October 20, 1853 (4 pages)

tance and improvements, which"her natural resources and local position wili justify. Yet her day is dawning, The citizens are shaking off from their garments the dust of Grass Valley, California, October 20, 1853. . their negligence, and now we may confidently CTA RETR. 2 look forward to the lapse of a few years, for the accomplishment of improvements, which as an interior, and mining town, will be equal to any, and second to none in California. THE TELEGRAPH. J. W. OLIVER, Eprror. My. Thos. Boyec is our sole Agent for the Grass Va.ury TELEGRAPH, in San Francisco. He is empowered to receive Advertisements and receipt for the same. dvertisements left with Mr. Boyce will receive . prompt attention. 4 CALIFORNIA. Ir is indeed a noble State embracing within its limits all the natural advantages for wealth and political importance, that the most ambitious could desire—all the richness and fertility of soil, of which the most favoured can boast—possessing a climate, at once adapted to gigantic productions, longevity of life, and the high development of growth and rapid advancement, unsurpassed intellect and genius. Upon her broad sur-. py that of any other. portion of California. face is unfolded a variety and beauty of sce-. py. Trask visitedTour village two years ago, nery, unsurpassed even by that of Switzer-. jut at that time his stay was of short duraland, Greece, or the far famed Campanian tion, In this visit however he has had ample Dr. Trask, a genéleman well known in Californina, as*having been employed by government for the last three years, in making a geological survey of this State, is now with us. After having critically examined our mineral resources, the Doctor gives it as his opinion, that Grass Valley possesses unmistakable evidences ‘of permanency, in t hills and valleys of Italy. Such are the nat. ural advantages of California, but her glory ptm BE a Np NI carn ig ft, still asked in what does her superiority cor is stili untold—the climax—the crowning . sheaf—the monument to her undying fame is . yet to appear, for over all this floats in un-. sulli‘d purity, the Stars and Stripes of Constitutional American Liberty, and this, in. . leisure to make a careful examination of . Grass Valley and itswigimity,.and the result ofthis investigation is as above stated. “ESCAPE OF. MITCHELL, THE IrtsH Patriot! . His arrival in California with his Family. connection with all her natural resources, is a@sure index of her future greatness. Even now California occupies no unenviable position among the Nations of the Earth, as a highly Commercial and Agriculiuml State.) Her merits are known. appreciated and ac knowledged by all, while. in, fonnection with States of the Atlantic, her sails whiten evary Bay and herbour of the Civ. From the Commercial Advertiser, we take . the following news, containing an acconnt of . the arrival of John} Mitchell, the Irish Pat' riot and British exile. What lover of liberty wiil not rejoice at s escape? Where is that American to be fund who will not inwardly greet him acor. dial welcome? Here he may not only find 0), Asylum from the cruel bonds of tyranny, ilized Worl@ Suck being the standing of') but before him will open a field of action a country which a few years ago was almost entirely wnknown, what will be her infuences‘considering her. unlimited resour in twenty years to come? Is the question Ag answer in ber inexhaustible mines, al position which she oceupics furope and Asia, the Atlantic States resources. Of California, China he Ja; >: Islands, which as oon as com, ; — sist Wy tel Vast iali'iy ¢ nened it undonbicc:y will be, will pour in aerchandise and riches ibrovgh this tural channel, in such profasion and P8480 ye Raid same ratio of But it ~sHons! Let go that Ceiiornia could poasthly ‘/ived in so short a time, ai “< Atate of prosperity? And when we ato colisideration our present advanta4 . ig connection with the increased facilifor advancement which we will und kee Possess, anc these all superintended 0. its present oubt@» instrumentality-6f Ameri¢an genins and “Srerprise.’ We niiy confidently look for. yard to resvtts alike honorable to our conn» try and to the Anglo-Saxon race. Float proudly ye loved Stars and Stripes over the beautiful Bays and Harbors of San _ Francisca, for ~nder: the blessings -of kind Heaven, her futire history shal! never dis-. Brace you. * with these lasi conn. Sway, as cannot fail¢e secure for us . Py: ait Of. cur in: it would far: “Ahovght ten—ah! . where his liberal and generous soul may expand uncireumscribed by law and bonnd on' \y by the broad and glorious privileges of an 2merican citizen.! By the arrival of the bark Julia Ann, , Cant. Davis, 53 days from Sydney, wwe have . iiles of the Sydney Morning Herald, to the 1of August: Weare indebted to Dr. J. 3. Phinney, who returned to this city on the _ Julia Ann, for late papers and other favors. By this arrival, we have the gratifying in. eelligence of the escape of the Irish patriot, ; John Mitchell, and his family, from their ex‘ji@ in Van Dieman’s Land. Mr. Mitchell was . on his parole at Van Dieman’s Land, where . his friend J. P. Smyth, who was formerly an ; editor in Jreland; and afterwards connected , with the New York Tribune, and who had left this country to effect his escape. succeeded in accomplishing it in the following manner: Having procured fleet horses and guides in ifferent parts of the Island, they went together to the Police Office, where Mr. Mitch. el delivered up his parole. ‘The Police immedistally . attamutada_ ta. caaigea him bast. Uy . Smyth interfering, Mitchell mounted a horse, which was near at hand, and escaped to the . mountains. Here he wandered about for near. ly three months, subsisting on the bounty of the farmers in the vicinity, who. it seems, were all his friends. Meantime. Mr. Smyth ; was seized, heavily ironed, and in this condi. tioa, marched fifty miles to Hobart ‘Town, . where, after a short confinement, he was re; lease. \At length, Mitchell sueceeded in procuring >)’ passage to Sydney. Upon the same vessel, . ty the aid of friends, his wife and six chil'cdien had also taken passage. Mitchell was o disguise, and during the passage to Syd. ney did not allow himself to recognize any of his j. mily. After remaining in Sydney about . three ‘veeks, he left in the Orkney Lass for , Honolulo, under the assumed name of Wavr‘yen. ‘his vessel touched at. Tahiti, was over. taken