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Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-01-19
NO. IS.
MOBILES PAss.-DR. WozENeRAFr.


The Marysville Herald says "A private
letter from Dr. Wozencraft, whose intention
to explore Mobiles Pass, during this winter,
was noticed in this paper short time since,
has been placed in our possession. from which
we are permitted to make the following ex-
tracts. We much regret the difficulties and
disappointments he has met, and sincerely
hope that he may be enabled to execute his
purpose agreeable to his original intention
FoRT READING,
january 1st, 1854
FRIEND. Sin After much delay, and ma
ny disappointments, I am about to start out
on the exploring through the Sierra Nevada
The engineer will not accompany me at the
present tines Falt Of funds and the diff
Guilty Of making a survey in the inclement
season, are assigned as the reason, and at the
same time, amurged to make the winter
exploration, and in the event Of forcing my
way through the SHOWS, and thus proving the
practieability of the route, the instrumental
survey will, or can be made in the Spring
It is thought to be oil sufficient for the pres
ent, to make the examination without instru-
nents; indeed, all will depend on the results
of the present trip. ~
l expect to start in the morning with eight
good men, most Of them employed by me for
the purpose, and may be back in two weeks.
| am sorry to say that have had no infor-
nation from any Of the parties who had prof
fered to assist me, by raising funds; and
should they fail to do so, shall be saddled
with debts that will be difficult for me to pay.
The people of Shasta having determined
to make survey in the Spring, were unwil-
ling to aid me, and yet, all will depend on
the results of the present trip-for it is we'll
known, that the Pass presents no obstacle to
the construction of railroad, in the summer
months, and it should be known that in the
event Of failing to forward favorable report
on to the Atlantic States by the 1st of March,
that the location of the road here, will be
lost, through default of such report.
The good people of Red Bluffs, were more
prompt and aided me materially in getting
my supplies and provisions.
1 Imay meet with more formidable obstacles
than have been heretofore anticipated, but I
am yet, as sanguine Of success, as at any for
mer period.
Yours, truly, lin haste,)
O. III. WOZENCRAFT.
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-01-19

~ 1t is strange how hearts beat in SYM
pathy, yet are strangers to communion and
fellowship! In life there is not TOO much Of
beauty, yet we exclude from the heart the
very holiest Of all beauty by shutting up
within the soul our own thrilling thoughts of
life and its unsyllabled emotions Society
has drawn the barrier, and who dares violate
its false and unnatural etiquette! Not the
woman Of genius and truth, for she is observ-
ed of all, and she dare not say to the heart
that beats with the same inspiration as her
own, " closely to me, and let US commune to-
gether, NOT to the man of high and holy
thought, for he is singled out as a pattern of
propriety, and communion with strangers
would but touch the tongue of gossip with
slander, and render his life bitterness.-So-
ciety has bound the world of emotion and
truth with false barriers, and the heart that
longs for friendship and communion. above
the hollow profession of etiquette, must com
mune alone with itself, and go on thro' life,
with its longings unsated. except, perhaps, as
it revels in the beauty of the world of Poe
try.-P0eifc.
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-01-19

PREMIUM ON BABIEs.-We find in the papers
the following Eat the late Georgia State
Fair premium was offered for the best look
ing native baby, and it was taken by 'pro-
mising'' daughter of Robert Glover. Next
year the premium for the same article will be
$50. The competition will be brisk, and we
may soon expect an improved stock. [Bos-
ton Transcript.
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-01-19
GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA,
TO AN ABSENT FRIEND.
Selected for the Telegraph, by c.
unl when the heart is lonely

go! when the heart is lonely
Musing on joys gone by
When memory's mournful tribute,
Is the whisper of sigh.
STILL still all is not sorrow
With sadness, pleasure blends,
As from the past we borrow
The smiles of absent friends
How oft when gently stealing
Alone, meath twilights ray,
When every harsher feeling
Is chastened by its sway.
viii memory softly ponder
As DER the past she bends,
And erring fancy wander
To greet our absent friends.
Whom siat ess1s sslsSss.-s lscssFrssH -ess sps n
The bosom of their power,
When peace and comfort brighten
The social evening hour
The heart still true to friendship,
It's kindly wishes binds
To those, by distance parted,
Our much loved absent friends
We think on those who's left US,
We see their vacant seat
We feel, had they been with us
Our bliss had been complete.
To hours by sorrow shrouded
Their presence, JOY couldlend
We would that skies uncloudcd,
Still brought us absent friends.
But oh, the sweet emotion
This thought will oft excite,
That in the hearts devotion
With they may unite.
That the same arm that guards US
Ger them, his love extends
That the same eye beholds US
And cherished absent friends.
And when stern death hath severed
Some loved one from oufsight,
And joy is changed to sorrow,
And morning into night.
That arm can still sustain u.s.
Can kind assistance lend
Can teach US, that hereafter
We may regain our friend.
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-01-19
COMPLIMENTARY SUPPER TO Mr.. A. A.
SARGENT.
GRASS VALLEY, JAN. Z, 1854.


