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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-06-11

Early mex, morning, ai lhr Gu' s'mmu of
dawn. a. number of ,hc -e,,lrr, m., al the
house uf the parent, Of the m.-,nr onr.-
The rounwnlncr, of thc aged pl.r ,u1 plain
u.s. told the d,,rr,, of their minds. NO sleep
had visited their eyes during the night,
vhu-r long, weary watches bad been passed
ne PRAYERS, .uppllc,,iou> and tears, The
party had rna,,,mhlrl -um.'mc and yet
lbr Scout drd not make h,s appearance. ll,
prolonged al-,ncr bad Insl h.ran lo excite To-
marx. when hc entered the house with Brave
a, his heels
we began go ir1r YOU had lcl us," said
the mother, in a voice weak aud rrmulou,
with emotion.
What, aud Annie in lhc saagr-' hands .
Ne, 100, Ma'am, Jo wicr dom, leave ,h., bu,,-
uc>, until hr has restored the lus, one sale
and sound into your arm, go
lIu, wall they bot murder her, Scout
My r"or Annie, would m Gcd could dlc for
thee" exclaimed ,hc mother IA tome, of bit
Ter anguish.
"lIu,h, hush, wife ,' said her husband 100
a tone Of tender rcbuhc. " Ills will be done
lie will orIcr an thing, Alright"
Don, distress yourself IN l'am,' chImcd
in the Scou, with his rough consolation
they will no, harm her. Why should thcy
destroy the gall They are a dcud-likc Sc,, !
know, when their blood j. up, aud think no
more of dashlnr ,umakawk into q mans
skull than would Of crushing a wom-and
less too, ior that matter, ior never do that
intentionally. No. Mrs. Woodman, their
object is to take her tn Canada and ,cll her To
some Of them Internal toad-catcrs, who put
them up to rhi, dtNllp' but us time to
think Of starting, added the Scout tighten
ing hi, brl,, and whis,ling his dog To his side.
The men now gathered around him aud
prolrrcd hnm their services, hut Ice shook his
head -
No, no, friends, too many cocks spilc the
broth I've been out on llt uall ulls uloIU-
ing, aud found there were but three Of the
criuurs, and Brave aud ! are a match for any
three rcl-skin. that ever lived, hey, puss
You had better stay a, home, for there may be
more outlying yamlnts about the settlement
to work mischief. Keep good watch, Tor
they are dc,a,eiul sarpcnts, and before YOU
know it, almost, will have your scalPs dan
Cling a, their belts"
Ancr three or four had Vainly urged the
Scout to accept their services, Deacon Hazel
ton, who had spent the night with the bcrcay-
eli parents administering such consolation as
was in his power, of whom II has been said,
that he pridcd himself on having more sPlr-
i,ual disccrnmeut than his minister" arose
and said
"Bc it a. the Scout says-hc knows best,
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searching glanccs along the sward and among
the bushes, noticing every pressure on the
rras. and every displaced leaf and twig.
He had proceeded along some distance in
this manner, when stopping suddenly before
clump or high bushes he surveyed them
closely Tor a moment, then pushing his way
through. he was seen on the other side, with
his .om bent closely to the earth In few
minutes he returned to the roadside with a
lurking smile on his counienancc.
"Thi. hunIng for trail by ,orch.lrht is
pcsky trying To the eyes" be- remarked in a
quiet tone, after be had gone on a few steps
" but I've got scent Of the yaminis' They
came out Wonder and seized upon the Cai, and
We shall fud a broader trail presently. unless
she observed them and started up the rad a
piece before they overlook her Aha" be-
cyclllmcd, after be h7d gone along same de.
tancc-" this Is rs plr.u as n guidc-buard -
Here, younrs,cr," be- added, thru.tinr h,
hand among the bushes, aud addressing Young
Eldrn. who had c,lucrd 30 much interest in
AuuIc's fltr--" Here, yolnCs,rr, is a keep.
slkc Of your mistress" and Ice handed the
uov blu,hlug youth bi, Of ribbon, which
had ro, detached from the girls dress during
the struggle shc evidently made with her cap
tors.
The men an gathered around the Scout.
who pointed ont The trail u, had discovered,
and most Of them proposed starting mmcdr-
alcly iu pursuit.
