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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-06-01

HE BALDERDAsH ABOUT THE THIRD DEGREE y
OF THE kNow-NoTHING ORDER.-The Know. NOTHING
journals are sof-sawdering their readers with vast
deal of twatte about this degree They cav the AZ.
olitionist cannot belong TO this degree Now. the
rankest avowed Abolitionist in Northwest Virginia.
DR. T. M Harris of Richie county-is Know. No.
thing OF the Third Degree IAN A, No. / Adolf
Rich EGdminer.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-06-01
shaving.
thai the unshayed nations 0.


Somebody has said that the unshayed nations of
the earth have ever been the conquering nations =
The unshern Calmucks upturned the shaved Chinese
The bearded Romans overthrow the smooth laced
Greeks The hairy Goth routed the Romans when
they became nation OF clean faces. The whIskeTed
and moustached Spariards and English-tor they
were whiskered then-dispossessed the smooth faced
Tadian and so on, to the end of the chapter. Not
only history, but physlc has been brought forward
to iustify return to the haicyoR DAYS when men
delighted in being bearGed like bard,'' and long
headed doctors recommend flowing beard and a
thick nousache as a preventive of bronchitis and
strangulation--the one acting worsted comfort
able and the other patent litter Under the be-
nign influence of historical precedens and doetorial
escriptions the trade in has vsby declined,
and Mr. Rogers, cutler to Her Majesty, may hence
fo tn exercise his ingenuity in petectng the temper
and pattern of ladies-we beg pardon-ladles' scis-
sori and gentlemens pocket knives for II anything
were needed TO clinch the matter, it would be sup
piled by the following lines which we find without
name or an author, headess and tailless, in an ex
change
On Manhood when the race was young,
The beard in unshorn beauty sprung,
And nations felt what poets sung
Mans great and matchess majesty.
But manhood saw another sight
When fashion bade each luckless wight
With ather made himself fright,
And used the keen-edged cutlery,
With napkin near his gas. arrayed
Each then drew his razor blade,
While soap and brush lather made,
To hide the dreadful butchery.
And whittier yet that face should grow,
When all the glorious beard laid low
His glass a woman's face shall show,
! Shorn Of its manly majesty.
The glides. Before it fall
Mustachio and imperial
! The stately beard and whskers, all
| The victims of its treachery.
All few continue to be men,
For many even glory, when
Each day the soapy again
| is made their manhoOds sepuIcher
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-06-01

The largest and finest diamond which has vet been
found IN Brazil was recently imported TO Paris and
has received the name of the Star of the South ,,
In ITS rough state it weighs s07 % grains or 254A
carats. when cut it will be reduced to about p
carats, and will therefore exceed the KohNoor in
size. 49, "
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-06-01
within the city limits Of San Francisco would be re-

within the city limits Of San Francisco would be re-
New discoveries of gold at Santa Isabel, San Diego
county, has been announced
An important bill, reducing the port duties, had
passed the California legislature
The mines are turning out we'll, but coin is very
scarce One of the local assay Offices has issued new
$50 ingots resembling $40 Z. S. pieces.
The election in Chill resulted in majority for the
government Business was dull during tie holidays.
Belzu had again been elected President OF bolva
There is nothing interesting from Peru
The government of Ecuador is said to be greatly
alarmed at the report of Flores projected invasion.
FROM THE SANDWICH IsLANDs.-Dates from the
Sandwich Islands to the 10th of April have teen
ceved l.. Suan, of the firm of Messrs Suan Il Cliff
ford, had been detected in circulating 1900 worth
of forged whaers' bills. 1t was pp)sed that his
total operations in this way would reach $780, 900.
Both parties abSconded before the Developments were
made
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-06-01

SusprcIoUs.-Two barques, the Amelina, Captain
Swenson, and the Magnolia, Capt Morrison, which
left New York towards the last of February ostensi
bly, for ST. Marys, Georgia, were recently reported
missing, New York underwriters have recently
on the 9th inst, and that they touched about month
before OF the West Pass entrance to Alphabetical,
but did not report themselves at the Custom. House
here be little doubt that these vessels were con.
nected with the recent abortive fllibuster movement
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-06-01

