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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-10-17
Be.. Sewing Machines in the World,

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iNpDpIANT IATrS
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-10-17

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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-10-17

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in, received frum AL .cc'iun. of the roanIfy
~hsr- =" Weeks Mage ComPodai' has been ~.
troducsi.
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The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-05-08
Mr6 AN6ertIssmlRts:
SHERIFF'S SALE.
John F. Slippy, lpreble Com. rieal

John F. slippy, Preble Com, Pleas.
vs.. In Partition.
Isaac slippy, ct al. No. 1914
BY virtue Of an order Of sale issuad ftos1
the Court Of Common Pleas of preble cDun.
ty, ONO, and TO the Sheriff Of said county
directed, will offer for sale at public auc.
ton, at the door Of the Court House in Ia.
ton, in said county, on
Monday, June 9, A. D. 1852,
between the Aours of | and 4 o'clock, P. NJ.
Of said day, the following real estate, situate
in the county of Preblc, and State of Ohio,
and bounded and described as follows, to
wit; Being the east half Of the southwest
quarter Of section No. Two, (2) in township
No, nine, 90 in range No, one % east,
containing eighty acres OF land more or less,
appraised at $1,000 90.
Terms Of sale-0neAhird Of the purchase
money each, one.third in one year, and tho
residue in two years, deferred payments to
bear six per cent. interest from the day oil
sale, and to be secured BY mortgage ON the
premises. JOHN r. MoCLEAF,
Foos &Campbell, Sheriff Of Preble Co.
Attys for pfttf.
May Sth, lS62.-4w Pr. f. $3,7S.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-05-08

@.The New York city cores
pendent of the Syracuse Courier
and Union, in speaking Of the
Spring election, says:
"phe town elections continue to
make a splendid show. Queens
County has a clean Democratic
Board Of Supervisors. | see that
the town vote in Niagara give an
aggregate Democratic majority of
$50, where the Abolitionists car
ried the county by 800, last Fall.
Good for the cataract county! Over
IN New Jersey, in the very District
represented by Cobb, (Which favor
ed giving away amillion to buy
the slaves in Washington,) Bergen
County has gone every town, heav
lily for the Democracy. Little Jer-
sey, like New York, will have y
Democratic Governor next January
and | should not be surprised il
Mr.. Wall, Of Fort Lafayette mem
Dry, were the man."
E4rTho Democrats have carried
Quincy III, by a majority Of three
or'fonr hundred. This Is by fal
the largest majority ever obtained
ny that Yortv In TINT city.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-05-08
Trus Sentiment.

The Hon. Francis z. Blair, OF
Missouri, in q late speech in the
House Of Representatives, against
negro EN- lncipation, said;
"llow viii! you execute n decree
of emancipation which will set free
the slaves ot the South upon the
soil and among q people the
whole body of whom are opposed
to it, and who have taken up arms
in rebellion against this very idea
Of negro equality? 1t can only be
done by the presence ofan immense
army, sufficient to prevent the
white race from reen.laving tie
black, and by waging IL constant
war upon tho people Of our race
for the protection of the black race
How long would it be endured by
the Northern people that a wal
should be waged upon the people
of their own race at the South tC
make the blacks their equals :?
do not believe that any party
could retain power at the North
upon such an issue.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-05-08
ORDER OF SALE ON MORTGAGE.
Jonns F.uts, Preb.e
vs.. Common Pleas,
Eli Thompson.

Eli lhOmpBon. IaSt NO 1870
By virtue of an order Of sale, in the
above stated case, and an execution in favor
of Lewis Emmons against Eli Thompson,
issued By the Court OF Common Pleas Of
Preble county, and to the Sheriff of said
county directed. | will offer for sale nj public
auction, at tho door of the Court House in
Eaton, in said county, on
Monday, June 8, A. D. 1852,
between the hours Of | and 1 o'clock, P NJ,
OF said dar, the {, flowing Premises, situated
in Probe county, Ohio, and described as
follows, TO wit: Being the one equal urd!vid'
I'd half eff the following premises. situate in
the town of Eaton, in said county, and de-
scribei ns follows, to.wj,: Al Of III Lot No.
ninety-ninr. (99) as numbered and desig'
mated on the original plat Of in lots Of the
said town of Eaton, Except ebopt c~5rty.siy
feet Of the South end Of said lot, which was
conveyed to james Seward, by dccl dated
May Sid 1899.
Appraised at s - Terms, ca Il.
JOHN K MCCLEAF,
May E., l8G2.-tw Sheriff Of PreI,e 60.
GILMORE & CAMPBELL, Att'ys. lr. f. S3.f5
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-05-08

The Hm Rwsrly johnson
has written a letter denying the
constitutiorality Of the late act EN-
ancipating the slaves in this Dis
trict.-So says the Washington
Star.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-05-08
Reader, your property, yonrpros.

