January 12, 1854 (4 pages)

era teeth ! ‘ t ? + Nile AOE eal lin. aw gs it ss ~ . ‘PHYSICI. Poet ‘i ckham Hotel. Nov. 10—tf—n8. ——— ame! — hae VOL. 1 . THE TELEGRAPH, _ 4 WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, IN GRASS VALLEY. BY OLIVER & MOORE. J. Wise Oxiver, J. K. Moore. Main Street, opposite the head of Church Street. TERMS: For one year, in advance,...-. .$7,00 Pomtarewmonthe. fo. ce uk eS accle 2,00 #37 Ady ertisements at reasonable rates. ’ BEUGGIST AND APOTHECARY, A Muin street, below Mill. -@a Grass Valley, Sepi. 22, 1853. tf ©. B. 6130 VELAND, \. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, (Opposite Grass Valley Hotel.) MarN SY., GRASS VALLEY. Cectober 2th, 18423. —n5—tf. Pasement of th Crass ¥a)! ‘cpteabor 22, 1853. tf Dl. SHERIDAN, M. D. SOLLEGE, LULLIN, AND ACCOUCHEUR, yyec his offic to his house—near the Gold . aty.ce to the poor GRATIS. W. LUUTZENHEISER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGIST & APOTHECARY, One door West of Masonic Hall, Main st., Grass Valley. Grass Valley, September 22, 1853. tf * ATTORNEY N. H. DAVIS, =~ AT LAW, San Francisco. ‘Will give prompt attention to all business entrusted to his care. Oct. 20, 1853—n5—2m. ALFRED B. DIBBLE. JAMES S. CARPENTER sg Law Partnership. DISSIS S&S CARL SHUCSR, ATT?rNEYS AND COUNSELLORS 4T Law, £zOffice iff’Grass Valley, on Mill Street, opposite the J. M. FOUSE, _SJUSTICE’S GOURT, Mill st.;,Grass Valley’, Sept,” Pe tf an DWARDS & “Grocery and r, Main strect}. »posite Dornin’s ‘Rooms, Grass Valley. nov24-tf i No. 23, (MAIN STREET, ) rey ae & ACCEPTED MASONS. HE MEMBERS of the fraternity are hereby notified, that they hold their regular communications on the evenings of the first and third Tuesdays im each month. Z. WHEELER, W.-M. RICHARD TiBBALS, Sec., P. T. Grass Valley, Sept. 22, 1853. tf E. McLAUGHLIN, WHOLESALE & RETAIL MANUFACTURER OF TIN, COPPER & SHEET-IRON WARE 3 Dealer in Stoves, miner’s Tools, & Hardware generally. East of ‘‘Masonic Hall,’’ Main Street, Grass Valley. Grass Valley, September 29, 1853—tf. n2 Book-store and Stationery By FRANCIS GALLER. Located one door west of Masonic Hall, Main Street Grass Vallev. November 3d,—n7—tf * ~ HEYWOOD & DOZIER, Grocers & Provision Dealers, Boston Ravine. Also, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Miners’ Tools, &c. wa Goods delivered free of charge. Grass Valley, Dec. 15, nl3 tf BROWN, PRATT & CO., DEALERS IN GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, WINES, LIQUORS, &e. &e., Opposite the Bridge, Boston Ravine. gay Goods delivered free of charge. Grass Valley, Dec. 15 nl3 tf S. S. Holl. OUSE AND SIGN PAINTING. Sash Doors and Win dow Sash made to order, Glass cut and prepared , intheshop. Also, Cabinet and, Joiner work of all kinds is neatly executed and promptly attended to. Shop on Mill street, between Main and Neil. Grass Valley, Sept. 22, 1853. tf GROCERY AND PROVSION STORE. EEPS CONSTANTLY on hand a supply suited to the demands of customers JOSEPH WILDE POST-OFFICE HOURS At Grass Valicy. ROM 8 toll, A. M. ; and from 12 1-2 to five ; and from 6 to 8, P.M. Sundays.—From 9 to 11, A. M.; and from 3 to 5, P. M. All letters to mail, must be received before $ in the evening, to insure their going gn the morning mail. E. MATHEWSON, P. M. October 27,—tf. @.V, TELEGRAPH Sob Printing Establishment, Having recently received a large and well selected assotment of JOBRING MATERIAL, We are now prepared to execute ALL KINDS OF PRINTING In. a Superior Manner, Miners, or Companies of Copartnership, wishing c > £ at 4 Ceriificaies of Stack can be accommodated at short notice. ™ We shall keep constantly on hand Notes of. Exchange, Bill Heads, __ Deeds, Notes, Checks. Also at. short notice we are prepared to strike off PMO AMILS -ULARS, HAND-BILLS LABELS, POSTERS, rt, all kinds of Job work will be quickly y done, and well done, and on the MOST REASONABLE TERNS. Law Blanks, {SURGEON & ACCOUCHEUR, . Sea of Marmora, and at the western extremiMasonic Hall, Grass Valley. . ty of which is situated the city of Constanti{ THE BRIDAL. BY A CONFIRMED BACHELOR. Not a laugh was heard, nor a joyous note. As our friend to the bridal was hurried ; Not a wit discharged his faremell shot, As the bachelor went te be married. We married him quickly to save his fright, Our hearts from the sad sight turning ; Ané we sighed as we stood by the lam’s dim light, To think him not more discerning. To think that a bachelor free and bright, And shy of the sex as we found him, Should there at the alter at the dead of night, Be caught in the snare that bound him. eR Fetaad shiort were the wores we Said, ~~ '. Though of wine and eake partaking ; We escorted him home from the scene of dread, While his kness were awfully shaking. Slowly and sadly we march’d down, From thefrst to the lowermost story, And we never have heard from or seen the poor man, Whom we left alone with his glory. THE BOSPHORUS. The Straits of Bosphorus, which connect the waters of the Black Sea with those of the nople, are seventeen miles in length, and possess an average breadth of about one and a half miles. They are of considerable depth, and remarkably easy of navigation. A strong current, however, constantly flows from the Black Sea, which, when aided by a northeast wind of long duration, becomes so powerful that a sailing vessel can hardly make headway against it. In the width of its channel, safety of navigation, and swiftness of current, it more resembles a noble river than a branch of the ocean. The harbor of* Constantinople, which is properly an arm of the Bosjfhorus received at a recent period the appéllation of “The Golden Horn,” and is one of the most secure and capacious, as well as beautiful ports in the world. It is situated near the western mouth _bricklayers, besides other ' laid daily. of the strait, about sixteen miles from the Black Sea. The curve which it describes, might be compared with propriety to that of an ox’s horn; and the epithet golden was expressive of the riches which every wind wafted from distant countries, to its bosom. Qhe entrance is about five hundred yards broad, and upon emergency a strong chain might be drawn across to guard the city from the attack of a hostile navy. About five miles from the Black Sea, two fortresses are construeted—one on either continent, upon the foundations of the cclebrated temples of Serapia and Jupiter Uris. These castles from the chief defence of the city against encroachments from the north and east. The old eas: tles, six miles distant from the city, a work of the Greek Emperors, command the narrowest part of the channel, where the strait cuntracts of a width of but five hundred paees. Here it was that Darius, twenty-three hundred years.ago. connected the two continents by a bridge of boats. The scenery of the Bosphoros is said to be unrivalled in its peculiar character of beauty. On each side of the straits arise in picturesque confusion from the water’s edge, huge cliffs of jasper, agate, porphyry, calcareous spath andcornelian. Such is their abruptness that the belief is generally entertained by the inhabitants of the surrounding country that the two walls of the straits were rent asunder thousands of yearsago by some tremendous convulsions of nature. The temples and votive alters, profusively scattered along the Banks, attest the fears and devotion of the Greeks who first explored the inhospitable and Euxine or Black Sea. Private houses, too, and delightful gardens, lie resting here and there upon the summits of the banks, or clinging to their steep sides, while the mosques and palaces of the great metropolis, its snow-white minarets and gleaming crescents, resemble more the fanciful conjurations of an eastern fairy tale than a reality of the modern world. The straits abound in fish, and the Sea of Marmora has always been renowned for possessing an inexhaustible store of the finny tribe, which are taken in the proper seasons, without ski'l and almost without labor. The Bosphorus and the Dardanelles—the latter is better known in ancient history as the Hellespont—may be considered as the two gates of Constantinople; and their passages may always be closed by the reigning prince against a naval enemy. or opened to the fleets of commerce. The name Bosphoros is derived from two Greek words, signifying ox and passage.