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EBENSBUIIG, APRIIi 23, 1856.
VOL. 3. NO. 28.
NEW SERIES.
I .Ell A.
TERMS
THE DEMOCRAT & SENTINEL, is publish
od every We dnesday, morning, in Ebensburg,
Cambria Co., Pa;, at. $1 50 per annum, if paid
i ih advance, if not $2 will be charged.
ADVEttTISEMENTS will be conspicuously in
serted at the following rates, viz : : ' .
; 1 square 3 insertions, Jl ou
KrerT mibaeauent insertion. 25
j
1 aquare 3 moathi,
1 " 6 "
" 1 yoar, '
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col'a . 1 year,
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'Business Cards. -
(XTweive lines constitute a square.
THEASIIILK'S SALE.
Of Unseated Lands and. Lots in Cam
bria Conntv. A. D 1855.
T CIIARLES D. MURRAY, Treasurer of Cam-
I hrA flMintv. in the Com mou wealth of IVnn-
evlvania. in pursuance cf the several acts of As-
semhlvof said Common wealth, directing the time
and manner of selliug unseated lands for taxes,
DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that the following
ihd tracts of unseated lands and lots of
ground, in the said County of Cambria, or such
parts thereof as may be necessary to pay arrear
ages of taxes duo thereon, f r one year or more,
will b offered for sale at the Court House in the
boroueb. of Ebensburc. ou the second Monday
Tbein? the 9th dav) of June next, and continue by
ftrtirmmment from day to day. until the whole be
sold, for such arrearages of taxes and costs, neces
sarily accruing thereon.
Allegheny Township.
Karnes of warautees or owners.
A.
100
410
210
93
-425
120
100
91
220
62
C4
100
103
100
r.
Taxes $
cts.
Jam3 C. Maguira
Abraham Whits
6 40
44
44
S3
1S54.
1855
12
12
6
20
9
6
5
12
3
2
71
13
40
James Ilannum
Eleanor C. Hiester
Heirs of Walter Elder
William M'Dougle (part)
Warner Ilannum
Mifiiin Ilannum
Robert Whitehead
Thomas Cloudesdals
Blacldick Township.
J. Jordon
Jacob Fronhoiser
Cambria Township.
James Means
Carroll Township.
44
60
40
91
95
92
33
7
10
10
65
9 13
372
385
401
382
123 Sarah Barr
123 Wilson Barr
108 Daniel Barr
152 Lewia Barr
Wm. M. Adams fetor Sawyer
20
21
22
21
8
50
20
10
05
CO
00
t5
100
100
106
400
119
100
405
877
ana James Lyons
Euly Eager
Chest Township.
Walter Butler
Richard Seely (part)
105. John Seely
John Myers , "
James Foster
Henry Delozier -108
James Hunter
Clearfield Town ship.
Mahlon Hutchinson
3
3
7
55
54
21 63
8 46
3
23
6
11
14
6
14
7
11
14
9
12
7
6
10
6
55
73
66
395
433
100
433
233
330
J315
95
875
525
200
91
69
153
154
Johuathan Lewis
Simon Litzinger's heirs
Hilary Baker
William Will
Jesso Bush
George Horner (part)
John Nagle Sr.
Jacob Cox
William Lambert
William Tilton
Conemaugh Township.
George Funk and Thos. Vicroy
William Beatty
Alexander McGregor
James Gill
P. Shoenbcrger
11
69
90
23
63
49
76
64
80
152
85
153
400
400
150
207
133
400
400
400
400
400
40
303
324
210
82
12
09
20
20
35
44
4C
20
20
20
20
20
42
89
53
20
20
65
C5
20
20
20
C5
13
11
11
14
14
5
120
King and Shocabergor
George Moore
Thomas Wilson
Andrew Kennedy
James Roberts
Charles Jones
John Bell
John Callin -
William Clark
Adam' Ream
Alexander Cochran
Benjamin Williams
. Richard Smith
Joha Haydcn
John Teeter
William Brown
John Crouso
David T. Storm :
Samuel L. Gorgas
Jackson 2'ownship.
