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The Georgetown news., 1855-12-06

They put his hunting knife by his side
that he might have something to defend
himself on the way, his whisky bottle that
he might cheer his spirits with draught
now and then, and his tobacco and pipe,
that he might smoke. Then they put on
the cover, drove down stakes each side of
the log, and filled up between them with
logs and brush. The murdered squaw was
avenged. The camp was broken up, and
the old stiffness and quiet once more reigned
over the forest spot where was consummated
this signal act Of retributive justice.
Our informant has visited the spot often
since then; the log is still there with its
cover on; and beneath may still be seen the
skeleton Of the victim.
Let no Che-mo-ke-mum call this deed
of barbarity. 1t was an act of simple JUS
tlce; there was double murder it is true,
but the pale face who sold the fire water
that crazed the poor victim and caused him
to shed the blood of his squaw has them to
answer for in the day of final reckoning.
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-06
The VarnTSh Tree.

The very best Japan yarniSh is prepared
from the rus vernic1erG of Japan, which
grows in great abundance in many parts of
that country, and is likewise cultivated in
many places on account Of the great advan-
tages derived from it. This varnish, which
oOzeS out Of the tree on being wounded, is
procured from stems that are three years
old. and is received in some proper vessel.
At first sight it is of a lightish color, and
of the conscience of cream, but grows thick
er and black on being exposed to the air.
1t is so transparent when laid pure and I'M
mixed upon boxes or furniture, that every
vein of the wood may be seen. For the
most part dark ground is spread under
meath it, which causes it to reflect like a
mirror; and for this purpose recourse is fire.
quently had to the fine sludge, which is got
in the trough under a grindstone, Or to
ground charcoal; occasionally a red sub
stance is mixed with the varniSh, and some
times gold leaf ground very fine.
This varnish hardens very much, but will
not endure any blows, cracking and flying
almost like glass though it can stand boiling
water without any damage. With this the
Japanese varnsh over the posts of their
doors, and most articles of furniture which
are made Of wood. 1t far exceeds the CHI
nese and Siamese varnish, and the best is
collected about the town of Jassino. 1t is
cleared from impurities by wringing it
through very fine paper; then about hun
dredth part of an oil called tO1, which IS eX-
pressed from the fruit OF 6lgnOnaa t0nlent0sd
IS added to it, and being put into wooden
vessels. either alone or mixed with native
cinnabar, or some black substance, it is
sold all over Japan. The expressed oil of
the seeds serves for candles. The tree is
said to be equally poisonous as the rh'ss ve-
nenata, or American poison tree, commonly
called swamp sumach.
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-06
An Indian Execution In Michigan.

The Clinton county Mich Express pub
fishes the following, and vouches for its au-
thenticity. 1t is certainly a curious history:
In different parts of Central Michigan
there are two tribes of Indians, the Ottawas
and Chippewas. They are friendly to each
other, and during the hunting season, fire.
quently encamp near each other. In the
fall Of 853, a party Of one tribe built their
cabins on the banks of Maple river, and a
party Of the other tribe, about eighty in
number, encamped in what is now the town
Of Dallas. 1t is unnecessary to speak of
their life in these camps-suf1ice it to say
that the days were spent in hunting, and
the nights in drinking ''fre water" and ca
rOusing. In one Of the revels at the camp
on Maple river, an Indian, maddened by
liquor, killed his squaw, and to conceal the
deed threw her body upon the fire.
Recovering from the stupor of the revel,
he saw the signs of his guilt before him, and
fearing the wrath of his tribe, he fed to-
wards the other encampment.
His absence was nOticed-the charred
remains Of the poor Squaw were found, and
the cry for blood was raised. The avengers
were soon upon his track-they pursued him
to the encampment of their neighbors-he
was found, apprehended, and in solemn
council doomed to the death which. in the
stern old Indian code, is reserved for those
only who shed the blood of their kin. 1t
was a slow, torturing, cruel death. A
hatchet was put in the victims hands, he
was led to large log that was hollow, and
made to assist in fixing it for his coffin
This was done by cutting into it some dis
tance on the top, in two places about the
length of man apart, then slabbing off,
and digging the hollow until larger, so as
to admit his body. This done, he was ta-
ken back and tied fast to tree. Then they
smoked and drank the ''fre water" and
when evening came, they kindled large fires
around him, at some distance of, but so
that they would shine full upon him. And
now commenced the orgies they drank to
mtoxIcation-they danced and sang in their
wild Indian manner, chanting the dirge of
the recreant brave. The arrow was fitted
to the bowstring, and ever and anon with
It's shrlll tWang it sent missile into the
qulyerlng flesh of the homicide; and to
heighten his misery they cut off his ears and
nose.
Alternately drinking, dancing, beating
their rude drums and shooting their arrows
into the victim, the night passed.
The next day was spent in sleeping and
eating, the victim meanwhile still bound to
the tree. What his reflections were we Of
course cannot tell, but he bore his punish
ment as O warrior should.
When night was close around it brought
his executioners to their work again. The
scene Of the first night was re-enacted, and
SO it was the next night, and the next, and
the next, and so on for week. Seven long
and weary days did he stand there tortured
with the most cruel torture, before his proud
head droopod upon his breast, and his spirit
left its clayey tenement for the hunting
grounds of the Great Spirit. And when i
did they took the body, wrapped it in new
clean blanket, and placed it in the log coffin
he had helped to hollow.
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-06
To the Past.
BY VIM. CULLEN BRYANT.

