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THE BLESSINGS OF GOVERNMENT, LIKE THE DEWS OF HEAVEN, SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED ALIKE UPON THE HIGH AND THE LOW, THE RICH AND THE POOR.
5EBENSBURG, s JANUARY 21, 1857.
VOL. 4. NO. 18.
NEW SERIES.
& m
THE DEMOCRAT & SENTINEL, is publish
tl every Wednesday morning, in Ebensburg,
Cainbria Co., Taj, at $1 50 per annum, if paid
IX advance, if not $2 will be charged.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be conspicuously in
aorted at the following rates, viz :
1 square 3 insertions, $1 00
Kverv subsenuent insertion. 25
1 square 3 months,
1 " 6 "
" 1 year,
" col'n 1 year,
Bustpess Cards.
Ct-Twelve lines constitute a square
3 00
6 00
12 00
30 00
15 00
6 00
JEW GOODS, XEU GOOS.
THE subscriber takes pleasure in announcing
to his numerous customers, and the public
generally, that he is now opening one of the
larcest and most desirable stocks of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS !
ever presented to this community. Lis stock
consists chiefly of the fallowing viz :
LADIES DRESS GOODS!
mch as Talmas, Vizcttes. Sbawls. Silks, Meii
n. .j, Cashmere, Woolen l'laids. I)c Laincs, Do
liases, Alapacas, Ging hams, Calico; liONNETS
Ribbons, Collars. Trimmings, Ac.
GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING !
rvx :is Over Coats, Dress Coat?, Pants. Vests,
S;iirts, Drawers. .vc. Also a large sUck of
DOMESTIC COODS!
ucli as Brown and Bleached MhxUii, Prill.,
Jicninut. Shirlinys, Checks. Kentucky Jeans, Suli
nr's, C.liinure.i, Flannels Lindseys, Ticking,
lUenketx, S-c. Also
Bjots, Shots, Hats, Caps. Trunks, Hardware,
Qiieenswirc, Glassware, Tinware, and a large
wtock of
gkocf.mks!
lit would s-''licit Fanners who ore in want of
GOOD COKX SHE LI. EI IS & STRAW CUTTERS
to call and examit.e his stock ; he would wish
idsO to inform them that he has made arrange
ment to supply them with all kinds of FER
TILIZERS, such as IVruvian and Mexican Gtt
n is. &c. IIeinvitcs one and all to come and
cxaminf his lare and well selected Stock, before
pircha.-it:g elsewhere, as he is determined to sell
: snvulcr profiU thnn ever before known in this
:-ty. Tie ONE PRICE SYSTEM will U
nt'muod as heretofore, so that parents inny send
their children to make purchases with as much
adranUuc as if thev wert th n selves.
"DANIEL MCLAUGHLIN.
Tunnel Hill. Ortolv 8, lSoT..
GKEAT KtfCITEM CAT ! !
I II
MMIK subcnlHT wouwt respeiiumy iiiiorm me
J. good citizens of Ebent-burg and the adjoin
ing vicinity that he has reiunxil frin Philadel
phifi, with the largest and iiftt varied assort
ment of CSIlOt'KK ICS ever ottered. The btock
consists as follows :
iirocorll'K: Molasses. Sugars. Teas, Rice,
Cnndles, S ajis. Fish, Salt. Bacon & Hams. Flour,
Oat Meal, Gru Meal, Tobacco, Peaches, Dried
Apples. Salcratus. Baking Soda, Dridl Herrings,
1 )urket's Baking Powder. Sardines, Mustard, Spi
es, llolloways nn G infection. Vila gar.
( cnlcctioiiai ivK :
1 'audio.
R:iiMHS.
(.VrangCK,
Citrons,
Prunes.
Segais,
Fruits,
Fijis,
Nuts of all kinds.
Mqrorff : Cherry Brandy, I'.lack terry Br.in
fly, Rapbi-rry Brandy, Fiench Urandy, Port
Wine. Old Rye Whiskey.
flrUfcllCM,"&.C, &C : Horse .Sweeping, Dus
ting. Scrub and White Wnsh Brushes. Bid Cords,
Twine, Corn brooms5. Baskets of all kinds. Tubs
and Buckets of nil kinds. Wash Boards. Putter
Bowls, Nails, Limp Glol.es. Currv Combs, Carpet
Hammers and Tacks. Window G ass of all kimL,
Arnold's Ink, Hover's Ink, Stctl 1'ens, Station
ary of all kinds.
