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THE Subscriber hereby gives pabl'e notice that
he IA. been dol, appointed BY the ho"orso's
J,ive Of Probate for, the Count, OF oi'o'd. and
s.."med the ,rv., u Executor ofihe last will and
testament Of
ARTEMIssA PACKARD, iaie OF Castor.
4, aid C.saty, deceased, BY giving bond % the
I,w directs. lie therefore reqoest. al pesoss
,,ho are indebted tn the estate 81 said deceased.
4, make immediate payments sndthose 10" ns's
an, dem and. thereon To sxh bd ,hs sane Tn
March Is. 1889. oIio hAAf'"S,
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COUNTY OF OXFORD.

NOTICE. To ~hpm Il may oonorrn. This
y i.togrve notice that my wife. Hannah j.'
has siihoai AZ l,nlt on nv part and without say
provoc,iipn VII stcvrr. Ieli ~, bel sal board and
gone g. part. uiknowa To ne. Thi. 10 10 for'id
al p.r,n1.ifpn hirl,pring or tru,i'a; her q" NV
aecoum - shall pay y, debts 81 her contracting
after this dUr. JOSEPH u. fhkhis'
IIebfoa, April 5, 1879,
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Ts,G, Hba. Th,an ". B,,rs, J.ds, Of PsoIa.
Co'tAs CoHaiy Of OIfsrd.
fINiIE unieT.ighej. gu,uliap af Joseph Hill.
| Asih iIil!. William \. iiill, anI ilanash
Ill., minor heirs Of Bralan,n Till late Of Bwwn.
field IN sail CJaiiy, decr,ss respectfully repre-.
srnis, that .aid MINOR. NE seized and posse.s~d
Of the fbllosing described real estate, VIA ioar.
nth. nj a ceriaia parcel II land 10 Brown6sld,
Aforesaid. with bull ling.. containing one hundrrd
acrrs. more OF les, being the homestead Of the
late Benjamin iIi; that ~ !. uece.'sry tina, said
premise. should h. sold All the proceed. therenf
appropriated ihr their 'nppod.
That an advantageous. Offer ~ -Four ilundred
,lollafs. has b~en made by Hullah T.. Hill Of
Brow n6el IN sail Couaiy, which "ds5 - - h'r
the inre,t ofall concerned immediately To a"e"i Z.
the proc-sd. 81 sale To b, put cat Oh Interest Ior
the beLeht Of .aid minors.
lie therefore pays that license may le granted
him 10 cell and convey the above ,'escTib"d real
e.,n,e 10 IN. per.on m'kins ssid oasr, according
a. the .ta,uts ia such cases made aud provided.
ELL u. BEAN, Guardian.
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To the honorable Court Of County Commissioner.
whhiu aad Zoe the Couaty Of o'Gsd, nav ct
ting =, Paris. wiihir and Tor ,sid Cooniy. oa
the second Iur.iay uf May, A. ID. 1850.
THE inhabitants 1T Rnmlorl. by the undcrsisn-
Il ell, .pecial agents. for that purpo.e dol, eho-
sen aai aathofitei. respectfully represent that
mo. petition 81 John a.. Dannfd 81 ais. III.
Coun,, Co-ai..ioscts dUl, located pablio high.
way IN M.Sico and Rusne,fd, a. follows. wa;
.'hsrinaing 10 the cOaaiy road an the westerly
eide Of Salt River, IN the town Of Runlvrd, at
The We, end af Halls bridge. leo cnlled) thence
nofih. si,N.twa am one half drg,ees east, over
aid bfidse. 6lty eight iods sai ,ae.half, 10 the
town line lstNuen the town. &C Iinmiori and
Mexico; thence, the sane cour'e. 6u, seven
rods in the town af NcNieo, O. the Coaaty rad
leading Nv John kimhall'. 90 G'sa'on'' Cofnet;"
add that the bridge acru.s the river upon said 10.
cation has been carrie away anil desiroyed.-
The, iufther tsptes. Il that the pahlic conVen.
,euee and u-cs..iN does not rrqtirr the rrcon.
.truciiou ~ aid bridge NJ thai pl,ce, nor the
father continuance OF aid lDcaii,n az a public
hish~ay. The, theurf,re pray that the entife
L,caiion above described nav b. i .coRtinned.
The, fiuhsf rcprsssui that the public cos,sn.
,sncs aad ases.sily, and particularly the wants 81
the community having occasion % pass mp aal
down the Aadroscoggia river, frquire the ocs.
ton Of public highway aad bulge 'ero's .aid
swift river. near It, m,uih. Wh're way ha.
ben lnr man, ,,ars travelled. commenting at the
Cuun,y rad IN Runlotd. near the hou.e Of El's.
nesst vitgin. 81, thence ruanirg ~ aotih-ra.i-
ctl, dircction oa the old rosd a. nov travelled.
acros. SsiR river ~ the Coaniy road leading
Gom Byron o. DiNGeh.
And a. u, duty bouud viii ever pray.
Rumfad. MAY 9th, is59,
CHARLES 4. kIMnAI.I. } Special A.
JOSEPH T.. COLBY, gcai. AL
PATRICK ilONr. y Camnitiee
Of the iowa Of Ru,nloui.
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Jnla 4 z Gr,fh'h ~ M~Sicn.
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o.roHp, M--At y Court Of Probate held at
Paris, within ani for the County of Oxf'rd. on
the third Tuesday Of March. a. ID. 1889.
Ga the foregoing petition
Ordu,i. That the .ail psiiiioner give notice 10
all persons 'aiece.ied by causing copy Of h, Pc
iiiion With this order therton to l- publlshed
three weeks sucee..is,ly 10 the Oxford Democrat,
pablic newspaper printed at Paris, IN said
County, that they NAV APPEAR at a Probate Court
~ he held At Fr,eburg. on the twsniy' third day
Of Junc next, at niie ofths cl,ck iathe fofsno"n.
all .hrw cause il any they have Why the zane
.houLl DOT he grated.
A true copy-sitesii
DlviD KsArr. R,si'ir.
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Prices Of Country Pc, zee

