Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-02-16
LEssER Goss1p.-A good female excuse to

LESSER GossIP-A good female excuse to
go to California is the unconfessed want that
is nearest being forced to an outcry. at pres
ent. On Cape Cod, particularly, where the
Californian demand, for males only, is but a
piling up of the old agony of whaling alb
sences and sea-faring g-sweetheart uncertain
ties of various kinds, there is strong talk of
a Convention for the relief of the left-behind
Ito be held, perhaps, on the island of "NO-
Man's-Land,' just off at Martha's Vineyard.)
And 1t is not merely the absenting, that is
felt to be an evil demanding remedy at Cape
Cod. 1t is the uniting for matches, by the
difference of pursuits and education. While
the young man is chasing and cutting-up wha-
lers in the South Seas or struggling with
rowdies and spectators in California, TIE
young lady is transcendentalizing upon Keats
and Tennyson, or strong g-minded-izing upon
Emerson and Theodore-Parker. Each accu-
mulates character and force, but each has too
little sympathy with the others tastes and
habits The women want particalizing and
the men want intellectualizing, by some mix.
ture of pursuits wale-ehips commanded and
"mannedH exclusively by women for in
stance, who would sail and fsh--lady-ships
in company with their lord-ships-and visit
in fair weather and ea'Yns or the wives and +
sTeet-bearts taking tie snip every other yoy
age, and leaving the husbands and lovers at
home to read the magazines and attend lee
lures. There would thus be maintained some
sort Of moral and Intellectual equality be-
tween brothers and sisters of the same fami-
ly, as we'll as some possible sympathy aud
fitness between those who are each others
matrimonial probabilities Home Journal.
We consider the Journal little out of the
way in reference to the above remarks upon
the qualification of Ladies for the California
markets and also a little mistaken IN refer
ence to the character and condition of the
California gentlemen AS to their lntelll-
gence, the Journal may hunt the world over
in vain, to find at any other place, body of
people possessing the Intelligence and abil-
ty of our California gentlemen Among
our miners. may be found an intelligence and
talent that can cope successfully with the
cultivated and literary characters of the
States, or of any nation. Our business men
generally, are also of equal intelligence, and
though we are acOrking people, we desire
that our wives shall be aCOnaen.-we want
them not so much of the masculine, that we
cannot recognise in their appearance and avO-
cations, the true feminine gender, which in
truth, as Californians, we all delight so much
to honor.
No! no! Mr.. Journal, don't use your infu-
ence to prevent the Ladies from emigrating
to the Pacific, and for Heavens sake, don't
barbarize them before they do come. Send
them in their long dresses if you please.
Don't make Sailors of them either-we want
Ladies, and as we are not set of dandies,
we want neither .tfirts nor gainnies. What we
want, are real genuine, feminine women, such
as are capable of making good tea and good
buiscuit, and then, make it set well on our
stomachs by conversing with us upon the beau
ties OF Keats and Tennyson, or by dwelling on
more practical and stronger minded authors,
such as Emerson and Theodore Parker.
''There would thus be maintained some sort
of moral and intellectual equality between
brothers and sisters of the same family, as
we'll as some possible sympathy and fitness
between those who are each others matrimo
NAL probabilities"