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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-08
Death of poct. Prentiss.

Died in Augusta. the 81 inst, ions Hart
PRENIlss, son Of Henry +. PrentIss, Esq,
Of Bangor, and Assistant Physician at the
Maine Insane Hospital, aged 81 years.
Dr. Prcn,iss was young man Of great
promise. lie was a graduate Of Union Col.
lege, Schenectady, n. Y, and received his
medical diploma from Philadelphia. lie
entered on the duties Of his Office, TO which
he wa. appointed by the Trustees Of the Hos
pital. in March last. His compassion for
the unfortunate. his assidui,y in the dis
charge OF the duties Of his Office, combined
with his collegiate and medical education,
which he had pursued with great credit to
himself, gave strong expectations that he
would have taken high rank in his profess
sion, and especially in the treatment OF the
insane.
We sympathire with his parents and
friends in his early death. and trust they
will receive Divine support in their aflic-
ton. L.
Augusta Age.
DR.. Prentiss was the grandson OF Mrs. II.
Rawsop. widow Of the late Capt. Sam y Raw
son, Of Paris. This lady ]. now 81 years OF
age. and has never before lost either child
or grandehild. A large circle Of friends in
thi. vicinity, add their expressions OF SYM
PATTY to those Of the venerable Chaplain
OF the Institution, who furnishes the above.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-08

A IINI TO orR AGRICULTURAL SociErr.
Among the premiums of 1859, offered by
the Chenango Agricultural Society OF New
York, is the following. which We would es-
pecially commend to the notice Of the off,
GERS Of the Oxford County Agricultural So
eieiy. To any young lady under sixteen
years Of age, who herself will make the best
frkin Of butter, q set Of nlvcr spoons worth
not les than Eve dollars.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-08

We mentioned last week, that one Of the
editors Of the Bethel Courier cruised dozen
miles over bog. in a vain search for trout,
thinking himself on Lake Umhagos. At
the same time the other one was down to
Auburn. to end a wife. The Farmer says
the paper will be more animated than ever.
See matrimonial head.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-08

CELnRArIoS ~ SWEDEN. just as we
were going to press. the proceedings Of the
Sabbath School celebration, at Sweden,
came to hand. wewIll publish in the mex,
number.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-08

SHOCKING ACCIDENT. Mr. Kensill. son Of
X. +. Kcnsill OF Oldtown. says the Bangor
Wing, Tell from the night train from this
city TO Oldtovn, on the 4th, and was found
on Tuesday morning. beside the track, in.
sensible, but .,ill alive.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-08

The Portland papers speak in glowing
terms Of the celebration in that city on the
Fourth. They say that the pleasure Of the
affair was increased by the opportunity az
fOrded to entertain their country cousins,
who were there in large numbers.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-08

foR GOVERNOR. We are Obliged to so to
press before the result Of the Portland Con.
ven,ion is known, here. weagain place at
the head Of our columns. the name Of our
honored Chief Magistrate, well knowing
that not voice will be raised against HIM
in the Convention and that he will be borne
to the 6ubernatOrial chair triumphanily, a'
the Peoples Choice.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-08

The Louisville Courier declares that Sen.
ator Douglas can carry "no southern State,
district, county or precinct, while he enter
taiDs the doctrines " Of the letter just pub
lishsd.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-08
10, Al AGENTS.

vs.. R.LarHaN,M.D. Bnsnt's Pond.
AsIEtcA BlsHIE, North fafi''
iIssHN Upros, Norway.
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DAVID DuNGIS, Hiram
NJ. X. MsYHEY,
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Col. ELpTS BsEEIS, Lowell.
Not. T.. ". WuopsVRr, Sweden,
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Jo,EFH nAEEows. ll,Nron.
CH.HtEs MssoS, HsihsL
J. BssrIErt, iasks'.Nu,.
4 A. ktSaAtt, kumh'fd
A n kNAFF HanHvcr.
DAVID kNAFF. y. Rumiard.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-08

Notwithstanding the immense drain oil
specie to Europe, the Director OF the U. >.
Mint estimates that there will be produced
a sufficient amount OF the precious metals
to make up the deficiency. Large amounts
Of silver bullion are being received from
Mexico.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-08

The foreign news by last steamer contain.
ed only minor details OF the movements Of
the troops. No battles were fought.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-08

ruHLI,AEp xvrNI TEIpAT MORNING ny
WIN. A. PIDGIN & Co..
rRoPREIoKs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-03-30

Beautiful Extract.