Together with a large assort n.er.t of otr.ci arti
cles not enumerated, which will bt sola a? cheaj
if not cheaper than any establi.,hmer.t ir. tne
county. RICHARD TUDOR.
Ebensburg, July CO, 185G -4 0.
131 i O II T A XT A OHl K.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of Milton
Roberts, dee'd, for costs as Prothonotary and
Clerk of the Quarter Sessions are hereby notified
to make payment without delay, as it will live
ry unpleasant for mc to have to resort to compul
sory measures and thereby add costs, which will
.ie imperative unhss paid shortly.
Howard J. Roberts, of this borough is duly au
thorized by me to receive said fees and rece pt ft r
the same. He wi.l attend for that purj se, a
the Prothonotary's office, in Elenshurg, at the en
uing Court in December next.
JOHN WILLIAMS, Ex'r.
Ebensburg, Oct. 25; 185G. -tf.
j. i i - - -r,
TaluaLlc Real Eiifatc
FOR SALE.
I will sell at private sale that large and com
modious LIUCK JIOL'S J-:, situate on High street,
in the Por.H$:h of Ebensbuig, l eirg the property
occupied by Miltcn Roberts, dee'd., at the time
of his death. Also, a valuable L 0 To Gil 0 UND
.iuate on the Clay Pike, alout one half mile from
said Borough, containing 2 acres tnetosed and
it a good 6tate of cultivation.
For terms apply to the subscril er residing on
Jhe premises, or to John William., in Elensbure.
MRS. MALVINA ROBERTS.
Sept. 17, 18CC.-tf.
NEW ARRIVAL!
? CRraiui cpr rp cut
I I'llUUHUUU LllltLRlLU.
llAET & ER0., would respectfully inform
Il their old customers as well as ninny new ores
that they have received a large quantity- of Gro-
ccw, which for quality and cheapness cannot be
excelled by any similar establishment west of the
Allegheny mountains. Wo are determined to
wll lower than the lowest, We have also, on
' hand
20,000 CIGARS
which we will dispobc of wholesale or retail.
HART & BRO.
July 9, 180C
SONS OK TENFUAKCE.
Highland Division. No. 84. Sons of Tem-
iteM'erance meet at their Hall cverv SATI'R.
80 DAY evening, in the nvr.er Mnrv of 1?
DnvU' Vuildin-. " J
Pennsylvania Legislatnro.
SENATE.
PhilaJelpuiaCity Wm. A. Cralbc, Chas
J3. Penrose.
Philadelphia County N B. Browne, Ilar
lan Ingram, It. L. Wright.
Montgomery Thomas P. Knox.
Chester and Delaware James J. Lewis.
Berks John C- Kvans.
Bucks Jonathan Ely.
Lancaster and Lebanon John IF, A7Zin-
qer, Jacoo u. nunutn.
Uauphm and iSorthumberlanu. Uacia
Tarjgart.
Korthampton and Lehigh Joseph Lau
bacli. Carbon James LT. Walton.
Adams and Franklin George W. Brewer.
York William II. Welsh.
Cumberland and Perry Henry Fetter
Centre Andrew Grcyg,
Cambria, Huntingdon and Blair John
Cresswell.
Luzerne George P. Steele
Bradford E. llted Mycr
Tioga Henry Souther
Mercer Glcuni W. ScoJfkJd.
Erie and Crawford J). A. Finney,
Braver John Ji. "Harris.
Allegheny William Wilkins. Edward D.
Gazzam.
Washington and Greene Jvhn C. Flenni
7111. 3cdford, Fulton and Somerset Francis
Jordan.
Armstrong Titian J Ctffey.
Juniata James M Sellers.
Westmoreland and Faj-ettc William E.
Frazrr.
Schuylkill C. M. Straub.
Democrats,
Opposition,
Dcmocats in Boman.
Opposition in Italiic.
15
18
House of Representatives.
Adams John Mussehnan.
Allegheny Wm. E. JSicrcnson, C. S. Fy
ster, John T. Peters, J. B. Haclchonse, A.
Voeytly, Jr.
Armstrong, Clarion & Jefferson J. K. Cal
houn, W. M. Abrams, li J. Nicholson.
Beaver, Butler, & Lawrence D. I. Jm
brie, George P. Shaw, A. II". Crawford.
