Democrat and sentinel. (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, May 18, 1854, Image 2

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WH1T2 DEVI NT, Editor and Proprietors.
EBEMSBURG.
THURSDAY MORNING::::::::::
:MAY 18
Y. B. PALMER, tho American Newspaper
Agent, is tbe only authorized Agent for this paper
In the cities of Boston, New York and Philadel-
nbiaand isd'lr empowered to take advertise
ment and subscription at the rates required by
an. His receipts will be regarded as payments
His offices ae Boston, Scollay's Building: New
York, Tribune Buldings : Philadelphia, r. v.
corner Third and Chesnut Sts.
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FOR GOVERNOB,
WILLIAMJIGLER
FOR SUPREME JUDGE.
JEREMIAH S. CLICK.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER.
IIENRV S. MOTT.
TWO APPRENTICES WAXTED
at this Office. Boys from tbe country preferred,
between the ages of 14 and 16.
Important.
A meeting of the Democratic County Commit
tee, ia requested at the office of the undersigned,
in Ebensburg. on Monday the 5th day of June
inst., (being the Monday of the ensuing Court,)
at 7 o'clock. P. M. Matter of importance, upon
which the Committee are H act. will be laid be
fore them. A full attendance is desired.
WU. KITTELL.
May 1, 1854.
P. S. The Committee ia composed of the fol
lowing persons. Til : Wm. Kit tell, (Chairman,)
Anthony Will, Peter McCoy, Joseph Craig,
Paul Kingston, Nicholas Nagle, James Carroll.
Henry Scandan, Roper Shiels, Peter Trexler,
John Hsrker, Robert Brown. Samuel Bracken,
James Dick, M. M. O'Neill, S. C. Wingard, W.
W. Harris, A. Starabaugh, J. B. McCreight, S.
B. Cob-ck. Sebastian Fry, P. Eianitr, John F.
Stull, J. Weisinger, Wm. Murray, John Kean,
J. M. Riffle, J. C. McGinley, Wm. A. Glass,
Francis Bearer, James McColgan, C. B. Kennedy,
George Walters a-ii Jacob Kline.
Johnstown Echo, please copy.
Nw AnvBHTiSKMHifTS. Notice to Tax-pay
ers. Public Notice from the Suptrintendent of
Common Schools. Trial List.
t Attention is directed to the advertisement of
Rodgers & Jones. They hare receirrd their
Spring stock of goods from the East also to the
advertisen.ent of Evans & Hughes.
Tbe Governor and the Banks-
The wills to incorporate the Donegal Deposit
Bank to be located at Marietta, Lancaster Co ;
the Cetisquesique Bauk in Lehigh county ; the
Farmers' Deposite Bank of Lehigh county : and
she Mount Pleasant Savings Bank, have all been
retold by the Governor.
1: is pleasing to every democratic patriot to
ue'icsiii ail our Executive officers, the signs of
vi.ality of those sterling principles which the
r.et lights of our party kindled and transmit
ted. And tbe Democracy of the Old Keystone
State bail wuh gratifying emotions the manifes
tations of tho- principles, as occasion requires
them, in her pure inflexible son. Governor Big-
ler. He has been fitly chosen as the exponent cf
crthodcT rtpuiliean sentiments, and his regular
cniietecy is. exemplified in each of his succes
sive sets. Al! the deep laid schemes and wiley
devices of Whig cunning have been elaborated to
c ateiigle and turmoil him, in order to cripple
i .3 march to another triumphant election, bat
he "es each ordeal unscathed, and comes
fen.:, l.t oH doubly refined.
The veto message sealing the fate of the above
L: is, embodies the doctrine of the democracy in
a f-.-w short paragraphs. The insolence, to say
aching of the injustice and inequality of right,
it-i-Jieu in the franchises sought to be ob
tained by those companies, is unblushing. It
proposes that the public shall give a monopoly
of right to a creation of the law-making power,
L5 which, they, the corporation, shall obtain
' private gains, without any adequate liabil
ity. It asks for corporate privileges, a conve
nient cloak by whih the people may be lured
into confidence , and which, when the stockhold
ers see fit to disrolve in bankruptcy and their
creditors Seek indemnity, Is found to be as bodi
less as the raiment of a ghost.
Why an institution with honest intentions,
which asks a the foundation of its success the
''-teat amount of public faith, shotld frighten
aod demur when asked to link a personal liabil
ity cf its individuals, as a consideration tor their
privileges and advantages, is more than we have
ever been able to discover.
