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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-08-30
Worry.

Don't YOU know that mul,i,udes OF hu.
mau being. turn away from the many bless
in.- Of ,heir lot. aud dwell and brood upon
ils worries! Don't YOU know ,ha, multi
iudc- persi,,eu,ly look away from the nu'
mcrou. pleAsAn, things they might eonten'
plate, and look fIelIy, and almost constant
ly. at painidl anu diaerccablc ,hins''
You sit down. INV friend, in your snug Il.
bra.y, beside the evening Ere. The blast
without is hardly heard through the drawn
curtains. Your wlfe 10 there, and your two
crowu.up daughters. You feel thankful
that, after the hustle Of the day, You have
this quiet retrea, where you may rest and
ref. yourself for another day,wi,h ITS hustle.
But the conversation goes on. Nothing Is
talked Of but the iailinss oi the servants,
and the idlens-- and impudehce OF your
bows; unless. indeed. 1, Be the suPerc'l'ou'
bow with which Mrs. SnOoks tha, afternoon
passed your wife aud the fac, that the pleas
ant dinner party a, which you assisted the
evening before at Mr.. smiths. has been a.
cer,aincd TO have been one ot seeond-ra'e
character, hi. more honorcd guests having
dined on the previou. day. Every petty
d.acrecable in your lot. in short. Is brought
out. turned inseniou.ly in every possible
light. and aggravated and exaggerated to
The highest degree. The naiura! aud neee''
.ary result follows. An hour or less OF ihi.
discipline. bring, all parties TO sulsy and
snappl.h frame OF mind. Aud instead oil
the cheerful and thankful mood IN which
you were disposed ,n De when yeu sa' down.
YOU rLd that your whole moral nature -
jarreI and out OF gear. Aud your wife,
your daus shter. and yourself pass into moody
sileuce over your book.-book. which you
are no, likely for thi. evening 20 mueh aP-
rreciaie or enpy. Now, pa, it to every
s,n.ible reader, whether there De no, q great
deal too mech Of this kind Of thing. Are
there not families that never spend quiet
evening together. wi,hOu, embit,erins IL by
rakins up every unpleasant subject in their
lot and history? There are folk. who. both
in their own cas-, and that Ot others. seem
To Gpd strange satisfaction in sticking the
thorn in the hand further in even in twist
in. the dagger in the heart. Their lot has
i,s innumerahle blessing, bu, they will not
look a, these. Let the view around in
hundred direction. be ever 50 charming. they
cannot bs 90, to turn their mental view in
one Of these They persist in keeping nose
and eyes at the moral pigsiy. Country
Parsou.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-08-30

PRoNPr ORrpiENeK or ORDERS. Z" Pot
down that pickle" The word. are uttered
harshly ani hurredly by the sergeant to an
ungraeious private, who, carried away by
HE hungry passions" had .na'ched a
pickle from the barrell "An' why should
| pa, down the picklcI' queric. the private
mildly, 'Pu, down that pickle-,ha,'. all
| wan, Of you returned the .crecan, de.
tcrminedly. Down it zoe. ,hen,' cried
the soldier. and s,ufIing /, into his mouth,
itquiekly disappeared.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-08-30