A. A. SARGENT, ESQ.
Dear Notwithstanding that you have
disposed of your interest in the Nevada Jour-
nal' with view of closing your Editorial
career IN our county, we take this occasion OF
testlfying our admiration of your general
course in conducting that able Journal, and
IN an appreciation. of your srVices, your in
dependent and energetic character, we re
specially solicit your attendance at a social
dinner, at Grass Valley, upon any day next
week, which will best suit your convenience.
Respectfully. yours.
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-01-19

Spurn ME! have been jealous of my
freedom, and, in the pursuit of liberty, have
scorned to work in shackles. Spurn me! 1
have fought my own way through the storm
of politics, and have played, think, no cow
ards part upon the way. Spurn mel l
loathe the gold of England, and deem them
slaves who would accept it. Spurn me! l
will not beg bribe for any of you'll will
strike no pedlars bargain between the minis
ter and the people. Spurn me Ihave rails
ed my voice against the tricks and vices of
Irish politics, and have, preached the attain
nieht~of noble ends by poble means. Spurn
me Ihave claimed for my country the po-
sitipn' and /, the powers which none amongst
you, save the tame and venal will refuse to
claim, and, in doing this, have acted as be-
came free, unpensioned citizen.
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-01-19

~ When anger rushes, unrestrained, to
action, like hot steed, it stumbles on it's
way. The man of thought, strikes deepest
and strikes safely Savage
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-01-19

Peace, loyalty, and debasement, forsooth
A stagnant society, breeding in its bosom sli-
my, sluggish things, which to the surface
make their way by stealth, and there for a
season creep, cringe. and glitter in the glare
of provincial royalty! Peace, loyalty, and
debasement A mass of pauperism- shovel
led off the land stocked in fever sheds and
poorhouses shipped to Canadian swamps-
rags, and pestilence, and vermin! Behold
the rule Of England, and in that rule behold
humanity dethroned, and Providence bias
phemed!
To keep up this abomination, they enact
their laws Of felony. To sweep away the
abomination, we must break through their
laws.
Should the laws fail, they will hedge in the
abomination with their bayonets and their
gibbets These, too, shall give way before
the torrent of fire which gathers in the soul
of the people. The question so long debated
debated years ago on fields of blood-de-
bated latterly in venal senate, amid the
Jeers and yells of faction-the question, as to
who shall be the owners of this island, must
be this year determined. The end is at hand.
and so unite and arm!''
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-01-19
The Eioquenee of II. T. nEeagher.

The Eioq1cmce of II. r. Meagher.
We clip the following extract from the .4ltd
California.
Mr.. Meagher will probably arrive about the
middle of the month, since he was to have
left New York on the 10th of December. AS
he intends to give a course of public lectures
in this city, the following extracts from some
of his speeches will be of interest, and give
some idea of his eloquence. His oratory is of
the Irish style, and more similar to the French
than to the American or English. He has al
ways commanded very large audiences in the
East but his lectures have far more interest
to the hearer than to the reader, and would
not give him the reputation as writer which
he has as an orator.
Italy at whose tombs the poets of the
Christian world have knelt and received their
nspiration-Italy! amid the ruins of whose
forum the orators of the world have learned
to sway the souls of men, and guide them.
like the cOursers Of the sun, through all climes
and seasons, changing darkness into LIGHT. and
giving heat to the coolest clay-Italy from
whose radiant skies the sculptor draws down
the fire that quickens the marble into life.
and bids it take those wondrous forms which
shall perish only when the stars change into
| drops of blood and fall to earth-Italy where
| religion, claiming the noblest genius as her
handmade, has reared the loftiest temples to
the-Divinity, and, with pomp which in the
temple of the Caesars never shone, attracts
the proudest children of the earth to the cere-
monies of her immortal faith-Italy! the
brilliant, and the gifted Italy! Italy is in
| arms!
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-01-19

