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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-11-14
JOHN J. FERRY. Editor.

TFRMs.-ope Dollar aud fihy Goats, PES
wear, IN advance; Two Dollars, al the cnd oti he
yest.
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.tsui ,on of such are spo.ed 20 lend their ait
IN s>,erding the eirculsiion ol hone paper %
the fello~ing otter;
We siu ssnd
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- Copie.. Zoe one year, bt .o'u"
AL one cory to the person gstiing 90 the e'"'.
The aiossN must sccompan, The c'd't.
rs. VI. Pcusugil 4 Co.. 10 state S"er''
no.tln. and 10 Nasssu Sue.t, N'~ No'N' ~e
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JOB PRINTING pssil, executed.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-11-14
Surname judicial Court.

The November Term commenced on Tues
day last. Hon. WOODBURY. DAVIS. 10 pres.
eut.
The following Is lie. Of the Jurors In
attendance:
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-11-14

Thanksgiving in all the loyal States, No.
vsmber 27Ih.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-11-14
E nj 90 r A T.
Jane, ps.rins. Esq. Of Denmark.

A Telegram from San Francisco. Califor.
mis-. TO ono Of The relations. announces 'hs
death Of JANE DrrRIso, E'q.. In that city.
on tho 30,h day Of October. lls died Of
congestion and dysen.ery." after an Ill
ness Of only four days.
Mr.. Deerirs was . native Of Saeo. In this
State. and for moro than half century q
r.sident Of tho town Of Denmark In the
County Of Oxford.
Tho wide circle OF acquain,ances and
friend. Of deceased will read this startling
announcement, net only with surprise but
with emotions Of profounde's sorrow.
Only q few mon.hs ago he Left bic beausi-
fol and attractive residence and sailed for
Californis in excellent health. to day that
spirit which seldom rested here repo'cd with
The two cons who preceded him IN his pas
sage TO tho tomb-that iron frame. which
seldom fslt fatigue for halt . century. now
sleeps between tho surgins pillows OF the
Pacific and the broad lass Of Lone Noun
tain.
In youth Mr.. D's means OF education
were very limited and he started In life with
no other legacy than n brave heart. ~
the age Of q years he married tho daughter
of samuel Prcnt.. Of Gorham and settled
upon q trac, OF land almost in is' primitive
state. This no occupied and improved Tor
more than forty yoar.-rai.cd up family
Of seven sons to manhood. and by his indus.
try and enterprise succeeded IN aeeumuia'
ting y considerable fortune. Four OF his
son. having located in California and anosh.
or Tho onc on whom he expected TO lean as
lie dsclined) having fallen victim to that
fearful .coursc OF New EasIanJ. eon'ump'
ton. hs determined 10 sundsr the remain
ing ties which bound him to bis native
State. and, with bis wife, TO turn his face
toward, the setting sun" hoping there to
Pass the residue OF hi. days quietly amons
hi, children. Tho voyage was accomplished
in safety. Grateful and du,iiul sons. re-
eei,ing them as they touched tho distant
shore. anticipated and mini',ered to every
want. 4 long period Of halcyon days seem
Cd awaiting them in their new home. when,
ala. tho relentless messenger called. and
"layins an icy finger upon bic hear, left II
cold and pul.eles forever
Mr. Dccriug was plain, modes, and un'
pre,sndin. in hi, nature and habits. bal
his genial social qualities. his strong rrae'
teal common sense and his known integrity
and honor won for him the rcspee, and CO.
teen Of oil who knew him well. and render
ed him desirable ueishbOr. and valuable
citizen.
For many year. no reluctantly hllcd i'm
pOr,Ant position, in the town, and in ls5i
represented his dis,rie, with cr.di, TO him
self and hi. constituents. In the State Legs
lature.
But hi, career is ended, and in tasip;
leave OF him /, 10 just to say that. though
frequent are the ri.itAtions OF death. a NOR
devoted aud a,,en,i.e husband. or kinds
or moro airec,iona,e father, than was ID,
.ubi.c, Of this sketch. i, seldom called frou
our midst.
For tho poor stricken widow need no
crave the sympathy Of any reader. Prou
all who know her che secures this by hs'
rare purity. excellence and worth. C.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-11-14

TnE PROCLAMATION. Latter. from New
Orleans. state that tho Proclamation pro-
duesd little sensation there, for the reason
,ha, the policy had been practically carried
out there, already.
A letter in the Boston Journal. from
Key West, Gays; by the las, mail wo To-
eei,ed the Pre'iden,s Proclamation OF
emancipation. which it is but just to say
is received with entire satisfaction by all
loyal men, those owning slaves readily
agreeing iha, to cure . great evil you must
sirlks at the root. Their. will now DO less
cause Tor difference in sentiment, ani there
can be only two parties, those who supper,
liberty ADD freedom, or treason and slave.
ry."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-06
To Dire Cotton or Wool Brown.