John Buchanan ' :
Wm. H-ilt
Thomas Yickroy
John Clark
William Clark
John Crawford
Samuel Stitt
John Steel . . .
James Steel :
George R. Shoup
Jamca Stitt
Thomas Stitt
John Stoner
Christian Stoner
Jacob Rupp
John flubley
Abigail Ramsey
Peter Bortman
Thoman Whits
John Simpson
Jjhn Ribblet
Daniel Good
Gilbert Lloyd " '
Solomon Benshoof
Eli Benshoof
Ilicldand Township
Joseph Vicroy
Elisha Rodgers .
Daniel Reeso
Storm & King , "
Francis Devlin '
Robert Ross .,
Jacob Clement : ; .
Summerhill Township.
Christian Smith
Arent Sounan
John Nicholson .
John Evermaa , -
Isaac Brannan - - '
Frederick Croyles Est&to . I
Jacob Goughnour ,
John Kean ,
JoV. n Trrr. rt?'" ' ' "
9
14
If
14
14
14
1
21
11
11
14
5
10
14
14
14
17
2
1
21
81
400
155
300 126
401 141
401 25
400
243
30
CO
437
414
2SS
92
CS
135
. 24
22
25
29
15
15
21
21
21
2
15
15
21
14
14
23
7
5
10
28
7
1
S
2
2
8
12
11
6
5
12
11
37
01
54
97
62
44
SO
30
30
13
96
96
30
20
20
76
10
C8
38
76
10
80
55
41
82
C6
00
67
33
80
54
60
422
220
290
400
400
400
30
soo
sno
soo
200
200
405
100
$0 8
14G
405 105
100
25
35
'65
70
C3
.63
437
436
125
101
433
401
11
400
190
439
440
180
443
00
CS8
120
C4
74
240
88
54
01
73
76
44
02
60
28,
47
15
34
24
28
84
31
to
120
80
131
in
21 C3
3-97
84 76
15 80
17 38
7. 90
100 r William Clark (part) ...
440 Henry West . . '
Lots in the toien of Summerhill.'
AmarJ.ah V. Ballou's Estate. r
34 7C
T-rvt MV. 9 79
Lot No. 7.
Toicnshxv
Roberta. - . 21 02
Washington Township.
'81 Thomas Jackson , '
60 James Johns 8
1 23 James Magehaa .
84
69
15
80
CO
176 . John Taylor
439 George Cutwalt 1
150 reter West . U.
-35
60
CO
60
1200 Arent Sonman . . 1
200 Christian Lingenfelter 19
400 Fred. Hinton 19
201 43 Francis John 8
87
30
00
40
50 Robert Flinn 1
1000 Arent Sonman' 98
400 - John & James Kinport . 10
400 John & James Kinport 1U
40
T) hite Township
410 CI Robert lioggs 21
410 60 MaryBrown 21
12
12
12
410 CO Andrew Small 21
445 Alexander .Brown 19
445 Thomas Brown 19
445 William Harris 26
77
77
28
75
28
453 James Harris 26
415 John II arris 26
446 James Reed 25
400 100 "Wm. Servoss 5
400 100 George Hill, Jr. 11
75
90
80
250 John Marshall
263 120 James Wilson
203 109 William George
199 87 Michael Musser
,1
18
11
11
18
39
64
8S
80
200 7 Abraham Whitmora
319 John Servoss
80
86
78
75
52
93
95
22
54
45
23
23
90
49
47 Jeremiah Musser
98 Jacob King .
30 Thos. S. Mooro
333 Ann McMutrie
200 James Craig
200 Joseph Ashmead
4
o
6
3
4
5
19
5
6
19
44
12
25 Owen Jone3
300 James M'Murtria
350 Thomas Murgrtroid
360 John Brown
400 Patrick Boreland
203 Thos. B. Moore
595 T. B. Moore J. M'Murtrle
and others
03
80
80
1400 Lloyd, Hill & Ilolliday
400 Iluch Hollin -
20 Graf and Malona
64
3 25
116 Thomas Town
AL.SO,
At the same time and place will bo sold the fol-
lowiuir Seated Lands and Lots of cround. on
which the taxes remain unpaid, and which have
beets returned to the Commissioners, agreeably to
the Act of Assembly of April 29th 1844.