Some fifteen years ago, Rev. John N.
Mafit, then in his prime, delivered a lee
ture which closed with the following fine
passage -:
The Phoenix, tabled bird of antiquity,
when it felt the chill advances of age, built
its own funeral urn, and fred its pyre by
means which natures instinct taught.
All its plumagc, and its form of beauty
became ashes; bat ever would rise the
young--beantiful from the urn of death,
and chambers Of decay, would the fedgling
come, with its eye turned toward the sun,
and essaying its dark velvet wings, sprink-
led with gold and fringed with silver, on
the balmy air, rising a little higher until
at length, in the full confidence of fight it
gives a cry of Joy, and soon becomes a gilt
tcring speck in the deep bosom of the erial
ocean. Lovely voyager Of earth, bound on
its heayenward journey to the sun!
So rises the spirit bird from the ruin:
Of the body, the funeral urn which its ma
ker built, and death fires. So towers away
to its home in the pure elements of spiritu
atty, the intellect Phoenix, to dip its PROUD
wings in the fountain of eternal bliss.
So shall dear, precious humanity sur
vive from the ashes Of a burning world
So beautifully shall the unchanged sou
soar within the disc Of E~ternity's great IL
minary, with undazzlcd eye and unscorche
wiugs-the Phoenix of immortality-tske
to its rainbow home, and Graded on th
beating bosom of eternal love.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-03-30
influence Of Mental Culture.

An elaborate paper was read before one
of the principal educational associations in
the United States, a few years since, by a
learned gentleman, in which he maintain
cd hat mere intellectual culture was no
safeguard against vice. Some Of the most
notable instances of intellectual men, who
have INDUCED their vicious pr~opensities,
were adduced in supporter the proposition.
Last year the same position was taken by
another learned gentleman, and the state
ments were supported with zeal and elo-
quence. A fact of general interest, bear
ing upon this long mooted question, may
be derived from DR.. Sangcr's recent valua-
bic work.
OF two thousand abandoned women, the
statistics Of whose condition, ages, occupa-
tons, &C.. are given, only four, or one in
ivo hundred, relied for support, before their
fall, upon any occupation requiring mental
culture. These four were one artist, and
three school teachers. OF the same mum
Der, only seven hundred and fourteen coulC
"read and write we'll"
These facts are worth considering, TO
shey show that education has a direct bear
ing on the criminal statistics Of a nation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-03-30
Lending to the Lord.

A poor man, some of whose family were
sick, lived near deacon Murray, referred
TO in the tract Worth a Dollar and occa-
s%ionally called at his house for a supply of
milk. One morning be came while the
family were at breakfast. Mrs. Murray
rose to wait upon him, but the deacon said
to her. wait till after breakfast She did
so and meanwhile the deacon made some
inquiries of the man about his family and
circumstances. After family worship the
deacon invited him to go out to the barn
with him. When they got into the yard,
the deacon, pointing to one of the cows,
exclaimed, There, take that COW and drive
her home The man thanked him hearth
ly for the COW and started for home but
the deacon was observed to stand in atti.
tude of deep thought until the man had
gone some rods. He then looked up an6
called OUT Hey, bring that COW back.
The man looked around, and the deacon
added, Let that COW come back, and yo'
come back too He did so; and when h
came back into the yard again, the deacon
said, There, now, take your pick out G
the cows;I amt a going to lend to tn
Lord the poorest COW Eve got
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-03-30
a Paragraph for Parents.