10 Mrs. Darlington says her minister
preached about the parody of the probable
son."
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-01-19

80 7--.aS, a. ItALaNO,
Geo. W. WooDwoRTH, CAPT. john DAY,
G. R. EDWARDS, e. JAMES DELAvAN,
5 4. III. DENMAN, GEO. WoOD,
w. LoUTzENHEIsER, G. D. CLEVELAND
3. A. ToMPKNs, GEO. D. DoRNIN,
c. ALLEN, VIM. E. JONES,
S. L. BOswoRTH, Jos. S. CoNN,
RIcH'D. TIBBALs, ]. III. FoUsE,
GEO. N. CRANDAL1, J. w. OLIVER,
CHAs. B. HASKELL, A. NJ. DAVIS,
w. LILLY
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-04-20
DR.. CHAS. D. CLEVELAND

FORMERLY of Madison County, No., having resided
i in Grass Valley for the THREE AND A HALF
YEARS last, and in California nearly FIVE-continu-
ally practsed and studied his profession to the exclu
sion of every other intermeddling occupaton-obsery
ed and criticised with unrenlittng care and assidutv
the phenomena of the diseases in this climate and
State and the effects of Remedies in the treatment of
them feels presumption in offering his professional
services to the confidence of intelligent and dis
eliminating public, and respectfully invites its pat
ronage.
DIR. CLEVELAND can always be found at his office
Main street, or the " GRASS VALLEY HOUSE, y
opposite, his boarding place. except when absent
professional business and POSITIVELY AT HOME,
between the hours of 9 and 10 O'Clock A. NJ
DIR. c. cultivates aptitude for SURGERY, SO ne
cessary in mining region often afflicted with acci-
dents, far distant from the skill of those who in large
cities devote themselves exclusively to this branch of
MedicalScence and is furnished at all times with the
various and most improved A3MENTARIA, ready to
perform operations and rectify accidents at a mo-
ment's warning.
DR.. C, will demonstrate to those who may call on
him. that it is unnecessary for them at great outlay
and inconvenience, to repair to the lower cities in
quest of surgical aid, which they well procure
at home.
Consultation in diseases of the Throat and
CHEST, particularly solicited and in the treatment
of these affections, DR. CLEVELAND avails himself
of those late mastery and triumphant improvements
in this department of medicine as practced by Drs
Bowditch and Warren Of Boston.
Grass Valley, Jan. II, 1854. II 3m
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-04-20
AGENCY FOR CLAIMS
Against the Government of the rnited 80.

y A. BRlNSMADE has removed his Office r. Sbou
man buildings, No. 146 Montgomery ST who're
ne VIII commune the prosecutions of Claims arains+ ~
O11red states Government, embra cling 10y 'AA'
~Ol4tINS OF the officers and soldiers of ri Co.,
SON Regiment of New York Volunteers for L,4
TS; 1T ,I vAIra pay and transportation allowances
- OF the officers and men who comnosad ~
IailIorna Battalian of Volunteers under jo%+ryI
and extra paw 4""us arrears OF pay,
oEAIMS OF the officers, petty officers saor,o,, o,d
aI!neS : on account of additional compensat;on e.
services III the naval and revenue service f +tI4:
Yea states In the Pacific Ocean on tbe coat f Si.
,gla ana Mexico, from 18th of Nav 1s46 70 LEI ns
OLAlMS Tor return of duties maid ON ,,oor,, A.:
MP; seu INTO the ports of California after tba W.
ana previously to the application to tb;
ar Ie .IItS 1I neVehue Laws of the United States
Ol-AIMo Ior return of duties paid on n,erob IL:
1851. 3 = S"n Fianclsco OF l849 and
CLAlMS 1or indemnity on account of Iossas
sloheu Dy Inaian depredations upon the nronat. f
Ihe citlzens OF the State; and, FP'S Vi
oAAiMo Ior advances made to u. s. Indian Aoo4
10 enaDe 4hem to negotiate or to execpta +sen;
with the Indian tribes eAeeu'e treaIles
ME- -BhlNSMADE has secured the most ral;o1l -.
ehclent aid in Washington and claimants. 49, @n ri
sure OF the most prompt attention possible ~ eeA
B:--He wilso give his best attention 10 coArIyr,,
Angling In all its branches " N'I o4' wa
'"i' w 1903. 17Sm
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-04-20
S. S. Holl.
For Sale.