Allegheny Township.
7S
1
Silas Moore's estate
John Hatton
Dr. RMS. Jackson
02
56
37
30
55
82
04
27
CO
90
00
00
40
43
45
50
25
64
02
53
44
41
18
C
30
Joseph Lawson
Charles McGovern
Daniel O'Keefie
Patric O'Conner
John Burke's estate
Peter Carr
Keeffo & Uowley
Thomas Kaylor
Peter Murray
Penna. Rail Road Co.
Joseph Houk
George Weakland
Patrick Gillespie
Thomas Kaylor
BlacJdielc Township.
John Donahoe
Wm. O'Conner jr.
Jacob Mardis
Mulford & Alter
Carroll Township.
Henry Arble
Mathia3 Bartram
5
3
1
1
o
- 4
2
2
8
1
1
3
3
7
3
18
243
50
1
5
45
1
Lot
10
10 .
50
100
150
100
1
50
58
226
60
50
48
93
10
55
-10
39
73
99
21
Lot
John Biller
George Drinkle
Nicholas Lambourn
Michael Thomas
Jacob White
Chest Township.
John Helfrick
Isaih Ilollis
Clearfield Township.
Joseph Adams
Daniel Kraft '
M'Guire & M'Dermit
it
John Anderson
Daniel Colclesscr
Samuel Calvin
William Nelson
Simon Weakland
George Cowan-
Daniel Colclesser
(i
Samuel Calvin
Timotby Cawlej
Michael Farrel
Luke M'Guirs
James Ross
James Sargent
Hugh.MJMulIen
Daniel Kline
Joseph Watt
Johnstoxcn Borough.'
Daniel Beam for Cobaugh's
' estate
Jackson Township.
Arthur , Murphy
Isaac Clark ;
Charles Dillon" '
John Gartnan t ' .
John Horner '
E. A. Vicroy - -Henry
Wagner
John Murray -Peter
Dillon
Toll House .'
Philip Alwine
Mkfcse! DodscrT -
52
53
10
70
72
32
80
73
64
02
87
80
90
48
39
46
82
22
52
10
10
10
5fi
1
4
1
5
4
O
3
1
3
150
200
380
299
400
436
245
203
58
100
160
171
145
9i
100
20
4412
100
48
1
2
1
1
50
Lot
Lot
-2 Lots
4 70
102 ;
63
193
415 1
40
173 -
50
100
;77,
.2'
ie.
6
1
13
17
4
19
2
3
2
86
20
35
34
29
41
17
74
24
44
33
14
8
271 .. Robert Evans (part)
430 131 . John Nicholson .
440 William Smith
200 Isaac Jones
220 ' - John Simpson
George Findley
90
50
45
John Pergrin
Isachar .Rood,
David. Teeter
Toll house west of Laurel
" mil " ' - '
RicMavd Township.
Archibald Dunlap
Patrick Killin ." '
- Elisha Moyers
Jesso Lay ton : " . "
Summerhill Township
John Egan
Samuel Earnest "
' Daniel Flenner
John Trotter
John Roberts -
Sarah Roberts
Michael Benson's estate
t . it
Maria Murray part Fleet
wood Benson's estate
Peter Ermire
Thomas Leonard
Henry Oster
Solomon Amigb.
2 "49
55
55
80
56.
