley, and tender his sex permanently in vices to the public. 3d 3m DWARDS, C. BR. & CO., Crocery and Bakery, Main street, above the Eldorado SaJoon. 24 tf a Ee ed Ee Meat J. W., Lentist—Office at Dornin’s Da. guerrean Gallery, Main street. 35 tf OUSE, J. M., Justice’s Court—Office on Mill street. 24f gen cern ammennece . gaa ERANCIES, Bookstore and Stationery, one door west of Masonic Hall, Main 7 tf SS Te ict Oh oe Berd Sea OP EP EERE Sons PERL AR Ser ay Seem sapere S. WK., Wholesale and Keiail veéaler Groceries and Provisions. In connection he has also a Butchery and Bakery establishment, and has constantly on hand Meats, Breads, Cakes, Pies and Paitries of every description. Fancy fixings furnished for Dinner Parties at short notice—Rough & Ready. EYWOOD & BROTHER, Grocers & Provisiou Dealers, Boston Ravine. Also, Clothimg, Boots and Shoes, Miners’ Tools, &c. #@~ Goods delivered free ef charge. 10 tf street. ELM & MAW, Empire Livery Stable, Broad st., Nevada. Carriages and the best of horses can be had at all hours at a rnoments’ warning. 29 tf . @LL, Ss. S., House iste Mien Painter: Sash Doors-wad~TeMIOW Sash ace we order, erss cut and prepared in the shop. Also, Cabinet and Joimer work of ail kinds is neatly executed and Shop on Mill street, between Tt promptly attez ted to. Main and Neil. ] ANEENG, C. Jo, Attorney andCounsellor at Law, Mill Street, Grass Valley. 46tf Cah a ge Be AMB, WM. H., Watchmaker and Jeweler, L Main street, opposite Post Office. 24 tf OUTZENHIEISER, W., Wholesale and Retail Druggist & Apothecary, one door west of Masonic Hall, Main street, 1tf ARSHALL & C@Q., Dealers in Groceries, Provisions and Liquors, Hardware, Queensware, Preserved Fruits, Meats, Jams and Jellies. Housekeeping Utensils, Carpenters’ and Mining Tools, &c., &e. Goods delivered free of extra charge. 35 tf fp ae Gt ae eS ee ee eee cLAUGHLIN, E., Wholesale and Retail M Manufacturer of Tin, Copper and Sheet Ircn Ware; dealer in Stoves, Miners’ Tools, and Hardware generally. East of Masonic Hall, Main street. 2 tf OBERTS, E. W., Attorney at Law and Notary PublicSRough & Ready, Nevada county, Cal. 24 tf Se a a OSENHEIM & BROTHER, Watchmakers and Jewelers, dealers in Watches, Jewelry, Diamonds, &c., Nevada. 92 tf INCHESTER, 8. G., Dealer in Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils, Perfumery, Fancy and Toilet articles, Main street, next door to Beatty House. Physicians’ Prescriptions compounded with care and dispatch. 28 tf TILDE, JOSEPH, Grocery and Provision Constantly on handa 21 tf Druggist, and store, Boston Ravine. supply suited to the demands of customers. I. O. OF O. F. Mountain Rose Lodge, No. 26—Instituted June 5, 1854, meets every Monday evening, at the Masonic Hall. Brothers in good standing are cordially invited to attend. J. H. DICKSON, N. G. W. C. AULT, R. S. Rough & Ready, July 21, 1854. 45 3m* I. 0. O. PY Grass Valley Lodge, No. 12. INSTITUTED 28th July, 1853, meets every THURSDAY night. at MASONIC HALL, Main street. Brothers in good standing are cordially invited to . attend. S. D. BOSWORTH, R. S. Jan. 26, 1854. 19 tf SNOWY MOUNTAIN DIVISION, NO. 8, SONS OF TEMPERANCE, meets every Sat urday evening at Masonic Hall. All Brothers in good standing are cordially invited to attend. S. S, HOLL, W. P. P. C. Hunter, R.S 44 €m MADISON LODGE, NO. 23, F. AM MEETS EVERY TUESDAY EVENING, at the or Masonic Hall. By ordcr, E. McLAUGHLIN, N. G. . J. M. FOUSE W. M. CHAS. M. PETERSON, See’y. ROUGH & READY LODGE, NO. 52, mao MEETS EVER SATURDAY EVENING, at A = je Rough & Ready at early candle light. ? By order A. C. KEAN, W. M. E. W. ROBERTS, Secretary. AW BLANKS PRINTED AND FOR sale at the ‘‘Grass Valley,Telegraph Office,” at reasonable prites. E : Grass j eo ee “Endure—and die™!”? , The Banker’s Prisoner. . of two centuries. The snow tell thick and . fast. whirling like maelstrom eddies, or piling . . up in huge and almost impassable drifts, and . everywhere wheeling with the noiseless flight . of a bird, from cloud to-so'l, blanching all it . touched with the tints of death. It was such . a night as the doers of evil deeds delight in— its darkness aud storm so thick and fierce. Se. cureing them from the fear of detection. hiding them fromévery eye but the All seemmg. . . Gustave Gaehler, the present lord of the . a . castle, was seated alone in his chamber. His . . wife and daughters were absent in a neigh. boring city; his only son. a youth of tweng . years, and the two domestics—who. af . Sent, constituted the rather slender ary . the frowning battlement—had retired . early hour, weary with the