Thou unrelentng past!
S1rong are the barriers round thy dark domain,
And letters, sure and fast,
holu all that enter thy unbreathing reign.
Ear in thy realm, withdrawn,
Old empires sit in suIlenheSs and gloom,
And glorious ages, gone,
LIE deep within the shadow of thy womb.
Childhood, with all its mirth.
Youth manhood, age thht draws US to the ground,
And last, mans life on earth,
Glide to thy dim dominiOns, and are bound.
Thou hast my better years
Thou hast my earlier friends the good, the kind,
Yielded to thee with tears
The venerable form-the exalted mind.
My spirit yearns to bring
The lost Cnes back-yearns with desire intense
And struggles hard to wiring
Thy bolts apart, and pluck thy captives thence.
In vain-thy gates deny
All passage, save to those who hence depart:
Nor to the streaming eye
Thou giv'st them back-nor to the broken heart.
In thy abysses hide
Beauty and excellence unknown-to thee
Earth's wonder and her pride
Are gathered, as the waters by the sea;
LabOrs of good to man,
Unpublished charity, unbroken faith
Love, that midst Grief began,
And grew with years, and faltered not in death.
Full many mighty name
Turks in thy depths, unutter'd, unrevered;
With thee are silent fame,
Forgotten arts, and wisdom DISAPPEARED.
Thine for a space are they
Yet shalt thou yield thy treasures up at last,
Thy gates shall yet give way
Thy bolts shall fall, ineX0rable past!
All that of good and fair
Has gone into thy womb from earliest time,
Shall then come forth, to wear
The glory and the beauty of its prime.J
They have not perish h'd-no!
Kind words, Remembered voices once so sweet,
Smiles, radiant long ago,
And features, the great SOULS apparent seat;
All shall come back, each tie
Of pure affection shall be knit again;
Alone shall evil die,
And sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
And then shall behold
Him, by whose kind paternal side l spring,
And her, who, still and cold,
Fills the Dext grave-the beautiful and young.
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-06
NO. g..
A Patent Reaper.

The Detroit Advertiser tells of team of
bright bay five year old mares, fourteen
hands high long & low built, sturdy tough,
strong and smooth, recently matched by S.
p. W, of Calhoun county, Michigan,
for farm service. A better team never set
tied mould board into green-sward. W.
had Sixty-fve acres of noble wheat, and he
had purchased new McCormick's reaper,
to which in the pride Of his heart he hitched
the mares, scorning to disgrace his fine crop
and new reaper by contact with anything
in the shape Of horse-hesh poorer than his
very best. The mares were harnesSed to
the machine raw Dutchman who had
never seen a reaper was put on to drive,
and away they went. At the first revolu-
ton Of the big reel, which they saw over
their binders, they became impressed with
the idea they were bound ito run wild de
masheen, and sure enough they did, through
the big wheat-feld in all possible zig-zag
directions, cutting some, breaking down the
balance, and scattering the grain far and
wide behind them. The Dutchman clung
to his seat for while, yelling 'wo ? in nine
teen different dialects, until the truck ofthe
reaper struck stone, whereat he bounded
some ten feet into the air, describing a par
abolc curve, with radius of inconyenient
lengthya finally brought up, hull down,
in the middle of the field. The mares kept
on as though Ceres had hired Bacchus for
a car-driver, and was bent on bust-the
machinery rafting, the great wheel reyoly-
ing with fierce velocity, and the knives
gnashing away at the grain like the teeth
of a madman, until the breaking O. swim
gletree ended over the machine, and the
mares streaked it for the barn, where they
remained at last accounts. The next day,
six remarkably old-fashioned cradles were
observed at work in that wheat field, and O.
notice headed "Patent Reaper for sale,"
was to be seen posted on the front gate!
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-06