—Tradition attributes the origin of the name to the passage of Jupiter across the straits in the form of a white bull, bearing the beautiful Europa, daughter of a Phenician king upon his back. At the northern entrance of the straits are the Cyanean Isles, which, according to the pocts, once floated upon the surface of the water, and were stationed there by the gods to defend the entrance of the Euxine from the pryings of profane curiosity.—Boston Journal. DISTRIBUTION OF THE CALIFORNIA Maris.— The Postmaster General bas very recently issued an order directing the Postmaster at San Francisco to re-arrange his distribution ef mails for the Atlautic States, and which will greatly facilitate and hasten their receipt at their respective destination in the interior. Heretofore, all these mails were made up in California (at San Francisco) for New York, where their distribution of course occasioned no little delay. Under the new order, the San Francisco Post Office is to make up mails . for New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D. C., and Chicago.—These instructions designate the States and coun. ties of States, for which mail matter shall be sent to each of the points named aboveWe presume that this change will facilitate the delivery of letters from California at least two days almost everywhere throughout the United States, and in many cases more. Exehange. The force now employed on the Capitol extension consists of 200 marble cutters and assistants, 200 laborers, 90 carpenters, 71 mechanics in less numbers. Upwards of 50.000 bricks are “QUARTZ MINER.” We give the communication of “Quartz Miner” a place in the columns of the Telegraph, because it is only by the interchange of opinions that the substantial facts in regard to any new business can be properly elicited. We protest, however, against the indulgence, on the part of correspendents, in reflections upon the integrity, or imputations . upon the characters of other parties,—such . being entirely foreign to the subject matter, and at the same time liable to créate unfriendly feelings among citizens. The quartz interest is a most important one for the future ‘Of Grass Valley—thefefore, gentlemen, give us Facts-instead of FANCIES. Mr. Epiror’:— 3 In an editorial of alate number of your paper, under the head of “Quartz Mining Generally,’ you correctly draw-the inference that gold bearing quartz is found in the vicinity of Grass Valley, in sufficient quantionsonaeemeatsmnstiiii ty to justify capitalists and others to engage . in the enterprise, and thereby not only-make . a secure investment, but by efficient management, insure handsome dividends. The past history of this branch of mining, since its commencement in this place up to within a few months, proves conclusively the truth of the assertion. It has already ed so thoroughly tested as not to admit of a rea* sonable doubt in the minds of those who hay . devoted their time and attention to it; yet; notwithstanding the richness of the ledge¢ and the abundance of gold that can be seen by the naked eye in the. quartz, it has not unfrequently happened that the rock, a crushed, has proved a complete failure, esp cially if it were from newly dicovered ledgés . owned and worked by individuals, or by companies, other than those having mills. It is a matter of gurprise to many how . it occurs that so many quartz ledges do not pay. In first trials, when “prospected’? by crushing to test their richness, which afterwards, when abandoned or sold for a nominal value to incorporated mill companies, have proved remarkably rich. The point having been concealed that quartz mining, when rightly managed, will pay. The question naturally arises why is it that failures are so common, and complaints become so frequent among outside quartz miners? Is it because “they have fot boon jadtetous in their man. agement of the business? We are among those who believe the fault is not entirely their own, but we do not un. dertake to trace to itssource the true cause . of these failures. Whether, (as hinted) it is in the mismanagement of directors, the imperfection of machinery, or by reason of some other unexplained cause, we willnot pretend to say. Some, indeed, have been so ungenerous as tg insimmate that certain stockholders have had a sinister eye upon these very same ledges, and to effect the desirable object of buyidg them in at prices below their value, had entered into a combination for that purpose. We do not'vouch for the truth of the supposition ; on the contrary, in justice at least to a majority of the stockholders of incorporated companies, if combinations have existed, we think they are honorable exceptions. » From information derived from a stock. holder, by calculation of figures, you arrive at the conclusion that by an additional investment of $50,000 in ledges, by the stockholders of a prominent mill, they would have realized a net profit of $128,000 for four months labor in crushing ; and that instead of working eight stampers twelve hours per day, there could have been twice that number in operation twenty four hours per day ; and ‘consequently there would have been four times the work accomplished during the four months. Now this certainly looks like doing “a Land Office business,” so far as figures are concerned, at all events; and those who haye been interested in the progress of quartz mining, or have been engaged in the business for the last two years, will no doubt be greatly indebted to your informant for this valuable piece of information.: If correct in theory, is it not somewhat singular that, inasmuch as the stockholders of said mill now own several good ledges, they do not crack on the steam, and push the remaining eight stampers in motion, and as a consequence quadru. ple their present business and profits. . . Suppose, for instance, that any one Mill owned At the,ledges to which reference has been made, would there have been more ac. tual labor performed in the four months past than there has been by fe present proprietors? We are strongly inclined to think not. . By a careful estimate, it is calculated that nearly or quite one third of all the quartz is . raised by companies not connected with any mill, and that at least seven-eighths of the various ledges now known have been discoyv. ed by this class of miners. Nor is this all. . They have, by their own exertions, and generally at great expense, not only brought to light these hidden treasures of the earth, but have furnished a very large amount of quartz to the various, thereby liberally contributing their/sh owards keeping some few of those stampers in motion, with better profit we trust to the mill owners than has re' sulted to some of the miners, q within our own circle of acquaintance, have In view of the above opinions, believed to be well founded, we assume the position that the independent quartz miners are, and always have been, equally as essential to the prosperity. of the said mills as the latter are to the suecess of the miner, and that their interests are nearly connected, and should be ONE AND THE SAME. ‘Quartz MINER. Rangk and Heady Covrespandenre, . Rouen & Reapy, Jan, 10, 1854. a6 Ee e like an ever rolling stream, re Litsseng away 5 . aca ‘They fly forgotten, as a dream, . ‘ Dies at opening day.’’ "Since my last eighteen hundred and fiftythr¢e, is numbered with the years beyond the flojd,—and we have already entered upon eighteen hundred and fifty-four, the end of ich, how many of us who are now engaged ih the busy cares of life, will see, God only csnows. But as the past has been, so may we find the future. How many entered upon ithe past year with the bright prospect of a long and pleasant life? but ere the close of ithe same, the great scythe of time has cut them down, atall ages, regardless of caste, ‘or condition, and they have been laid away, ‘with the sleeping millions of the dead, to be no more with us forever. Quite a number been struck down by the javelin of death. Some in a sudden and unexpected manner whilstjn the case of others, the lamp of life’ has flickered for many months, ere the vital spark was fully extinguished. ~ Many a young mrn within the last twelve months has left his father’s house, who with a palpitating heart, bade chome and friends farewell, and after a long and lingering gaze, he turned away from the scenes of his childhood and youth; never more to look on them again. We next sec them in California’ “strugling on for the big.of gold.” Exposed to hardships, hitherto unknown, anxious to succed {they overtax themselves, health breaks ‘down ; disease of a fatal charaéter insues ; and the scene is closed in some rude cot in the mountains of California. Occasionally ‘one of this class who made great sacrifices in leaving the home of his youth, was never peree to look out upon the beautiful fields aid flowers of the EP Dorado of the West— but left by his companions in tribulation to sleep the long and silent sleep of death, in the wild regions of the West, where nought is heard, but the whistling winds, the howling beasts, and the savage yell. Others who came upon ship-board, with a firm tread, and with buoyant hopes, before they reached the place of destination, sickened, died, and their bodies (after the ordinary ceremonies of a burial at sea) are wrapped in the coarse canvas of the ship, and they are deposited in the dark blue waves of the Pacific. But “away with melancholy’—we have had enough of the sad picture of the unfortunate, and at aconvenient time I will endeayour to give you the bright side of the picture. Nothing of importance has transpired since I last wrote, save the lips of the miners are hanging down to the tops of their boots, for the want of rain. All kinds of business seems to be depressed in consequence of the drought. Ejaculatory prayers are constantly going up, for the wipdows of heaven to be opened, that the floods may decend. But whether these prayers are mixed with the proper ingredient to expect an answer, is a matter of doubt. Let that be as it may, we certainly are all very anxious that it should rain. Presuming that I am trespassing upon the limits assigned for Rough and Ready, you will allow me toclose by wishing you and your numerous patrons a happy New Year. . Woman.—A California State Senator, speaking upon some bill affecting the property or business of woman, pays them a handsome tribute thus: ‘I love woman; I have loved her all my life—through boyhood, youth manhood, and maturer years! I expect to love her all my life, and, dying, to be found faithful to the same high and inspiring sentiment ; for amid all the varied, scenes, temptations, struggles and hopes of existence, one star, brighter than all others, has lighted and guided me onward. If I had any high ambition, the exciting energy has been in the approving smile coming from the eye of woman.—And I judge her influence is upon others. Gentle in her affections, yet mighty through her influence, her medium of rule is as powerful as the ballotbox. She has ruled me from my boyhood with the soft and winning influence of her virtues and her beauty. I remembered my first love ; my baby affections at four years of age. I have been in love nearly every month in my life since, save the dark and rayless days which succeeded the desolate hearth, and made the heart too desolate. And never, sir, while I remember my mother, long since in her grave—I remember the night she died—never, while I hold in my memory one other—and her memory is all that is left to me ; shall I refuse to give my voice, my influence, and my vote, for any measures necessary to protect and cherish the weaker and } better part of creation, against the oppression, neglect and abuse of my sex.’ “Mike, and is it yerself that can be afther telling me how they make ice cream?” “In truth I can—do they not bake them in cowld ovens, to be sure.” . the “native” for abducting the young Repre“dently been snatched from his toilette, and -hurried before the tribunal, half dressed. POLICE REPORT. _ Jupce F——,, Presiding. The inhabitants of Mill Street were surprised on Christmass morning by the appearance of officer J. C. Goad, followed by a “native,” who bore on his shoulder a young porker, mostly denuded of nature’s bristly covering. Being no doubt under the impression, that the pig was designed as an oblation appropriate to some new ceremony, appointed . for the Festival, a “goodly number’ devoutly joined the procession, and soon brought up at the office of Judge *——, where a jury was impanelled, and acharge preferred aginst. sentative of Pork, from his home and friends. The prisoner plead in defence, that he had formerly been a barber, that his present occupation was unsuited to his taste, and that having again concluded to set up the shaving trade, he had merely borrowed the pig from his owner, for the purpose of commencing practice, and “getting his hand in.”’The pig . being introduced into Court, was ordered to aseat on the end of the jury bench. This . was objected to by a juryman, who must have been very tight, on the ground that he (the pig) had not been duly sworn in. Notwithstanding his hair-breadth escape, he manifested -the utmost coolness during the whole proceeding, and maintained. the strictest silence, although his appearance impressed all with the idea, that upon extremity he “could a tail unfold,’ albeit he absolutely persisted in retaining his hold ona cigar, which had been stuck in his mouth, to the manifest indignation of the spectators, and in open contempt of a conspicuous placard, indicating that no smoking would be allowed in the Court. In consjderation of the occasion; and the suddenness of the arrest, much sympathy was expressed for the ‘‘native,’’ and undoybtedly much was felt for the pig, who had eviThe jury after two minutes mature deliberation, found the prisoner guilty. His Honor ruled that the elopement of a black man, with a white pig, constituted a case of amalgamation, clearly in cognizance of the laws of California, and in confirmation of this opinion sent him on a six months tour of observation, ‘to the County Observatary, near the Sugar “‘Loafs CAYOTE, With Respect; SLANDER.