The MASTER SPIRIT AT SEvASToPoL.-The head
engineer at Sevastopol is young named To-
dleben, who at the commencement OF the siege was
captain and almost unknown. When the seige COM
menced, Prince Menschikof, it is said, asked the
then head engineer how long it would take to put
the place in ii state of defence He answered Two
months" Todleben stepped forward and said he
would undertake to do it, if ho had as many men as
he required, in two weeks He did it in twelve days,
and was made colonel. Since that time he has had
the direction of everything in the way of building
batteries, offences &c. The other day the Grand
Duke called upon his wife, who is residing in St.
Petersburg to congratulate her upon her husbands
promotion for he is now General and Aide-de-C Camp
10 the Emperor. The Russians adopt the common
work best and they get it the best done. This is
the practice in well conducted private business it is
still more necessary in public service where the con-
sequences of mistakes through incompetency and g-
norance may affect whole nation
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-06-01

ea-The American Organ, OK. NJ complains of its
circulation in Virginia. Although published in Wash
ington on the very borders of the Old Dominion, it
has less circulation there than in North Carolina or
Georgia. This is not strange Vespasan Ellis was
for good while citizen of Virginia and they know
him there He gets the best circulation where he is
least known
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-06-01

The MAGNITUDE OF THE EARTH.--Accordingt to
recent authority the circumference Of the globe is
twenty-five thousand and twenty miles. 1t is not so
easy to comprehend stnpendous circle as to put
down It's extent in figures tbecomes more palpable
perhaps, by comparison, such as this "A railway
train travelling necessarily night and day. at the rate
OF twenty-five miles hour. would require six weeks
to Ground It, The cubica bulk of the earth is two
hundred and sixty thousand millions of cubic miles
DR.. Lardner says, if the materials which form the
globe were built up in the form of a column, having
a pedestal of the magnitude of England and Wales,
the height of the column would be nearly four and
halt millions Of miles. tunnel through the ea,th.
from England to New Zealand, would be nearly ejoht
thousand miles long
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-06-01

es-We learn that MIR Reid, K ~ Candidate in
this District, spoke at Stricklands Depot in Duplin
county, on Saturday last. The attendance was
small, somewhat under 20 persons. Mr. Reid ap-
peared somewhat depressed and the news from Vir-
gnia did not tend to raise his snirts.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-11-30
Onr Norway Neirhhor

We will here say % ourfrirnd o. the Nor.
way Advertiser once fr all. that we 10 not
f-l called upon 90 defend our positions an.
I-., they arr met with ,omcthin. beyond a
simple denial I'is Que thing 90 stand up
ana ay a thinr 6, r,l,', ahl quite another
90 rars IL 90. Tho single fact tina, our
rr..hhr- has c5nisn,,l himself with barely
declaring our position untrue, without any
attempt % r1u,roy,rt them, hy facts or ar.
-umrnts. is proof positive tiatthcy arc true.
q, DON'T help the matter at an % srr1s the
question in other WAYS. We are willir. %
discus, any Of the great leading political
question. u the day with our Br, Shaw,
or other writers In the Advertiser provided
they will leave out the long string II oTrn.
s.vc p-r,14rl abuse which are interviewer IN
almo-, an their past productions, directly
or indirectly relating % ourselves, anil be
governed hy thas, rules Of rr,prie'y which
should ever BE- respected hy tbo,s who write
fr the public press. We hay, on our par,
~ al our readers will b,ar rs witness, stu
ll7u.ly avoided any psr,5n1' controversy
with a PAPER that has abused US in such I'M
measured terms, IN time, past
People in general have but little interest
in rrrs57a' controversies in puhlirpapsr,, and
they are seldom productive Of good, and for
this reason, ifno other, We have ever avoid.
Cd them, unless directly forced upon us.
When spanking Of political parties aud
party leaders and their acts, we have some
times us,d strong, 9eri5.d and ur'7nrooal
language. We may under like oircum.
stance, he obliged 10 do IL again still we
are frcr 70 confess that Il would he moro
c5urenial with our feelings and taste to have
our polical opponents 81 conduct themselves
towards Us and our friends, that language
which nigh, he considered less severe and
offensive might be used in reply.
BY saying these thing', we wish It eS-
prr,sly understood we ask no Carors. We
never can be more shamefully abused tkan
We have been, neither can our political
friends, consequently VIC fear nothing. But
We make ihe'e suggestions To our political
opponents in good faith, and II they are met
in the spirit in which they are made, we
shall hereafter be happy to recirrOoate.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-11-30

