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Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-11-16
BATH, THURSDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER l6, 1854

them. But this reflection only urged Us to
fresh speed. Our horse was beginning TO
show sings Of fatigue when the first place that
we came to, that we knew, was the ford and
the creek that we had visited so often the night
before.
This time we stopped not TO deliberate which
way was best, but crossed over. On on we
went-onr noble horse at its best speed No
whip or spur had we used, for he seemed to
know that he carried human freight and in
stinct taught him when danger was near.
Very soon we came in sight Of men and hor-
ses; and Ship said draw up and let hee.a
little better whether they are friends or foes
We have been IN too many close places to run
heedlessly into new danger. And though
they seemed to be white men, and parading,
we still watched them warily. But soon
esped our Captains Old Gray, and cried out
to Ship, All! we can risk that crowd
10 few minutes we were in the midst Of
them, clasping the hands of many of our
friends, who were getting ready to hunt up all
those who were alive, but wounded or lost.
Never have | experienced such intense Joy.
Never have felt more secure then did when
surrounded by my comrades and friends, who
were rejoicing at our escape as though we were
brohers. Some of them thronged around US
with EXPLANATIONS of joy and questions of our
escape, while others clasped our hands with a
eyes but no words fell from their lips. Others
again were all attention to our noble and pow
erfnl horse, who stood proudly erect, as il
conscious that he was getting his need Of
praise.
Soon they led Us to the tent Of the wounded,
where lay our noble and beloved Captain and
several of my comrades, on beds Of pain But
they forgot their wounds to listen and rejoice
at our escape.
Soon was prostrated on bed Of pain-the
most excruciating | have ever felt. My legs
were drawn into perfect knots, and my feet
looked as though they had been hackled with
saw and every toe sawed apart into my feet.
But such kind attentions as my rongh-looking
but noble-hearted comrades rendered to me
II may seem strange TO many that our es-
cape would cause such joy; but they must re-
member that many of us were relatives, and
that many had been friends of long standing
and intimately associated; and that our company
was not picked up, in different parts Of the
State, bni we all came from Gwinher County /!
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8. If crack should be observed in vou,
barrel. tie il firmly round with bit Of string
for fear Of accidents.
The above rules are intended for the obser
vance Of spoTtsmen Of some experience. Gen
tlemen who have not been accustomed to han
die a gun will do well to attend to the follow
ing;
o. Keep your powder damp.
10. Use ready-made cartridges bite one
end off; be careful to let the shot fall out.
IL. Get somebody who understands il Il
let your gun off for you. Or, 6nalIy,-as the
soundest piece OF advice that can be offered
IL. Stop at home and mind your business
and don't think Of going out shooting at all
Punch.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-11-16

A VALUABLE TABLE. The following table
will be found very valuable to many Of our
readers
A box "a inches by is inches square, and
% inches deep, will contain barrel.
A box IA inches BY is inches square, and
ii inches deep, will contain half barrel.
A box 90 inches by I5,2 inches square, and
8 inches deep, will contain one bushel.
A box 10 inches by lI.2 inches square,
and inches deep will contain one peck.
A box inches by y6 inches square, and
AZ inches deep, will contain one gallon.
A box inches by inches square, and As
inches deep, will contain half gallon.
A box inches by 4 inches square, and Al
inches deep, will ccntain one quart.
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How TO MANAGE TEMPTATION. Some years
since, some Indians in the neighborhOod Of
Green Bay, became converts 10 temperance,
although previously surprisingly fond OF the
'brain-thief' Three white men formed the
charitable resolution of trying to draw them
back Placing canteen of whiskey in their
path, they hid themselves in the bushes to OBJ
serve the effect The first Indian recognized
his old acquaintance with an ugh! |! and maxi
inc high step, passed on. The second
laughed, saying, Me know yOu!' and walk
ING round The last one drew his tomahawk
and dashed it to pieces, saying, Ugh, you
conquer me, and now conquer you'll
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Mistellanp.
What Family Government is.