A lady friend sends US the fol-
lowing recipe for dyeing cotton
or wool brown:
Take the bark Of the root of a
common wild plnm-beil in iron
or brass, as most convenient, until
the dye looks almost black. Strain
and add small quantity Of cop
peras dissolved in a small quantity
of the dye. Add the articles to be
dyed. Boil an hour orso. Wiring
out and dip in strong cold ley.
When dry, rinse IN cold water
This givesa genuine, bright brown,
which is the prettiest contrast for
blue; and when checked In togeth-
er, makesa dress becoming enough
for the proudest Southern dame
or belle. Ladies, fryits
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-06
BRIG-GEN. SAxroN, Comdg

By a recent Act of Congress the
oath required to enable sick.
wounded, or other soldiers to re.
ceive their pay, may be taken be:
fore any Quartermaster as well
as before any other officer author.
lied by the laws of the State to
administer oaths. Of course, says
the Richmond ..Whig," it will be
the duty of the Quartermaster to
administer the oath aoit1toua charge,
and thus the soldiers will be spared
the exactions Of the sharks who
have heretofore demanded from
one toEthree dollars for admins
tering the oath. 1t would perhaps
be well for the Adjutant General to
issue an order notifying Quarter
masters of the new duty deyolyed
upon them, and a Quartermaster
might be specially detailed, in
Richmond, to carry out the object
of the law. 's.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-06
ru-Es-ssRl FwE sss..

az TIVE Deiiars year in advance
wIrHpgT .DEyIATIoN.
-AI Bills for Advertisements, Job
Work, or SubsrFi ption, considered due when
contracted except against those with whom
we have running accounts,
eT Sab bscribers failing to order discon-
tinuance of the paper, at the expiration of the
time for sshich they may have subscribed,
are considered as wishing 10 renew; and it
will he continued to them accordingly
OF No paper will be sent out of the
county unlessp paid for in advanee-
AZ Advertisemsuts inserted at One Dol
lar per square OF Twelve Lines
or LESS, for the first stinsertioD; Fifty Gents
for each sontiuuance.
Br Persons adyertising by the year, will
bs charged Forty Dollars for a whole
eelumn, twenty Dollars for one-half
'Etss Dollars for one-quarter. No aeu,a-
tioa from these terms under any circumstances
az Ishe privilege of yearly advertisers is
strictly kinutedto tbe'r ot0a Immediate and reg
aStr business: and The business OF an adver-
tiSing firm Is not considered as including that
..f lis individual members
sUJ@ Announcing candidates Three Dol
lars, 10 be paid IN eiUance IN every case
r Advertisements nos marked with tie
mum ber of. Insertions when handed in, will
be -conGnaea until ordered oat. and pdsmenter-
acted - @
a@ No advert. sssncrt inserted g'qttdfor'sly.
az ADVERTISEMENTS of an abusive nature,
,cY not5e inserted al apg Prfce
OF hob f,risliRS, # ALL kiads, 'eatty
Sane on New Tspe. -and on as reasonabte
terms as any effire IN Tennessee.
No Pa per villa discontinued until
allauearages are PAID up-e1cept at the op-
Oh Of the PeJfisaer.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-06
Complimentary Presentations,

Among the private effectsof Col.
lJ. Z. Tolland, captured. some time
since at Lafayette Court House,
T a large quantity of stationary was
found, with the letter paper and
envelopes adorned with the lith-
iograph likeness Of the aforesaid
Colonel. Among his private CORES
pondence was found a letter written
by himself to a friend in Cincinna-
ii, informing the latter that he is
now in command of two regiments,
and that noao was the time for his
friends to push him forw ard for the
appointment of Brigadier-Geperal.
That he wished his friends to
present him with horse and trap
pings, and if they could not afford
to .go the whole hog" he would
assist them; IN fact, he says, 1t
must be done at all hazards, if he
had to foot the whole bill. " He
also requested that it should be
mentioned editoriaHy in the lead-
ing papers, and that his chaplain,
who was then in Cincinnati, should
make.a speech upon the presan-
tation; but he adds, ''that his chap
lain was queer fellow, and proba-
bly, would not do 50 aciAoaa pay,
in which event he authorized his
friend to pay him $l0o, and to go
as high as $500, if the preacher
would not do the speech for less.
-Richmond Examiner.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-06