DENIAL. We have received the followin,
note, accompanied by request to publish
We arc not aware that Mr.. wedgwood /,
the person alluded to by our correspondent
but chcerf,lly publish hi. note, thatbo NAV
he relieved from any imputation which bo
might rest under in consequence Of the ar,i.
Gle in question:
CoRNrsu, Nov. %. 1855.
Ma Error In your paper ofNov. 23I
a correspondent, over the signature Of en-.
nm," sys in referring to the late election
+" | was informed by two Wing, who live in
a certain town bordering on O.sipcc River
that in that town the Wells candidate r.,
Representative, lei several men up 20 y5,,
who were 30 intoxicated that they could mo-,
have got mp conveniently otherwise. TIL.
statement was made in presence ola ,tr31-
Wells man, who endorsed Il by ay.n- h.
never foll more shame for anything he ever
saw" AZ I was the only 4" Well. c,rb.
date" in any Z" town bordering ON ,he Ooi.
Pc River" who was at the polls on tha,
day, the foregoing 4" statement must have
been intended to apply TO mo- | wish
therefore 10 ay through the medium of your
columns, that II is rholy unirls. Ididu5t
d" lead up" or assist oHy one in going O.
the polls 10 cast their vote on that day. n
" Hiram " is really honest in his feeble e.
forts To nev'TAp"r pondenoc. IwauI
advise him to rely los- upon his two vtis
friends, and strong Wells endorser, aaI
search more earnestly for truth than he has
heretofore.
rrAAI.fN. az. nm. ..rr...nn
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-11-30
Tnl rh. O,nrL n,rnasnt.
A Veteran Gone.

Died. IN Bethel, Nov. 18th, Capt. Peter
Twi,chcl, in the 9jth year Of hi' age. lie
was born in Shcrbon, Mas. H. entered
the army az the ago OF siItccn alter The
revolution h. wa, chosen an officer uf tho
militia. H. filled sundry Office. in bis na.
two town. lie was assessor of take, when
the decimal currency was introduced. llc
visited Bethel - ycauaso. lIi'fthcr was
the largest proprietor Of land in Bethel. H.
moy,I % Bethel in $50. IT, was rrmarka-
Die fur hi, uniformly good health in hi' lat
ter years. lie .ulsi,tci entirely on yc-o'a.
bic food Tor the last 80 year, Of biz iir'.
For II years or the time hi, diet consisted IT
bread and water H. was great p'l-s-
TRAN. Within few wcrk. Of bic death he
walked siN miles. and frequently made his
twelve miles a day lIc never made U.s. Of
a cane till within a short time ol his death.
H. was uniform in his attendance on publ,
worship, frequently walking four miles and
hack for that purpose, since be- was ninety
wears Old. H. always stool during the
PRAYERS and sermons H. unitri with tho
Congregational church in Bethel in isis,
and continued a member TN his death. H.
di~l ofoli ago wi,hou, pain anil without a
rroan H. possessed a mind of more than
ordinary native power. lie spent much Of
his time in contemplation Of astronomy, Of
which he had theory NJ biz own, which b,
proposed 20 every educated man be chancol
To meet, and which often puzzled those Of
different opinions. H. was an uncle u the
late Dr. Amos Twitchell, of Hocnc, y IL,
a distinguished surgeon. lIc was the last
surviving revolutionary rcn'ionccr in the
town, and voted at every Presidential cleo
ton, from Washington to the present in
cumbsnt
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-11-30