ADrsrEa,rE STKrcGLE INTENDING. The
Washington corrspOnlen, Of tie rhiladel'
rhiA Prv-s writes e Adviccs from Virginia
assure us that the Confederate forces are
rrsparius for a desperate struggle. While
the battle at Manassas compelled u. TO re-
treat il shattered the southern army. whole
regiments have gone to pieces. The expert
ence Of many VI their be-, O6cers has closed
With the tomb-,beir victory was gloomy
and dishoarteniug. and their strong posi-
ton At Manassas they feel must yield to the
artillery Of Mcclellan.
Before this encounter takes place they
are bracing themselves for the struggle.
The Virginia authorities have ordered the
militia Of each county 10 repair to the eoun'
ty court house. and prepare Tor battle.
They will be expected to furnish ,nsrr own
arm. and uniform. 10 leave half cultivated
iArm. and suffering bu.ine--to risk oil
they have. and life itself-at the obedience
OF an ambitious dictator. But the people
Of Virginia DO not exhibit the saerity Of
spirit which had been expected. Corres-
pondent. Of southern new.paper. speak OF
them a. reluctant militia, and the news
papers are loudly rating them Tor their want
OF patriotism, and suggesting ways and
mean. tor their punishment. The people OF
Virginia evidently cAnno, understand Why
they should bs dragged into a war to please
South Carolina and ,ho little nss, Of cotton
cln.piraiors who Distilled the poison Of 49,
ee--ion into the blood Of the old Dominion.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-08-30
Indirect Benefit Of War.

Hard as the war We are now engaged in
may bear upon individual interests. and
calamitOu. as IL doubtless is, for the time,
10 the commerce and trade OF the country,
yet 10 has il. element. Of good rs well As
Of evil. The American people. in their
fierce pursuit OF those vast material enter
rr,ses, Of the success Of which we boas, so
much. were in danger OF forgetting the ne
c,.siiy Of providing for the possible eontin-
ceneits Of the future. More than three
quarters Of century OF internal rrpose,
aud, with the exception Of three or four
years, Of peae with all the world. Afforded
an opportunity Of developing the natural
resources Of the country, Of changing con
iineu,al forests to farms and 6eld', oi build.
ins up cities ami towns OF creating Tor
our.elve, n worldwide commerce, and OF
Advancement in a career Of progress tha,
carried Us TO a high position in the scale Of
nations. But this long period Of peace
made u, negligent Of preparing Tor the &C.
ciisn, Of war. In our prosperity We over
looked the teaching, Of history. The fall
lacy that the future would be as the past.
TIA, the Ia ION would never be disturbed by
inicrnsl revolt, because !, never had been.
that the people and the States would al
ways be loyal 10 the Constitution because
they bad never hcen otherwise, came to be
with US an article OF political faith, upon
the assumed truth OF which the policy Of
our Government was ba.ed. We KEEP, no
standing army. because we had no martial
neighbors whose enmi,y We feared, or whose
power we had occasion 10 dread. Even the
militia oi the State. came 20 be conienned
as a useless pageant. and was fast falling
into disrrpute under the riiicule 1t attract.
el BY i's broad caricature Of war. Then
while all our energies were directed toward
the accomplishment OF physical enterprises, F.,
the martial .piri, 80 essential TO the main
,cuance Of the power and strength Of a
great nation was fast dying out. New
York Times.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-08-30
TRIAL JOHN B. COFFIN
For the Murder Of Calvin Mckeen.

Before the supreme Juaicial Court, Aug.
Term. JupoE KrSr, presiding.
WV. ". vmGlS, Esq. County Attorney.
for government.
q. ". WALTON. L'q., and ID. Il. Hast.
lSGs. Esq. assigned by the COur, counsel
for the defense.
The prisoner was brought into court q
few minutes pas, nine o'clock.
Mr. Walton stated that he had receised
only one authenticated copy Of liz, Of
Jurors. aud requested ,ha, they DO called
IN the order in which they were arranged
in his lr.,-thoush not alphabetically ar
ranged.
The Cour, decided that they should DO
called in alphabetical order.
Mr. Walton objected to the lis, as con.
tanning the names of only 10 jurors, when
III were drawn.
The Court stated that at the solicitation
Of Mr.. Hastings he had excused one jury
man from serving.
Objection waived.
The Clerk then proceeded to call the lis.
of Jurors. a- follows:
Wm. I. ABBOTT, Upton.
Samson Andrews, Paris. Excused on &C.
count Of III health.
james j. Abbott. Sumner.
Ammi Bridrss. Porter.
Abuer Benson, Paris. Challenged.
Wm. =. Berry Canton. 80
George " Battles. Buckfeld.
T.G BIckneli. Hebron. Excepted Tor
bias Of mind.
CYRUS Bickneli. Hebron. Challenged.
T.. 4. Cu.hman. Hebron. Challenged.
A. Curtis, Woodstock. Excepted for
bias OF mind.
Lrins Cotton, Hiram. Challenged.
james Dudley. Waterford. Excepted
had formed an opinion.
Nathan Dresser, Andoyer.
John z. Emery, Lowell. Had 'ormed On
opinion-EIoepted.
Elbridse Fobes. Paris. Had formed an
opinion-excep,ed.
Peter Fne. S,ow. Had formed an op'n'
ion-exerpted.
5. Z. Gleason. Mexico.
L. II. Harmon, Peru.
Amasa Holman. Di16eli.
Henry f. Hammond. PARIS. Challenged.
Cyrus ii Howe. Sumner.
Robert Hall, Norway. Challenged.
0rren Jones, Oxford.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-08-30
"THE WORLD
PARIS, MAINE.

