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Georgetown weekly news., 1855-03-22

No, she read it quite through. The lover
dated his note from the bottom of the river
had Skiliully adopted the allegorical and in
troduced himself as grotesque inhahitant
Of the waters. The fable was gracefully
managed, and with the testing tone which
he had adopted was mingled true, serious.
ardent sentinel, expressed with beauty and
eloquence.
The next day Nine, D. returned to
the island, not without some trace of fear.
She threw her line with trembling hand
and shuddered as a moment after, she per-
Ceived the movement Of the hook.
Is it fish? Is it letter?
1t was a letter.
Nine. D. was no believer in magic
still there was something strange and super
natural in all this.
She had an idea Of throwing back the let
ter into the stream, butts relinquished it
The most stubborn and naughty woman is
disarmed in face Of that strange mystery
which captivateS her imagination.
This second letter was more tender, more
passionate, more charming than the first
Nine. D re-read it several times, and
could not help thinking about the delight
full norman who wrote such bewitching let
| terS.
On the subsequent day she attached her
line to the bank, and left it swimming in
the stream, while she withdrew to hiding
place, upon the extremity of the is'and.-
She watched for long time, but saw moth
ing. She returned to the place, withdrew
the line, and there was the letter
This time an answer was requested. 1t
was, perhaps premature; yet the audacious
request obtaind a full success. The reply
was written after some hesitation, and the
hook dropped into the stream, charged with
letter which was intended to say nothing,
and affect sort Of badinage, which was,
nevertheless, bulletin of victory gained
over the harsh severity Of woman until
then unapproachable.
Nine. D. had too much shrewdness
not to guess that her mysterious CORES
pondent employed, instead of magic, the art
of a skllful diver. Scruples easily under
stood restrained her from that portion OF
the bank where she was sure that the diver
would emerge from the water.
But this game of letters amused her,
First it pleased her intellect, and then her
heart was interested; finally her feeling, and
her curiosity became so lively that she
wrote:
Let US give up this jesting that has
pleased me for the moment, but which should
continue no longer and come with your
apologies to Chaton."
The lover answered:
"Yes, if you will add hope
The inexorable lady replied
"If only a word is necessary to decide
you, be it sou
And the word was written.
The young man appeared, and was not
loser. The gift of pleasing belonged to his
person as much as his style, and he had made
such rapid progress under water that it was
easy to complete his conquest on land.
Thus Nine. D. caught husband
without wishing it, and in spite of the VOW
which she had taken never to marry. Hold
ing the line she had been caught by the fish
Georgetown weekly news., 1855-03-22
LIVERY STABLE.
WILLIAMS & DE TURK

WILLIAMS & DE TURK
o. DESIRE to return their thanks to the
HS citizens of Georgetown and vicinity for
their liberal patronage, and hope to merit a con-
tinuance of the same. Horses to be let on rea-
sonable terms. Also, the best of attention given
to stock left with us for keeping.
Oct. 10, 1854. 1-tf
Georgetown weekly news., 1855-03-22

TURNING LATHE.-The undersigned begs
4 leave to inform the citizens of Georgetown
that he is prepared to do all kinds of Turning in
the best manner and at the shortest notice.
NJ. A. W0ODSIDE.
Georgetown, Oct 10, 1854. l,tf
Georgetown weekly news., 1855-03-22
Pioneer Lime Of Stages
PLACERvILLE TO GEORGETOWN.

FLACERVlLLE 10 GEORGETOWN,
pFSPzSysesl Via Chill Bar, Kelsey American
EAA$1sAz@. and Spanish Flats
- The stages of this line leave the Union Hotel,
Placerville, every morning at I o'clock. Return,
ing, will leave the Nevada House. Georoetown
at l o'clock, P. NJ.
This line has been in operation since July Sd;
and from the past patronage the proprietors fat,
ter themselves that this is not only the cheapest.
but most commodious way of travelling between
the two places, being under the management of
an experienced driver.
1-tf HUNTER & CO., Proprietors.
Georgetown weekly news., 1855-03-22
Sentimental.