by the American brig Julia Ann,bound ; for San Francisco, having: on board Mrs. . Mitche’] and children, under the care of Mr. . Smyth, The Orkney Lass was to~ have left ' Tah (the day before the Julia Ann arrived, ts . uke is fortunately detained; so that Mr. Let the glad werd go up from every hl, Mitchjll was enabled to join his family and ‘ and valley of our iavored country; for sare. . —— 4 Flos are oem Consul at Tahiti ly it ee lana ‘Slows PRS ge GF », . learn: at Mitchell had been on the Island ¥ it ise lend “Sowing with milk 2nd honey } and © as about to leave on the Julia Ann, he itis their end in it are io he found’ all the elements made every effort to capture him, but the necessary to the happiness and contentment . bark hurried her departure and saved him the of a great and noble people. trouble. John Mitchell was banished to Van Dieman’s land about five years ago, having preIMPROVEMENTS IN GRASS VALLEY. . Viously been confined on ship-board and at Tae spirit of our Grass Valley citizens is doubtless of the progressive order, as the late improvements which have been going 02 among us, will readily show; for separate and apart from our improved Quartz mills, and our additional saw and planing mills, which have recently been erected, we have a. new and handsome Church—a new house in which is the Post Office, and the Epicurean Saloon. This last, by the way, we consider after the most approved. style. Together with these, we have a very neat little frame, on Main St., now occupied as a Jewellers shop. Nearly opposite, is_an enlargement and improvement in a building which is to be occupied conjointly as a Hotel and Grocery store. A little lower down on Main St, are several frame buildings in course of erection, one or two of which, when completed, will pass as ‘qiiife respectable buldings.” So mmeb for ihe present; we however anticipate ‘than this for the future. feof brick buildings, in order, more effectay, to secure themcclves against thechances fire. The Gress Valleyans ate arousing . : 10 @ sense of their interest, and it : they should, for although it has been ¥ advancing, yet she has never yet . that stand in poipt of business imporBermuda for nearly two years. Mrs. Mitchell with her children joined him about three years ago. Mr. Smyth, who assisted his escape, was also one of the Irish patriots who fled to New York, and from thence went expressly to rescue his friend. We congratulate him on his success, and the friends of lib'erty every-where, that John Mitchell has thrown off the shackles of British tyranny, jand now enjoys the freedom which the United States has afforded so many of his countrymen. May Smith O’Brien soon follow him. , Muxive News.—The reports from different pertions of our mining districts are highly favorable. From the Placer diggings, we are informed that D. H. Thompson & Co., are ayeraging from twelve io eighteen hundred dollars weekly. , We were invited on Tuesday last, to visit the diggings of Messrs. Hughs & Ragan, on Pike Flat. Incomplying with their polite inPs . vitation, we were well gratified with the unbetter things . wistakeable richness of their claim, and judgAO®, 4 Several of our en-. ing from the golden specimen which we saw i merehanis have informed us, that! panned out, we do not hesitate in saying that r infention, through the course of the this company will shortly realize their foring winter and spring, to put up fire’ tmaes. The Quartz Mills are generally doing a handsome business. The Massachusetts Hill Mining Company, are realizing a splendid retmuneration for their labors; they furnished us with a specimen from their lead, which is as rich and beautiful as anything of the kind ) which we have ever seen. The Helvetia Company inform us, that recently, in nineteen hours crushing, they have received ten hundred and three dollars. The Empire Company still furnish us with highly favorable reports. Out of seventy-four tons of rock, in three days crushing, they have realized the sum of $6,288 and 25 cts. Drirr Saxnp.—The Calaveras Chronicle says :—We heard avery singular circumstance related this week, that the common light sand, washed down the river from day to day, is richly loaded with fine gold. An experiment was made last week, near Winters’ Bar, the sand thrown into a sluice, and in less than a day over $275 were thus obtained. This becoming known, attention was directed to it, and in every case with the mest substantial proofs in the correctness of ‘the rumor. Ricw Dreemves aT FmppLe-Town.—The Sacramento Union learns by citizens of Fiddletown, that unusually rich diggings have been . struck within the past week on Arkansas flat, which lies a short distance South of the town, The gold is coarse and found about twenty feet below the surface, ina kind of cement, which seems to be filled withit. Some months since, near the same place, this same lead was struck by a party of Frenchmen, in which lars to the pan. Other flats in the neighborhood pay nearly as well. gaz A cotemporary imagines that gold will go onincreasing until it becomes less . valuable than old iron. In less than twenty . years he expects to see ten-penny nails take el that a fashionable lady will tolerate, will . consist of pewter ear-rings and copper-plated ‘head bands.) Gold in his opinion, is bound to bea drug, and in a century from now, will only be used for coal-scuttles and manure forks.—Exthange. Well! it may be so, hut—— MaruEmsricsL.—When we were a boy, we . thought the extraction of the Cubic Root . quite hard énough, but we have recently pro: that it is nothing, in ven from experience tooth. , This process however, may be greatly. simplified ; first, by siiZ in its extraction . condly, by gentélity in its préliminaries and execution; and thirdly, by ‘promptitude in having it cast up before the brain gets bewildered in meditating upon the difficulties with which such'caleulaticns are usually attended. Asateacher in these scientific demonstrations we know of no one who is better qualiDSL OW Fee ty ; Sea ~ Aner ommasogt th owner worthy friend. Dr. CLEVELAND, of Grass ValWe speak from experience. ley. Goop News.