Reader, your property, yourpros
poets, your wife, and your chill
dren's children, nrc injured forever
by the present conflict, and all who
preach the Abolition doctrine, and
try to turn the present war into an.
Abolition war, are the foes of
Heaven and earth, and ought to be
looked upon, spoken Of, and treat
ed, as traitors TO the triune God,
to reason, to Christianity, to hu'
mainly, to truth, and to Justice, aud
in league with he'll, with devils,
and with apostate traitors to the
human family. The war game is
still b. ing played, and the madmen
of the South, and the not less mad
combatants Of the North, are con-
gregated in the valley of the Mis-
sissippi, and elsewhere, and exer-
cising themselvcs in the unhOly and
savage art of shooting, staying,
and mangling one another, just for
the qualification of a few demons,
who lust for power. Itfis self-evi-
dent to us, that the present Ameri,
can war was got up Intentionally,
by ambitious men in the South,
and unprincipled, deviIish, and
blood, thirsty demons in Europe
and the Northern States, just to
annihilate the "rights of man."
turn the Globe into Il lake of brim-
stone, and undo the will of God.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-05-08
Astitational Rights which We keaa
"a To Exais Ani Maintain

"Oougrsss shall make no law re-
spveting All establishment Of re-
ligioA, or prohibiting the free en-
Ars!so ,hsrsof; or Hbyijging the
freedom Of speech, or Of the press
-AmeaIments to tic Constitution of
ne United States, Article l.
Every citizen may freely speak,
write, and publish bis sentiments
gu ell subjects, being responsible
for the abuse Of the right; and no
law shall be passed, to restrain or
abridgs tho liberty OF speech, or OF
the Decentralization Of Ohio,
Article !, Section II.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-05-08

The Hon. A. Kin
naird, Mr.. ]. 1. Briscoc, and Mr.
j. Forester, having addressed the
Minister on the subject of the NE
mortal, the deputation Withdrew.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-05-08

- Avn anu 0Oullle
ern sectlots Of the Republic. III
the prescnc 9 Of appalling cal.
amlty, they can only give utierance
to the fervent hope that the frari.
cidal contest will soon cease, and
peace be re%storedto that land /; and
that with the true abolition of the
true cause of strife, q common
ground Of union may be found,
and Il divided community be again
Joined in the bonds of brother.
hood.
In the conclusion, the committee
would assure YOU sir, Of their per.
sonaI esteem and confederation, and
Of their very sincere desire for the
welfare and prosperity ofthc nation
you represent.
The address having beeu read by
Mr.. Chamer1yzow, his Exccllency
made the following reply.
Gentleman of the Committee: ]
receive your communication in the
spirit it IS made, and with every
desire to reeiprocate the friendly
sentimentsit conveys, as well as to
your country generally as to your.
selves in particular.
The desire Of the people of the
United States is to extend the
blessing to be obtained under free
institutions as far as possible, con
s~istently with the preservation OF
every existing obligation, over the
entire surface of their territory,
Against the prosecution of this
policy an appeal to arms has been
taken by u mi.guided portion OF
their number. The ultimate effect
can only be to accelerate the same
general result, under circumstau.
ces rendered need SLY Distressing.
1t Is the earnest wish OF the
Government to sec tho end 81
brought about as to avoid all the
deplorabIe consequences that may
follow wiIlful and violent resistance
| trust that those most deeply inter
ested in the Issue may avail them
selves in season of the means left
open for this restoration in safety,
and that the common ground for
Il reunion may be, as you express
it the voluntary removal ottiIe true
and only cause OF strife.
l think | can assure you that the
Presidents attention is closely
fixed upon the subject Of the Afri-
can slave.trade, and that every eff.
fort will be made by the Admins
tration, as far as it is possible,
under present circumstances, to
cooperate with Her Majestyfs Gov
eminent in putting an end to the
abuse to wlicl You alluled. | AIN
not without hopes that effective
means may be found to prevent, tor
the future, the dc3lcretiol OF the
national flag by tliepirates engage
in the nefarious traffic.
l pray you to receive my thanks
for The very kind ailusion YOU have
made to myself, and to assure you
of my cordial sympathy with you
in the arduous labota in which yor
have been so long and 50 honor.
able engaged.
The Hon. A. Kin
n0ird, Mr.. ]. l. Briscoc, and Mr.
j. Forester, having addressed til,
Minister on the subject of the me-
mortal, the dcputation Withdrew.
Th1 lIm Beverly johnson
has written a letter denying til,
constitutiocality Of the late act EN-
ancipating the slaves in this Dis
trict.-So says the Washington
Star.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-05-08
Weekly Summary.