UNooNroRrAnLr MAR COINCIDENCE. In
the late battle a, Bull Run soldier. around
whom the cannon shot were flying pariicu.
larly thick, on seeing one strike and bury
i,seli in bank near him. sprang to the hole
/, had scOoped out, and remarkips. "shoOt
away. you can't hi, twice IN the same
place" Al the instant another sho, struck
u few iect distant. almo., covering tho fell
low with sand and gravel. Emerging from
wha, had 50 nearly become his grave, he
continued the ye, unfinished sentence. 4" bat
you come 50 pesky near i, that the frs, hole
is uncomfortable.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-08-30

OtD LErrrEs, Never burn friendly let.
iers. IL j. pleasant TO read them over when
ihe ink i brown, tho paper yellow with
sse. aud the hand tha, traced the kind
word. De folded over the hearts that prompt
ed them under the green sod. Above all,
never burn old lovelst,e 10 read them
In alter years. Is like the resurrection Of
one. youth. No Photograph can 80 wildly
recall the memory Of a mother. the tender
nes- and Devotion Of the Children who have
Def, her a, the call Of Heaven as the epi'tol-
Gry outpourin,s Of fliAl love. The letter oi
a true ton or daughter 10 a true mother Is
something better than an image Of the fea.
,urc. IL. reflex Of the writer's soul. Keep
all loving letters. Burn only the harsh and
cruel ones. and in burning. forget aHd for
give them.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-08-30

MENu,DEN OF FAcroRr. 4 building,
30 by 20 feet Is being erected near the Stone
Bridge, in Portsmouth, Il L.. Tor the man
uAeture Of oil from Menhaden fsh. The
Newport News say- MenhAd-n oil is now
u.edquite extensively IN the mixing Of paints,
fr which /, /, found quite well adapted,
AMI sells for 60 cent. gallon. IL under.
soe- clarifying process after being extract
ei from the 6.h. The "pummice " which
i leit after extracting the oil, is said TO 5e
equ'lly valuable with guaaO as fertilizer,
for which purpose It Is dried and packed Tor
the market, Pariis. in Boston are said to
Be At the head Of the enterprise. and the
thousands Of barrels Of menhaden which
are annually caught in the adjacent waters
will be purchased at thi. establishments. and
10 facilitate business snail steamer will be
used to TOW the boats forward IN case Of de-
hy irom head winds aud elln.. The fsh.
ING season for menhaden usually eommeuses
early IN the spring and eloses In October.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-08-30
FRIDAY, AUGUST 80. 1861.