—A namber of our business men in Grass Valley have informed us that they intend inserting a “yard long’ advertisement in our next weeks number. That is right, gentlemen, for besides patronizing your “town paper,” you will, in so doing, give evidence of an enterprising spirit, and this, of itseif, will inspire confidence in your business capacities, which will undoubtedly redound to your actual benefit. ££ We are obliged to Adams & Co., for the unwearied exertions they make in keeping our office constantly supplied with papers from all paris of the State; also, the N. York Tribune and Herald by the regular mail. Mr. Adams & Co., have laid on our table a late number of the Express Messenger, a weekly paper, published simultaneously in New York, Philadelphia and Boston. The Messenger. is a handsome sheet, and it is with real satisfaction that we welcome it to ont table as a regular visitant. JS Madam P. Rickmers will please: accept our thanks for a full supply of late States papers ; also, we are much obliged for the following Pictorials: Barnam’s, Gleason’s, and the Illustrated London News, all of which she was kind enough to have placed on our table. JS Tt is with pleasure we learn, that Mrs. Waller, a lady both «nown and addmired, is to visit Grass Valley and Nevada, professionally,ina few days. Mrs. Waller. has ever been a favorite of our citizens, and we feel sure that her re-appearance in Grass Valley, wiil be hailed with real gratification by her numerous friends of this place. EpvucationaL Discoursr—Rev. Professor Banister, principal of the Santa Clara Seminary, will deliver an address on Education, this evening, October 20th, at the Methodist Episcopal Church, at half past 7 o’clock:. It is hoped, that all interested in this cause— will be present. J&~ We would call the attention of parties, wishing to reside in Grass Valley, to the sale of that most(d@irable property, of Mr. Kelly’s, located on Main Street. For partic-. ulars, (See Advertisement.) j==The Los-Angeles Star says: It is pleasant to pass over a week so eventful as the past. No alarms, no excitements, no killings, no stabbings, nor floggings. May, many such weeks pass over our community: @ they washed out as high as five hundred dol. the place of breastpins, while the only jew. comparison with the extraction of a mo/er . + tens Written for the Grass Valley Telegraph. PRETTY INCIDENT. THE VALUE OF A DRINK. ‘What is more noble in human nature tha What is the value of a drink of liquor? A . érwe and real affection. 7 bluff, corpulent man, at my elbow, whose face. The Boston Journal says :— presents five large “ brandy blossoms,” says,. “ We heard a very pretty incident the other day, which we cannot help relating. A that depends on the quality of the liquor !— i 1 ) : But, I think, says another, it depends on its young lady from the South, it seems, Was ? ° : wooed and won by a youthful physician, good or bad influence on one’s health and) jiving in California. When the engagement happiness.—Pecuniary gain is the great pur. was made the doctor was rich, having been suit of most men, in California, as. means of . Very successful at San Francisco. It had not ‘happiness$ tho’ deprived of health, wealth . existed six months, however, when, by an un7 “th . fortunate investment,he lost his entire “heap.” . cannot produce personal happiness and with . This event came upon him, it should be addit, I contend, onZy, as it enables us to contri. ed, just.as he was making ready to claim his a : oI yy “ he dik = . bute to the happiness of others. Be this, as sed ¥ at Gone he do?—W ae like on ; ag , rable ¢ livairous young fellow, as he is oe ich. and letus crete any 5 , ? . it may, all eb es . to get rich, ccna he sits down and writes the lady every par. sce, how far this “ consumation, so devoutly . ticular of the unhappy turn which had taken wished” is delayed, by the habit of liquor . place in his fortunes, assuring her, that if . aginkesiiae . the fact produced any change in her feeling We; ve men, here, indulge ina glass of litowards him, she is released from every pro . quor, at two bits, who, at home, wou!d deny mise he had made him. And what does the » , the gratification of the appetite, at three cis., dear, good girldo? Why, she takes a lump of pure gold which her lover had sent to her from a feeling of rigid economy. The customary rate of interest on money, in Califorwhen in prosperity, asa keepsake, and baving . nia, has never been less than five per cent, G _— it manufactured into a ring, forwards it to him with the following bible inscription engraved in distinct characters on the inside :— \ “ Entreat me not to leave thee or toreturn , ee Oe et per month, and is likely tocontinue so. Has e : ma. é . " spe 7 thitha any ene, who indulges in even one glass per . from following after thee ; for whither thou day, ever made an estimate of its cost, at the . goest will I go, and where thou lodgest wil op PE BIS pyaar I lodge ; thy people and thy God shall be my . lend of ten years, put at interest, at ee ove people and my God; where thou diest will I rate? I advise some of our Yankee drinkers, . qje, and there will I be buried; the Lord do . f , . ee “4 f “¢ ve . who are good at “cyphering,”’ to make a/. so to me, and more also, if aught but death kalkulashun, and I will risk the assertion, it . part thee and me. ; . will t kul “Sr 3t neeaitics nO Helen The lover idolized his sweetheart more than vie Orem pares sage. : : P bs iar . ever when he received this precious evidence tion in the habit. They will find, that the . of her devotion to him, both in storm and cost of a drink, at two bits, put at interest, . sunshine. We may add that fortune again ‘for ten years, at five per cent per month, will . son smiled upon the young physician, and d ; the snug littlesum of $86 37 Thu . that he subsequently returned to the North Cc Ss elo d Ol. s, . Z e 3 . eae 2“ : 8 : re > to wed the sweet girl he loved, and who lov_one month’s indulgence, at one glass per day, . ed him with such an undying affection. Nay, (which is a very low estimate, for a temperate more, the happy bride and bride-groom pasdrinker, even,) would cost aman, ten years . Sed . city, ae — on a LO . way to the home of: the latter in the golden » only $2591,10 ; and one years grati. “ aie ae os ey = apes has a5 All” . State. Reader,. this: is all true. Young lafication, at the same rate, thefortune of. $31, . dies who read the Bible as closely as the he. 525,05. In these calculations, ‘the fractions . roine of our incident seems to have done, are . are omitted, which would increase the amount. pretty sure to make good sweethearts, and . Is there any “‘forty-niner,” who curses his . better wives . ill-fortune, that ever thought, the fourbit) g¢e~ To Weils Fargo & Co., we are indebti] drink, he swallowed. in October, 1849, with . eq for the first delivery of the N. York Her. what would have.been its accumulated interald of Sept. 20th by the Cortez; together . : 83 . 