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True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-07-18

A SOLEMN QUEsTIoN.-Shail female
vanity be gpatifcd, while so many are star
wing? Women, it is for you to say. Will
you cxpcnd such enormous sums in outside
adornment, in princely festivities, in costly
triacs, while the wall of the despondine
poor goes up to Heavcn2 We ask the
question, how will you answer it here, and
at that tribunal where you will be one day
called to account for y0ur course in life
God help you to answer it Alright.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-07-18

The great object of mans study are his
own nature and destiny, and the nature
and providence of God. We study out
ward nature partly to improve our condi-
ton; beyond this temporary purpose. 1t
is interesting chiefly for the light which it
throws on the character and purposes Of
God,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-10-26

To the Hon. Court Of County Commissioners
for the County Of Penobscot and Hancock
HHE inhabitant. Of the town of Holden n, ,
town meeting, held on the 4th day of Aug
ust, 1855. called for the purpose of choosing a
Committee to petition the County Commission
ers of the County Of Pcnobscot and Hancock
q, your Angus. term at Bangor, to discontin. /.
ne certain road. as laid out jointly by said
Commissioners, leading from George. corner
tso called) in Holden. County Of Peuobsco,. IN
Parker 4 PEARLS in Dcdham. County of Han.
cock.
In pursuance TO a vote Of the town, We the
undersigned. believing that the opening of
said road will net be for the public convenience
as there are two other parallel roads leading
TO the same termini. Therefore your hnmblc
petitioners would request tha, your honorabl 3
body would examine said route and discon,in. !.
ue said road. il in your opinion the public will
suffer 40 inconv venience by so doing. If. after
examining said ruutc your honorable body
should not nee tit to discontinue said road. then
said petitioners request that You would make
an alteration in said road. And as IN duty
bound would ever pray.
J. FOGG. S.lec,men
I'll WINCHESTER, }ofIloldrn'
russell HART. Town Agent.
X. FREEMAN. iowa Clerk.
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Misrrllunrolls.
Finding them Out.

fin0lnS tnem VuL'
The New York Courier and Enquirer,
which honestly repudia,es the isiquity of
the repeal of the Missouri Compromise,
and which has been drawn sympa,heli-
cally towards the fusion in that State,
finding ,ha, the new party does not pro.
pose any remedy for that act, bu, only to
use il as weapon to wreak vengeance
on the South, and irup turmoil between
the North and the South, turns with loa,h-
ing from the BLACK Republicans We
quote;
"The Missouri Compromise is past
hope and pas, praying for. 1t is dead.
By enemies stabbed. and by friends drug
ged into the sleep that knows no waking.
We have worked for 1t faithfully and per-
severingIy. We have worked in vain.
The breath is no longer in it. Let the
coffin pass.
But gentlemen, when you ask to go to
the grave and swear with you bofore high
heaven to take vengeance on its murder
ers-we must think Of it, You must
pu, yourselves upon your purga,ion first,
that you had no hand in fastening its
death. Can you do it? Look at your
work."
"The recen, State Conventions have
proclaimed to the South that they will
no, make peace with them on any such
terms. They discard in advance the
very Compromise which we have invoked
the South to restore. We arraign not
their motives. Whether it was there
paramount objec. TO satisfy the demands
and secure the support Of professional ag-
itators. we do not say. The fact suffices
US, >, that these conventions, into which a
large body Of the whig party has fused,
have evinced a purpose not to accep. the
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-10-26

only available peace offering. The ac-
ton Of the conventions is sui jeci to two
fold consideration-frst, in shutting off
the South, in advance. from all opportu-
nifty to repair their wrong if they we're
in the next Congress. where
alone 1t can be repaired, aud second, in
taking away from the South in advance,
all motive for doing this. by expressing
a determination not to be satisfied with
it, and making other demands which they
believed ien-fold more inadmissible
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-10-26