"Yes-it was love-if thoughts of tenderness,
Tried in temptation, strengthened by distress.
Unmovd by absence, firm in every cline.
And yet-Oh more than all ! untired by time,
Which nor defeated hope, nor baffled VILE
Gould render sullen were she near to smile,
Nor rage could fire, nor sickness fret to vent
On her one murmur of his discomfort:
Which still would meet with joy, with calm
ness part,
Lest that his look of grief should reach hel
heart; .
Which nought removed, nor menaced to re-
move
If there be love in mortals-this was love!"
NAY, If she love me not, | care not for her:
Shall look pale because the maiden blooms?
Or sigh because she smiles on others?
Not |, by heaven! l hold my peace too, dear,
To let it, like the plume upon her cap,
Shake at each nod that her caprice shall die
tate.
Georgetown weekly news., 1855-03-22
IntlmatiOns of Mortality.

Our life is but sleep and forgetting;
The soul that rises with us, our life's star,
Hath had elsewhere its setting,
And cometh from afar;
Not in entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter nakedness.
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
From God who is our home.
Heaven lies about us in our infancy!
Shades of the prisonhOuse begin to close
Upon the growing boy;
But he beholds the light, and whence it flows
He sees it in his joy;
The youth, who daily further from the east
Must travel, still is Natures priest,
And by the Vision splendid
Is on his way attended;
AT length the man perceives it die away,
And fade into the light of common day.
Georgetown weekly news., 1855-03-22
Our Exports to California.

In these dull times of trade and scarcity
of money, it is gratifying TO note the export
of Oregon produce for other markets. ThC
bark "Devans," Capt Haley, left port Oh
Thursday morning with full cargo of Ore
gon produce, for San Francisco. We have
been furnished by the first officer, j. VIII
llams, with the following invoice of her car
go.
1882 Quarter sacks Flour;
$50 Barrels Flour,
1888 Sacks Oats;
1883 Sacks Potatoes;
604 Sacks Bran and Shorts;
l34 Packages Eggs and Butter;
As Bags Peas;
3 Cases Fruit Trees;
10 Cases Merchandise;
"a Packages Furniture;
Cases Mill Saws;
II NJ. Shingles;
I0ll5 lbs Plow Steel.
In ALL three hundred and fifty tons. The "DeV-
ems also took eight passengers
We observed yesterday that Mr. Joseph
Strowbridge, of this City, was packing
about one hundred bushels Of very choice
winter apples, for shipment by the next
steamer. This fruit is in excellent condi-
ton, entirely free from rot--and Of very good
size, and cannot fail to command a good
price in the San Francisco market. The
time will come, we apprehend, when Oregon
will furnish California with all her winter
fruit, at good profits. The California eli
mate is said to be not good for winter fruit,
while Oregon produces the best the world
AFFORDS. Portland Times, @. r.
Georgetown weekly news., 1855-03-22

A SOLDIERS FEELING IN BATTLE.-A
letter from private soldier says: "Ihe
bullets OF the Mimic rifles go past you with
most Internal sound. It's as though mock
ing devils were sneering at you in the air:
But your blood soon gets up, the sound
maddens you. the smell of the gunpowder
has intoxication in it, your veins tingle as
if fire was running through them; the eyes
strain, the jaws become rigid, and IN you
go" He states that he lost himself alto
gether at the Alma, till he found himself
a victor. He got wound on the forehead,
only craze, but it bled considerably, ''tha
blood run down to his mouth, and in hiS
burning excitement, he drank it as though
it had been inspiring wine"
Georgetown weekly news., 1855-03-22

SEND THEM TO CAIIFoRNIA-The n. Y.
Ir'0unc states that there were $4,000 wo-
men out OF work in the city of New York,
on the lst Jan.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-01-05
The Storm i'm the Black Sea.