A story is told Of an Irish re
cruiting sergeant meeting Henry
Ward Beecher in New York, and
urging him to enlist in Corcoran S
Legion. Beecher asked the ser
geant If he intended to insult him.
He replied negatively. Beecher
then said. lyon know, sir, | do not
want to enlist; you are a scoundrel
for asking esto do SO" The ser
geant comes out in a card IN the
Herald, stating among other things
that Beecher took particular care
that he was inside the hack door
before applying the epithet "seoum-
drel.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-06
UNDERGONE A CHANGE.

i; Thurlow Weed, of the Albany
.f(N. " Evening Journal, speaks
THUS:
Hon. A. S. Dixen told us ON Thurs
I day evening that he had the ex
4 press authority of Secretary Sew.
!. ard to tell the people that be had
assured the representatives of for
teign nations from time to time that
the rebellion would be crushed out,
and he in order to prevent inter
fvention In favor of the rebellion,
had now named the time SO short
that he dared not make it public,
land that such intervention could
mot be prevented but by an imme-
Ediate call for 800, coo men"
The Administration has sold out
the right of domain on the seas
(resisted by every previous Ad-
ininistration) to Great Britain,
I 1t has abandoned the right of do
main ON the Continent to France,
and allowed and encouraged the In
vasion of Mexico. Last comes
the acknowledgment of the right
of Intervention, by cur Secretary
of S5ate-which degrades even our
enemies of the South, no matter
how much it humiliates us. On
both sides we see the surrender
of our Nationality and our Union!
We have learned the folly of un-
derrating our enemies. We haye
learned that they are equally
brave, equally hardy, equally
qmck-witted, equally endowed with
martial qualities with ourselves.
We have learned they are terri
bly, in earnest in their efforts to
achieve their ends, that they are
desperate IN their resolve to di-
voroe themselves from US, that
they are determined to resist our
efforts to conquer them, to the BIT
ter end.
We have learned how little ac-
tive cooperation we are, to expect
from the Union element of the ex-
treme South. We have learned
that the element, even where most
prevalent, is timid, torpid, doubt
ful, negative; that it needs watch
ers' to sit by and nurse it; that it is
often treacherous and counterfeit;
that in many instances it is rather
a stumbling block in our way than
a prop and auxiliary.
HIS OPINIONS OF SLAVERY CHANGE.
We have learned that slavery
instead Of being an clement of
weakness is an element Of strength
to the Confederates. We have
learned that it is one of their chief
props and stats Of support; that
the four millions of blacks held in
bondage are used as an effective
weapon with which to fight and
oppose US. We have learned that
we cannot successfully fight the
enemy and protect the institution
at the same time; and if ever we
hope to succeed we must leave the
latter to It's fate.
TIE NORTH GOES TT BLIND AND ALONE.
We have learned the folly of I
expecting sympathy from foreign
Governments and foreign peoples.
We have learned that we are
hated most cordially where we had
reason to lock for moral support;
that we stand today apart and
isolated, without a friend or back
er in any Power on earth. We
have learned that we must not on
ly fight the good fight unassisted,
but under the shadow Of the frowns
Of Europe.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-06
1he I.iaeoIa Draft.

The appertlonment OF the LIN
coin draft among the militia of the
several States to raise the $780,
600 called for is as follows:
East-Massachasetts, 22,004;
Vermont, 4,S95; Rhode Island,
2,712; Maine, $500; Connecticut,
7,l45; New Hampshire, 5,053.
West-Ohio, 36,850; Illinois,
26,l4S; Indiana, 11,250; Wiscon-
sin, l1,904; Iowa, 1850; Michi-
gan, Ii, 5SG; Minnesota, 2,561.
Midlle-Pennsylvauia, A ,32l;
New York, 50, ,705; New jersey,
10,47S; Delaware ,720.
Southern-Virginia, 4,650; Mary
land, 1882, Missouri, S,72l; Ten
nessee: 4,S00; Kansas, Lilo.
East-4S,57S; West-l21,097;
hIiddle-lI6, ,224; South-3S, Alb.
Slngularly enough, Kentucky.
and North Carolina are left out.
Surely with all that union senti-
meat in the @North State enough
could be drafted to furnish Cover
nor Stanley and Congressman Eos
ter with a body guard at the east.
Roswell FAcToRY-Geo. Ii.
d
Camp, Agent ofthe Roswell Mann-
featuring Company, proposes to
make a donation of one thousand
bunehes Of factory yarn to the
needy families of ten counties, men
toned IN his letter, Which we pub
lish to-day. AS a citizen Of oneof
the fortunate counties, we feel
thankful of course. Bat this is
not what we want. Roduee your
prices greatly, Mr.. Camp! otherwise
it will be truly said OF your do
nation
with one hand he put
A penny in the urn of poverty.
Aud with the other took shilling OUT
FPome (Ga.) ,Soutteraer. I !
Yes, let prices be aedaeed.--,
When a mill uses four thousand or
more pounds of cotton per day, on
Which profit Of eighty coats pa.
post,aeg is made-with yarn at one.
dollar per pound-and the public
TINS eAtorted upon, there is pre-
ciious little merit in donating five
Thousand pounds to ten cat'lt{es,--
Tie cost of tae gam IS not oae-t''s'd
ofoav days profit.
We are a friend ofthe manufac-
turing interest. On that sahJect
we come nearer being of one idea
than in any other. We have de-
sired that the introduction ofman-
nfaetories should be encouraged,
and if they had been, the com
petition now would have kept pri-
ceadewn; but we confess to some
Tniisgiving when we see persons
asking exorbitant prices for their
goods because they know the peo-
Pile are compelled to have them,
and are Obliged, therefore, to give
what IS asked.
We hear Of one manufacturer
Sssho is now positively refusing to-
vi at all, because he expects that
n will be even higher than It IS
the Lord have mercy on his
N -Atiassta saisceal q.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-06