found in the care Of his grandmother, in
an old weatherbe aten farm house in
Maine.
Mrs. Deans hope, the sun Of her day,
was echpsed with crime; she had ever
before possessed ray of hope, but she
considered her sin an objectionable one.
All she desired was some weapon with
which she might finish herself. Every
request but this. was granted her, and
the refusal Of il inflames her frenzy.
She was often asked in her rational
moments why she committed her crime /;
to which she would answer:
If feared they would grow up and ac-
quire the habits of their father and be-
come wicked men. could not bear the
thoughts of this, but thought if they died
now, heaven would receive them; life
was burden to me and could MT leave
them to grow up and inherit home in
hell" These were her principe reasons,
but in her fits of insanity, she spoke OF
various reasons as the cause Of her crime.
She was removed to the house of one
Of Geary's relatives where she remained
several months. At times she was ra-
tional; but the most of her time was
spent IN wild imag,nations, catching at
phan,ons and converslng with them, and
seeking every opportunity to finish the
terrible job she had begun.
After few months, her SISTER from
Lowell revisited her and insisted that
she should accompany her home. Mrs.
Dean reverenced no one but her sister,
who strove to console her and make her
bury the past in oblivion; she began to
feel that she had one friend remaining
upon earth, though she had imagined she
had none. But how could her eyes be
turned from that awful picture They
never could aud when thoughts Of 1t
came rushing into her mind, wild frenzy
would seize her train and she would seek
again to separate soul aud body.
Her fate was at hand! Her sister had
a short journey to go, and requested Mary
to accompany her. They went ABOARD
the steamer aud soon the TWO sisters were
gliding over the waters at a swift rate
they talked upon such subjects, as would
divert Mary most, aud the afternoon was
passed quite pleasantly.
| Mrs. Dean gazed the last time upon
the setting sun the last day She was
doomed to behold, faded into darkness
and she and her sister retired.
The next morning the sister awoke
and sought Mary the first thing, for great
was her anxiety for her; but imagine her
surprise and grief, when she found he
sister She flew to the deck, informed
the officers and passengers as quick a;
possible, and every corner of the boat
was searched in a few moments, but IL
vain.
She was gone-gone forever!
Al the sign she lef, of her strange de-
parture, was SPOT Of dust wiped off the
gunwai Of the boat.
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d}urtru.
From The Gospel Baanei
The Life Guage.

The Life Guage.
They err who measure life by years,
With false or thoughtless tongue;
Some hearts grow old before their time;
Others are always young!
'Tis not the number Of the lines
On life's fast filling page;
'Tis not the pulses added throbs
Which constitute their age.
Some souls are serts among the free,
While Others nebly thrive;
They stand fast where their fathers stood
Dead, even while they live.
Others, all spirit heart and sense =
Theirs the mysterious power
To live. in thrills of JOY and woe,
a twelvemonth in an hour
Seize. then, the moments as they pass
The nook of life is thought
Warm up the colors-let them glow,
BY fire or fancy traught.
Live to some purpose-make thy life
\ gift Of use TO thee
y JOY. a good, a golden hope.
y heavenly argosv.
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f0HchtSi6r
One child WAS all she wished To live
lor; her infant was the on y plank be-
tween her and the cold sea of despair,
and hat could not supper, her long for
It was fast sinking with illness. A short
time revealed her fate Her child died
her last root was cut from her, al she
was lef, to wiiher. Her husbands con-
due, haunted her until al! res,ora,iyes
we're applied IN vain, aud with broken
heart she fell victim to despair.
Thus passed away one-beauiful and
yuluous, who, had she been granted her
hearts choice, might have lived long
and happy life, aud proved blessing TO
the now miserable Geary and to aIaround
her
" hat could have been the feelings of
Sawyer at TIN, visitation Of death He
still had heart remaining, for all his un.
kind treatment. all her solicitations of his
company, aud ali her acts and words Of
kindness arose before him like triumph.
ing victor, and his soul Was troubled his
turn at sorrow had come /; he then could
appreciate the love of a would be devoted
friend he deeply mourned her loss, and
wished from his heart to see her once
more alive 10 receive forgiveness OF his
unkludness; but IL could not be-she
had faded and gone.
The seed OF his religion was not sown
upon good ground, for scarcely had the
hot sun Of temptation arisen above the
horizon of innocence when his religion
wlthered, and he became IA ubJect and
worshipper Of Esculaneous. While IN
Boston he passed a sum OF counterfeit
money for which he was arrested. and
sent 10 the States Prison, where | will
leave him and devote :he remainder of
my story to Geary and his family
Unhappy Geary and his devoted WIFE
after few months so journ at their board
ing place, changed their residence; he
purchased stand including mill. in
which he labored constantly, and earned
a comfortable living for himself and fam
! bout nassaI
quickly and they were blessed (it might
have been a blessingl with three noble
boys-the only idols Of their father AMI
the JOY of their mother.
During this time he could not conceal
from her his unhappiness, Much of his
youthful ambition was gone; he was not
so strongly guarded agains, temptation,
as, when hope was bright and the pros
pect was unshaded by single cloud ;
the cup OF intoxica,on, which has made
the souls of thousands desperate and been
worm to feast upon their bodies, was
raised to his lips tina, it might give his
troubled soul peace; but it is in vain to
seek peace from the fountain Of misery
IT'S said that "hke breeds like" aud his
house was lrequen,ed with comrades "af-
ter his own kind whenever he received
fresh supply Of tie ardent" until they
had absorbed it all. This was very disa-
preeable and troublesome TO Mary, who
had, in earlier days, professed to be a
christian. She then felt the need Of the
virtue Of religion and could appreciate
it; but Evane eelist was stranger to his
soul, and he deemed it but foolishness
He did not approve Of her religious de-
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Dissslutien Of Cepartnership.

