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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-11-24
Northern Corruption and FRAUD,

niea Developments CT ,ho investigating
Committee.
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OCEAN ........... 81.
Cost Of one tushei Of corn a.
The ten cents per l1ushel paid for the corn at
Bloomington viii not give the grower more than
day wages for harvesting, shelhng, aud drawing 1t
ten miles Illinois roads to market leaving the
use Of land, seed, tillage &C. dead loss. Yet the
factory hands Of british Manchester, Sheffield, &c,
viii pay least one dollar per bushel for that
though it reaches them swollen, soured, and mostly
from the effect Of its long transit by water.
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"fuu of bran aud peppered' By contractors. who
received Sis to $50 for each horse they furnished
Oae Of The recent reports Of Boards o Survey viii
sulaee IN giving the eharaeter Of horses Govern
ent furnished 70 regiments upon the reaoisition
OF their commanding ol1eer. Other similar reports
the committee have on Gle
CoiP SULLIVAN, WAPskw. Oct. q. 1861. 81
TO Colonel Wiliam Bishop.
The undersigned having been sunmoned. IS
Board OF Surveyor, 10 examine and inspect the
condition CT the horses forwarded TO ths regiment
from Sc. Lcuis and report the result 70 yOnF heads
quarters. Weuld respectfully report that 7s have
examined said horses and dud ssventy-six t5G) It
for service, five 90 dead and three hu-li q sad
thirty $500 understood, under aad evsr SIS
esd ring-boned. spawned, and -..-1gz5.y III ~
any pubic SCI Ice said h~Eses teipg part " lie
Missouri Contract. Very respectfully,
ID n tf~t<rr rfsfs-
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SheriM's Sale.
YORK. IS

YORK, IS.
TAKEN on execution in favor Of Great
i Falls Gas Light Company against Ivory
NJ. Mute. and of Abraham Gilpatrick ct ais,
against said Ivory VI. Mute, and will be sold ut
public auction on Saturday the tenth day or
August. A. ID. 1861, at two Of the clock IN the
afternoon, at the Inn Of Samuel Alley, In Ber-
wick, in said county OF York, all the right in
equity which Ivory NJ. Mute, Of Berwick, aiore;,
said, has to redeem the following described real
estate in said Berwick, tn wit (: A certain tract
or parcel Of land situated in Berwick, aiore-
said, and lying ON the Westerly side of the road
leading from Great Falls by Parks & Harris
store to Pine Hill, and bounded Easterly by
said road, SOutherly by land Of the heirs OF
James Bracket, deceased, Westerly by land OF
the Messrs Gould. and Northerly by land OF
Mr.. Goodwin. being the homestead now occu-
pied by said Mute.
Also another tract or parcel of land IN said
Berwick, situate ON the Easterly side OF said
road lealing from Great Falls TO Pine Hill,
bounded Westerly by said road, Northerly By
land of Moses Hanson. Rasterly by land Of
William A. Lord, AMI SOuthcrly by land OF
Parks Il Harris, and by land Of widow Clark,
being the SAME premises occupied by said Mute.
rs n tannery. The above described premises
being subject to mortgage given by said Mute
to Great Falls Bank, TO secure the payment OF
q note Of hand for the sum Of five hundred
dollars, dated Nov. 2s, 1885, payable to said
Great Falls Bank, or order, in four months and
grace, the whole Of which sum, with the inter-
est thereon. remains lue and unpaid.
Conditions made known ut sale.
3w3O WILLIAM A. ROLLINS, Dep'y Sheriff.
July 6, 1851.
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experienced soldier, accustomed To the strate-
" OF war, and fighting almost to maintain
himself from ignominiOus death. The i'm
mense body Of troops thrown across the Po-
tomac to strengthen Gen. Mcdowell, and
sent forward within the last few days via
Harrisburg and Carlisle, TO reinforce Gener-
al Patterson, shw that General SCOTS pro-
gramne is being steadily carried cut, and
that his plan OF surrounding the enemy is on
the eve Of realization. Many Of those who
censured the course ofthe Lieutenant General
have abandoned complaint. and are now
neryously waiting the issue. AL sides are
confident that AN action must take place in
very short time. johnson may avoid the
risk OF hattie by an early surrender. He
is said to be blockadel by water as well rs
enyironed by land, and nothing can prevent
his early capture but disaster to those who
arc gradually gathering the net around him.
IL the opposing armies should get to close
quarters, and victory should crown the
galantry OF the soldiers Of tho republic,
heavy and rapid blows will DO dealt upon the
traitors, and an irresistible movement made
upon thoir remaining strongholds; so that
the threc-months volunteers. whose time is
about expiring, may yet have splendid OPP
portunity Of Distinguishing themselves be-
fore they return home"
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Tho Forward Movement OF ourarmy.
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press writes:

The Washington correspondent OF the
Philadelphia Press writes:
"The large army Of IS 900 men, now I'M
der General MoDowell's command across the
river, continues 10 he daily increased. The
Second Vermont regiment, Colonel Whiting.
and Twelfth New York volunteers, Colonel
Walnlth, have gone over the river, the latter,
As they were marching along the avenue,
were singing Il wish was in Dixie Other
rsgimsn's:are m the IN i've, and the day el .
with little less than ~. 600 troops on the Vir-
ginla side, with large supplies Ct ammunition
of every kind used in field engagement.
The forts are largely supplied with grape
and canister and everything indicates a
completeness Of preparation for trial Of
strength with Beauregard. And at no time
previous to the present has the public feel
ing here been 50 strong in favor OF decisive
action. Nor has there been that united voice
in favor Of the policy Of the Executive that
we hear now on every side most freely and
emphatically expressed Statesmen, soldiers
and citizens arc united in the one purpose OF
putting down rebellion and restoring TO the
people throughout the Union those inalien-
able rights OF which they have been deprived
by osurpation.
Though the War Department will permit
no Communications DO make with regard To
the time Of the contemplated engagement, IL
is difficult 70 arrive at any other conclusion,
from the evidence before US, than that We
may expect to hear. at any moment, that
fght has been commenced
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To N, Hon. Justices Of the Supreme Judicial
Court, holieT al .fIref, Uifhin and for The
County Of York, on the fourth Tuesday Of
Nay, Il. ID. 1861.
OLIVER TRACY, of Buxton, in the Coun.
" ~ of York aud State Of Maine, petitions
and shows that your petitioner Is seized AMI
possessed in common aud undivided with Mama
Smith, of Boston, in the county OF Suffolk anu
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts,, and with
other persons to your petitioner unknown, OF
parcel of land, with the dwelling house there
on, situated in said Buxton on the Northeast
erly side OF the private way leading from west
Buxton village To Moderation Boom, ESQ called)
VIII ch marcel is bounded and described as fol-
lows, To wit: beginning by said private way
and NJ the South. westerly corner OF n par
eel of land conveyed by Nathan Eden to
phineas Harmon, 10y deed datel November IL,
1878, which is recorded in Book 10y, page 2Sc,
OF York County Records. and thence running
South thirteen degrees East forty feet BY said
private way, thence sixty.eght and one half
degrees East, by land Of Charles l.. Weld, to
an angle In said Yields land, thence North
west by said Yields land, an1 land Of Others
unknown, to said parcel conveyed rs Aforesaid
to phineas Harmon, thence South sixty-two
and one-hslf degrees West to the place OF be-
ginning, that the same is 4 fee simple estate,
aud that the proportion OF said real estate
claimed by your petitioner, Is onc-hait oil the
same, and that lie is DESTROYS OF holding his
share e the aforesaid real estate in seyeraity.
Wherefore your petitioner prays Judgment
that partition of said premises be made, and
that his proportion of said real estate may be
divided and set of from the rest to be held In
seyeralty By him.
And in duty bound will ever pray.
OLIVER TRACY.
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Ma. Russell Is AsroSIsIED.--ln letter to
the London Times. written at Montgomery,
Ala, Mr.. Russell says:
''There Is large negro population here, and
|, considerable number Of color which forces
me to doubt the evidence Of my senses rather
than the statements made to me by some OF my
friends. that the planters affect the character OF
parent In their moral relations merely with the
negro race. waiter at the hOtel-a tall,
handsome yoang fellow. with the least tinge Of
color In his cheek, not as dark az the majority
OF Italians and Spanisrls -astonishcd me in
my ignorance to-day when, In reply to ques-
ton asked by one Of our party, In consequence
Of discussion on the point, he informed me
he was slave The man. as he said 50, looked
CONFUSED; his manner altered. lie hal been
talking hmiliariy to Us, but the moment he re-
pllel, Il am slave. sir his loluaeity disap-
pearsd, and he walked hurriedly and in silence
out Of the room"
Such is the whitening, blightins curse OF sla-
very.
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SheriN's Sale.
YORK. ss.-