Cambria, Bedford, & Fulton George X.
Smith, W. C. Reamer.
Bcrks J. Law Getz, Wm. IIeins B. Xu
ncmacher, Michael Hoffman.
Blair and Huntingdon John- II. Wiittrode
John JI. Gilit vv.
Bradford. li G. 7?aWA-, Cullcn F
JTichnls. Bucks John Mauglc, Alex. C. Johnston,
John II. Lovett.
Carbon and Lehigh Iloruianu Hipp, Euos
Tolcn.
Centre John Smith.
Chester Dr. E. I
Dickey, James Pol
and Elk Seth A.
roue Paxton Yhkers.
Clearfield, M'Keau
Bachu3.
Clinton, Lycoming and Potter J. M. B.
Pctrikcn, Jn.ac 1'' ntn.
Columbia and Monte ur Peter Ent.
Crawford Jusrj.-h Jirown, Leonard Herd.
Cumberland James Anderson, Wm. Har
der. Dauphin David Jlumma, John Wright.
Delaware Hiram Clcter.
Erie, Wareluim Warner, Gideon J. Ball.
Franklin George. Jacjbs, John Witherow,
Fayetta and Westmoreland II. D. Fos
ter, John Faushold, Samuel A. Hill, Peter A
Johns.
Greene R. K. Campbell.
Indiana li- B. Moiehead.
Lancaster William Hamilton , John A.
Ileintand, P. W. Housekeeper, Christian S.
Kanffman, Jos. I). Pownall.
Lebanon C.E. Huffman.
J uzcrnc Steuben Jenkins, Thomas Smith
Mercer. Venaceo, and Warren Samvel
Kerr, S P Jl'Ctdmud. Tltv as
.(i til
us.
Mifflin John Purcell.
Monroe and Pike L. Westbrook,
Montgomery Jos W llilligas, AW Long
akcr, Oeorge Haniill.
Northampton John A. Innis, Jesse Pear
son. Northumberland J II Zimmerman.
Perry Charles C Brandt
Philadelphia city S S Bishop, George T
Thorn, Jacob Dock, Geo II Smith.
Philadelphia county Chas M Leisingring,
Townsend Bearsley, Franklin McIIlvain, (3
Carty, Abraham Arthur, John Roberts, John
Hancock, Robert B Knight, John Wharton,
Frederick J Walter, Henry A Gildea.
Schuylkill William B i.ebo, G A W rgon
seller, ,
Somerset Jonas Augustine.
Susque'na, Sullivan & Wyoming Simeon
B Chase, Alfred Hive.
Tioga E P Williston.
Union and Juniata Thomas Bower.
IPafchinglou J S Yanvoorhis, John C
Sloan.
Uaync N W Vail.
York James Ramsey, Samuel Mcancar,
Isaac Beck,
Democrats 53 Onnosition 47.
Dem
Opp.
Senate,
House of Representatives,
15 18
53 47
C8 Go
C5
3
Dem. majority on joiut ballot
2f"The Crockett (Texas) Printer states
tbat Gen. Sam Houston, while on a visit to
that place a few days since, said in private con"
versation "that there was nothing now left for
the American party but to join either the
Democrats or Republicans." This announce
ment of tLc decline of the fortunes of Know
Nothing -:in may be considered. " official."
(FCBI.IsnE BY REQTJKST.)
' PINCH AND CEOGII O'LEARY,
BY JOHN KEF.OAK.
One wintry day, long, long ago,
Wien I was a little fellow,
A piper wandered to our door,
Gray-headed, blind, and yellow ;
And, oh ! how glad was my younhear
-T Though earth and sky looked dreary.
To see the piper and his do
Poor Tinea and Ceogh O'Leary.
And when he stowed away his bags,
Cross barred with green and yellow,
I thought and said " In Ireland's ground
There's not so fine a fellow."
And Fineen Burke, and Shane McGee,
With Aileen. Cauth, and Mar-.
Rushed in with panting haste to sec
And welcome Ceogh O'Leary.
Ah! God be with those happy times.
Ah ! God with my childhood,
When I bareheaded roamed all day,
Bird-nesting in the wild wood ;
I'll not forget those happy scenes,
However j-ears may vary ;
I'll not forget my early friends,
Nor honest Ceogh O'Leary.
