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Grass Valley telegraph., 1853-10-20
A WIDE AWAKE YANKEE.

IT was stated in recent telegraphic des-
patch the "Star of the East,' about to sail
from New York for Peru, would take out in
sections, two small steamers of 70 or so tons
each. A writer in the National Latel1igencer
gives the credit Of this enterprise to son of
our own State, as follows:
=" The steamers mentioned were built and
shipped under the direction of DR.. Joseph
Wh.tmore, a native of Newburyport, Massa-
chusetts, and from his childhood citizen of
New Hampshire, one Of the most energetic
and entefprlsing men I have ever known.
After entering upon his profession he volun-
teered as surgeon in the Florida war, in
which he performed the duties of a soldier and
q surgeon acceptably. After returning to
New Hampshire he went to California where
ne spent several years, and from there went
to Lima and Peru. He soon became acquain-
ted with Mr. Clay, our present Minister. who
saw and appreciated his talents and enter
prise. In March last he contracted with the
Peruvian Government to come to New York
and cause the two steamers mentioned. to he
built, and to deliver them at Loreto. fifteen
hundred miles up the Amazon, the Peruvian
Government guarantying to him that there
should not be any interference on the part of
Brazil. He arrived in New York in April
last, contracted for the steamers. purchased
in Portland Maine, the "Star of the East
and is now on his way to the mouth of the
Amazon.
DR.. Whitrnore was in this city on Thursday
last, and the writer had the pleasure of con-
yersng with him as to his views and prospects. |
He is perfectly sanguine of accomplishing his |
purpose of reaching Loreto with his steamers. |
and from thence returning to Lima over the
mountains.
From the known energy and enterprise of
DR. Whitmore, it is my belief that he will be |
of great service to his country in conducting
this novel enterprise. he has had several in |
terviews with Lieut.. Maury since his arrival |
here in April, and called on the President Of
the United States when here on Thursday. to |
whom he spoke of the immense Importance to |
this Government of having the Amazon |
opened to our commerce.
If successful in this enterprise the Doctor
will be perfectly prepared torender the most
efficient aid to his own Country in any neco-
tiation that may be set on foot for giving to
the world the treasures of the Amazon.''- I
Boston Journal /
Grass Valley telegraph., 1853-10-20

she tefms of which he is to receive $500 per
month for fifteen years. At the end of the
term the property is of course to revert to
him and he is to pay for the improvements at
their estimated value at that time. This case
serves to show how the wonderful fortunes of
Californians are so rapidly acquired; and at
the same time it furnishes evidence of the
confidence entertained in the value of San
Francisco property. Here is a gentleman
who in the period of six months, by single
operation, with but capital of $4,000, has
placed himself in the receipt of $500 per
'annum-an income upon which he could re-
tire to the Atlantic and live in affluence and
ease for fifteen years, and at the expiration of
that time find himself in possession of pro-
perty the value of which cannot now be es-
timated. Such, hewever, is not generally the
course pursued by the men of San Francisco.
With this gentleman. as with most of the pre-
sent solid" nenof San Francisco, this freak
of fortune may be but the basis of colossal
wealth, for it is upon such hits as this, the
fortunes of our millionaires have generally
been built. We mention this fact in order
that persons abroad may form some idea of
the manner in which wealth is so rapidly ac-
quired in California; but in doing so, we
wish it to be distinctly understood, that such
things, though frequent, are not every day
ccurrences.-HerGld.
Grass Valley telegraph., 1853-10-20
TITLES.

In letter addressed by Gen. Charles Lee,
of the Revolutionary Army, to Patrick Hen
ry, he says:
"There is a barbarism crept in amonst US,
that shocks me extremity. mean those tin
selled epthets with which we are despatched;
his excellency and his honor; the honorable
president of some honofable convention. This
fulsome. nauseating cant may be well enough
adapted to barbarous monarchles, OF TO graf
ify the unadulterated pride Of the mGgnifci
in pompous aristocracies; but, IN a great,
free, manly commonwealth, it is quite abomi-
nable. Fer nay own part, | had as lief chew
bitter alloes, as be crammed with yOltr ercet-
lency, with which l am daily pestered. How
much more true dignity was there in the sim
piicity of address among the Romans Marcus
Tullius Cicero, Dec:mo Bruto Inspiratori, or
Caio Marcello Consult, than in his Excellency
Major General Noodle, or the Honorable
Join Doodle. My objections are perhaps
trivial and whimsical, but cannot help sta
ting them Therefore, should I sometimes
address you without tacking on ''your excel
lency," you must not esteem it a mark of
personal or official disrespect, but the re-
verse,
Cen Lee would find in the present age,
abundant materials for his satirical pen. We
seem to have more than made up for the loss
of noble titles, by the abundance of others
within the reach of Republican invention.
We have not given up the title Of "Excellen-
cy," and as for Honorable" we are ''all all
honorable men," The next step will be to
confer the title of Excellency and Honorable
on the wives of Presidents and Judges, for
why should the fair sex be excluded from the
benefits of an ambitious ar;stocracy Delta.
Grass Valley telegraph., 1853-10-20
PACIFIC RAILROAD.