—Many a young man just entering life with high hopes and bright prospects has had those prospects blighted and those hopes blasted by one slanderous word spoken in an unguarded moment. Rumor unlike the rolling stone, gathers moss as it rolls on. It is the greatest curse to society. It has destroyed many high hopes, blunted many bright prospects. Many a young man with earnest endeavor to do right, with good resoIntions and better intentions, has beeome dismayed and overwhelmed by the slanderous suspicion and’ consequent distrust of others. Many a one who has done wrong, but who would do better, is thus on the very-eve of reform thrust back into the pathway of ruin. Beware then how you help to circulate evil report of any one. The spirit which manifests itself in this way, which delights in accusing, shows a lack of right principle in him who pursues it, and indicates that he is in some measure guilty of the sin of which he accuses another. I would by far, rather be the slandered than the slanderer. And you who are the victim of this evil, if you propose, to be good, if you resolve, to be right; press on, unintimidated by the groundless whisperings of an evil tongue. Preserve your integrity spotless, and then fearlessly breast the world. Let not man be your judge; scorn the decision of a thoughtless world, and press onward to meet the future with a bold heart, and you will find your reward. Brit or Fare.—The Detroit, Tribune is responsible for the following bill of fare, which it attributes to a Niagara Falls hotel: Solids.—First Caurse—Arm Chairs. Seeond Course—Silver Spoons and Plated Forks. Third Course—Silver Spoons and Plated Forks. Fourth Course—Wait as long as you please and get nothing. Entries —Clerk of the House, collecting 75 cents per head. Twenty-four Colored Waiters, loaded with tin pans. Dessert.—Yawns, Gapes, Curses, Swearing and Music. The whole concludes with a stampede for the Buffalo cars, after sitting at the table an hour and a half. Cugrovs Crstom.—The causes for which a Mahometan woman may demand a divorce are clearly and broadly laid down in the Koran, and her evidence is sufficient because yhe Mahometan law supposes that a woman . must be violently aggrieved befere the mod. esty of her sex will allow her to appear in . public with such application. So careful is . this law to spare her feeling, that she is not, even required to recount her injuries, unless . of her own free will; all she has to do is to. place her slipper reversed, that is, with the . sole upward, before the cadi, and the case is . finished, the divorce is granted without fur. ther inquiry. gar An expedition to establish a settlement in Davis’ Straits, sailed from Hull, England, in June last, comprising three vessels—called the Bee, Seaflower and Wellington. The two first named vessels have just returned to England, the attempt having failed in consequence of the vessels getting in. pleted there is no reason why it should not ° increase much more rapidly. als separated, and the Wellington being lost Exeter Bay. ld ~ ' ons nature of the services they are at all GLEANINGS. f= An iron company has been formed ia Wisconsin, under the title of the Dodge Co, Iron Company, with a capital ef $500,000, with the view of manufacturing railroad iron; They are about to erect twenty blast furnaces, and it.is said, have contracted to furnish : a to the Milwaukie and La Crosse railroad fif: ty tons of iron per day on and after the first of Mareh next, until the track is laid to Portage City. =e ‘We A few years ago a cargo of ice, wag : imported into England from Norway,: Now 9) 2 : having such an article in the! ouse schedules, application was made to the Treasury and to the Board of Trade, and after some delay, it wasdecided that theice should ~ be ordered as “dry goods,” but the whole pe on cargo had melted before the doubt was clearae: ae ed. I A neighbor of ours informs us that wood goes further when left out of doors than when housed ; some of his having gone 7 upwards of a’ quarter of a.mile éne night. #&> The Washington Sentinel learns that ; all but four of the clerks engaged on the census returns have been notified that. their services would not be required after ‘the 23d,and that the printed volume will be ready for delivery to Congress at the commencement of the ensuing session. ed J There is a great deol of poetry, and a vast sight more of truth, in the following : God and the doctor, we alike adore, Ah. Just on the brink of danger, not before, bs The danger passed, both are alike requited, ‘ * God is forgotten, and the doctor slighted ! ge Thirty-one of the nine hundred _officers of the United States army, have died since the 1st of January last. This, in time of peace, is a very large per centage, of deaths, proving beyond question the hazardtimes calied zpon to render to their country.J The salary of the King of the Sandwich [slands is $16,000 a year i ee js The Texas Legislattrebad Srranized and Gov. Bell had deliveréitbis Mecxege, a large portion of which is ‘y@mted to the Bamcific Railway scheme. Tho@e ge the El Paso route. Was The New Orleans Dylte sore, fhat'g large cotton-house in that «ity ree irda dix patch that Louis Napoleot had teen assasstnated. There is, up to thee resent writiag, no confirmation of the: news, and we onty give it as an on dit or rumor. gs Silas Wright sleeps in an humble grave in the burying ground just out of the village of Canton, St. Lawrence county, with @ simple monument bearing his name and dates of his birth and death. His law office has been converted into an ice-house attached to a hotel. , fe Several citizens of Newburg, New York, have volunteered to plant grounds at Washington’s Head Quarters in that place with ornamental trees. The day fixed for breaking ground on that occasion was the 26th inst. gs= The corner stone of a new Masonic Temple, in Philadelphia, was laid on the 21st, with imposing ceremonies, before an immense throng of Masons, notwithstanding a pouring rain. A powerful orchestra performed appropriate music and an ode was sung by a choir. The stone was laid by Grand Master Beurnonville, assisted by Samuel Sloan, the architect. An address was delivered by Dr. . J. K. Mitchell, and an anthem and benediction closed the ceremonies. ger A company has been formed in Savoy, for the purpose of raising the vessels whick were sunk atthe battle of Navdrino, particularly the Admiral’s ship, a three-deckwhich, it is said, had on board at the time she went down a sum of 6,000,000f. in gold. AN the ilecessary apparatus has been embarked, a number of divers have been engaged, and. in addition to the ordinary diving bells, all the recent inventions, for such purposes will be put in requisition. ss jez There was an immense crowd assemi. led about the Prometheus, and great exeitement as soon as it was known that Mitchell, ‘the Irish patriot, was among the passengers; salutes were fired by the Irish mititary companies—T. F. Meagher and Cel. Doheny were the first to greet the exile on his arriyal. Mitchell was taken to a carriage and proceeded to his mother’s in Brooklyn. The Irish societiel serenaded him to-night, and. twenty bands are engaged for the occasion. . gA recent census of the city of Detroit. shows a population. of 36,436, in ‘the ‘city "3 proper, and about 3,000 in the suburbs, maka ing a total of over 37,000. Males, 17,165; oa females, 17,281. The Detroit Tribune says: * This shows an increase in the city population since 1850, a period of three years, of 13,000, which isamprecedented in the history of Detroit, and excelled by that of few other cities in the Union. If our population continues to increase at the same rate until the next census, we shall have a ‘population of 65,000 in 1860. When our railroads are com-