1t is not to watch children with suspicious
eye; to frown at their merry outbursts of in
nocent hilarity; to suppress their joyous
laughter, and to mould them into melancholy
little models of octogenarian gravity.
And when they have been in fault, it is not
to punish them simply on account of the per-
sonal injury that you may have chanced to
suffer in consequence of their fault; while
disobedience, unattended by inconvenience to
yourself, passes without rebuke.
Nor is it to overwhelm the little culprit
with storm of angry words; to stun him
with deafening noise; to call him by hard
names, which do not express his misdeeds; to
load him with epthets, which would be ex-
travagant if applied to fault of ten-fold enor-
nifty; or to declare with passionate vehemence
that he is the worst child in the village, and
destined to the gallows.
But it is to watch anxiously for the first
risings Of sin. and to repress them; to coun-
teract the earliest workings Of selfshness TO
suppress the first beginning of rebellion against
righttul authority to teach an implicit and
unquestioning and cheerful obedience to the
will of the parent, as the best preparation for
future allegiance to the requirement. of the
civil magistrate, and to the laws of the great
Ruler and Father in heaven.
Il is to punish fault because it is fault ;
because it is sinful and contrary to the COM
mards of God without reference to whether
il may or may not have been productive of
immediate injury to the parent or to others.
1t is TO reprove with calmness and compos-
ure, and not with angry irritation; in few
words, fitly chosen, end not with torrent Of
abuse to punish as often as you threaten,
and threaten only when you both intend and
can remember to perform; to say what you
mean, and infallibly to do as you say.
1t is to govern your family as in the sight
of Him who gave you your authority; who
will reward your strict fidelity with such
blessings as he bestowed on Abraham, or pun
ish your criminal neglect with such curses as
he visited on Eli.-Rehgious Herald.
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SERVED HIM RIGHT.-An old man in this
city, who is very parsimonious, called upon
one 0four Market street traders a few days
since, and asked if the bills on the Piscataqua
Bank were good, grocer had Just refused
one Of five dollars, and he had twenty more al
home on the same bank. The trader informed
him that the hank closed several years since,
and asked him if he did not see the notices in
the public papers at the time. The old man
said never took newspaper. Portsmouth
Chronicle.
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A SECOND ADVENT SroRY-A correspondent
at Manchester. N. H.. says that few days
since lady in that vicinity and firm believer
in the doctrine of the Millerites. went-prepar-
atory to her ascension on the lst inst.-to bid
an aged relative an affectionate farewell. The
Millerite upon taking leave. told the old lady
with much solemnity that on the morrow she
should go up" Her relative, whose sense o.
hearing is not very acute, not quite understand
ing as to the place to which her young friend
was bound, exclaimed with an earncstness anc
simplicity peculiar to aged people. Well
B, you will come down again at Thanks
giving. won't you;"
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FREE PASSES ON RAILRoADs.-Recent Of
fetal reports from the Erie Road state that
less than one in hundred who pass over tho
road free, were connected with the public
press On the New Haven road out of 8, l76
free passes, only rs were for members Of the
press. 1t is due to the press TO state these
facts, as contrary impression has prevailed.
According to the law Of equivalents also il is
the press which gives rather than receives
bene6ts.--N Y Express
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Reform School. .-Ninety-ive boys have been
received at the State Reform School, in Cape
Elizabeth. since its opening, in November,
last. There are 25 from Kennebec, 90 from
Cumberland, % from Penobscoi, s from York,
from Sagadahoc, A from Oxford, from
Washington, from Franklin, and each from
Hancock, Waldo and Somerset. One only has
been discharged. There are accommodations
We believe, for something over 3OO
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The body Of a man supposed to be that Of
Thomas Dixon Of this city, was found On
Thursday last, suspended by tho neck from n
tree in the woods in the westerly part Of Far
mingdale. The body had apparently been
hanging for many days. The deceased had
been missing for several weeks. Insanity wah
the probbale cause Of this melancholy affair,
- Gardiner Transcript.
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WHEAT. 1t is estimated that the CanadaA
have raised the present season surplus OF
p OOO. 900 bushels Of wheat, which, ofcourseI
will look abroad for market. BY the new
reciprocity treaty, provincial grain and fOuF
come into our market free Of duty.-Rafdis
Courier,
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Gge Storp GelItr
From the Montgomery Mail.
KEYS RACE With THE INDIANS.

TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE CREEK WAR OF 1886
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SERIES FOR 1855.
THE HOME JOURNAL.
MORRIS AND WILLIS. EDITORS

TNllE first number f the new series will
a be ISSUED on the lst of January next.
New subscribers can be supplied from tha,
date but immediate application will be
necessary for such ns desire to begin with
the beginning. A home is hardly complete,
we think we may safely venture to say,
without the Home Journal, which, besides
being chronicle of the times, abounds in
intelligence designed to enliyen an Ameri-
can Home. Its editors Geo. p. Morris and
n. l.. Wiilis) devote their entire time, skill
and experience, to the task of giving each
week, everything worth knowing. They
particularly keep nm eye on all the whims
and novelties of the day. The utmost pains
are tlken to present the facts and outlines
OF all news. In the literary department
we aim at sketches nnl readable criticism.
and in our condensatious of the productions
of the vast newspaper world of Enrope, we
endeavor 10 avoid the tiresome and the 10
cal, and Transfer "a our columns the pick Of
English information and brilliancy, while
we cndeavor to select with a true sense Of
pure morals, true Hit, and genuine humor.
Ia addition To the above, we have made new
arrangements for fcaturc that is always
attractive in a family jonrnal. From sevc-
raj different sources We are to be supplied
with the ne'cs and gossip Of Ne;o YorG SO.
c'eiy. In II metropolis like ours, centre the
more sparkling elements of the life Of our
country at large, and collision and att.iton
bring out much which would else be dor.
mant Afioat, in society gossip, is Il small
world. of which the ordinary newspapers
make no report, and OF this we think we can
promise amusing photographs. In ann"un-
cling also, A now series Of articles by Mr..
Willis, in Tddtiontto 20 his usual labors, we
claim the privilege Of lsaving them TO desic.
nate their own style a"d title as they ap-
pear They are to be quite different from
anything which has ever been published in
this journal from his pen, and we are very
sure that they will be no less attractive, to
say th, least The graphic and highly-fin.
ished sketches, by Tho Lady Of Shalott,'
@Timothy Quaint" and others, will be con.
tinued. We have also new correspondent
IL London and Paris, who will send US much
that could never reach us through foreign
ournals.
TERMs-For one copy, 81 for three
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t5-Llways in advance. Subscribe without
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Address,
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LOT, Fulton street, N. Y.
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John NJ CROCKETT
State of South Carolina.
LANCASTER DISTRICT.

By James II. Witherspoon, Esq,
Ordinary for said District.
WHEREAS JOHN N. DAVIS has ap-
piled to me for Letters OF Administration
,op all and singular the Goods and Chattels,
Rights and Credits of ISRAEL PICKENS
DAVIS, late of the District aforesaid, de-
ceased.
THESE are therefore to cite and admon-
ish ak and singular, the kindrId'an cred.
tors OF the said deceased, to be and appear
before lne at our next Ordinary's Court for
the said District, to be holden at Lancaster
Court House on the lst day Of December
next, 70 show cause, II any, why the said
administration should not be granted.
Given under nv Hand and Seal this 18th
& - day Of November, in the yesr Of
L. 8. our Lord one thousand eight hun-
t~~~- dred and fifty.four, and in the
sevcnty-ninth year of American Indepen-
.dence. JAMES II. WITHERSPOON.
O. l.. ID.
Nov. %, 40 2t Pf 81 90
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LAND FOR SALE,

A 8 Executor OF the. will Of William
IN Thompson deed, will offer for sale
n Lancaster G. II o. next sale day, the
4th Decemter, 1854, the tract Of LAND
upon which the deceased resided, contain
log lii ceres, more or less. adjoininQ lands
Of A. J. Mackey. w NJ. connors and 9TH
era.
Terms msde known on day Of sale.
Z LEWIS 81. cAUTHEN, !,
Executor.
Nov IS At sPrs Zee a.
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THE AMERICANS FRIEND!?
HOLLOwAY's PILLS.

10 Me Citizens Of the United States.
=, l most hambly and sincerely thank you FOR
the immense patronage you have bestowed upon
my Pills. 1 take this opportunity of stating that
my Ancestors were all American Citizens, and
that entertain for oil that concerns America
ana Americans, the most lively sympsthes, 40
much so, that originally compounded nv pills
expressly to suit your climate, habits, constitu.
tions, and manner of living, intending to estab-
iish myself among you, which have now done
by taking premises in New York
3S, Corner of Ann and Nassau-St. NJ Y
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BY D. F. TEFFT, D.D.,L.LD.