2 jf iy . $ @ _ . : N _est, to this time, would amount to $26 84?) \ith their New York and California Express, ye, f . enough to pay a months comfortable board; . , Jarge and handsome sheet, embracing the ; or purchase a, suit of warm clothing! . news of the week, shipping list and business . transactions of the Company. . . How many men of “elegant leisure,”’ do perros rae der: nee ity rs grb . . geThe Emperor of Austria looks upon meannes ; and curse the inability, or up fata lear-* violatién willingness of men, to pay an honest obligaand as tantamount to al tion,.who have been induced to squander their The last advices repre-. . we mect, who profess to regard refusal to join the Kosiza affair . of international law, declaration of war. means, in drinking and riot, by the example . sent Captain Ingraham as enjoying himself . ey ae; SD a tts OE ia y Sp eS ~ ahjis!! hese + le. 4 = i a ° of their own’ habits!! These men too, a on hoard the Camberland in a dance with the plore their ill-fortune, and envy the prosperiOmeon of Piddseniiiiad weladiieiw a uite On is ; i xe i bbgtestatt © ALLY GULEe & ty of others, without consulting causes. How . joo) fa" Several wathemeee herd a i many destitute, among us, might be relieved, . . 4; ¥ checks. now_wan.apd. sickly, be_made to . mes ae % giow with health; and familiss at homé, des. es F 4 : titute, be made glad, by the present value of erind to Wr. Win. J Ges ik : a few social drinks. imbibed by the husband . cent) ric! ha j and father, the first week, or month of his so. ¢:on «jinte -wi Siag ao Ch 4 Ja LG JC NV Voi Sj t ; v y joura, in this. eonntry!! We ;have some . and Nevada. -We understand that he interids among us, even now, whom sickness and mis. .+ er ee gated cae fortinie have visited, heavily; and who have Gilani nee ae ” Hon mare: . il BP NE Rept bo fee wish him success in‘ his new enterprise. not wherewith to sustain life, even, unaided . ; by the charity of strangers. Would not the consciousness of having relieved such suffering and destitution, produce sensations, more EO" TS sweet, than was the taste of that glass of li-. @@> Nine thousand eight hundred emiquor? Let your own heart respond. Who. grants are now on the waters—comin g from will read the tale “ Hot Corn,” in No.3, of . English ports to. America. a the Telegraph, and then hesitate between the » agency of stich scenes of misery, and themin-. g@> The Chevalier Buonaventura, Envov . istering spirit of relief and consolation?! Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Who would swallow fortunes to gratify’ an . from the Mexican Republic, kas been presentacquired appetite, when so smalla self-denial . ed to Queen Isabella, and was favorably re‘could, perhaps, restore to life happiness, and . ceived. a joyous home, the innocent victims of this evil, and the prototypes of little Katy ?” Aw Acnine Vorp.—A hollow tooth.—LonIt has surprised me, that men, so. wedded . 97% Punch. to money, as are thousands, who come to A little mistaken Mr. Punch :—from expedelve in our mountains for gold, should yield . ence, we know a hollow tooth to be fail of . such willing and complete submission to a . P@”habit, which appeals, so strongly, to the purse ; for, tho’ many men wiil not yield to moral principle, their souls may be reached through the pocket. Long observation has convinced me, that the confirmed habit of drinking liquor, is as tenacious as life ; and I could point to some most painful cases, among us, who, with even the first cost of this habit, tosay nothing of the accumulations of interest, would render comfortable and happy, . po aij; : est , i ? lilivered in the M. E. Church, in this their wives and children, who “cry for bread,” . place, commencing on next Sabbath evening, ina far distant home; and who sigh and . Oct. 23, and to be continued weekly. . plead for their return. Andoh! whatuntold. . 1st Lecture. Intoxicating Drinks not a agony would pierce their souls, could they . PrOP& beverage for man. Their use as such, : a violation of the physical and men ‘ witness scenes, which are enacted before our . ism, and idesinted: “Ae reaitie ty sah pal . eyes, by their sworn protectors! self-destruction. I am trespassing on space ; for I commenc: 2nd Lecture. The manufacture of and ed, only, to givea result, in dollars and cents, raffic in intoxicating liquors, as a beverage. which I had the curiosity to make; but I An immoral calling, accessory to, and tmainly responsible for the multifarious evils of cannot repress the word of caution, to the . intemperance. © thoughtless; and the unfortunate victims and . _ 3d Lecture. The suppression of the manuslaves of this ruinous habit, may be assured, facture and traffic, the only effectual means . : of removing the curse of intem . they have the heartfelt pity, and tear ofsym-. jega? suasion, the only effec Gil tel 2 a . pathy of AMERICUS. — ap tee the traffic. eam a ie Be 4th Lecture. Objections toa prohibitc f= The Marysville Express announces . Jaw (such as the Maine liquor Law) gone the completion of the Magnetic Telegraph ered, and the justice and necessity of such a ine, between that city and Sacramento. law in California, — ae? Tue ExpLoriné Parry.—The Pacific Rail-. _ #8 Should advertisers see any in road exploring party, consisting of sixteen tions in their advertisements they will please persons, were to have left Stockton on Thurs. give us timely notice of the same, in which day. ‘hey will extend their survey from So. case their orders shall be promptly attendnora East to Virgin river, which empties in. 4 to. ke : aay peat, to the Colorada, thence South to the latitude . = ar Hs of King’s river, from: which point they will Pring" ceoote P. moe ISION STOR ’ return, crossing the Sierra near the head waKa. BS Sipe aaa yan hent «pam ly uited tothe oftthe Merved.—8. F. Ledger. _ Grade Valley, Sept. 22, 1865. (if) Boston Retioe, me i ate 2 i 5 he, £=Intelligence from China, announces . another defeat of the imperial troops. JE We have been informed. that a new paper is to make its appearance in Downieville in a few weeks. . 63 a OS Ria ANS a Ca ios ZS The Yellow Fever is still making its ravages in most of the cities of the Southern States, . DISCOURSES FOR THE TIMES. 2 3 A Serms of three or four discourses, will 3

