May 11, 1854 (4 pages)

9 THE TELEGRAPH, BY J. K MOORE & CO. Grass Valley, California, May 1, 1854. Gardiner & Kirk are our agents in Sacramento, at the Post Office Literary Depot, third street, next to the Post Office. Any business connected with the ‘‘ TELEGRAPH,’’ entrusted with them, will be faithfully attended to. Mr. E. Pelouze is our sole Agent for the Grass VALLEY TELEGRAPH in San Francisco. He is empowered to receive advertisements and receipt for the same. All advertisements left with Mr. Pelouze will receive prompt attention. “ ALES TL IE RES PRE LTTE News by the Last Mall. Although the news brought by the mail of the 5th inst., is not of such an exciting character as some anticipated, yet is highly important, as being significant of the intentions of the governments of England and France, in regard to the war between Russia and Tarkey. These two powers have united with the Sultan for his protection, a treaty having been made by their respective ambassadors at Con@tantinople. . tee \ One point of ie treaty is, that the Porte engages never to negotiate with Russia, without the intervention of the Western powers, Large numbers of English troops are being sent to the scene of action, and all the ships of war that can be spared from other stations have been ordered to the Baltic. Louis Napoleon will of course not be behind his neighbor; he has negotiated a loan with the Messrs Rothschild, for the purpose of carrying on the war, and some 25,000 men have been ordered to Turkey. A correspondence between the Russian Czar, through his ministers, and the British government, has recently been published in the London Times. From thisit appears that Russia, for a number of years back, has looked on Turkey in the manner that the wolf in Esop’s fables, looked on the lamb; being determined to annex it to her own territory, whether she gave her any pretext for doing 80 or not. Austria has not as yet committed herself to either of the parties, but it is generally believed she will take part with the autocrat. He is making extensive preparations for war having now over 150,000 well disciplined troops, ready for action. The King of Prussia as yet, stands neutral. The wife of the Emperor Nicholas is his sister, and she has been writing him letters, urging him to join Russia. Norway, Sweden and Denmark, seem inclined to assist the Western Powers, and are raising money and marshalling armies. In fact the whole of Europe seems preparing for a fierce conflict, and itis most probable that in a few months she will present to the world scenes of bloodshed and carnage, similar to those during the struggle of Napoleon with the allied powers of Europe. Never, since that time, have there been such preparations made for war as at present. Large armies have been raised by the different nations, and millions of money levied for their support. Large fleets are on their way to the Baltic and Black seas, from different parts of France and England—while Russia is increasing her fleets in these seas to her utmost power. What most interests us in this war is the question whether goods in neutral vessels shall be considered as lawful prizes to the beligerent powers. Some time since, Ld. Clarendon declared that beligerent property in neutral vessels, should be considered a lawful prize. Attention has again been called to the subject, both in the House of Commons, and in the House of Lords. The gov. ernment gave no precise answer to the enquiries made on the subject, but on this occasion Clarendon seems to have somewhat changed his course, as he then assured the Peers that the British government would in this respect, set an example of liberality to the world. We hope they will at least adopt as a maxim of British maratime law, the principle that free ships make free goods. Should this principle be maintained, and our government remain neutral in the contest, as we have no doubt it will, our ships will have most of the carrying trade of Europe. At all events the effect of a general European war will be to greatly enhance the value of our products. The Pacific Railroad Bill, reported by Mr. McDougal, after two unsuccessful attempts has at last been made the special order for the third Tuesday in May. This argues favorably for the passage of the bill. Senator Gwin has prepared an elaborate speech on the same subject, which will no doubt convince the Senate of the necessity and national advantages of such a road. It is the question of the age! The road when finished will be a monument of our National grandeur. J. Zabriska, of Sacramento City, son of the well-known Colonel Zabriska, has been appointed a Cadet at West Point Academy, for the Northern district of California. A letter writer at Washington says, that California interests are well attended there this winter, and appear to be the only ones which have been skillfully managed during this season. Ex-Comptroller Pearce of California is prosecuting the War debts of the State, and has already succeeded in procuring a favorable report from the Committee on Military affairs in the House. Out of the million added by the Senate to the Deficiency Bill, our Senators have secured an appropriation for the California Mint, and $250.000 for the Custom House at San Francisco. Dr. Gwin’s family leave for California on the 20th of April to reside permanently in the State. They have sold their house and . fixtures in Washington. The rich yield of gold in the vicinity of Grass Valley for the past three years has been immense, especially so, when it is taken into consideration that mining is still as it were in an infantile state. We have sufficient evidence to convince every one that our hills teem with the precious metal, and we feel assured that a good organization with a small outlay of money is only required to develop their immense hidden wealth. The great draw back to extensive development of our resources exists in a great measure to the lack of protection and encouragement offered by the present existing laws and regulations governing mining. For instance, a company formed to prosecute the driving of a tunnel into a hill, is required to locate their claims before commencing operations, else they may penetrate the hill, strike a lead and have no claims. There being in this, asin all mining communities, a large concourse of renegade miners, without means, energy or industry, who, upon the commencement of such an operation require the prospecting company to define thejr claims,then igke. ppall the ground for mifes around them,and if the company go through the extent of their own claims and strike a Jead on the frontiers of ' their neighbors’ claims they are immediately stopped, or compelled to purchase at high prices. The renegade miners thereby reaping where they have not sown. This state of affairs is wrong, and should and can be remedied. The object of this article is to induce ihe organization of a company composed of one hundred shares, each share subject to a tax of twenty-five dollars, (or such other sum as the company may determine) per month to be expended judiciously (by a board of trustees to be elected by the share holders , and to serve without pay) in tunnelling or . otherwise. Two, three or four tunnels could be prosecuted at the same time with sucha tax as.above suggested, and there are hundreds of men in our community who would not feel the assessment. Operations conducted by such an organization could not fail to meet with success. They could upon the commencement of any operation adopt laws to the effect that no claim staked off should be valid until after the company prospecting had located theirs, and that the company should have a number of days designated to locate their claims after striking the lead. Such arrangements would be strictly equitable and but just to parties expending their means. But says one, where will you finda hill that is not already staked? We ask, will stakes hold? Would any court or jury award claims to a set of men who had held them for months, or perhaps years, only by stakes and