Corrected wre1h for The ONford Draosrat b,
Msnuing \ Brovn. Fsui4sa. anu llphbafd
= llammonl, PsFis.
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YOUNG 81 AZARD.

THIS h,r.- vii .nnd Jarins the pr-.-ut ga.
\ soa /. Glloass
A. PoL,ai Cim-r. Mlni,y sh-r,op,; Nnrih
Wstefiord Friday snernn,as; Nofsly N,ligc,
SsiurLi, afternoons, from three o. I've o'clock.
thencs 90 S,uih Paris, where be will rcniin till
s~vrn. The rrn,inlrr Of thr tims be will be
iOuai At ms siabl-.
Those =ish,ng O. raise cool hlrss' would 40
well o. ,N,nin- this ho,.e sni his stock, which
stanis ulfiyall-d ia thi. y,ciuity.
fof terms, Sc, 80 BATH.
GEORGE T.. WHITNEY.
oS.rd, MAY ?. IS59. rs
EREEDDM NOTICE. This may c,r,l, that
Il Ih.ye this day giyen a. my son, DESNts
Mas. he tim. a. act anl trade Zoe himself;
sad shall claim none of his ctfnings. nor pay
al, drbts 81 his contracting, AFTER th. date.
ASA MARI.
Atirst. 4. ~. M,EE.
Woodstock, Apul 10. 1859. -
NOTICE TO TEACHERS. Allp~r.an. ~
trnting o. teach .hs.l, ga Paris, the raning
.uun.r, are requested o. meet ~ the Academy,
PARIS ilill, on S,tutd,,. Nv 2isi, and the Sat.
urlsy 6l1wing. AZ ! o'ci,rk L. VI.
:. a. MAXIM, Superyis0r
ran.. NAY IS. lSj9. 10
TEBRON ACADEMY. The summer icuu
u thi. in.tiiuii,a viii commrnc- un Mon-
day, May 3Oth, under the charge Of SELDEN
q. NEAL, 4. NJ. Pripr pal.
JOSEPH BARROwS, Secretary.
llsbron, April 26lh, 1859.
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T HAVE LOST A NOTE. given by ELLIOTT
LIBBY ~ Harrison on or about the 5i'' OF
January TO the amount oi "a dollars and % cents
II wa. doe In 60 days from date. Pe,'o", "e en-"
,oned ,y,i,,, pu,eha.inr a note hearing the above
description. .. u roSi I'm
East stonehsm, Feb. o. 1859.
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THE .ubseribsr hereby gives publie notice that
4 he has beea dial, appointed by the Honorable
lodge of Probate Tor the County Of osiord, and
assumed the trust of administrator Of the estate Of
THOMAS RIDLoN. late Of Hiram.
In said County. decreased. by giving bond a. the
law directs. Tie therefore requests all persons
Who are indebted TO the estate Of said deceased
10 make immediate psymenti aud those VINO nave
any demands thereon to exhibit the sane TO
March Is, 1859, GEOkGE sTACh'
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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-13