DR.. Bushnell says 1.-THE very hand.
ling of the nusery is significant, and the
rctulance, the passion, the gentleness, the
tranquility indicated by it, are all repro
duced in the child. His soul is a purely
receptive nature, and that for a considera-
bic period, without choice or selection. A
little further on, he begins voluntarily to
copy everything he sees. Voice, manner,
gait, everything the eye sees, the mimic in
stinct delights to act over. And thus we
have a whole generation of future men re-
ceiying from us their very beginnings, and
the deepest impulses of their life and i'm
mortality. They watch US every moment,
in the family, before the hearth, and at the
table; and when we are meaning them nc
good or evil, when we are conscious of ex
erting no influence over them, they are
drawing from us impressions and moulds o
habit which, if wrong, no heavenly disci
pine can wholly remove or if right, nc
bad association utterly dissipate. Now, j
may be doubted, I think, whether, in all tn
active influence of our lives, we do as mucl
to shape the destiny of our fellow-men, a
we do in this single article of ~unconsciou
influence over children"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-03-30
mistslIaneous.
S415 REWARD.

ID ANAWAY from the subscriber, the follow,
LII ing negroes, to wit Negro man WILLIE,
a blacksmith by trade, dark gingerrcake color,
very large eyes aud high broad forehead. He is
about six feet high and weighed when he left about
IFS or $50 pounds, age about % or "a years. He
has been runaway nearly fur years, and is pro-
badly in Wake or in the vicinity of my plantation
and have reasons to believe that said negro man
WILLIE is passing about dressed in women's
clothes. will give $500 for him, taken dead or
alive.
GI0 REWARD for negro woman CHARITY.
PFO aged 80 years, dark color, large eyes
and very large mouth, weighs lao or $50 pounds,
5 feet 5 inches high, and has a very full head of
hair, quite long.
Elk REWARD for negro man EDGAR, aged
about 40 years, dark color, high forehead
and high cheek bones, about 5 feet 7 inches high
and weighs $50 or 100 pounds. l will give SIS
reward for negro man EDGAR taken dead OF
alive.
will give the above rewards for the apprehen'
sion and safe delivery of either or all of the above
negroes to me, or for their confinement in any jail
SO that can get them. SETH WARD.
Franklinton, N. c.
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H0WAR ASSOCIATION,
Philadelphia, Pa.

a BeneUoLentI Institution established by Spe-
cidE Endowment for the Relief of the
Sick and DISTRESSED, afflicted Nth Vir-
uEent and Epidemic Diseases.
TN times of Epidemics, it is the object of this
Institution to establish Hospitals, to provide
Nurses, Physicians, Clothing, Food, Medicines,
&C., for the sick and destitute, to take charge Of
the orphans of deceased parents, and TO minister
in every possible way to the relief Of the afflicted
and the health of the public at large. 1t is the
duty of the Directors, at such times, to visit per.
sonally the infected districts, and to provide and
execute means of relief. Numerous physicians,
not acting members of the Association. usually
enrol their names on its books, subject to DO call
ed upon to attend its hospitals, free of charge.
In the absence Of Epidenics, the Directors have
authorized the Consulting Surgeon to give advice
and medical aid to persons suffering under Chron-
ic Diseases of a v~irulent character, arising from
abuse of the physical powers, NAL treatment, the
| effects of drugs, &c., dc.
Various Reports and Tracts on the nature and
treatment Of Chronic Diseases, by the Consult
ing Surgeon, have been published for gratuitoul
distribution, and win be sent free of charge to the
| afflicted.
Address, for Report or treatment, DR. J. sill
LIN Acting Surgeon Howard as
ISOLATION, No 2, South Ninth Street Phuadelphia,
Pa. BY order of the Directors.
ERR d. HEARTWELL, President.
GEO. FAIRcHILD, Secretary. 4-1y
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-03-30
firtsiit 8.sbing.
In Memory OF Counting Days.
Near HeadersOn, N. c.

