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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-01-14

4 Coon Rru0y 4 subscriber, write.
under date @. Dee 81. leis, "Thr Oz.1rl
Democr4, r1mas regularly ani kaef' m'
posted on Ola Oxford matters. BIZ: me-
thinks am somewhat IN your det,. Have
had unpleasant dr.-m. lately. Enclo'.i
lld -- which place 20 nay credit that lmay
"slosp o'nIgits.'
We heartily wish that 40 indebted % us
Who rest 81 quietly r che knowl,lst, would
De troubled with Visions ofspirits, hl.s1h
hu' and tho ike until they were constrained
10 follow ,his example.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-01-14

Ex-Governor Brigham, Republican. has
been elected U. 5. Senator from Michigan.
The state Democratic Convention at
Frankfort Ky. January sth, nominated Be
riah Masnof, for Governor, and Linn Boyd
for Lieut. Governor.
Tho Bath Times states that Mrs. Leo Of
Eigccomb Me-. was frozen to death during
the severe snow storm Of the Ith inst, while
returning home from neighbor's.
The Republicans in Congress are demand
ing and urging retrenohuent and reform
sadly needed a, the present. time. when the
Treasury is nearly destitute Of funds, and
the receipts Of lhe government bear no pro-
portion to its enormous expenditures.
Mr. Andrew Dyer. member Of the house
from Deblois. Washington County, died in
Augusta on Friday evening alter a short
illness. Mr.. Dyer arrived at Augusta on
Monday aud took par, in the Caucus on
Tuesday evening. lie was 60 years OF age.
They worship extra b'g pOrkers a, Cinein-
na,ii by escOrting them through tho streets
with band Of music, o, least that is the
way they treated one weighing s9l pounds
on recent day.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-01-14

In another column viii b. found the card
OF Meafs. M,sSNo Sc BaowS, Comm scion
Merchants. doing business in PorIalI.
They aye natives OF Norway, IN this Coua-
IS, and are wei known as aciiy. asd 5lig,-
prisins young men. Wo feel confident that
our friends having ba,iness in Portland,
will fui-thom Iai,hful and honorable in nlI
their transactions. Wo have engaged then.
to furnish ror Us weekly tie prices VI eoun-
try produce IN Portland.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-01-14

Two czcrcjirgly humane bills arc haioro
tie legislature OF North Ca-0l.ui. now IA
session, which, taken together give to Tie
FREQ colorcd people resid'ri therein the
choice Of moving ont ofthcSaie within two
years or choosing m Owner for ihenfe'-
YES, or Of being soIl At public auction Tor
the benefit ofeommon schools.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-01-14

OrDNruy The ordination services Of
Rey. SIR. s5u,hvo5,h, pastor OF the Cousse-
sational church, 90 south Paris, were "a
rcetei % occur on Thuriay afternoon. The
council snI..Ia' l0A.M.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-01-14

SoGnT oEGAsizED. A meeting Of the
Uniyersalisis OF this village and vicinity WIS
appointed a, the Cour, House, on Thursday
for the purpose OF organizing a society.
Our paper goes to prcss to carly to obtain
any report Of the proceedings.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-01-14
BOOK and Job Printing
PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED
LOCAL AGENTS.

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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-01-14

MuaSic. Stated communication, Pans
Lodge, 20 Masonic Hall, South pari., Mon.
day evening nys,, 10 % O'clock.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-01-14

at" and bis friend came to hand lit
lie late for this week.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-10-27
The Outbreak at Iarper's Ferry
HARpER's FERRY,
Tuesday morning

luesuay HhoIhluS.
The Baltimore Greys, 10 pursuing
Cook and his men, stopped at Browns
house and there found wagons with
arms and ammunition, consisting OF
rifles and pistols, bearing the stamp
of the Massachusetts Manufacturing
Company at Chicopee. There were
also large number of spears and
bowie knives. and poles, indicating
a large number of men to be sup.
piled. Il is supposed they were
brought through Pennsylvania.
The insurgents did not attempt to
rob the Paymaster's department at
the Armory. There was much
money there. but it was undisturbed.
Brown, when he supposed be was
dying, said bis object was to free the
slaves from bondage, and that no
other persons than those about him
were connected with the movement,
and that he did not expect aid from
the North. Tho foregoing was an.
swered to questions propounded to
him. He insisted that what he had
done was right, and that be ought to
be treated as a prisoner of var.
Last evening party of marines
and volunteers visited Browns house
and found a large quantity of hlan-
kets, shoes, clothes, tents, and l5O0I
pixies With large blades affixed; alsv,
documents indicating ramifcations
through several States, among which
we're letters from several Northern in. |
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-10-27
Later frem the Riot.