We make the following extract from
letter recently received from valued
anti. slavery aud editorial friend in Pa:
alt is my opinion that those Free State
men who were so anxious to organize the
Republican party in Kansas, have CON-
mitted grand mistake. They should
have remained true to your first thorough
organization, until you were admitted into
the Union. Then they could have taken
part in national politics to some purpose.
Now, they have lost a good portion Of
their strength.
Il have been panied TO see the sent.
ment embodied in the proceedings Of most
of your public meetings, showing that
even Free State men and Republicans,
and Free Democrats are slaves to preju.
dice; and instead of 'laboring and suffer-
ing reproach' to raise up a State where
every person should be free as your own
prairie winds which fan alike the cheek Of
the pale face, the red man, or the brother
Of the darker skin, the object is to give
only freedom to the white race, and to
perpetuate in Constitutions and laws, the
same narrow souled 7olicy that disgraces
so many of the older States. This politl.
cal close communion that would confns
civil privileges to free schitc male citi-
zens,' and say that others had no rights
which rlite men are bound to respect or
which would go one step farther, and by
an enactment forbid the black man CON-
ing into the State, a privilege they would
not take from the lowest brute-this poll
cy is So despicable in my sight that can
think Of no words that fully express my
contempt for its advocates. l pray God
that Kansas may be saved from this sin"
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-13
Apolosefie.

THos. EwNe, Jr., in his speech in this
place not long since, expressed his dissat.
isfactiOn with the apportionment, and
thought the grouping of counties unjust,
but plead that the Legislature could
change the inequitable provisions. They
can. Ishe sure they will? The Legis-
lature is required to make new appor-
tionment but Legislatures often neglect
their duty, and there is no help for it.
Leavenworth, Douglas and Shawnee coun-
ties may dislike to part with their power,
and evade, under the pretext Of an imper-
feet census, or otherwise, the performance
of their duty. The present apportion-
inent will then stand till the year 1866.
The people who have been deceived by
the Convention. will be slow to believe
that the frst Legislature will be eminent
~ just and free from partisan bias. e
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-13
Difference of Opinion.

The ultra anti-slavery Republicans Of
Kansas resolve that the Wyandott Consti-
tuition ais exactly adapted to the wants of
the people of Kansas"
The Pittsburg Dispatch SAYS of it:
The hopes of our Wyandott correspon-
dent that the Constitution of Kansas
would be worthy of the Anti-slavery pro-
fessions of her citizens, have not been re-
allied. She is not, indeed, to be disgraced
by any clause excluding colored men from
residence in the State, but the right OF
| suffrage is meanly and unjustly withheld
from the most intelligent and worthy
American who is not strictly or legally
white, while any and every ignorant, bes-
tisl or drunken ruffian who has this one
quality of white blood-though his very
soul is blackened with moral pollution,
filth and crime-will have free access to
the ballot box. Bah is this the consis-
tency of men who professed such ardent
love of liberty for themselves d? The poor
excuse of the Republicans is that they
dare not risk the clamor and misrepresen-
tations Of the Democrats of Kansas-that
they could not carry the Constitution be-
fore the people without doing some ipjus-
tice to the colored races but if this be
true, we have misplaced our sympathies !;
if consenting to this wrong, the people of
Kansas are unworthy of the freedom they
have proiessed to struggle for. The New
York Times is bitter upon the subject. 1t
remarks
sit might have been supposed, after the
constant clamor and severe shrieking of
Kansas for free speech, free soil, free men
and free State, that few dozen of
wretched black people, found scattered
here and there through the towns and
prairies of the new Commonwealth, would
be admitted at least to the ballot-box.-
But it is only in some of the New Eng
land States that no distinction in respect
to voters is kept up between black and
white citizens. Here in New York every
effort to place them all on the same foot
ing in that respect has failed, no matter
what party might be in power. And the
youngest-born Of liberty, the war breath
ing, virtue assuming, valorous Kansas
turns her back with scorn alike upon the
slave negro and the free, and asserts in
her laws the very principles against which,
in her lswlessness, she was ready to fling
herself in headlong battle"
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-13

~ Mr.. Plowman informs us that there
are now about $500 names registered in
this city, who will be entitled to vote at
the ensuing election. This speaks volumes
for the growing Importance of our young
city. Perhaps the Times has found out
where the 2.40O voters came from who
voted at the last election.-LeaU. Herald
When Mr.. Plowman reported 2,100
voters, the Republican press held it up as
evidence of fraudulent voting for dele
gates to the Constitutional Convention
Having found $500 voters in Leaven-
worth, Of course they will CRY fraud the
louder.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-13
For he Herald Of Freedom.
Hints TO Farmers.
CLINTON, Aug. 1st, 1859.