BY d. F. TEFFT, ID. D., LID.
Embellished with an Accurate Steel Plate
Tho first volume contains full and com
p!ete Biography, embracing all the inportln
Incidents OF his eventful life and the seconC
ali those mastery speeches, orations, anC
forensic efforts, which have been, and vii
ever continue to be, the wonder aud admira
ton of the world.
The Biography presents its illustrious
subject in the following among many Other
interesting and important connections
namely:
l. The Webster Family.
2. Webster the Boy and Youth.
3. Webster the Student.
4. Webster the Lawyer.
3. Webster in his Domestic Relations.
s. Webster the Legislator.
7. Webster the Citizen.
8. Webster the Senator.
9. Webster the Orator.
10. Webster the Extensive Officer.
The Master Pieces are Webster's Own,
and are published entire, as they originally
fell from his burning lips, and comprise the
following:
/. Argument in the Dartmouth College
Case.
2. Plymouth Ora.ion-First Settlement If
New England.
3. Speech on the Greek Revolution
4. Bunker liiil Monument Association.
8 Funeral OrttiUr--Adams and Jeffer-
son.
6. Lectures before Mechanics Institute,
Boston
7. The Character of Washington.
3. Speech at hiblo's q rden, Vow York.
3. Letter ON impressment.
10. Reply to la! ne on Foote'S Rcsolu-
ton.
ii. Constitution not Coinpact--Reply to
Calhoun.
-. Constitution and the Union---7th of
March Speech.
WEISTER'S LIFE AND GREAT
SPEECHES.
are hereby brought within the reach of every
citizen and of every library in the land.
For sale by all Booksellers.
II LLER, ORION 6 MULLIGAN,
Publishers, Auburn and Buffalo, N. Y.
Nov. 90, 40 If
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Paints and Oils.

l hsve now in Store large and fine stock
of White Lead. Zinc, Paint, Linseed Oil,
TurPentine, I.ampblack, Ltharge. Chrome
Green, Spanish Brown and Venetian Red.
ALSO
Paint, Whitewash and Varnish Brushes.
Sash Tools, &c. &c. Give me call and /
will try to give you perfect satisfaction.
z. J. DEHAY.
Oet 4 SO tf
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Notice.
WOOD LAWN ACADEMY.

8 Miles South of Lancaster G. n.
TNHlS Institutioa will open for the recep.
Il tone Of students on MONDAY the lst
day OF january, 1855, under the manage
ment Of WM- CLINTON CAS- TON, whose
qualifications and experience are too well
known to require rehearsal in this place
= The scholastic year will DO divided into
two sessions, Of five months each, at the
following rates par session:
OrthograPhy. Reading, Writing and
hnthmetic.. ..'..... 80 90
English Grammar and Geography,
with the above. . 6 90
bookkeeping. single and double en-
Wy. .........,t t..s...s.. %
Mathematics, practical Surveying
thcluueu- .... ...-..s.'.... oO
Latin and Greek. ....,..........l0 90
No deduction unless 10 case OF sickness.
Young men doslrous ~ becoming prac-
teal Surveyors can be fnfnished with in
.strumsnts while studying, gratis.
The Academy Is located on the Three
Rotek Road, midway between the Camden
and River Roads, miles south of the
Court House, in healthy section, and IN a
community a. civil and moral "a any in the
District A Methodist and also Baptist
Church being near, especial care shall be-
taken that permanent boardcrs attend on
or the other, every Sabbath, as the parents
may require.
Good boarding can be obtained within
one mile at 4 OF dollars per month.
The following gentlemen constitute the
Beard OF Trustees 8
Geo. Met. Withcr4poon, DR.. r E. Wylie,
James Baskins, TToa. OrUxton, A. 8. Ne
Jntire. James X. Magill, Griffith Short, J. F..
.ConneIl, Esq, r.. ). Bailey. Graham lid.
we'll, Jason Clarke, Reuben Bailey.
At the end Of each session public ex-
animation will be hd. Of which particalar
notice will be givsnP In due time
Nov "a 40 At
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"EHorgh to make ossifed hearts gu,ve,.
THE GREAT TEMPERANCE
NOVEL.