era teeth ! ‘ t ? + Nile AOE eal lin. aw gs it ss ~ . ‘PHYSICI. Poet ‘i ckham Hotel. Nov. 10—tf—n8. ——— ame! — hae VOL. 1 . THE TELEGRAPH, _ 4 WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, IN GRASS VALLEY. BY OLIVER & MOORE. J. Wise Oxiver, J. K. Moore. Main Street, opposite the head of Church Street. TERMS: For one year, in advance,.....-. .$7,00 Pomtarewmonthe. fo. ce uk eS accle 2,00 #37 Ady ertisements at reasonable rates. ’ BEUGGIST AND APOTHECARY, A Muin street, below Mill. -@a Grass Valley, Sepi. 22, 1853. tf ©. B. 6130 VELAND, \. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, (Opposite Grass Valley Hotel.) MarN SY., GRASS VALLEY. Cectober 2th, 18423. —n5—tf. Pasement of th Crass ¥a)! ‘cpteabor 22, 1853. tf Dl. SHERIDAN, M. D. SOLLEGE, LULLIN, AND ACCOUCHEUR, yyec his offic to his house—near the Gold . aty.ce to the poor GRATIS. W. LUUTZENHEISER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGIST & APOTHECARY, One door West of Masonic Hall, Main st., Grass Valley. Grass Valley, September 22, 1853. tf * ATTORNEY N. H. DAVIS, =~ AT LAW, San Francisco. ‘Will give prompt attention to all business entrusted to his care. Oct. 20, 1853—n5—2m. ALFRED B. DIBBLE. JAMES S. CARPENTER sg Law Partnership. DISSIS S&S CARL SHUCSR, ATT?rNEYS AND COUNSELLORS 4T Law, £zOffice iff’Grass Valley, on Mill Street, opposite the J. M. FOUSE, _SJUSTICE’S GOURT, Mill st.;,Grass Valley’, Sept,” Pe tf an DWARDS & “Grocery and r, Main strect}. »posite Dornin’s ‘Rooms, Grass Valley. nov24-tf i No. 23, (MAIN STREET, ) rey ae & ACCEPTED MASONS. HE MEMBERS of the fraternity are hereby notified, that they hold their regular communications on the evenings of the first and third Tuesdays im each month. Z. WHEELER, W.-M. RICHARD TiBBALS, Sec., P. T. Grass Valley, Sept. 22, 1853. tf E. McLAUGHLIN, WHOLESALE & RETAIL MANUFACTURER OF TIN, COPPER & SHEET-IRON WARE 3 Dealer in Stoves, miner’s Tools, & Hardware generally. East of ‘‘Masonic Hall,’’ Main Street, Grass Valley. Grass Valley, September 29, 1853—tf. n2 Book-store and Stationery By FRANCIS GALLER. Located one door west of Masonic Hall, Main Street Grass Vallev. November 3d,—n7—tf * ~ HEYWOOD & DOZIER, Grocers & Provision Dealers, Boston Ravine. Also, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Miners’ Tools, &c. wa Goods delivered free of charge. Grass Valley, Dec. 15, nl3 tf BROWN, PRATT & CO., DEALERS IN GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, WINES, LIQUORS, &e. &e., Opposite the Bridge, Boston Ravine. gay Goods delivered free of charge. Grass Valley, Dec. 15 nl3 tf S. S. Holl. OUSE AND SIGN PAINTING. Sash Doors and Win dow Sash made to order, Glass cut and prepared , intheshop. Also, Cabinet and, Joiner work of all kinds is neatly executed and promptly attended to. Shop on Mill street, between Main and Neil. Grass Valley, Sept. 22, 1853. tf GROCERY AND PROVSION STORE. EEPS CONSTANTLY on hand a supply suited to the demands of customers JOSEPH WILDE POST-OFFICE HOURS At Grass Valicy. ROM 8 toll, A. M. ; and from 12 1-2 to five ; and from 6 to 8, P.M. Sundays.—From 9 to 11, A. M.; and from 3 to 5, P. M. All letters to mail, must be received before $ in the evening, to insure their going gn the morning mail. E. MATHEWSON, P. M. October 27,—tf. @.V, TELEGRAPH Sob Printing Establishment, Having recently received a large and well selected assotment of JOBRING MATERIAL, We are now prepared to execute ALL KINDS OF PRINTING In. a Superior Manner, Miners, or Companies of Copartnership, wishing c > £ at 4 Ceriificaies of Stack can be accommodated at short notice. ™ We shall keep constantly on hand Notes of. Exchange, Bill Heads, __ Deeds, Notes, Checks. Also at. short notice we are prepared to strike off PMO AMILS -ULARS, HAND-BILLS LABELS, POSTERS, rt, all kinds of Job work will be quickly y done, and well done, and on the MOST REASONABLE TERNS. Law Blanks, {SURGEON & ACCOUCHEUR, . Sea of Marmora, and at the western extremiMasonic Hall, Grass Valley. . ty of which is situated the city of Constanti{ THE BRIDAL. BY A CONFIRMED BACHELOR. Not a laugh was heard, nor a joyous note. As our friend to the bridal was hurried ; Not a wit discharged his faremell shot, As the bachelor went te be married. We married him quickly to save his fright, Our hearts from the sad sight turning ; Ané we sighed as we stood by the lam’s dim light, To think him not more discerning. To think that a bachelor free and bright, And shy of the sex as we found him, Should there at the alter at the dead of night, Be caught in the snare that bound him. eR Fetaad shiort were the wores we Said, ~~ '. Though of wine and eake partaking ; We escorted him home from the scene of dread, While his kness were awfully shaking. Slowly and sadly we march’d down, From thefrst to the lowermost story, And we never have heard from or seen the poor man, Whom we left alone with his glory. THE BOSPHORUS. The Straits of Bosphorus, which connect the waters of the Black Sea with those of the nople, are seventeen miles in length, and possess an average breadth of about one and a half miles. They are of considerable depth, and remarkably easy of navigation. A strong current, however, constantly flows from the Black Sea, which, when aided by a northeast wind of long duration, becomes so powerful that a sailing vessel can hardly make headway against it. In the width of its channel, safety of navigation, and swiftness of current, it more resembles a noble river than a branch of the ocean. The harbor of* Constantinople, which is properly an arm of the Bosjfhorus received at a recent period the appéllation of “The Golden Horn,” and is one of the most secure and capacious, as well as beautiful ports in the world. It is situated near the western mouth _bricklayers, besides other ' laid daily. of the strait, about sixteen miles from the Black Sea. The curve which it describes, might be compared with propriety to that of an ox’s horn; and the epithet golden was expressive of the riches which every wind wafted from distant countries, to its bosom. Qhe entrance is about five hundred yards broad, and upon emergency a strong chain might be drawn across to guard the city from the attack of a hostile navy. About five miles from the Black Sea, two fortresses are construeted—one on either continent, upon the foundations of the cclebrated temples of Serapia and Jupiter Uris. These castles from the chief defence of the city against encroachments from the north and east. The old eas: tles, six miles distant from the city, a work of the Greek Emperors, command the narrowest part of the channel, where the strait cuntracts of a width of but five hundred paees. Here it was that Darius, twenty-three hundred years.ago. connected the two continents by a bridge of boats. The scenery of the Bosphoros is said to be unrivalled in its peculiar character of beauty. On each side of the straits arise in picturesque confusion from the water’s edge, huge cliffs of jasper, agate, porphyry, calcareous spath andcornelian. Such is their abruptness that the belief is generally entertained by the inhabitants of the surrounding country that the two walls of the straits were rent asunder thousands of yearsago by some tremendous convulsions of nature. The temples and votive alters, profusively scattered along the Banks, attest the fears and devotion of the Greeks who first explored the inhospitable and Euxine or Black Sea. Private houses, too, and delightful gardens, lie resting here and there upon the summits of the banks, or clinging to their steep sides, while the mosques and palaces of the great metropolis, its snow-white minarets and gleaming crescents, resemble more the fanciful conjurations of an eastern fairy tale than a reality of the modern world. The straits abound in fish, and the Sea of Marmora has always been renowned for possessing an inexhaustible store of the finny tribe, which are taken in the proper seasons, without ski'l and almost without labor. The Bosphorus and the Dardanelles—the latter is better known in ancient history as the Hellespont—may be considered as the two gates of Constantinople; and their passages may always be closed by the reigning prince against a naval enemy. or opened to the fleets of commerce. The name Bosphoros is derived from two Greek words, signifying ox and passage.