The English papers publish the details Of the
losses sustained in the late storm in the Black
Sea:
About thirty English vessels, mostly merchant
SHIPS, ranging from 400 to 600 tons, have been
wrecked, with the Prince, screw steamer, of 2 700
tons, with vast amount of stores. The destruc-
ton of the latter vessel took place against the
cliffs of Balaklava, and was occasioned by her
screw having become entang led with fallen mast,
and thus being rendered useless. She had landed
a large number Of troops day two previously,
but still had some passengers on board, and nu-
merous crew, all of whom, with the exception Of
six, were drowned. The English lost no men.of.
war, but the French had their fine steamship
Henry w totally wrecked, and Turkish frigate
shared the same fate. The crew of the Henry
~ arc believed to have been captured by the
Russians, as the disaster took place near Eupa.
toria. Altogether the loss of life on the occasion
is supposed TO be little short Of thousand men,
while the pecunlary damage to the English alone
is calculated at million sterling.
The Prince was a splendid vessel O! 2, 700 tons,
purchased by government some time since, and
sent out full of most valuable stores and munitions
Of war. Everything is lost. With the exception
of the troops, every thing remained in her at the
time she was dashed on the rocks. The whole of
the winter clothing for the men has gone down
49, 900 suit OF clothes, with under garments, socks
gloves, and multitude of other articles OF the
kind; vast quantities Of shot and shell, and not
least in consequence, the medical stores sent out
in consequence Of the deficiencies which formerly
existed. The latter we're, with not uncommon
negligence, slowed away under the shot and shell,
and could not be landed at Scutari. They are
now lost at time when the demand for them is
likely to be more urgent than ever, and when the
commissariat is fully occupied in minis,ering to
| the wants of those who still remain unhurt. The
other British vessels lost at BalakIava are as fol.
lows The Resolute, all hands lost; the Rip Van
Wrinkle, all lost; the Wild Wave, one two
saved the Kenworth, all lost; the Progress,
some saved the Wanderer, all lost; the Mar
guess, all lost the Mary Ann, all lost the Pull.
iowa, all saved; the Caduceus. dsmasted and
Abandoned
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-01-05
The NIiSer.

VI all the creatures upon earth, none is so dcs.
pcabe as the miser. 1t is irnPo>ais>I~ .hai the
prof1gate may have friend, for there is usually
left about him some touch of humanity un.
broken cord Of the finer feelings OF nature
but the mser meets with no sympathy. Even the
nurse who is hired to attend him in his latest
hours, loths the CHASTITY occupation, and longs for
the moment of her release for although the death
damp is already gathering on his brow, the
Thoughts OF the departing sinner are still upon his
gold; at The mere jingling of key he starts from
his torpor in paroxysm of terror, lest a surrep.
titious attempt is being made upon the sanctity of
his strong box.
There are no prayers Of the orphan or the wild.
ow for hIm-not solitary voice has ever breath.
ed his name TO heaven, as a benefactor. One
poor penny given away in the spirit OF true chart.
ty, would now be worth more to him than all the
gold the world contains; but, notwithstanding
that he was church. going man, and familiar
from his infancy with those awful texts in which
the worship Of Mammon is denounced and the
punishment Of Dives told, he has never yet been
able to divorce himself from his solitary love Of
lucre, to part with one atom of his peli.
And so, from a miserable life, detestcd and des
pissed, he passes into dreary eternity and those
whom he has neglected or misused, make merry
with the boards oil the miser.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-01-05
Further Particulars.

The London Times gives the following in
dispatch from Vienna the provisions of the re-
cent Treaty OF Alliance between Austria and the
respects from the Geographic account already pub
shed
VIENNA, Monday Evening, Dec. 4.
The following viii probably be found correct
The convention concluded on Saturday was
triple alliance, The last article in the Anglo.
French treaty of alliance was. that the other Eu.
ropean Powers should be at liberty to accede to 1t,
and Austria has now done so, The scene Of The
treaty probably is
l. That Austria has engaged to consider every
violation of the Turkish territory by Russia as
equivalent to declaration of war against herself.
2. That Austria will reinforce her army in the
Principaities, so that Omar Pasha may at once
begin operations, the imperial troops remanin g
as kind of reserve.
8. At the demand oftke Western Powers, Aus.
tria will place fifteen or twenty-five thousand
men at Varna, which, in case of need, can be
sent to The Crimea.
4. England and France pledge themselves tina
the territorial possessions of the Emperor of Aus
tria shall, under all circumstances, remain undi-
minished.
After the triple alliance has been ratified, Prus.
STA will be invited 10 accede TO it.
The Momitewr of Paris officially announces
that on the I'd December this treaty signed at
Vienna by the Plenipotentaries Of Austria, France
and England. 1t is said that if Russia does not
yield within three months, its conditions will come
into force; or, in other terms, that Austria will
fight on the side of the Western Powers. From
an experience of the general faithIessness of Aus.
tria there was disposition in England and France
10 distrust the prospect of any substantial advan-
lage from the alliance.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-01-05
Eating Meat.