The Corpartncrship heretofore existing be-
tween the undersigned has been this day dis
ed by mutual cousent, the dissolution to
take effect on the first day Of Oct. 1855.
JOHN II. PARTRIDGE viii continue
the LIVERY STABLE business in his own
name and upon his own account, will settle all
business Of the late firm, collect all debts due
the same and pay all demands against 4.
JAMES II. HOPKINS
JOHN II. PARTRIDGE.
Ellsworth, Sept. 25th., 1855.
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STATE OF MAINE.

PenolScot, s.. Court of County Coanty Com
missiorers. augast A.. u. Term. 1855
Upon the foregoing petition. i; is considered
hy the Commissioners that the petitioners are
responsible and that they ongh, 70 bc heard
touching the matter act forth in their petition.
and theref re order tha, the County Commis-
,loners meet a, Georges Tavern in Holden. on
tuesday the 21,h day OF Nov cmL,I ncxt a, ten
Of the clock in the forenoon. and thence pro-
coed io view the route mentioned III SAID ieti
ton Immediately after which view, hearing
OF IT, parties aud witnesses will te had a, some
eonvenirnt place in the vicinity. aud such
further measures taken IN the premises u iae
Commissioners shall jud se proper. And it i.
further
Ordered. Tha, notice Of the time. place and par
fs,.e Of the Commissioner Meeting aforesaid
je given TO all persons and corporations inter
ce.ci by serving s,tesfcd eupie~ Of the petition
and this order thereon uIou the clerks Of tic
towns of Holden and pcdham, aud
and upan the Chairman of the County
Commissioners If thu toaa:y # Hanoaek h.
y by posting up a;;csted copies aiurcsaid il,
three puhlic places IN each uf sad tow
'h.r,y days al least lefare the tt.uc
apr-ainicl fsr such view; and alsa hy publish
ius the petition and order thereon. three wroAs
.lccreitely in the Hanger Ictfer~1nian, a
newspaper printed in Bangot. and
IN the Ellsw rlh American newspaper
p'l.>hsd in Ellsworth. in the county #
Hancock. and IN the kenuelce Journal. c.
newspaper printed in Augusta. by the printer
the State. the first publication 20 = thirty Ia,
AZ !5s@. before the time appointed ioF sa=a view.
that all persons and cofpOTatlous Interested
NAV attend and tc heard ii they think hi.
Attest, NATHAN WESTON, in. Clerk.
\ irus copy of the petition AID afder lhefe-
ol.-Auc>t.
80 NATHAN WESTON. In, Cle,k.
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MONEY WANTED.

All persons indebted to the late firm OF
HOPkINS& 4 PARTRIDGE are requested
to make immediate payment to the undersign-
ed, a il is very desirable TO close up the ousi
ness Of the firm. and still more desirable to col
lect the money. -
JOHN II. PARTRIDGE.
September 2sth, 1855.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-10-26

Col. LANE, lawyer from Indiana.
who had applied for sdmission iste The
District Court Of Ransss, NJ been refu-
sed because he sssild soS lsks - other
to sustain the essetnsnts Of ~ meek
Legislature Of Kansas. l1r Eassy
Of Lawrence. had beea sinilaag ssosasd.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-10-26

A libel suit has been commenced
lainst the New York DufcIlnaan ior the
publication Of the following: Will Dr.
II "ho is such nice yoorg man, and
who resides with Major--. of the
U. S. NJ. -, be so kind as TO step
up to this office and pay us 1858, if he
has got it 2,
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Great Iuducement for 1853.