—Tradition attributes the origin of the name to the passage of Jupiter across the straits in the form of a white bull, bearing the beautiful Europa, daughter of a Phenician king upon his back. At the northern entrance of the straits are the Cyanean Isles, which, according to the pocts, once floated upon the surface of the water, and were stationed there by the gods to defend the entrance of the Euxine from the pryings of profane curiosity.—Boston Journal. DISTRIBUTION OF THE CALIFORNIA Maris.— The Postmaster General bas very recently issued an order directing the Postmaster at San Francisco to re-arrange his distribution ef mails for the Atlautic States, and which will greatly facilitate and hasten their receipt at their respective destination in the interior. Heretofore, all these mails were made up in California (at San Francisco) for New York, where their distribution of course occasioned no little delay. Under the new order, the San Francisco Post Office is to make up mails . for New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D. C., and Chicago.—These instructions designate the States and coun. ties of States, for which mail matter shall be sent to each of the points named aboveWe presume that this change will facilitate the delivery of letters from California at least two days almost everywhere throughout the United States, and in many cases more. Exehange. The force now employed on the Capitol extension consists of 200 marble cutters and assistants, 200 laborers, 90 carpenters, 71 mechanics in less numbers. Upwards of 50.000 bricks are “QUARTZ MINER.” We give the communication of “Quartz Miner” a place in the columns of the Telegraph, because it is only by the interchange of opinions that the substantial facts in regard to any new business can be properly elicited. We protest, however, against the indulgence, on the part of correspendents, in reflections upon the integrity, or imputations . upon the characters of other parties,—such . being entirely foreign to the subject matter, and at the same time liable to créate unfriendly feelings among citizens. The quartz interest is a most important one for the future ‘Of Grass Valley—thefefore, gentlemen, give us Facts-instead of FANCIES. Mr. Epiror’:— 3 In an editorial of alate number of your paper, under the head of “Quartz Mining Generally,’ you correctly draw-the inference that gold bearing quartz is found in the vicinity of Grass Valley, in sufficient quantionsonaeemeatsmnstiiii ty to justify capitalists and others to engage . in the enterprise, and thereby not only-make . a secure investment, but by efficient management, insure handsome dividends. The past history of this branch of mining, since its commencement in this place up to within a few months, proves conclusively the truth of the assertion. It has already ed so thoroughly tested as not to admit of a rea* sonable doubt in the minds of those who hay . devoted their time and attention to it; yet; notwithstanding the richness of the ledge¢ and the abundance of gold that can be seen by the naked eye in the. quartz, it has not unfrequently happened that the rock, a crushed, has proved a complete failure, esp cially if it were from newly dicovered ledgés . owned and worked by individuals, or by companies, other than those having mills. It is a matter of gurprise to many how . it occurs that so many quartz ledges do not pay. In first trials, when “prospected’? by crushing to test their richness, which afterwards, when abandoned or sold for a nominal value to incorporated mill companies, have proved remarkably rich. The point having been concealed that quartz mining, when rightly managed, will pay. The question naturally arises why is it that failures are so common, and complaints become so frequent among outside quartz miners? Is it because “they have fot boon jadtetous in their man. agement of the business? We are among those who believe the fault is not entirely their own, but we do not un. dertake to trace to itssource the true cause . of these failures. Whether, (as hinted) it is in the mismanagement of directors, the imperfection of machinery, or by reason of some other unexplained cause, we willnot pretend to say. Some, indeed, have been so ungenerous as tg insimmate that certain stockholders have had a sinister eye upon these very same ledges, and to effect the desirable object of buyidg them in at prices below their value, had entered into a combination for that purpose. We do not'vouch for the truth of the supposition ; on the contrary, in justice at least to a majority of the stockholders of incorporated companies, if combinations have existed, we think they are honorable exceptions. » From information derived from a stock. holder, by calculation of figures, you arrive at the conclusion that by an additional investment of $50,000 in ledges, by the stockholders of a prominent mill, they would have realized a net profit of $128,000 for four months labor in crushing ; and that instead of working eight stampers twelve hours per day, there could have been twice that number in operation twenty four hours per day ; and ‘consequently there would have been four times the work accomplished during the four months. Now this certainly looks like doing “a Land Office business,” so far as figures are concerned, at all events; and those who haye been interested in the progress of quartz mining, or have been engaged in the business for the last two years, will no doubt be greatly indebted to your informant for this valuable piece of information.: If correct in theory, is it not somewhat singular that, inasmuch

as the stockholders of said mill now own several good ledges, they do not crack on the steam, and push the remaining eight stampers in motion, and as a consequence quadru. ple their present business and profits. . . Suppose, for instance, that any one Mill owned At the,ledges to which reference has been made, would there have been more ac. tual labor performed in the four months past than there has been by fe present proprietors? We are strongly inclined to think not. . By a careful estimate, it is calculated that nearly or quite one third of all the quartz is . raised by companies not connected with any mill, and that at least seven-eighths of the various ledges now known have been discoyv. ed by this class of miners. Nor is this all. . They have, by their own exertions, and generally at great expense, not only brought to light these hidden treasures of the earth, but have furnished a very large amount of quartz to the various, thereby liberally contributing their/sh owards keeping some few of those stampers in motion, with better profit we trust to the mill owners than has re' sulted to some of the miners, q within our own circle of acquaintance, have In view of the above opinions, believed to be well founded, we assume the position that the independent quartz miners are, and always have been, equally as essential to the prosperity. of the said mills as the latter are to the suecess of the miner, and that their interests are nearly connected, and should be ONE AND THE SAME. ‘Quartz MINER. Rangk and Heady Covrespandenre, . Rouen & Reapy, Jan, 10, 1854. a6 Ee e like an ever rolling stream, re Litsseng away 5 . aca ‘They fly forgotten, as a dream, . ‘ Dies at opening day.’’ "Since my last eighteen hundred and fiftythr¢e, is numbered with the years beyond the flojd,—and we have already entered upon eighteen hundred and fifty-four, the end of ich, how many of us who are now engaged ih the busy cares of life, will see, God only csnows. But as the past has been, so may we find the future. How many entered upon ithe past year with the bright prospect of a long and pleasant life? but ere the close of ithe same, the great scythe of time has cut them down, atall ages, regardless of caste, ‘or condition, and they have been laid away, ‘with the sleeping millions of the dead, to be no more with us forever. Quite a number been struck down by the javelin of death. Some in a sudden and unexpected manner whilstjn the case of others, the lamp of life’ has flickered for many months, ere the vital spark was fully extinguished. ~ Many a young mrn within the last twelve months has left his father’s house, who with a palpitating heart, bade chome and friends farewell, and after a long and lingering gaze, he turned away from the scenes of his childhood and youth; never more to look on them again. We next sec them in California’ “strugling on for the big.of gold.” Exposed to hardships, hitherto unknown, anxious to succed {they overtax themselves, health breaks ‘down ; disease of a fatal charaéter insues ; and the scene is closed in some rude cot in the mountains of California. Occasionally ‘one of this class who made great sacrifices in leaving the home of his youth, was never peree to look out upon the beautiful fields aid flowers of the EP Dorado of the West— but left by his companions in tribulation to sleep the long and silent sleep of death, in the wild regions of the West, where nought is heard, but the whistling winds, the howling beasts, and the savage yell. Others who came upon ship-board, with a firm tread, and with buoyant hopes, before they reached the place of destination, sickened, died, and their bodies (after the ordinary ceremonies of a burial at sea) are wrapped in the coarse canvas of the ship, and they are deposited in the dark blue waves of the Pacific. But “away with melancholy’—we have had enough of the sad picture of the unfortunate, and at aconvenient time I will endeayour to give you the bright side of the picture. Nothing of importance has transpired since I last wrote, save the lips of the miners are hanging down to the tops of their boots, for the want of rain. All kinds of business seems to be depressed in consequence of the drought. Ejaculatory prayers are constantly going up, for the wipdows of heaven to be opened, that the floods may decend. But whether these prayers are mixed with the proper ingredient to expect an answer, is a matter of doubt. Let that be as it may, we certainly are all very anxious that it should rain. Presuming that I am trespassing upon the limits assigned for Rough and Ready, you will allow me toclose by wishing you and your numerous patrons a happy New Year. . Woman.—A California State Senator, speaking upon some bill affecting the property or business of woman, pays them a handsome tribute thus: ‘I love woman; I have loved her all my life—through boyhood, youth manhood, and maturer years! I expect to love her all my life, and, dying, to be found faithful to the same high and inspiring sentiment ; for amid all the varied, scenes, temptations, struggles and hopes of existence, one star, brighter than all others, has lighted and guided me onward. If I had any high ambition, the exciting energy has been in the approving smile coming from the eye of woman.—And I judge her influence is upon others. Gentle in her affections, yet mighty through her influence, her medium of rule is as powerful as the ballotbox. She has ruled me from my boyhood with the soft and winning influence of her virtues and her beauty. I remembered my first love ; my baby affections at four years of age. I have been in love nearly every month in my life since, save the dark and rayless days which succeeded the desolate hearth, and made the heart too desolate. And never, sir, while I remember my mother, long since in her grave—I remember the night she died—never, while I hold in my memory one other—and her memory is all that is left to me ; shall I refuse to give my voice, my influence, and my vote, for any measures necessary to protect and cherish the weaker and } better part of creation, against the oppression, neglect and abuse of my sex.’ “Mike, and is it yerself that can be afther telling me how they make ice cream?” “In truth I can—do they not bake them in cowld ovens, to be sure.” . the “native” for abducting the young Repre“dently been snatched from his toilette, and -hurried before the tribunal, half dressed. POLICE REPORT. _ Jupce F——,, Presiding. The inhabitants of Mill Street were surprised on Christmass morning by the appearance of officer J. C. Goad, followed by a “native,” who bore on his shoulder a young porker, mostly denuded of nature’s bristly covering. Being no doubt under the impression, that the pig was designed as an oblation appropriate to some new ceremony, appointed . for the Festival, a “goodly number’ devoutly joined the procession, and soon brought up at the office of Judge *——, where a jury was impanelled, and acharge preferred aginst. sentative of Pork, from his home and friends. The prisoner plead in defence, that he had formerly been a barber, that his present occupation was unsuited to his taste, and that having again concluded to set up the shaving trade, he had merely borrowed the pig from his owner, for the purpose of commencing practice, and “getting his hand in.”’The pig . being introduced into Court, was ordered to aseat on the end of the jury bench. This . was objected to by a juryman, who must have been very tight, on the ground that he (the pig) had not been duly sworn in. Notwithstanding his hair-breadth escape, he manifested -the utmost coolness during the whole proceeding, and maintained. the strictest silence, although his appearance impressed all with the idea, that upon extremity he “could a tail unfold,’ albeit he absolutely persisted in retaining his hold ona cigar, which had been stuck in his mouth, to the manifest indignation of the spectators, and in open contempt of a conspicuous placard, indicating that no smoking would be allowed in the Court. In consjderation of the occasion; and the suddenness of the arrest, much sympathy was expressed for the ‘‘native,’’ and undoybtedly much was felt for the pig, who had eviThe jury after two minutes mature deliberation, found the prisoner guilty. His Honor ruled that the elopement of a black man, with a white pig, constituted a case of amalgamation, clearly in cognizance of the laws of California, and in confirmation of this opinion sent him on a six months tour of observation, ‘to the County Observatary, near the Sugar “‘Loafs CAYOTE, With Respect; SLANDER.