AN ACCOMPLISHED BLIND MAN-The
Journal Of Chartres gives an account of
water-mill, in the hamlet of Olsleme, near
Charities, built entirely by a blind man,
without either assistance or advice from
any one. The masonry, carpenters work,
roofing, stairs, paddle-wheel, cogs,in word,
all the machinery pertaining to the mill,
has been made, put up, and set in motion
by him alone. He has also, the aboyejour-
nal asserts, made his own furniture. When
the water is low, and the mill does not
work, our blind miller becomes joiner and
also turner, on lathe Of his own inven-
ton. and so he makes all manner Of uten-
sil8, and pretty toy wind-mills for the juve-
niles He lives quite alone, sweeps his own
room; his mother, who has fifteen children
to care for, lives mile off, and does not
trouble her head about cher blind boy for
'he earns his bread now, she says, and does
not want her. In 1852 this blind miller
was rewarded with a medal by the agricul-
tural society of the ACCOMPLISHMENT, for
machine serving the double purpose of win
moving corn and separating the best grains
from the common sort.
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-06

A LADY's OPINIoN-The meanest and
most contemplate of mankind may vet find
some human advocate; and male coduettes
have had, it seems, at least one defender.
The poet Campbell says that he once
heard lady Of distinguished beauty and
rank defend Sir Thomas Lawrence from the
charge Of having been guilty of paying at
tentions to ladies, without intending to fol-
low them up by an offer of his hand. A
gentleman remarked that he thought Sir
Thomas was highly blameable.
No replied the lady, who was said to
have been herself the temporary object OF
the great painters attentions; no, not eX-
actly-not SO much to blame, said the lady
musingly.
what ? exclaimed the gentleman--'you
astonish me. Not to blame for such con-
duct?'
Can You really madam, said the gentleman
again, defend such behavior as desertlon-
WHY. sir, interrupted the lady, TO con
fess the truth, am firmly of opinion that
the majority of women would rather be
courted and jilted, that net courted at all'
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-06

BagAn Irishman on arriving in Ameri-
ca, took fancy to the Yankee girls, and
wrote to his wife as follows:
Dear Nora-These melancholy lines are to
inform you that [ died yesterday, and [
hope you are enjoying the same blessing
l recommend for you to marry Jenny o.
Rourke, and take good care Of the children
From your af1ectionate husband till death
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-06

UNHoNoRED HERoEs-When see a man
holding faster his uprightness in proportion
as it is assailed; fortifying his religious trust
in proportion as Providence is obscure; ho-
ping in the ultimate triumphs Of virtue
more surely in proportion to its present af
fictions; cherishing philanthropy amidst
the discOuraging experience Of mems un-
kindness and unthankfuIness; extending to
others a sympathy which his own suferings
need, but cannot obtain; growing milder
and gentler amidst what tends to exasper-
ate and harden; and, through inward prin-
ciple, converting the very indictments to
evil into the occasions of a virtue; | see an
explanation, and noble explanation, of the
present state. see good production, so
transcendant in its nature as to Justify all
the evil and suffering under which it grows
up. l should think the formation of few
such minds worth all the apparatus of the
world. | should say that this earth, with
its continents and oceans, its seasons and
harvests, and its successive generations,
was a work worthy of God, even were it to
accomplish no other end than the training
and manifestation Of the illustrious charac-
ters which are scattered through history
And when [ consider how small portion
of human virtue is recorded by history, how
superior in dignity, as well as in number,
are the unnoticed, unhonored saints and he
roes Of domestic and humble life, see a light
thrown over the present state which more
than recOncileS me to its evils Charming.
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-06
Divine Worship.