In the midst of the untiring efforts of the op
position to regain their former position on the
Bank question, we sometimes are almost led to
sua pet the watchfulness of' our party, until
one act of Jacksonian grit, as this veto of the
Governor's reassures us. When will the day
c me that Banking shall stand upon its just
aud proper basis f When will Legislatures cease
to misrepresent the wishes of their constituents
and, either from reasons of gain, er reasons cf
private policy, or no reasons at all. but down
right stupidity aad neglect of duty, foitt upon
the Executive the onus of annihilation to such
tills
Oub Muckavts axd THsrB, Sraixa Stocx.
Out merchants are opcuing their stock of newly
received Spring Goods. There appears to be a
considerable increase in the amount of gocds sold
ia this place, judging fran tbe great quanti.y or
merchandise brought fcrre within the last few
days. We like to s competition. Opposition
is truly said to U the life of business. We wish
the sil SM-Jcess, bat more particular those
AnTUiTianu ur Tin Ssktiksl & DrMpciUT.
We step our readers will, from i-j to time,
examine, ear advertising columns for further in
formation. I
Come at Last.
Ccae, children of men, cease your troubled
plaints, iou have had winter, until each frosty
morning heard your cry with Coleridge.
"And the spring comes slowly up this way,"
but it is passed hcre.is the bright springtime in
unmistakable chiracter the 6eed time, and the
harvest will soon follow ah ! lilo thus quits us.
Come forth and enjoy, morn is up and a
broad ere j our unwilling cjlids have been unseal
ed. Hark ! The Martin chatters above tho win
dow, the Swallow like tho miniature Alabatross
of the plain, dashes in graceful haste, ami speaks
its twittering alarm to the insect warms, while
the .Robin , sweetest of birds, has resumed his
perch upon the apple bough aud pours tLc ful
volums of his notes in richest music to your
waking ear.l
All that makes earth like paradise regained is
now an exhibition in nature's lovely palace.
Field and forest sre clad in purest green, tree
and shrub have on their scented liverriis,
day is redolent with balm and night, with her
thousand stars is distilling dews, that shine
in morning's sun, like tearofjoy through smiles.
Who has not felt and noticed the influence of
this glorious time? The aged come forth from
their chronic retreats to breathe the air and feci
the warmth that so much invigorates. Manhood
is active and diligent in various pursuits. Youths
and maidens, gushing with the ardor of early life,
yearn with big hearts to mingle sympathies, and
Venus and Cupid find votaries rivalling in num
bers the conversions of Pentecost.
In these green days.
Reviving sickness lifts her languid head ;
Life flows afresh : and young-eyed health exalts
The whole creation round."
Happy for man that such inspiring moons re
turn to him. The most sordid are relaxed, the
most care-worn refreshed.the most impious must
only adore their God. This is the time to re
new life. Winter, like the ocean, has buried our
spleen, our heart.aches, our memories of mean
ness, of unkindness, of falsehood, of disgust.
We rise with the vigor of the greenwood oak we
walk with the lithesome tread of angels we
come forth like happy souls from a resurrection.
Who cannot be gay in Spring-time ? Who can
not rejoice with unmarred delight with surround
ing creation !
4 Oh mark the Spring as she hies along.
With her eye of light and her lip of song,
While she steals in peace o'er the green earth's
breast,
While the streams spring out from their icy rest.
The buds bend low to the breeze's sigh,
And their breath goes forth in the scented sky :
And the fields look fresh in their sweet repose,
And the young dews drop on the newborn rose."
The Legislature.
This bodv has adjourned after a session of
much importance to the people of the state.
The passage of the bill for the sale of the main
line of the public public works; the new school
law, and the liquor law, are amongst the most
important enacments.
The last two are of undoubted popularity and
if properly carried into operation, must result in
the general good.
The Lew liquor Law has been approved by
the Governor, and seems to contain ample pro
visions for restricting the rum-traffic within its
proper limits. Minors, persons of intemperate
habits, and persons intoxicated, are provided for
in a manner calculated to put the vendors of
spirits on their good behavior, on pain of fine,
imprisonment, revocation of license and pecuni
ary compensation in damages for injuries to per
son and property from drink.