OLlNToN, aug. Isl, 1908.
This being leisure month for farmers
a few hints may not come amiss. Now j.
the time to pillow wheat or oat stubble, il
you expect to cultivate it in corn or pota.
toes next season by SO doing you enrich
your land, you prevent the weeds from
seeding your land, and by exposing new
plowed land to the rays of the sun and
frost of winter, it effectually destroys the
insects, and does not take half the labor
to cultivate the crops next season.
This month is very good time to erect
sheds, of prairie hay or straw, for stock.
If you neglect it until cold weather, you
may have to take the advice of HORACE
GREELEY, and work Sundays, which is
hard on the conscience, unless it is the
conscience of a politician.
This month is the proper time to pre-
pare wheat land, and SOW the first week
in September. Put the wheat in well,
either with harrow, cultivator, or double
shared pillow. One bushel and peck is
sufficient per acre. l cannot urge in too
strong language the necessity of planting
and sowing largely, but not more than
you can cultivate ios1, for with our pres
ent high taxes, and the prospect of their
being trebled, Chat is, if our present leg
islators, or some of the same sort, continue
in power we will need large surplus to
pay our taxes. A FARMER.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-13
Road SurYaX

Capt. B. s. Scudder and Ed. Hebertonl
of Wyandot,; J. NJ. Winchell, of Supe-
nor; E. s. Nash, of 0lathe, are Board
of Supervisors, appointed by authority OF
an act of the Kansas Legislature, to fix
fhe location of bridges on the Santa Fe
Road, and to straighten the same, where
it has been in.erfered with by improve
ments. They will start in few days and
will make a reconnaissance Of about $50
miles of this great thoroughfare.-Joarnal
Of Commerce.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-13
Expense and Difeulv Of Mining-Hsrd Times
for the Poor

Digging gold in these mountains differs
verf much from what emigrants generally
imagine. It was presumed by many that
no capital was required to obtain it, while
the reverse is the fact. To mine SUGGEST
fully here, requires a very large capital
and even on a small scale it will require
from $500 to $1,000, with a good supply
of provisions. II Is TO be regretted there
are numbers here, now working for very
low wages, endeavoring TO save means to
return to the States. In fact, there are
hundreds here who would most Willingly
leave at any moment, If provided with
the means TO do so. Mining is exceed
ingly hard work, and men beholdiDg to
their labor are unwilling to work for small
compensatious, with miserable accommo.'
dations. Men generally were deluded
with the idea, that with pan, pick and
shovel, they could make at least good
living, and, perhaps. fortune, by digging
gold on Cherry Greek. The result ofthosc
false infatuations are too well known, and
alas, too severely felt throughout the
Union to require comment on my part
It is to be hoped, however, that the press
the United States will use its
influence to prevent, if possible. the recur'
renee of similar stampede, and conse-
quent suffering, the coming spring.-Cor.
50. Louis Democrat.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-13
For Ms Herald Of Freedom.
T.nxwranra rTnfv.rx;sv


This is to inform the public and those
interested in the educational prosperity Of
Kansas, that the Board of Trustees Of
Lawrence University are now engased IN
the erection of large and handsome
building on Mount Dread, admirably
adapted for University purposes. The
Board has met from time to time to per-
feet the necessary arrangements, and the
whole matter is believed to be on firm
and enduring basis. The requisite funds
are secured for the erection of the present
building which is to cost some $4,000
or SIS. 900. And the operations of the
University will be continually enlarged
IS the exigencies Of the country and the
educational wants of the Territory de-
mand. -.-..--....-.
Dr.. Chester. of Philadelphia, and Rev
q. I. Coe, of St. Louis, visited Lawrence
in relation to the interests of the Univer.
sity. The result of their visit has beer
| most encouraging to all the friends of the
Institution. DR.. Chester has been Ions
known as successful and efficient labore
in the cause of education, and to com
memorate his zeal and earnestness in thii
matter, the Board Of Trustees has unani
mously resolved to call the building nov
in process of erection, "Chester Hail."
DR.. Van Rensselaer, has recently notified
the Trustees of the action Of the Boar
IF Education at Philadelphia, which i
sufficient 10 put all doubt at rest in refer
ence to the ultimate success of the en-
terprise. The charter is liberal and salts
factory to all parties in the East who hav
ever manifested any interest in the insti
tuition.
Mrs. Burke is also now at work agai
raising funds for the Female Department
1t is believed by the Board that no inst
tuition of learning was ever establishe
with more favorable prospects of useful
ness for the future. 1t is also felt by tn
, Trustees to be great work and they ar
not unconscious of their responsibilities
But their determination is to go forwarC
backed by one of the most powerf,
churches in the country, and by men I
high standing and influence in the Eas
md, they feel assured, by all who Low
the welfare Of Kansas.
The public will be informed of progress
from time to time.
BY order of the Board,
, w. BISHOP, Cor. Sec. L. U.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-13
Dressing for Burns