s,el, sEd we have taken possession
Of the ercry's leayings, but he
Is still before US in force, power,
and skill, aid will make a stand
and giro us battle in HE own
chosen spot
VIVA: a dayl what a conflict! what
Il battle will that be! Two Of tie
largest and finest armies brought
into the field. since the days OF AL
exsuder, or Hannibal, arc now
watching each other in America,
Whiting to pounce upon each other,
to drench a portion Of Gods earth
ia blood. 0 God, hive mercy
upon the souls OF the combatants.
From Colinth we have nc serious
or reliable news.
We believe that New Orleans has
been given up to us, rather than so
fine q commercial city should be
destroyed. ecommcnd the wis
dom of tho Mayor Of the city for
so doing.
The most important fact of the
week is, the publication of the
cla.,ically written, calmly worried
ami firmly pronounced dec'arstion'
oftho long silent, bat observant,
patriotic, and rcsolute Democrats
O: the Northern States. Yea, they
have uttered a voice, Srd spoken
in a tone, to which the civilized
world will listen with becoming
reverence and gravity; and they
have dem anded, in the name oI
justice, humanity, freedom, andthc
Rights Of Man, that this conflict
should cease.
For Black Game (for such
it must be cal'ed,) played Ivy thu
Abo!i,ionists, must be brought to
close; We have had enough of 1t
The Elitors. thcpApors, the traitors
the churches, and preachers, who
haze brought the conflict to wha'
!, now is, and must become, mus
and will be held responsible for it,
hy the frcemen of America, and
c~0uservators of the white man.
lust rights, and punished as the.
ecrycde Let them listen, the da.
Of Just retribution is at hand. Mex
week we shall present our reader
with a full copy Of tlls great Dem
ocratic document, just issued from
Washington. Uurrah for the NOBLE
souled men men who hav'
come forth to save a quarter of til
Globe. the freedom, and the HON
of The nations from destruction
Mas Gods richest blessing be thti
portion.
We apologize to our readers
for the tins We issue our pape
this week.
The fact is, eur neighborS q ofth
Eaton Registers havc Of late sufferc'
somo lastardly and cowardly scout
dreI, who signed himself Amt
traitor, to write against US in sue
o way as to have lnAamecd men'
n~nnaturels and brutish passions
such adogreo, as to have led then
20 throw of their manhood, to a
tunc tie Devil, a d inter- OF
printing office, and upset our typ
and this is tho simple reason, all
only cameo Of our paper being pnl
iishcd so late this week Dcmt
Gratis Of Preble County how Ion
will you continue to support til
Eaton Register, a paper which nC
Vocates murder. FIRE, death and d.
Struction to the Democratic "Prsss
how long,
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-05-08

OF The Editor Of this paper does
het hold himself responsible fo' the
opinions expressed BY his correspond
snts. Tn: nrjtsr, AID moi the EhttOr
~ reS2onsibls.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-05-08
COCHRAN & REYNOLDS,
DEALERS IN
ST0VESANB T/NMR RI
q TURERoom tbrae doors NeAtOfC Van.
'1alEdGla store.
l:4toD, April u, 1852,
AGRICULTURAL
Implements and Machinery
ROR TIE YEAR 1852.