"Wml. follow this trail by iorch.lrhl.
that's a bright idcc'" sand he Scou, lu a
slightly dru,i,c tome. Hal not you better
take q drum With you ton aud h,a, It ON the
way An lyun aln, Ike an owl io be- bIiuJ-
cd with light. or a partridge % be- stopped by
a noise No, my friend, the be-, thing We
can do ,s lo ro home and ,o hd. lvill meet
you 'arly al father Wuodm7us in the morn
inr, and -,c vh1, b, h,,' io b. dome"
The majority of,hc cumpn, aclu,c,rci in
,bc drc.,lun of ,hr old huu,c., but vo ul
them insisted on following up,h pursuit ,ha,
nrh, 900 spit, of bt, rrnou.,nn.r-, and sup.
rlvnr themselves with rorchys plunged into
DO, vun,l,.
"wal. lg, ,hrm geo. lld ,hc Scout turn
inr with ,hc u.,, ,o 900 cop the ru,l-"a viii
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but before hc leaves, brethren, let us unite IN
asking the blessing Of Heaven on his peril.
ous undertaking. Pendvcnturc the Lord
will hear our prayers, and make our friend
the humble instrument OF restoring to ~ the
damscl, even as Abmm Of old brought hack
his brother lot from his captivity in the land
Of lIobah."
With this intimaiion those present assumed
dcyout attitudes, the Scout rcycrcntly lining
his wolfskin cap and leaning ou hi- long IT.
fc, at the butt of which, with his head up
lifted, car, thrown back as If listening, and
eyes fixed on the face of his MASTER, Crouch.
cd his faithful companion, Brave.
The rood deacon wrc,llcd long and frrcut-
" IN prayer. lie Grs, invoked blessings on
the aged parents, be-eccliur that comfort
might b, ,uuch,afrd tn ihcm In ,hi. hour of
aiIl.ciion-,la, ihcy might be- strengthened To
bear up under the eros, laid on them. and that
whatever might hr ,hc issue Of this trying
dispcusl,,ou, they might be- enabled 10 SLY,
Thy will be- jour'' lie ihcu alluded 10
the captive, md prayed iha, the maiden mtrh,
be- sustained loo hrr captivity, Tint hrr hl.
NIGH, be- precious iu the sight of thr lorl,
1ud she hc returned at length in safety,
monument NJ Gud', abuunJug mercy Par
tcularly dd De- invoke the blessing. of hc1y-
cu ou lh- Scout, puylur that h.. step, might
d. directed arrh, and biz arm, strengthened
that ,hc l"m would %. h, shield auI buck.
lrr. and cnromlls h.s pathway hy day Julby
night. and make him ,hr instrument, boo liz
hands of working out lhc drInruucr cf the
captive, and thus bring back Io, again to thc
hrar,s Of H., aged servants Nor were the
clp,or, forgotten. lie ,upplica'ci that their
hearts might b. ,oNcnrl, that lhc hrlihcn
might D, turned io repentance. llial the buw
aud ihc spear mgI, be- brokcn, and they who
welded them b. hrourh, To delight mo- more
in shedding hlorl
"Itwa, % powerful awhug PRAYER the
Scout Va, wont ,o say. quite equal To auy
hc h,I heard from Elder Tufts, and almo-, q
match f,r one of par-on Smiths, down to
the uld meeting 'un-c BOO Falmouth, who hld
q natural rin tIat vay, pryur 100 hours 600
% stretch. without breaking down. But f
WIS @ waste Of words, hc cnu'udrd. 'to
pray ior ihc cunvrion ot lbr rrd-saus llr
would - -oou lluuk of rouaunr -hr-cail.
mount auy d1y"
Before rhc loar petition vas over. rhr
Scout began TO show signs of mp'lcncr.
anil a. soru as ,hr eunoruu- Amen iII
iriu the Itr- or ,hc npt deacon, be- took t,r
hand uf the weeping mother
"Br Of rood cheer, Ma'lm," hc s1.d.
thcrc'. q good Cod aho,c 90, all a1d lIc
will uo, suffer the child uf so many ruyrr
,n p-ri-h II -p be- hc .dd,d, .' ,lir dn'..
come ,o harm. TRUST ,hc odd Scout, rnr ,lr-
mint, shall tue 90"
Thu. saving ,hr oIl m1n -huu1rrcd h., u-
Ge, sud vhiIlug To h., dog, lro lhc house
and walked rapidly along Ibr road uui.i hr
reached che trail, when b., plunged inln lhc
iprr,, and va, lot 'o sight, Dly after day
hr continued lhr pursuit, dorrnr ihc tu,-
stop. ~ ilr Indian, With uucung prrr.,lon,
until Date n ihr afternoon or ,hr Gnb, when
Dos certain sign, hr hrramc aware ,hlt hr Was
in lhr immediate nrlghborhuud OF ,hu-c hr
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5HtHJ'GaO rNfH
Irmm tb. Yankee uIaIrI
THE CAPTIVE MAIDEN.
4 STORY OF MAINE.
CHAPTER O.
90 ,u,Utrs r.ut,ttr.