The School Law is a beautiful system and cal
culated to raise our Common Schools to an ele
vated and glorious perfection. The working of
the old law has been of incalculable benefit to
the rial.. feneration, and the new statute puts
Ia covp dc ras upon the plan as heretofore.
Sect. 30. Provides that the School Directors
of the several counties of the Commonwealth
shall meet in Convention at the scat of justice of
the proper county, on the first .Monday of June
next, and on the first Monday of May in each
third year thereafter, and select viva voce, by a
majority of the whole number of directors pres
ent, one person of literary and scientific acquire
ments, and of skill and experience in the art of
teaching, as County Superintendent for three
succeeding school years, and the School Direct
ors, or a majority of them, in Convention, shall
determine the amount of compensation for the
County Superintendent, Jcc.
Dr. D. S. Hutchison Surgeon Dentist and Man
ufacturer of Mineral Teeth, will remain in this
place for one week, ond hereafter will return
the third week of every month.
We take pleasure in recommending the Dr., to
our citizens as a master hand at his business.
Faib Notice. We have went to considerable
trouble and pains in making our garden, and
not being as well ofTas some of our neighbors in
the poultry line, we are determined to borrow
cf our good neighbor, 'Munster' (who has wisely
cooped his poultry, ) his old fusse, and pop over
all cnickens tbat, invade our garden, and fur
ther we will not throw them them over the fence,
put throw them into the the pot.
A Prohibitory Liqnor Law.
This law has passed both branches of the Leg
islature, and received the signature of Governor
Bigler. It prevents, after the passage, any per
son from selling beer, ale, porter, or other malt
liquor, without a license from the Court, the
same as tavern licenses are obtained. It pro-
tubits persons obtaining a license to sell spiritu
ous liquors by the quart, or otherwise, unless
persons so applying shall be retailers of foreign
or domestic goods, wares and merchandise, en
titled to be classed equal to the 14th class, and
have been thus classed by the Mercantile Ap
praiser. Persons violating this law, are made
subject to penalties as those against the keepers
of unlicensed and tippling houses. This act docs
not apply to the brewers of malt liquors, or to
the manufacturers or reGners of spirituous li
quors for wholesale purposes. The law went into
effect immediately after the Governor signed it.
E7"Mr. Evan Davis, who has been iwiv
from this place for a number of years, returned
home on last Sunday in full vigor and health
Mr. D. has been in the service of Uncle Sam for
the last ten years, and looks as though be could
aaruf iwiil fnnr, MmrtilmiB
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Interesting Correspondence.
The following correspondence between a num
ber of Democrats of this County, who desire to
convey to the gentlemen addressed some testi
monial of regard and esteem for their valuable
services during the late session of the Slate Leg
islature, exhibits a gratifying evidence of the
wcrth and respect due to those who have perfor
med their public dutkc wclll and faithfully.
In the Senate, Col. Creswell, althonuh a new
member, discharged the trust confided in him
with an ability that would do honor to a veteran
legislator, while in the House Mi. Collins is de
serving of the highest praise for his steady, con
sistent, democratic action, and attention to the
interests of his constituents. As Cletk of the
Senate, Maj. MAnnns, earned for himself a thor
ough business reputation, performing his ardu
ous duties promptly, aud to the entire satisfa -tion
of all the Senators. The invitation has been
accepted, and in due course of time, a compli
inentary fate will be given to the gentlemen
named, notice of which we will publish so scon
as the day is designated. The names of the in
viters we omit for want of room :
Ebexsburg, May 15, IS54.
To Col. Jso. Creswell, Jr.. Tuos. Collins,
Esq., and Maj. T. A. Magi-ire:
Gentlemen : The undersigned congratulale
you upon the termination of 3-our legislative la
bors of the recent session. They desire to sig
nify to you their appreciation of your services to
the State, and would be pleased to meet you at
such time and place as you may determireon,
and have a free interchange of sentiment in, .Ref
erence to measures of legislation, present 'and
prospective.
With sentiments of respect and esteem,
we are gentlemen,
your friends.
(Signed by a number of Democrats.)
Hollidaysbcrg, May 17. 1854.
Gentlemen: With pleasure we acknowledge
the receipt of your kind and generous invitation,
conveying to us such matked, yet unmerited re
gard. We will be gratified to meet you at the
Hotel of Mr. J. G. Given at such time as may
meet your earliest convenience.
With the assurance of our cordial regard.