tance and improvements, which"her natural resources and local position wili justify. Yet her day is dawning, The citizens are shaking off from their garments the dust of Grass Valley, California, October 20, 1853. . their negligence, and now we may confidently CTA RETR. 2 look forward to the lapse of a few years, for the accomplishment of improvements, which as an interior, and mining town, will be equal to any, and second to none in California. THE TELEGRAPH. J. W. OLIVER, Eprror. My. Thos. Boyec is our sole Agent for the Grass Va.ury TELEGRAPH, in San Francisco. He is empowered to receive Advertisements and receipt for the same. dvertisements left with Mr. Boyce will receive . prompt attention. 4 CALIFORNIA. Ir is indeed a noble State embracing within its limits all the natural advantages for wealth and political importance, that the most ambitious could desire—all the richness and fertility of soil, of which the most favoured can boast—possessing a climate, at once adapted to gigantic productions, longevity of life, and the high development of growth and rapid advancement, unsurpassed intellect and genius. Upon her broad sur-. py that of any other. portion of California. face is unfolded a variety and beauty of sce-. py. Trask visitedTour village two years ago, nery, unsurpassed even by that of Switzer-. jut at that time his stay was of short duraland, Greece, or the far famed Campanian tion, In this visit however he has had ample Dr. Trask, a genéleman well known in Californina, as*having been employed by government for the last three years, in making a geological survey of this State, is now with us. After having critically examined our mineral resources, the Doctor gives it as his opinion, that Grass Valley possesses unmistakable evidences ‘of permanency, in t hills and valleys of Italy. Such are the nat. ural advantages of California, but her glory ptm BE a Np NI carn ig ft, still asked in what does her superiority cor is stili untold—the climax—the crowning . sheaf—the monument to her undying fame is . yet to appear, for over all this floats in un-. sulli‘d purity, the Stars and Stripes of Constitutional American Liberty, and this, in. . leisure to make a careful examination of . Grass Valley and itswigimity,.and the result ofthis investigation is as above stated. “ESCAPE OF. MITCHELL, THE IrtsH Patriot! . His arrival in California with his Family. connection with all her natural resources, is a@sure index of her future greatness. Even now California occupies no unenviable position among the Nations of the Earth, as a highly Commercial and Agriculiuml State.) Her merits are known. appreciated and ac knowledged by all, while. in, fonnection with States of the Atlantic, her sails whiten evary Bay and herbour of the Civ. From the Commercial Advertiser, we take . the following news, containing an acconnt of . the arrival of John} Mitchell, the Irish Pat' riot and British exile. What lover of liberty wiil not rejoice at s escape? Where is that American to be fund who will not inwardly greet him acor. dial welcome? Here he may not only find 0), Asylum from the cruel bonds of tyranny, ilized Worl@ Suck being the standing of') but before him will open a field of action a country which a few years ago was almost entirely wnknown, what will be her infuences‘considering her. unlimited resour in twenty years to come? Is the question Ag answer in ber inexhaustible mines, al position which she oceupics furope and Asia, the Atlantic States resources. Of California, China he Ja; >: Islands, which as oon as com, ; — sist Wy tel Vast iali'iy ¢ nened it undonbicc:y will be, will pour in aerchandise and riches ibrovgh this tural channel, in such profasion and P8480 ye Raid same ratio of But it ~sHons! Let go that Ceiiornia could poasthly ‘/ived in so short a time, ai “< Atate of prosperity? And when we ato colisideration our present advanta4 . ig connection with the increased facilifor advancement which we will und kee Possess, anc these all superintended 0. its present oubt@» instrumentality-6f Ameri¢an genins and “Srerprise.’ We niiy confidently look for. yard to resvtts alike honorable to our conn» try and to the Anglo-Saxon race. Float proudly ye loved Stars and Stripes over the beautiful Bays and Harbors of San _ Francisca, for ~nder: the blessings -of kind Heaven, her futire history shal! never dis-. Brace you. * with these lasi conn. Sway, as cannot fail¢e secure for us . Py: ait Of. cur in: it would far: “Ahovght ten—ah! . where his liberal and generous soul may expand uncireumscribed by law and bonnd on' \y by the broad and glorious privileges of an 2merican citizen.! By the arrival of the bark Julia Ann, , Cant. Davis, 53 days from Sydney, wwe have . iiles of the Sydney Morning Herald, to the 1of August: Weare indebted to Dr. J. 3. Phinney, who returned to this city on the _ Julia Ann, for late papers and other favors. By this arrival, we have the gratifying in. eelligence of the escape of the Irish patriot, ; John Mitchell, and his family, from their ex‘ji@ in Van Dieman’s Land. Mr. Mitchell was . on his parole at Van Dieman’s Land, where . his friend J. P. Smyth, who was formerly an ; editor in Jreland; and afterwards connected , with the New York Tribune, and who had left this country to effect his escape. succeeded in accomplishing it in the following manner: Having procured fleet horses and guides in ifferent parts of the Island, they went together to the Police Office, where Mr. Mitch. el delivered up his parole. ‘The Police immedistally . attamutada_ ta. caaigea him bast. Uy . Smyth interfering, Mitchell mounted a horse, which was near at hand, and escaped to the . mountains. Here he wandered about for near. ly three months, subsisting on the bounty of the farmers in the vicinity, who. it seems, were all his friends. Meantime. Mr. Smyth ; was seized, heavily ironed, and in this condi. tioa, marched fifty miles to Hobart ‘Town, . where, after a short confinement, he was re; lease. \At length, Mitchell sueceeded in procuring >)’ passage to Sydney. Upon the same vessel, . ty the aid of friends, his wife and six chil'cdien had also taken passage. Mitchell was o disguise, and during the passage to Syd. ney did not allow himself to recognize any of his j. mily. After remaining in Sydney about . three ‘veeks, he left in the Orkney Lass for , Honolulo, under the assumed name of Wavr‘yen. ‘his vessel touched at. Tahiti, was over. taken by the American