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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-09-28

John r. GLOVER d. co.
ME iOlS OF the large Var NJ.
aud 'h streets evansville Ind. would respectful nIorm
ana Others wanting lumber, that their stock is
f tna 6oaT n OF everv grade and thickness.
Pine and Poplar withdrawing
dressed hne ceiling.
Henlcek Joists and Seantlin
No. Shaved pine Shingles. land mistake.)
30 Sawed do do.
Cut Poplar do do &C. &c.
Draes rom The Country will receive prompt
u''aers VIII hear mind that fine boards are uL,rpl
Terms Cash. nIiess otherwise contracted the tim.
sePtli-3w DIV
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-09-28
tDMINI.TRiT ORs NOTICE

TI,IS fine large first hotel is enrely new
superior accommodations At very reasonable charges
sep25- Sind
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-09-28
LAND FOR SAl.I:.

LAND FOR SALE
HORTl OF laui parL quarter section
n "a Io~a6 South Ra 10 adj Jesse lack
old plan. for sale reasonable terms Call
By The, " D Johnston SAer u,dse, sepkgjt
AF OOLEN SliiRTS.-I0 cases Nerno and lambs DOL
w shirts, rec u l.s day AND tor sale ny
IA
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-03-23
Somebody in NV Bed.

II believe captain,r said the doctor, 81
never told you my adventure with woman
at my boarding house, when was attending
the lectures''
mo; lets have it, replied short, fabby-
fat man about SO, with nervous temperament
and a very red face. I i Heiaga
Il boarded at a house in which there were
no females except the landlady and an old
The captain by way of requesting him to
go on said 'sWellf' 12i f
81 often felt the want of female society to
soften the, severe labors of deep study, and
dispel the enui to which was subject
"Welll!" leA
"But as L feared that forming acquaintance
with the ladies might interfere with my stu
dies. avoided them all"
':Wellr' ''
"One, evening after listening to long lee
ture on physical anatomy and after dissect-
ing large negro, fatigued in body and mind
l went to my lodgings .r.
"Well ~
'q went into the hail. took a large lamp,
and went directly into my room, it being
then after l o'clock
"Wellv'
'T placed the light upon the table and com
menced undressing l had hardly got my
coat off when my attention was attracted to
a awoman's dress by the bed"
"Wel1 ?''
EEAnd a pair of beautiful small shoes and
stockings on the floor. OF course, thought
it strange, and was about to retire, but then
thought it was my room had at least a
right to know who was in my bed"
Exactly So" said the captain, sand
wellp' ~ ,if'rs5 M e 5 Fl
"SoI took the light, went softly to the bed
and with trembling hand drew aside the cur
tain! Heavens, what sight A beautiful
young lady, of about eighteen years, was in
there asleep-"a 4I 5tGH 95a 1877 Ho1
'Well !ntf.a 80 r.s.# qy. .,re eazq
Gas gazed upon her I thought had new
er witnessed any thing more beautiful. From
underneath a little night cap, rivaling the
snow ia whiteness, fell stray ringlet over a
neck and shoulders of alabaster-' as
s'WellH' said the captain.
ENever did look upon a bust more per-
fectly formed. took hold of the coverlid
pulled it down" dl o Gill 81
swell p said the captain, ''make haste''
Before, but softly | opened the first two
buttons"
"Well!'' said the captain. chow now % 3
"And then, ye gods? what sight to gaze
upon-a Hebe-pshaw, words fail. Just
then
"Well!" said the captain, II am in sus-
pense!' a9 1'si' a LaA
II thought it was taking mean advantage
of hnry so IcoVereda her up, seized my coat
and boots, and went ana sIepT III another
room.''
'TT's 11Er' shouted the excited captain
jumping up and kicking over his chair, "IT's
A LIE. certain -a ra,
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-03-23
GRASS y4LEEY, cALIFoRNIA, THURsDAY MARCH 2s ISL