We remain, gentlemen,
your most obd't. serv'ts.,
Jxo. Creswell, Jr.,
Tnos. Collins,
Tnos. A. Maglirf.
The Surrmit next Tuesday.
The Annual Parade at the Sumnit, on Tues
day next 23d inst., promises to be a grand and
brilliant one. The Newry Brass Band has been
secured by Capt. White of the Rifles, and Capt.
Ivory hopes to have in attendance Cargo's cele
brated Band from Pittsburg. Consequently,
there will be abundance cf sweet rnd souV
stirring music to delight us. Invitations have
been extended to Gov. EiGLBa, Adj't. G eo. Bow
man. Gens. Wtnkoop and Geary, who are ex
pected to be present.
. In the evening there will be a Co'illon Party
at the commodious Hotel of Mr. Riffle, where
you may enjoy a "trip on the light fantastic
toe," until a seasonable hour.
During the day and evening, Messrs. Ivory &
Son, will sell at Auction, the balance of their
stock of merchandise, thus affording an oppcr
tunity to all present to purchase goods at low
prices, thereby making expenses. The pro'
gramme for the day is a good one, and rain or
shine the attractions must draw a crowd. Let
all who can go to the parade. It will be a great
day on the Summit.
Ey Col. Thomas A. Magcire, paid our town
a flying visit on Monday last. The Colonel looks
extremely well after passing a session at Harris
burg, and considering the arduous duties per
formed as Clerk to the Senate.
Ihe last Allcntown Democrat reports the fol
lowing item :
Singular Piiexomeva. After a day or two
of mild warm weather, on Thursday afterncon
last, the clouds gathered up above us, in token
of a portending storm. Presently the rain came
down in torrents, accompanied with violent peals
of thunder, and almost simultaneously with the
storm, the whole atmosphere was filled with
myriads of animalculae , some no larger than
pin-ncaci ana others an eigth of an inch in length
Our office window was nearly darkened with
them, and a gentleman sitting there pronounced
them to be the weevil, or " wheat lice." such as
destroy whole fields of grain, before it is reaped
Where did they come from ? an-I had their ap
TUOrnitA Mr... ! .
""j ivmiiicaiiiu w iin me storms are
questions wmcn we leave to the decision of
those better versed in such matters than ourstlf.
olbject ton JONTKMPLATiox. What a michtv
C T-1 I
procession has been marching towards the grave
during the pasUyear. At the estimate, since
the 1st of January, 1853, more than 31.500
000 of the world's population have gone down to
the earth again. Place them in long array, and
incy win give a moving column of more than
13,000 to every mil of the globe's circumfer
ence ! Only think of it ; ponder and look upon
tY,CA tetAnidin. nn i 1 " I . . -.
. u. .o.,al6 unuiuiatmns : nat a spec
tacle, as tney move on tramp, tramp, tramp
iorwara : upon this stupendous dead march !'
Life is short, and time is fleeting,
And our hearts though strong and brave,
Still like muffled drums are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
McRDERors. On Thursday last, a quarrel or
.B.iiatea ueiween two Irishmen, named John
McLaflerty aud William O'Brian, laborers at the
Allentown Furnace. It appeared that Lafferty
.-uacu yj nan 01 navmg stolen money from
.upcKeis; mis U Jinan strenuously denied,
and in the excitement the former threw a stone
on the back of the head of the latter, caused his
aeatn the following day. A woman I,.
the clothes of Lafferty to wash, found the mo
ney m one of his pockets the same dav h.
accused O'Brian of stealing it. This is .th.
evidence that persons should not be too ready to
accuse others nf doing wrong, unless full.
vinodof the fact. Lafferty fled to parts un
known, and O'Brian was buried in iK. r.,i,i
Cemetery, at Es ton .Allentown Democrat.
A mob at Peru Illinois, lately destrovJ !5nn
worth of liquor, owned by a Mr. Baron, by bo
ring holes in the casks. At W11 rii.:
500 worth was similarly destroyed.
THE LATEST FROM EUROPE
The Canada reachtd hr dock, at B'Fton. on
Friday erening. Laving had to anchor on Wed
nesday night on account of the fog. She left
Halifax, at 10 o'elcck, on Wednesday night.
The London Daily iTetrs says the small-pcx
has broken out in the British fleet. The first
reports represent that it is raging wilh violence,
but we hope they may prove to be exaggerated.