HARpER's FERRY, Oct. 49, 1:30 p m
The secretary of War has tele
graphed Col. Lee that District At
torney Osld would forthwith proceed
hitber to institute legal proceeding
against the prisoners.
A train is getting ready to convey
horses and men to pursue the rioter.
into any State or locality, by orde1
Of the President, at the request 0
Governor Wise.
One of the insurgents killed hai
in his pocket a Captains Commits
sion to Captain F. Fl. Leeman, from
the Provisional Government of the
United States, dated October 18th
1859. and signed A. W. Brown, Com.
mander-it- Chief
WASHINGTON, Oct. IS-Eveaing.
Six companies of Virginia militia
ry have arrived, en- route for Har-
per's Ferry, but their orders are
countermanded and they return home
to- night. This indicates a thorough
dispersal of the insurgents.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-10-27
The Restraint Of Free Negroes

The law adopted by the last legis
lature restraining all free negroeseom
Ing from abroad by sailing or steam
vessels, from any intercourse with
those residing in this city, has ava.
kened a terrible cIamor from the an.
tislavery Press. Louisiana is unspar-
ingly denounced as "violstor O
the Constitution, 'snullifier of the
national compact" and disregardfu
Iof commercial and State comi
| ty. all of which offsnces against law
and good neighborbood are embodied
in this act.
We have simply to say that it Is
the policy Of this State to lessen ID
stead of increasing the number Of
free resilient blacks. But if an H.
crease were tolerable, We are not
disposed to admit into association
even with our free men of color,
the negro anti.slavery eonventionists,
slave rescuers, and s.ealers, mob
exciters and law violaters of the
North. The United States rejects
European paupers and convicts from
her shores; Louisiana shuts the door
against the free entrance OF q worse
class Of population from the North
ern States. The policy is the same
! in both cases.
Whether the law will work injury
to our commerce is yet to be tested
1t will positively be rigidly executed
|. The Memphis Appeal says:
We clip the foregoing from The
New Orleans True Delta. and w
think the Delta is right. Let eact
State take care Of and protect the
free negroes bonn within its limits
and it will have enough to do. j
the free States of the North have
found their free negro population a
pestilential source efannoyanee, let
them ship them to Libe ria at their
own expenEe. They ought no. to
be permitted to shuffls them off on
he Southern States, where, in fact,
the negro, whether slave or free, finds
more sympathy than in any other por-
tion fthe Union. But in the language
Of Scripture, "let the dead bury the
dead" In other words, let each
State take care Of its own free
negroes.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-10-27
A Second Daniel cOmeto Judgment.

Bonner,the New York Ledger man,
among the other clap-traps Of bis pre-
cious concern, has a regular depart
ment devoted to replies to real
or imaginary correspondents. A
strong vein Of vulgarity pervades
the interroga.iva mass. Nor are the
replies always unexceptionable. In
the following, the arbiter elegantar1-
am most demonstratively writes
himselfdown an ASS"
Milan.--The village in which this
correspondent resides is agitated by
the discussion of the question,
whether the year so, belonged to
FIRST or the last half of the 18th
century. The contest, it appears,
has ragged for some days, and We are
called upon to restore peace to dis
traeted community by deciding the
question. We are squal to the task:
A half century is so years, is it not?
The 18th century began Jan. LIST.
1900, didn't it? Well then, The
so years expired Dee. 2ls', l049.
IF you doubt it, try it with marks
on slate. 1t follows, therefore,
that the year 1850 belonged to the
last half of the 18th century; which
century will expire Dec 3lst, 1899,
The difficulty arose. we suppose,
from one of the parties in the dis
pnte not counting the year 1907
That year Was one. Add 40 to ii
aud you nave 90.
According to Bonner, then, the Sec
ond century commenced with the lst
of January, in the year One Hun
bred, leaving the first century to be
composed OF mnety-njae years! The
sapiency of the conductors Of the
Northern literary press need not
hereafter be questioned. Babl
1t is really treat to pernss this
Ledger Correspondence depart
ment, and note the assumption of
dignity, learning, and accuracy of
the poly logical critic. D0g5erry was
bis ancestor.
After the foregoing Was put in
type, we CHANGED on the Subjoined
in the New York News:
4 bad Balance for a Ledger.-En
looking over Bonner's Ledger for
this week, under the head of answers
to Correspondents, the reader will
find reply to "AIilan," to the effect
that the year 1850 belongs to the
latter half Of the l9.h century,
Who does MOI see that the reply is
absurd. Win not Il very tyro tell
the writer TO count so, and ask
him to which half of 500 does it
belong. The same correspondent al
SO says that the year 1900 was the
first OF the 10TH century. Why the
18th century was not completed
until the 3lst December Of that year
had passed, and the 1st Of January,
1901, commenced. That is GER
tain.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-10-27
Killed by a Rooster.