at him. and cut his shirt. lie. g., reached
out to the ash.hole and took Dat iron and
went back TO the bed, and there they had a
desperate encounter-hc using the aat.iron,
and McKesn the butcher knife. Z. was un'
wounded. lie knocked Mc. down. and he
rose up again. and he again knocked him
down. AZ last he knocked the butcher
knife ou, Of his hands. and dropped the Hat.
iron. Nc tried again to get It, lie sald
70 him. 4" For Gods sake. Cal, stop this !"
but McKeen said. Z" No. John; II is either
you Cr !, now" lie then reached Tor the
pistol, and shot McKccn dead.
The following witnesses were now called
Charles Hutchinson. NJ. D.. Peter Me-
Allirer. BENZ. $. McAlli'ter, Daniel q.
Town. VIM. Sawyer, Winthrop MeReen,
Horace Maxfeld. John Rice. GOrham Nc
Aili.ter. Joshua Ilamlin. Joseph Kilsorr,
Gorge McAllI-,er. james McAllis,er, DR..
Thomas II. Brown. II. Ru.t, Jr., and were
scverally sworn.
TIsnaosr ron rnE GOVERNMENT.
N. Rnn. Jr.. called.
Mr.. Walton remarked that in q capital
case he ought not 10 waive anything: but
ho would admit the plans correctly drawn.
Mr.. Rus, drew the plans
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-08-30

4 friend Of our, hasa little fair.hcaded
younc.,er ,heolcgan Of four summers who.
after being the other day for some time lc.s
in thought. broke ont thus "Pa, can God
do evcrythins?" Ye-. dear" "Cau ho
do everything, PAP" "Yes, dear" Can
he make tvo.vear old col, IN two min.
uie-H" why. he would no, wish to do
that. Freddy" =" Bu, II he did wish to
could he?" "Ye., certainly, II he wished
to-" What, in two minutes'" "Ye..
in two minutes" Well, then. he would
no, te two years old, would he ?"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-08-30
MIS- G. T. l. l. A n Y. .

TuE EFITcr or TnE GOVERNMENT LoASs.
There Is some discussion as 70 the efec,
on trade OF the large Government loans.
Government, borrow. the unemployed or idle
capital Of the extent of 81 ,OOo, 600 per day,
AMI spend. that money Immediately in the
purehase Of American labor, MANUFACTURES
and agricultural products. thereby creating
a cash trade TO the extent Of S365. 200 600
Ter annum. equal to our whole foreign i'm
ports. The money being spent Immediately
by government, finds Its way back TO the
banks. and no more specie i, required than
the ordinary clearing. house Per centase Of
about Eve per cent. on the exchange.
4. to the ability Of the banks to iulhll
their contracts with the government, COM
raris1n cr the clearinghouse statements Tor
thi. mouth. compared With last year. an
swer. that question. last wear the ex'
change. were $1,000 coo - day mole than
az present. consequently we can increase
that amour, Of transactions daily with adj
vantage to every interest. Government PRO
ro.e- 70 90 bushes. with the people 10 the
extent Of S2G5,OOo, 600 r~r apuum. The
question i. simply, have We capital 'ah'
Gent q rcrlorm ~ movements. SaN,oOo,'
COO in specie are more than enough to e'-
f,ct al that government proposes to do
Tse New York banks to-day hold more than
Si9 600 .OOO. and ,he weekly hank average
will probably show between Si9,OoO,oOO
AMI $50 eco Geo in specie. The business
o. tie country will be s,imula,ed power
fully by government, Disbursements.
New York World.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-08-30