70
50
146
400
298
414
44
80
13
10
72
77
S3
3
2
3
5
1
"8
80
18
01
18
90
CO
40
20
03
4
1
1
1
2
4
4
5
2
6
1
6
o
T
1
1
6
1
o
2
6
4
1
1
1
34
100
211
100
330
196
270
50
100
35
100
50
so
Lot
Lot
Lot
23
15
00
45
57
85
60
75
00
95
20
20
39
43
82
05
04
88
50
00
00
80
94
44
John R. Crum
Patrick & Thos
M'Gough
Thos. Patterson s estate
James Young
John King
Susquehanna Township.
Henry Adams
John a than Anderson
Lloyd Hoke
John M'Donald
Joseph Plitt
John Plott Sr's beirs
Isaac Evans
Joseph Plott's estata
John Dalton
Alpheas Tibbots
155
94
200
100
200
100
50
40
8
George Feith
Lewis Keetb
Washington TownsJiip
G. W. Bowman
1
2
o
o
1
10
3
1
1
9
1
5
2
1
I
1
1
3
3
o
3
o
ii
30
27
92
08
95
40
25
95
95
10
95
20
CO
30
1
1
1
1
Lot John Dowd
Lot - Patrick Fitzgibbons
Lot Daniel Hearkens
Lot Thomas Iluitt
James A. M'Gough
Lot John Magan
Lot Martin Myers
Lot Terence M'EIreir
John G. Miles
Lot Michael Monow
George Rosa
Lot James Rusior
Lot Michael M'Laughlin
Lot JatnoB O'Connor .
Lot Josiah Thompson
Lot John Ashley
Lot Francis Bennet
Lot John Dillon
Bingham d Brothers
John W. Geary
Lots John Hagan
Lot James Henry
Lot Francis Henry .
John Kinports
Lot John Kettly
Lot Daniel Kiler Sr
Lot Gideon Marlett
Lot Thomas Moreland
Lot Michael M'Laughlin
Lot William M'Laughlin
Lot . Martin Myers
Lot Terence M'Elrew.
Lot James Noel
Lot John Wherry
Lot Edward Howard
Lot Dennis Conohan
Lot John J. Glass
William Cailand
Henry M'Kinzie's estate
John G Miles
George Nagle
Samuel Short
Austin Thompson
White Township.
George Oshel
350
1
1
1
200
1
40
1
05
C5
10
10
44
85
200
50
o
1
20
bo
85
70
20
10
35
53
75
10
09
10
10
100
1
o
6
o
1
4
1
1
2 20
1
3
3
o
1
4
7
65
5S
44
20
C5
GO
Yo-
75
34
48
C5
99
94
125
200
15
120
45
150
SO
50
Lawrence Heburner
CHARLES D. MURRAY, Treasurer.
Treasurer's Office Ebensburg ") .
April 2, A. D. 1356 J . '
Public Sale of Valuable Property.
TILE undersigned will sell at private sale his
well known property situated in Susquehanna
Township, Cambria county, it joins the farm of
Wm. Glass, about 15 mile-i from Ebensburg. The
Susquehanna and Ebensburg Plank Road, passes
through the farm. The following are the improve
ments, a new Saw Mill in good running order
4 Dwelling Houses, the one in which the subscri
ber resides is a large building, having all tho ne
cessary conveniences attached a large Bank
Barn, 100 feet long by 46 wide. Graneries, &c,
3 Coal Bank? within 800 mis of his residence -and
immediately on the Plank Road 400 acres
of excellent farming land, with a large quantity
of Pine Timber, together with 150 acres of tim
ber leave all the land lays on the Susquehanna
river. Persons wishing to examine the property
can call on the subscriber at his residence. Terms
will be made easy to suit purchasers, as he is de
termined to leave for the west. - '' ' - '
ISAAC GIFFORD
March 19, 1856. ....
f Ilollidaysburg " Standard," will please copy
3 months and charge this office,
Orphans' Court Sale.
BY virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court
of Cambria "county, there will be exposed
to sale on the premises, on Monday the 21st, day
of April 1856, at 1 o'clock P. M. the following
real estate, late the property of Griffith Lloyd,
deceased, viz : One lot in the Borough of Ebens
burg, known on the general plan of said Borough
by number 54. Terms of sale one third of the
purchase money to be , paid on confirmation of
sale, the balance in two equal annual payments,
to be secured by bond and mortgage. , - ; .. - -D.