Delicious 1eq,-Ladies, gather
your Raspberry leaves, and you will
have the finest substitute for Hyson
Tea in the world-and when you
can't get Raspberries-take the
BIackberry-it will do. | have
tried it. Tea is sl2 q pound =
save your money!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-06

Carolina:
I HEADQUARTERS BEAUFORT, !.
S. G., August 22nd.
4 ]. In the hope of correcting q
/ widespread and rdeporable evil.
the following regulations are an
nounced:
! 1st. Any negro claiming to have
Tor charged with having more than
one wife is required to eonfne
himselfto to, and if need be, support
! that one to whom he has been ta,c-
] fully married. If no such mar
riage has ever been celebrated, he
will select that one of his so-called
wives who is the mother Of his
children, if any he have; and af-
tier. marriage, service duly per-
formed, by some minister of the
Gospel, take her to himself as bis
own sole lawful wife.
End. Hereafter any Of the col
ored people wishing to be united
in holy wedlock viii apply to Rev.
Mr.. French, chaplain United States
army; or other minister, who will
keep register Of marriages and
furnish the parties with a mar
riiage certificate duly authenticated.
Sd. All negroes, male or female,
hereafter living in a state OF con-
cubinage, or found unfaithful to
their marriage VOWS, will be liable
to arrest and imprisonment.
III. There being on the planta-
tions more or less persons unable
to support themselves, and having
no near relative to whom the du-
ty, can be assigned of providing
for their wants, a Charitable Jund
will be established on each plan
tation, by deducting from the
amount due for labor thereon such
per centage ass,fssY be found upon
trial, sufficient torthe purpose.
The fund thus created will be
placed in the hands OF the superin-
tendent, to be. expended by him
for the benefit Of the helpless and
friendless. in providing them with
suitable food and clothing, either
according to the directions of the
surgeons in attendance, or in obe-
dienee to the suggestions of his
own common sense and experience.
A proper account of the expendI-
lures under. this head will be fur
nished monthly to the assistant
ouartermaster at these headquar-
ters.
III This order will be read by
the superintendents to the negroes
on the plantation, and care taken
to explain its. provisions SO that
they may be fully understood as
designed to secure and regulate
the performance of duties which
are enjoined by the plainest die
tates of mere worldly experience,
as we'll as by the sublimer teach
ings Of living Christianity,
BY order of
BRIG-GEN. SAxToN, Comfg.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-06

There was a frost on the 26th ult,
in that portion Of Virginia occupied
BY Gen Lees army. This should
admonish us to hnrryiofl the vim
terclethingfor the soldiers to pro-
itect them from the cold as they
protect us from the-enemy.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-06
Naflhrrn Prisons aud Political
Offenders.