The great cap-sheaf to the American Rail
road enterprise is unquestionably the road
from the Mississippi to the Pacific That this
magnificent enterprise will be completed and
il successful operation before the expiration
OF ten years, seems scarcely to admit of any
further doubt.
When 1t Is enambered that the aggregate
cost 0E tAis gigantic road would not. on the
aversg ge OF our reads in Ohio exceed 80 mil
lions, which ls only about one one-fourtb
Inore than has been expended upon the Erie
Railroad, or even upon the suppostion that
She cost shogld reach double that amount no
one win doubt that its construction bv reason
Of the want Of sufficient means.
Upon Its construction, the circuit of the
earth oai = completed in 50 days. The fol.
lowing is the estimate:
From N. York to San Francisco davs
From San Francisco to Hong Kong 25
From Hong Kong to Calcutta
From Calcutta to Bombay Is
From Bombay to England IS
From England to New York l3
The immense advantages which would re-
suit to the United States from the construc-
ton Of this road have been laid before our
people by the most judicious and the ablest
minds Of the country. We will not venture
rpon their reputation. A more dazzling re.
q has never been held out to the enterprise
of ny people.--yNo5iie Tribune.
WEEDS" Eternal vigilance is the price of
reedom" from weeds The Granite Farmer
remarks on the "perfect neatness Of neigh
tpr's garden, and on inquiring the secret of
such extraordinary succes, was answered,
II have but one leading rule, and that is,
neuer to let a ,oeed go to seed" Acting on
this principle he found it easy to keep the
weeds out. 1t is very simple question for
school boys How many times will labor
er have to bend his vertebral column, or
stoop, in pulling up five weeds just ready to
go 10 seed? And how many times he will
lave TO bend it next year, by emitting this
ard allowing each of those five to ripen sew
en- hundred seeds, yielding half as many
vaedsg For more mature aIithmeticians-
& these second year weeds produce the third
gsaF, each $50 weeds, how many times will he
have to pull in getting them all out? An
awers to these questions will doubtless show
whether il viii be easier to do it the first or
third year.-~ExfhGnge
Z ~ he thai cannot forgive others, breaks |
down the bridge. over which he must mass !
Grass Valley telegraph., 1853-10-20
s. s HnII

oueE AND SIGN PAINTING. Sash Doors and Win
IL dow Sash made to order Glass emf and nrenared
IN the shop. Also, Cabinet and Joiner work Of al
Snds Is neatly executed and promptly attended TO-.
on0p on MIL street between Main and Neil
Grass Valley, Sept. %, 1853. III
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Sylvester 3 co.

Szzszsz WHOLELAI4E, AND RETAIL dealers in Gro
ceries, Provisions, Dry Goods, Hardware,
BzSM Boots, Shoes and general Merchandise. Also
cheap fercash. y
"a 80. :. Main street, opposite the CnionHe
0rAsh Valley, Sept ~, 1873 4
Grass Valley telegraph., 1853-10-20
LAYING GAS-PIPRS-A short time since we
the arrival of certain gas pipes,

ing by Mr. DoNAHUE, over in Happy Valley,
We notice to-day a number of workmen en-
gagged in laying the SANE down on Montgo-
merry street between California and Pine
streets. Another lot has been hauled on
Clay street preparatory to laying line on
this street. It is to be hoped before winter
sets in we may have the pipes laid, the works
completed, the lamps raised and flood of
light shed on the city, to assist pedestrians in
navigating the dangerous sidewalks of this
great city.-Ledger.
Grass Valley telegraph., 1853-10-20