—Many a young man just entering life with high hopes and bright prospects has had those prospects blighted and those hopes blasted by one slanderous word spoken in an unguarded moment. Rumor unlike the rolling stone, gathers moss as it rolls on. It is the greatest curse to society. It has destroyed many high hopes, blunted many bright prospects. Many a young man with earnest endeavor to do right, with good resoIntions and better intentions, has beeome dismayed and overwhelmed by the slanderous suspicion and’ consequent distrust of others. Many a one who has done wrong, but who would do better, is thus on the very-eve of reform thrust back into the pathway of ruin. Beware then how you help to circulate evil report of any one. The spirit which manifests itself in this way, which delights in accusing, shows a lack of right principle in him who pursues it, and indicates that he is in some measure guilty of the sin of which he accuses another. I would by far, rather be the slandered than the slanderer. And you who are the victim of this evil, if you propose, to be good, if you resolve, to be right; press on, unintimidated by the groundless whisperings of an evil tongue. Preserve your integrity spotless, and then fearlessly breast the world. Let not man be your judge; scorn the decision of a thoughtless world, and press onward to meet the future with a bold heart, and you will find your reward. Brit or Fare.—The Detroit, Tribune is responsible for the following bill of fare, which it attributes to a Niagara Falls hotel: Solids.—First Caurse—Arm Chairs. Seeond Course—Silver Spoons and Plated Forks. Third Course—Silver Spoons and Plated Forks. Fourth Course—Wait as long as you please and get nothing. Entries —Clerk of the House, collecting 75 cents per head. Twenty-four Colored Waiters, loaded with tin pans. Dessert.—Yawns, Gapes, Curses, Swearing and Music. The whole concludes with a stampede for the Buffalo cars, after sitting at the table an hour and a half. Cugrovs Crstom.—The causes for which a Mahometan woman may demand a divorce are clearly and broadly laid down in the Koran, and her evidence is sufficient because yhe Mahometan law supposes that a woman . must be violently aggrieved befere the mod. esty of her sex will allow her to appear in . public with such application. So careful is . this law to spare her feeling, that she is not, even required to recount her injuries, unless . of her own free will; all she has to do is to. place her slipper reversed, that is, with the . sole upward, before the cadi, and the case is . finished, the divorce is granted without fur. ther inquiry. gar An expedition to establish a settlement in Davis’ Straits, sailed from Hull, England, in June last, comprising three vessels—called the Bee, Seaflower and Wellington. The two first named vessels have just returned to England, the attempt having failed in consequence of the vessels getting in. pleted there is no reason why it should not ° increase much more rapidly. als separated, and the Wellington being lost Exeter Bay. ld ~ ' ons nature of the services they are at all GLEANINGS. f= An iron company has been formed ia Wisconsin, under the title of the Dodge Co, Iron Company, with a capital ef $500,000, with the view of manufacturing railroad iron; They are about to erect twenty blast furnaces, and it.is said, have contracted to furnish : a to the Milwaukie and La Crosse railroad fif: ty tons of iron per day on and after the first of Mareh next, until the track is laid to Portage City. =e ‘We A few years ago a cargo of ice, wag : imported into England from Norway,: Now 9) 2 : having such an article in the! ouse schedules, application was made to the Treasury and to the Board of Trade, and after some delay, it wasdecided that theice should ~ be ordered as “dry goods,” but the whole pe on cargo had melted before the doubt was clearae: ae ed. I A neighbor of ours informs us that wood goes further when left out of doors than when housed ; some of his having gone 7 upwards of a’ quarter of a.mile éne night. #&> The Washington Sentinel learns that ; all but four of the clerks engaged on the census returns have been notified that. their services would not be required after ‘the 23d,and that the printed volume will be ready for delivery to Congress at the commencement of the ensuing session. ed J There is a great deol of poetry, and a vast sight more of truth, in the following : God and the doctor, we alike adore, Ah. Just on the brink of danger, not before, bs The danger passed, both are alike requited, ‘ * God is forgotten, and the doctor slighted ! ge Thirty-one of the nine hundred _officers of the United States army, have died since the 1st of January last.. This, in time of peace, is a very large per centage, of deaths, proving beyond question the hazardtimes calied zpon to render to their country.J The salary of the King of the Sandwich [slands is $16,000 a year i ee js The Texas Legislattrebad Srranized and Gov. Bell had deliveréitbis Mecxege, a large portion of which is ‘y@mted to the Bamcific Railway scheme. Tho@e ge the El Paso route. Was The New Orleans Dylte sore, fhat'g large cotton-house in that «ity ree irda dix patch that Louis Napoleot had teen assasstnated. There is, up to thee resent writiag, no confirmation of the: news, and we onty give it as an on dit or rumor. gs Silas Wright sleeps in an humble grave in the burying ground just out of the village of Canton, St. Lawrence county, with @ simple monument bearing his name and dates of his birth and death. His law office has been converted into an ice-house attached to a hotel. , fe Several citizens of Newburg, New York, have volunteered to plant grounds at Washington’s Head Quarters in that place with ornamental trees. The day fixed for breaking ground on that occasion was the 26th inst. gs= The corner stone of a new Masonic Temple, in Philadelphia, was laid on the 21st, with imposing ceremonies, before an immense throng of Masons, notwithstanding a pouring rain. A powerful orchestra performed appropriate music and an ode was sung by a choir. The stone was laid by Grand Master Beurnonville, assisted by Samuel Sloan, the architect. An address was delivered by Dr. . J. K. Mitchell, and an anthem and benediction closed the ceremonies. ger A company has been formed in Savoy, for the purpose of raising the vessels whick were sunk atthe battle of Navdrino, particularly the Admiral’s ship, a three-deckwhich, it is said, had on board at the time she went down a sum of 6,000,000f. in gold. AN the ilecessary apparatus has been embarked, a number of divers have been engaged, and. in addition to the ordinary diving bells, all the recent inventions, for such purposes will be put in requisition. ss jez There was an immense crowd assemi. led about the Prometheus, and great exeitement as soon as it was known that Mitchell, ‘the Irish patriot, was among the passengers; salutes were fired by the Irish mititary companies—T. F. Meagher and Cel. Doheny were the first to greet the exile on his arriyal. Mitchell was taken to a carriage and proceeded to his mother’s in Brooklyn. The Irish societiel serenaded him to-night, and. twenty bands are engaged for the occasion.. . gA recent census of the city of Detroit. shows a population. of 36,436, in ‘the ‘city "3 proper, and about 3,000 in the suburbs, maka ing a total of over 37,000. Males, 17,165; oa females, 17,281. The Detroit Tribune says: * This shows an increase in the city population since 1850, a period of three years, of 13,000, which isamprecedented in the history of Detroit, and excelled by that of few other cities in the Union. If our population continues to increase at the same rate until the next census, we shall have a ‘population of 65,000 in 1860.. When our railroads are com-