ENASY NAT; or Boston and New York
H Boys. A Tale Of City Life. Ele-
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I'VE take pleasure in recommending this
work to young men. II points In a nest
powerful manner the road to vice, and warns,
most emphntically, those who are in IL of
the fate they may expect IL they do not
change their tactics. The author very lust
" remarks that in the idle and the clous
tho six degrees of erime'--wipe, women,
gambling, then, murder, and the gallows-
are all attained. The evils Of intemperance
are most powerfully depicted, and the dan
gers to which that elias. Of young men who
are known as good. .natured, joyial fellows
are exposed, fully portrayed. The author
has also shown the dangers Of relying on
|circumstantial proof IN the conviction OF
crime, His book should be read by all
young men who really desire to escape the
way that leads TO ignominy and death.h--N.
Y. Times.
"a temperance book, ana Is well adapted
to impress the lessons Of this great reform
upon every thoughtful mind. Il Is written
with much graphic force, lis moral Is excel.
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J. c. DERBY,
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STATE OF GEORGIA, /

HART COUNTY.
|, BnrrelI Mitchell, Clerk Of Superior
Court for said County and State, do certify
that Henry +. Chandler whose genuine sig.
nature appears to the foregoing affidavit, is
and was at the date thereof Justice of the
Inferior Court in and for the County and
State aforesaid, duly commissioned and
sworn, and that all his official acts are en-.
titled to full faith and credit, I further Ger.
tify that have no interest in the result OF
this case, nor am concerned in the prose,
cution thereof.
Given under my hand and seal of Office
This tho 18th August, A. d.
L.. y. 1854.
49, BURRELL MITCHELL,
e. S. G..
Oct 25 20 a.
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CREDITOR VS.. DEBTOR,

Nhere is duty owe to my creditors and
Il which feel is paramount to all 9TH
crs, viz: to pay my debts. And this can
not hope to do unless make better collec-
tions this Fall and Winter than have here
tofore done.
Those persons who have favored me with
their custom and paid promptly, will ac-
ccpt my grateful acknow Judgements, and
those 'vho are in arrears and do not pay be-
fore Spring will find their Notes and Ac-
counts in the hands of the officers for collec-
ton. S. B. ENMONS.
Nov. lst. 37-Gt
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News! NewsII

The Subscriber is now receiving from
New York. Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Charleston, his Fall supply of Drugs, Chem
icals, Paints, Oils, Soaps, Brushes, Cosmet-
les, Periumery, Spices and Fancy articles
China. Ware, such rs Vases, Cups and Sau-
GERS. Toilet Bottles, Card Baskets, &c. &C.,
10 which he respectfully invites the atten.
ton of the citizens of Lancaster Waiting
Camden and wanting articles in his line.
z. ]. DEHAY.
Oct 4, 80 n
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THE LANCASTER LEDGER
Proclamation,

by His Erceller,cy John laurence Man
ming, Governor and Commander in Chic
IN and 0per the State Of South Carolina.
| WHEREAS it is II duty incumbent upon
w every peopleat all times to acknowi
| edge their dependence upon IN all-wlse and
merciful God to praise him for his glory
and benefactions, and to express in contri.
| ton and humiliation a submission to His
power;
And whereas it is eminently beeominy
in the people Of this State, in view of the
great benefits which have been bestowed
upon them during the past year, and also in
view Of the mortality and other calamitics
which in some places have bcfalIen them,
to make public demonstrations of their graft
tude, and humiliation and resignation:
Now, therefore i, JOHN LAURENCE MAN.
MING, Governor and Commander-in-C Chief
in and over the Stat. of South Carolina, do
hereby set apart THURSDAY, the twenty
third day of November, as day Of Thanks.
giving, Fasting, Humiliation aud Prayer
and hereby invite the ministers and teach
ers of all religious denominations ronrh-
out the State, upon that day to open their
seN eral places Of public worship, and re-
turn thanks to Almighty God for the mani
festations of His mercy to acknowledge
the sins of the people and by humiliation
and prayer, to eCtreat His forgiveness of
them, and implore the extension over the
commonwealth Of His love and mercy.
And ! further invite all persons engaged
in secular pursuits to close, for the day
above mentioned, their places of business,
and forsake their usual avocations. and to
promote, as far rs possible, proper obscr-
vance of the rites and soemnitics of the oc
casion.
Given under my hand and the seal of
the State, ut Colum in. this thirty
first day of October, A ID. one thou
sand eight hundred and fifty. four,
and in the seventy ninth year Of
American independence.
JNO. LAURENCE MANNING.
Ben. PERRY, Secretary of State.
Novl5 80 I'd