The PACIFIC RAILROAD-A NOVEL IDEA
A writer in the Scientific american proposes
to build the Great Pacific Railroad, not on
the ground but about eight feet above it. He
would have the whole distance piled, and on
these piles be would place the roadway. The
idea is a novel one, and if road could be
built equally strong on this plan as on any
other, we do not see what is to prevent the
pile-driver from triumphing ever the barrow
and pick-axe. Grant that there be no objec-
tion to the strength and longevity of such a
road, and it possessed advantages that place
it far in advance Of any other mode OF con-
structlon. In the first place it would be free
from dust; secondly, it would never become
obstFuoted by snow drifts thirdly it would
be somewhat springy in it's nature, and thus
GLOW locomotives to make better time with
less wear and tear than they experience on
roads made perfectly solid. That road built
on piles csa be rendered practicable, is shown
by enr Huds0E River Railroad people. Be-
tween albany and New York there are some
tweRSy miles over which the rails are laid on
piss Just below Hudson there is one single
stretch Of upwards of four miles, This por-
lion Of the road wears as we'll as any other !;
while It's entire freedom from dust makes it
oneio The most pleasant pieces of the whole
roaJe,
The protector of the pile road proposes also
another improgement Instead of placing
cats above the rails, he intends to let them
hang between them. By means Of a properly
SHIPPED axle, this is very easily done, and
wllen ii = done. one hundred miles an hour
can be made Tishout any fear whatever that
TIE cars Rill fy from the track or bring up in
o gravel pit A road butt upon piles, the
.!elst!fc .9faericap says, can be constructed
ior $4,000 per mile. If this be so, it would
make the Whole cost Of the New York aud
% SsEl 81 dollars Wbecahd 5lbfead is SOME seventy mil
lions OF dollars less than a road can be built
for on any other plan. A road resting on
piles would have very little grading to do.
Where The land declined, the level could be
preserved by driving the piles smaller dis
taace into the earth ; where the land ascend
ed. the same level could be preserved by
driving the piles into the earth an increased
distance
Grass Valley telegraph., 1853-10-20

~ he thai cannot forgive others, breaks
dova the bridge over which be must pass
himself Tor every man hath need to be for
given
Grass Valley telegraph., 1853-10-20

~ Think twice before speaking.
Grass Valley telegraph., 1853-10-20

a 2RE@. Or rotsrrSE.-.sHs have beer iii.
formed list ! geatleman Of tAis city. some
six aonElis since purchased q Iot on Battery
siesets for sehinh Ne paid $1,000 A few days
ego be cenciaded = lsase Of ishe property. by
Grass Valley telegraph., 1853-10-20
GRAIN.

For the finest sheaves of Grain with statistics of the
amount of seed planted TO the acre. and the amount
harvested each kind of Grain TO be represented by
one sheaf or more -
Grass Valley telegraph., 1853-10-20

Every dish Of Fruit of rare or new kinds, es.
ceiTe Medal, valued at. 81
Grass Valley telegraph., 1853-10-20

.-43 -seso cIslt " FaTll Y I'D
snape ef business through
:.
IA little boy, poorly clad
mt Of the Western Hotel, was
corning by sudelyouag nsah,
5oa $ Does yonr mother know
fhe little fellow looked st the
4nomeat, wbile his bosom heav-
gathered il his eyes, and replied,
JoF dear mother is dead !-.Bslt77;zio
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So Ways the Demagoguesl

We would like to ask every sensible nan
this qeustion: What would be the result r.
it were certain that no man could climb tho
ladder Ct political fame successfully. who did
not cut loose from the liquor interest? We
have observed a little Of the sworn inteor;,v
Of ~demagogues to the welfare of the dear
people" in our time, and if the past is to bo
taken as a precedent for their future eoursc
all such characters who are now so ~virulent
against the Temperance Reform, and who
dabble in the cesspool of political scheminp
day and night, would at once, as by magic,
become :" fanaticaP' for the enactment Of a
Prohibitory Law. Hint this to them. how
ever, and they are I" as mad as a March hare"
and in their indignation will tell you the old
story Of their political integrity but the fact
is as plain as o pump handel Whiskev is
the Archimedean lever in their asccndancy
through acorrupted ballot box, aud they kao.U
It!
And yet a few Of them tell US how deeply
they are concerned for the prosperity of the
cause and Its ultimate triumph; and, as a
palliative for their corruption, tell us with q
hang dog drawl-" the union of Rum and
Politics must be preserved i~nTiolate or the
Reform is a failure :"
And don't they stand in front Of the tenn.
perance host and sarredly guard of an at
tack upon the t~hroe-mouthed dog Of He'll that
crouches at the SIDE Of the ballot box anC
keeps vigilant watch over the wrongs anC
outrages there cntrenched! Well they Go
And thus we charge it nome to them.
FRIENDS OF WHIsKEY-'fd face the masI!P
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Railroad Celebration.