The Americans are the greatest caters OF animal
food. The pork consumed in the United States
is three times the quantity consumed by the same
number in Europe, if statistical accounts are to be
believed. Animal food is very generally set on
the table three times day, 10 the western country
An lrishman writing home, and extoing the lux
uries of his condition in the new world, added by
way of clincher, that he commonly took meat
twice a day; upon which his employer asked
him why he did not state the whole truth. He
replied that if he had said three times, all his friends
would have believed that he lied. This was going
a little too far for common credulity. But after
all, the Americans a spare, ngry-looking
people, not appearing if well nourished. The
inhabitants Of Northern Europe and Asia are ply
sicay and morally weak, though living mostly
on fish and flesh. The Scotch and irish who eat
but little meat, strong capable Of gre at labor
and fatigue, and able bodied than the
English, who are more addicted TO animal food.
The strongest me in the world, of whom we
have an account, are the porters Of Smyrna who
never taste flesh. The South Sea Islanders are
very powerful men upon diet mostly Of vegeta.
b!es and fruit. 1t is said that the soldiers Of Greece
and Rome seldom tasted meat, though qualified by
physic courage and endurance for the guest
OF the world. The suspicion is quite strong rha!
Jonathan would gain flesh and improve his gener.
| al appearance by the substitution of bread and
! vegetables for part Of his diet for animal food.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-01-05

New YORK. Dec. 27-The Evening Post an
nounces the death this morning of Thomas w.
Door Of Rode Island, after long and painful i'll.
ness.
The character OF Mr.. Dorr. who acted promi.
nent part in the politics OF Rhode Island few
years since, was marked by some high qualities.
For what he believed to be true and right he was
willing to suffer, even TO ignominy--the severest
test of steadfast attachment. to principle. He did
suffer TO this extent, though in a cause in regard
TO which he made what seemed 10 US an important
mistake of judgment. Those who knew him in
private Life speak in strong terms Of his amiabIe
temper aud the strict purity and uprighlness of his
character.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-01-05
A New Ally.

The arrival of the America, at Halifax, yester.
day, brings the intelligence that Austria has en-
tered into an alliance with France and England,
The treaty binding the frst named power 10 de-
clare war against Russia within one month"; and
the other parties guaranteeing her against inva'
sion or insurrection. Austria has been forced to
warke action. The double-fac policy placed
her in suspicious altitude between the forces
belllgeren and justly subjected her to the charge
that, like "the man on the fence" in republican
America, she was ready to jump on the winning
side meanwhile being projected by the plea of
neutrality.
The Turks appear to be nowhere in the contest,
not being able to stand FIRE The followers ofthe
Prophet may indeed be in condition similar to
that Of the country which Nicholas designated as
the s'sick man. With France, England, and
Austria to fight the battles of the Sultan, it is not
reasonable to suppose they will do the "work and
find themselves" If they do not eventually d.
vide the "sck mans estate" they may become
his guardians and direct how it shall be admins.
tered for their own benefit. But time will show.
Washington Seatt"eL
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-01-05
No Sabbath.

In a Prize Essay on the Sabbath written l..
iourneyman printer in Scotland, there occn:.
the following passage:
"Y oke fellow think how The abstraction =,
the Sabbath would hopelessly ensIave The work;nn
classes, with which we are identified, TbipL g
labor thus going on 10 one monotonous and con
tlnuous and eternal cycle-limbs forever on n.
rack; the fingers forever playing, the eve. hall.
forever stralning, the brow forever sweating. ,bo
feet forever poddlng, the brain forever throbbno
the shoulders forever dropping, The lons foreys,
aching, and The restless mind forever schemino
Think OF the beauty il would efface of Tho
merry heartedness it would extinguish; of the
giant strength it would tame of the resources ~
nature that it would exhaust; of the aspirations !;
would crush; of the sickness it would breed If
the projects it would wreck; Of the groaus ],
would extort; of the lives it would immola,e.
and OF the cherries graves that il would prema'
turely dig See them, toiling and moiling, sweat.
ing and fretting, grinding and hewing, weaving
and spinning, sowing and gathering, moving and
reaping razing and building, digging and planting,
unloading and storing, striving and srugglnc-n
the garden and in the field, in the granary and in
the mill, in the warehouse and in the shop on the
mountain or in the ditch, on the road and in the
wood, in the city and in the country, on the sea
and on the shore, the earth in DAYS of bright.
ness and Of gloom. What sad picture would
the world present if we had no Sabbath !''
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-01-05

