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mlsHoncrs for the County OF Pcnobscot and
! Hancock. '''''
Thh inhabitants Of the town of Holden at a
town meeting. held on the ith dav of Au-
@uS'' isa', called for tho purpose of choosing
"hnlttcc 10 petition the County Commis
S'oncr OF the County Of Pcnohscof and Ham
COCK at Your August term at Bangor. TO dis
continue certain read ~ laid out Jointly by
SAID commissioners. leading from GcGrrf's
corner, 50 called in Holden County of Pen
o'~eo', to Parker Pearls in Dcdham. Ceun-
" Of Hancock
In pursuance To a vote Of the town, We the
o"uei>iS"ed' believing that the opening of said
road VIII not be for the public eonvcnjncc. as
there are two other parallel roads Icading to
the same termini. Therefore vour humble
petlh"ncf> would request that your IEororal lc
f podF would examine said route and d.-coutn-
Hc >a'd road, II IN your opinion the public will
<uitgI no inconvenience hv So doing II, after
examining said iaute, yuur honorable ledy
should not >ce fit % d5s oatiuHe ,a4d road. then
>ad petitioners Teqpc,; tina; yon wauld make
an alteration IN said road rad aud a. IN
duty bound would ever pray.
J. FDJG. s,lcatn,cn
MANCHESTER. ST Holden.
russell HART. Iawn 1Aeeat.
X FKEEINN, fewa clrtA.
STATE 0F vI<.l,
fere3>cnt -. taBrt OF County Comfy Com
ml>,tencrS. iuEg>t i,lm, lS55
l4i lie foregoing petition, II is considered
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u The folio" ing, "the mos, u,k inlest
cat of all, " that we havc seen, is from the
Springfield Republican,: II, has always
been marvel with US how christian n-n
could sport with the melancholy llailic,.
nations aud nfrmitr, Of their fellow men.
as those are doing for instance, Who arc
ncning the hopes Of DR.. Me.Iea, DnleI
Pratt, Jr,, and Franklrn Pierce, ofsurec..
as presidential candtaa,e. in isj6 '
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IS. for II recall, NY own base con-
duct, E.y own hcariless course and
would ever be mindful OF It. be, the
littlc white shroua rise before me ever,
oul so help me, gracious God, we shall
NEE; again. Her Ineaments are traced
N the cOuulenance Of The little one left
US and there Will be continual reminder
Of duty to me But we must yisl, the
grave must we nol'a and lie looked up
enqnirlngly into the face OF his wife.
Yes y she says.
Nv hen shall ii be2,i
Nv hen you viii, dearest. The grass
mus, be already green over her form and
The willows bend their emerald pendant
above her grave"
Let Us 30 Tomorrow
10 MORROW Years ago a student bent
over his paper on which We're traced
learning, great thoughts and his work
vas well nigh done. Shall pause now?
ne querried. The pen lay I,s,ess IN his
hand aud time was precious. A few
more hours of toll and, the work of Years
would he completed, bat hi, braln was
weary, aud his heart was stck. TO
notrow-l VIII finish II" he sad and and
lay down To sleep, but to him, the NOR
row never eame.
Aud TO ahom has ii ever come Z? We
stand on the narro" ever contracting
sthmuS OF TO Day with Il YESTERDAY on
ore hand and TOMORROW on the other.
We he down TO await the coming OF the
latter while we dream of the former and
wake 10 find ourselves in the same posi-.
ton and so we miil sleep aud wake until
we sleep TO waken IN eternity. We seek
ior what we may never have and tag
plans tor what may never Come to pass
Only IN the poets dream
In The measure OF his r, hme--
Does To.MoRRow's Sunshine stream
Ger the shadowy disc oitlmc.
So they said both of than "To.mor-
row we will so on pilgrimage of love to
the grave Of our child.
Bot JUS. as they said i, the door open
ed and a chubby, red.iaced IRISH girl APP
peared.
"Master's wantin.
But before he could reach the door,
the servant had disappeared and in her
place stood three men OF surly, forbidden
aspect One OF them, laying his hand
on the shoulder of the astonshed man
said in gFuf tone.
Il arrest you CIarnee Vernon. in the
name Of the Law, for MURDER"
One long piercing ,heart.rending Shrek
from Alie and The vile fell senseless up
on the floor
Demanding their authority tor his ar