Poor Pinch and Ceogh slept well that night,
And in the morning early,
lie called me up to hear him play
" The wind that shakes the barley,"
And then he stroked my flaxen hair.
And cried "God mark my deary,"
Ah! bow I wept when he said " Farewell,
And think of Ceogh O'Leary."
Well, seasons went and come again,
And Ceogh was not forgotten.
Although we thought him dead and gone,
And in the cold clay rotten.
And often as I walked or danced,
With Aileen, Cauth, and Mary,
We spoke of childhood's rosy hours,
And prayed for Ceogh O'Leary.
Well, twenty summers had gone past.
And June's red sun was sinking,
As I a man stood by my door,
Of twenty sad things thinking.
A little dog came up the way,
His gait was slow and weary,
And at his tail a loccouch limped
'Twas Pinch aud Ctogh O'Leary.
Poor Ceogh but, ah ! how woe-begone !
His form is bowed And bending.
His fleshless hands are stiff and wan
Aye, time is even blending
The colors of his thread-bare bag,
And Pinch is twice as hoar3
And thin-spare as when first I saw
Himself and Ceogh O'Leary.
" Cod's blessing here," the wanderer cried ;
Far, far be hell's blac k viper ;
Does anj-body hereabouts
Remember Ceogh, the piper?"
With swelling heart I grasped his hand
The old man murmured, "Dearie!
Arej-ou the silken headed child
That loved poor Ceogh O'Leary ?"
" Yes, 3'cs ! " I said. The wanderer wept
As if his heart was breaking,
" And where, Avicmachrce," said he,
" Is all the merry'-niakiug
We had here twenty years ago,"
' My tale," J said " might weary ;
Enongh to say, there's not but me
To welcome Ceogh O'Leary !"
'Oh! vo! vo!" the old man cried,
And wrung his hands in sorrow,
" Tray lead me in, asthore macrco,
And I'll go home to morrow,
My peace in made, I'll calmly leave
This world so cold and dreary,
And you shall keep my pipes and dog,
And pray for Ceogh O'Leary."
With Pinch, I watched his bed that night,
Next day his i ish was granted
He died and Father James was brought,
And the requium mass was chaunted,
The neighbors came we dug his grave,
Near Aileen, Cauth, and Mary ;
And there he sleeps his list sweet sleep
God rest you, Ceogh O'Leary.
The Tragedy at Monmouth.
A gentleman who was in Monmouth, Illi
nois, at tho time the two young Flemings
(formerly of this county) were killed by Cro
ziek, has communicated to the Aurora Bea
con tho following account of the lamentable
affairs :
Mr. William Crozier, a very respectable
young man of Monmouth, a man of good
character, good morals, and a member of one
of the churches, became deeply attached to a
daughter of Mr. William Fleming, of the
same place, which attachment wa3 as strongly
reciprocated. But alas for the young man,
although possessed of an excellent character,
he was poor. This was sufficient to array
tbe father, who was reputed to be wealthy,
and the sons against him. They all bitterly
opposed his aspirations to her hand, sought
every opportunity to show their feelings and
express their contempt for the poor young
man. It is reported that ho had been accos
ted by the old man Fleming even in the
streets, and taunted with hi& want of wealth.
' Ahl joung man, you arc getting up in
the world ! you would like to marry old Flem
ing's daughter and get 6ome of old F leming's
money, wouldn't you ?"
The young man, although stung to the
very quick of his sensitive soul, would put up
in silence, with the graceless insults, and not
taunt back again, restrained by the deep af
fection for the daughter. To stifle, if possi
ble, the love of the young lady, her father de
termined to send her away to Pennsylvania,
so tht by absence and distance, he might
estrange her acknowledged affection for the
young man. In accordance with this resolu
tion she was sent, but on taking the cars, she
was heard to express her intention yet to mar
ry Mr. Crozier, in ppitc of the unkind efforts
of her friends to prevent it. After the young
lady had been gone Eome time, there were
some movements on the part of Crozier, which
led the Flemings to suspect that he intended
to follow her to the seclusion they had provi
ded for her. This led to the hotrible trage-
On Thursday morning, Dec 11th, Mr.
William Fleming, with his two sons Henry
and John, and a lawyer, who was employed
by them for the occasion, proceeded to the
Baldwin House, in Monmouth, where young
Crozier boarded, and between the hours of
eight and nine in the forenoon, requested an
interview with him at his room. lie went
with them as requested, and when ho had en
tered the room, the elder Fleming locked the
door There they remained, our informant
said, from about 0 o'clock, A. M., to 2, P.