A Honolulu letter, dated 7th of November, and
published in the San Francisco Times, states that
General Miller, the British Consul General at the
Sandwich Islands, who recently signalized himself
by a speech to the King and Privy Council, re-
fecling on the people Of the United States gener.
ally, and OF California in particular, has been dis.
covered TO be afflIcted with alienation Of mind. A
survey has been held upon him by board Of
physicians and surgeons attached TO British yes.
sells, and he has been pronounced insane. The
same letter says:
"Much anxiety is manifested here by the greater
part of Tie resident Americans regarding the arri.
val of flbustering parties from California. Ru-
NOR has It that there are some two or three hun
dred men on their way of this character. All
agree that any movement of this kind will seri.
ously retard the accomplishment OF annexation, il
it does not wholly destroy it, for years at least.
There is now no doubt that if our Government
desires the possession"of these islands they can
suon become ours in peaceful way; but II any
force or coercion is used The chances for acqusi-
iiup are suIall indeed"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-01-05
From Cnlin.

Gen. Concha The new Captain General, has
made new regulation in regard to the landing of
passengers. Instead Of obllgng them to wait on
board the steamers until the police officers had
filled out the boletas de diseabareo landing per-
mits, which work OF onside4able time, es-
pecially as Spanish officers do every thing in
Spanish fashion, POGO poco. hereafter, as as
a steamer arrives she will be boarded by the
health officers, the passports OF The passengers on
board will be taken by The police officers, and if
the vessel have clean bill of health the passen.
gers are allowed to take their baggage a: once and
go on shore. They requested to land at the
Murlle Luz; their officers in waiting 10 FIX.
anime and pass The baggage a, and in little
Office near by is the police officer with the pass
ports waiting to give out the 6eleto de disenabreo
10 each passenger as he presents himself.
1t is SAID, though with what truth we cannot
affirm, that Gen. Concha will soon abolish the
whole system of passports, notices, OF change Of
residences; permits to go inio the country. &c. !;
and all persons will be free come and go when
ever they please, and remain so long as they obey
the laws Of the country.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-01-05

In the u. S. Senate, on he Goth instant. Mr..
Brodhead presented memorial from the Philadel-
phia Board of Trade, asking that measures may
be adopted for the relief of DR.. Lane, the Arctic
navigator. Mr.. B. also gave notice that he would
next week call up the bill for the relief of the SOL
ders Of 1912.
Mr.. Douglas introduced bin appropriating
$1,000 for territorial expenses, the annual appro-
Prlatlon OF the current year being unavailable by
the death of Gov. Burt. Passed.
Many local bills were presented and referred.
In the House, the Senate bill reappointing
Messrs. Choae and Hawley regents Of the Smith.
sonian Institute, passed.
Mr.. Bridges moved the passage of resolution
preventing the Importation of foreign paupers.
Mr.. Hunt moved that the Secretary OF The Navy
be instructed TO inquire into the expedency OF con-
structing naval depot at New Orleans.
Mr.. Letcher introduced resolution, which was
adopted. instructing the Committee on the Judicia-
ny TO inquire into the expedency Of bill making
null and void the law in Minnesota chartering the
North west railroad.
Mr.. Cobb introduced bill amending the law
of last session graduating the prices ofpublc lands.
Postponed one week.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-01-05

SUIT BETWEEN GEORGIA AND FLoRIDA.-The
boundary line between the Two States Of Georgia
and Florida, which has been for so many years in
dispute, may possibly be settled in short while.
The friendly suit Instituted by Florida against this
State, will be heard during the present term Of the
Supreme Court Of the United States at Washing
ton. Mr.. Pappy, the Attorney General of Flori-
da, is now in Washington, and has associated
with him in the conduct of the case, the Hon.
Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland. Mr.. Berien and
Senator Badger, OF North Carolina, are the coun-
sci for the State of Georgia. Mr.. Gushing, the
Attorney General OF the United States, will also
appear in behalf of the Government, to sustain the
line run by the United States and Spanish Com
mssoners in 1850. The judgment of the Court
in this case, will throw into the State of Georgia
or Florida, nearly two millions of acres Of land,
belonging, the greater part Of it, to the United
States.-Macon (Ga.) Journal.