THE STEAM BATHS Perhaps it isnot known
that such luxury as a geunine Russia steam
bath may be had in San Francisco. Such.
however. is the case. On Pacific street. be-
tween Kearny and Montgomery, "a large new
brick building maybe observed, which, on en-
tering, will be found nicely fitted up and di-
yided into rooms necessary to the process of
the steam BATH The first room you enter is
dressing ROOM containing lounges and arm
chairs, where you can sit enfolded in blan-
kets to your hearts content. Having dives
ted yourself Of yourl Nothing, the first thing
you do is to enter q kood-sized room with
stone steps running the whole length. So
soon as you enter, a current of steam is let
in, made grateful to thesenses by a variety of
pleasant herbs Here you remain for about
80 or 40 minutes, with the steam SO thick
about you that you can see but indistinctly..
the thermometer ranging from I04 to l24. as
you like. Ii tpo hot, you descend to the low
er steps; If MT hot enough, you ascend to
the upper ones. After remaining here suf-
ficient length Of time, servant gives you a
thorough scrlbbing, when you enter an ad-
joining room and take first tepid shower
both and then cold one. Then you return
to the steam room again, and sit about 20
minutes longer, and get into a profuse per-
spiration, when you return to the dressing
room and are carefully wrapped up in blan7
kets, and lie so for some 20 minutes drinking
largely of cold water. After sweating awhile
in the blankets, you Seturn again to the steam
room, and go through the same operation for
the second time, after which you lie in the
blankets, gradually cooling off, till all danger
of taking cold is past. Then you dress and
go forth fresh, buoyant and light-hearted.
This is the process Of the steam BATH What
its effects are on aninvalid we know not, but
on a well man, it is invigorating and vastly
agreeable. We believe this concern on Pacif-
ic street is the only one of the kind in the
country. AS a curiosity it is well worth a
Eisit.-[.4lta California, 1s, + '.sl5L3
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-03-23
From the Waverly Magazine.
Music, Poetry, Love.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN.
BY E. B. SLATER.

BY E. B. SLATER =t- i tljs
Poesv sat in her moss-wreathed cave, e
With the laurel on her brow
Murmuring song whose music gave
charm to her accents low. a9v 81 4.l ,ssf 4
Gorgeous thoughts, enshrined in all
The beauties words impart- l lo ~
Gems of the mind all glit'ring fall ff sa|
Fresh from the mint, the heart.
AT once she ceased--her lips were still, roc
She strove to sing, but mol asa
The heart would disobey the will,
And measure would not flow.
Her sister, Music, ling ring near,
Had ceased her gentlelstraiR, rseyss-
Her harp more could sadness cheer,
Tone would not come again. ) go i#
Her fingers lost their magic touch,
Her voice its mellow tone
She dropped the harp she'd loved so much,
Now that its charms had flown.
She felt her heart was sad, depressed
Weary,-she knew not why; atlJoIs
"A void-a want-was in her breast
Her heart could not supply. 4+ "t' .a'a
.91og
But Love appeared and Music spra ng, 49, 81
To her sounding harp once more,
Again her tones, melodious, rang, rtif-
As sweet as eer before.
Poesy to her task returned, re. -'1t
For love inspired her theme a ..4 r..
Again the fire, poetic burned,
Beyond her widest dream, ~ l9
And joy the three must ever bring,
Their mission but to bless
Earth loves the trio-aowers spring
Whereer their footsteps press.
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-03-23
For the Telegraph. o,I-o -
RICH FLAT, March 13, 1854.

Mr.. EDITOR = aaa ta v15
We have but little mining news of impor-
tance to give; the last two months have been
very unfavorable for mining, owing to su-
perabundance of rain and snow. AS gene
raj thing, miners have not made over expens-
es, and not so much. as that; but still they
keep the sluices rattling; when the weather
is such as to admit of work. A. Soph & Co.,
continue to weigh their gold by the pound,
so mote it be. There are several other com
panies doing fair business, and would do
much better, if old Sol would deign to shine
on them little more than he has for some
time past. The Goshen Hill Company have
commenced operations they are pushing a
cut through the hill, and how their ground
prospects, we arc unable to say, but judging
from appearances, we think it will pay. We
understand that the Goshen company and a
company claiming the ground by priority of
right, have went to law the suit is to come
off in your village sometime during the pres
ent week.
Yesterday, (Sabbath,) as usual, we found
ourself in Rough and Ready, sauntering to-
ward the Post Office, indulging the 1attering
idea that there we would find missive from
loved ones at home, but to our disappoint-
ment. Jonny Little informed us that the
steamer California, although several days
due, had not yet arrived. We turned away,
musing on the probable fate of the steamer
and her crew, we were soon however, startled
from our reverie, by father Leaman, who
came along, ringing the bell (not for auction)
but for Church; using compositors phrase,
we were rather out of ''sorts," !" and concluded
we might as well go to church so up we
went with the general throng. and we must
confess we were agreeably disappointed. The
church does credit to Rough and Ready it
is neat commodious building and speaks
well for the taste and judgment of its bull
der. a -ai
The Rev. Mr.. Tansey of Nevada. preached
the dedication sermon; he handled his subject
with that skill alone acquired by deep
thought and quick perception. Many of his
worldly hearers like myself, will have to ac-
knowledge that his arguments in the main
were just and correct Begging pardon Of
your Rough and Ready correspondents for in
truding upon their ground; I willresume my
obscure position, a chronicler of events on
Rich Flat,
The hills yesterday clothed in green are
now mantled in white; the flowers that yes
terday bloomed are now crushed by the driv-
en- snow; winter and spring appears to blend
together, one and inseparable. 1t commenc-
ed showing this morning, (Monday,) and still
it SHOWS with a fair prospect of continuing so
to do But it will exhaust itself after a
while; the clouds will dispense, and all ma
ture will smile again such is the honest opin-
ion of MINER.
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-03-23