- TWO DWELLING HOUSES, opposite Skill
f.. - mans Bakery, with the lots on which they
AkIll stand. Also one half of an undivided lot be-
ing 295 feet by 10 fronting on Church Street above
Capt. Days house, below the Congregational Church
The above is very valuable property and can be had
at bargain A A. HOVERSON
March 2, 1S54-tf-n24.
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-04-20

. The abottemsof Lake Hnen, where the wa
ter is 420 feet Deep is above the level.of the
atlantic Ocean. .zsF p 80.
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-04-20
. 1egaI advertisements.
SUMMONS.
Township of Rol

Township of Rough and Ready
STATE CevaFr of catF0RSA "a HETaDS 'rsors COURT
49, Before Little, Justice Of the Peace.
The People of the State of California to Jno Wads-
worth h-Greetng
You are hereby summoned to appear before the un-
dersigned Justice of the Peace at his Office in Rough
and Ready on Wednesday, the I th day of June A. D.
1854 at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ to the complaint of
John NJ. Jackson, who demands of you the sum of
one hundred and fifty dollars, alleged to be due him,
for services rendered account of which is fled as
said complaint. On failure to appear and answer
judgment will be rendered against you for said sum,
together with costs of suit &c
Given under my hand, this 4th day of March, A.
D. 1854. JOHN p TITTT r I p
A true copy,
R. B. GASIBREI, Const. N. C.
1t appearing from the return of the officer that said
John Wadsworth is not resident of this State
herewith order the summons to be published in the
Grass Valley Telegraph, published in Grass Valley,
county OF Nevada, California, weekly for the term of
three months.
1854 ] p LIZZIE I p y e 7.
A True copy, R. T. GAMBisEI. Constable. n. c.
Rough and Ready, March 4th, 1s54-3ln.
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-04-20
Pacific Mail Steamship Co.'S line
for New York and N. Orleans.
THE IONtS DECTpFn 11
THROUGH TICKET via PANAMA.
81 MILES By RAILRoAD

Safety and Speed No sickness No River Travel I
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-04-20

L. GR.HSS VALLEY HOUSE.
Esiiiii By VEAZIE & GUIOU.
BOARDING BY THE WEEK OR MEAL, with neat
ID and convenient rooms for dodgers. also in con-
nection with their Hotel is
LIVERY STABLE!
Situated nearly opposite the Grass Valley House.
Horses kept by the week or night, also Horses for
hire.
Grass Valley, Sept. %, 1858. IT,
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-04-20
Ranch for Sale.

Ranch for Sale.
t75E$ THE Bennett House and Ranch, situated on
:.:.N main road from Marysville and Nevada, about
- q miles from Marysville, is for sale on falr
terms. The improvements are permanent and valuac
BILE. The Ranch contains 160 acres sixty acres oI
which is arabic, and may be easily cultivated "A
stream of water runs through the ranch sufficient Ior
irrigation Also good well on the premises. for
Public House and farming, this place oilers flcn IN
ducements. ooo
Title indisputable. Price reasonable Price $500
Enquire further of ,,~,U,,1
Office, Mill Street, Grass Valley.
December Is n13 If
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-04-20
Diseases OF the Eve and RbeumgtiSm.

u the Partisan and other Medical Societies having
visited the principal Schools and Hospital of Europe
expressly to study under the most celebrated Ocusts
on the continent Siche at tParis Juengken at Ber
lin and Others that most difficult and delicate branch
of profession Diseases of the Eye takes pleasure
in informing the public that he has pernanentlv
located himself at San Francisco where he will treat
any of Diseases of the Eye that may present -
SELF that patients need longer go to the states
to be treated for bad cases Dir. Di speaks FncIisb
German French, Spanish etc eii'n'
B9r Office corner of Davis and Jackson s+oo+ =.
ters addressed /" P r. DILL, NJ D., San Francsco ),
viii be promptly answered. "-- Hi''ieisc0, Hc0,
!, Dr. Dill cures the worst case of RIIEUNfAusM bv
'ne new treatment IN two weeks, or makes no charge
e'' A0" !, Iu9t 90 3m
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-04-20
p a III @ -
For SAFE