recording, and say that the company who developed their hidden treasures should be ousted by parties holding by such aslendor tenor? No, such a proposition is an insult ‘to the American people. Those of our citizens who approve of our suggestions are requested to call at the Telegraph Printing Office. give their names and subscribe for the number of shares they desire, and as soon as fifty shares are subscribed for, a meeting of the company will be called for proper organization. We are determined to push this matter through. We know it can easily be done, and we have no doubt that ere long our express offices instead of purchasing two hundred thousand dollars worth of gold per month will more than treble that sum. We publish to-day another correspondence MINING. NEWS. % We understand that in-one day and a half last week, four 'men took ont of Jamison’s claim, Iowa Hill, 250 ounces OUR SCHOOLS. . EDITORS :— 4 : eer appeared an article in your last isOn Saturday . gue under the head of “Our Schools” which they tookout 1480unces. Se vera] pormapanies We) deserves the immediate and active conhave struck the lead the past week, and are sideration of every person, who is solicitous doing well. o A new company of thirty : been formed in Grass Valley, ani menced tunneling !'ord’s Fil! ads wa Hill. % At Orleans Flat, one comp is realizing $16 to $20 per day to the hand. “Another of three, took out on Saturday tae es At Snow Point aud Movoy are paying well. ge On Pike Flat one compan§ ‘ak o ty terday, $500. The prospect naw =, tha eral rich claims wil! present sumnzier. : Other mining news we are obliged io omii for want of room. ' Lhaye com fc en 7 ee be worked pers a ee nt HARKER'S PaNoRAMA.—On Sas@eday even 2. pe ing last we had the pleasure of certainly are well executed, and we are informed by those who crossed ihe plains that they are true sketches of the scenes they represent. By seeing this, one can form some idea of the general appearance of those tain scenes, and barren wastes which are met with on this route wiihout being exposed to the toils and hardships incident to such a long and tedious journey, some of whith are well represented by the views given of the weary and toil-worn emigrant as he journeys up the rugged mountain sides, or vainly urges his starving cattle to proceed on their way. We understand it was well patronized at Nevada, where it has been exhibited the present week. Success to projectors. itd moun THE following established weights per bushel of produce, throughout the United States, was furnished us by Mr. Wm. Bennett. Wheat; 06. S22.8 SE SRA Rep Seas fty F 60 Ibs Shelled Corn,: jgasc. sf o0ds: FBS 56-°* Cora itt cob ete Eo. ee 1. Seay Sp ST ERAS, BEN eee aae cs ete Onte, SSeS a Ps ae $s aa Baties, Be E32 FRE ee 48 * Potatoek 372552 ne Mee A cab 60 “ Beana,. . 52205 OS Sa ee ae cos Brewed S795; eee 6 ee a os Re Clover Seed)! oot 22 Bok Se a5 Pit Seeds OP Roo, she ee 8 Mae Hemp Seed.o (20S so, oS 44 4 Buckwe AEP Ee 52 *¢ Dluc Grass peed. 605. a eee se * Castor Beats. 2). 22245 8 oy oe 46 « See ee nee eae ee 33“ Drate Ronee. Se Ste. Sree 2a“ i pane Riel Aha GREER Pa ss oGopn ieee tes nee 50 “ PrersonaL.—The Marysville Herald has our thanks for its favorable notice of the new firm of the “Telegraph office.” By the way General, when are you goiug to pay us that long promised visit? Our Mountain forests have put on their vernal robes, and the hills around our beaultiful village are covered with flowers of every hue; and a stroll among them would indeed be pleasant toa lover of the beautiful. So get in the stage some of these fine mornings and take a view of our mountain home. A Scotch woman, when on her way to Glason the subject of schools. It seems that some . gow, met two young sailors, one of whom abof our citizens have been much mistaken in ruptly accosted her—“How are you, good the duties and powers of the School Commis. woman? How have you been this long time?’ sioners. Some say, “why did not they attend . Looking with surprise at the young man, to getting the dividend due this district out . whom she did not remember to have before of the State appropriation of last year, and . seen. said, “I canna say I ken you, sir.” build a Schoolhouse with part of the money . “Not know me, old woman; I’m the devil’s and devote the remainder to paying a teach. sister’s son.”” “Are ye the devil’s sister’s er??? son? heeth, when I take a better look of you, In answer to these questions, we quote part ; mon, but you are like your uncle !”” of the 4th and the 7th sections of the School law of California. Sentiments join man to man ; opinions diSec. 4. “No School District shall be en-. Vide them. The former are elementary and titled to any portion of the Common School . concentrate; the latter are composite and moneys, in which there shall not have been . scatter. The friendships of youth are foundtaught, by a legally qualified Teacher, a/. ed on sentiment; the dissensions of age reCommon School for three months, within the year ending on the last day of October, and one half of the compensation of said Teacher paid by the inhabitants of said district. Sec. 7. “The School moneys distributed to the various counties of this State from sult from opinion. If we could know this at an early age—if, in forming our own mode of thought, we could acquire a liberal view of that of others, and even of those that are opposed to others—we should then be more tolerant, and endeavor to reunite by sentithe State School Fund, shall not be used for . Ment what opinion divided and dispersed. any other purpose than the payment of the salaries of qualified Teachers under this Act; and no portion of said fund «hall either directly or indirectly be paid for the erection of school houses, the use of school rooms, furniture or any other contingent expenses of Common Schools.” From the above it will be seen that in order to draw our share of the appropriation cf next year, there must be a school conducted three months previous to the 1st of November, (which is the commencement of the School year,) under the supervision of the School Commissioners; the teacher having a certificate from the same. Deata or Cot. Waker ContTrapicrep.— The San Francisco Herald has received information from one of Walker's men, which leads it to doubt the truth of the reported death of Col. Walker and thirteen of his men. They had a fight near their old camping grounds, but defeated the Mexicans. [Sac. Union. Tae Backus Minsrrers.—This band of comical musicians have played in our theatre for three nights in succession. Some of their burlesques and imitations of noted plays, were truly laughable. Old Ephriam is a host at such things and never fails to make In the 7th Section it will be seen that no . hishearerslaugh at his comic representations. part of the public funds can be appropriated to building a Schoolhouse. Hence it behooves those who wish to have a Schoolhouse to lay their shoulder to the wheel, and contribute their proportion of the money requisite for putting up a building, and see that a school is thus organized in time to secure our share of the State fund which will be ready for distribution in January next. ‘to the poor are re-corded above. A Joker says that the cords of wood given . the discovery of ‘colony: °° A May Ropsep.—We learn that some time last week, a man going from Illinoistown to Mineral Bar, was attacked by three men. Two of them held him, while the others rifled his pockets of near $250. The robbers are unknown. The principal inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land have offered a reward of £15.000 for & profitable gold field in the ; ing this . 