rest in such manner and for such II
crime the officer replies
"This warran, is my authority. 1t,
specifies the arrest Of Clarence Vernon
for the wlful murder OF William Jack.
-on. Do you need anything more -
Blu, come, there is no time to be wasted, -
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On Tuesday, after some Gi The Germsn
Companies had assembled in their arn.o.
res. in the Eastern District Of Brooklyn.
preparatory to proceeding to the Eneamp.
nent at Kingston. some way visited
DuichloN and told The wives that the
story OF the troops gong 10 Kingston w#s
all ruse; that in reality they were
going to Canada to embark for the
Crimen. This sent all the wives who had
husbands in eaher the commands, in iios
has, after them and mos, amusing scene
occurred. Wives with their arms round
the necks OF their husbands, inploring
them not to 60 to the Crimea. and such
like II ansactIons detained the lnen sone
time, and j. was witt, much difficulty
tha, the women were maie 10 believe ,lla
they had been hcaxed.
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distinctive, internal as influential.
''ll"w long oh how long?"
Yet above all above this Red Sea oI
Hate and of Crime looms tho divine com
mand, DO unto others as We wouIt
have others do unto YOU"
Blu, who regardelh the saying
And now, with the forces OF these re.
marks OF pressing conviction upon us, lei
us read an extrac, from daily journal
printed three Iar. after the occurrences
recorded in our Ia~, ehapter:-
"lloRRlBLE MURDER Las, evening
the house OF William jackson, one of our
most wealthy all res, s.,ecied citi zens
MAS entered by a ruff n or ruilians. Who
after rattsacklng the house, fuulIv and
cruelty murderer lis owner and occupant.
lhe. door beng tound "peu. led to fn
examnaion by the servant and one or
Two policemen with the terrible result we
have recorded. There was deep cash
aud only one .abau; the region ot h,s heart
l. !, evident that a most brutal and revolt.
ing murder was committed"
so lar have We read; now let u pause
a no meul,
There vas deep cash aud only Que
g 4 lii T.,
dett that the stroke gwen Was meant to
Oe ard was, eiIrctuaI 1t needed a stron.
arm and nerve to strike II. There was.
doubtless lutte il any hcsl,ancy aDou, the
matter, there was no paltry fear, no tre-
NOR, no co"ardly holding back, no pang
Of conscience; none of all these. One
moment there vas ,nIeiig-nce wrapped il
repose-the next, puIseless Humanity
mass Of clay, In tue midst Of Lille we
are IN Death says Holy Writ, not scrip
ture, and Is It not verified here Is ii
moi We'll f1r us to pause poment aud fix
the thought IN the mind' That the fat
soeth lo1th-thc shadow OF the Ang el
I>Teai iaIIeth on the threshold aud man
Is mott
Now let us read on
The body lay in ponl of blood and
ttlcks led from the chamber down 10 the
naH-there ,hey DISAPPEARED. The scrv-
ant slrl SAYS she heard sight noise dur
Ia5 the night, but, thinking |. vas exterI-
or comuotlon pald no attention 10 II. =
iais, IN al probability would have been
anoihcr case added to the already long
catalogue Of undiscovered crimes but for
an Important ten, The dagger by
whch the bloody died was perpe,rated
Vas left near the bed. Th, clue Is IN
the Possession OF the police who wliI u,e
every method to ferret OUT the quliiy par.
" or parties. Nj Jackson was as yet
IN the prime OF life aud gave promise Of
mlny years OF Usefulness.
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he aggregate amour, d Earapeo1
debt IS stated Ia be II "a. .siI ,0G0 of
which the deb. of England l.. Z. ., t'2a.
900, France .:a33 ,o00o0o, no !.nd
tia2, i5i, Goo, Pfussr, f3, 500, go,
Russia .tte, ,0,o,00D, ,Spa;a go, $40 0tt
Belgium ,c26, 900 20 ,Ausiria .E3lI,uGa.
900, The various Countries Of Genre!
and South America, Mexico and Cuha,
have an aggregate debt of 80, $3.50.
The United States Is rut down at .g'!o-
f0o,o00, aud ttar OF British India Il, .ci~
0o0, Ooo making the total pubi,c or ma.
uonal debt OF the world To be & ,1G:,-
600, iS9.
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JAMES GUTHRIE.

