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The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27

SANTA ANNA NOT YET GoNE.-The Cr0n-
lc0 says it has information that Santa An"
has not yet left Mexico When he lett the
capital ne appointed triumvirate to sc'
IN his absence, and prescribed tie manner
IN which they should act. They disobeyfo
his instructions. and their disobodience haS
made hm so indignant that he bas issued
proc.amatioR that he continues to be tho
.7gai President Of Mexico. ard it is sup
posed that he will take the field with hS
5000 regular troops against the triumVIFs"
and the reVolutionists IN general,
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27

New INDIAN REsERvATroN.-From the
Times and Transcript we learn that on Sat
urday morning Major Heintzleman. with q
small party, lett San Francisco on an expe
dition to the Russian River country, for the
purpose of making al examination with q
view to the location of an Indian ReserTa-
tion. There are some five or six thousand
Indians in that section of the State, ara
their collection upon a reserve will be OF
vast benefit to those of our citizens who are
desirous Of making settlements in that rich
and fertile portion of the State.
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27

TELEGRAPH IN MExICo-A Mexican ma
med Don Domingo Danglada has shown
the editor of the Evening Journal circu-
lar addressed by Mr.. Stewart, the contrac-
tor for building line of telegraph from
Maza,lan to Matamoras. We give the fol-
lowing extract from the circular:
MEXICO, July Sd, 1855.
/ am sole owner of the telegraph privi-
lege in this Republic, and propose forming
a company to build line from Mazatlan
or San Bias to Matamoras, which might
pass through Tepic, Guadaljara, San Louis
Potosi and Tampico. It's business from
these cities only, would be very large, and
when added TO that from the two lines now
in operation from Leon to Vera Cruz, and
from the United States, Europe and Cali
fornia, would be immense and very profta-
be
News by this line could be delivered in
New Orleans and New York in six days
from California, and this government has
issued decree which guarantees entire Sc
curity to the line, still more certain, as it
will pass through large town its entire dis
tance.
As this is matter of great public i'm
portance, you will please pardon me the lib
erty taken in asking your opinion Of my
PROJECT, and what amount you judge could
De obtained in your city, as your high posi-
tlon' influence and experience will enable
you to form very exact calculation.
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27

a GREAT GEOLOGICAL DIscovERY-We
have now lying upon our table, says the ed
itOr of the Oregon Argus, fOssilized man.
moth grinder of the Mastodon Maximus,
which was found in a small branch at Cane
nah, few days since, by Mr.. Samuel k
Barlow. The. grinder was perfect when
discovered, and weighed three pounds No
less than seven species Of the Mastodon have
been discovered in different parts Of the
world,-three in Europe, two in South
America, one in India, and one in the Uni
ted States is the largest specimen the world
has ever produced, and has consequently
received the name of NJ. Maximus In the
Museum of Mr.. Peale, of Philadelphia, there
is a skeleton put up. which measures fifteen
feet in length, and eleven feet in height
The bones of the Mastodon have never been
discovered farther East than Burlington.
Connecticut, while vast numbers of them
have been found in the neighborhood of BIG
Bone Lick, Of Kentucky. We have now
the pleasure of announcing the first discoy-
cry of the kind on the Pacific coast. by our
old friend S, K. Barlow, who is known all
over the Union as the Old pioneer who. cut.
the first wagon road through the CASCADE
Mountains.
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27
M0l.1lfnr.
A YANKEE--He is solf donr;n

A fANkEE---He is self denying, self re-
lying, and into everything prying. He is
a lover OF plety, propriety, notoriety, and
the temperance society. He is "a dragging.
gagglng, Dragging, striving, thriving, ,ST swap
ping Jostling, hustling, wrestling, musical,
qulzzlcal, astronomical, philosophical, poet
lcal, and comical sort of character. whose
manifest destiny is to spread civilization to
the remotest corner of the earth.
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27
Important Decisions.