chase that . cupied them since sunrise. Midnig og . been tolled by the clock. After cc strokes and leaning back for a m¢ . luxurious chair, the while holdiy as though by pressure he woul? . lassitade that had stolen over h . bestirred himself. took a few brisk . the room. and resumed at the ss . seat and his occupation. . He had that day late in the afi . ceived a heavy sum of money, and . now in counting it over, intending \ . it early on the following morning in ¥ . of Kiel. It was rather risky in those! . which date as far back as 1743—for the . er of even so strong a hold as his, ton, . long upon his pr mises a golden treasure N such weight. > . The thick, dark forest—-on the edge of . Which his castle stood, and which stretched in gloom miles beyond him—was the rendezrons of a daring band of brigands. But thatethes TAMISS lent thse PAR PREENM. ond re . ‘escort he could muster was so few in ttn ‘er, ! . the banker would not have suffered it 9 re. . main a single night under his roof. Bm the . bold chieftain, who for five years bad: leen . . the terror of the country. elading every of . . fort to secure him. and perpetrating e¥iry . week robberies such as might befit the fingég . of a fiend. bad learned that for one night te ! mighty sum would be in the banker’s castle. and knowing well. that if once secured in th} . vaults of Kiel it would be beyond his power’ . he determined to obtain it at once, and under . cover of the darkness and storm led his band . with stealthy paces to the spot. The silence of degth had reigned for some time in the old castle. Gaehler had nearly finished his work. when suddenly he was star. tled by a noise; it was beard but an instant, and ceased so suddenly he could not determine its character. A brave old man he was, not easily frightened ; and he concluded it . must have proceeded from a mouse or some . other truant animal, and proceeded calmly to ; secure his treasure in the massive iron chest . which had stood for years-beside his head. board. . But scarcely five minutes had elapsed ere he heard the noise repeated, and this time it . continned longer. and more distinct. too. Hastily turning the key, he hurried to the door, and after cautiously listening for a moment, became convinced it proceeded from . below. He immediately lighted a dark lantern, armed himself with his cutlass and double-barreled gun. and descended with noiseless step the grand staircase. determined to ascertain the canse of so strangé a noise at that late hour. Hesoon found that some one was hard at work on the outside. striving to make a breach in the wall immediately beside the great entrance door, which was guarded on the inside by a strong iron bar. He perceived that they were making the opening nearly on a level with the bar, and inferred cerrectly that their ohject was to insert their hands and thus lift the old iron sentinel quietly from its post and effect an easy entrance. Having satisfied himself thet such svas-the state‘of the case. in less time than it has tgken us to tell it. he at once awakened kis son j and servants, and revealed to them their per. il. Withont the least noise or sign that . Might betray alarm to the robbers, who stil] were heard proceeding cautiously with their desperate work. they arose. armed themselves, . and seeing that the windows and side and hack doors were well barricaded, and that no attempt had been made elsewhere, Gachler . Stationed one domestic in the rear of the . oe sontanth: to apprise them should . the brigands divide their forces in the hopes . Of succeeding there more easily. The other . Was sent to the armory for a strong rope. and . ordered to rejoin him and his son at the front door as soon as he had procured it, the castle. to those with without in their deep laid villainy. qe fancied. in the most perfect wiinlity, 3a weld . as the banker saw that a man’s drm was thrust . through the opening in the wall. and that the robber’s hand sought to raise the iron bar . which secured the door, he was at once on. the alert. He quickly made a running knot . of his rope, passed it around the wrist of the robber. strained it tightly. drew the arm fur. ther through, and fastened the other end of . GRASS) -V , es Feeedé, then a Sonfused sound from the out. men it, deep drift. Gaebler,.as soon as he ~ ilence and darkness reigned throughout . The dark lantern alone indicated . in, the progress making by those . side, 4d something like the muffled tread of Sfied that the robbers were fleeing. is domestic to despatch after them around € gunshots. ‘They then