M., locked in During the time they were
thus locked in, every effort was made by the
Flemings both father and sons and by the
law3'er, to induce Crozier to sign such a wri
ting as they should dictate, renouncing the
young lady in question forever. This be res
olutely refused to do in spite of threats and
persuasions, which were freely used. A sort
of compromipe writing was finally agreed up
on and signed, which was satisfactory to the
father but not to the sons. The3 declared
they would have revenge by lashing him with
a whip they had brought for the purpose,
which they accordingly proceeded to execute
After they had struch six or seven blows
Crozier determined to resist with all his might.
A desperate scuffle ensued. One of the Flem
ings drew a pistol and fired at Crozier with
iutent to kill. Just as he fired, however, the
lawyer struck the hand which held the pistol
up, and tbe charge 'lodged in the ceiling in
stead of the head of theyoung man. Crozier
then assailed the assassion with a jack knife,
stabbed him and instantly killed him. Mean
time the report of tbe pistol alarmed the house.
aod the brother of Crozier being there rushed
to hi.s rescue. Finding the door locked on
the inside, he bursted it open, and with one
blow knocked down the elder Fleming who
opposed his passage As soon as the door
was bursted open the brother who was lest
wounded, passed down into the barroom, fell
and cxpiri-d. The blow which felled the el
der Fleming left him for a time senseless.
Thus in attempting by force to compel
young Crozier to accede to their tyrannical
demands two brothers were slain py the per
son availed, and the third party was roughly
handled.
When the deed was done Crozier, volunta
rily, surrendered himself to the proper officers
for examination, and was. wo understand,
acquitted on tho ground of a justifiable homi
cide in self defence.
When it was suspected that Crozier was
going to follow Miss Fleming to Pennsylva
nia, another brother was dispatched post haste,
to bring her homo, and when the fatal trage
dy occurred they had not returned.
Tjie Phinter is thus rcfered to by Hon
Ellis Lewis, of our Supreme Court, in a re
cent lecture :
No class of society deserves more public consid
eration than the Printers. They are the treas
urers of the world ; they arc at tho same time
the muni6ccnt almoners of the Almighty.
They recieve contributions in arts and science
and in all useful knowledge, from every quar
ter of tbe globe, and from the most distant ages
of antiquity. They distribute their treasure
throughout the world and transmit it in a du
rable form to the remotest posterity. It is dis
tributed at a rate so cheap as to bring it with
in the reach of the humblest day laborer in the
land. Nothing has tended so much as the
general and cheap diffusion of knowledge to
improve the condition of the niasscs-to qualify
the industrial class to take their proper posi
tion in society, and to fit them not only for the
profitable pursuit of their own occupations, but
for any other employment to which their coun
try may call them, To the freedom and pow
er of the Press wc arc indebted for our free
institutions; and these institutions establish
equal righst. By its power, the diadem of
royalty is baokm-tho stars and garters of no
bility are trobden down and men, as man,
alone without ancestry or family connections
to aid him, stands upon his own merits, equal
to the proudest peer in .England's realm.
The humblest apprentice in the shop may be
come tho President of tbe United States.
The most gifted in common senso and well,
stored in practable knowledge are found in
selfe-taught men, who have raised themselves
from the laborious occupations ; Roger Sher
man was a shoemaker ; David Rittcnhouse was
a watchmaker, Benjamin Franklin was a prin
ter. These, and a thousand other instances,
prove thatjthe industrial pursuits instead of
throwing insurmountable obsiftclesin the road
to preferment, strengthen the body and the
mind, and lead to that useful, practical knowl
edge that fits the working man for the strong
est struggles and the highest favors.
Many persons wear India rubber
overshoes in cold weather, to keep their feet
warm. This is an injurious and unhealthy
practice. ' They may be worn during wet and
sloppy weather, but should be worn as little
as possible in tho house, bocauso they are air
tight, and both retain and restrain the per
spiration of tho feet. Their solo use should
be to keep out water; and in any other way
they are positively injurious to health.
Hdw Jim Donnellan Out-traded Uncle Bill
Snow.
Old Uncle Bill Snow wan, and is the keen
est trader in the country, lie was never
known to make a bad bargain. Many a trap
has been laid to catch him, but his operations
alwaj-s turned out bo as to add something to
his pile, and still more to his reputation.