brig Julia Ann,bound ; for San Francisco, having: on board Mrs. . Mitche’] and children, under the care of Mr. . Smyth, The Orkney Lass was to~ have left ' Tah (the day before the Julia Ann arrived, ts . uke is fortunately detained; so that Mr. Let the glad werd go up from every hl, Mitchjll was enabled to join his family and ‘ and valley of our iavored country; for sare. . —— 4 Flos are oem Consul at Tahiti ly it ee lana ‘Slows PRS ge GF », . learn: at Mitchell had been on the Island ¥ it ise lend “Sowing with milk 2nd honey } and © as about to leave on the Julia Ann, he itis their end in it are io he found’ all the elements made every effort to capture him, but the necessary to the happiness and contentment . bark hurried her departure and saved him the of a great and noble people. trouble. John Mitchell was banished to Van Dieman’s land about five years ago, having preIMPROVEMENTS IN GRASS VALLEY. . Viously been confined on ship-board and at Tae spirit of our Grass Valley citizens is doubtless of the progressive order, as the late improvements which have been going 02 among us, will readily show; for separate and apart from our improved Quartz mills, and our additional saw and planing mills, which have recently been erected, we have a. new and handsome Church—a new house in which is the Post Office, and the Epicurean Saloon. This last, by the way, we consider after the most approved. style. Together with these, we have a very neat little frame, on Main St., now occupied as a Jewellers shop. Nearly opposite, is_an enlargement and improvement in a building which is to be occupied conjointly as a Hotel and Grocery store. A little lower down on Main St, are several frame buildings in course of erection, one or two of which, when completed, will pass as ‘qiiife respectable buldings.” So mmeb for ihe present; we however anticipate ‘than this for the future. feof brick buildings, in order, more effectay, to secure themcclves against thechances fire. The Gress Valleyans ate arousing . : 10 @ sense of their interest, and it : they should, for although it has been ¥ advancing, yet she has never yet . that stand in poipt of business imporBermuda for nearly two years. Mrs. Mitchell with her children joined him about three years ago. Mr. Smyth, who assisted his escape, was also one of the Irish patriots who fled to New York, and from thence went expressly to rescue his friend. We congratulate him on his success, and the friends of lib'erty every-where, that John Mitchell has thrown off the shackles of British tyranny, jand now enjoys the freedom which the United States has afforded so many of his countrymen. May Smith O’Brien soon follow him. , Muxive News.—The reports from different pertions of our mining districts are highly favorable. From the Placer diggings, we are informed that D. H. Thompson & Co., are ayeraging from twelve io eighteen hundred dollars weekly. , We were invited on Tuesday last, to visit the diggings of Messrs. Hughs & Ragan, on Pike Flat. Incomplying with their polite inPs . vitation, we were well gratified with the unbetter things . wistakeable richness of their claim, and judgAO®, 4 Several of our en-. ing from the golden specimen which we saw i merehanis have informed us, that! panned out, we do not hesitate in saying that r infention, through the course of the this company will shortly realize their foring winter and spring, to put up fire’ tmaes. The Quartz Mills are generally doing a handsome business. The Massachusetts Hill Mining Company, are realizing a splendid retmuneration for their labors; they furnished us with a specimen from their lead, which is as rich and beautiful as anything of the kind ) which we have ever seen. The Helvetia Company inform us, that recently, in nineteen hours crushing, they have received ten hundred and three dollars. The Empire Company still furnish us with highly favorable reports. Out of seventy-four tons of rock, in three days crushing, they have realized the sum of $6,288 and 25 cts. Drirr Saxnp.—The Calaveras Chronicle says :—We heard avery singular circumstance related this week, that the common light sand, washed down the river from day to day, is richly loaded with fine gold. An experiment was made last week, near Winters’ Bar, the sand thrown into a sluice, and in less than a day over $275 were thus obtained. This becoming known, attention was directed to it, and in every case with the mest substantial proofs in the correctness of ‘the rumor. Ricw Dreemves aT FmppLe-Town.—The Sacramento Union learns by citizens of Fiddletown, that unusually rich diggings have been . struck within the past week on Arkansas flat, which lies a short distance South of the town, The gold is coarse and found about twenty feet below the surface, ina kind of cement, which seems to be filled withit. Some months since, near the same place, this same lead was struck by a party of Frenchmen, in which lars to the pan. Other flats in the neighborhood pay nearly as well. gaz A cotemporary imagines that gold will go onincreasing until it becomes less . valuable than old iron. In less than twenty . years he expects to see ten-penny nails take el that a fashionable lady will tolerate, will . consist of pewter ear-rings and copper-plated

‘head bands.) Gold in his opinion, is bound to bea drug, and in a century from now, will only be used for coal-scuttles and manure forks.—Exthange. Well! it may be so, hut—— MaruEmsricsL.—When we were a boy, we . thought the extraction of the Cubic Root . quite hard énough, but we have recently pro: that it is nothing, in ven from experience tooth. , This process however, may be greatly. simplified ; first, by siiZ in its extraction . condly, by gentélity in its préliminaries and execution; and thirdly, by ‘promptitude in having it cast up before the brain gets bewildered in meditating upon the difficulties with which such'caleulaticns are usually attended. Asateacher in these scientific demonstrations we know of no one who is better qualiDSL OW Fee ty ; Sea ~ Aner ommasogt th owner worthy friend. Dr. CLEVELAND, of Grass ValWe speak from experience. ley. Goop News.