CHAPTER Q.
Ahuut century AGO, there were only sew
en- or eigh, small houses iu what is now the
thriving town Of BuNtuu, Ia the state Of Maine.
then known as Naragauscu Township. No.
1 At ne rsriod Of our story. England and
France were struggling for supremacy ia
North America, and the latter had enlisted ia
her cause the aborigincs Of the country, over
whom, through the agency Of the Jesu,,s, she
cNer,cd a powerful influence. The French
omitted no means To flster unelsiness among
the Indians again,, the whites, instisntng
them io hostility, IN which ths greatest cruel
ties were PerPcuated. Their attacks were 50
frequent and secret, that, 20 ensure their safe
Iy, The settlers Wcut constantly armed SO
PerIous were the tms, to uss the language
of an aged mltrOn, " almost every house was
a garrison. and every man carried gun 90
meeting" This state Of things continued un-
ul the oOnques, Of Quebec IN 1859. The bat
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che CrtcrO Democrat,
rrstt,urp NIEV rrrsuAN NoESiNo
MILLETT & MELLEN.

TrUvs-Ou- dollar anil 6ity oruts in ad'suc',
ur- dollar anJ sr,JBi, five cent. within ~ u'nihs
t~s dlTl,r. al tbe Sud ~ the N,ar. T. Wish hil,
rents wiH d. added &c ,y,ry srlr in wh,h r',m'"i
f. ish,rL
Ap,,Nrts1vINrs inserted an r,asnu1llr terms
th, ru1pti,tsr. pHt tin. ao,uuntail i'l an, err"t
t.,uaI ihs ,u,unt charged &C. ths ad''rilsr'n'u'.
- ra,msut fnf IN advertisements is hrd l' n'
- 'r,,s1 tha date sf The hr-t i1-srtiHu.
~. n. rArvrN,No = '01gr,ss o., t'Nc'
rbs psi', NI,,rti-,r Odirr,N n'-tuu, b. uur Ngv"
org rry,iyiu. .ul-grIptrlus snI 'iN,f'-sufIfs -
rhr r.tr. ,i liu.tuu. Nv NHTA, ibIIf''Vhn, anil
u,T.rr"rr.
nook and Job Printing
TEOMITtN NNp NEATLY ENEtlrEp.
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nt that Ntlr, ln which the TtNal couhAhu'l7'
Wolf and Non,calm, sealed their loyalty with
their lives, broke the power of the French In
this country, and their copper colorrd allies
consulted their safety by submitting to The
coulucror
ltw1s snmc nine or ten years previous 10
ihis decisive victory that cur story comm'nc-
- While other settlements around had been
Frequently a,arcd by the rcd man. BuNion,
although "a frontier town, remained unmolrs'-
cd vet the rumors fthc dc,a,,Iug inroads OF
the .lyarcs on the neirhbOrng townships
Kept them iu constant alarm.
IN one of thc houses We have mentioned,
which stood a little apait from ,hc rest ou the
skirt of the forest, resided family by the
maine oi woodmau. The parruts were some
what advanced tu lir. and ct thoir numcrou,
children bot one rrunIlcJ, daughter, the
p,i OF their ODD arr.
Annie WouJmln WIS bright lively rirl
Of sixteen. whose neat, comcly frurc, and
winning ''''''' ''''' '..'' '''''' ''' ''" "...,,'
on a'ira,' on" heart 700 The >''''m'n'. '''-'
pr,. ,lc wa, no, o. spoiled one, iur she re-
'ir''d h'' ''.',.' '' f, ','I' snare '' W.. '''''
ct The ''.-'''.'. I ,'n''.'''' '' d N'''. D..
,hg va, ,hr delight Of Der parents, auj thr h-
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OLD SERIES, VOL. II, NO. 81.

csT With these encouraging admonltion,.
he replaced the branches with the u,mos, care,
and stole softly from the place.
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.N,s Orl1r.. Nn.r.l>D.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-06-20

ALL persons indebted to the undersigned
are hereby notified that, after the first day of
July next, he will be compelled TO proceed
against them by due course of law, 10 enfor CO
collections, unless they pay up before that
time. VIM KITTELI
May l6. I65O.-32-td
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IT M R NJ s. O