Mrcu Apo ABOUT NornNG. The Norway
Advertiser, after donning It's green goggles,
and spending two weeks in profound study,
has come 20 the conclusion that We iHiindi-
81 that Mr.. Carter was incompetent for the
discharge OF the duties Of his Office. We do
not wonder that this Is 80. ndecditwould
cause US much surprise To know that the lit
tie souls who have that sheet in charc, could
conceive how /, would be possible 70 speak
favorably Of one man without attacking an
other to Offset IL. We are not quite certain
but that we have been - savagely abused in
times past, just to work OF the bile, prcTa-
ratory to spell Of soft-soaping Judge Wells
and laborins for a frcc-grog jubilee. Is that
I, neighbour
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-11-30
thus Il Is, that ont of,ishty members Of a
medical socigty, having few young mcn.
enly three members iiod In seven years"

a Btrssro 20 rHE CovNrsT. a lady
nov on visit 10 Paris, Tennessee, has writ
ten 70 friend here, some particulars Of n
remarkable and mos; exemplary matr0n o.
that vicinity, which particulars have bccr
committed 20 Us as worthy Ola place in our
columns. The matron IN question is Mrs,
D, now eich'y-srvcr yrvr7 Oh. She
had tveuty-thrce living children, and pray.
ell 10 the cool Lord O. give Der one more,
% make the round and g1oiiy number Of
two dozen. B,siirs these, she has raised
iourt,oa orphan children. She has eiuca.
tel thirty yhiliru-her gvn and a portion
Of the Crphans-aud fur many years srnt
nincteJn o. school ia PAr'., and their dim
ners with them. She ssys that none 0f ,hos.
she ha, r,arcj and educated have ever iiE-
cracel her OF thrns.,vc, TIE girls have
al married well. ami ar rich. The hgys
have an done veil--ops ul her orphan pro-
rryi has h,rn In Cursrcss, SEVERAL others In
The State L,,I,latur,; thc-, arr uri-y coz
onels. etc. anon. t'ym, ana aIi are highly
respectable" indianapolis Journal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-11-30

AFARu ToR SALE. Tho farm known rs
the Sebra Donham farm is for sale, a.
will be seen by our advertising columns. We
would call the attention Of purchashcrs to
this farm as one Of the best In the town Of
Paris. 1t is situated on the railroad near
Shows Falls. II is abundantly supplied
with wood has meadow OF some twenty
acres, which Gu, some thirty tons Of hay the
past season has large and excellent pas
ture q suitable quantity of tillAgo land
we'll walled in, and in a high state Of cul-
tva,ion-a house and three barns, with out
buildings in good repair; and good orchard
II contains me $50 acres Of land asa whole;
and is really one Of the mos, profitable farms
that can b found in this vicinity. SEQ cd
vr,iSment
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-11-30
nr,irnrtire rire a, snow's Falls.


BuRxixc or rur Guam FAcToRr AND Dsr
Housr. OnSauday morning last, tho eS'cn-
.ivc Chair Factory ofthe VI s'r'. STE,ENsat
SHOWS Falls was entirely consumed by Gre.
The building was large aud convenient, aud
6t,cd with all the machinery necessary for
the successful prosecution Of their business,
Reconnaissance Of every variety Of chairs.
ON the Monday previous, a Dry House, sit
ua,el above The Factory, was burncd-thc
Ere taking from a stove, used to dry the lum'
Der.
The Factory is supposed u have taken fire
from a rile Of wood and lumber between the
railroad and hc,ory,-,ba, being krdlcd
By sparks from the locomotive, which pas'-
81 some two hour. before the Gre was dis.
covered. The los on the factory is 1000,
"a which there Il an insurance of $1,000 in
thc Hamilton Mutual Insurance Company.
The Dry House aud lumber was valued at
500. and was not insured. We give the
following details, furnished US By Mr.. Al
fr,d Starns
From the time the Dry House was burnt
90 Saturday morning, there has hOgn no fire
ia SIC shop, except one day there was Ere
made 90 warm som, oh {, oil carriage
purin. ;hc week vc were engaged in build.
Ing a new Dry lIou.c. Saturday morning
the weather M, being suitable % work on
70, We went inc, the shop % work and |
spent nearly all tho day arranging matters
q, cuarl against FIRE. The fires We had on
saturday werc made from rrccn poplar chips.
There was no fuel put into the stove, after
6 O'Clock =. NJ, AMI on leaving thc shop AZ
. O'Clock. thc stoves were quite cold, bu.
having thc burnir: ~ che Dry lIous, irr-h
in my memory, used pail Of water Al,
each stove, wrt,i0s around them for or /,
frt. \ train of cars ra,s,d mp about II
O'Clock. + ". At that time Mr.. Filing
wool arls, AMI look5datthr sh0p-hcvpuld
look "a, the north side and wr.t end Mr.
Pratt ale, ar1,, auI looked at do, shop-hc
would Look 40 che south side. They both
ay there wa, un frr o. %, .rcn az that time.
Atahaut r. minutes past O'Clock, \ NJ,
Mr. rllnrvapl was awakened hy ihc Grc,
and Immediately cave the alarm. when
Grt discovered, the fire wa. half way across
tae shop, the whole Yves, emil help- on FIRE.
Their, WAS pile uf c,rl wood between The
Railroad and shop, and al,l a pile OF lum.
les og about 5000 f-t. At ,hc time the
fre was DISCOVERED the piles of wool and
lumSr were burnt 90 GOALS. hll tho cir.
eum,,anc,- show that the Ere took in n,
wood or lumber, and from thence extended
CD Oh, south wrst corner o' The Factory"
Sine, %, commencement Of operation, hy
.h., firm. several 0r tbe mechanic, employed
ny them have boil, f1r themselves house, In
.ae vicinity, aud there :. u1v.a cluster of
cottage, whore, but far ihs su,srrris, Of doe
company, there would scarcely be sa,n a
s..n OF civilization. We hope means may
De- tafcn 20 Immediately rebuild the cs,ab.
lrhnn,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-11-30