Henry Black, of Newport, Pa,
who undertook TO sever the head of a
hen, was attacked by rooster, which
spurIed him on the hand, into an
artery. About two weeks after the
accident he WAS ats eked with intense
palma sickening sensation Of the heart,
and his sufferings became insupporta-
BILE. At this date remarkable occur
renee took place. He drew bis entire
frame together, as though to gain
strength for an act, and his voice
broke forth like the growing Of a
rooster. This was repeated from
time to time, and such was the SIM
ilaritv of the voices, that the out
side listeners asserted their belief
that it was a rooster After four
days Of Undesirable suffering be
died and crowed no more.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-10-27

from the editor OF the Baltimore
American says preparations are
making for an attack on the armory.
Soldiers are posted all around the
ground. The rioters have the fol-
loving prisoners in custody: Armi-
stead Bali, draughtsman. E. Mills,
master, John P. Dangerfeld, paymas-
ter OF the Armory, and Clark
Lewis. A negro named Lewis Leary
has just died,and before dying be con-
Ifessed that the plot was coneocted
by Brown at the Fair held in Ohio
two months since. The rioters sent
a flag of truce saying if not pro-
itected by the soldiers they would
hang all they capture.
EIGHT O'CLOCK The Armory has
just been stormeit and taken after II
determined resistance. The rioters
shot three marines. The rioters
we're brough. out in the midst Of
intense excitement, many of the
armed militia arc trying to get a
chance to shoot them; Capt. Brown
and sen were shot, latter is dead
the former dying. He says he is
OssawattAmie Brown, whose whole
object vas to free the slaves, and
ijustifes his actions. Brown declares
that :here are none engaged in the
plot but those who accompanied him
4 BALTIMORE, Oct. 49, Noon.
There is extense excitement
Gen Stuart through Gov Wise com.
muuicatea an order to Gen. j. W
Watkins Of this city, to equip aud
mount Immediately a body OF. men
Cor service in the mountains neal
Harper's Ferry, where many of the
insurgents have taken refuge. The
troops leave tomorrow afternoon.
Gov. Wise left this morning fol-
the seat of war. Three artillery
companies from Forl Monroe arrived
this morning and are quartered at
Fort McHenry awaiting orders.
| HARPER S FEtRT--Noon--Only
two of the insurrectionists here are
wounded, Edwin Cappich, white, and
Childs Green, colored, both from Iowa.
The party originally consisted of %,
whereof Is are killed and two NOR
tally wounded.
On Monday morning soon after
the assault on the Armory, firing took
place from the bills on the Maryland
side, suppose'lto be Cocks parting
salute-the fire was returned, but
was too distant to be effective. Vol.
uDteers have gone in pursuit Of the
fugitives probably a thousand arm.
ed men have copyrighted here and
endorsements are pouring in from
all quarters.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-10-27
BY WILLIAM HUBNER.