TooPoLlrE II come for the saw. sir"
What saucer! Why The saw, sir, thu,
ye borrowed" ,"
| borrowed no saucer Sure any
did, siI; You borrowed a saw, sit.
Get out, you rascal, never saw your
saucer"
BE dad but ye did, .here's the saw.
sir ROW sur
"O,you want he saw Why the deuce
did't you say su''
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Beware of Robbers !!
At time like the present, when The breaking mo ana
fnong o houses .ud stores becoming even day more
te7aent II highly important hat essry "'ad5~ ss1ad
sr supplied with
ARNOLD'S PATENT
SASH LOCK.

The ollaw,ng selected from III, usands af sm af mott
ess y he press Ia all paris oi The county may d read
With Interest
"AasolB's PArgSr SASH LaeK The fame Of thea
nesnsnus fasteners has hecou. extended IN a. parts p
the country aad scarcely house keelrt unasate II
the Convenience with which they adapted 20 theft
~ndoss ths PERFECTION Of their working aDd tha eIfs
safety With shl-h they nsute asalnst The epfvaiaEs
Of nsctufnal thieves TAs iEseaulty which tnscated
these exceedingly iassru ana hsai' sfelsa has been
era. ht successful reaV s'pn ~ Their improvement
a0t have specimss Of the alst patterns
eHnbaIaing aeslness he3,tty and sssuuty 10 siilt
degree than those which acre tfst Introduced TO
hs public We are happy to earn that thase ha1s'ins
lts instruments are popular villa house aaiHs's ana
A.~s keepers ~ Roch.sier D.RIoerai
The subscribers the sole right OF this County Of
Hancock fof the sale o Araods Patent sash Lex wiih
the exception II and are prepared 10 f
hsh and put The above Lexis at the shortest notice
A. these Iks may used fof dropping The uppe >s'h
and the COS Of ihen being hoi a,riss compared shh
that Of Weights, every petson viii and Il his iuetest
procure them.
I5-shop a, the Wss..rn eat ofths EFsNonh bridge
s1. q I. 7. 4 II. 4. Joy 4 TO.
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t.o' per 'nHiirn iipad strictly ia advance sl 70
IJ-ipvsar'7rssSts inserted at reasonable rates.
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d>rigitlaI 5torq.

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'N' FFTNNf N0hNINt Rf
CHANEY & MOOR.
r e r M s

Ufice in the Town building on Main Street.
nearly opposite Hancock Bank.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-10
The Party of Contradiction.

The citizens who are to vote at the CO.
ming elections, remarks the Washington
Union, should demand Of the Know~No-
thing oracles to solve the following singu-
lar mass of contradictions Know Moth
ingism is national in the South and section
al in the North secret in New York and
open in Georgia ; Catholic in Louisiana
and Protestant in New England black
in Maine, and white in Virginia; it swears
the son TO prescribe the foreigner, even If
that foreigner should be that sons father;
it opposes the caucusscs and settles it's
candidates in packed cabals I; it eIevutcs
the negro and degrades the adopted citi-
zen it curses all monarchs ana adopts
the creed Of George the Third against
emigration; it abuses the Pope, and de-
clares itself infallible it assails the Spa.
nish inQuisition, and initiates its clandes.
tine prosecutions it processes Christians
ty and proscribcs its neighbor it adores
the Bible and shoots down the unoIfen>
ding citizen it adores the constitution
and sets up a test by that constitution
prohibited it pay premium for treason
to friendship, and atixes the brand Of
purjury upon all who refuses to obey its
obligations it asks for free schools and
proscribes poor, helpless female teachers;
it repudiates the Catholic and admits the
Infdel TO crown all, it persccutcs the
most eminent native citizen who does not
approve its mummerics, and protects the
lowest of ruffians-it discards an Edward
Everett for a William Poole.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-10
General houston and uistorv.