TAKEN on execution. and will be sold at
i public auction on Saturday the seventeenth
day OF August, A. ID at two aud half Of the
clock il. the afternoon, at the house Of Samuel
Alley in Berwick in said County of York, all
the right and equity which John Howe Of Wells
in said County OF York. has to redeem the fol-
lowing described real estate, situated in Wells
in said County Of York, to wit: certain tract
or lot OF land With the buildings thereon situa-
Wells located and bounded rs fOllows--Begin-
ming at a store being the corner boundry Of a
lot of land ON said Island, belonging 10 the
estate Of Henry Holt deceased. thence by said
Hoits land, South eighty degrees West, about
one rod IN ditch, thence by said ditch SOUTH
westerly about eight roads, thence northeastern
In and southeastern by the beach or sea road to
the road, leaving two rods as II formerly was
thence south-easterly seven aud one half rods
To said Hoit's line. thence by said Hoits lot
south eighty degrees west. TO the store begun
ut. containing about enc acre and twenty-five
square rods. be the same more or less, except
ing and reserving all the right which the public
highway over part Of the above described
premises have vested In the public, being the
same premises now occupied by said Howe. The
above described premises being subject TO q
mortgage given 10 the Somersworth Savings
Bank ON which there Is now due aud unpaid
about twenty one hundred dollars Conditions
made known at sale.
WILLIAM 4. Rollins, Dep'y Sh erif.
July 9th 1861. $3.50
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British olOOn
Far Dre..iuY the Hnjr.

Perfuned with Otto of Roses.
The oil from which this elegant preparation IL
made Is obtained from plum which grows only In
Persia, In Asia, where II Is used extensively Tor
dressing the hair. especially by the ladies. The
Persians have the most beautiful hair OF any peo-
pie In the world. These ACTS were observed by the
celebrated Oriental traveller, DIR. Stephenson, who
first brought some of the oil TO Engand In 1859, and
sold II to a chemist in London Its value at once
became apparent and the demand for u was i'm.
nense. It'll said that AS many rs $1,000 bottles Of
II have been sold in that city alone In one day ~
gives the hair a rich dark glossy appearance, and
Keeps II moist and lively for great length Of time
IL Is free nom all the sticky gsasiHsss which all
other oils have, and does not leave the hair hrash,
dry and full OF dandrufT. IL can be confidently
stated that II Is the most perfect hair dressing In
the world. The otto oi Hoses. costing nom &c To
A. an ounce Is now used In IL, which, when combn-
Cd with the natural fra GRANGE Of the oil gives IL
peculiar and most beautiful perfume. For sale by
all apothecaries. Price only 10 cents. Double sire
cents. Visit
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Meeting of Traitor Editors in N. Y.

A meeting of those Northern Democratic
Editors who sympathisc with the JET. Davis
rebellion. was held at the Aston House, in
New York on Thursday week. OF the one
hundred and sixty Democratic papers in the
State OF New York, not to say anything OF
the adjoining States, only eleven were report.
ed to DO present! Mr.. Ben Wood, brother
of Fernando, and editor OF the New York
News was the chief fugler. The resolutions
passed were gross treason 50 muth 50 that
Mr.. Williams of the Hudson Gazette, who
was chairman, expressed his disgust, when
the convention voted him out OF the chair
and placed Wood in his place. But no soon
er had the convention dissolved than the lar
ger part Of those represented on the roll OF
infimy FASTENED home tn publish their disl-
yOwals Of connection with the scheme MIR.
McNlasters OF the Freeman's Jour. declares
that he was not there, did not authorse his
name, and is no apoloGist Of treason. Gen.
iiagdorn Of the Troy Budget says he left the
convention in disgust. Tho editor OF the
Scheme 'tardy News reported as being present,
denies that ho was there: 50 does Mr.. Com
stock OF the New York Journal Of Com
meree. Mr.. Merriam of the Troy Union.
who confesses that he was present and voted
for the resolutions, declares that there must
have been some mistake about them, "that
their only object was to invite the leaders of
the rebellion to lay down their arms and seek
forgiveness for their crimes, In order to
purge himself from the foul faint, the edit |
or announces himself now most strongly for
the Union, and for upholding the administra-
ton. lis says:
ave desire to distinctly state. that we up
hold this war in all its parts, and that we
are FOR strengthening the hands Of the id
ministrtion by all laudable means to tho end
that il may be honorably carried on"
But six Of these editors now remain on the
roll Of inGamy in all New York and the sur
rounding States. To them must be added
the editor % the Bangor Democrat, Saco
Democrat and Machias Union OF this State.
These will complete the roll.--Belda Age.
The meeting referred to in the above is the
one whose reasonable resolutions were pub
lished in the Democrat several weeks ago, as
the voice Of the Democratic press OF n. Y.
Has the editor heard from Daniel S. Dickin-
son of n. Y? if not, let him read his ora
ton at Amherst College, the commencement
of which we publish to-day.
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SlieriG''s sale.
YORK, ss.-