waited quietly. awhiltionger, until fally ‘assured of .the flight of {I but the pimioned man, and then slowly ba@ to seize their prisoner. A sight »ebill the bloud of even those stern men greted their vision. Instead of a Kiving man, traggling to be free, they saw nothing but: naked. blood-stained corpse ; and what mo appalied. them. was the fact at it wag.q,eaddess one. The’ warm red pops of iv Were@till’ oozing from the al veins, turgling over’ the scarcely: Inured as the Od banker was to the scenes of terror—-for bea@d passed his early years in the camp and @ the battle-field he could . not lock calmly Ma sight like that ; he could It was a dark, tempestuous night. -Tite . wind howled and swept with far:ous blasts . through the old forest. and around the ancient . castle, whose towers had withstood the storm ' that bad been S‘ fatal, and handle the muti. lated corpse. hey closed the door upon if. ‘and flinging avold robe over the white arm and hand whiff bung in the deadly noose, . they hastened an upper and distant room. ‘and waited Wtbh impatient hearts for the break of daw Slowly. tedionsly wore the hours away Put not until the sun was quite high in the Mavens, could the four men break the spell yich the last night’s horror had flung over l€ir nerves and hearts. and proceed to thef duties. Itwas determined aftgs’ ‘ hyoung Gus ee fe neighBorsome consubati with o fery and ti human feea.s rs>.. ha Seah. nd every eve went EVERY. HOS obhed. There, upon the cold stone sill, half buried ina snow drift, clasped the feet of the murdered man, sata young and lovely woman. Ifer ‘tresses, dark as the shadows of night, clung to the silken lashes of her half-closed eyes. and her parted lips were stained with blood, as though she had pressed frautic kisses upon the gory land that hung just above her brow. She was coldin death. They buried them in one grave--sad though it secmed, that the beautiful and the pure should . est beside the sinning and the vile. Two years after. the formidable band were -rprised in their stronghold, captured. and lide to suffer the vengeance of the laws they . ha se long outraged. The mystery that yet . Sug over the affair of the midnight attempt OBhe castle of Gaebler was then elucidated. ‘heaptain, perceiving one of his men thus . mp'soned, feared that if he left him. he . mig) reveal that which would destroy them all. ‘Te consulted a few moments with the restg@id hesitated an instant, whether he . Shoulteut off the arm and strive to bear the woutdd man away, or cut off the head and leavebn. Fear decided them. and he was decaplined, his body despoiled of itsclothing and le But wWhked as the young robber was. there Was 2TOMnyce about his life. He bad one day secure: from unmanly outrage a young and beautiiy) girl, whom one of their band had capturei: He had obtained permission of his chief ‘4 retain her as his own, and in . one of those caverns of which legend tells . Many @ story. he had given bera secure home. There thenceforward he carried his treasures ; there he wooed and won ber. She had been three months his bride, when he left her on tat stormy evening to join his band on the at#ek upon the castle. In vain had she urged hin to refrain from going ; to . Stay with re . might not be; he was the bravest of them <j), and could not be spared ; at snch a time. Unknown to him. she track. ed his steps. anghaficr wetobing them fle off . in their narrow psth, crept close to the embers that yet glowed on the broad rock which, _in the depths of tie forest, had served them . for a hearthstone, waiting anxiously and impatient till thet return. Their bardened earts beat wildy for a time, as they marked . her agony whenshe found not amongst them _her beloved. Rough, vile men. asthey were, ' there was not fe that could tell her he hung . a headless corps@beside the castle door. They . told her only } hung there a prisoner, and would mayhasfree himself ere dawn. With the step of ag@hased decr. she bounded from _them. ang ‘ay through snow and storm. . They dareq 26 follow her. and only guessed. . as did thoge Who found her on the morrow, . that she had Gied of horror. The roper’s grave. which. if tenanted but by himsef*would have been shunned as a weird spot, because of the beautiful bride that slept on his bosom. constant in death as in life, vas @ green and sunny place. And should fhe traveller. even at this distant day. he temyted by the beauty of a summer twilight td ramble amid the crumbling monuments of the graveyard of Kiel. and inquire what lonely, flower-gemmed bank that was in that distant