The Paris Mor.iteur denies thnt any requisi
tion has been made by France and England to
Prussia, with a view to force her to quit her
neutral attitude.
The jMoniteur publishes details of the passage
of the Danube by the Russians, which fully con
firms the report given by Onier Pacha, namely,
that the Russian flotilla and transports enabled
them to cross at three points, Mmuliam ously,
when the Russians immediately attacked the
Turkish fortifications. In one of the Russian re
gimer: every man was killed. Two battalions
next engaged, and were nearly destroyed, and it
was necessary to send fifteen battalions to carry
the entrenchments. The Turks held their posi
tion for forty-eight hours under the fire of Rus
sian gun boats, and 25 heavy guns and two mor
tars from the opposite bank. The Turks having
fired their last cartridge, evacuated the place,
carrying with them their guns, and falling back
in good order Oh Karasu.
The Constantinople correspondent of the Dai
ly News, Asserts, April 12, that secret instruc
tions was sent to the Austrian Mini-ter at Con
stantinople, to prepare quietly to withdraw from
Turkey. lie argues from this that Austria will
yet play false and join Russia. It was said the
British camp would be formed at Buyukdord,
on the Bosphorus.
Baron ManteufTel said in his speech to the
Prussian First Chamber :
To protect Prussian and German interests an
alliance is concluded between Prussia and Aus
tria, which alliance, it is hoped, the remaining
federal States of Gen;. any will join. A com
munity of action will continue to subsist be
tween Austria and Prussia, on cne part, and the
Western Powers on the other, the basis of that
community being the conference of Vienna.
Prussia, however, believing that Russia's con
duct has recently been more conciliatory, will
persevere in efforts to effect an arrangement by
diplomacy. But whtn he decisive moment shall
have arrived, Prussia will at once act with energy-Ratifications
of tho treaty, will not be ex
changed till the end of May. It will then be
submitted to the German diet.
The Russians in the Debrudscha was suffer
ing from sickness, and some Regiment had been
ordered to recross the Danube.
Gen. ScLilder Las notifird the Austoian Lloyds
that he will close the Salir.a mouth of the Danu
be, leaving open only the Kitia channel.
France, at the latest date, had chrirtered 354
shirs to convey troops to the East, cf which 1S1
had been despatched. They wtre to make two
voyages each, and could convey 120,000 men and
10:000 horses, with suitable stores.
The leading Irish Catholics in Britain had is
sued a pretest against Protestant government
inspection of nunneries.
Several tumults had occurred at Stockport
among the operatives on the strike there.
The following is the latest intelligence from
Europe ;
Lo.n don, Saturday morning. The Russians
have completely evacuated Krajova, carrying
their guns and stores to Wilna.
The occupation of Albania and Herzegovina is
determined upon. The operations will be as
sisted by Austrian ships.
Of the allied troops landed at Gallipoli one
portion had been sent to Scrutari, and another
was on the march to Adrianople.
Paris, Friday evening. The funds closed at
ysterday,s prices. The Three per Cents at C8
79, aud the Four and a half per Cents at 89 95.
The story of the abandonment and capture of
Odessa arose from the fact that the Odessa bat
teries fired into the British ship Furious, sent
with a flag of truce to bring off the Consul and
British residents.
Paskiewitch was making formidable prepara
tions for an attack on Silistria.
Captain Foote a deserving English naval offi
cer, was accidentally drowned in the Baltic.
IlEAyr Blast. On Saturday last the work
men on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, at the Lime
stone ridge, near Jacob Schreiber, in North
Whitehall township, blew off 22 kegs of powder
in one blast, and which gave such a tremendous
shock, that a feeble old man, named Philip Otto,
who has lately traversed the county as a scissor
grinder, and not far off at the time, fell dead on
the spot.
Too Possible. The New York Day Book in
an article on the acquittal of Mat. Ward, sup
poses that ' if these culprits should go to Mrs.
Butler's house and cut her throat, tear the infant
from her arms, and dash its head against the
hearth-stone as other savages have done, a Ken
tucky jury would count it a youthful indiscre
tion,' and say they were provoked to it by some
thing Mrs. Butler had said !"
A Fair Hit We copy the followiner from th
Commonwealth :
" An exchange paper publishes a stow in
which it is stated that a man who came tppv
near drowning, had a wonderful recollection of
every event which had occurred in his life. Thcie
are a jew ot our subscribers whom we would r.
commend to practice bathing in deep water !"