4 highlytinteresting ‘exh Vn ipaiitin gs! ! ; Ts for his own or his countries good. Without mbers, has . se cient schools the rising generation around us must grow up, entirely destitute of the education they indispensibly need for the com. mon affairs of life, and their position as citi) zens. These self-evident facts need no labored arguments for proof, while they present “. to our contemplation a deplorable state of ite “= things. Look around us, and see how rapidiy we are bringing that condition upon us. See the scores of idle boys and girls in every . part of our beautiful village: How few are ‘engaged in any useful employment? how . Who;'be many are perfectly idle, or congregated in groups for the perpetration of some mischief, or perchance they are to be seen hanging \ about places which decency blushes to name, taking, lessons in base ribaldry, profanity, end every species of brutal degradation. parents are’ responsiblevfor*such a” state of things? Upon them to a great extent hangs the fate of these children; they are . be intelligent and useful, or ignorant and de. to say Whether these embryo citizens are to ‘based. But where are the means for obviat_ing this threatened deluge of ignorance and \ depiorable degradation? Where is our permanent school organization? Where are the thousand dollars of public money that should have been drawn and paid for educating the scores of children above alluded to? Indeed where is the School House in which they, and coming hundreds should be taught? What, no school organization? No attention to the drawing of money appropriated for the education of our children, and indeed no schoolhouse. Is this American, or is this state of things characteristic of the enterprise and noble aspirations of the true American soul? No, it is not American, but a spirit of sordid parsimony that overrules the better judgment *. and generous impulses of our people. What scorching chargin must it bring home to the mind of every parent who looks upon grown up sons or daughters who, through his parsimony are still destitute of the knowledge requisite for the performance of common business or their duties as citizens, and who must necessarily murder out a miserable existence among the ignorant, vicious and debased, with minds incapable of enjoying any of the felicities of intellectual refinement. Will not such a parent writhe under the mortification of soul arising from having through nearsighted selfishness thrust his own flesh and blood from all association with enlightened society, and hurled his children into the companionship of the low, vulgar and soul crushing legions who hang like a blighting mildew upon the enterprise and elevated enjoyments of enlightened society. Who possessed of any soul or any pride of character can endure the reflection of being, or becoming such a parent? Yet look about us—such is the obvious tendency of things. What shall we do? Shall we remain inactive, and float down the stream of time utterly reckless of the destructive tendencies of our lethargy? Common observation tells us how superior an . intelligent community is, over one enveloped in ignorance and shows us that with the former are identified all the enterprise, life propensity and happiness of a people, while wretchedness and oblivious obscurity attend the latter. Who will raise the first voice for the cause of education, and begin this sadly neglected enterprise ? E. A. T. For the Telegraph. Iowa Hiiu, May 8th, 1854. Dear Eprtors TELEGRAPH :—Permit an humble individual to say a few words about Iowa Hill. It isa place built on a hill, and has sprung up like Jonah’s Gourd, as it were ina night. It contains some fifty buildings put up during the past two months, stretching along its one street some quarter of a mile ; some are good two story frame buildings, put upin “State’s” style, and others California houses. The first Stage Coach came in on Sunday last by way of Michigan Bluffs to which place I understand there is to be a daily line. Excitement reigns here supreme. The grand Moving Panorama visited our place last week, and the pavillion was crowded to suffocation. A musical troup, circus, or other travelling companies would meet with good success if they would pay us a visit. Ihave for the last few days been looking over those far-famed Hills of Iowa and Richardson’s and the mines upon them—and I can but say that they are richer and more extensive than in my utmost imagination I had anticipated. As far as worked, they prove rich in the extreme. The big claim of the Jamison Company to which all turn their steps on their arrival here—is still yielding its yellow metal by the pan-full. Other claims adjoining have prospected upwards of eighty dollars to the pan—and others still, prospect nearly as well. Opposite to the above,.and on the other side of town are numerous other claims which pay well, and tunnels and cuts are piercing the hill on all sides. Following up the divide between Indian Caiion and the American—about one mile, is Independence Hill, a rival town to Iowa ; here again are numerous diggings just struck and being opened ; still further up the divide at the head of the cafion is a great place of excitement during the past week—rich leads have been struck and miners are sta king off claims in every direction, FIvEs. I= See notice of the call in another column for a School Meeting. For the Telegraph. 5 ae News, Facts and Fancies. Lostne Grounp.—It seems that the famous Nebraska Bill, instead of bringing Senator Douglass nearer the Presidential chair has put him back a feet, a feet and a half or two feet. . Try it again Young America. A Town Grave Yarp.—Why is it that our citizens have so long neglected to secure a Grave Yard? Wehave noticed gravesin three or four different parts of the town ; some of them too nearly in the centre and in lots devoted to other purposes. There are beautiful places in the vicinity of our town for such a purpose, and we hope our citizens will secure some suitable location before the ground is taken up for other purposes. Srrone Reasonrxa.—The other day we heard a friend trying to induce two persons to sign a petition for a town corporation, They refused to sign it, and when asked their reasons, one said “because,” and the other said theatres, circuses &c. would then have to give a license to the town. Good arguments these. * ᠀䴀唀刀䐀䔀刀⸠᐀ On Wedriesday of last week, Mr. John Sharp, proprietor of a ranch about twelve miles from Marysville, on Bear river, was shot by a man named Sullivan. DE.icious.—The Pie sent to our office by cur esteemed friend, Mrs. Morgan. We advise those fond of such things, to call at the Aurora House, where we understand there are “some more of the same sort left,’’ together with the other “fixins” necessary to good living. : TRANSPORTATION OF THE Paciric MaIL.— The cost of carrying the mail from N. York to California and Oregon for the last year was $559,508. Of this, $85,314 was paid for transportation across the Isthmus. THE Brack Warrior.—It seems the Cuban authorities were fully justifiable in seizing the Steamer Black Warrior. She was seized for an infraction of the revenue laws, and after examination, was released from confiscation on the payment of a fine of $6,000. Tae Last Survivor oF THE Batre oF Lexincton.—John Harrington of Lexington. the last survivor of the memorable conflict of April 19th, 1775, died recently in the 96th year of his age. Goop.—A school has already been commenced at Iowa Hill, numbering some thirty scholars. PortuLaR.—The Daily Sun bas now a larger circulation in Grass Valley than any other of: the city papers. MiLiLarp FrttMore.—The Ex-President has recently been visiting some of the cities in the South and West, where he has been received with demonstrations of good feeling by the citizens of the different places he has visited. Sock To Russtan Crepit.—There has been a hard run on the Banks of the Danube. It is said to have been owing toa panic in the Russian army. There is no distinguished genius altogether exempt from some infusion of madness.