The Supreme Court at its July term, has
decided number of important legal qles-
tions. The decision in the case OF LANDER
VS.. Coz, is perhaps the most important. III
this case the court decided that the law con-
ferrinp Jurisdiction upon Justices Courts
to the extent of five hundred dollars, is un-
constitutional. We notice that a large
number of cases after the above decision
was rendered were reversed upon the above
case. The effect Of this decision is very i'm
portant. In fact, all proceedings hereto
fore had in Justices Court. where the a.
mount in controversy was over two hundred
dollars, were rendered totally null and void.
There is much complaint because the a.
bove decision was not published at the time
rendered 1t has been understood for
months by the legal profession, that such
decision had been rendered by the Supreme
Court, but it seems that it was not render
ed public until recently.
Another very important decision may be
found in another column Of this number of
the NelrS. In the last case referred to. il
will be seen that Judge BRYAN sustains
the counsel in the case of the People vs.
NEsToR REYES and c. VALENCIA, and de-
cides that all the questions put to the juror
as to bis bias, and also as to his member
ship Of an order called Know Nothings,
were proper. Judge MURRAY thinks some
of the questions were proper and some of
them improper, and on the whole the decis-
ion of the Court below, overruling all the
questions should be reversed. Judge NJ,
however does not specify what questions in
his opinion were proper and what improp-
er; so it does not appear from the decision
that two Of the three Judges had agreed
about the case, in any opinion expressed,
but only in the conclusion, Eamely, that the
former decision should be reversed.
But the question whether the juror had
any prejuGices against foreigners, we be-
lieve all jurists will admit was proper, and
we have no doubt but that the juror whose
qualifications were in controversy would
have readily answered that be was not
member Of any order, the obligations Of
which created any prejudice against for
eignerS.
On the outside of this number will be
found the opinion in full On the rights of
miners TO 60 inside of an enclosure of town
lots. In this case the Court has decided
that where lot is enclosed for hotel purpo-
ees, miners cannot go inside Of the enclosure
to work mining claims without being liable
as trespasserS.
Another very important question was de-
cided in the case Of S. G. Hastings vs.. the
City Of Benicia. In this case the Court
decided that an ink scrawl, writing the word
"seal, or the equivalent as is common in
copying sealed instruments, IL S." was
sufficient. The law requires seal to many
instruments Of writing. Some have here
tofore been made according to the common
law understanding Of what constitutes
seal, and some were merely by all ink scrawl
as above. As to the validity of tlfe latter
there has been much uncertainty. This de-
cision settles all such cases. Other impor-
tant opinions were rendered in other cases
which We have not room now to notice
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27

BUCKEYE HILL-We are informed that
one of the tunnels extending into Buckeye
Hill, near Volcanoville, broke through into
pay dirt last week, and are now getting
from So TO S. to the pan.
MOUNT GREGoRY.-We are also informed
of tunnel at Mount Gregory which reach
ed the pay-dirt within the last two weeks
We understand that this tunnel is paying
very well, but have not learned how much.
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27

TINE TABLE.-We recommend our read
ers to copy this time table upon card for
their counting rooms and writing tables. as
it will prove valuable oftentimes as a refer
ence, showing the time of day at different
places when II O'Clock lnoonl in n. York:
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27

PRoHIBIToRY LIQUoR Law IN WASHING
ToN-The vote OF the people of Washing
ton Territory on the proposition to pass "a
prohibitory liquor law at the late election,
was-yes, 564-no, 620- majority against
it, Sc,
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27

MASONIC HALL AT bout
100000, says the State Tribune, has been
raised in Sacramento for the purpose Of
building a new Hall
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27

BSg- In Rhode Island, if person puts on
a clean shirt once week, he is denounced
as an ariStocrat by the popUlace.
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27

The VALUE OF SILVER CoIxs-J. Ross
SDowden, Director Of the I. S. Mint, has
issued a circular informing the public of
the value of various silver coin. as compar-
pared with the present standard silver coin
of the United States. From this it ap-
DparS--
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27
GEORGETOWN NEWS.