What's bis Name ? The Troy Bud
a Doctor in Massachusetts has in his mosses;
an umbrella that be has owned and keDt for his
own service for twenty -two years. Perhaps this
umbrella is like the Irishman's knife which had
been in the family fifty years and only had had
thirty new blades and twelve new handles durinn-
that period.
Looks Bad To see a lady readinir novel in
the morning while her hair is uncombed, her
breakfast di-hes unwashed, and th rh;i,l,
looking as dirty as so many little pigs. To see
a young gentleman dressed up in the height of
fashioa, with an incipient moustache adorning
his upper lip, while his mother goes out among
me ne-gnDors to do washing and ironing ; and to
see a lady out promenading of a tlfa.ant. frr.
noon with a hole in the heel of her stocking. .
Strong Language. The Pennsylvania Pa
triot, at Harri-iburg, in fcpea'- ing of its neigh
bors of the Democratic Union, says they are
poisonous reptiles, unfit for heaven and too
inej.ii fur hell." We call this strong language.
The following are the names of the men
who, in the teeth of a terrible storm, launched a
surf boat, and at the imminent peril of their
lives, rescued the crew of the long beat of the
steamer Delaware, and the crew of the Uudtr
watcr pass them around : James Loviland,
John Loveland, William Vannott, Chas. Law
rence, Charles Maxson, Charles Stout, Peter
Stuphin.
The Norristown Railroad. The rumor
mentioned relative to the Pennsylvania Railroad
having become possessed of a sutiicient amount
of the stock of the Nonistown Railroad to exert
a controlling influence in its management, is con
firmed. It is now conndeutly asserted that the
arrangement has been actually' completed and
that it is considered highly advantageous to the
Pennsylvania Company. The new railroad fioin
Harris burg to Lebanon is being speedily prosecu
ted to completion. If the Pennsylvania Com
pany should obtain possession, in a similar man
ner, cf the Chester Valley Railroad to Downing
town, it would be necessary to construct a new
roud, only f rty miles in length, from Downing
town to Lt bnuan, to give to that company an
en'irely independent and shorter route from Har
risbnrg to Philadelphia, at a cost much less than
the price asked for the Columbia road. Ledger.
Portage Railwat Claims. The general Ap
propriation bill, just passed, contains a section
appointing N. Strickland, of Chester, John
Strohm, of Lancaster, and John N. Purviai.cc, of
Butler, Commissioners to examine into the cor
rectness of the claims against the Common
wealth for debts alleged to be due on the Portage
Railroad.
Mason and Dixon's Line. "What is meant
by Masoi. and Dixon's line," asked a bright,
b'.ue-eyed girl of twelve years of age, when sit
ting at her father's table, a few days ago. The
answer was, " It is a phrase usually employed to
describe the boundary between the free and slave
States." " But why do thej' describe it in that
way ?" was her inquiry. The answer may be
worth giving to some of our readers. In the
seventeenth century, James II. of Englaud,
then the Duke of York, gave certain lands to
Lord Baltimore and to William Pcnn, and a dif
ficulty toon sprang up as to the proper owner of
these lands on the .Delaware. Again and again
wes the affair carried into the courts, till in the
year 1700, when George III, came to the crown,
the Lord Chancellor of England made a decision ;
but now difficulties sprang up it drawing the
boundary Hues. The Commissioners finally em
ployed Messrs. Mason and Dixon, who had just
returned from the Capu of Good Hope, where
they had been to observe the transit of Venus.
They succeeded in establishing the line between
Delaware and Maryland, which has ever since
been called " Mason and Dixon's line. Watch
man if Refiector.
Over one thousand human lives have Wen
l-st by disasters at sea, during the past four
months, and several vest-els are yet to be heard
from which are supposed to be lost.
GIT" Every American citizen who is going
abroad, and who intends especially to travel on
the continent of Europe during these stirring
times, should be careful to provide himself with
a passport.
CI? Mr. Gadsden, the ncgoeiator of the trea
ty with Mexico, has left Waashington for Vera
Cruz. He will proceed immediately to the city
of Mexico, to procure the ratification of the
amended treaty.
Nebraska. Few persons have any idea of the
extent of this territory. Its boundary is three
thousand miles in length ; its area five hundred
thousand square miles, and it will form twelve
states, each as large as Ohio.
