Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-02-16
Later from Oregon.

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vancouver, had been reduced by order of the
War Department, to one mile square, and sur
! veys are going on under the order. ..4Es.
1t is understood that Gov Stevens of Wash
lngton Territory, has notified the Hudson
bay Company that after the 1st of July. next,
they must withdraw from the Indian trade,
within the limits Of that Territoryaa3 aIss
1t is estimated that over a thousand tons of
ice will be. taken from the Columbia and Wal
lamette river this season. Several parties
are nowengaged in taking out large quanti-
ties, and in all probability it will prove a
profitable Investment L 0regoniaasi 1o & ;.
Notice hash given in the hegislature of
aibiH TO charter a railroad from Iortland TO
Eugene city. on the east side of the Villa
/ mette 81 lossn6g s8aazn@ tsel .} 81
The cost of the Rogue River war, exclu-
siye of the pay to the soldiers is said to be
500, 500. This amount has been advanced by
the citizens of Rogue River Valley. and the
bills have been prepared and forwarded to
the Department, it being expected that Con-
gress will authorize the payment of all the
expenses of the war. ~
STATE CONVENTIONAL last there appears
to be a prospect of the termination of our
colonial dependence upon the mother coun-
try" Mr.. Mofft has introduced bill sub
mitting the question of State Constitution
to the people. The people will now have an
opportunity of deciding whether for the drib-
bling appropriations they occasionally re-
ceive, they will forego the satisfaction of
electing their own Governor, Judges and 9th
er State officers iofmaking their laws to suit
themselves alone, and not be compelled to
submit them for revision to a Congress three
thousand miles away; of exercising the whole
and not a part of the right of suffrage, by
voting for the chief magistrate of the coun-
try, as well as the most petty officer of a
county; of sending to Congress Senators and
Representatives, who will have voice and a
vote, instead Of a Delegate with begging
memorial II Statesmen. 48Yl .a} saTsel.
Great difficulty and confusion may be an
ticipated from the various changes which
have been made in the names of rivers, creeks
and towns. The southern members should, il
possible, obtain guide book previous to re-
turning home. Albany is now Tekenah !;
Marysvive, Corvallis Grave Greek; Leland
Greek Rogue River, Gold River, etc. ETC.
We hope the latter change is but a prognosti-
cation of an eyent-that Rogues will become
scarcer and gold more abundant States
man. M fGg. EglaE a6 Uf
CoAL.-Mr. Fulkerson, councilman from
Polk, presented us with specimen of coal
dug upon the claim of II. N. V. Holmes, in
that county. The coal burns readily and
makes hot fire. It is not ascertained whe-
ther it is abundant or not.
The murderers of Kyle have been retaken;
see our Jacksonville letter.
A vessel bound to Puget Sound was recent
ly lost being blown ashore at Tillamook. We
are unable to learn particulars, except that
nearly all the crew were drowned.
SUNDAY LAw.-The territory is young-it
embraces a wide extent of country-its popu-
lation is heterogeneous, and public opinion
upon many important principles and mea-
sures, is in a state of formation, hence the
difficulty of uniting the representatives of
different sections, classes and interests, upon
strictly defined religious principle. AS a
compromise between strict Sabbath law and
no law, bill has been passed requiring
der penalties rigid observance of the day,
with proviso attached rendering it inopera-
tive "where the circumstances of the case
make it necessary that the same be not OBJ
served. Statesman .t..ees... -.
We have received from the editor of the
Limerick Reporter the following highly in
teresting piece of intelligence Il Frecman's
Journal. g .s
REPORTER OFFICE, LIMERICK,
ia 90 Dec. Is, 1853 ~
t'We have just been handed letter from q
highly respectable Irishman, resident in Mel
bourne, giving full details Of the escape of
Smith O'Brien from the penal exile to which
the British government doomed him, and from
which he has been released by the courage
and fidelity of few Irish friends in the colo
ny, and the sympathizing aid of an American
trading vessel which was in the otfing to take
him away to the free shores of Columbia.
There is no doubt whatever of the fact and
we need not state that we feel considerable
pleasure in being the first medium of announ-
cling it. The writer of this letter was one of
those who assisted Smith O'Brien in his es-
cape. We may add that Smith O'Brien was
bound by no parole. u Dublin Nation.
Smith O'Brien's relatives are not aware if
he has escaped from Van Dieman's Land, as
reported. M @ sae ar
The force now employed on the Capitol
Extension, consists of 200 marble cutters
and assistants, 200 laborers, 80 carpenters
II bricklayers, besides other mechanics, in
ess numbers. Upwards of 10000 bricks are
laid daily. o
A million copies of the new testament are
to be sent out to China by the British foreigl
] bible society, at cost of about 100000.