PIcELrSG CrcUnRERs. Asa general thing.
sufficient care !. not taken in picking Gu.
cumbers. and large number. of them spoil
in less than three months time. The FOL.
lowing method We think the be-, Select a
sufieleu, quantity Of the sine you prefer
which probably canno, be done a, one time.
Put them in stone rot, and pour over them
strong brine. to this add small bit OF
alum 10 secure the color. IL, them stand
a week then eIehangs the brine for clear
water. In which they mus, remain two or
,hree days. Boil the best cid.r vinegar, and
when nearly cool. pour il over the eaeum.
bers, having previously turned of the water.
Prepared in thi. manner, with the addition
Of cloves, all.pice, mustard and cinnamon,
boiled in the vinegar, pickles of every kind
will keep fora year. 10. picking cauli.
aower. tomatoes and other vegetables. which
easily absorb ths vinegar, the spieed vine.
car should be added when cold.
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when crowd Of fashionables was great
g, AZ an exhibition Of animals, girl, who
hai ied the elephan, with 'untry cakes and
apples from her bac, drew out her ivory
cari-case, which fell unobserved in the saw
dos, Of the ring. A, the elosc Of the rin:
performances. the crowd opened TO les the
elephant pass 70 his recess but instead OF
rroccsdins a. usual. he turned aside and
thrust De-. trunk in the midst OF group Of
lai,e. and e-ntlemen. VITO, a, might be ,H'
r,ctsd. were 90 much alarmed ,ha, they
scattered ir every direction. The keeper,
a, thi. moment. discovered tha, the animal
had something in hls trnDk. Uron exam
inaiion. be found i, 10 be the young lady :
eArlca.e which the elephant picked up,
Aai was only seekins the iair owner.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-08-30

To DEsTRor fLrE. To one pin, of milk
adj quarter OF pound Of raw sugar and
two ounce. Of ground pepper simmer them
together for cish, or ten minutes, and place
II ab1u, in shallow dishes. The hie- at.
tack it grccllIy, and are coon sudoca'ci.
by thu. method kitchens, etc, may be KEEP,
clear Of flies all summer, wiihou, the dan
ser a,tendin; poison.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-08-30

Every age has a language Of its own and
the difference in the words is often far great.
er than in the thoughts. The main EN-.
ploymen, OF authors, IN their collective ca
paei,y. i. to translate the thoughts OF 9TH
er ages into the language Of their own.
Nor is this a useless or unimpOriAn, task.
tor i, j. the only way OF making knowledge
either fruitful or powerful.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-08-30

"Idou', mid my church 80 much a, you
may suppose" said lady to her minister.
who called on her during her lines" for !
mako Bstsey 81, at the window as .oon ..
the bell. begin TO chime, aud she tells inc
who are going to church, and whether they
have got on anything new"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-08-30

weekly newspaper in the Arabic Ian.
cuage ha, been established more than four
year- in Beyrou,, Syria. 4, treats OF poli'
iic., commerce, literature and the state OF
the markets in different, parts Of the world.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-08-30

Among ,bs rroycrbial sayings Of the Tai.
mud aro these The time OF plenty make.
all men good friend. :" and Of an empty
,alker. single f,r,hins IN brass basin
makes loud jingle"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-08-30

A writer in BlaekwoOd mentions that, in
an index to a law.book, under the letter b.
appears, " Mr. Justice, his great mind y
Turning to the PAGE referred to We read.
-" Mr.. Justice Be., said be iai great mind
TO commi, the witness FOR prevariea,ion."
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IS GOVERNED TOO MUCH"
N. +. Jacobs. Woodstock.
Cyrus II. King. Oxford. Challenged.

N. +. Jacobs. Woodstock.
Cyrus II. King. Oxford. Challenged.
4. u, Lovcjoy, Msson.
This completed the rannel. There were
peremp,orily challenged, s. Excused on
account oi health. l. Excepted. d.
The p,nnsi when complete was as follows
Nathan Dresser. Andoyer, Foreman.
W. |. Abbott, Upton.
j. j. Abbott, Sumner.
.Ammi Bridges. Porter.
Geo. ". Battles. Buck6el1.
:. Z. Gleason, Mexico.
4. u. Harmon. Peru.
Ama.a Holman, Dixfcld.
Cyrus II Howe. Sumner.
y. 7. Jacobs, Woodstock.
4. II, Ioyejoy, Mason.
On adjournins at one. the Jury was given
IN charge OF officers Greenleaf and Barker
who are TO attend them constantly till the
clOse Of the trial.
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SECOND DAY.
McAllis,er. reealled-Mr. N. ststsi what
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-07-05