—Aristotle. No writer of a book need set out with the design to make a moral. If he does, his book will be very apt to fail. His great object is to make his narrative—be it history or fiction—and there is philosophy in both—entirely truthful ; and truthfulness, even in the delineation of a vice or a crime, always car-. ries with it its own and.a valuable moral. A good man’s heaven commences here. The same may be said of the wicked man’s hell. To taste of paradise, all that’s necessary is to taste of virtue. There is more sunshine in one good act than in all the solar systems ever invented. A man once went to purchase a horse of a Quaker. é “Will he draw well?” asked the buyer. “Thee will be pleased to see him draw.” The bargain was concluded, and the farmer tried the horse, but he would not stir a step. He returned, and said— “That horse will not draw an inch.” “ITdid not tell thee that he would draw, friend ; I only remarked that it would please thee to see him draw ; and so it would me, but he would never gratify me in that respect.” A little boy was once taken by his mother to dine at his aunt’s. After the repast was concluded, the mother inquired—“Billy, have you had enough to eat?’ ‘Yes, ma,” was Billy’s response. “Then thank God for a good dinner.” “God didn’t make the apple dumplings ; Aunt Maria made them,”’ was the immediate reply of the young hopeful, as he made a descent upon Aunt Maria’s favorite cat. “Why, ’Siah, I am astonished,” said a worthy deacon; didn’t we take you into our church a short time since?” “I believe so,’ hiccupped ’Siah ; ‘‘and, between you and me, it was a little the darnedest ‘take in’ you ever saw or heard of.” . Srappinc—EscaPe.—During a general row at Albany flat on the 29th April, a man named Cline stabbed another named Stewart, was arrested, taken before a Justice, remanded till moraing, but escaped during the night, while his guardian turnkey was asleep. The wound was not mortal. [Sac. Union. ARRESTED.—Capt, Hudson and the first officer of the steamer Oregon have been arrested on a charge of misusing a passenger named Barry, on the recent trip of that vessel from Panama. They gave bonds for their appear‘ance, and were released. [Sac. Union. Iteitis From State Papers. Mr. Barter, late of the U.S. Bou Commission, recently read a paper before the N. Y. Historical Society, concerning his explorations in the North of Mexico. He remarked that the vast riches imbedded in the Sierra Madre are as yet little dreamt of. But he did not hesitate to say that in wealth of this description even California herself has yet to yield the palm to those mountains. THE Secreta a’ letter to Mr. G from California, of thy of gold coins of the denominations of $100, $50 and $25 each, by the branch mint at: San Francisco. He proposes that. the new pieces shall be named the Union, half Union and winn, United States Senator quarter Union, and that only the half Uniea: be struck for the present. A COMMUNICATION was received from ‘the Secretary of the Treasury, from which it ap-pears that the sum of $1,977,221 has been expended for the transportation ef the mails between the Atlantic and Paeifie States and Territories during the last three years, and $2,673,449 for the transportatien of troops and supplies to and from California, Oregon, Texas, New Mexico and Utab, from July, 1850, to June, 1863. A New Com.—-The propusc® new cent? Piece is to be of a whits metal, resembling silver in appearance, with a rougd and slightly raised edge. It is about 8-10th of an incle in diameter, larger than « quarter eagle an€ less than a twenty-five cent piece. There ie not to be any ele in the coin, as has heem suggested in some of the papers. It may be readily distinguished from other coins of about the same siz, and will bea very great convenience in sections of the country where decimal coins are in use. A Dispatcs to the Charleston Standard states that Carroll Spence, Minister to Constantinople, is to be recalled, in consequence of his speech to the Sultan, in which he compromised our Government by an unauthorized sympathy with the Turks, in their triumph over Russia. Fin.isuster.—A New York correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says there is good reason to believe that the clipper bark Grape Shot, which left that port on the 24th ult., ostensibly for Constantinople, with George Law’s muskets on board, has really gone to a West India port, and that her warlike stores are to be used in the service of the Cuba reyolutionists. Horrip_e EartuQuake.—The last advices from Italy state that an earthquake had occurred in the Province of Calabria, which had caused the death of two thousand persons, This is the earthquake which was erroneously reported at Calais. JAMES RayMonp, the well known manager of circuses and menageries, died at Carmel, Putnam Co., N. Y., on ibe 23d ult. He originated the business abé thirty years ago, and imported the first elephant ever shown in the United States. Among his property, which is valued at $1,500,000, is the Broadway theatre, in the city of New York. STRIKEs are prevalent in New York, in consequence of the high gigi : ar provisions and rent. Ship joiners q@manges? 50 per day Bepenters and Paintergd@mand $2 per day. osses agree to pa advancen the Ist April, but it is required at ONC gage Josern A. ScovinE, for many years private Secretary to John C. Calhoun, and notoriously the political Editor of the New York Herald, has Jately fell into a fortune of $150,000, by the decease of Nathan Preston, of Litehfield, Conn., his uncle, ArcuBisHop Hucues writes a letter denying the report of his favoring the annexation of Cuba to the United States. He bears witness to the good condition of the creoles, and the capacity of the Colonial authorities. Business In New Yorx.—The New York Economist says that the dry goods trade in that city is very dull, and those houses which incurred heavy expenses for rents and other incidentals of traffic, have not had their views justified. A number have been compelled to stop payment or ask extension of their creditors, and many others that go on find the profit very small for the amount of business. Exorbitant rents have become a serious drawback to the business of the merchants, and a reaction must be the consequence. Hon. THomas Noon Ta.Frourp, the author of “Ton,” “The Athenian Captive,” “Glencoe,” and other plays. and a distinguished jurist, died at Stafford, Eng., March 12th, while delivering a charge to the grand jury. Rusrix1.—The great tenor, Rubini, is dead, and the world have lost all but the memory of one of the noblest voices that ever rang on the lyric stage. . Tue CHoLEra has reappeared in Great Britain. Eight fatal cases occurred at Leeds, It has also broken ont in a very mali nant type, in the county of Limerick, Irela “THE CaLirornta Sare Game,” is still being played off on Pacific bound passengers, Tar CaLirornta CommErctan News, of depressed prices and back shipments fell like a wet blanket upon the mercantile houses engaged in the trade in New York. Horatio Kine, Esq., of Maine, lon a clerk in the Post Office Department, has sei appointed first assistant Postmaster General, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the decease of Maj. S. R. Hobbs, who occupied the position at intervals, for many years. > Mr. G. V. Brooke, the tragedian, was at last accounts shortly to sail from Liverpool, bound to California and thence to Australia. Tae LxcisLature or Texas has. allowed each County to decide for itself, by a populer vote, whether they will grant licences for the sale of intexicating drinks. _ Tue Sr. Nicnotas Horet, at New York, since the additions have been completed, can accommodate a thousand guests in its 600 rooms. and not crowd them at all. S. M. Booru, Editor of the Milwaukie True Democrat, has been arrested on a charge of assisting in the rescue of a fugitive slave in that place. Liquor Law in Massacutserrs.—The Supreme Court of Massachusetts have lately decided that the section of the Liquor law authorizing ata: Seizure and destruction of Tiguor is unconstitutional. This, however, does not invalidate the rest of the law. Mrs. Lucy Avpuson has presented to Congress, through Mr. Everett, a petition asking for the purchase of the origina] drawings o the work of her late husband on the of America. _. : 1584.—Sir Walter Raleigh received his grant of Virginia from Queen Elizabeth. of the Treasury has written / in favor of the future.issue.