On yesterday Tuesday the Rail Road
connection between CASTOR and Weldon was
opened and information having been given
our citizens that the connection would be
complete, a Public meeting was held last
Wednesday, in order to make proper arrange
ments for a celebration on account of the
completion of the highly important connec-
ton between the Seaboard and Roanoke and
the Raleigh and Castor Roads A commu-
~nication from the President If the former
road was read, conveying the information
that a large number of the citizens of Nor
folk and Portsmouth would honor us with
their company on Observation-Disclosures
day. and extending an invitation to ON
citizens, generally, to accompany them or
their return, on Wednesday to-day A Com
mittee was appointed to cooperate with
Committee to be appointed by the Commits
%sioners, in making arrangements for the re
ception and entertainment Of u guests.
AT meeting Of the Board of Commission
ers, held on the night Of Wednesday, a lette
was read from the Authorities ofNorfolk an,
Portsmouth, inviting the Intendant, Commits
sioners and citizens of Raleigh to visit thei
respective Towns. The invitation was az
cepted, and q Committee appointed to tende
them the hospitalities of our City and prepar
suites Of rooms fortheir entertainment durin
their stay with US.
We are authorized ssa, R Y n! NJ. sI BsAssH E.rdt Il
Cars willleave Raleigh, WEDNESDAY, the got
instant, at ha!fpast screen o'clock, A. M
for Portsmouth, stopping to take up passel
gers at all the dspots. The Stockholders
the Raleigh and Castor Railroad Compan
are invited to go to Norfolk and Portsmouth
on Wednesday and return on Friday, free
charge. We hope thata large number Of OF
citizens will also avail themselves of the il
~vitation that has been extended to them.
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sealed the lips of others. Well we are sorry,
and hope they will see how uncharitably
they act, in not allowing other members of
the Order the privileges they claim for them
selves.
In conclusion, we can say withrour highly
esteemed Correspondent, we" nave notchosen
to indulge in the graces of composition" even
if we were able, as we know him to be nor
do we design any thing we have said but in
the most friendly spirit. Wehave our views
on the subject as a citizen, a freeman, a tax
payer, a philanthropist and a christian, and
no Son of Temperance has a right, nor has
the Order, either in a Subordinate, Grand or
National character, any right to hold us re
sponsible to either for those views. SO Of
those who differ with Us. When the Sons
warn, urge and persuade, we are with them
heart and soul-when our fellow citizens
petition, demonstrate. instruct and vote, We
will be found there, certain and we thanh
God, there are tens Of thousands who are no
Sons of Temperance, who go with us IN Thu
unalterable Determination" Down with the
Liquor raffc-interdicted andde4unced by
J the sovereign law, and supported BY the vii
I ofthe sovereign people Of the good old Nortl
+ State God speed the day.
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Conviction of Perry.

The jury engaged in the trial of Pery, for
the brutal murder of his own wife, bought
in a verdict of guilty, after a brief retirement
from the jury-box. The verdict SO far as we
can learn, is in accordance with public opin-
ion. ~
Application for a new trial was made by
the prisoner, through his counsel, which was
refused, and on Tuesday morning, sentence
of death was passed upon the unhappy man,
to be executed on Friday the 29th inst.
From this decision Mr.. Miller took an ap.
peal to the Supreme Court, which wil-at leas'
give the doomed wretch a few more months
to prepare for the awful fate that probably
awaits him.
The trial has excited much interest, anC
during it's progress, the Courthouse was
crowded. The case was argued Icy Attorney
General Ransom, for the State, and Hon
Geo. E. Badger, for the prisoner the for
mer assisted by B. F. Moore, Esq, and th,
latter by .Messrs. Miller, Haywood and Bus
bee,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-20