Doctor P. r. wombaugh furnishes tbs
following recipe for burns, to the Cincin-
natl Press:
The very best dressing for burn is
made by mixing air Stacked lime (passed
through fine -four seive) with haxseed
oil, spread upon muslin aud applied to
the injured parts. The relief afforded is
instantaneous. and its healing properties
unrivalled. have used it for near TWEEN
ty years with astonishing and unvarying
success. s q t l
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-13

Or Some time during the latter part
of last week, a man named Pendergras,
was arrested by Deputy Marshal Simp-
kins, on suspicion of being horse thief,
and lodged in the calaboose. After he
had lain there for the greater part of two
days and nights, some men, three in num-
Der, from Delaware-or claiming to be
from there-aroused Mr. SimpkiDs in the
night, and informed him that they had
papers for the man. After being shown
the warrant, issued at Delaware, Mr..
Simpkins delivered over the man to them.
and knows nothing further concerning
him, only that it is said his body has
since been washed ashore from the Mis-
sour river. It is, perhaps, no more than
just to say that testimony is in existence
to prove deceased to have been connected
with band of horse thieves.-Leav. Her.
aid
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-13
10 subscribers.

Ky When the term for which subscribers re-
eeiying their papers b. mail or al the Pnst-ofhee
is out or nearly so, we convey the Intelligence by
q cross at the end Of their names, like the one
at the commencement Of this notice. This viii
give all fair opportunity to know when their
time is up, and serve as an invitation to rene"
their subscriptions.
~ Extra copies Of the Herald Of Freedom
put up in wrappers for mailing, II desired, can
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-13

E The Kansas Constitution, as will be
observed by our Wyandott correspondence,
will not be blurred or disgraced by any
Ubiquitous determinations against colored
men. No mean "white" clause will stand
there, TO convince the world of hypocrisy
and knavery On the part of those who
pretend to struggle in the holy name of
Justice, Freedom and the Equal Rights of
man. We should have felt ashamed of
the Democratic and Republican Free State
men of the Territory had they faltered
here. They would have proved them
selves unworthy of the warm sympathy
which pervaded the North during their
unequal struggle with the Border Ruffians
and the National Executive.
We clip the above from an editorial in
the Pittsburgh Dispatch, one of the most
reliable anti-slavery newspapers west of
the mountains in Pennsylvania. The
editors are Republicans from PRINCIPLE
Free Sellers of '48 and '52-they never
think of swerviug from the path of duty
for the purpose of gaining present re-
ward.
The Kansas Constitutional Convention,
made up of Republicans who protessei to
be extreme anti-slavery men, and who ore
intolerant and proscriptive of all persoLs
who do not pronounce the same practical
s1ibboleth as they do, instead of coming
out like true men, determined to do right
and leave the consequences to God, meGnly
inserted the white clause in that Constitu-
ton. Instead of making INTELLIGENCE
the basis of political rights, they circum-
scribed it with ser and color, and prohib-
lied ladies, many of whom are far supe-
rior in point of intelligence and political
| common sense, negroes, mulaitoes, and
civilized, educated and even refined In
dams, some, at least, who are as much
their superiors in real knowledge, as the
former are destitute of those ennobliug
traits of character which look deeper than
the shade of the face for a mans real
worth, from the exercise of the elective
franchise.
Instead of being what the Dispatch so
confidently asserted, it will be diametric-
ally opposite, and could not have been q
shade blacker in these respects if it had
! been framed by Convention made up
wholly Of National Democrats.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-13
hrTbs folIowipo are The Delecates

o. The following are the Delegates to
the Topeka Convention from Douglas
county:
g. A. Reynolds. Lucius S. Shaw, r. n.
Sherwood, Lawrence; Wilson Shannon,
F. F. Bruner, Lvcomptou; Ralph May
field, R. b. Mattney, Willow Sprines;
John Pratt, Palmyra and EudoTa; Mr..