9 THE TELEGRAPH, BY J. K MOORE & CO. Grass Valley, California, May 1, 1854. Gardiner & Kirk are our agents in Sacramento, at the Post Office Literary Depot, third street, next to the Post Office. Any business connected with the ‘‘ TELEGRAPH,’’ entrusted with them, will be faithfully attended to. Mr. E. Pelouze is our sole Agent for the Grass VALLEY TELEGRAPH in San Francisco. He is empowered to receive advertisements and receipt for the same. All advertisements left with Mr. Pelouze will receive prompt attention. “ ALES TL IE RES PRE LTTE News by the Last Mall. Although the news brought by the mail of the 5th inst., is not of such an exciting character as some anticipated, yet is highly important, as being significant of the intentions of the governments of England and France, in regard to the war between Russia and Tarkey. These two powers have united with the Sultan for his protection, a treaty having been made by their respective ambassadors at Con@tantinople. . tee \ One point of ie treaty is, that the Porte engages never to negotiate with Russia, without the intervention of the Western powers, Large numbers of English troops are being sent to the scene of action, and all the ships of war that can be spared from other stations have been ordered to the Baltic. Louis Napoleon will of course not be behind his neighbor; he has negotiated a loan with the Messrs Rothschild, for the purpose of carrying on the war, and some 25,000 men have been ordered to Turkey. A correspondence between the Russian Czar, through his ministers, and the British government, has recently been published in the London Times. From thisit appears that Russia, for a number of years back, has looked on Turkey in the manner that the wolf in Esop’s fables, looked on the lamb; being determined to annex it to her own territory, whether she gave her any pretext for doing 80 or not. Austria has not as yet committed herself to either of the parties, but it is generally believed she will take part with the autocrat. He is making extensive preparations for war having now over 150,000 well disciplined troops, ready for action. The King of Prussia as yet, stands neutral. The wife of the Emperor Nicholas is his sister, and she has been writing him letters, urging him to join Russia. Norway, Sweden and Denmark, seem inclined to assist the Western Powers, and are raising money and marshalling armies. In fact the whole of Europe seems preparing for a fierce conflict, and itis most probable that in a few months she will present to the world scenes of bloodshed and carnage, similar to those during the struggle of Napoleon with the allied powers of Europe. Never, since that time, have there been such preparations made for war as at present. Large armies have been raised by the different nations, and millions of money levied for their support. Large fleets are on their way to the Baltic and Black seas, from different parts of France and England—while Russia is increasing her fleets in these seas to her utmost power. What most interests us in this war is the question whether goods in neutral vessels shall be considered as lawful prizes to the beligerent powers. Some time since, Ld. Clarendon declared that beligerent property in neutral vessels, should be considered a lawful prize. Attention has again been called to the subject, both in the House of Commons, and in the House of Lords. The gov. ernment gave no precise answer to the enquiries made on the subject, but on this occasion Clarendon seems to have somewhat changed his course, as he then assured the Peers that the British government would in this respect, set an example of liberality to the world. We hope they will at least adopt as a maxim of British maratime law, the principle that free ships make free goods. Should this principle be maintained, and our government remain neutral in the contest, as we have no doubt it will, our ships will have most of the carrying trade of Europe. At all events the effect of a general European war will be to greatly enhance the value of our products. The Pacific Railroad Bill, reported by Mr. McDougal, after two unsuccessful attempts has at last been made the special order for the third Tuesday in May. This argues favorably for the passage of the bill. Senator Gwin has prepared an elaborate speech on the same subject, which will no doubt convince the Senate of the necessity and national advantages of such a road. It is the question of the age! The road when finished will be a monument of our National grandeur. J. Zabriska, of Sacramento City, son of the well-known Colonel Zabriska, has been appointed a Cadet at West Point Academy, for the Northern district of California. A letter writer at Washington says, that California interests are well attended there this winter, and appear to be the only ones which have been skillfully managed during this season. Ex-Comptroller Pearce of California is prosecuting the War debts of the State, and has already succeeded in procuring a favorable report from the Committee on Military affairs in the House. Out of the million added by the Senate to the Deficiency Bill, our Senators have secured an appropriation for the California Mint, and $250.000 for the Custom House at San Francisco. Dr. Gwin’s family leave for California on the 20th of April to reside permanently in the State. They have sold their house and . fixtures in Washington. The rich yield of gold in the vicinity of Grass Valley for the past three years has been immense, especially so, when it is taken into consideration that mining is still as it were in an infantile state. We have sufficient evidence to convince every one that our hills teem with the precious metal, and we feel assured that a good organization with a small outlay of money is only required to develop their immense hidden wealth. The great draw back to extensive development of our resources exists in a great measure to the lack of protection and encouragement offered by the present existing laws and regulations governing mining. For instance, a company formed to prosecute the driving of a tunnel into a hill, is required to locate their claims before commencing operations, else they may penetrate the hill, strike a lead and have no claims. There being in this, asin all mining communities, a large concourse of renegade miners, without means, energy or industry, who, upon the commencement of such an operation require the prospecting company to define thejr claims,then igke. ppall the ground for mifes around them,and if the company go through the extent of their own claims and strike a Jead on the frontiers of ' their neighbors’ claims they are immediately stopped, or compelled to purchase at high prices. The renegade miners thereby reaping where they have not sown. This state of affairs is wrong, and should and can be remedied. The object of this article is to induce ihe organization of a company composed of one hundred shares, each share subject to a tax of twenty-five dollars, (or such other sum as the company may determine) per month to be expended judiciously (by a board of trustees to be elected by the share holders , and to serve without pay) in tunnelling or . otherwise. Two, three or four tunnels could be prosecuted at the same time with sucha tax as.above suggested, and there are hundreds of men in our community who would not feel the assessment. Operations conducted by such an organization could not fail to meet with success. They could upon the commencement of any operation adopt laws to the effect that no claim staked off should be valid until after the company prospecting had located theirs, and that the company should have a number of days designated to locate their claims after striking the lead. Such arrangements would be strictly equitable and but just to parties expending their means. But says one, where will you finda hill that is not already staked? We ask, will stakes hold? Would any court or jury award claims to a set of men who had held them for months, or perhaps years, only by stakes and recording, and