AMERICAN PROMOTION OF LITERARY MEN,
Another instance of the way in which certain
matters are managed in America comes to us
in the shape of areport that Mr.. Hiram Pow
ers, the sculptor, has received the lucrative
appointment of commercial agent of the u.
States at Florence. The men of Washington
have caught the knack of turning genius to
account. They have got noble biography out
of their Spanish minister plenipotentiary
Washington Irving; Mr.. Stiles has repaid
them for his Vienna appointment by a solid
book on the state of Germany; Mr. Edmund
Flagg. their counsel in ,yenicg,. has written a
work on the ''City of the Sea- of which
American a critics speak in glowing terms
Bancroft was sent to England to protect the
interests of his country, and complete his stu.
dies of his country's history at the river head
and Mr.. Hawthorne is now in Liverpool, OBJ
serving customs on a scale somewhat larger
than those so wonderfully daguerreotyped by
him at Salem, "the place of rest = T.fthesa-
r.ttt S q u ~ .s.
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-03-23
North and South.

In alludfng to the strong sectional feeling
that has recently manifested itself in our Le-
gislature, the San Francisco Sun concludes
an excellent editorial with the following ex-
pressiVe language; we like it's spirit, and re-
spond to its principles with hearty amen.
eff there is a man capable of introducing
the sectional differences that agitate the North
and South of the Atlantic States, into this
country, and make her a martyr to these dis
cordant and Objectionable difficulties he would
have done far better to have remained where
his labors could have been appreciated, and
hi narrowed and circumscribed ideas under
stood, than in this golden land If there is a
man eXtant who seeks to introduce into this
distant and free-minded young State. the
clashings and chickering's that may animate
| his own diminutive soul, he had better call
on the rocks and hills to "cover him, for it
shall be better for Sodom and Gomorrah in
the Day of Judgment than for that man,
And finally, if there be any who now stand
on our soil, and pretend to legislate for this
country, who have not left behind them all
the prejudices and sectional preferences and
dislikes that may have Influenced him while
in the Atlantic States, let him return forth
with, for he will be known and accursed bv
the people and their posterity. -ai
We know no sectionalities We are Ame-
rican citizens. We came from The North and
the South, the East and the west. The bo-
SONS of the Atlantic and Pacific are dotted
with American ships. The American abroad
claims the protection of the Flag of our Union
1t is the only>emblem of our existence recog-
nized by foreign powers. It is a holy and sa-
cred Inheritance from our Fathers. It is the
| sign Of our power, independence, nationality
and achievements. The eagle of America
shadows with his protecting wings the North
and the South, the East and the West; from
California to Madawaska, from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, and the greatest and first boast
of all is, am an American citizen"
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-03-23

A RECKLESS YoUNG MAN.-Edgar Ney,
grandson of Marshal Ney, aid-de-camp and
ilrst huntsman of the Emperor of France, is
IN prison for debt. Immediately on his ac-
cession to the high Offices to which his Males
ty appointed him he commenced a career of
extravaganza which very soon brought the
sherlffs down upon him, and as he could not
pay, ne was in immediate danger of prison.
The Emperor released him from his awkward
predicament. In a few months he was again
in similar position. and his family was oblig-
ed to extrlcate him, though the sum requiring
Liquidation was really enormous. The fool
ish fellow put his neck third time into the
moose, and as his friends and his sovereign re-
fused to interfere any further, he is now, and
has been for some weeks, at the Debtors Pris-
on, at Clichy. s ~ ~.
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-03-23