corner. he would listen to the story of the banker’s prisoner and his frozen bride. the rope to the iron balustrade in such a manner that the robber found himself pinned to the inner wall, unable to stir an inch. ' A breathless hush for a few moments suc“Tsee through it now.” as the maid serSa Sa hhicdier p massive door, and swung it} , not ask his serwats to loosen the slip-knotcone Dick. Daily's Stump Speech.on a rockety, lien-roost, to be lookin’ up. A A cfisis “ha sen, and somethin’s” tit? What are we lere Lis, and V’d-stand here Feller Citizeas—Jerusalem is to pay. and we haint got atiy pitch. Our hyperbolical and majesticcanal of creation has unshipped her rudder. and the ¢aptain’s broke his neck,

of dimuns, Our wigwam’s ce a shirt ona brush fence, ‘se ere latitudes is vanishing in ablue flame} Ar uch things to be did? ine ach. doins is goin’ on to be conglomera_A repeat te you in the name of the peaBf liberty, when he’s flewin’ over the “capped summits of the Rocky mountains, if we’s goin’ to be extemperaneously big yogged in this fashion? Oh, answer me. Let me not blusu in ignorance, as Shakepeel says. Shall we be bamhoozlefied’ with such unmitigated oudaciousness? Methinks Ihear you yelp— No sir, hass-fly !’" Then ‘lect me to Congress, and there’ll be a revolution sartain. Feller Citizens+If I was standin on the . adamantine throne of Jupiter, and the lightning was flashin’ around me. I'd continue to spout! I’ve sprung a leak and must hewl like a bear with a sore head. Flop together —into ranks and bear me through. Feller Citizens—You know me, and rip me . out with a mill grap if I won’t stick to you . like. brick dust to a bar of soap. Whar is my opponent? No whar! I was brought up among ye, feller citizens, and papped ina . . school-house. but he can’t get around me). Hictum, stric. with his hifalutin. big words. 1m albronto, catnip, Brazeel. Eoglooney. ‘1 Baffin’s Bay! What do you 4 ; think o’ +? *e 9 Jo it, porkey, root, hog, or die,” as eneel said, when César stabbed ‘hi ouse of Represeitativés. ‘er Citizeas—"Lect me to 0 ish mad-dogs. muskete@ps*and bad aud goin for the annihilation of the ‘camp meetings and jails.y 3 ow and fustifiben hawk--PRh is every day, Sundays excepted, ard lienough to swim in. Yes, feller citizens {aim in the sublime, the terrific language iess— Richard’s himself again!” On, then onward to the polls,-‘Hence ye Brutus, broad axe and glo Let's licker. aa oad SO nee a SOR She ee ee 5 “ _— THE Scuoor House:—There were some fif-"} teen or twenty barefooted healthy looking boys and girls, playing. and sctatpering. and shouting around the duor, and I wondered at which seemed to characterize whoever inhabited it. While we were seme distance from window sash, and the liftJe ones disappeared with a rush into. the house. That sound was too full of old memories, recollections of long ago, not toexplain the problem that had puzzied me. That log house, standing there all alone in that little clearing, was” school house, a “seminary of learning,’ a small branch of a great system, that has thrown and is throwgress such as finds no parallel in the world’s history. As we passed it, the door stood open, and I took an observation of the inmates. There was the plain but neatly-dressed mistress, with her clean calico dress and black apron, her white neckerchief over her shoulders. and crossed gracefully over her besom ; her hair combed smoothly and modestly from her forehead. and fastened ina knot on the back of her head, and a class of little girls before her, about hearing them read. One chubby little fellow, of say eight or nine years of age, was standing by himself in the middle of the floor, with a paper cap on his head, his pantaloons rolled half way to his knees, his legs and feet bare, and the forefi: ger of the right hand in his mouth, and his face downward ina ludicrous, sheepish and shamefaced fashion. There was no mistaking his position. He was undergiong punishment for some sin against the Jaws of the sebool. demonstrating the great truth that reaches all the way from the cradle to the grave. that the way of the transgressor is hard. There was something so old-fashioned. so familiar to me in all this, that Iwas tempted to laugh and cry at the same time, as the present and past stood ont so palpably before me. = E i 7 JS The “ Industrial Luminary,” (Parkeville. Platte Co, Mo.,) of the 13th June, referring to the immense emigration. to Nebraska, says: ‘Now is the time for Missourians . to make claims. The country is swarming with emigrants. Men on horseback, with cup and skillett, and ham and flour and coffee tied on behind, and with axe shouldered. are facing westward; while gentlemen and . ladies are driving furiously to and fro in carriages—printers writing—lawyers speaking —doctors gallanting ladies and selecting sites for residences—companies with flags . waving. staking out the vast prairies—trees falling—tents stretching—cabins going up— everything alive. and everybody wide awake. . Hurrah for Kansas! ‘Westward the star of empire takes its way.’ ’. . A Fatuer’s Apvice.—Jeems, my son, keep away from the gals. Ven vou see one coming. dodge. Just such a critter as that young ‘un cleanin’ the door on the other side of the street. fooled your poor daddy, Jemmy. If it hadn’t been for her, you and your dad might have been in Californy, huntin’ dimuus, my son. SHAME TO MANHoop.—To see a delicate wofrom morning till night, and a herculean gentleman measuring out rolls of lace and . vant said, when she knocked the bottom ont . delicate ribbons, would make a Pawnee Inof the pail. ‘dian laugh at our assumptions of chivalry. . Feller Citizens—This are a day for the pop. . ulation of Boilie, like a bobtailed pullet a. and explain now till the'day. of the spmnazonwes youd whoop for Dick Dally . » =~ es +4rY; Banapart. when preaching in the wilder. considerately ; it is no exaggeration. . would cost this Government $50,000.000 to “ gallop . apace, fiery footed steeds.”” and make the 'welkin’ tremble with anti-spasmodic yells : . Daily. ‘ ? ., the evideaces of a prolific re;roductiveénegs, . were unbound, and fell like the mantle of . P f death over her fair bosom. Frozen tear-drops . it, however, I heard a’ loud rapping on the . ing this country forward, with a rush of pro. man rubbing bed-clothes over a wash-board . ALLEY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1854. Defencrless State of California. mes McDougall in a speech deliverHease of Representatives. in speako political necessities, says:—_ “ om thieseat of the Federal Government alifornia js distant 3,000 miles ; deserts and hostile tr intervene. There is no way through that intermediate country exeept for parties who go.armed for war. For ali purposes of be r Pc no way ; there“is one even for an army in and the cook’s div to the depths of the vasty . time of war. No man of military skill would undertake to carry a considerable army from the Mississippi to the Paeifie by land. The sea. the fearful, treacherous .sea, must be relied on ; the’ dangers of the tempest and the im aud then a peoplé, and who impose upon speciés of exaction and outrage. Of the perils of the sea we have had.a recent instance, in the terrible fate of the vi tims storm-gwept from the deck of the Francisco. From the pe-tilent atmosphi encountered'in crossing the contiment, withZim © ae in the tropics, but few entirely escape; and I hazard no (departure from truth an saying. that poison-charged atmosphere has a:greater number of the lives of our people ‘than were sacrificed on the battle fields of Mexico. Is it known to this committee, or if known, is . the fact appreciated, that we bere are farther ‘from California—that more obstacles inter. War now rages on the banks of the Danube? upon the banks: of the old Euphrates than upon the shores of the bay of San Francisco? . Such is the fact. California is a familiar . name; but it is in a distant land, sir. * * * * * * * * . . In case of a conflict. where would a hostile power strike us? Strike us where we could . be struck most securely. And I state here, . that any second-rate power could effectually . cut off the commerce, destroy the cities, and . for a time crush the rising greatness of our . wnole Pacific coast. fore the. arm of this Government could be Congréss andi felt on that cuast, were it ever so potential. Would England thus expose her Indies to hecome the prey of an enemy? California is repndi; the Iifdies of these Atlantic States. ave barn . But s nisl all” se this Government could furtain afi@defend that coast in time of war, for , me to Congress, and I shall be led'to. a singl® year. would cost this Government $50.000.000. This statement is not made inIt efend that coast for a single year—suppilies, roops, arms. everything must make awoyage « of. seventeen thousand miles. The fact is.it cannot be disguised: it must be recognised that with the present means of communication, the Federal Govhernmment cannot yurnisn federal protection to California. re EPTRAORDINARY CHALLENGE—GREAT PIsToL SHor.