say that the company who developed their hidden treasures should be ousted by parties holding by such aslendor tenor? No, such a proposition is an insult ‘to the American people. Those of our citizens who approve of our suggestions are requested to call at the Telegraph Printing Office. give their names and subscribe for the number of shares they desire, and as soon as fifty shares are subscribed for, a meeting of the company will be called for proper organization. We are determined to push this matter through. We know it can easily be done, and we have no doubt that ere long our express offices instead of purchasing two hundred thousand dollars worth of gold per month will more than treble that sum. We publish to-day another correspondence MINING. NEWS. % We understand that in-one day and a half last week, four 'men took ont of Jamison’s claim, Iowa Hill, 250 ounces OUR SCHOOLS. . EDITORS :— 4 : eer appeared an article in your last isOn Saturday . gue under the head of “Our Schools” which they tookout 1480unces. Se vera] pormapanies We) deserves the immediate and active conhave struck the lead the past week, and are sideration of every person, who is solicitous doing well. o A new company of thirty : been formed in Grass Valley, ani menced tunneling !'ord’s Fil! ads wa Hill. % At Orleans Flat, one comp is realizing $16 to $20 per day to the hand. “Another of three, took out on Saturday tae es At Snow Point aud Movoy are paying well. ge On Pike Flat one compan§ ‘ak o ty terday, $500. The prospect naw =, tha eral rich claims wil! present sumnzier. : Other mining news we are obliged io omii for want of room. ' Lhaye com fc en 7 ee be worked pers a ee nt HARKER'S PaNoRAMA.—On Sas@eday even 2. pe ing last we had the pleasure of certainly are well executed, and we are informed by those who crossed ihe plains that they are true sketches of the scenes they represent. By seeing this, one can form some idea of the general appearance of those tain scenes, and barren wastes which are met with on this route wiihout being exposed to the toils and hardships incident to such a long and tedious journey, some of whith are well represented by the views given of the weary and toil-worn emigrant as he journeys up the rugged mountain sides, or vainly urges his starving cattle to proceed on their way. We understand it was well patronized at Nevada, where it has been exhibited the present week. Success to projectors. itd moun THE following established weights per bushel of produce, throughout the United States, was furnished us by Mr. Wm. Bennett. Wheat; 06.. S22.8 SE SRA Rep Seas fty F 60 Ibs Shelled Corn,: jgasc. sf o0ds: FBS 56-°* Cora itt cob ete Eo. ee 1. Seay Sp ST ERAS, BEN eee aae cs ete Onte, SSeS a Ps ae $s aa Baties, Be E32 FRE ee 48 * Potatoek 372552 ne Mee A cab 60 “ Beana,. . 52205 OS Sa ee ae cos Brewed S795; eee 6 ee a os Re Clover Seed)! oot 22 Bok Se a5 Pit Seeds OP Roo, she ee 8 Mae Hemp Seed.o (20S so, oS 44 4 Buckwe AEP Ee 52 *¢ Dluc Grass peed.. 605. a eee se * Castor Beats. 2). 22245 8 oy oe 46 « See ee nee eae ee 33“ Drate Ronee. Se Ste. Sree 2a“ i pane Riel Aha GREER Pa ss oGopn ieee tes nee 50 “ PrersonaL.—The Marysville Herald has our thanks for its favorable notice of the new firm of the “Telegraph office.” By the way General, when are you goiug to pay us that long promised visit? Our Mountain forests have put on their vernal robes, and the hills around our beaultiful village are covered with flowers of every hue; and a stroll among them would indeed be pleasant toa lover of the beautiful. So get in the stage some of these fine mornings and take a view of our mountain home. A Scotch woman, when on her way to Glason the subject of schools. It seems that some . gow, met two young sailors, one of whom abof our citizens have been much mistaken in ruptly accosted her—“How are you, good the duties and powers of the School Commis. woman? How have you been this long time?’ sioners. Some say, “why did not they attend . Looking with surprise at the young man, to getting the dividend due this district out . whom she did not remember to have before of the State appropriation of last year, and . seen. said, “I canna say I ken you, sir.” build a Schoolhouse with part of the money . “Not know me, old woman; I’m the devil’s and devote the remainder to paying a teach. sister’s son.”” “Are ye the devil’s sister’s er??? son? heeth, when I take a better look of you, In answer to these questions, we quote part ; mon, but you are like your uncle !”” of the 4th and the 7th sections of the School law of California. Sentiments join man to man ; opinions diSec. 4. “No School District shall be en-. Vide them. The former are elementary and titled to any portion of the Common School . concentrate; the latter are composite and moneys, in which there shall not have been . scatter. The friendships of youth are foundtaught, by a legally qualified Teacher, a/. ed on sentiment; the dissensions of age reCommon School for three months, within the year ending on the last day of October, and one half of the compensation of said Teacher paid by the inhabitants of said district. Sec. 7. “The School moneys distributed to the various counties of this State from sult from opinion. If we could know this at an early age—if, in forming our own mode of thought, we could acquire a liberal view of that of others, and even of those that are opposed to others—we should then be more tolerant, and endeavor to reunite by sentithe State School Fund, shall not be used for . Ment what opinion divided and dispersed. any other purpose than the payment of the salaries of qualified Teachers under this Act; and no portion of said fund «hall either directly or indirectly be paid for the erection of school houses, the use of school rooms, furniture or any other contingent expenses of Common Schools.” From the above it will be seen that in order to draw our share of the appropriation cf next year, there must be a school conducted three months previous to the 1st of November, (which is the commencement of the School year,) under the supervision of the School Commissioners; the teacher having a certificate from the same. Deata or Cot. Waker ContTrapicrep.— The San Francisco Herald has received information from one of Walker's men, which leads it to doubt the truth of the reported death of Col. Walker and thirteen of his men. They had a fight near their old camping grounds, but defeated the Mexicans. [Sac. Union. Tae Backus Minsrrers.—This band of comical musicians have played in our theatre for three nights in succession. Some of their burlesques and imitations of noted plays, were truly laughable. Old Ephriam is a host at such things and never fails to make In the 7th Section it will be seen that no . hishearerslaugh at his comic representations. part of the public funds can be appropriated to building a Schoolhouse. Hence it behooves those who wish to have a Schoolhouse to lay their shoulder to the wheel, and contribute their proportion of the money requisite for putting up a building, and see that a school is thus organized in time to secure our share of the State fund which will be ready for distribution in January next. ‘to the poor are re-corded above. A Joker says that the cords of wood given . the discovery of ‘colony: °° A May Ropsep.—We learn that some time last week, a man going from Illinoistown to Mineral Bar, was attacked by three men. Two of them held him, while the others rifled his pockets of near $250. The robbers are unknown. The principal inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land have offered a reward of £15.000 for & profitable gold field in the ; ing this . 4 highlytinteresting ‘exh Vn ipaiitin gs! ! ; Ts for his own or his countries good. Without mbers, has . se cient schools the rising generation around