IL ROBERTS, Administrator, ""'
' : - of Griffith Lloyd dee'd.
I. O. O. F.
Highland Lodge No. 428 meets every
WEDNESDAY, evening at their Hall
on -High- st., in the upp?t 'story, of
bawetker
60
3S
24
66
85
From the N. Y. Spirit of the Times.
JL.ire on the Ocean Wave."
"A life on the Ocean Wave!'
The man who wrote it was green ;
He never has been to sea.
And a storm he never has aeea.
He never has seen a wave
As it dashed o'er the vessel's deck.
He never lias seen a fire at sea.
Or been floating upon a wreck,
- - t-
-'-.'- . -1 - 't
. He never has been aroused .
Trom this morning's gentla docs, ,
Ry the. sound of the splashing water.
As it foil from the horrid hose.
Ho never has heard a man
Scrubbing right over his head.
With a noise sufficient to rouse
From the grave the slumbering dead.
He never has seen a fat woman
Growing thinner lay by day
And leaning over the vessel's sida.
Throwing herself away.
While people look carelessly on.
Though in tears the wenan may be.
And unfeelingly say it is nothing at all.
Only the roll of the sea.
Sea sick he ne'er has been to his toes.
And crept into bed in his coat,
While every motion increased his throes.
And his feelings were all in his throat.
That man may have sailed in a boat.
In some puddle or on a sound.
But if he has been to sea and wrote
Sach a song he deserves to be drown'd.
Origin
and lrosrrcss
Liberty.
of Civil
From the Louisiana Conrier.
Bishop Spalding commenced his entertain
ing lecture of last Sundav evening by remark
ing upon the importance of liberty as an ele
ment of civilization. All that has passed un
der the name of liberty was not genuine.
lue name had been wroncrly applieu to many
abuses which were only forms of licentious-
dcss. The true liberty we now enjoy was j ry, and especially bis account of the distin
the growth of the dark ages, and had arisen ! guished Catholics prominent in the service of
in the conflict of the old powers with the new. our own republic, were greeted with much
In its 'establishment, the Church had perforin- f applause.
od u very important part. He did not claim ! The Bishop noted the remarkable fact that
that the Church was established for any one the era of the Reformation was also the era
t
I
iorm oi government, or inrenaeu 10 nourisn
in republics only That was not the design
of its Divine Founder, who had said: " 31 y
: Kingdom is not of this world." It was fitted
J for all governments, and in all its mission was
i to exert a puriiying, Humanizing ana eieva
, ting influence, and to footer those bettor feel
J ings in subjects and rulers, from which alone
atneliorati'm could arise. The ends of human
government were limited to temporal .affairs,
, the maintenance of rights, t'e protection of
! property, the guardianship of honor, the pic- !
1 j !( , !
servation ot lite, and the perpetuation of lib-
crty. Ike Kingdom oi Christ was compati-
ble with all forms of government
The influence of the church on governments
was and always had been an indirect one, but
since it foundation it had been a powerful
means ot teaching and aiding men to
govern
themselves. Its influence had been, from the
ueginmng, to put uown uic nauguty, tne I
proud and the wicked, and to raise up and
foster virtuous merit, to abolish the oppressive '
distinctions of rauk and caste, to " loose the I
heavy burdened and to let the oppressed go
free;" to side with the cause of all who strug
gle for liberty and independence. The Church
he meant of course the Catholic Church,
for in the times in which he spoke there was
no other bad been charged with interference
in the affairs of government. But that inr
terferencc was not an essential rule of the
j Church, but was imperative and pressing nc
1 ccssity alone which gave rise to that interfc
! renco. The whole moral strength of niedias-
val Europe was embodied in the Church ; she
alone had the moral power to interfere be
tween the tyrant and the oppressed. She did
interfere and there
would now have been no
civil liberty but for that interference. "Toc
to civilkation had she not stepped forward to
interpose her potent arm. She bad opened
her sanctuaries as asylums from the brutal
persecution of kings and barons, had estab
lished the free cities and secured their fran
chises, and wherever she bas reared God's
altar, tho else helpless victim of tyranny found
safety in its shadow.