YORK, So
TAKEN on execution in favor Of Solomon
| Evans, against Timothy Hilliard, Caroline
II. Turner, against Timo,hy liillard and llar-
rison Hal" against Timithy Hilliarl, and will
be sold at public auction on Saturday the 18th
day OF August, A u. 1851, at three Of the clock
In the afternoon, at the Inn Of Samuel Alley,
in Berwick, in said county Of York. all the
right In equity which Timothy billiard, OF Ber-
wick aforesaid, now has, AMI all the right said
IIilliard had on the twenty fourth day OF May,
A. ID. 1850, 10 redeem the following described
real estate. situated in Berwick, to wit: a GER
tain tract or parcel OF land situated in sad
Berwick, bounded and described as follows, To
wit Beginning Mt the Easterly corner Of Jo-
seph y. billiards. land, on the road leading
from Great Falls to South Berwick, thence by
said Joseph +. billiards land to land OF the
late Heeman Gibbs, thence by the said lieeman
Gibbs land to land of Ichabod q. Jordan,
thence by said J0r,lan's land to the Great Falls
Manufacturing Company's pond ON their level
Of water, thence by said pond to land OF Great
Falls Manufacturing Company, thence by said
Great Falls Manufacturing Company to said
road leading from Great Falls to South Ber-
wick, thence by said land to bounds begun ut,
being all the laud said Timothy billiard owns,
ON the Westerly side OF said road in Berwick,
and between said road and the Great Falls Man
uf,cturing Compauy's pond, and not including
any land flowed by Great Falls Manufacturing
Company's dam on the level Of water.-the
above described premises being subject to a
mortgage given by said Timothy Hilliard to one
Hall Roberts, TO secure the payment OF note
of hand for the sum of twen'y-six hundred
d liars, dated July LIST, A. ID. 1859, and paya-
BILE to said Roberts, or order. in two years, with
interest semi-aunually, and which said note
and mortgage have been assigned and trans
ferred by SAID Hall Roberts to Rollinstord Saw
ings Bank.
Conditions made known at the sale.
3w3O WILLIAM A. ROLLINS, Dep'y Sheriff.
July @, 1861.
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A SAD Story OF SECESSION ANARcuY.-A
gentleman lately from Mobile furnished US
full particulars of the terrible fate Ot Capt.
Jones. which has already beeu briefly alluded
tn. Capt. Jones had homestead about Il
miles above Mobile. and was blessed with the
company of an educated. beautiful, and de-
voted wife. lie was the owner ola schooner
and was in the habit Of making excursions
To considerable distance from the Shore
On one occasion, fierce norther came sud-
denly upon his vessel, and obliged him to
take refuge in the port of Pensacola. Pass
in. the Federal feet, he went up 10 the city,
and was there arrested ON the charge OF trca-
son in cIrrying dispatches to the officers OF
the lcet. An examination resulted in his
discharge, as no proof could no produced to
sustain the allegation. In the mean time,
the news OF the supposed treason Of Capt.
Jones hal spread e. Mobile, and the Vigilence
Committees which now rule in that city de-
TRIMMED, without any Investigation rs to
guilt or innocence Of the party inculpated,
tn execute Lynch law upon him il he should
ever return. lie arrived there soon after,
and had Just taken the cars at Mobile to re-
Join his beloved wife, when tho Committee
found him, at once produced "A rope, which
indeed they always carry with them in their
rounds. aud. attaching il to tree by the
roadside. swung OF their victim amid his pro-
tcstations of innocence. The dead body was
given up to his wife, who. amid her unutter-
able suffering, devoted weeks to the object Of
freeing his memory from the aspersiOns of
mob. She proved beyOuda doubt that her
husband, while living, was n firm and un-
wayering Secessionist, the idea of betraying
his native State having never entered his
mind, and this she compelled the Mobile pa
pers To acknowledge aud publish. And thus
in this ''reigu OF terror" persisted one Secs
siOnist at the hands OF his own friende. The
tragedy almost equals some OF the incidents
of the French Revolution. Boston TrorslIer.
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ASoruER OH SOLDIER DEAD.-lSaac Abbott,
the last Revolutionary pensioner. in Oxford
County, died at his residence in rryeburc, on
the sd Of June, aged 20 years and seven days.
Mr. Abbott VAS born in Andoyer. Mass, and
came To FTyeburg with his father, when sew
en- years oil. When of age, he purchased q
10, adjoining his fathers, built house, and
lived all the rest of his days, within so rods OF
the spot where he spent his boyhOod. lie was
one Of those who took active part Ia the war by
which our National independence was achieved,
and has for years enjoyed the bounty Vt the
government he helped to establish. lie was
also one Of the company sent from Fryeburg,
in the Indian troubles in Bethel.-0<fora Dem
az
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SheriT,s Sale.
DIRK, ss.-July ~, 1861.