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annum, payable halt yearly.
No subscription will be taken for shorter
period than six months; and no paper will be
discontinued until all drrearages are paid. A
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tonot ithe term subscribed for, will be consider.
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TADVERTISEMEN will be inserted
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Reuohing Disclosures as TO a Burial
Piace.-Potter's Field, at New York,
where are buried the poor paupers from
abroad, and all who cannot afford TO bury
themselves, is become so disgusting and
,ntolerable a nuisance, that the Grand
Jury have made it the subject of a present
ment-calling upon the common council
10 stop further interments, as it ascer-
tanned the number of corpses are already
SeUen thousand to the acre! Horrid. The
Presentment says:
The thin soil is trenched for the reccp-
ton of the dead, and tiers of seven or eight
cotfins are piled one on another, up to
and above the surrounding surface. Over
the tops of these little earth is thrown,
but so partially, that frequently the ends,
and IN some cases, the tops of coffins are
left exposed to view. 1t need hardly pe
added, that these mounds of putrefactiok
spread out upon the face of a rock to the
action of the sun; infect the atmosphere
with pestilential affiuvia highly nlurius
not only TO the fourteen hundred persons
in the public institutions on the Island, but
to the surrounding neighborhood to great
distance"
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TINWARE,
STOVE-PfPE,
DRIPPING PANS,
INK BOIL K S,
COAT, RICK KETS TEA

COAL BUCKETS, TEA
K f. II II Il f. s, &C., &c.
which he will sell wholesale or retail as
low as any other establishment in the
country. He is also prepared to manu.
facture SCOUTING for houses at the
shortest notice and on the most reasonable
terms. Merchants and others desirous of
purchasing bills of ware, are respectfully
invited to call as he is prepared to furnish
all articles in his line equally as low as
can be had either east or west, and all or
ders addressed to him will be promptly
attended to.
JOB WORK of every description, done
on the shortest notice.
The undersigned hopes, by strict at
tention TO business to receive a liberal
share of public patronage.
Old copper and puter taken in exchange
for ware.
GEORGE HARNCAME.
Oct. 8. IS49-5-tf.
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From the Gcrmanto,on Telegraph.
Bushes around Cultivated Lands.

1t is a very common thing that, in some
sections, to see the borders and corners of
fields cultivated in cereals, and in grass,
overrun with bushes. This is bad prac-
tlce and no correct farmer will allow it TO
exist. The tendency of most bushes is to
extend their roots, and send up shoots at a
greater remove from the parent stock ev-
cry year, and thus ultimately to overreach
upon and occupy the field. A rod or so
of good fertile land around a large field, is
of no small value, and should be cultivated
and made to produce something Of value
10 the owner. instead of being disgrace
and expense to him. When these occu-
pants have been permitted to stand for
several years, extending their roots, and
acquiring annually new size and energy,
they become formidable tenants, and most
farmers contemplates their removal as a
task too onerous, and expensive to be at
tempted. But the best way is 10 cut them
close to the roots and having removed or
carefully burned the tops, beat off, as fast
as they appear, every succle the roots put
forth. This, in short time, will utterly
annihilate them, and the soil be cleansed
for the action and amelioration of the plow.
Old fields are often defaced by clumps of
bushes In open enthusiastically around
stumps or ledges or heaps of stones AT
ter attaining a size to large for the scythe,
they are generally neglected, and permit
ted to occupy the soil TO the exclusion of
profitable vegetation, without any at
tempt whatever to coerce or arrest their
growth No correct farmer will permit
the existence of these evils.
COUNTY FARMER.
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AQRIgDHPWRAlho
From the Germantown Telegraph.
Turning i'm Green Crops,

During tine last ten years the practice of
turning in green crops has been extensive
ly adopted, and so far as my information
extends it has been attended with the most
flattering results. Old, worn-out fields
which had become so thoroughly emascu-
lated as scarcely TO repay the cost of 'cul-
tivation, have, by this process, been thor
oughly renovated, and at less cost, proba.
bly,, than they could have been IN any
other way. In passing through the coun-
try, our attention is often drawn to farms
which have been impoverished by an enor-
nous and emasculaling system of cropping
10 the state of barren karro fields. Moth
ing can be more forbidding than the ap-
pearance Of barrenness which they exhibit;
yet even those are not hopelessly barren.
By plowing under the slight vegetation
they produce and following up the under
taking by liberal application of lime, un-
less the soil itself is of calcarious nature,
and then sowing buckwh eat, peas or clover
TO be turned in when in blossom, degree
of energy will be communicated which
will secure the continuance of increased e.
increasing fertility, and under a judici Gus
system of rotary cropping, ensure good
crops for period of many years.
"'Tis folly in the extreme to till
Extensive fields and till them ill;
Shrewd common sense sits laughing by,
And sure your hopes abortve die,
For more one fertile acre yields,
Than the huge breadth Of barren fields"
Some have recommended millet as an
excellent article for turning in; but of all
cultivated crops, with the exception per-
haps of red clover, l consider buckwheat
the best. By commencing early, three
crops of this grain may be turned in, in
one season-a dressing which will De
found sufficient, under ordinary circum-
stances, for the most exhausted soil, and
which is by no means Objectionable on
the score of expense or cost.
A PRACTICAL FARMER.
Bald Eagle Farm May % 1850.
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friends got around his bed and one OF them
says:
"John do you feel willing to die!''
John ''made al effort 10 give his views
on the subject, and answered with his fee
bic voice:
"I-think-I'd rather stav-whers-
lm--better acquainted.
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LIZ IERS of Administration on the Estate
OF john Iroxell decd, late of White iownst ip,
n nave been granted To the undersigned by the
Register of Cambria county. Ali persons in
debted 10 said estate, are requested IN anoear
at his late residence on Saturday, the 18th Of
June next, and those having claims against
said estate. will present them et the same time
duly authenticated for settlement
PERRY TROXELL,
LAFAYETTE TROXELL, {homrS'
May 80, '50-34-6t..
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.hI9Y O@ 9AWSNSa