PARo1E.-After the arrest of the Hon. Fred.
Emory, Secretary of State of the New Re
public, he was met in the street by "Phenix,' y
who accosted him with '.Well, Fred, how are
you-thought you were under arrest" $50
l am" replied Emory, "but am on my pa
role" "And it's the first time you've been
on Pay Roll since you embarked in the en-
terprise, isn't it?" quietly remarked Phoenix.
Il Times and Transcript. -
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-03-23

The GOLDEN GATE The splendid steam steam
er Golden Gate, ]. B. G. Isham, ESQ. sComlrn11an-
der, came down from Benicia, last evening.
and took her birth at Broadway wharf, prior
to her departure on the 10th inst. She has been
thoroughly overhauled and newly painted,
and looks as good as new.-[S. F. Sun,
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-03-23

There are 100 acres in the Ohio va1lev
and $50 acres in the Mississippi valley. en-,
ployed in the grape culture, The total Of
sparkling wine bottled, in 1853, was 234. 900
bottles, and of still wines 205,000
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-03-23

sINqpt AR-At a recent snow storm in Yer.
MnnE, 1 sneW balls twenty inches in diameter.
lei IN a neid near Royalton. It is supposed
Eney icy accumulated by the action of the wind,
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-03-23

A correspondent of the Sacramento Union.
writing from New York. states that the rails
and other fixings of the Sacramento and Ne
yada Railroad were being shipped for San
Francisco. If Colonel Wilson has provided
for constructing the Sacramento and Marys-
vile Railroad, and the Sacramento Valley
Railroad, we shall soon have number of inn
proyements under way, of a very valuable
and extensive character
We find the above in the San Francisco
Courier, and, as it gives wrong impression,
take the liberty of correcting. The Sacrd-
nle7ato Valley Railroad is the only road with
which Col. Wilson is connected, and is really
the road meant when the Sacramento and
Marysville, and Sacramento and Nevada Rail
roads are mentioned. There are no such
roads as the two latter II Sac. Onion. 5
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-03-23

The AMERICAN CHARACTER II cannot tell
whether / rightly know the American eharac-
ter but of this am certain, that what I do
know of it is more beautiful and more wor-
thy'to- be loved than any other, that am ac-
quainted with in the world Their hospitali-
ty and warm-heartedness, when their hearts
are once warmed, are really overfowing, and
know no bounds. And as some travellers see
and make noise about their failings, it is
very well that there should be somebody who,
before anything else, becomes acquainted
with their virtues. And these failings of
theirs, as far as I can see their national fail
ings, may all be attributed principally to the
youthful life of the people, In many cases 1
recognize precisely the faults of my own
youth-the asking Of questions, want of re-
fection, want Of observation Of themselves
and others, boastful spirit, and so on.-How
free from these failings, and how critically
alive to them, are the best people in the coun-
try. Americas best judges and censors of
manners, are Americans themselves Fred
erikG Bremen. .yitiegssI
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-03-23

LAUGHING Commend us to good hearty
laugh-one. that eXplodes the vowels without
''let or hindrance"- that rings the changes on
the a, e, j, o, IL and y, and wakes the echoes if
there are any asleep. 9E a'gsoI
THIS may not be exactly according to Dor
say it may be decidedly vulgar if SO, it'll
not be the very list time that diamonds have
been found in the dust.
We just heard one of those good, whole
some laughs, and hod-caFrier was the au-
thor Of it, Ten to one, he is an honest, gene
rous fellow, who carries, besides his hod, such
thing as a heart about him, week days and
Sundays. It was no hollow, ghostly laugh,
but round, full. human explosion, with a
body and soul to it; that one cannot help lik-
ing, whether he will or nOt4E 8.aF
A man may 'smile and smile, and be vii
lain - not SO with your hearty laugher. But
a shipper. that diffuses a sckly moonlight
over the face, and a chuckle that lodges in
the throat and reddens the face, and shuts
the eyes, are our abomination. We can abide
regular leather stocking laugh, still, deep.
hearty and noiseless. that shakes the frame
like an ague, andi is only indulged in upon
spec;al occasions. 1t is like dinner for one
mot social to beisure, but then comfortable
and endurable. 1t is contagious withai, and
altogether luxury of laugh, if one knows
! ! how to enjoy it. Dl
But the most musical of all things, is the
free. ringing laughter of childhood. No frost
in it, no guile in it. it should be classed with
the song of birds and the murmur OF brooks
It lsspeaks the vacant mind /" not the thought
less. but the care-free mind. before the heavy
strings of this harp of life are wound over
and over, for the grayer, sadder notes Of the
time.
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-03-23

The Beloit Journal estimates the number, Of
qualls shipped from that place to Chicago bV
railroad, during December, at 10000,
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-03-23