PETERSON'S MAGAZINE, The best
and cheapest in the world Tor Ladies.
Edited by Mrs Ann s. Stephens and
Charles J Peterson Address CnAs. }
PETERSON. No. l03 Chestnu, Street,
Philadelphia.
THIS popular Magazine, already the
cheapest and best of its kind in the world
riA be gr'at1y improred for 1856. 1t
will contain 800 pages Of double column
reading matter; from twenty TO thirty
steel plates; and over four hundred wood
engravings : which is proportionately
more than any periodical, Of any price.
ever yet gave. Its thrilling original stor-
les are pronouced by the press the best
published anywhere. Its colored Fash.
ion Plates in advance. Each numbet
contains a Fashion plate engraved on
steel, c..lnred a la mode and of unrivalIsd
beauty The Paris, London, Phlladel-
pha, and New York Fashions are de.
scribed at leagih each month.
TERMs-ALwAys IN ADVANCE.
One copy for one year, s2 90
Thre comics one wear. 5 90
Five copies one year, oo
Eight copies one year, ~ W
Sixteen copies one year. ~ w
Three, Five or sixteen copies make
club. To every person getting up club
and remiu,ng the money. our "Book OF
Plates for 1885," will be given gratis; it
preferred copy Of the Magazine lor
1856.
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NUMBER Al

are expected to perform, the sooner they
are disbanded the better for .he honor of
our army. Is it not manifest that such
ireacherous and cruel conduct as that Of
Harney. must exasPerate the Indian
lrites, and drive them to desperate cour-
ses in order to preserve themselves from
utter anhihlatlon7 We can well sfford
to be magnanimous in our conduct to-
wards the Iudians. A few feble. 80
scattered tribes are now the sole remnants
Of the once mighty race that opposed the
progress Of the white man. A few .uf
these tribes still entertain hostile feelings
towards US. and continue to commit de-
predations and outrages which ought TO
be checked, and which can be checked.
without any wholesale butchcries, or any
violations Of honor. By making Liberal
treaties with these Indians; BY manifest
ing a regard for their welfare by keep
ing faith with them, aud seeing to it that
they are not vic,imized by unprincipled
agents; and by judicious military meas
ures when such measures are called for,
our government can provide efectual Sc
curity agains, Indian depredati ions, with
ou, following the rash counsels Of any
fiery war ministers.
For the honor Of the country, We trust
that the next Congress will take some
notice of this proceeding on the part OF
Gen. Harney, and that the man who has
stained the white flag Of truce with the
blood of innocent and defenceless women
and children, will be deprived Of COM
mission which he has disgraced. We
teel confident that the atieInp, which has
been made to palm this massacre of as
gallant victory will no, succeed.
EVERY MAN LAWYER Every man
ought To be his own lawyer, or rather,
the old fashioned long 10, ms ought To be
reduced to that kind Of sImpici,y which
is III accordnce with the spirit OF nur insll-
lullons. There, is no better reason for
preserving, in our country, the an,ia.Iate.,
usage and forms of other aud darker ages.
than there is preserving the old habit of
travelling onl y thirty or forty miles a day.
between tie large cities of the country.
There is no sense in not having plain
Jaws, when we know that the true intent
ION of laws is simply TO secure ju t,ce To
those who demand ii. Legislators, in
framing laws, !ook not enough to their
practical application. They are too ap,
IL throw their enactments upon judicial
discrimination, trusting tn the iuterpre,a
ton and construction Of that which is Ia
govern the people. We believe ,ha, good
laws need no Interpretation. A Judge
NAV be ever so wise and learned, vet If
he has To construe bad law, he cannot
make OF II a good one. He cannot
ch; nge j, i'll any feature, for in So doing
he nanscends his power When men ar.
tempt to make laws they should UNDER
stand what they are making, else they
arc OUT Of their sphere.
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To the Honorable Court of County Gu,um.--
rassiuncrs for the County Of Pescl scot, "a
he holden a, Hanger. within ard fat he
County OF PcBotssco, on Tuc,day lhc Nh
DAY of Angus, \. IA. ISIS.
THE subscTibcrs, inhabitants # tAs 'a%a
! of Holden and Orving,nn. III the county
o; Pcnotsco,, and Bueksport and Dcdham Ia
Haacock. respectfully represent that pa he
highway commencing a; Warren {. Hart
corner. 50 called. in the town OF Holden, ,heace
running q south castcrly course. by the houses
Of r. Il. and q. X. Copeland. thence in nearly
same direction to Buekspor' line. thence south
erly by the colony 10 called. in the town
of Dcdaam. would be Of great public eonven-
icnoc and utility.
They therefore pray your honorable 'odF to
cause said highway to be duly and LEGALLY io-
Gated and established.
LEMUEL COPELAND, and 50 ofAers,
Aug. 0, 1856.
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STATE OF MAINE.

