Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-02-02
A breach of promise case, has been on tri-

| A breacn OF PROMISE Case, Ids ueen Oh I'LL
al in our District Court for the past two
weeks. which from the fact of its being the
first one brought in the State, and the gene
raj acquaintance and standing of the parties
excites much interest. The plaintiff is Miss
Mary E. Gates, young lady of considerable
personal attraction, and the defendant, Mr..
Charles E. Buckingham, formerly Treasurer
of this county. The courtship and engage
ment has been in existence for some three
years The engagement has been proven
and is not in fact denied-but the defence set
up is, that the plaintiff is woman of bad
character, and during the existence of the en-
gagement had been guilty of improper CON
duct. The defence closed their testimony
yesterday, having only succeeded in proving
that the plaintiff had been guilty of being
kissed by other gentlemen prior to the en-
gagement. ......
The explosion Of the new steamboat, Helen
Hensley last week has had the tendency to
call public attention to the subject of legisla-
tive action towards steamboats, on our wa
ters. Their frequency of late, requires that
something should be done speedily to check
this wholesale destruction of human life
On Wednesday . last, difficulty occurred
on board an old store-ship, lying near Jack
son street wharf, in which Ogden E. Burrows
shot Thomas Palmer, wounding him so Sc
verely, that his life was at first despaired Of
He is now slowly recovering. one of the balls
having been extracted. Burrows was yester-
day admitted to bail in 100000
In Theatricals, the most important event
has been the appearance of Madame Anna
Thillon, at the Metropolitan. She appeared
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings,
and was we'll received by large and fashion
able houses, representing "Catarina" in the
beautiful opera of the 'Crown Diamonds"
Nv musical education having been neglected,
1 must be excused giving an opinion, or at
tempting criticism. Suffice it to say thai
the press speak unanimously in her favor.
At the American, since it came into the
management of Mr.. Jones, operas and ballets
have been produced to good houses, the
Rousset sisters being assisted by Madame
Planet, and Monseurs Coulon and Laglaize
The beautiful operatic ballet of "La Baya-
dere, or the Maid Of Cashmere" was present
ed every night during the week, in a style
never equalled in this country.
The politicians, or rather the Democratic
portion of them, are in considerable state
of excitement at the present time, concerning
the Senatorial question. The matter, as it
now stands, depends entirely upon whether
the present Legislature elects or not. If it
does, Mr.. Broderick is pretty certain to sue
ceed-if delayed until next season and the
democrats carry the State, Iopine his chance
of success will be better. 1t is difficult to
determine what action will be taken on the
question: few days will settle it. While
on the subject, cannot see any plausible OBJ
lection to an election this winter The mem
bers of the lower house of Congress are elect
ed more than year in advance of the COM
mencement of their term, and why should
not the Senators as WE'LL
The merchants of this city are making
strenuous efforts for the repeal of the law
taxing consigned merchandise, and from what
can learn, they are likely to succeed. I
cannot exactly comprehend the injustice of
the law. If a merchan residing here imports
goods and sells them, he is bound to pay
tax upon them, and why should not the goods
sent here by foreign capitalists be liable to
the same species Of taxation? ...
The non-arrival of the Golden Gate has
been source of much vexation to the bust
ness community, and considerable anxiety to
those who have friends on board of her. The
Columbia, which was promptly despatched to
her relief, last week will undoubtedly be in
to-day or tomorrow, and should the Golden
Gate be so disabled as to be unable to pro-
ceed, the Columbia will bring up the passen-
gers, mails, etc. The Goliah is fully due
from San Diego, and when she arrives, will
doubtless bring news from the Gate. .G
Yours, truly, .
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