Mr. octavEen Hoogs is our authorized agent
for the GE0RGETowN NEWS at San Francisco.
He may be found at 81 Merchant street.
Kirk brothers are cur Agents in Sacramen-
to, at the Posi- 0FEICE LITERARY DEPOT, next
door to the Post Office
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27
The State Printing.

We find the following statistics in the
Daily Union of last Monday, showing the
enormous cost Of the public printing in this
State. The report for the fsal year ending
June 80, 1855. is yet to come into the cal
culation, which will swell the aggregate
probably some S125,0OO:
For first fiscal year, ending
June Both, 1850. .S 74,073 25
For second fiscal year, ending
June Both, 1851. ...... lOO,933 81
For third fiscal year, ending
June 30th, 1852 -. ..... 149,845 II
For fourth fiscal year, ending
June Both. 1858 ...... 2O2494 80
For fifth fiscal year, ending
June Both, 1854. ........ 10761O Il
Total .............S6 .S644, ,957 63
10 the above amount add the
appropriations made by the
Legislature OF 1855 to meet
former deficiencies Tor paper,
printing, &C.:
By act OF Feb. 2 100000 90
By act Of March ii $3.50 60
By act of April II l7,7l3 05
BY act Of April y 10000 60
$I80,963 O5
Which, with the former sum,
makes total, in the short
space of five years, Of the
pnOrmolIS cuni of SS25- Qo0 6S
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27

Five Franc pieces are worth, SO cts. each
Mexican and South American dol
lars. Observation-Disclosures. l051
Old Spanish Dollars, I05
Revolutionary or hammered dol
lars (often mistaken for the true
Spanish dollar,) r,)...........l .lOl
Hall dollars OF the u. States, coin
ed before 1887, 525
The same since 1887 to the last
change of standard in lS53.... 52t
German, Swedish, Danish 4 Nor
wegian crowns, ns,..........1lI
Old French crowns. ...-........l14
German HOTlnS. ........... ..... All
Prussian and Han0verian thalers, y
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27

Senate-Americans, Is; Democrats, 13;
Wings, 2. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 54;
Democrats, %; Independent, 4. Total on
joint tballot-Americans y; Democrats, 50;
Wings and Independent, 3. American ma
jority on joint ballot over all, 81.
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27
T1sc Legislature Eject.

The returns from the various counties,
says the San Francisco Citizen, have come
in sufficiently to enable US to make up a
pretty accurate list of the members Of the
next Legislature. The following is the Sen
atorial list. The Americans are in small
capitals, and the Democrats in italics
Two members, MeSsrs. Burton, of Nevada,
and Wilson, of Los Angeles-class them
selves with the Whig party, although in
all important matters they will probably
act with US. At any rate, they will not
act with our opponents:
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-12-28

crowned with the palm of San-Luca,
was worthy OF aspiring to the hand
of Mariana. This name operated
upon him like an electric shock. He
raved about, he howled like a de-
mon, saying that | was an assassin,
that had stolen his niece from him
by copying her features upon can
vas that she was his delight, his
life, his heaven; that he would like
to burn me, together with my ac-
cursed studio aud my hateful picture
The evaporation of the worthy
man, who began TO cry out murder,
robbers, made me fear some mistor-
tune. and quickly fled, rage in my
heart aud death IN my soul The
Capuzzi is madly III love with his
niece he watches her with all the
precautions of an atrocious jealousy,
aud if he obtains dispensation from
The pope, he will forclbly marry her
| am the most unfortunate of men y
'On the contrary, SAID Salvador,
you are near the realization of your
hopes; Mariana loves you it will
only be necessary TO withdrw her
from the tyranny of Capu2zi-Re-
turn to your studio, keep quiet, and
come aud see me again tomorrow,
at day break TO draw up our plan of
attack
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-12-28
A Trout Fish living in a Well
Twenty-Five Years.