In support of bis statements the learned
orator quoted at some length from Gnizot's
History of Civilization, wherein all that he
claimed as to the civilizing influences of the
Catholic Church in the middle ages was con
ceded by this eminent historian and equally
eminent opponent to Catholicity. Catholic
deliberative assemblies were the models on
which rll legislative bodies were formed. The
Parliament of England owed its origin and
its form to Catholic councils. It had been
in these councils that Reason and Knowledge
the elder sisters of Liberty, bad been cherish
ed, even during, the night of the" dark ages.
The .spirit of oppression and absolutism
bad always oj -posed the Catholio Church. He
noted a circumstance illustrative of this . op
position.. When Gregory XIII. effected that
important change in the calendar, by which
several days were added to the computation
of time, in order to-restore to the beginning
of the yearTits "astronomical accuracy, the
change was readily adopted in Catholic coun-
j tries, mere reluctantly br ' Protestants; and
never by the adherents of the Greek and
Russian Churches. Russia still persists in
computing according to the Old Style, and
he humorously remarked that in consequence,
Russia was twelve days behind the age !
The Church had abolished serfdom wher
ever its influence extended. Amidst the
wails and cries of oppressed millions, there
was no overruling voice to be heard ' except
the voice of one old man, and he sat in the
Vatican " At the command of one Pope
the shackles had fallen from the limbs of ten
millions of white slaves. And here the lec
turer again adduced the testimony of Guizot
to show that the overthrow ' of serfdom or
white slavery in Europe was due to the Cath
olic Church. - There had been much unjust
censure bestowed spon the beads of the
Church for exercising the power of deposi
tion, excommunication and. absolution of sub
jects from their allegiance. . The exercise of
that power had arisen from necessity, and had
always been in favor of the oppressed. It
was not claimed as an inherent right, and
bad not been exercised for three centuries.
The Bishop here arrived at the most inter
esting portion of his lecture, relating to the
agency of the Church in the establishment
and protection of republics ; showing that in
every case where a republic had been formed,
the fact that the surrounding monarchies bad
respected its rights, waa due to the vigilance !
and support of the Church.- The Popes had
always listened to the voice of the people i
auu wuere incy naa aiiempcea to govern
themselves, they bad always had the sympa
thy, and often the aid of the Church. The
right of full representation, the main founda
tion stone of republicanism, bad been taught
to the people by the precepts and examples
of the Church. The Church had alwava
aimed her blows at tyranny in all ita forms.
Here he gave bis audience a brief review of
the histories of modern republics showiDs
that in every instance, except that of our own
their founding was due to the fostering care
of the CatholicXhurch ; and that even in our
case, our liberties were wrung from the grasp
of Protestant England by the aid of Catholic
France while none were found more devoted
in its service during the Revolution than those
from Catholic Ireland. If republics were
inclined to degenerate, as some are fond of
teaching no part of that degeneracy could be
attributable to Catholicism. His description
of the little republic of San Marino, that
"glitters like a jewel among the Italian
mountains, exisung in tne oosom of the
Papal States, and maintained in its integritv
and purity by the influence of the Church
his allusion to Tell, the republic be founded.
! and the Catholic Chapel erected to his memo
of absolutism in Europe. It was more than i
one hundred and fifty years before England
was restored to the fcamo liberty she enjoyed
before the year 1517 or the beg"inninj of tie
I Reformation
When the Church was shorn
of her influence, tyrants were left free iu their
oppression, and the union of Church and State
m Protestant kingdoms left the people long in
hopeless oppression.