q" TuE ProrLE's PrEE" We have re-
cciycl the first number Of this paper I, q,
the harbiuccr Of new movement in Trade,
Hotel. and Education. II purposes to b.
the only connecting link directly between
the producers and consumers and Us aim
j. 10 disr"nsc, ia trade, with what il terms
the middle men, aud thus Increase the
profits 10 the producer, and lessen the ooa To
the consumer and in general TO furnish
everything, from food and clnthinc TO cdu-
cation, at less cost than by the present sy'-
TEN Of trade. Az thi, /. very we'll, could
1t hc permanently realized but it seems TO
our dull apprehension, rather bordering on
the Utopian. We have always been IN the
habit Of regarding trade like most other
terrestrial things, As subject to certain i'm.
mutablo laws, which, although 'uhject TO
certain modification, in their results, cannot
BE- abrugatcl or their enls defeated. Still
We may be mistaken, and are most certainly
open to conviction. The terms Of the pa
per are $500 psr annum for single copy.
Address The Peoples Paper, IL fremont
ST., Boston, Mass.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-11-30

Tur RrsrrrR OF RraL Abrams isa little
annual of great value % :hc Farmer. II
contains an Almanac and other statistics
usually found in the common Almanac, but
beside, this IL contains over one hundred
ragrs devoted TO Rural Architecture, and
the b,st mode or raising all sorts Of fruit.
Every farmer should have Il. The cngray-
ings NJ plans n houses, barns, fruit, &c,
arr worth double its price, which is - cts.
The author is j. ]. Thomas II can be hal
At wholesale Of Bailey, Bookseller, Federal
ST., Portland.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-11-30

from some Of the leading spirits in the DEM
Ocra,ic party.
The democratic party as now contributed
Is the Sinaio. party Of this country, deny
{, as much as they will; let thom charge OF
their own sentiments upon the Republican
party rs much as they will, psrNioS Am
TREASON are writtcn in flaming capitals up.
on their standard, incorporated into their
Platform, and covers them all over. Let
these fina,ical disuuionists frs, purge them
selves from their own treason before they
charge this offence upon others.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-11-30

\ Nrw PicroEut We have received a
specimen sheet, c,ntainins prospectus Of
frank Ioslic's illustrated New'Tarcr. "
It will occupy q new field, promising in ale
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al articles of high character, AMI % ehron'-
Gle every matter Of interest 20 the world AZ
large. The fr,t number, containing u
large pages of matter, will b. issued on sat
urlay of thi. week
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EDWIN W wEDGwoOD

Tho Springfield Republican, in no,icir,
locofoco neutrality-suspicious., a few days
previous 10 the election, aid was two.
and-a-half minutes In passing a given point
The locos complained Of ihi. statement. lrl
the Republican corroc;s by saying they l-,
informed that one ind yidual in tho ranks
was more than tvo.anl-a-halr minutes Ir
passing given point, and several Others
could not pass Z, at an Thatsa c.rrr,-
ton 30 o., j. q correction"