—Mr. Edward W. Paul, of St. Louis. publishes in the Republican of that city, the following extraordinary challenge: “ Owing to the frequent and urgent solicitation of many friends. Iam induced to make ; the following progpsitions : Proposition 1s&—I will fit a half dollar to the end of a twig two inches long, and while a seeond person will hold the other end an inch anda half of his face. i engage to strike the half dollar three times out of five, . at the distance of ten paces. or thirty feet.— . I will add in explanation, that there are several persons willing and ready to hold the quired. Proposition 2d.—I wilf hit a doliar tossed in the air, or any object of the same size, three times out of five, ON A WHEEL AND FIRE. Proposition 3d—AtT THE worD, I will split three balls out of five on a knife blade placed at the distance of thirty feet. Proposition 4th.—l will hit three birds out of five, sprung from the trap, standing thirty feet from the trap when shooting. Proposition 5th.—I will break, aT THE woRD. five common clay pipe-stems, at the distance of thirty feet. Proposition 6th.—I engage to prove. by fair trial. that no pistol shot can be produced who will shoot an apple off a man’s head, at the distance of thirty feet, oftener than I can. Moreover. I will produce two persons willing and ready to hold the apple on their head for me, when required to do so. Proposition 7th.—I will wager, lastly. tha no person in the United States can be produced. who will hit a quarter of a dollar, at a distance of thirty feet, oftener than I can, ON A WHEET AND FIRE. Tam willing to bet $5000 on any of the above propositions. one fourth of that amount forfeit. So soon as any bet will be closed. . the State of Missouri, until the money shall have been paid over by the judges, or with. drawn, less forfeit. I will give the best and . most satisfactory references that my share will be forthcoming when any of the above propositions are taken up. Any one taking up any of my propositions. must address me . through the St. Louis Post Office, as the ad. vertisements or newspaper notices may not meet my eye. Propositions will bé received . until the first of September next. I will require satisfactory referenees at the outset for the depositing of the money wagered. MapaME Sontac.—Madame Sontag. from her arrival in the United States up to the close of her Mexican engagement, had clear. ed $100,090, and she had caleulated that an. other season or two, with her new company, would have nearly doubled thisamount. Her . for her return, which in forty nights, would . have brought her $60,000 more. It is but a short time since she purchased a noble chaThe servant of a Prussian officer one day met 4 crony, who inquired of him how he got along with his fiery master : “Oh, excellently !’’ answered the servant ; we live on very friendly terms ; every morning we beat each other’s coats: the only difference is, he takes his off, to be beaten, and . ] keep mine on.” —that we could more readily place an army . mmerce and goverameént, there is . , . vene than intervene between us and where . oS =i NO. 48. Facts and Fancies. * se ae learn, says the Alexandria (¥a.) Gazette, that a young lawyer, who had just settled in one of the lower counties of Virginia, -was informed that there had been an order of Court which required all young Jawyers who not be chargeable to the county! ,“‘ Hallo, Sharp,” said Pop, meeting him yhe other day in the street, “you hobble, my boy ; what is the,matter with you?’ #0O,I had my feet’crushed, through the careleasnesa road cars—that is all.” ‘And mean to sue for damages?’ ‘ no. Lhave had damages enou -already—had I not better suc ! no, the water-wheel ofa saw-mill, says tends to apply for a pension, as” lie vivor of the ‘Revolution. “Mother, did you ever hear sissy swear?” “No, my dear; what did she say ?” she said she wasn’t going to wear her darned stockings to chyrch on Easter Sunday.” Somebody advertises to agents to sella work entitled “ Hymenial Instructor.” A cotemporary adds: “ The best Hymeniai instructor we know of is a young widew.— What she don’t know there is no use learning.”’ Burns, the runaway slave, says ‘he nexer saw such a massa as Massa-Chusetts! The report that a schoolmaster chastised a boy with a railroad-switch is doubted. If he This might be done be. ~ protection required. To main. in his mouth, so as to bring the coin within . twig or stick as described above, when re. the money will be deposited in the Bank of . did, he got off the track. Joe savs—“* Sam. I have lost my watch overboard ; it lies in twenty feet of water. Is there any way to get it?” * Yes,” says Sam, ‘‘ there are divers. ways.” Critpish Srxcerrry.