The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29
Grass Valley Correspondence.
Grass Valley, July u, 1853.

! The fact that YOU have so able and
piquant correspondent in this village, as
my-and especially the ladies' esteemed
friend Pike" has kept me from often
venturing to offer you inconsidered tri1es
! from my nibless, worn out pen. In sober
prose, or in the regions of fancy, there is
! little left but to follow the example of
lovely Ruth-to CLEAN in well governed
field, but with no consideration to COM
mand the reaper to leave some stray
sheaves as reward to the diligcnt
CLEANER.
The sultry heat of a midsummer day,
unrelieved by the shower of the morning,
consisting of few hundred drops,) would
certainly render the labor of writing i'm
possible, were itnot that the advent Of the
the divine Lola has stirred the inmost soul
of Grass Valley, waking from lethargy
those in whom Gabriel's horn would fail to
envolve a sign of life. The echo of the
tempest occasioned by so august presence,
could be heard last evening through the
bounds of our lovely berg, drowning even
the clatter of the eternal stamperS: and to-
night sufficient it is that we enjoy
the good that God sends us, and not anti
cipate the greater blessings yet in store
for us, the humble worshipers of the beau
tiful in Nature and Art.
Do you remember how "lang syne," lit
is three months is it not l had the tenn
Gritty to call in question the honesty of
Marysville in regard to the plank road en-
terpise, saying that we of Nevada had
been fooled with a nicely arranged game of
bluff? What do you think now of that
big-souled city, situated at the head of
navigation? After realizing heavy pro-
fit, in the advance in price of real estate
equal at least to the cost of the road-the
public spirited citizens Of Marysville cave
in leaving the unsophisticated people of
Nevada in a state of wonder at the ad-
droitness of the play.
Would you believe it? Yes, for your
"unbelief' always stuck out far enough to
hang your hat on-after sending up two
honorable deputations, and giving us a
list of subscribers, ready and able to
pongala doarn the brads at call, to the
amount of 100000, as stimulous to our
efforts after all this, and after the eXhibi-
tion of unusual spirit and courting on the
memorable 18th of June, what sum do you
suppose the patriotic citizens of Marysville
put down, when asked bona ide under
legal organization You can't guess, in
ten times; so to save time | will tell you.
On dit that the leading merchant" whose
name is on the Boncombe subscription for
$4,000, with an understood pledge to
double the sum, if necessary to the success
of the Road, in a spirit of true Marysville
liberality put down $5000-and after
month of travail, this gentleman stands
SOLITARY and alone" on the commissioners,
books Don't you think the prospects for
a road to Marysville are particularly bril-
liant-and is not Marysville model city !?
with commercial honor, and indomitable
energy seldom witnessed in so youthful
town? Go to; let no one hereafter doubt
any pledges made by the great rival of
| Sacramento.
Permit me to congratulate the public of
California on the happy change Of admin
istration in the Nicaragua Steamship
Line. When the comfort health and lives
of so many are involved, as is the case in
this immense tide of human travel between
the Atlantic and Pacific, how important is
it that adequate safeguards be placed
around those who are compelled to trust
themselves to the care of others, under cir
cumstances of comparative helplessness.
The route to the States Uia the Isthmus of
Nicaragua, is beyond all question the
pleasantest and healthiest, yet the misman-
agement and unpopularity of Vanderbilt
and his agents well nigh bro't it to the
verge of ruin. The purchase of the steam
ship lines on either side by the Accessory
Transit Company, is an event worthy of
public rejoicing. With many of its Off
GERS and managers in n. Y. and its agents
in Nicaragua, | have the pleasure of a per-
sonal acquaintance, and now that they
have obtained entire control, and by u,ean-
inous vote of the Directors rid themselves
of the Vanderbilt encumbrance, the route
will not only be restored to favor, but the
travel upon it almost supercede the pesti-
lential crossing of the Isthmus of Panama
so fatal to thousands. / have been twice
over the Nicaragua Route, and speak by
the book when l say to all who intend to
go to the East--go that way by all means.
The twelve miles land travel are but
pleasure trip through beautiful country,
and road equal to any in the world,
while the scenery on Lake Nicaragua, and
down the San Juan River in commodious
steamers, will be source of lasting and
pleasant recollection. feel almost tempted
to re-write a sketch of my first trip across,
that your readers may appreciate, in ad-
vance, the satisfaction to be enjoyed. The
present agent of the Line at San Francisco.
Capt Garrison, was resident for several
years at Panama, of the well-known and
highly popular firm of Garrison & Fritz,
and from ample experience knows the
wants of California passengers, and how to
provide for their comfort. With gentle
manly agents and officers, and steamers
unsurpassed for speed and comfort long
career of success, founded upon well-earned
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