—A namber of our business men in Grass Valley have informed us that they intend inserting a “yard long’ advertisement in our next weeks number. That is right, gentlemen, for besides patronizing your “town paper,” you will, in so doing, give evidence of an enterprising spirit, and this, of itseif, will inspire confidence in your business capacities, which will undoubtedly redound to your actual benefit. ££ We are obliged to Adams & Co., for the unwearied exertions they make in keeping our office constantly supplied with papers from all paris of the State; also, the N. York Tribune and Herald by the regular mail. Mr. Adams & Co., have laid on our table a late number of the Express Messenger, a weekly paper, published simultaneously in New York, Philadelphia and Boston. The Messenger. is a handsome sheet, and it is with real satisfaction that we welcome it to ont table as a regular visitant. JS Madam P. Rickmers will please: accept our thanks for a full supply of late States papers ; also, we are much obliged for the following Pictorials: Barnam’s, Gleason’s, and the Illustrated London News, all of which she was kind enough to have placed on our table. JS Tt is with pleasure we learn, that Mrs. Waller, a lady both «nown and addmired, is to visit Grass Valley and Nevada, professionally,ina few days. Mrs. Waller. has ever been a favorite of our citizens, and we feel sure that her re-appearance in Grass Valley, wiil be hailed with real gratification by her numerous friends of this place. EpvucationaL Discoursr—Rev. Professor Banister, principal of the Santa Clara Seminary, will deliver an address on Education, this evening, October 20th, at the Methodist Episcopal Church, at half past 7 o’clock:. It is hoped, that all interested in this cause— will be present. J&~ We would call the attention of parties, wishing to reside in Grass Valley, to the sale of that most(d@irable property, of Mr. Kelly’s, located on Main Street. For partic-. ulars, (See Advertisement.) j==The Los-Angeles Star says: It is pleasant to pass over a week so eventful as the past. No alarms, no excitements, no killings, no stabbings, nor floggings. May, many such weeks pass over our community: @ they washed out as high as five hundred dol. the place of breastpins, while the only jew. comparison with the extraction of a mo/er . + tens Written for the Grass Valley Telegraph. PRETTY INCIDENT. THE VALUE OF A DRINK. ‘What is more noble in human nature tha What is the value of a drink of liquor? A . érwe and real affection. 7 bluff, corpulent man, at my elbow, whose face. The Boston Journal says :— presents five large “ brandy blossoms,” says,. “ We heard a very pretty incident the other day, which we cannot help relating. A that depends on the quality of the liquor !— i 1 ) : But, I think, says another, it depends on its young lady from the South, it seems, Was ? ° : wooed and won by a youthful physician, good or bad influence on one’s health and) jiving in California. When the engagement happiness.—Pecuniary gain is the great pur. was made the doctor was rich, having been suit of most men, in California, as. means of . Very successful at San Francisco. It had not ‘happiness$ tho’ deprived of health, wealth . existed six months, however, when, by an un7 “th . fortunate investment,he lost his entire “heap.” . cannot produce personal happiness and with . This event came upon him, it should be addit, I contend, onZy, as it enables us to contri. ed, just.as he was making ready to claim his a : oI yy “ he dik = . bute to the happiness of others. Be this, as sed ¥ at Gone he do?—W ae like on ; ag , rable ¢ livairous young fellow, as he is oe ich. and letus crete any 5 , ? . it may, all eb es . to get rich, ccna he sits down and writes the lady every par. sce, how far this “ consumation, so devoutly . ticular of the unhappy turn which had taken wished” is delayed, by the habit of liquor . place in his fortunes, assuring her, that if . aginkesiiae . the fact produced any change in her feeling We; ve men, here, indulge ina glass of litowards him, she is released from every pro . quor, at two bits, who, at home, wou!d deny mise he had made him. And what does the » , the gratification of the appetite, at three cis., dear, good girldo? Why, she takes a lump of pure gold which her lover had sent to her from a feeling of rigid economy. The customary rate of interest on money, in Califorwhen in prosperity, asa keepsake, and baving . nia, has never been less than five per cent, G _— it manufactured into a ring, forwards it to him with the following bible inscription engraved in distinct characters on the inside :— \ “ Entreat me not to leave thee or toreturn , ee Oe et per month, and is likely tocontinue so. Has e : ma. é . " spe 7 thitha any ene, who indulges in even one glass per . from following after thee ; for whither thou day, ever made an estimate of its cost, at the . goest will I go, and where thou lodgest wil op PE BIS pyaar I lodge ; thy people and thy God shall be my . lend of ten years, put at interest, at ee ove people and my God; where thou diest will I rate? I advise some of our Yankee drinkers, . qje, and there will I be buried; the Lord do . f , . ee “4 f “¢ ve . who are good at “cyphering,”’ to make a/. so to me, and more also, if aught but death kalkulashun, and I will risk the assertion, it . part thee and me. ; . will t kul “Sr 3t neeaitics nO Helen The lover idolized his sweetheart more than vie Orem pares sage. : : P bs iar . ever when he received this precious evidence tion in the habit. They will find, that the . of her devotion to him, both in storm and cost of a drink, at two bits, put at interest, . sunshine. We may add that fortune again ‘for ten years, at five per cent per month, will . son smiled upon the young physician, and d ; the snug littlesum of $86 37 Thu . that he subsequently returned to the North Cc Ss elo d Ol. s, . Z e 3 . eae 2“ : 8 : re > to wed the sweet girl he loved, and who lov_one month’s indulgence, at one glass per day, . ed him with such an undying affection. Nay, (which is a very low estimate, for a temperate more, the happy bride and bride-groom pasdrinker, even,) would cost aman, ten years . Sed . city, ae — on a LO . way to the home of: the latter in the golden » only $2591,10 ; and one years grati. “ aie ae os ey = apes has a5 All” . State. Reader,. this: is all true. Young lafication, at the same rate, thefortune of. $31, . dies who read the Bible as closely as the he. 525,05. In these calculations, ‘the fractions . roine of our incident seems to have done, are . are omitted, which would increase the amount. pretty sure to make good sweethearts, and . Is there any “‘forty-niner,” who curses his . better wives . ill-fortune, that ever thought, the fourbit) g¢e~ To Weils Fargo & Co., we are indebti] drink, he swallowed. in October, 1849, with . eq for the first delivery of the N. York Her. what would have.been its accumulated interald of Sept. 20th by the Cortez; together . : 83 . 