Far from his native cline, where Inda's isles
Leap on the Oceans CLASSY breast like smiles
On Beautyfs sunny cheek, ere yet Joy
Has wither'd meath her spirits cloudless sky.
He died a strangersdeath. No soothing tone
Of weeping friendship mingled with his groan
BY anguish wrnng, nor fell upon his bier
The last, sad tribute of mourners tear
He died unknown, and Ger his Wondering
tomb,
Famed by the whispering breeze, the wild
flowers bloom,
Spreading their fragran ce DER the glist' ming
shore,
Where sob the crested waves forever more.
BY stranger hands his dying eyes were closed,
BY stranger hands his decent limbs composed,
And placed urheeded in their silent home
! On Santa Cruz's shore. Deep was the moan
T he heaving ocean gave as round the isle
( The silve wavelets broke with swift recol.
| Day on his cloudy car stood in the West,
STOPPING to clasp the oceans glowing breast;
In the dark East faint glimmering light
Betrayed the presence of the Queen of night
And one fair star alone shone brightly out
Cresting the soaring summit of cloud.
Oh! weep not for the gentle one, nor sigh
! For the beloved voice. IT'S true the eye
Which beamed with love is dim; the honest
! heart,
Where purity was throned. no more can start
| At Misery's tale-yet he is blest
With endless bliss in Gods own house of rest
There thronged with angels near his Makers
thu one.
He lives in virtues light, and. though the stone
Which marks the spot where earth his dust
did claim
Mclts in the breath of Time like snow in rain,
Our hearts shall give place, wherein may
! flame
With quenchless light the mem'ry of his name.
! Near Boon's Hill, Tenn, 1889.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-10-27

diyiduaIs one from Fred Douglas,
containing ten dollars from a lady for
the cause, and one from Gerriit Smith
about money matters, and a check
or draft from Smith for one hundred
dollars, endorsed by Cashier Of one
Of the N. Y. Banks. Gov. Wise has
all these papers.
Wise offers $1,000 reward for
Cook. A number Of armed men
are after him.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-10-27
A late New Orleans cotton circr

A late New Orleans cotton circu-
lar calls the attention of planters to
the growing evil of Sandy Cottons:
As the result Of long continued
dry weather in September and Oc-
tober, with large quantity Of Cotton
open in the fields, an unusual amount
Of dust was blown into the open
pods; while later in the season,
the prevalence Of heavy winds and
rain beat a large quantity out on the
ground, mingling it with the earth
and sand. Much and just complaint
of this has been made by buyers, in
some cases twenty. and even over
thirty per cent in weight of dirt be-
ing found in large number of bales,
Notwithstanding that such Cottons
were bought at from 5 to &c, still
the purchasers have been involved
in heavy losses. Some thousands
oil bales lie over here unsaleable; and
considerable per centage of the
stock in Liverpool is of the same
character. We again call the at
tention Of our planting friends TO
this subject, and renew the sugges-
ton that as a remedy, all such cot
ton should be placed on open or loose
seaffolds, and the dirt beaten out be-
fore the cotton is passed into the
gin house. Some remedy is de-
manded, in justice to our own rep
utation, and the interests OF the for
eign purchaser and consumer.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-10-27
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, Oct 10.

WASHINGTON, Oct 10.
The excitement is subsiding, there
is question Of jurisdiction regarding
the matter between the Fed, ral
Government aud Virginia-the sub.
Iject causes much discussion.
The result Of the riot is as follows:
killed 5 citizens and Is insurgents;
wounded 8 insurgents, prisoners 8
insurgents. The prisoners have
been committed to the Charlestown
Jail. The question Of jurisdiction is
thus settled-the local authorities
are to try the prisoners for murder,
and the U. S. authorities will proceed
on the charge of treason. Brown
! is better; he further states that he
never had at his farm but % men at
once, but had reason to expect re-
Inducements from Maryland, Ken
lucky, North and South Csrolina.-
He had provided arms for 1900 men,
Including 200 revolvers and 200
Sharpe rifles already at the farm
He thinks he prevented reinforce.
ments from coming by bis mistake
as to stopping the railroad trains
Sunday night.
Gerritt Smiths letter informs
Brown of money deposited in New
York bank to the credit Of j. Smith
& Sons, Browns assumed name
A bushel Of letters have been DIS
covered, many informing him from
time to time money was raised.
BALTIMORE. Oct. 2l.-Yesterday
willie Capt. Brown was conversing
i'll the presence Of Senator Mason
and the Hons. Messrs. Faulkner,
VaIland ingham and others, be an
swered gu, stions clearly demons'Ia-
ting the completely of numerous
persons in the North Western States.
He refused to answer whether he
had conferred with Giddipgs, Of Ohio,
about the Virginia expedition. He
admitted that he had numerous SYM
pathizers in all he Free States. 1t
is believed that Cook has reached
Pennsylvania. District Attorney
!
Guild has LETT for Washington, thus
relinquishing the prisoners 10 the
authorities Of Virginia. Gov. Wise
ridisules the people of Harper's Fer
ry for being captured and imprison-
ed by handful OF men. Brown is
in no danger from his wound. Ger
rift Smiths letter to Brown is an OBJ
scure document, saying that he had
doue and would do what he could to
keep Brown at bis Kansas work.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.- Governor
Wise has arrived here. He made a
speech from the Capitol steps. He
said he had taken the responsibility
of placing guard at Harper's Ferry,
and would distribute arms at all
accessible points in Virginia.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.--A Harper's
Ferry report last night states that
the Abolitionists were numbering the
people at Sandy Hook, and about
three hundred women and children
had aba ndoned their homes and
cam. to Harper's Ferry for protection.
The marines were sent 10 Sandy
Hook, but found the place quiet.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-10-27
DoGMATICAL "A man in Cineir