VIZ have tsksl the espesih agency fnr
w the criebrmei Cleveland Agricultural.
Works Of aiessrs. Baldwin, Desitt& Co, e.,
PrebIe and the southern part Of Darke e2un
tics, Ohio. Among the having and harvest.
Jag machines may bs fouad tue following
Patents
Woods Improved Mover, Hubbard, reap
ing attachment, Cleveland Iron Gower
Hubbard light EISer. Hubbard Standarj
Mower, Hannfs Combined Rearcr arc
Mower, Revolving Horse Hay Raves, &c
grain drills, horse powers, rhreshcrs AID
Separatora, wood saving machinery, snra,
cane mills, cider mills, hay, straw and stalk
cutters for hand or power, corn shelters
Thermometer chuynS, iron field rollers iron
road scrapers, corn cultivstors, harrowS
plows, &c., &c. also agents for the famous
Harrisburg powers. thrrsiers and se7ara
tors, manufactured by Yassrs. y. II. Hooes'
/ Son, of Harrisburg, Ohio. All letters o
inquiry must be addressed,
E, KoIIey & Sen.
WEST FLORENCE,
preble Co. Ohio.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-05-08

60 AaTrrttsN ~ nm Prrs~
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-10-18
Important Tax Instructions.

The following arc some additional
;nstruc ions to the Internal Revenue
officers from Commissioner Boutwell,
The corpora ion having a principal
Office in one town and mills in other
places, must take out license for each
factory, when the factories are in diff
tercnt towns or on different premises.
The returns must be made and taxes
paid to the officers of the collection dis
lrict where the factory is situated
For the purpose of taxa ION, each estab-
lishment is to be treated as though it
was owned by an individual who had no
interest in any other establishment.
In relation to steam vessels, when
engines or boilers are built by other
parties who pay The manufacturers duty
on them, the duty will not be assessed
upon the whole Massachusetts not
being taxable.
n merchant tailor who makes his
clothes into garments for his customers
must take out license as a mauufac-
turcr. II he sells his own goods on his
own premises when manufactured, no
license is required to sell.
Shocmakcrs, blacksmiths and others
engaged in similar branches of bushes
not specified, where manufactures amount
to $ 900 per annum must take out a
license as a manufacturers. Repairs are
not considered as manufactures.
Manufacturers of arms, &c, for gov
crnmcnt are subject to license and duty.
Dealers in ice should be required TO
take out liccnse-those who sell at their
store. houses as retail dealers, and thcss
who pcdlle it out, as peddlcrs.
Persons who put up preserved fish,
fruit, &c, must make monthly returns,
and tax be levied.
Eating houses cannot sell cigars or
tobacco to the amount of $ 200 without
license.
Merchants having two or more stores
must take out license for each one.
Persons who sell -four or fish BY the
barrel, or salt by the sack, &C., to the
consumer, are not required to take out
license as wholesale dealers.
Bakers are not manufacturers. If
they have sores they are Wholesale Or
re.ail dealers as the case may be. If
bread is sold from cart peddler's Ii
cense is required. So with regard to
Butchers wagons, ice-car;s, and oyster
men.
When a person carries on business,
part of which consists in manufactures
and part in repairs, the receipts from
both branches Of which exceed $1,000
he must take out license as u manufac-
turer.
Confectioners and others who carry on
several branches of business such as the
making and selling Of icc-crcam, and
who also sell confectionery and oysters,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-10-18
Facts About Applc Trees.

The Pennington (Me,) Chromicle says:
The most important of all fruits that
can be produced in temperate climates,
if not the most important fruit which the
Creator has bestowed upon naan: is the
apple. Were people generally in pos
session of information Which would en-
able them to form conclusions i'll relation
TO the value of u single apple tree, nc
one who has spot of terra firma large
enough for housc-lot, would neglect to
plant one.
Hayward speaks of an apple tree in
Duxbury, Mass, which was upwards of
100 years old, was Is feet IN circum-
ference eight inches above the ground,
and which produced in one year fruit
from which 10 barrels of cider were
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-10-18
Slaughtered Cattle, Hogs and Sheen

