Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-02-02
G1EAN1NGs.
During the last excavations made at Pom

! during the last excavations made at Pom
peil, several human skeletons, and one of 9
dog, were discoyered, pressed one upon the
other. The gold rings, ornamented with ca
meos, were found on the fingers of the left
hand of one of the skeletons. The remains
of an antique villa have been discovered be
tween Acerno and Seafati, on the banks Of
the Sarno, at depth of only three or four
feet under the level of the earth.
The Emperor of Russia has ordered eight
blocks of the Vermont marble, weighing six
tons each. They are designed for the cree
ton of a monument to Kifieur, whosis sup
posed to have been the originator of the move
ment for firing Moscow on the advance of the
French army.
A great increase in correspondence be-
tween California and other parts of the Unit
ed States, is noticed. The number of letters
passed through the mail last year, was about
100000; while this year it will not be less
than $500, ,O0O-[Er. paper.
Quick PAssAGE.-The quickest passage of
the season is that made by the ship Samuel
Russell, which made the trip from New York
to this port in LOG days Com. .adv.
The number of marriage licenses issued in
Columbus, Ohio, commencing Jan. l, 1858,
and ending Dec. 1, 1858, period of eleven
months, was $40. Forty -one persons are au-
thorized as Ministers of the Gospel, to solemn
ize marriage contracts. ...
The mines in Franklin County, Maine, are
said to be doing we'll. The owner is erecting
a clearinghouse for workmen, and will en-
ploy SO hands next season.
EMIGRATION TO TExAs.-Large numbers OF
emigrants to Texas have left the States of
Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia this fall,
and many more preparing to leave during
the winter.
Aresolution has been offered in the South
Carolina Legislature, proposing to present a
sword to Capt. Duncan N. Ingraham, of the
United States Navy. Gas testimonial from
" his native State for his late gallant and
- meritorious conduct on board the sloop-of-
g war St. Louis, in the Bay of Smyrna"
QurrE A FoRTUNE.-Hector Jennings, of
Sandusky, Ohio, has been notified by his at
torney in London, that he is undisputed heir
to one-half the Jennings estate in England
about $50 100000.
The Ioo0a Reporter says, the emigration
into that State this year is immense The
prairies of Illinois are lined with cattle and
wagons, pushing on for this prosperous State.
The addition to the population from Septem-
Der 1st to December 1st, from emigration
alone, is computed at $4,000.
An old lady died recently, at atNewburyport,
Mass, who was belle in her youth, and re-
fused to marry John Quincy Adams.
If you want to ''mad" a girl who is vain
of her beauty, tell her you went to party
last night, and was introduced to Miss.
the handsomest girl you ever saw in your
life. The moment your back is turned, she
will commence making faces" at you.-
Clinton Courant
A genius has just invented a rat extermi-
mater. 1t is sort of snuff, of such power
that one smell gives rat a fit of sneezing
that continues till he jerks his head off.
A man in Maine applied for two gallons Of
rum for mechanical purposes"
"FOr what mechanical purpose'?'' inouir-
ed the agent.
'For raising a barn." was replied.
Why are good resolutions like fainting a.
dies? They want carrying out.
"a blithe heart makes blooming visaoe :
True; but it won't do to suppose that every
"blooming visage" comes from jolly condi-
tion of the heart. The cause sometimes lies
deeper than that-in the cellar.
Ignorance is singularly good-natured. Who
ever saw a spooney, of either sex that was
not always on the giggle.
Nothing more engages the affections of
men, than handsome address, and graceful
conversation.
The terror of being thought poor has been
the ruin of thousands.
The art of economy is drawing in as much
as one can, but unfortunately young ladies
will apply this drawing in'' to their own
bodies, when they, wish to avoid any thing
like acaist
The organ in use at DR.. Peabody's church,
in Boston, was selected by Handel more than
a century ago. 1t is still, in some respects, a
fine instrument
A locomotive on the Rochester and Syra-
cuse railroad has been adorned with the title,
II still live" That is more than many OF
the passengers can say, at the end of their
journey.
Beware of even exceeding the boundaries
of +rutb IN anu form for tho mind 1ocas