General Sam Houston. in giving in his
adhesion to the " secret ORDER" justified
his course by saying that the first secret
political society formed in this country
was the Cincinnati Society, that General
Washington was one of its members, and
that no man was eligible for membership
in the society unless he ~as an American.
Gen. Houston's knowledge Of the history
of his own country must bry., cxaer def
cient for one who processes setitlR,ch ma
tive patriotism. The Cincincin.99'9 3 !etv
was not political. at all, nor was .ps { se-
cret organization. 1t was formed Of the
officers of the revolutionary army to per,
petuate their long cherished friendship
and social intercourse, and that they
might, at regular annual periods comm9.
nicate with each other, and revive a re-
collection OF friendly bonds by which thew
wese connected. A fund was also provi,
ded to relieve any of the officers who
might become unfortunate. Such native
born citizens as Lafayette, Stuben, Kosci
usko were members of the society. San
must not go so far off the track if he
wishes to "run" successfully as the lea
der of Young America, J" for youth car
scarcely excuse ignorance or perversior
of ones native coun;ry.--PhRddelphie
Ledger.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-10

The commanders are the next in rank
to captains. These, of course, have not
generally been as long in the service as
the captains but the hours of idleness
passed by these officers will compare very
IavorabIy with those of their Seniors
There have been twentyo placed upon
leave of absence pay, which for this
rank is $1,000 per annum. Twelve are
placed upon furlough, at a salary of 5000
per annum, and six have been dropped
altogether. This pruning mas been con-
tinued to the lieutcnants and passed mid
shipmcn-of the former, eighteen have
been placed upon leave Of absence pay,
$1,000 per annum; forty-niue upon fur>
Tough, at 5000, and nineteen dropped
Sixteen passed midshipmen have been
dropped.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-10
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10, 1855.
Envy.

How common passion in weak and
sordid mind, is envy. How often do we
see those who lack sufficient energy, in
tegrity or talent to command success in
their calling or ambition, envious of their
more fortunate neighbors and rivals, and
ascribing the reason Of their success to the
very causes which have produced their own
failure, still continue in their course, I'M
mindful that to deserve is to command
succe SIS, and plunge themselves still deep
er into the vortex of ruin, until they find
themselves overwhelmed with misfortune.
The envious man is generally bad man,
who possessing nothing good within him
self, cannot appreciate its existence in
others hence he attributes their prospe-
rity, not to any merit which they possess,
but to the universal depravity of his
kind. Acting upon this impression he ira
duces his fellows without being benefited
himself" like wolf gnawing its own
maw," he attempts to injure others, but
only "heaps living Goals Of fire upon his
own head,' and thus he is miserable to
himself, and to others despicable.
" What made the man of envy what he was,
Was worth in others, vieness in himself,
y lust of praise, with undcSorving deeds,
And conscious poverty of soul and still
1t was his earnest work and daily toll,
With lying tongue, to make the noble seem
Mean rs himself. On fAmcS high hill he saw
The laurel spread its everlasting green,
And wished to climb; but felt his knees too weak,
And stood, below, unhappy, laying hands
Upon the strong, ascending eloriously
The steps of honor, bent to draw them back,
Involving oft the brightness of their path,
In mists his breath had raised. Whenever he heard
As oft he did, otjoy and happiness,
And great prosperity, and rising worth,
Twas Ii Ike wave OF wormwood DOR his soul
Rolling its bitterness" \
- o Envy hide thy bosom, hide It deep.
thousand snakes, with black, cnvcnOmcd
mouths,
Nest there, and hiss, and feed through all thy
heart"
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-10