MIR. F. Iioyi, a correspondent OF
the Country Gentleman, wnllng
from South East, New York, Novem-
Der I9th, says;
can any one tell how long "A trout
fish will live: twenty years the
last summer | came on the fam
where | now am. Almost the first
work that did after getting IN my
spring crops, was to dram bog
swamp, the outlet of winch leads m
to the Crolon riyer had an old
Scutchmau 10 go the dnchiug. One
day he brought up "A Trout fish about
the SIZE OF Il mans hte finger, ln
his whlskcy jug, Coy the 10y We sed
a lltie OF the Hrm then, aud not
since thcn.) ! put II ia the well near
the house, and ii is there now, grown
to a good size-say about foot
long, and large N proportion. 1t
has been fed out very hllle; once ia
while some one throws ~ a grass
hopper or cricket, la see him catch
it. The well is thirty leel deep,
and water hard, and settles down
nearly 10 the bottom, and then again
rises to near the top. lie has been
taken out few times to clean the
well, but not for the last five years.
Friday last go! a grasshopper the
last one expect to see tins fall, and
gave it to hlm. The water ls nov
twenty-five feet deep, but II hardly
touched the surface before he ha ~.
II any one has fish older than mine
| would like to know IT,
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IN ew Books.

1U135 LIZ y - S1y SSlS
Half Hours By Knight
The Deserted Wife BY Miss Southworth.
The Wukles.
The jean Cousin By VI. c. Clark.
Leather Stocking Tales-By Cooper.
Barngtons Sketches.
MtSluuns Miscellany Mckenzie.
lnsuf. Crusade 10 The Easi--J. r. rown.
Puny Lenders Sketches Of jefferson.
Hamihon, Jackson. Clay. RAN
duiph, &c.-By BALDWIN.
VISIT 20 the CaInp before Sebastopol.
knck knacks-Dy Clark
Bits Of Barney Mackenzie.
Sketches Of the IRISH BY Shiel.
Swallow Barn-3y Kennedy.
Modern British Essays-By Wilson.
Frank Freeman's Barber Shop.
tiome Pictures-By benson.
Letters from \. N.-By Mrs. Child.
Give Hall BY Mrs. Sewall.
Bell Smith Abroad
Dream Llfe-By Ike MARVEL.
Kings and Queens.
The Missing Bnde-By Mrs Southworth.
Life Of Gen. Scoii-By Mansfield.
Surgical Repous-By Hayward.
Motier's kecompenss-By Grace Agu.ar.
Nofert's koost by Irving.
Tales ofa Traveller BY Irving.
Bracebridge Hal--By Irving
Star Papers BY II. ". Boecher.
Llghs and Shadows Of Scottish Life.
May Flowers--By II. B. stowe.
Hunters Life IN Afrca-By Cummings.
Peg Wellington By Reade.
MY bondage and Ere. COMFY Douglass.
MaNlms Of Washington--By Schneider.
Which, the Right or the Lett.
Female Life among the Mormons.
Three Years in California Ry Curtis.
India, China and Japan--Bv Bayard Taylor.
The Lofty and Lowly-By Mcintosh.
And others, for sale by
81 s. N. WALTON.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-12-28
AgriraItural.
Cultivation of the Basket
Willow,