Courtships are the sweet and dreamy
thresholds Of unseen Edens, where half
the world has paused in couples, and talk
ed In whispers under the moonlight, and
passed on, and never returned.
Ons OF the saddest and mot suggestive
sights we ever saw, was the worn thrcsh-
hold at the end Of a grass grown path,
with neither house nor hearth beyond.-
Nature had done what she could to make
that threshold beautiful she had persuaded
astraggling vine, reddening with roses along
the way, to garland it, but still it was a sad
thing to look at. There was no shelter
beyond no nesting place for love and
nope; the roof had gone down in fierce
surges ofrcd flame, and so, on one the side,
as on the other it was wide, widc world"
That old threshold seemed to us a dial.
upon which human sunshine went and
came until the day grew. dark and cloudy.
we thought OF the feet-the little feet in
req snoes-that battered over it like the
summer rain we thought Of the couples
that, perhaps, stood there, when there were
intels beside the threshold stood in the
mild moonlight, when hand stole into hand :
one broad and strong; another plumb and
lar. We thought Of tho cheerful errand.
mat had been borne over it, when the glad
iset cleared with a bound, or Just touched
? ghded into the small summer day
Of home.
And Vt seems to us-thst worn thresh
hoid-ike the days Of courtship. Some
times, there is q Paradise beyond, anC
sometimes, dOsslstisa.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-03-30
Oct. s0.1s.
REV K

The Securing Of the White House-Illustrated.
American Almanac for 1889.
The Land and Book-0r Biblical Illustrations
drawn from tie naITsrs ard customs, tie
scenes and scenery Of the Eoly Land, with maps
and en- gravings-in 2 vols. By W. II. Thompson,
D. D..
Travels and Discoveries in North and Central
Africa. Being a journal of an Expedition un-
iertaken under the auspices of Z. B. Ms Gov
eminent in the years 1886, in 3 wells. By
Henry Barth Pitt, D. C. L.
History Of the State of Rhode ~Island-And
Providence Plantations from 1886 to 170O-By
Samuel Greene Arnold.
For sale by w L.
Raleigh, Feb %, 1859. 20
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Petersburg.
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ELLIOTTS DEBATES-IN FIVE VOLS.
THE Debates in the several State Conventions,
on the adoption Of the Federal Constitution, as
recommended by the General Convention at Phill
adelphia, 1889, by Jonathan Elliott.
Dolce Far Niente-A Poem, by John R.. TAFT.
App!eton's Railway and Steam Navigation
Guide, for November.
Gentle Annie Melodist.
Blonde and Buuett, or the Gothamite Already.
Isabella Orsini-A Historical Novel of the
Fifteenth Century, by F. D. Guerrazi.
My Lady Ludlow-A Novel, by Mrs. Gaskill.
Davenport Dunn-A man Of our day, by Chas.
Lever.
Dick Aalkham, or Smiles and Tears, by ]. F.
Smith, Esq. For sale by w. L. POMER0Y.
Raleigh, N. c., Nov. L, 1858. IL
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BOOKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED.

American Eloquence in 2 Vols.-A collection
of speeches and addresses, by the most eminent
orators of America, with biographical sketches
and illustrative notes, by Frank Moore.
Runaway to Sea, by Capt. Mayne Reid.
The Course of True Love, by Thomas Bailey
Aldrick.
Northern Travels-Summer and Winter Pic
lures Nf Sweden, Denmark and Lapland-By
Bayard Taylor.
Following the Drum-A glimpse of Frontier
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The Life and Times of Aaron Burr-Lieuten-
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United States Senator, Vice President Of the u.
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For sale by W. L.. P0MER0Y.
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The Last Dollar.