AMERICAN MECHANISM IN FRANCE.
Trial of the agricultural machines offered
for premium at La Trappers, near Paris,
in presence OF Prince Jerome Napoleon,
President Of the Commissioners and Ju-
rors Of the Universal exposition, those Of
fered from America took the premiums.
The New York Tribune, in commenting
on the subject, says in jubilant tone,
that in their public official testing of both
reaping and threshing machines, open to
all the world, and in which all the good
machines of Europe must necessarily have
been represented, every american machine
entered proved immensely superior to every
European machine. That is to say, Of
our four reaping or thrashing machines,
sent to Paris to compete with the thirty
or forty best machines of Europe, each
one of our four proved superior to the
best rival machine that Europe could pro-
duce So complete national triumph
was never before achieved in any world
wide arena of industrial competition.
Success to American genius.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-10
rha Gnarv BOARD.

In. order to show the action of the Navy
Board. in Kidding the Navy of much OF
the !" dead wood, that has encountered
It foryears.:we have coIlated the following
table from an article in the New York
Times. showing the number of years each
captain has been in the service, with the.
length of time served by each, at sea and
shore duty, aud the number, of years they.
have been unemployed. With many Of
the captains it will be perceived that the
greatest number of years have been pass
Cd in idleness-at least SO far as the pur-
suit of their profession was concerned !:
and we hail the action Of the Navy Board
as step in the right direction. The cap
tains placed upon the leave OF absence
list, are to receive q salary of $500 per
annum those placed upon fuFlough re-
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-10

AN AMERICAN Boy IN THE Russian
ARMY.-KueeIand Norcutt, a native Of
Fredonia. N. Y, and for year or two
employed as an apprentice in the Censor
Office, has recently, it is stated, attained
high rank in the Russian service, in
which he has been engaged for the Ias'
three years, and is now in command ia
the Crimea as one of the superior officers.
He left Fredonia in l843, being then only
seventeen years of age, and went 70 so
Atlantic port where be shipped Z" befOro
the mast as a sailor. He rapidly rose
from his position to that Of captain Of
merchant vessel. through the intermediate
Offices, and he finally become Russian
military general.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-10

%A know-uOthing paper published
in the German language has been estab>
lished in PottsyilIe, Penusylyania.-Bah.
Sun.
The Washington Union says, in COM
menting on the above, " ACKNOWLEDGMENT
is consistent only in its Inconsistencies.
A German know nothing organ in Penn
sylvania, an Italian know-nothing organ
in New York, and several French know
nothing organs in Louisiana I! The edi-
tors of these precious organs should have
the favorite rallyiug cry of ''None but
Americans shall rule America" transla>
ted into their respective vernaculars
forthwith
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-10-10
THOMAS w. OWENS. w. Master,
Norfolk Lodge, No. /, Norfolk. Vr.

A CONSPIRACY TO EFFORT MONEY FROM
BARNUM.-A German woman, the wife of
one Of Barnum's Museum men, having
charged him with criminal conduct, Bar
mum refused to pay hush money, and
stood an examination before Justice Os.
born. who honorably acquitted the great
Snowman of the charge. Barnum then
made speech, in which he said he had
known innocent men to pay, within the
last two or three years, from one thousand
to two thousand dollars to hush up conspi-
racles Of this kind against them. With
in the last year he knew very respec-
table clergyman to be inveigled into a
house of i'll fame, by letter setting forth
that lady wished to consult him about
some benevolent enterprise. The clergy
man knew nothing about the character of
the house to which he was invited, but
when he got there he was surrounded by
ruf1ians who threatened to ruin his char
acter, unless he paid them five hundred
dollars and rather then have the mat
ter made public the gentleman actually
paid two hundred and fifty dollars.