DoUGLAs.-Vanity Fair most cordially
seconds the proposition of Fund for the
wife and children Of the late Stephen A
Douglas.
Heart and soul, body and brain, Douglas
was wholly his Country's Own. He had
no time to get rich honestly-he scored,
unlike too many politicians in eminent places,
to gain wealth foully. He died poor, and
the loyal people of America owe it to his
memory, that his wife and family shall at
once be placed in position of pecuniary
independence. ;
When the clash of fraternal arms shall only
he remembered as horrid dream, when
the Star of Peace shall again serenely shine,
People of the North and of the South
enemies no more, but Brothers all-stan-
ding over the grave of Douglas, on the
sore of that beautiful inland sea, will unite
p calling him great and good, and will
rgret-O how sincerely that his noble
words of warning, of wisdom and of patriot.
tim had not been better needed
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MILITARY GLoRY.-Nineteen long letters
from Lord Peterborough! He has made me
Governor of Scinde, with additional pay! and
has ordered the captured guns to be cast in
atriumphal column, with our names. wish
be would let me go back to my wife and
girls; it would be more to me than pay.
Glory and honors. This is glory, is it? Yes.
Nine princes have surrendered their swords
to me on the field of battle, and their king
doms have been conquered by me and at.
tsched to my own country. Well, all the
glory that can be desired is mine, and care
50 little for it, that the moment can, all
shall be resigned, to live quietly with my
wife and girls; no honor or riches repays me
for absence from them. Otherwise this sort
Of life is no life for me; is agreeable to me
only as it may enable me to do good to these
poor people. Oh! if can do anything to
serve them where so much blood has been
shed in accused war, shall be happy. May
I never see anothersho fired! Horrid, horrid
war! Yet how it wins upon and hardens
one when in command. No young man can
resist the temptations; l defy them, but
thirty and sixty are different.-Sir Charles
Napier.
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Important from Tennessee.
LOUISVILLE, June 30,


The proceedings of the East Tennessee
Convention are received here. All eoun-
ties of that portion of the State, except
Rhea, are represented. The declaration of
grievances quotes facts, showing that the
right of free suffrage has been INSTRUCTED
by the Disunion government ; that they
had been subjected to insults, flags fired
upon and torn down, houses rudely entered,
families insulted, women and children shot
at by merciless soldiery, citizens robbed
and assassnated and, in view of these
facts, resolved that the action of the State
Legislature in passing Declaration of In~
dependence aud forming military leagues,
was unconstitutional and not binding on
loyal citizens. That in order to avoid con.
fict with brethren, a committee will be ap-
pointed to prepare memorial asking the
consent of the Legislature that the East
may form separate State. Arrangements
have been made for holding an election in
the counties of Eastern Tennessee, for the
choice of delegates to a general convention,
to be held at Kingston.
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From Fortress Monroe.

Fort MONROE, July 2.
The Bird Massachusetts regiment to day
moved from encampment within the Fort
to occupy position between Hampton and
New Market Bridge. Hampton Greek is
crossed by a battery manned by the naval
brigade. 1t appears that Gen. Butler is
not partial to the Massachusetts regiments.
One of the Louisiana Zouave prisoners,
named Clark, was formerly with Harper &
Bros. in New York. On the march from
Yorktown the Louisiana Zouaves were sup
piled only with -four to be cooked as occa-
sion might require. The force which
advanced consisted of 1900 infantry and
300 cavalry. The two deserters represent
the force 1000 strong they reached point
two miles this side of Great Bethel, when
the expedition having miscarried the greater
part returned to Yorktown.
Lieut.. Butler goes to Massachusetts to
day, to induce the State to send regiment
of cavalry to Fortress Monroe.
The Quaker City brought up prize
schooner, owned in Yorktown.
A flag of truce has just come in from
Norfolk, with DR.. Richards. physician to
President.