REV. DAVID MCCLURE, of the Presbytery of
San Francisco, breaches every Sabbath morning
and evening in the Town Hall, Georgetown. Ser
vices commencing at 1Ot o'clock A. NJ, and s
P. M. Also, every Sabbath afternoon at Bottle
Hill, at o'clock. Prayer meeting at the Par
ennnpe ON Wednesday, evenings.
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-06

Public Worship.-At the School House,
Georgetown, Regular appointments of Rev. JNO.
SHARP, of NJ. E. Church, 10a A. NJ. and P. NJ,
every Sabbath. Occasional supplies by other
Ministers. Prayer meetings, Wednesday even
ings at P. NJ. Sabbath School 81 A. NJ.
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-06

CHANGE FOR MARKET.-My DEAR said
an a.! af1ectlonate wife, what shall we have for
dinner to-day?'
'one OF your smiles, replied the husband,
1 can dine on that every day
but can't, replied the wife.
Then take this ? and he gave her kiss
and left.
He returned to dinner.
This is excellent steak said he-'what
did you pay for it?'
why, what you gave me this morning,
said his wife.
The deuce you did p exclaimed he; then
you shall have the money next time you 60
to market.
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-06
Public Worship.

There will be preaching at the Town Hall,
every Thursday evening, at o'clock, p NJ; al
so upon every other Sabbath, at o'clock, P. NJ
by Rev. R. R. BRooKsHIER, of the Methodist E
piscOpal Church South.
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-06
Z. q. OF q. F.

AS. of T.-Georgetown Division, No. 42,
Sons of Temperance, meets every Tues
~ day evening, at o'clock, in their Hall
on Main street. Georgetown.
All brethren in good standing are invited to at
tend. VIM. T. GIBBS, W. 2.
J. T. NOEL, R. s.
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-06
Books q Stationery.

A Literary Depot, is opened by the under
n signed, on Main Street, Bottle Hill, at which,
DOohS, MAGAAlNES and NEWSPAPERS of
every variety, and of the latest date, can he had
upon application.
JAMIS0N & CALDWELL.
Bottle Hill, April 18th, 1856 T27.tf.
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-06

CuR1os1rY.-Looking over other people,
affairs, and overlooking cur own.
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-06

TURNING LATHE.-The undersigned begs
4 leave to inform the citizens of Grorgetow7n
enat he is prepared to do all kinds of Turning in
we best manner and at the shortest notice.
G.. NJ. A. W0ODSIDE.
Gosgetown, Oct 10, 1854. l.tf
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-05-17
Another Earthquake at Broussa.

On the evening Of the 10th ut, shortly before
eight o'clock, TWO or three violent shocks of earth
quake were felt at Broussa, and caused universal
terror among The inhabitants. Every one called
10 mind the fearful scenes which had occurred
hardly month since, and was struck with the
apprehension Of the coming calamity. unhappily
only too fully realized, In live minutes from that
time every public monument and building in
Broussa was heap of ruins
Complete details of the catastrophe are still
wanting but IL may be said in brief that The city
is destroyed-hre having devoursd what relics
the earthquake had left Among other noble
monuments that have persisted, is the magnificent
mosque OF Ouou- DIAM. the pride of the civ.
Two minarets OF this edifice was overthrown in
the former earthquake, and the cupola cracked.
II Is now wrecked from top 10 bottom, leaving
nothing but pile OF crumbled stones, amidst
which the celebrated tay6es Of the first Sultan are
buried All The others mosques have experienced
a like fate. No stone-buill house in Broussa has
resisted the terrible shock Enormous masses of
earth and rock were detached from the TANKS of
the mountain above the upper streets of the place.
and rolled down upon the Jews quarter whose
destruction they completed.
As 10 the wooden houses, which escaped with
less damage from the earthquake they have been
destroyed almost totally by conhagraton. The
Hanes broke forth AT many points simultaneously
about nine o'clock, and are still raging. The
scene Is awful. The bazaar, and the whole quarter
Of The city around il, presents nothing but he APPS
OF smoulderlng ashes. The European quarter has
suffered least. The houses Of the Franks are
built in the plain and have, in many instances,
whhslood the shock, But what misery is around
rs on every side If the government does not
afford assistance promptly and energeticaly hum
dreds ef families who are left destitute OF food
shelter or clothing must perish mserably
The conflagration still RACES, I'll, at noon y the
night has been fearful. Shocks Of earthquake
have not ceased 10 be felt and are still recurring
More than one hundred and fifty have been count
~E \ 49,.
seem paralyzed with terror, and are plunged in
state of lndescribabe stupor. The number of
victims il is impossible 10 reckon. Who, indeed,
can give an account of ihem2
News has arrived that the village of Tikindji,
situated about league from Broussa has been
totally destroyed. Several hamlets and farm
houses in the vicinity are also reported 10 have
been wrecked by the CONFUSION
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From The Paris Universe, April IS.
Japan and China.