BY the roadside in the village of C,
lay a wounded man not a friend was near
to minister to his wants. A poor young
man who was passing, fastened to the side
Of the sufferer, raised him up, and supplied
his wants. lie had but one dollar in the
world, but he cheerfully gave that to the
sick man as he left him.
A year passed, and this young man was
wrecked at sea. When the ship went down,
he seized a plank, to which he chung all the
long night. When the morning had dawn
ed, he beheld a sail far out on the deep it
halts-a boat put out and comes toward
him on the top Of a wave he hears a voice
cry" Hold tight" He goes down be-
tween the waves and rises with the next
billow. The voice shouts-"Cling fast, ]
am coming" He goes down again, and
as he mounts the next surge, who does he
see guiding the helm but the very man tc
whom he had given his last dollar.
"Cast thy bread upon the waters ant
thou shalt find it after many days"
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pEkD f-REAnlf

Cabinet and undertaking business hither
te carried on by the subscriber, (who is au-
thorised AGENT is offered for sale, together with
the stock on hand, appurtenances, &C., consist
ing of Lumber, Hardware, "Patent Metallic
Burial Cases" &C., &c. Also, an excellent Hearsc,
the original cost Of which, together with harness,
was $3.50; has been used q short time and we'll
taken care of. As an inducement to a good me-
chanic, the right to manufacture the /" IMPROV-
ED CHAIR and LOUNGE" recently patented
by the subscriber, will be allowed for this and the
adjoining counties, on the most reasonable terms,
which alone would be an excellent business.
For further particulars apply to
FL. GARDNER.
Washington, n. c.. Feb. 9, 1859. 25-ta$5
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THE MOUNT VERNON PAPERS.

THE MOUNT VERNON PAPERS.
Dy HON. EDWARD EVERETT, are now be
Ding published in the New York Ledger, the
Great Family Paper. For the MOUNT VERNON
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highly neral in its tone, not a single offensive
word being admitted into its columns. and num-
bers among its contributors some of the best wri-
tiers in the country. It's Tales, Sketches, Poetry,
&c, are entirely original, and all Of a pure and
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A Broken Promise of Love.

a Broken Promise of Love.
Alden, adisu, my loving girl,
~ wounds my heart to part from you;
Tho time has come for me to go,
But your mind you have let mo know.
1 20 away and leave you here,
Although you are dear to mo
You loved me once, or you told me 90.
Now my dependence I do know.
thought you never would forsake
The heart and hand you agreed to take,
And cause a man to be undone
who never thought you we're in fun.
~ first you loved, / do believe,
And thought you never would deceive:
But by SOM accidental tale,
To fulfil your promise you did fail.
Another face I'll seek to find,
And always bear you in mind;
For you l never can forget,
But l never will pine nor fret.
It's not my willtbat you should lose,
The one you think the best TO choose;
And hope . warning you will take,
Never to promise and then forsako.
Ifanother you have in view,
hope you will to him prove true
And recollect tits only love,
That ysur happiness will approve.
You ought pever TO give yourself away,
Without you could love the longctt day,
Fer II almost breaks the heart
For two strong lovers to part.
NY lsve dear Miss has no change,
IL will follow me wherever l range,
1 off times cast dull thought away
But think Of yos, your love il will stay.
| loved you not for your estate,
AS Won thought mine VISA nat a. rrnot
love you for that charming grace,
Tint bloomed upon your lovely face.
Now then, my loving girl,
Tho ties Of love / can't unfold,
will live in peace and bear in mind,
The loving one / left behind.
BIZ GOOD N TRuE
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MASONIC HIGH SCHOOLS, MALE AND
FEMALE.
FRANKLTNTON. Y. G.

THESE Schools, situated on the Raleigh and
Gaston railroad, II miles from Raleigh, VIII
der the direction of GEO. W. NEAL, A. NJ, with
competent assistants.
Primary English $40 and I23; Higher English
10 English with one or two Languages rs each
additional language 5 fee for wood, &c. | ex-
ira Ausic en- Piano or Gutter, 20 use of Guitar,
2 ;use OF PIANO, s Oil Painting 20; Drawing, EN-
oroldery, Wax work, each, 6 ;'Pastil and Water
colors, each. 10; Grecian Painting s. A smau
charge for Lectures andexperiments with PbiLoso-
Ph'cdt and Chemicat Apporotus. Board. incIu-
ding fires and washing SIS to 10.
For particulafs address the Principal.
in'ou, N. u, Jan. 3, 1853. 20-3m