A RAILROAD. TO THE PACIFIC-Al SHORT
RoUTE.-A late number of the :. Railroad
JournaP contains communication from the
pen of Edmund f. Johnson, Esq. Civil Ehgi-
neer, in relation to a short route to the Paci-
fic by Railroad. According to this gentle
man, the distance from Chicago to Puget's
Sound. (about 100 miles north of the Column
bla river, and one of the best and most extern
sive harbors in the world,) is in q straight
line 1852 miles, and to connect these two
points by Railroad, it is estimated would re-
quire line 1860 miles, as follows: - l9
Ii IIllnols.- = ..i.. .L..l.3. ..... 10 miles.
In Wisconsin .290 fss1
Ii Mlhnesota. ....-------........ 6ZO 8
In Missouri Territory 49,. 420 g
In Wash. formerly Oregon : $50 q"
$. ~ O. eag & 1860 !"
That part IN Illinois VIII ne UonIp1eTeu IN
July next; that in Wisconsin is commenced
and in progress and of the whole 900 miles
are already under acts of Incorporation. The
route runs northWestwardly from Chicago,
via ST. Pauls and the Falls Of st. Anthony
Above the falls it continues up the valley of
the Mississippi so to 20 miles, thence west
ward crossing the broad and fertile valley of
the Red River of the North, which flows north
into Lake Winnipeg, until it reaches the Mis-
souri, at the great bend, near old Fort Man
den, some 100 miles below the mouth of the
Yellow Stone. 1t follows the north bank of
the Missouri all the way from that point to
the mountains,-7Al Along that river, extensive
fats were found, and the. ground is represent
ed as being very fertile, and we'll adapted to
a Railroad From the head-waters of the
Missouri to those Of the Columbia, the dis
tance is short. and no difficulties or high
grades are encountered. Thence to the Pa
cifc, an estimated distance of $50 miles. the
line follows Clark's Branch of the Columbia
on which the line is, represented as very ia
vorable. Should a good pass be found across
the Cascade mountain, north of the Columbia
then the roadiwill leave that river, and con
tinue due west, through that pass to Pugetls
Sound But should not such pass be found,
then the road will continue down the river
until that mountain is passed, when it will
probably reach the water by two branches >
one down the river, the other northwest to
Puget's Sound.-[P Phil. Ing. Il g soft d
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-03-23

The London Times says: E.The human race
IS n multiplying faster than our ships, and our
railways, and its wants are daily more pres
sing. Even the Hindoos, within sight of the
steamlng locomotive, will not be content with
tnelr IN one garment of, close cloth per annum.
C}nina, to all appearance, will now be opened
to Its centre. The old bugbear Of the whole
earth being glutted with our manufactures
mas long been discarded. The world will
never have too much of what it really needs.
Considering then, the growing demands of all
NATIONS, we see very slight prospects of India
getting SO beforehand with the world as to
ruln7the American cotton planter. We. NAV
confidently predict that there will be many
rlslngs and fallings in the COTTON market, and
many fortunes won and lost at New York,
before things have settled down to such a
permanent depreciation as this must suppose.
Let our Transatlantic customers therefore take
heart-There is room enough for us all in
this wide world-Let them plant cotton. Law
down rails. and build clippers as many and as
fast sailing as they can they will have many
a profitable freight before they are undersold
by the worshippers of Buddha or of the Sun.
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-03-23

FILLING uP-A singer who led the psalm
tune at a meeting a short time since, finding
that his concluding work, which was Jacob
had not synables enough to fill up the music
adequately. ended thus
"J-a-a-a-J-a-a-a-fold de riddle-cob!n ~
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-03-23
F. CHALLNoR, I
DIR. SHERIDAN. MI.

X R. EDWARDS & CO., Grocery and
Os Bakery, Main street, opposite Dornin's IS
Daguerrcotype Rooms, Grass Valley. nov24-tf
Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-03-23

A GooD MovEnrENT.--A general meeting OF
Presidents and Directors Of the various rail
roads in the United States, we see il stated,
will convene at Washington during the month
OF October, to consider the adoption of a
code of laws and the establishment of such
general measures as shall guard against ac-
cidents on railroads, and give more confidence
to travellers, and assurance that precaution-
ary measures of the most reliable kind are
hourly exercised upon every railroad through
out the Union. This meeting will have a
salutary effect upon the public mind, as ten
ding to secure the adoption of uniform sys-
tenn Of railroad gulations,-[ States Paper.