Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-05-11
re,xa. Fncts and FancIes.

Nebraska Bill, instead of bringing Senator
Douglass nearer the Presidential chair has
put him back feet, feet and half or two
feet.
Try it again Young America.
A Town GRAVE YARD.-Why is it that our
citizens have so long neglected to secure
Grave Yard? Wehave noticed graves in three
or four different parts of the town some of
them too nearly in the centre and in lots de-
voted to other purposes. There are beautiful
places in the vicinity of our town for such
purpose, and we hope our citizens will secure
some suitable location before the ground is
taken up for other purposes.
STRONG REAsoNING.-The other day we
heard a friend trying to induce two persons
to sign a petition for town corporation
They refused to sign it, and when asked their
reasons, one said ''becduse," and the other
said theatres, circuses &C. would then have to
give license to the town. Good arguments
these. nc
'MURDER.-On Wednesday of last week, Mr..
John Sharp, proprietor of ranch about
twelve miles from Marysville, on Bear river,
was shot by man named Sullivan.
DELICIoUs.-The Pie sent to our Office by
our esteemed friend, Mrs. Morgan. We ad-
wise those fond of such things, to call at the
Aurora House, where we understand there
are ''some more of the same sort left" to-
gether with the other 'sfxins" necessary to
good living
TRANSPORTATION OF THE PACIFIC MAIL
The cost of carrying the mail from N. York
to California and Oregon for the last year
was s559,508. Of this, 5,314 was paid for
transportation across the Isthmus
THE BLACK WARRIoR.-It seems the Cuban
authorities were fully justifable in seizing
the Steamer Black Warrior She was seized
for an infracton of the revenue laws. and af-
ter examination, was released from confsca-
tion on the payment of fine of $4,000.
THE LAST SURVIVOR OF THE BATTLE OF
LEXINGTON Harrington of Lexington.
the last survivor of the memorable conflict of
April 10th, 1775, died recently in the 96th
year of his age.
GOOD.-A school has already been CON-
menced at Iowa Hill, numbering some thirty
scholars.
! PoPULAR.-The Daily Sun has now larger
circulation in Grass Valley than any other of
the city papers.
| MnLARD FILLMoRE-The Ex-President has
recently been visiting some of the cities in
the South and West, where he has been re-
ceived with demonstrations of good feeling
by the citizens of the different places he has
visited.
SHOCK TO RUSSIAN CREDIT There has been
hard run on the Banks of the Danube. It
is said to have been owing to a panic in the
Russian army.
There is no distinguished genius altogether
exempt from some infusion of madness.-.Aris
tOtLe
No writer of a book need set out with the
design to make moral. If he does. his book
will be very apt to fail. His great object is
to make his narrative-be it history or fic-
tion-and there is philosophy in both-en-
tirely truthful and truthfulness. even in the
delineation of vice or crime, always car
ries with it its own and valuable moral.
A good mans heaven commences here.
The same may be said of the wicked mans
hell To taste of paradise, all that's neces-
sary is to taste of virtue. There is more sun
shine in one good act than in all the solar
systems ever invented.
A man once went to purchase horse of a
Quaker.
"Will he draw well ?" asked the buyer.
"Thee will be pleased to see him draw.''
The bargain was concluded, and the farmer
tried the horse, but he would not stir step.
He returned, and said
"That horse will not draw an inch"
Il did not tell thee that he would draw,
friend; I only remarked that it would please
thee to see him draw and so it would me,
but he would never crafty me in that re-
spect."
A little boy was once taken by his mother
to dine at his aunt's After the repast was
concluded, the mother inquired -"Billy, have
you had enough to eat ?" eyes, ma,' was
Billy's response. "Then thank God for good
dinner" ''God didn't make the apple dump
lings; Aunt Maria made them," was the i'm
mediate reply of the young hopeful, as he
made descent upon Aunt Maria's favorite
cat.
"Why, 'Siah, 1 am astonished," said wor-
thy deacon didn't we take you into our
church short time since ?" II believe so,n
hiccupped 'Siah; ''and, between you and me,
it was little the darnedest take in you ever
saw or heard Of"
STABBING- G-EsCAPE.-During a general row
at Albany fat on the 29th April, man NAM
ed Cline stabbed another named Stewart. was
4o1y hoFo