The Crawford County Court of Quarter Sess
ions has resolved to give no license for the pres
ent year, and try the experiment if public houses
cannot do as well without selling liquor.
John Hancock, nephew of the John Hancock,
who so boldly signed the declaration of Indepen
dence, was seriously injured by "falling over an
iron railing in Boston.
The London "Lancet " records three cases of
serious illness among physicians, occasioned by
the inhalation, of poisoness gas, the escape from
decaying corpse in a grave yard, that is required
to be inspected.
The supplement to the act incorporating the
Cash Mutual Insurance Company, of Harris
burg, intended to give the said Company, bank
ing privileges, which passed the Legislature
some time since, was vetoed by the Governor, on
Saturday. The matter was afterwards brought
up in the Senate, and the veto sustained by the
unanimous vote of that body.
Court will convene on the first Monday of next
month. Persons attending Court would do well
to call and subscribe for the Democrat and Senti
nel. C7" Marriage between persons of the same age
is an institution of God. Marriage between an
old man and a young woman is an institution
of man. Marriage between an old woman and
a young man is an institution of the devil.
C7 So ! The Washington Union says that if
the rumors prove true that Spain refuses satis
faction to this government for the Black War
rior affair, it will advocate the immediate block
ade of all the ports in the island of Cuba. Humph!
TT" The lettinc of fhe work on lb Vr,riK-
Western railroad took place at Butler, P., last
week.
xne vtnoic work was let to Messr. Ma-
lone, Painter, Gonder and Clarke, a company of
reliable and responsible contractors, who will
push it on vigorously. The first thirty-five miles
lrom Blairsville to Frteport. are reouired to
done by the first of May, 1S55; the whole road
win oe ccuipifiea by tbe 1st of May, 185G.
Death of Father Matthew tk;
Irish temperance apostle, died in Washington
City, Sunday, the 30th ult. His funeral took
paceat St Patrick's Church, in that City.
Monday last. Ihe funeral rr..Ce; . J.'
..cuveu m naying been an imposing one. A
number of priests, who h.,' ...ion
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clothed in sacerdotal robes, chaunted the service
of the dead as they passed along the streets, fol
lowed by a hearspdi-swr, v. a .; hnnu-s fol.
lowed by a large line of men, women and children.
xusnop xvendnck officiated and preached the fu
The attention of Assessors, "as well as School
directors, is invited to the following section of
the new School Law. It takes effect immediate
ly:
Section 35. That it shall be the duty of the
several assessors to assess rich persons as may
remove into their respective districts between
the last assessment and the first of May in eacu
year, or who may have been omitted from tbe
last assewtu-nt. and to return their cames with
the amount ofSlate and County tax tayable ly
each, to the oard of School Directors, who shall
thereupon assess the amount of School tax pay.
able by such persons, which tax shall be collee
as in other cases.
A hospital for the cure ofwocden leg las jott
been o-x-d in Buffalo.
Temperance Sleeting.
A meeting of the friends of Temperance will
be held at the Temperance Hall, on next Tuesday
evening, for the purpose of appointing Renresea
tativc and Senatorial Delegates to the Ilarrisbcrg
Convention. It is to be hoped thore will be a
gor-d 'um out.
.11 A Rill ED.
On the 18th inst. by the Rev Wm Llayd. Mr.
David Tibbot. to Miss Ma kg An-' Eva.'s.,
DIED
On Wttnesday ICth inst. a J'c. 4 in WaT.
ing n tewttthip, Mr. Then. as Mi :acd, tt ed
4G years.
OiFr-day 12th inst., in Washington township,
M-s Catharine consort of Thomas I.iUey, aged
about 25 vears.
int. is. s. sit c::isu,
Sargeon Dentist & Manufacturer of i.eral Tettli,
OF HolliJayburg is town, arid will t u"n '-ne
week, and hereafter wi'l return the tbir week
of every month.
May 1, lboi.
X or ICE io TAX payers"
A ' Ptrs0"s wbo have not paid their text, ar
-i jLnoiified that tbey must fork over on or before
the June Court, after that time no mercy will be
shown. K. T. DAVIS.
May 13. '54.
IIO: THIS HAY FOR I1ARGA1XS.
EVAXS & HTGKSS.