Pcnolscot -. Court OF County omm!'sinn-
crs. August Term A.. ID. 1855.
Upaa the foregoing petition. i, is considered
by the Commissioners. that the petitioners are
responsible aud that they ought TO be heard
touching the matter &c, forth in their petition
and therefore order, that the County COmmis-
sioncrs meet 9, the dwelling house of Parker &
Pearl. in Dcdham, on Wednesday, the 18th
day of Noycmher next ut ten of the clock IN the
forenoon. and thcacc proceed TO view the route
ment..,,.,,I !" said petition; Immediately after
which view hearing OF tue l;>'f'is ana WIT
nrsscs will be had a, some convenient place
in the vicinity and such further measnfSsiak-
en- in the premises as the Commissioners snail
Judge propcr. And it is further
Ordered. That notice Of the time. place and
purpose of the Commissioner meeting aiore-
said. be given to all persons and corporations
interested by serving ai;ested copies OF the
petition and this order thereon, upon the clerks
Of the towns of Holden and Orrington, IN the
county OF Pcnotscot, Bucksport ard Dedham
in the county of Hancock, and upon the chair
man OF the County Commissioners oi the
county OF Hancock. and by posting up attested
copies as aforesaid, in three public places in
each Of said towns thirty days At least before
the time appointed for said view and by pub
fishing the petition and order thereon, three
weeks successfully in the Bangor Je'ter~onian
a newspaper published in Bangor, and IN the
Ellsworth American a newspaper published IN
Ellsworth in the county Of Hancock, and in
the Kennebec Journal a newspaper printed a,
Augusta, by the printer to the state, the trs'
publication to be thirty days at least, before
the time Of said view; that all persons and
corporations interested may attend and be
heard If they think fit.
Attest, NATHAN WESTON. in. Clerk.
A true copy Of the petition and order there
ons-Attest
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Original :Storll.
Wnuen fof the Ellsworth Americana
LOVE AN D MURDER. .
4 TRUE STORY.
0Hchtsii8n.

ny ALBION w. CLARK.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-03-03

AGE OF OYsTERs.--A London oysterman
can tell the ages of his flock TO nicety.-
The age of an oyster is not to be found out
by looking into its mouth. 1t bears its years
upon its back. Everybody who has hand
led an oystershell must have observed that
it seemed as if composed of successive lay
ers or plates overlapping each other. These
are technically termed " shoots" and each
of them makes years growth; so that, by
counting them, we can determine at glance
the year when the creature came into the
world. Up to the time of its maturity, the
shoots are regular and successive; but after
that time they become irregular and are pill
ed one over the other, so that the shell be-
comes more and more thickened and bulky
Judging from the great thickness to which
some oyster shells have attained, this mol
lusc is capable, if left to its natural changes
unmolested, of attaining patriarchal lon
gevity .. -..
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A boy is very miscellaneous in his habits.
We emptied Master Smiths pockets the 9TH
er day, and found the contents to consist of
the following articles: Sixteen marbles; one
top an oyster she'll /; two pieces of brick !;
one doughnut; piece of curry comb a
paint brush; three wax ends; handful of
corks; chisel two knives, both broken :;
a skate strap; three buckles; and dog-ear-
ed primmor.
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NEWSPAPERS IN SAN Francisco There
appears to be a crisis in newspaper estab-
llshmcutS on the Pacific. The last arrival
puts US in possession of the following facts
The Alta California, the oldest paper in the
state, has been sold out by the sheriff. for
$l3, 500. 1t was owing $4,000 The Sun.
having the largest daily circulation in the
state, is advertised for sale by the sheriff,
who has executions to the amount of Sl6,-
600 against it, The Herald, which has the
largest advertising patronage, is attached for
$4,000. The cost of carrying on the news
paper business on the Pacific is immense.
and, though prices of subscription and ad-
vertising have also been high, yet but few of
the offices have been able to pay expenses.
This will surprise many, who think editors
and publishers were all getting rich in the
golden state.-lO. S. Journal.