DoGMATICAL "A man in Cincin.
natl lately attem d to commit sui
eide by shooting himself through
the bead. But, unfortunately missing
his aim, he hit and killed dog on
the opposite side of the street. As
bad shot, almost, as the rash young
man in Louisville, who some time
since babe solemn adieu to this yale
of tears, and blazing away, shot DR..
Conn in the leg.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-10-27
TIE HOG CROP.

The season Of the year is at hand
when the hog crop is attracting at.en-
iicn. The Louisville Courier of the
10th says on this head:
In regard to Hogs for packing, the
market has not yet assumed any
activity, yet we heard of. purchases
by city packers at &c gross, frem
the farmers pens, the purchases be-
ing made to secure the packing
The sales, as far as we have heard,
have amounted to 25,500 bead in
the neighboring counties, the bulk of
the Hogs TO be delivered at the rail.
road pens. The crop of both Corn
and Hogsis conceded to be quite
large, and far in excess Of last year
The Chattanooga Advertiser of
the same date say:
We are not far wrong when We
state that there are not half the mum.
Der of hogs in this and adjacent
counties that there were one year
ago. We hear of one gentleman
who Il short time since turned a
drove Of some hundreds into corn
field to fatten, and on visiting the
field two weeks afterward, could find
only some ten or a dozen live hogs
out of the three hundred-alI bad
died Of hog cholera. As to the
price that will govern the market,
we are as yet unable to give definite
and reliable information. We know
of one gentleman who has given
S4.25 per hundred, gross. Another
lot was recently purchased in Mid
die Tennessee at 81 per hundred,
gross. These are the ouly lots that
we have known purchased
From hs Louisville Journal.
Hoes IN KENTUCKY AND OHIo.-
The following are the official returns
of the hogs reported to the Auditor
of the State Of Kentucky by the
county assessors:
Hogs for 1859 1,415,307
do do 49, 1904 2S6
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-10-27

A gardener, living near Lebanon.
Ohio, having bscome dissipated, de
serted his family. The wife in de.
spair, and left to beg or starvc, sought
death rather than degradation, and
buying some lauaanum, administered
it to her child, and then swallowed a
large portion herself. When discev.
cred, they were both dead, and the
excitement against the brutal hus-
band and unnatural father was most
intense.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-10-27

At the recent lair in Erie Co., N
Y. there was young girl, l6 years
of age, who had with her box OF
snakes, comprising several rattle
snakes, copper-heads, California ra'
GERS, and others, ali of the most ven
omons character. These snakes she
handled 10 The rnost fearless manner,
winding them about her neck, waist,
and arms, b@
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-10-27

PRINTERs.-The typographers OF
New Jersey boast that there is not
a single member of their craft in the
penitentiary Of that State, and but
one in the State Legislature. We
believe there are soms printers in
both houses of Congress, who got
there, no doubt, by keeping bad
company. @ e
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-10-27

REMARKABLE FUNERAL OF A DEAL
MUTE.--One Of the pupils Of the
Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
(says the New York Post, having
met with fatal accident on the rail-
road, few days ago, the funeral
was held in the Chapel Of the insti.
tuition on Saturday. All the exer-
cises we're conducted in The sign Ian
the Priucipal,Dr Peet, and
was attended to with fixed attention
and interest by the assembled pupils.