The Nevada journal., 1853-04-29
Grnss Valley Cerrespondence.
Grnss aI1ty UUTftspoUuVHrC.
Progress California; 0iart--Piks Flat.
Cp.ss VArIry Anril 2f 1883

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Proqress-Caijornia- Qodrts-Piks Flat.
GRASS VALLEY, April 26, 1858.
Since the chaos-born earth came into
existence, there has never been, II his
tory affords adequate testimony, so pro-
life agermination, so thrifty growth,
so full q development Of mind and mailer
as in now-a-days. Enlig ghtened by ex-
perience, fraternized by limited inter
course, exalted by science and human
lied by the refulgent lights of Liberty
and Religion, the deep darkness that in
the ages of the past enshrouded the
world, has at last been effectually dissi-
pated. The Nations of the earth in
mass convention assembled at London in
the year 1852, have repudiatcd the anti
social system that has so long held them
at antipodes, and have coyeBanted, in
oil time to come, to cooperate with each
other in advancing the knowledge and
conse ouent happiness of the human fam
lily. War has ceased to ravage and de-
spoil the earth. Mankind no longer ri
val each other in carnage and blood
shed; but coming from every quarter Of
the civilized globe, they enter the are
ma Of the nations contest, and with q
worthy ambition, engage in the strife
for the proud prizes awarded to the
highest productions of science and art,
taste and genius. What age has ever
afforded te the world the contemplation
of so sublime spectacle In the writ
ten history Of the past, what event is
there reeordcd calculated in so great a
degree to excite the pride, gratitude and
admiration of the human family?
The overwhelming incubus Of ignor-
ance and superstition has been rolled
away progression, the law Of God and
universal nature has been established
throughout nearly the entire earth, and
every thing around us, above us, and be-
lew us, betokens the ushering in of that
perfected period, when the. world shall
be forever redeemed from the elements
of discerd and wretchedness- when the
lamb ard the lion shall lie down togeth-
er in peace, and knowledge cover the
earth as the waters of the sea. In q
| short while the Worlds Fair at New
York will be open to the industrial pro-
ductions of all the nations of the earth.
Shall California shrink from the contest?
Have we not reason to believe, notwith-
standing we are the youngest state in
the confederacy, that we can vie tri
umphantly with any other country on
the globe, not only in the natural pro-
ductions of our diverse soil and climate,
but in the arts among our population.
which have naturally grown out of
them Our quartz specimens, placer
gsld-our timber. in quality and size :
building stone and marble vegetables,
in size, quality and yield-grasses, wheat
and barley, may challenge comparison
without fear with those of any other
country. In the art Of mining, although
among the oldest known to the human
race, and in the ingenuity and compre-
hensiveness of our appliances for con-
ducting the same, We can say confident
ly and with conscious and admitted
truth, in hearing Of the world, that we
are unequalled by any other people
known under the sun. Our quartz ma
chimes will extract more gold to the
pound, in rock Of given richness, and
crush more of it in day, by great Odds
than those known in any ether country.
We are no less superior in our art of ex.
tracing the gold from our placer dig.
gings. And although the auriferousness
of ear earth is unsurpassed by that of
any other mining country we can wash
dirt Of a given value, and with the same
number Of hands, make from two to
three times as much money as any other
people. Why, then, should it not be q
source Of qualification and laudable
pride, and no less administrative to the
progressive spirit of the age, to demon
strate these things before the eyes of
/ the world, and thus represent in Just
manner, the claims to which California
is entitled to occupy high place among
the most ingenious, progressive and
highly intellectualized countries Of the
earth THE effect in every way, would
certainly be highly advantageous to the
state, and to our great Republic, Of
which we are the youngest, and | mad
almost said proudest heir. The roman
tie and exciting history of California
the spirit Of adventure and intrepidity
which the discovery of her remarkable
mineral resources, have infused not only
into the people of our own, but of almost
every other country-the extraordinary
influence she has exerted upon the in
stitutions and financial condition of the
world, warrants US in the belief. that
her produc ctions rightly set forth at the
Worlds Fair would excite more curios-
ity and interest, than those displayed
from any other part of the globe. Beau
tiful models OF eur NEST perfect quartz
machines, with their amalgamating par
aphranalia, long toms and sluice boxes,
and by the side of these, common nil
ming pan, troughs and rockers, in exclu-
siye use little more than three years
ago, with briefand accurate descriptions
of their modus operandi, would, by their
novelty, attract the attention Of the