us must grow up, entirely destitute of the education they indispensibly need for the com. mon affairs of life, and their position as citi) zens. These self-evident facts need no labored arguments for proof, while they present “. to our contemplation a deplorable state of ite “= things. Look around us, and see how rapidiy we are bringing that condition upon us. See the scores of idle boys and girls in every . part of our beautiful village: How few are ‘engaged in any useful employment? how . Who;'be many are perfectly idle, or congregated in groups for the perpetration of some mischief, or perchance they are to be seen hanging \ about places which decency blushes to name, taking, lessons in base ribaldry, profanity, end every species of brutal degradation. parents are’ responsiblevfor*such a” state of things? Upon them to a great extent hangs the fate of these children; they are . be intelligent and useful, or ignorant and de. to say Whether these embryo citizens are to ‘based. But where are the means for obviat_ing this threatened deluge of ignorance and \ depiorable degradation? Where is our permanent school organization? Where are the thousand dollars of public money that should have been drawn and paid for educating the scores of children above alluded to? Indeed where is the School House in which they, and coming hundreds should be taught? What, no school organization? No attention to the drawing of money appropriated for the education of our children, and indeed no schoolhouse. Is this American, or is this state of things characteristic of the enterprise and noble aspirations of the true American soul? No, it is not American, but a spirit of sordid parsimony that overrules the better judgment *. and generous impulses of our people. What scorching chargin must it bring home to the mind of every parent who looks upon grown up sons or daughters who, through his parsimony are still destitute of the knowledge requisite for the performance of common business or their duties as citizens, and who must necessarily murder out a miserable existence among the ignorant, vicious and debased, with minds incapable of enjoying any of the felicities of intellectual refinement. Will not such a parent writhe under the mortification of soul arising from having through nearsighted selfishness thrust his own flesh and blood from all association with enlightened society, and hurled his children into the companionship of the low, vulgar and soul crushing legions who hang like a blighting mildew upon the enterprise and elevated enjoyments of enlightened society. Who possessed of any soul or any pride of character can endure the reflection of being, or becoming such a parent? Yet look about us—such is the obvious tendency of things. What shall we do? Shall we remain inactive, and float down the stream of time utterly reckless of the destructive tendencies of our lethargy? Common observation tells us how superior an . intelligent community is, over one enveloped in ignorance and shows us that with the former are identified all the enterprise, life propensity and happiness of a people, while wretchedness and oblivious obscurity attend the latter. Who will raise the first voice for the cause of education, and begin this sadly neglected enterprise ? E. A. T. For the Telegraph. Iowa Hiiu, May 8th, 1854. Dear Eprtors TELEGRAPH :—Permit an humble individual to say a few words about Iowa Hill. It isa place built on a hill, and has sprung up like Jonah’s Gourd, as it were ina night. It contains some fifty buildings put up during the past two months, stretching along its one street some quarter of a mile ; some are good two story frame buildings, put upin “State’s” style, and others California houses. The first Stage Coach came in on Sunday last by way of Michigan Bluffs to which place I understand there is to be a daily line. Excitement reigns here supreme. The grand Moving Panorama visited our place last week, and the pavillion was crowded to suffocation. A musical troup, circus, or other travelling companies would meet with good success if they would pay us a visit. Ihave for the last few days been looking over those far-famed Hills of Iowa and Richardson’s and the mines upon them—and I can but say that they are richer and more extensive than in my utmost imagination I had anticipated. As far as worked, they prove rich in the extreme. The big claim of the Jamison Company to which all turn their steps on their arrival here—is still yielding its yellow metal by the pan-full. Other claims adjoining have prospected upwards of eighty dollars to the pan—and others still, prospect nearly as well. Opposite to the above,.and on the other side of town are numerous other claims which pay well, and tunnels and cuts are piercing the hill on all sides. Following up the divide between Indian Caiion and the American—about one mile, is Independence Hill, a rival town to Iowa ; here again are numerous diggings just struck and being opened ; still further up the divide at the head of the cafion is a great place of excitement during the past week—rich leads have been struck and miners are sta king off claims in every direction, FIvEs. I= See notice of the call in another column for a School Meeting. For the Telegraph. 5 ae News, Facts and Fancies. Lostne Grounp.—It seems that the famous Nebraska Bill, instead of bringing Senator Douglass nearer the Presidential chair has put him back a feet, a feet and a half or two feet. . Try it again Young America. A Town Grave Yarp.—Why is it that our citizens have so long neglected to secure a Grave Yard? Wehave noticed gravesin three or four different parts of the town ; some of them too nearly in the centre and in lots devoted to other purposes. There are beautiful places in the vicinity of our town for such a purpose, and we hope our citizens will secure some suitable location before the ground is taken up for other purposes. Srrone Reasonrxa.—The other day we heard a friend trying to induce two persons to sign a petition for a town corporation, They refused to sign it, and when asked their reasons, one said “because,” and the other said theatres, circuses &c. would then have to give a license to the town. Good arguments these. * ᠀䴀唀刀䐀䔀刀⸠᐀ On Wedriesday of last week, Mr. John Sharp, proprietor of a ranch about twelve miles from Marysville, on Bear river, was shot by a man named Sullivan. DE.icious.—The Pie sent to our office by cur esteemed friend, Mrs. Morgan. We advise those fond of such things, to call at the Aurora House, where we understand there are “some more of the same sort left,’’ together with the other “fixins” necessary to good living. : TRANSPORTATION OF THE Paciric MaIL.— The cost of carrying the mail from N. York to California and Oregon for the last year was $559,508. Of this, $85,314 was paid for transportation across the Isthmus. THE Brack Warrior.—It seems the Cuban authorities were fully justifiable in seizing the Steamer Black Warrior. She was seized for an infraction of the revenue laws, and after examination, was released from confiscation on the payment of a fine of $6,000. Tae Last Survivor oF THE Batre oF Lexincton.—John Harrington of Lexington. the last survivor of the memorable conflict of April 19th, 1775, died recently in the 96th year of his age. Goop.—A school has already been commenced at Iowa Hill, numbering some thirty scholars. PortuLaR.—The Daily Sun bas now a larger circulation in Grass Valley than any other of: the city papers. MiLiLarp FrttMore.—The Ex-President has recently been visiting some of the cities in the South and West, where he has been received with demonstrations of good feeling by the citizens of the different places he has visited. Sock To Russtan Crepit.—There has been a hard run on the Banks of the Danube. It is said to have been owing toa panic in the Russian army. There is no distinguished genius altogether exempt from some infusion of madness.