Oct. 25, 1e49.-4-tf.
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Wholesale and Retail
Tin Copper s. Sheet Iron
NJ NnMfacsOr ry.

The subscriber adopts this method of retur.
ming thanks to his friends and the pnbic
generally for the liberal patronage heretofore
bestowed upon him, and begs leave to inform
them that he has enlarged his business, andnow
keeps constantly on hand large supply o
every variety of
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BBENSBURG House,

The undersigned respectfully announces to
his friends and the travelling community that
he has taken this large and commodious house
in the borough of Ebensburg, formerly kept by
5. j Renshaw, where he will be happy to ac.
commodate his friends and those who may be
pleased to favor him with their patronage
Having fitted up the House in an excellent
manner, he can assure the travelling pubic
that nothing will be wanting ON his part that
will contribute to the comfort Of his customers.
His ia BILE will always be supplied with
the best the markets can afford, and his BAR
is filled with choice liquors. His STABLE
being very large and attended by careful
Hostler, he is prepared to accommodate Dro-
vers on the most reasonable terms.
B. M'DERMIT.
March 2s, Is5O.-25-tf.
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SA Jcrseyman was very sick, and
he was not expected to recover. His
friends got around his bed and one of them
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-07-10

NnAriNe Conpention at The SouTH and
Abolition erri'ements at The NORTH How
little do they effect the onward course Of this
grea, Republic! Eddles and rippes in the
'ide-how soon they are absorbed in the
mighty curren, which, knowing L" no retiring
ebb," s'lI keeps due on, enIargingas it goes,
strong without rage, without oyerilowing
full" and bearing upon its bosom destiny in
comparison with which the fortunes Of CR
sar are 10 more than the theme Of nursery
tale
With whatever freedom or hippancy men
in any part afthe Union, politicians, enthus
as's, fanatics, or others, may indulge in tall
concerning the unity Of this REPUBLIC and
the faclity with which it may be disintegra-
ted, they would be very apt, if they should
embody their ideas and purposes of dissolu
tion in an overt act, to find themselves con.
fronted by one of the slernest and most ter
rife realities that ever frowned upon treason.
ln the mean time the talk does little harm.
-Balto. American.
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PETRlFACTIONS,

Abou. sixty miles above Georgetown, VIII.
hanson county, Texas, there is a valley OF
pe,rifaclions probably unequalled on the
globe. Not only PROSTATE trees are petrifi-
ed into The finest flint, but leaves of trees,
flowers of plants and often the whole plant
bearing fruit is petrifsd. A large tarrantala
was found as natural as life, sitting on rock
and in every part turned TO stone.
An enormous Indian arrow head has also been
found. The petrtac,ions and the floral beau
ties there hardened into rock, would aslonish
and delight the naturalist.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-07-10
HANDLING MOLTEN LEAD AND IRON.

The Boston Traveller says experiments
similar to those recently made in France, by
which molten lead and iron are handled with
entl.e impunity, the hands and arms being
boldly immersed in the boiling liquids, have
been tried with equal success at the scienti-
fic school, Cambridge. A fortutous circum
stance discovered that the apparently won
derful results were nothing but the simple
effect Of what is called the spheroidal cond,
ton Of water or moisture. The theory Of
The thing is, that when the metal has attain
ed high degree of heat, it changes the
spheroida forms, which prevent the mme.
dia,e contact Of the iron with the skin. The
experiments are to be repeated before the
Natural History Society of Boston soon. II
SO, they will be duly reported.