I'm selecting the soil for a willow
plantation, in nearly every instance
an error is committed by selecting
such as is too wet. The Sddr Vim
inalis, though delighting IN little
WeiStengEsc. df5S Succeed w Vel, Inc
soil should be deep aud rich, not
cl1y, (for the frost would lnjure
such y it may be upland OF inter
vale, a little moist, sufficiently so to
stand the drouth without becoming
baked or dusty. The roots should
be able to reach water or wet sod,
by descending from two TO five
feet IN midsummer. But where
water will appear by digging one
foot, or even two feet, IN the
growing part of the season, it will
be found to be injurious to the crop
Although what | have said may
make it appear difficult to select soil
that is suitable, still there are very
few fams that have not on them
more or less soil which will do
well.
The preparation of the soil may
be done either in the spring or fall
have no choice which, if il Is done
well. Piow deep, harrow 1t we'll
and make The surface as level and
smooth as possible. Set your cut
tings by line marked so as to in
dictate the distance between the cut
tiugs, which should be II or l3
inches. Make the rows just three
feet apart. Set your cutting per-
pendlcular where you can, leaving
only one and a half or two inches
ont of the ground. The cuttings
should be from nine 10 ten inches
long there is no benefit to be de-
rived from having them longer. =
OF course they should be set the
butt ends down.
The crop should be kept clean
from all grass and weeds the first
two seasons, hoeing them as late as
the last of August or first of Sep
TENDER the first season. The second
season will require about halt the
amount of labor to keep it clean,
OH account of the shade, which
will prevent the growth of weeds
the latter part of the season. Once
hoelng in the month of June will
be found beneficial IN every season.
The cuiIiyator may be used To adj
vantage the first two seasons
Where these directions are observed,
from two to two aud a halt tons
per acre, ready for market, may be
reasonably expected. Aud even
three tons or more may be obtained
on very favorable situations. This
! have proved by my own exleri-
ence the season past. Others speak
OF larger crops, but | will only
mention what | have proved by my
own experience. The crop pays
well enough, and have no dispose
ton TO overrate any part of it.
l would never set cuttings in
the fall IN this cold climate. The
action of the frost would raise them
out of the ground, aud they will
not settle down again. Early in
the spring is the best time to set ;
but they wlli do very well to set as
late as the first of June, if you take
proper care of your cuttings, keep
ing them in cool place SO thai
they will neither sprout much nor
die. The crop may be cut IN tie
'a'' alter The leaves fall F; but Think |
very early in the spring will prove |
I" be The most suitable time on ac |
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-12-28
HELMBoLn's nlGuLY CONCENTRATED
COMPOUND
FLUID EXTRACT SARSApARJJJA

For Parifsag ne Blood rsHouHg all dsease. o,isiu
ron .1cess ~ Mercury, efpesnre and imgrHaenee a.
iVe car'He eoasttataaal asegse, arisisg from an I'm
PHrs state ~ the Blood aud ne only relabls and eg
NJ kng,oH emsfs fer ne Of Srrofaia Sli RIM
a'd Hsad UiesfatioRs tth6 Throat aud Lsays Pgiss
eHa sHftHgs ~ hs Baacs, Tftffr, Ptmgiss ON thf
Rae, ahe sag EruFfoHs n ne Sktp.
NJ "T'icln J. nnN prescribed hF somo Of the most
dsung lshcd pNysrtins the country, tud la. nrved
more hrieu 90 Practice than tuy prep rution of r
snpn'uh YET offered 10 the puhiic Seserai case. o.
sccondap stph's, MrTcural and Scrafnlous diseases
have entrei' uncovered the tucusahe wand. at an,
Public l"siiu ions which had fir many years rs,sir
every mode "itfeainen hat could be devised These
cases iufnish sikins examples ofihe stluiary ,cts
riihls medic arFatns somo Of The iuyrntat
Eases q CO lle Il inis were DESTROYED Hnd m.
honos already Affected. ~ ''
Np1IcH'-l.eileis tom rospons be Physicians and
fr"essots OF several Medical Colleges aud rti6cale
81 cures Tom pitieots walt be found o,b
Ptepafanous Jun
PAGES FLUID fHiiael Of Baehu, 81 ger bottle, or
hot les foe s.. ~
fHicEs Fud kxuact of Sarsaparlia 81 per pot,le M,
utilities hf -, equii IA ,trength nnc gallon OF SWIM
of ,Hfsapaiilla. ''"'
rrepiIsd ana sold by u 7. HELMBOID chem,s,
Chestnut Ftfort naarthe Girard House, Pbilad.l
nhia.
IN b. had Of CoLidNS 4 PIERCE Montnelie, Y,
Aud 81 hfngsl-ts t1i beaiofs ~tsrywhefe.
itetrs dfrseiei e. A6 Proprietor pr fgsHf reeefre
immediate d, cHtieH. al. ~
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-12-28
HOWARD ASSOCIATION.
PHILADELPHIA.
Important Announcement

