Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-03-23
NO. g7.
GLEAN1NGs.

IN Illinois, and says that a marked improve
ment is observable in the independent style
of thinking and writing in those papers. The
press furthermore remarks: e-eg. S,
"a State which supports one hundred and
fifty newspapers, dozen colleges and semi
naries, common school in every neighbor-
hood, and a large number of select and clas-,
sical schools besides, is not justly obnoxious
to the charged possessing an ignorant or an.
unthrifty population - - - s.
RENEWAL. OF. THE ERIE Rlors.-A disnatch
dated Erie Jan. IL, says: a 20 3 do69
Both railroad bridges, and the crossings at
High street and French creek, were demolish-
ed to-day by the women of this city; who
were afterwards escorted through town, hea4
ded by a band Of music. In the procession
were flags inscribed sssix feet or four feet and
a half inches.v The streets were threnged
and there was much excitement. aa
MUTNY IN MOBILE BAY. The Mobile Re-
gister Of yesterday says % 4n hfs5HesS
The revenue cutter M'Clelland, Captain
Douglass Ottinger, on Tuesday night took
seven mutineersft ftom the British ship Impe-
rial, lying in the lower bay, and has them IN
irons on board of the cutter. bAa 10
The New. York Tribune says that the new
steamship William Norris, which is designed
to make the passage to Europe in five or six
days, is rapidly approaching completion, and
will soon be a1oat. D'11
DESTRUCTION OF A WIRE, BRIDGE.-A Cin7
cinnati dispatch Of the 18th says :Frne9t Ia
The Wire Suspension Bridge between Gov.
ington and Newport gave way last night,
Eighteen cattle and two men were cressingat
the time, Some of the cattle were killed.
The keysWhich held the wire cable to thean7
chors gave Way.Y1 o = 70 W5iy ri .73rdd
RAnRoADs IN THE U. STATES. From the
annual tabular statement of the Railroad
Journal it appears that the whole Number of
miles of railroad in the U. States, in opera
tion, upon the first day of the current yet.f,
was 1851 miles; an increase of 2, ,194 miles
since January 1st, 1853. a'A3r iaas y sgoei
FROM LAKE SUPERIOR. from the
Outonagon Mining District to the 48th of De-
cember, have been received. The news from
the copper mines is very favorable. New
veins are. constantly opened, and the resour--
ces Of the country are apparently just begin
ming to be developed. I'D sf;ssz !, a ,sao,
1t is said that Mr.. Macaulay, whose renown
as historian, statesman and orator, is world
wide, has announced the publication of aacol+
lection of his speeches, CORRECTED by himself
They will make a valuable addition TO the
literature of the age aJsw -iaaqgG .naf5
DECREASE OF OLD Bachelors IN BosToN9
The Boston Traveller says, the marriage sta
tistics of that city for 1858, shows that du-
ring the year an unusually large number cf
old bachelors, from thirty to forty-fiv years
of age, have abandoned their state Of solitary
blesscdness and taken to themselves wives.
The New York Typographical Society eele-
brated the one hundred and forty-eighth an
niversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin,
on the evening of the Tth instant, by ball
and supper at the City Assembly ROohnsa a5
LITERARY Itisreported that Rufus Choate
is writing History of Greece. % blgo.is
The reported escape Of Smith O'Brien from
Van .Dieman's Land is doubted, Sir Lucius
O'Brien, of Dromoland, the exile's brother,
having had no information of the fact at the
time the Canada sailed. "
A COOP JoKE.-In the Senate of Mississip-
pi, on the goth inst, Mr.. johnson introduced
bill ''to regulate the legislature of Missis-
sippi." The bill proposes, to make Hlobby-
members" coordinate branch of the legis-
lature! SIS ri hma} vam va,lav
"a novel exhibition has been introduced at
Astley's, in London There are two perfor-~
ming elephants, one ofwhich got through the
hitherto unheard-of trick of standing on his
head. 9asmnae nf 8
Mr.. George Bruce, the celebrated type-foun-
der, in New York, offers $1,000, if other $1,000
can be raised, as fund to place the Prin-
ters Library of that city on permanent ba-
sis. lSHa y85 81
Miss JULIA DEAN.-The Courier Of San
Francisco says: by the arrival of the Co
lumbia yesterday, we have information that
this accomplished actress has accepted an Of
fer of $4,000 and expenses, for sixty nights,
to appear in California. and will leave in
March, for San Francisco. She will be hear
tily welcomed to the Pacific coast
QUICKSILVER GoLD-We are informed that
dealers in Geld Dust in this city, within the
past few months, have been gradually deelin-
ling to purchase quicksilver gold until 1T IS
now difficult to sell atmore than Sl4 6O or
SIS per ounce. The reason assigned, isothe
great loss. experienced in melting-in many
cases the loss being from 10 to 10 per cent
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