oiduShtcFeu Sattie, hogs ana Snccp
SEC. IS. And be it further enacted
That on and after the first day Of
August, 1862, there shall be levied
collected and paid by any person or per-
sons, firms, companies or agents or
employers thereof, the following duties
or taxes tina is to say: on all horned
cattle exceeding IS months old, slaught-
cred for sale, 30 cents per head on all
calves and cattle slaughtered for sale,
under Is months old, 3 cents per head /;
on all hogs, exceeding 6 months old,
slaughtered for sale, when the number
thus slaughtered exceeds 20 in any one
year, ~ cents per head On all sheep
slaughtered for sale, cents per head !:
Providing that all cattle, hogs, ard
sheep slaughtered by any person for his
or her OWN consumption, shall be exempt
from duty.
SEC. 10. And be it further enacted,
That on and after the date on which this
act shall take effect, any person or per-
sons, firms, Or companies, or agents or
employees thereof, whose business or
occupation it is to slaughter for sale any
cattle, calves, sheep, or hogs, shall be
required to make and render list at
the end of each and every month to the
Assistant Assessor of the district where
the business is transacted, stating the
number of cattle, if any, the number OF
hogs, if any, and the number of sheep, il
any, slaughtered, as fixed therein in this
act, together with the whole amour,
hereof, which list shall have annexed
thereto declaration of said person or
persons, agents or employees thereof, as
aforesaid, under oath or affirmation in
such manner and form as may be pre-
Scribcd by the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, that the same is true and cor
rect, and shall, at the time of rendering
said list, pay the full amount of duties
which have accrued, or shall accrue, as
aforesaid, to the Collector or Deputy
Collector Of the district, as aforesaid
and in case Of default in making the
return or payment of the duties, as
aforesaid, the assessment and collection
shall be made as in general provisions Of
this act required, and in case of fraud
or evasion the party offending shall for
felt and pay penalty of $40 per head
for any cattle, calves, hogs, or sheep SC
slaughtered, upon which the duty is
fraudulcnly withheld, cvaded, or at
tempted to be evaded Provided that
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
shall prescribe such fur her rules and
regulations as he may deem necessary
for asccrtaining the correct number Of
cattle, hogs, and sheep, liable to be
taxed under the provisions of this act.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-10-18

or steel, or lead, or Il CONTRIBUTION of property.
II Slaves. are property, they are subj ct TO the
same rules as other property, and should be
treated accordingly. There is no charm upon
the subject, and sbould be no IT.; siitcation
over it. | early saw that rebellion, if long
continued. would end in paton--that
from necessity emancipation was to enter
INTO the question. Tor AS the rebellion pro-
crossed and declined and WAS ON its last legs
it would at the last moment li!cratc the
slaves in its desperation, if events had not
sooner practically done so, or emancipation
had not then been proclaimed 10y the Federal
Government | would have preferred practi-
Cal real acts III The premises as uccasiO de-
handed, under MARTA, law as Snch, to tlco-
rirs or paper proclamatons, for | hold the
war power abundant and legislation unneccs-
sary; but, the President having determined
upon proclamation, | would have preferred
to see how it would work in the last few
months of the old year, to the first day of the
new. [Grcat applansc.I But, if the Procla-
nation wcakcns rebellion and strengthens
Governmrnt-as | hope and believe it will
am for it and all its consequences, and any
and every other measure which will cunduce
to that end. The institution has been over
worked, and can no longer form political cap
ital on either side, of which politicians Of
both shades will please take notice. 1t is to
pass away during the present struggle, cspcci-
ally if long continued, and as an element of
mischief and disturbance, AMI as just rctri
button to those who have taken up arms
against the Government in its name for vile
political cnds, ii has my permission to start ut
the earliest moment possible. and to make
the exodus complete ono. One such Gov
crnmcnt is worth all the Slavery that has
existed since Joseph WIS sold into Egypt
lChccrs.l II Rebellion wishes to avoid these
results, and to invoke the Constitution, let it
acknowledge its supremacy, embrace the
olive branch extended by the President, aud
lay down its arms aud close its work Of trea-
SON and murder.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-10-18

made, besides 30 bushels Of apples fol
the ctlsar.
An apple tree in Natick, Mass, wa;
grated to the Porter apple when II
years old, and the 7th year from graft
ing produced 10 barrels which sold for
30 dollars.
The 6:igina! Hurlbut apple tree pro-
duced 10 bushels IN ono year, and ~
the next.
The original Bars apple tree produced
SO IN one year.
In Orange, N. j Harrison apple
tree produced 100 bushels in one year
An apple tree in Pennington, Me-,
produced l6 bushels the 10th year from
the planting of the seed.
Cole says he has had fruit from an
apple tree in Plymouth, Mass, when
the tree was 200 years old.
An apple tree brought from England
and planted near Hartford, Ct., pro-
duced fruit when 200 years old.
Several apple trees In the United
States have trunks - feet IN circum.
ference.