The japanese Distrust Of The Anericans--Sa
peyinq off the Coast Our Officers CiUl
Prisoners Oar Relations Nth the French
at Sdnghdi--Americdn Co1Tespondence,1 Nth
the Insurgents Arrest Of United States
Officers.
We have letters from Hong Kong Of l4th
February. Our correspondents we're at that
date in receipt Of news from the Loo Choo
Islands and from japan. The conduct of the
Japanese government with regard TO Europeans
is still the same as heretofore that is 10 say,
equally mistrustful and ill-disposed. The Anne
ricans themselves, with their phantom Of q
treaty, are in nowise protected from the ill.will
Of the officers Of the Emperor. They have
received very evident proof Of this during the
station there, Of the corvette Vincennes, dis
patched to Japan TO execute survey Of the
coast Every time the officers have wished 10
land, in order TO determine a point, they were
met with opposition, and for the ful6lment Of
their mission, compelled to resort to force. Al
Loo Choo they have not met with more
friendly reception. Too weak to prevent the
landing Of the men dispatched ashore, the gov
ernor contented himself with the annoyance o.
appointing guard ofhonor to accompany them
FOR the purpose Of keeping off the people. Thi:
duty had been so well performed, that during
nearly one months sojourn on the island the
Americans have not found single opportunity
Of speaking TO single individual. A scarcity
began to be experienced even on board th'
corvette the governor had forbidden the fur
nishing Of provisions to the vessel. Disguised
with all this chicanery the commodore landed
eighty men, well armed, and directed them upor
the palace Of the governor. This frightened
him so much that he promised all that was de
manded. From that moment provisions wer
in abundance. II was said TO be the intention 0
France and England to open negotiations wit
Japan on the commencement Of spring. On
correspondents do not attach credit to this r,
port, and they remark that in distant countrie
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fngton City.
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ington City.
fNHE undersigned propose 20 commence
IL about the first OF June next, in the City Of
Washington, the publication of weekly news
paper, 10 be called The SPECTATOR, designed for
general circulation among the people OF the United
States. Its columns will contain full digest Of
the news of The day, foreign and domestic; a
weekly review of finance and the markets; a
synopsis Of the proceedings of Congress during
lis session; tables 81 election returns the impor
tant p'liiica action Of Stale Legislatures, aud Of
party conventions; interesting miscellaneous and
scientific matter; articles on Agriculture together
with original articles upon The leading topics OF
the day. Much valuable information relative 10
the operations OF the Executive Departments, to-
gether with weekly list Of new patents will be
found IN its columns large portion Of lis
space will be devoted 10 light literature, original,
and selected. Its location at the political centre
OF the Union, will afford opportunities always 10
procure the latest and most reliable information
on public affairs.
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the SPECTATOR an acceptable visiler TO every
house In the Union, and il will therefore not as
sumo on any occasion the position of a parIiZan
paper, nor VIII ii owe any allegiance 10 men; bur
entertaining fixed and decided views questions
OF political economy, and upon our system of gov
eminent, 1t will disseminate and promugate them
as occasion may require always keeping carefully
IN view the interests OF the country, growing out
OF foreign as well as domestic affairs.
The SPECTATOR will be printed in quarlo form,
on good paper and new type; each number con
tanning eight pages of matter making one volume
annually of 4l6 pages. Each volume will be
companied by full and compile index to its con-
tents, thus making II most valuable paper for
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The last news from these Islands represents
that "the building Of the Sailors Home was
about to be commenced at Honolulu King
Kamehameha ". was exceedingly popular, and
the Islands were quiet. The Chancellor Of
the kingdom and the Marshal Of the Hawaiian
Islands had sailed for the United States. A
reciprocal trade treaty with our Government
was much desired by the people. The officers
of the United States ship Decatur and those
Of the British ship-ofwar Dido, had been pre-
scented at court. Among the deaths in the
Islands are those Of Drs. 'Wylle and Page, form
erly of the United States"