Some time since a party of young men talk
ing of Uncle Billy's great luck in this way,
various instances were mentioned of his extra
ordinary trades, and his uniform bucccss. "
Jim Donnellan at length offered to bet that
he would catch, him before two days. Of
course that was taken as soon as proposed,
and soon after Jim left us to make his prepa
rations to win
The next day was court day, and Jin: and
31r. bnow met at the Court House.
' Good mornmgr, Uncle Billy." said Jim ;
" all well to-day?"
Pretty well, I thank you Jeemcs, my
son."
" Any trailing on hand this morning ?" en
quired Donnellan.
" Xothinj in particular, Jecmes ; times is
rather dull just now ; people don't trade as
they used to .do
'That's a fact. Uncle Billy," responded
Jim Well, since nothing better offers,
spose you and I make a trade."
No objection in the world, Jccmcs Go
aheaJ and let's hear from you."
" Well, Uncle Billy, I have a mare yon
der, that I want to trade for that mnle of
yours, how will you trade."
' I don't know exactly," responded Mr.
Snow, "but as mules are generally consider
ed worth more than horses, and your mare is
getting along in years, I s'pose ten dollars
wouldu't be too much, would it ? Give me
ten dollars and vour marc, and you may take
the mule.
Done !" exclaimed Jim, perfectly deligh
ted. The money was paid over, and the critters
were handed over, to their new masters.
Jim took the mule heme and that night the
beast lay down and died. This was a sore
blow to our hero, but he had one more day
left, and determined to save himself. The
next morning found him and Snow at the same
place, and in conversation as follows
" Uncle Billy," says Jim, " I think you
come the strong game over me, yesterday, in
that mule of yours, I don't like him so much
this morning as I did yesterday I don't
think he improves on acquaintance what'll
you take to rue ?" (swap back.)
'Now, Jecmes, ray son," answered Un
cle Bill-. V' I don't want to be hard on you,
but you took me up on the first hop, and you
know a trade's a trade. But if you are anx
ious to rue, I don't care much Give me ten
dollars more and you may have your mare
back."
' Uncle Billy, I'll do It !" exclaimed Jim
in great delight. "But only on one condi
tion each man must cme after and take
away his own beast. I didn't bring my aiu'e
along to-day, and I shs you didu't ride the
inare, so it is as long as it is broad. I'll give
ten dollars now, and I'll go home with you
first - and get the mare, and afterwards you
can send, or can come for tho mule at any
time."
" Any way, Jecmes," replied Mr Snow.
The money was paid, and Jim and tho old
man started. The next day when the crowd
had met to decide the bet, Jim was there givr
ing his experience as follows :
" The old man and I went along very cosi
ly together, talking about everything in the
world except our trade. This question I
dodged I was afraid to open my lips until I
got bit mare safe. At last we reached the
old fellow's house. He said to me, as wc en
tered the yard
Jcemes my son, there is your marc
you can take her away with you.
" And. boys, if there wan't the old
marc
layin' in the yard, as dead as a door nail.
The infernal cvss died the same night with
the mule!" X. Y. Spirit of the Times.
The Barber's Ghost.
The following story is old, but a precious
good one. We laughed over it long lime
ago," and presuming many of our readers ne
ver heard it, we give it up for their edifica
tion :
A gentleman travelling some years since
in the upper part of this State, called at a
tavern and requested entertainment for the
night: The laudlord informed him that it
was out of his power to accommodate him, as
his house was already full. He persisted in
stopping, as he, and his horse, were almost
exhausted with travelling.
After much solicitation the landlord con
sented to his stopping, provided he would
eleep in a certain room that had not been oc
cupied for a long 'time, in consequence of a
belief that it hud been haunted by the ghost
of a barber, who was reported to have been
murdered in that room some years before.
"Very well," says the man, " I'm not
afraid of ghosts."
After having refreshed himself, he enquired
of the landlord how and in what matter the
room in which he was to lodge was haunted.
The landlord replied that ' shortly after they
retired to rest, an unknown voice was heard
in a trembling and protracted accent, saying,
" Do you w-a-nt to be sh-a-v-ed."
"Well," replied the man, "If he comes
he may shave me."