! - - y : :
! East Tennesseeans have com
planned because men were hanget
and imprisoned for bridge burning
For crimes like this: involving
the destruction of friends and foes
of staIwart men and helpless wo
men and children, there could be NJ
defence and no apology, The pun
ishment was terrible, but de
served. But, while few. have beer
Fincarcerated in the South, there is
not a city in the North which has
mot its jails crowded with political
offenders. We clipthe following
from a New York paper the eau,
Icasian:
Few people know, oreven think
of the suffering men, piuing for lib
1Aerty, in Fort Lafayette, and none
realize how cruelty and harshly
they are reported to be treated
The Express states that Messrs.
SouIe and Mazareau, of n. Orleans,
e-are not even allowed toieavet their
cells, and the privilege accorded to
other captives, of taking exercise
in the yard, has been denied them.
No writing utensils are IN their
reach, and they are under constant
surveillance" DR.. Olds,of Ohio, it
is said, has been placed in close
confinement, and what is most re-
markable ofall, the Express report
also states that "every prisoner re-
leased from Fort LafaS cite and ev-
cry visitor thereto, is bound not to
reveal anything OF the discipline
of prison or the names of those
confined, and hence the press
knows nothing, and can report
but little of what is going on. "
Was there ever anythmgin Aus
trian or Neapolitan dungeons that
coald exceed the despotic character
Of such regulations? "The names
Of those confined must not be re-
yeaied. Who knows. then, how
many people are languishing there,
or for what trivial offences? We
know of a man who was kept in
Fort Lafayette the last year for
some six months, because his chill
dren raised upon a pole a rag
through which he had been strain
ing blackberries. Some neighbor
who was at enmity with him, start
ed the report that he had raised a
secession flag,' and suddenly he was
arrested, hurried off hundreds of
miles, the resided in Michigan)
and incarcerated in Fort Lafayette,
and kept there for more than half
a year, without any attention
being paid to his case. He was
finally informed that there was no
charge against him, and allowed to
60. Six tedious months of cruel
imprisonment simply on accountof
a little harmless playfulness Of his
children. Can that be cilled a free
or just government under which
such shameful ontrages are perpe-
trated? And yet this Is but "a sam
pie Of what arbitrary arrests will
ever be. If any persons have COM
mitted offences let him be tried
and punished. 1t is folly to say
the law is not adequate to punish
all real offences 1t is folly to say
the law is not adequate to reach
all cases. tits only because the
powers that be wish to torture into
terms acts that are not crimes,
that they resort to the highland
ed measures they do.
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-06
The N. Y. World in a Tempest.

/ Among the many indications
afforded by northern prints OF q
lstorm brewing, the following from
the New York WorM-the most
sycophantic and lick-spittle of all
the black republican toadies tc
/ lLincoln--may be. classed among
] the most significant:
] President Lincoln and his cho-
sen advisers must be less tenderly
dealt with. They must be held
more sternly to their responsible
titles. They must be made to feel
something Of the dreadful earnest
mess which surcharges the heart of
the people. They must learn to
respect the rights of the people,
land to treat the people as their
masters, and not as their servants.
They must tolerate freedom OF To-
Ical speech, and renounce all ideas
of. intimidating the loyal press.
We have shut our ears to much
that, in our sober Judgment, was
worthy of blame-believing that
almost any evil was less injurious
than distrust, and hoping that time
would amend all errors. Time did
not amend them. 1t aggravated
them. When it last brought the
arbitrary arrests of loyal men, we
could hold our peace no longer.
Faithfulness to the cause forbade
lit. To our mind such violation
of law and justice was contrary to
every principle this war seeks to
vindicate. 1t was robhing loyal
minds of their brightest ideas, and
loyal hearts OF their holiest sup
ports. Itwas arming the rebels
with new arguments. 1t tended
to nothing but discouragement,
disgrace and ruin. We protest
against it. We shall continue to
protest against it. We shall pro-
test against all things like it.
From this time forth we shall do
our whole duty in respect to this
administration. We shall criti-
else without reserve-approving
and condemning, applauding and
denouncing, as freely as in the
days of peace. The conviction
has been forced upon us that so
only can we fifty discharge our
duty to the country in It's awful
perils.
The people are now realizing
the bitter consequences OF undue
confidence in the management of
the Administration The ADAM
donment of free criticism, which
followed the disaster of Bull Run,
the disposition to trust every thing
to the discretion of tie President,
have terminated in an aecumu-
lation of disasters and disgrace
that appals and sickens every
heart. Magnificent armies beaten,
Incompatible treasure wasted, and
two, hundred thousand lives sac-I
rificed, the capital still beleagured,
the border States lost, loyal States
menaced by invasion-all this, too,
when the enemy started with an
almost absolute destitutlon OF ev-I
cry warlike necessary, and is still
imperfectly equipped, ragged and
half famished lis enough to drive
even the calm men mad. Consld-
ering the available means and the
actual results, it is the most dis
graceful failure recorded against
any government in modern his
tory. And this is the requltal of
the peoples confidence. This Is
the fruit of deferential silence
when Abraham Lincoln chose to
relieve his subordinates by making
haste to assume the responsibility.
1t is high time that this passive
ness was ended. I