V'o ALL PERSONS afflicted with Sexual di.sa.e..
such tssfMtNA LWEAKNEss. IMPOTENCE.
'oDNN9RuEA, GtEEr, SYPHILIS, Sc Sc
ihe iipW'bD ASSOCIATION ofpmladrlphia
We" OF nc awful Destruction 81 human life and health
caused hy Sexual Diseases an The iooeptious which
ere pfaciisrd upon the unfortunate vciims OF such
diseases bY Oaaets, have directed their Consulting
Snreeosi a. 3ilkIlAULE AUr worthy as their
name, 10 give .nlgAL ADVICE GRATIS. toall
persons thus afflicted, Male or Femalel no ami,
By letter, Win dcaeItpiion OF thfr condition faer
uceupaioo, hahi's VI ife,l &c and IN case orx rema
plNtln an4 soldering 10 FURNISH MEDICINES
TREE OF CHARGE,
The HoNa'd Association is benevolent Ipsiitutiou
established by speai audow fer the relief er ne
sick ana distressed, afflicted wIh Niruicat and Epi-
penie Diseases andtts funds De used Tor no er
purpose Il has aaw surplus OF mnan- which The
nirociois have voted to adverss he above Hotcr II
IS need ess 10 add that the Assoctatton ennmao ~
highest Mediea XII Of The age, and viii furnish Me
most approved nod.fn treatment Valuable .lvtre
also given 20 sick sud rertous femalrs afflicted a itb
shdonin d weakness, WOMB Complaint, t'o.tirsness.
Lrur rfhnG Sc.
Address tpost-padl DrGEO R.CALHoUN. Con
suluaa surgeon, uowAri As.oeiution. No. = s.utb
NINTH stree. Phiade phia, Pa.
by order OF the Directors.
EZRA u. hEARTWEI.L, President
GEO. FAIRCHlLD. saetetart. 9s,k
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count of the trouble Of preserving
them in green state through the
winter so thtHthey will peel readily
in the spring. What the best meth
cd is to be pursued to winter them,
| am not able yet to say from ex-
perience. In cutting the crop be
careful and not leave long stems,
especially where the shoots cut are
small. From half an inch to two
inches is long enough to produce
good shoots the next season. All
little twigs should be carefully
trimmed off after the crop is cut
The bundles should be bound near
The butts and made very even aud
set IN shallow water early in the
spring, leaving little chance for
the circulation of air. They Will
vegetale aud be ready to peel about
the middle of May | have no
doubt that Mr.. G.. J. Colby's Feeling
Machine can be perfected so as to
do the business of peeling in per
feet manner. aud save great a.
mount of labor.
After peeliug, the willows are
spread out IN open air IN sunny
day, and will generally get sutli-
ciently dry in one day to pack for
market There is a ready market,
and an increased demand. Present
price for imported Willows is $40
per ton.
The above, if observed, will en-
able the new beginner to commence
the cultivation Of the Willow with
oat difficulty. Any one purchasing
cuttings of me will receive attention
To further enquiries as far as | am
able to give information. will
furnish cuttings of the best variety
for - 90 per 1000 cuttings, where
10000 are ordered to one address.
More will be charged where less are
ordered Winter is the proper time
to transport them great distances.
EkASTUS PARKER
WatcrbHry, w., Dec 20, 1855