In conclusion, the Bishop thanked his au
dience for their kind attention, and addressed
ed a few pathetic words of congratulation and
; encouragement to the members of the Catho
1 li. Institute receoniiuendin"' to thorn tlto stu.lv
. c ,
I ft. 1 11 -ii 1 9 I
oi History aua an ouier userui oranci.es, as
furnishing them with means to repel the char-
ges now so oitcn mauc as to the aggressive
and anti-republican influences of the Catholic
Church, and advising them to indulge no ex-
i ciusivencss on account oi mncrencc ot nation-
amy "icis no mairer, ne saw, "it we
are the children of God and of this free Gov
ernment, where we arc born."
As he closed," an eloquent expression of ad
miration and gratitude beamed from the coun
tenances of tho listeners, and the announce
ment by the President that after Bishop i
Spalding bad returned from his proposed visit
to Mobile, be would perhaps consent to lec- ,
turc again before the Institute, was welcomed
with applause. ' : '
How Ships are A'anicd. '
In the United States Navy, since the last j
war the following rules have been observed in '
naming vessels ; All the names of the States,
or rivers, as the case may be, are put in a
I wheel, which is turned and one name is drawn
out at random, which is the name of the vessel
to be launched. Ships of the line are named
after the States.
For instance, the Ohio,
.. i o n .'.
Aorth uarouna, l'ennsyivania, vc, au mount
seventy-four guns. Irrigates are named after
American rivers the Columbir, Raritan
Cumberland. St. Lawrence". Mcrimac. Sabine.
Potomac, &c. When you see the name of a
river applied to government vessels, it is safe
to conclude that she will not carry more than
thirty six or forty guns. Sloops of war -are
called after State capitals and other cities. j
Captain Ingraham's St. Louis, the ill fated ;
Albany, the Vandalia, the Plymouth, the
Jamestown, all belong to this class. Brigs
may be known in point by the name of some
noted natal eommander who has died in the
service. Thus the Decatur, Bainbridge,
Perry, &c. Revenue cutters are named af
ter members of the cabinet thus we have
had the Cabinet, the Walter Forward, the
William 31. Meredith, the William II. Gra
ham, the J, C Dobbin, and probably now
have a William L. Marcy, a James Guthrie,
&c. As -many of the vessels in the navy
were built previous to the adoption of the
rule, there are, of .course, some exceptions
to it. . The Collins . steamers are named after
oceans, and the. Cunarders after couu tries.
Bearing the rule in mind, one cau very easily
recollect to which line the Baltic, Atlantic.
Adriatic. Asia, 'Africa, Canada, or America
Tne Iludton Hay Company, r
We find in the Xutional Intelligencer UtB
following account of this remarkable oompa
oj; . " ' ,
" Iu the year 1670 Cbarlea II. granted If
royal charter to Prince Rupert and a n urn bar
of noblemen a tract of wilderness which coot
prehended nearly one-half of the North Amor
ican Continent, and by the grantees was orga
nised the Hudson's Bay Company, receiving
its name from the inland sea in the north,
discovered by Hudson. By the charter tba
grant was called " Rupert's Land," and tra
bounded on the west by the Pacific ocean and
the Russian possessions, on the north by tha
Arctic sea. on the east by tho Atlantic, and
on the south ' by an immaginary.line running
np the St. Lawrence and throogh tho Great
Lakes towards the setting sun. . The object
contemplated by the charter were to discover
a passage to the bouth sea and to obtain furs,
minerals, and other commodities; and so
strongly was it worded that it gave to the com
pany this territorial manor in perpetuity and
an exclusive right of trade forever.