—Aristotle. No writer of a book need set out with the design to make a moral. If he does, his book will be very apt to fail. His great object is to make his narrative—be it history or fiction—and there is philosophy in both—entirely truthful ; and truthfulness, even in the delineation of a vice or a crime, always car-. ries with it its own and.a valuable moral. A good man’s heaven commences here. The same may be said of the wicked man’s hell. To taste of paradise, all that’s necessary is to taste of virtue. There is more sunshine in one good act than in all the solar systems ever invented. A man once went to purchase a horse of a Quaker. é “Will he draw well?” asked the buyer. “Thee will be pleased to see him draw.” The bargain was concluded, and the farmer tried the horse, but he would not stir a step. He returned, and said— “That horse will not draw an inch.” “ITdid not tell thee that he would draw, friend ; I only remarked that it would please thee to see him draw ; and so it would me, but he would never gratify me in that respect.” A little boy was once taken by his mother to dine at his aunt’s. After the repast was concluded, the mother inquired—“Billy, have you had enough to eat?’ ‘Yes, ma,” was Billy’s response. “Then thank God for a good dinner.” “God didn’t make the apple dumplings ; Aunt Maria made them,”’ was the immediate reply of the young hopeful, as he made a descent upon Aunt Maria’s favorite cat. “Why, ’Siah, I am astonished,” said a worthy deacon; didn’t we take you into our church a short time since?” “I believe so,’ hiccupped ’Siah ; ‘‘and, between you and me, it was a little the darnedest ‘take in’ you ever saw or heard of.” . Srappinc—EscaPe.—During a general row at Albany flat on the 29th April, a man named Cline stabbed another named Stewart, was arrested, taken before a Justice, remanded till moraing, but escaped during the night, while his guardian turnkey was asleep. The wound was not mortal. [Sac. Union. ARRESTED.—Capt, Hudson and the first officer of the steamer Oregon have been arrested on a charge of misusing a passenger named Barry, on the recent trip of that vessel from Panama. They gave bonds for their appear‘ance, and were released. [Sac. Union. Iteitis From State Papers. Mr. Barter, late of the U.S. Bou Commission, recently read a paper before the N. Y. Historical Society, concerning his explorations in the North of Mexico. He remarked that the vast riches imbedded in the Sierra Madre are as yet little dreamt of. But he did not hesitate to say that in wealth of this description even California herself has yet to yield the palm to those mountains. THE Secreta a’ letter to Mr. G from California, of thy of gold coins of the denominations of $100, $50 and $25 each, by the branch mint at: San Francisco. He proposes that. the new pieces shall be named the Union, half Union and winn, United States Senator quarter Union, and that only the half Uniea: be struck for the present. A COMMUNICATION was received from ‘the Secretary of the Treasury, from which it ap-pears that the sum of $1,977,221 has been expended for the transportation ef the mails between the Atlantic and Paeifie States and Territories during the last three years, and $2,673,449 for the transportatien of troops and supplies to and from California, Oregon, Texas, New Mexico and Utab, from July, 1850, to June, 1863. A New Com.—-The propusc® new cent? Piece is to be of a whits metal, resembling silver in appearance, with a rougd and slightly raised edge. It is about 8-10th of an incle in diameter, larger than « quarter eagle an€ less than a twenty-five cent piece. There ie not to be any ele in the coin, as has heem suggested in some of the papers. It may be readily distinguished from other coins of about the same siz, and will bea very great convenience in sections of the country where decimal coins are in use. A Dispatcs to the Charleston Standard states that Carroll Spence, Minister to Constantinople, is to be recalled, in consequence of his speech to the Sultan, in which he compromised our Government by an unauthorized sympathy with the Turks, in their triumph over Russia. Fin.isuster.—A New York correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says there is good reason to believe that the clipper bark Grape Shot, which left that port on the 24th ult., ostensibly for Constantinople, with George Law’s muskets on board, has really gone to a West India port, and that her warlike stores are to be used in the service of the Cuba reyolutionists. Horrip_e EartuQuake.—The last advices from Italy state that an earthquake had occurred in the Province of Calabria, which had caused the death of two thousand persons, This is the earthquake which was erroneously reported at Calais. JAMES RayMonp, the well known manager of circuses and menageries, died at Carmel, Putnam Co., N. Y., on ibe 23d ult. He originated the business abé thirty years ago, and imported the first elephant ever shown in the United States. Among his property, which is valued at $1,500,000, is the Broadway theatre, in the city of New York. STRIKEs are prevalent in New York, in consequence of the high gigi : ar provisions and rent. Ship joiners q@manges? 50 per day Bepenters and Paintergd@mand $2 per day. osses agree to pa advancen the Ist April, but it is required at ONC gage Josern A. ScovinE, for many years private Secretary to John C. Calhoun, and notoriously the political Editor of the New York Herald, has Jately fell into a fortune of $150,000, by the decease of Nathan Preston, of Litehfield, Conn., his uncle, ArcuBisHop Hucues writes a letter denying the report of his favoring the annexation of Cuba to the United States. He bears witness to the good condition of the creoles, and the capacity of the Colonial authorities. Business In New Yorx.—The New York Economist says that the dry goods trade in that city is very dull, and those houses which incurred heavy expenses for rents and other incidentals of traffic, have not had their views justified. A number have been compelled to stop payment or ask extension of their creditors, and many others that go on find the profit very small for the amount of business. Exorbitant rents have become a serious drawback to the business of the merchants, and a reaction must be the consequence. Hon. THomas Noon Ta.Frourp, the author of “Ton,” “The Athenian Captive,” “Glencoe,” and other plays. and a distinguished jurist, died at Stafford, Eng., March 12th, while delivering a charge to the grand jury. Rusrix1.—The great tenor, Rubini, is dead, and the world have lost all but the memory of one of the noblest voices that ever rang on the lyric stage. . Tue CHoLEra has reappeared in Great Britain. Eight fatal cases occurred at Leeds, It has also broken ont in a very mali nant type, in the county of Limerick, Irela “THE CaLirornta Sare Game,” is still being played off on Pacific bound passengers, Tar CaLirornta CommErctan News, of depressed prices and back shipments fell like a wet blanket upon the mercantile houses engaged in the trade in New York. Horatio Kine, Esq., of Maine, lon a clerk in the Post Office Department, has sei appointed first assistant Postmaster General, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the decease of Maj. S. R. Hobbs, who occupied the position at intervals, for many years. > Mr. G. V. Brooke, the tragedian, was at last accounts shortly to sail from Liverpool, bound to California and thence to Australia. Tae LxcisLature or Texas has. allowed each County to decide for itself, by a populer vote, whether they will grant licences for the sale of intexicating drinks. _ Tue Sr. Nicnotas Horet, at New York, since the additions have been completed, can accommodate a thousand guests in its 600 rooms. and not crowd them at all. S. M. Booru, Editor of the Milwaukie True Democrat, has been arrested on a charge of assisting in the rescue of a fugitive slave in that place. Liquor Law in Massacutserrs.—The Supreme Court of Massachusetts have lately decided that the section of the Liquor law authorizing ata: Seizure and destruction of Tiguor is unconstitutional. This, however, does not invalidate the rest of the law. Mrs. Lucy Avpuson has presented to Congress, through Mr. Everett, a petition asking for the purchase of the origina] drawings o the work of her late husband on the of America. _. : 1584.—Sir Walter Raleigh received his grant of Virginia from Queen Elizabeth. of the Treasury has written / in favor of the future.issue.