— A lady who wae quite in the habit of dropping,in at her neighbor’s about meal-time, in the hope of .ohtaining an invitation to partake with :the family. was recently completely nonplussed by the unhesitating frankness of a child. ' Knowing thata neighbor’s supper-hour was . five, she called in about four,and settled her. self down for a long call. . “Tt takes two tomake a bargain,” and the . Jady honored with the call had no idea-ef giv‘ing an invitation, if it was in her power to escape it. Accordingly the hour of five brought no indications of supper. Timewere on, the sun was near its setting, and still the same. A little girl, the daughter of the lady in question, began to grow quite uneasy. At length. her mother having gone out for a moment, the visitor said—** You must.come over and see me, Mary,sometime.”? “No, I wen’t,’”’ said the child. ‘Why not?’ ‘“ Because I don’t like you.” ‘‘But why don’t you like .mo?"? 4 Booause I-am-—hunery, and want some supper.” ‘“ But,’ said the visiter, amazed, “I don’t prevent you having year supper, do 1??” *‘ Yes, you do.’ said little Mary. “ Mother said she shouldn’t have supper till you are gone. if you didn’t go tif midnight.” In less than five minutes the visitor Was marching out of the front door with a very red face. She hasn’t called to see little Mary since. Little Mary. in her childish frankness, has not yet learned the important Jesson which after years will not fail to‘teach her. viz: that “the truth. however excellent or desi. Table in itself, is not to be spoken at all times.” A PowerrcL Pcrr.—A New York pill doctor, who advertised in a Cincinnati paper, asked the editor to give him:a:puff. The ed. itor, good natured, wrote ‘a ‘first rate notice.” from which we make ‘the following extract : ‘One single pill wora in each pecket. will instantly give ease and elasticity to the tightest pantaloons. A little quantity will create an appetite in the most delicate stomach, or physic a horse. They will also be found to give arich flavor to apple dumplings, and a peculiar zest to pickled oysters; they will thicken soup. reduce corpulent persons, and are excellent bait for monse traps. One pill dissolved in a bucket of rain water will be found a. perfectly water-proof lining for canal embankments ; placed in steamboat boilers, they will effectually prevent their bursting. and greatly increase the speed of the boats. As for their medical qualities, they are justly entitled to be called. *‘Medicamentum Gracia Probatum.” i.e., “a remedy approved by grace,’—for they effectually cool St. Anthony’s fire, and stop St. Vitus’s dance. They purify the pimples in the small pox. and eradicate the red gum ‘in teething ; they reduce white swellings and‘cure the black jaundice. blue devils, yellow, ‘scarlet, or any ather fevers; they cure also ‘the thrush in children, and pip i1 hens, the stagger in horses, and the nightmare in owls. But further enumeration is unnecessary ; suffice it to say that this medicine isa combination upon new principles. discovered by the present proprietor’s immortal grandmother, and are an exception to all the‘rules of science. common sense, and experience ; so that while they are the most powerful agent in nature, revolutionizing the whole animal economy. and eradicating the most incurable diseases. they are at the same time a perfectly innocent preparation, and may be taken with entire safety by the nursing infant—all powerful, all harmless.’ He Wov.pn’t po 1t.—A friend of ours who deals in plain English, and has no acquaintance with large words at that, happened to take a walk to Swampscott one pleasant morning recently. A stranger was to preach at the Swampscott church that day, and the bell had nearly finished tolling, when our agent in Europe had concluded engagements . friend hore in sight of the church Being well dressed.and looking decidedly dignified. he was at once taken for the expected minister. Ashe approached the church, he was . teau and domain in Germany, with a portion! met by several hardy sons of the ocean, and of the proceeds of her American tour.—Alta. one of them addressed him : . “Sir, do you officiate to-day 2” Our hero, slightly misunderstanding the purport of the question, answered them indignantly : ‘No, I’ll be cussed if I'll go a fishing Sunday, for anybody !” The Swampscott friends con¢luded that he wasn’t the man they had taken him to b3,~ . Lynn News. : ‘settled there to give security that they should . of a conductor, the other day, between raildon’t you ‘“ Why, »