Stupendous as was the gift of the Crown of
Eogland, comprehending over three, million
of square miles,' its lawfulness bas never been
questioned, but it had been recognixed by va
rious official documents and acts of Parlia
ment. In 1S47 the capital stock of the cor
poration was 400,000, and the number of
proprietors 239. Its affairs aro managed bf
a Governor, Deputy Governor, and a commit
tee of seven, and subject to their direction
are a variety of subordinate officers, such a
chief factors, chief traders, and others with
judicial powers. The fur and peltry traffic of
the company is regulated by what is called a
deed-poll, and the expenses of tha establish
ment are all paid out of the trade. The com
pany have not, as some suppose, mo
nopoly of the importation of furs and peltries
in England, and sales ara made by public auc
tion several times each year at the company's .
premises in London. In 1842 the company
had 136 establishments, besides hunting ex
peditions and shipping, affordin; employ
ment to 25 chief factors, 27 chief traders,
152 clerks, and about 1200 regular servants.
besides the occasional labor in boating and
other services of a great number of natives.
From the earliest times the profits of the com
pany have varied with tho caprices of fashion,
some years yielding fifty per c at, and now
und then nothing at all ; but the average prof
its for the last few years have amounted only
to about six per cent. ,
According to the testimony of mtny trar
clers the authority which the company exer
cises over the Indian tribes has been very ad
vantageous to them. In 1843 the number of
church missionary stations was six, and of
schools there were seventeen, while tho sale of
intoxicating liquor is strictly prohibited thro
out all its borders. Wherever the operation!
of tho company xtend, its servants bar
opeued the way to future emigration, and th
traveler, whether upon business or in pursuit
! w "ymirc ort-pon, is ever treated Dy them
! b kindness and attention.
in regard to tne teiritones of the company.
i a "icnd, who Las visited with rod and gun
; tUe -Lower ct. Liawrcnce and tue baguenay.
speaks in glowing terms of the attractions of
these immense regions. He says that on tha
i shores of lake Superior, as well as in tha
gorge of the Saguenay, we have lodged in tha
: rude cabins of tho British Iudian traders, and
our recollections of those wild regions ara
chcri&hed with peculiar pleasure ; and many a
umc, in iancy, uavo we voyageu to tue shores
j ?f 1Iudr0Ji'a "aJ and Arctic Sea. To tha
lover of grand scenery both of the earth and
of the heavens, or the lover of camp life and
, adventure, to the Lunter who would pursue
the moose, the bear and the buffalo , or to tba
1 angler who glories in capturing the peerless
. salmon, no quarter of the globe can offer such
attractions as the territories of the Hudson's
i Bay Company."
Conflagration. A disastrous fire occur
red in Philadelphia, on Thursday night lasf,
completely destroying the Artizan's Building
in Ranstcad Place, between Market and Ches
nut, and Fourth and Fifth streets, together
with several other adjacent buildings. Tha
rear of the U. S. Hotel, in Chcsnut St. , wa
also damaged considerably. . The total los
by the fire is estimated at not less than $1350.
COO, and the insurance not more than $100,
000. A fireman was badly injured by tha
falling walls, and an elderly lady, residing next
! door to the U. S. Hotel, died from fright du-
! ring the excitement.
Jonau Outdone. The Petersburg Exnrestf
' fishes up the following paragraph from a paper
vim i : i " n . ,
i puuusueu iukuc
' On a passage to Jamaica with troops on
board, a little boy who was fifcr, sitting on a
gun wale, by a sadden roll of the ship fell
i overboard and was direetly swallowed by
j shark. A hook was baited with a piece of
I. f ji ii ,t . .
ueci an turown over tne stern : which waa
seized by the 6hark, and be was presently
hauled on board. On opening his belly, tba
boy was found snugly seated between two rib,
and unconcernedly playing a tune on his fife."
i3T Never trust a secret with a married
man who loves bis wife, for he will tell ber
she will tell her aunt Hannah and aunt Han
nah will Impart it as a profound secret to ev
ery one of her female acquaintances. -
8- The Welch have a saying that if a
woman was as quick with her feet as with Tier
tongue, she would catch lightning enough to
kindle fires in the morning.
JZjT He loves you better who strives to
make you gdod, thaU he who strives to please
you. ; '. - ;
. . : , : .
. SST A Yankee editor bays - that tba girln
complain that tho times are so hard tha young
men can't pay tbeir ad lrettel.