YORK, ss.-July ~, 1861.
by virtue of an execution which Issued
ID upon Judgment in favor Of Timothy u.
Ross, Of Kennebunk, ia said county Of York,
yeomau, against Edward II. Ross, Of Saco, IN
said county, trader, at the Supreme judicial
Court. begun and holden at Alfred, within ana
for said county Of York, ON the fourth Tuesday
of May, A. ID 1861, I have taken all the right
IN equity that the said Edward Ii. Ross had On
the nineteenth day Of December. A. ID. lsoo,
the time when the same was attached on inesne
process, TO redeem n certain mortgaged real
estate situated in said Saco, being the same
that Is described In q mortgage deed tnereoi
from the said Edward II. Ross to Asa Went
worth, dated July LIST, 1858, aud Is recorded IN
the Registry Of Deeds for said county. July y,
1855, Book 257, page 40, and on the twenty
second day of August next, ut two o'clock IN
the afternoon, ON the premises, in said Saco,
shall offer for sale ut public auction, to the
highest bidder, said right in equity of redcmp;;
ton to satisfy said execution aud all fees and
charges Of sale.
3w3O EDMUND WARREN, Dep'y Sheriff.
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Silerif'S Sale.
YORK, ss.-July 2. 1861.

YORK, sss-July =, 1901.
by virtue Of an execution which issued on q judg-
ID mont In favor Of Joseph Allen, Of Waterford,
merchant, at the last term Of the Supreme Judi
claI Court for said County OF York, ] have taken
all the isht in equity that william W. Whtten, Of
said Watcrboro lad on the lith day OF llay, A. ID.
1851. the day when the same was attached ON mesne
process, to redeem certain mOrtgaged real estate
lying In Marlborough, and being the same now
occupied by said william w. Nhittsn. and the sane
that Is described In q mortgage deed from said
Written ~ John Davis, Jr recorded In the Regis
try Of deeds for said County. Book 26J. Page 300,
TO secure the pa yment OF note dated April 18th.
1859, for the SUN Of one hundred and thirty.two
dollars and interest, and described as follows, TO
wit Beginning ut the road leading from Alfred
to Carl's Corner. and running Westerly by land of
Joanna Taylor 10 the channel Of the stream. thence
up the stream until II interests with u limo be-
tween th, and land OF lydia Hill. thence Ea.tory
by said Lydia HIS land ~ the road thence South.
erly by the road 10 the aforementioned bounds.
containing one acre, more or less with the build.
ings thereon standing. And IN Saturday the l7th
day Of August next shall sell at the store Of 10.
seph Allen, In said Waterborough, at two Of the
clock In the afternoon, by publlc auction, a. the
highest bidder, said right In equity ofredemption
3w29 JAMES l.. EMERSON. Dep,y sheriff.
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DISEASES oF OLD ACE.

As man approaches his allotted three score and
ten years the vital powers begin to fail stimu-
lants OF various kinds are used to strengthen the
naturally falling system, such as wines, bark. &c
Instead OF these, let the aged keep up supply OF
the true strengthening element, iron, by the Pr
RuviAN SYRUP, which offers protOxidc Of that
element ready for immediate use.
Rev r. q. Headley says, "a relative, who had
reached the decline OF llie' completely PROSTATE
with pleuritic attacks which had for years return
ell with the cold and exposure OF changing ell
mate gives her testimony to the value VI Peruvian
Syrup removing entirely intense pain, and inyigo-
rating her system To degree none who knew her
expected any remedial agent could accomplish la
her behalf I could add striking cases OF similar
benefit were II necessary 10 do So" 2wS9
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TO YOUNG MEN,

And those suffering from bad results Of secret habits
usually termed "NeryOus Debility, Premature De
cay" etc, etc. Published for the benefit Of the af
fcted and adapted to every individuals own pri
yate use, giving all the necessary information fol
the selfcure Of every one and without the expense
attending quaek books or medicines. THIS work l;
valuable to every young man. Sent under seal on
receipt of one dollar, by addressing
sw25 J. ID nixon. Rockland, Ne.