Moral societies were formed, not only in
New England, but In other Stats. The a.
mount Of good accomplished - these assoc
Citations was comparatively snail. The in-
temperate were enraged, but rot reformed.
The evil, however, was better understood
than it otherwise would have been, and the
people learned the practicability and impor-
tance of combined effort to resist the progress
of prevailing vices. They discovered, also,
that those who enforce the laws against the
vicious ought themselves to have clean hands
II was difficult for those who called them
selves moderate dripkers to- answer those
thew called ~drunkards, when they asked,
: In what respect do they differ from US n
All these societies, except the Massachusetts,
became extinct after a few years. Some of
the temperance addresses delivered ut these
meetings were as thrilling and soul-stirring
as any that have since been listened to by
deeply-affected auditories.
At a meeting of one of these societies, Ju-
ly 4, 1917, forty farmers pledged themselves
to get their hay that summer without. intoxi-
! eating drinks, and that they would pay ad'
, ditional wages to those who worked for them
e without using distilled liquors. Things con
. tinaed thus for ten or twelve years. Here
e and there an individual abandoned the use
e of alcoholic drinks; some ceased to traffic II
the article, and some refused to furnish 1t a.
a beverage to those in their employ.
In 1924, a congregation in New England
dug a cellar, drew sixty loads of stone SIEVE
raj miles, built a parsonage, moved a hous
and fixed it upon a new foundation, IN which
eighty men were employed, and some Q
them for several weeks, and no spirituous Il
a quors were used.
to January 10, 1926, the first temperance sc
to ciety was formed in Boston, the members G
le which pledged themselves to abstain entirel
r from the use of distilled liquors, except whe
I'd prescribed by q physician. IL was Gale
I'd the American Temperance Society. Th
es Massachusetts, Society adopted a simila
W pledge soon after. The cause of temperate
then assumed a new aspect. The objeC
es aimed at by this society was to suppress il
ey temperance, not so much by the strong arr
tn of law, as by argument enforced by examp
re There was a great number, who showed /
elr their own practice that they could perfor
e, any kind of labor, and could better endu,
n fatigue and exposure to cold and heat, witt
al out strong drink, than with it. During tn
to year, a long series of articles, was PUBLISH
ry in a religious newspaper, entitled the lnfs
lible Antidote or, Entire Abstinence fro
Use Ardent Spirits the only Certain Preventi
Die of Intemperance. During the same year,
hc- weekly paper, called the National Phila
ate thropist, was commenced in Boston it W
~ the first paper ever published devotedly c
c~lusively to the cause of temperance;
ely motto was, Temperate drinking the dow
IAN hill road to intemperaAce."
18th CONCLUSION NEXT WEEK.
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M%A Brother writing from Hamilton,
Martin county, says-"Our Division was
almost defunct when Bro. White visited us.
lie infused a little life into the dry bones,
and when Bro. Doub came he drought up sin
ews and flesh upon US, and we are again in
the foray, determined to be in the thickest of
the fight, and to battle on till victory crowns
our efforts" As q goodsign, we have received
q fine clubof new su~bscribersfrom Hamilton
E1r F.. L. BoSD, Esq, has kindly consen.
ted to act as Agent for this Paper at Tar
boro' and its vicinity. All payments made
to him will be the same as if made 70 rs.
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curse. Don't leave tito each neighborhood to
say what pampered libertine bal deal ouI
damnation for their benefit. Hut say tna.
NONE shalt sell II as q bsreraqs Let us not
mince matters. Give us the Maine law, or
any Law which viii not suffer liquor to De
sold at all. Let Us 60 the whole figure: we
believe the whole system Is wrong. Why
then tamper with it If men vii drink It;
let each man be his own grocery keeper ana
kill himself and d~estroyhi ova farnlly. But
in Gods name let rs not clath thousand
dirty Professionalism With .EnorItytekleave
behind them a track ofdesolation morcSnise-
rable and bloody than was that of the inta-
nous Haynau. +.
April 9Th, 1853.
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Ey~ The tall trees Of the forest, rising above
the lowly shrubs and towering vines Of the
~vallies, are first to sip the bright rain drops
of the Summer cloud, but their elevation at
tracts the deadly fluid from the cloud-rack
and ensures their own destruction so those
Of the earth who aspire to exaltation above
their allotted sphere should expect the storms
and tcmpests to gather about their heads and
leave them leafess and branchless among
their fellows. =
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se- DR.. j. F. Foard kindly furnishes u

BeA-Dr. j. F. Foard kindly furnishes us
withanaccountof the organization OF Mount
Vernon Division, No. 325, "in R~aEaaconnty
by J. P. Simpson, acting D. G. W. P, sssis.
ted by several members of the Order. Eleven
members united with the Division-oaicers
were elected and installod-J. F. Foard, "
P; A. J. fleming, W. A.; j. Hawkins, R. S.
&c. This is the third Division existing il
the upper part of Rowan county, and from
the character of the men who have taken hold
of the work, we expect much good to be &C
complishcd through their agency.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-20

DEATH OF Gov. IREDELL.-We sincerely
regret to hear of the death of our venerable
fellow-eitizen, Hon. James Iredell, who ex
pired in Edenton on the 9th inst, where ht
had gone on a short visit. For kindness o.
heart and urbanity of manner be was univer
sally esteemed and respected. During {
long life he had held the highest positions o
prominence, as Governor, Z. S. Senator, &c