FOULD respectfully inform their old customer,
uuJ tbe rest of nmukind, that they hare tbeir
s i!il Spring and Summer sup'.y of Read Made
C.othiug, which for style and finish cannot be sur
passed in this kection of couutry. They have se
lected a large usbortmebt of fashionable Bats Caps,
um. ts, hoi.s, &.C., all of which will be sold at the
lowest pos-sible raUs for cath or country produce.
May 16, 'ol.
LIST OF CAI SES.
PUT down fur trial at a Court of Common Pleas
to be held iu Ebensburg, in and for tbe County of
Cambria on the firt Monday of June, 184.
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Kelly vs Lytie.
Kusbel ve Cram
Cruiu et al vs Smay
Carter vs Bingham
Brown vs Coliick
Marsh vs Gates
LIlis twart
Dimcnd tt al tb ' Hess
i-ukiat.d Zoyer
Gates ve Marsa
Be. Clair ve Gates
Johnston s Beoshcof
Gates vs St. Clair
Miller vs Dugau
Wicgard ts Wingard
Myers vs McfcionaaH
l'aiton vs Boss
B. L. JOHNSTON, Troth'.
Ebensburg, 5Iay 18, '64.
IO. J. CODCEBS. DAVIS t. JoFKS.
AIiC.ll OF ALL COMPETITION.
TJTould respectfully iuform tbeir old as well aj their
I uew customers tbat tbey have received an exten
oie assortment of Spriug and Sumner goods,
which for beuut y'ond quality are not to be found in
the county of Cambria. The assortment coatbte
as follows.
New style Brocade Silts,
Ctiene and cbaugeuble do.
Stripe anj plaid do.
De Laice. all colors and qua ities.
Berage de Laines.
All the latest styles of Ladies dress Goods.
Bombazines, black and colored Alpaca.
FrcDch Law us, Chiutzcs, Prints and Ginghams.
A handsome assortment of Dress Trimmings.
Gloves, Mitt, Hosiery, Shawls, Veilsetc,
For men's and Boys' wear, we have cloths, cas
situeres. vestings, hats, caps, boots, shoes ice.
Also a lurge assortment of Groceries and Queens
ware.
As wc are determined not to be undersold, call
in before purchasing elsewhere.
May 18, '64.
I'l'ltEIC XOTICE
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. )
HAaaisacae.May 10. 1834. J
BY tbe section of tbe '-Act for the regulation
and continuation of the Common School Sys
tem," paesed May 8. 1864, it is made the duty of
the Superintendent of Common Schools, to give no
tice by publication in two papers in each county
for three successive weeks, to tbe School Directors
of the several counties, tbat they are to meet in
Convention at tbe Seat of Justice of the prepper
county on the first Monday of June next, and select
viva tore, by a majority of the whole number of
Directors present, one person of Literary and Sci
entific acquirements and of skill and experience in
the art of teaching, as a County Superintendent
for three succeeding school years.
The Scbnol Directors present in such Convection
or a majority of them, shall at the same time fix
tbe compensation of the County Suptrintendent,
and iuniedir.tely after such election, tie President
and Secretary of the Convention shall crtify t .
the Superintendent of Common, at HarrikSur. the
name and amount of annual corope-ittiou a.'.owr-t,
and the post office address of tbe perswu wLo n.y
be elected County Superintendent.
C. A. BLACK.
SiiperinteLdent of Cotumon gehbo'.S
May 18, "M St.
Fistjv sroai-
XIES. SL TODD & MISS H. E. COPS.
Bpg leave to inform ihe La'is of Summi'tviHe
and snrroundii. couutrj, thkt they rro prtpa
to mancOu'iure and do up
I iBjNNLVTS.L.tESSES. MAXTILLAS tc.
In the uu6t iabbiouable style, and on reaonabl
terms. Confident of pleasing the most particular
they respectfully ask a reasonable share of pt.bhc
patronage. Tbey will constantly ket p on hand a
full assortment nf
BONNETS, SILKS, SATINS, DE BEGES CASIf
meres, Lawns', De laines, Calicoes, and dress
Goods of every description : also Ladies' and t ail,
dren's Shoes and Gaiters, Gentleman's Shirts aad
Cravats, tog;etber with a variety of fancy Goods.
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i Timings, ior aresaes, c., too numerous to jnea
tion. which tbey will sell low for cash.
May 11, '64.
School Books.
A general assortment of BOOKS, such as are
need in our eoznmoa schools, for sale by
DAVIS LXOTD.
neral sermon.
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