FTWO-THIRDS of the ASHVILLE RANCH, contain
ing $50 acres of land, under fence, commonly
known Stevens Cranes Ranch, situated about two
miles west of Grass Valley, between Wolf and Squir
rel Creeks.
The said Ranch will produce some fifty tons of hay
and has now about sixteen under Barley
There is also six of first rate vegetable land
The Ranch is well known to be equal to any in the
mountains.
Also, two-thirds of new Barn. so by 80, in Boston
Ravine, two yoke of Cattle and Wagon, together with
Farming Implements, &c. &c.
The whole of which will be sold low, as one of the
subscribers wishes to return home They are desir-
GUS to close the business and would give time for pay
ments, on good security.
n B. For further particulars, inquire at this Office
on the premises. VIM. STEVENS
FREDERICK STEVENS.
March %, 1854 27tf
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-04-20

IeE.-The export of ice from Boston the
present year to the close of February. was
16,05l tons. The export in February to II.
Orleans, was 1873 tons.
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-04-20

The NEBRASKA QUEsr1oN.-T Nebraska
question is not yet decided, ,but its opponents
feel certain of ultimate success,
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-09-23
From the Chicago Tribune.

Very DolefsI Ballad
Eafirely Original, and nerer published in the Knick-
booker Magazine.
Showing the dreadful terrifying punishment Of high
treason in the year 1854!
BY SHANGHAI cocKADooLEoRUM.
This is the Hen
That laid the
That hit the hat Of Brgader General President Pierce
This is the man
Who owned the hen
That laid the egg
That hit the hat of Brgader General President Pierce
This is the pot
That belonged o the man
That owned the hen
That laid the egg
That hit hat Brigader General President Pierce
This is tho man with brick in his hat,
That threw the egg
That boiled in the pot
Thai belonged to the man
That owned the hen
That laid the egg
That hit The Lat Of Brgad!er General rresiden f''
This is the man as sly as u cat,
That sold the with brick In his hat
The liquor which made him throw the egg
That boiled in the pot
That belonged to the man
That owned the hen
That laid the egg
Thu, hit the hat Of Brsadier President Pierce.
This is the officer pussy and fat,
That stood by the man rs sly as cat,
That sold the with brick in his hat
His liquor and took him as soon as he threw
Thatwas boiled in the pot 1.-THE egg
That belonged to the
That owned the hen
That laid the egg
That hit the hat Brigader General President PIERCE
This Is the knife. with blade long AMI lat
That the unfortunate with the brick in his hat,
Stuck into his leg quite up to the hit
As II to for his terrible guilt
As the officer pussy and fat
That stool by the mar as sly as a cat.
That sold the man with the brick In his hat
Ills liqnor, had seized him the minute he threw tho
That boiled in the pot legg
hat to
That owned the hen
That .afi the
That hit the hat OF Brigadcr General President Pierce
This is the Court, all solemn and grand.
The highest Of any In the land.
That tried for high treason that desperate hand,
That held the knife, with blade long and Hat.
That the unfortunate man with the brick In his lat
Stuck in his leg. quite mp to the hiit,
ASH thus 10 atonc for his wonderful ynilt,
As soon the officer, pussy and tat.
That stood by the man as sly as a cat
Tha, sold the man with a brick in his hat
His liquor. had seized him the minute he threw the
That was boiled the pot Irgs
That belonged the
That owned the hen
That laid the egg
That h the Brigaticr General President Pierce
This is the gallows, some thousand feet high,
With its base in the earth and its head in The SKYE
ON which must lie hung, for his desperate crimers
So said the Court. all solemn and grand,
The highest of in tl,r fan,!-
That tried for high treason That desperate hand,
That held the knife with bia'Ir lo,'. and nBs,
That the unfortunate man with brick in his hsa
Stuck In his leg quite up to tire hin
As If thus o atone for hi. wonderful guilt,
As u the officer, pussy AMI lat,
That stood by the Is sly cat,
That sold the with brick in his hat
Ills liquor, had seized him the minuiehe threw 'Se
That bpilci in the pot, lrRS
That belongca I" the man,
That owned the hen,
That laid the egg.
That hit the hat of Briralier General President err
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-09-23
Temperance Resolutions.

ResOlred. That u meeting OF the friends OF
Temperance be held in this place on Thursday
evening the iti instant. for the purpose OF
clccting delegates to q Convention TO be held
at Shakopee soon after the Democratic Conycn-
ton meets ut that place
Rcsoired, That We request the friends of
Temperance in every county in this Council
District to do the same as soon as practicable.
Rtsoircd, That copies of these resolutions lie
forwarded to tie papers in this Territory, will,
request that they publish the sane.
CIIAS. SNYDER.
Secretary Nicolct Co. 7. S.
Traverse dcs Sioux, Sept. .. 1851.