2 jf iy . $ @ _ . : N _est, to this time, would amount to $26 84?) \ith their New York and California Express, ye, f . enough to pay a months comfortable board; . , Jarge and handsome sheet, embracing the ; or purchase a, suit of warm clothing! . news of the week, shipping list and business . transactions of the Company. . . How many men of “elegant leisure,”’ do perros rae der: nee ity rs grb . . geThe Emperor of Austria looks upon meannes ; and curse the inability, or up fata lear-* violatién willingness of men, to pay an honest obligaand as tantamount to al tion,.who have been induced to squander their The last advices repre-. . we mect, who profess to regard refusal to join the Kosiza affair . of international law, declaration of war. means, in drinking and riot, by the example . sent Captain Ingraham as enjoying himself . ey ae; SD a tts OE ia y Sp eS ~ ahjis!! hese + le. 4 = i a ° of their own’ habits!! These men too, a on hoard the Camberland in a dance with the plore their ill-fortune, and envy the prosperiOmeon of Piddseniiiiad weladiieiw a uite On is ; i xe i bbgtestatt © ALLY GULEe & ty of others, without consulting causes. How . joo) fa" Several wathemeee herd a i many destitute, among us, might be relieved, . . 4; ¥ checks.. now_wan.apd. sickly, be_made to . mes ae % giow with health; and familiss at homé, des. es F 4 : titute, be made glad, by the present value of erind to Wr. Win. J Ges ik : a few social drinks. imbibed by the husband . cent) ric! ha j and father, the first week, or month of his so. ¢:on «jinte -wi Siag ao Ch 4 Ja LG JC NV Voi Sj t ; v y joura, in this. eonntry!! We ;have some . and Nevada. -We understand that he interids among us, even now, whom sickness and mis. .+ er ee gated cae fortinie have visited, heavily; and who have Gilani nee ae ” Hon mare: . il BP NE Rept bo fee wish him success in‘ his new enterprise. not wherewith to sustain life, even, unaided . ; by the charity of strangers. Would not the consciousness of having relieved such suffering and destitution, produce sensations, more EO" TS sweet, than was the taste of that glass of li-. @@> Nine thousand eight hundred emiquor? Let your own heart respond. Who. grants are now on the waters—comin g from will read the tale “ Hot Corn,” in No.3, of . English ports to. America. a the Telegraph, and then hesitate between the » agency of stich scenes of misery, and themin-. g@> The Chevalier Buonaventura, Envov . istering spirit of relief and consolation?! Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Who would swallow fortunes to gratify’ an . from the Mexican Republic, kas been presentacquired appetite, when so smalla self-denial . ed to Queen Isabella, and was favorably re‘could, perhaps, restore to life happiness, and . ceived. a joyous home, the innocent victims of this evil, and the prototypes of little Katy ?” Aw Acnine Vorp.—A hollow tooth.—LonIt has surprised me, that men, so. wedded . 97% Punch. to money, as are thousands, who come to A little mistaken Mr. Punch :—from expedelve in our mountains for gold, should yield . ence, we know a hollow tooth to be fail of . such willing and complete submission to a . P@”habit, which appeals, so strongly, to the purse ; for, tho’ many men wiil not yield to moral principle, their souls may be reached through the pocket. Long observation has convinced me, that the confirmed habit of drinking liquor, is as tenacious as life ; and I could point to some most painful cases, among us, who, with even the first cost of this habit, tosay nothing of the accumulations of interest, would render comfortable and happy, . po aij; : est , i ? lilivered in the M. E. Church, in this their wives and children, who “cry for bread,” . place, commencing on next Sabbath evening, ina far distant home; and who sigh and . Oct. 23, and to be continued weekly. . plead for their return. Andoh! whatuntold. . 1st Lecture. Intoxicating Drinks not a agony would pierce their souls, could they . PrOP& beverage for man. Their use as such, : a violation of the physical and men ‘ witness scenes, which are enacted before our . ism, and idesinted: “Ae reaitie ty sah pal . eyes, by their sworn protectors! self-destruction. I am trespassing on space ; for I commenc: 2nd Lecture. The manufacture of and ed, only, to givea result, in dollars and cents, raffic in intoxicating liquors, as a beverage. which I had the curiosity to make; but I An immoral calling, accessory to, and tmainly responsible for the multifarious evils of cannot repress the word of caution, to the . intemperance. © thoughtless; and the unfortunate victims and . _ 3d Lecture. The suppression of the manuslaves of this ruinous habit, may be assured, facture and traffic, the only effectual means . : of removing the curse of intem . they have the heartfelt pity, and tear ofsym-. jega? suasion, the only effec Gil tel 2 a . pathy of AMERICUS. — ap tee the traffic. eam a ie Be 4th Lecture. Objections toa prohibitc f= The Marysville Express announces . Jaw (such as the Maine liquor Law) gone the completion of the Magnetic Telegraph ered, and the justice and necessity of such a ine, between that city and Sacramento. law in California, — ae? Tue ExpLoriné Parry.—The Pacific Rail-. _ #8 Should advertisers see any in road exploring party, consisting of sixteen tions in their advertisements they will please persons, were to have left Stockton on Thurs. give us timely notice of the same, in which day. ‘hey will extend their survey from So. case their orders shall be promptly attendnora East to Virgin river, which empties in. 4 to. ke : aay peat, to the Colorada, thence South to the latitude . = ar Hs of King’s river, from: which point they will Pring" ceoote P. moe ISION STOR ’ return, crossing the Sierra near the head waKa. BS Sipe aaa yan hent «pam ly uited tothe oftthe Merved.—8. F. Ledger. _ Grade Valley, Sept. 22, 1865. (if) Boston Retioe, me i ate 2 i 5 he, £=Intelligence from China, announces . another defeat of the imperial troops. JE We have been informed. that a new paper is to make its appearance in Downieville in a few weeks. . 63 a OS Ria ANS a Ca ios ZS The Yellow Fever is still making its ravages in most of the cities of the Southern States, . DISCOURSES FOR THE TIMES. 2 3 A Serms of three or four discourses, will 3