He then requested to be shown to the apart
ment ; in going to which ho was conducted
through a- large room, where were seated a
great number of persons at a gambling table
Feeling a curiosity which almost every one
possesses after having heard ghost stories, he
carefully searched every corner of his room,
but could discover nothing but the usual fur
niture of tho apartment. He laid down but
did not close his eyes to sleep immediately,
and in a few minutes he imagined h heard a
voice saying; " Do you ic-a-n-t to be shaved?"
He arose from bis bed. but could diRcovrr
nothing He again went to bed, but ua
s K)ncr had he began to compose himself rw
sleep, than the question was again reptatd.
He again arose and went to the window, th
sound appeared to proceed from that quarter,
and stood awhile silent after a few moments
of anxious sixpence, he again heard the sound
distinctly, and convinced that it was from
without, he opened the window, when the
question was repeated full in his ear, which
startled him not a little. Upon a minute ex
amination, however, he observed that tho
limb of a large oak tree, which Blood upoo
the window, projected so near the house, that
every breath of wind, to a lively imagination,
made a noise resembling the interrogation,
Do you w-a-n-t to be sh-a-ved ?"
Having satisfied himself that the ghost was
nothing tnore or less than tbe limb of a trco
coming in contact with the house, again went
to bed and attempted to tleep ; but he wai -now
interrupted by peals of laughter and au
occasional volley of oaths and curses from tha
room where the gamblers were assembled.
Thinking that he could turn the late discovery
to his wn advantage, he took a sheet from
his bed, and wrapped it around him, and ta
king the wash basin in his hand, an 1 throw
ing the towel over his arm, proceeded to tho
room of the gamblers, and suddenly opening
the door, stalked in, exclaiming in a tremu
lous voice, " Do 3'ou w-a-nt to be th-a-ved?"
Terrified at the sudden appearance of tho
ghost, the gamblers were thrown into the ut
most confusion, in attempting to escape it ;
some jumped through the windows, and oth
ers tumbled head over heels down stairs.
Our ghost taking advantage of a clear room
deliberately swept a large amount of money
from the table into the basin, and retired un
seen to his own room.
The next morning he found the house in
the utmost confusion. He was immediately
asked if he rested well ; to which he rcpl ed
in the affirmative.
" Well, no wonder." taid the landlord, "for
the ghost instead of going to his own room,
made a mistake, and came to ours, frightened
us all out of the room, and took every "dollar
of our money."
The guest, without being the least suspected,
quietly ate his breakfast, and departed many
hundred dollars richer by the adventure.
The manner in which a shrewd attorney
entraps a lying witness is well illustrated iu
the following bkcteh of the trial of a forged
will case before Lord Den man, in England,
in which Samuel Warren, Esq., author of the
"Diary of a Physican," Ten Thousand a
Year," &c. , was the associate prosecuting at
torney Carelessly placing his thumb over
the seal, Mr. Warren held up the will, and
demanded o f tho Witness if he had seen the
testator sign that instrument, to which he
promptly answered he had
" And did you sign it at his request as
subscribing witness?"
" I did "
" Was it sealed with ret? or black wax.
"With red wax."
" Did you sec him seal it wlth'rcl wax?"
" I d d
" Where wss tLc testator when ho f-icrned
and sealed this will?" "
" In his bed."
"Pray, how long a piece of wax did he use?"
" About three or four inches long "
" Who gave the testator this piece of wax?"
"I did"
" Where did you get it?"
" From the drawer of his desk."
" How did he light that piece of wax ?"
' With a candle "
"Where did that piece of candle como
from?"
I got it out of a cuploird in his room."
" How long was that piccj of candle?'
" Perhaps four or five inches long."
" Who lit that piece of candle ?
"I lit it."
"With what?"
" With a match."
" Where did you get that match "
" On the mautle-shelf in the room."
Here Warren paused, and fixing his large
deep blue eyes upon the prisoner, he held the
will up above his head, his thumb still res
ting upon the seal, and sa'd in a solemn,
measured tone :
"Now, sir, upon your solemn oath, you
saw-the testator sign that will he siguoJ it
in his bed at his request you signed it, as a
subscribing witness you saw bitn seal it it
was with red wax be scaled it ajpiece of wax,
two, three or four inches long he lit that wax
with a piece of candle which you procured for
biui from a cupboard you lit that candle by
a match which vou found on the mantle-shelf:"
"I did "
" Oocc more. ir upon your solemn oatb,
you did "
"I did!!"
" My Lord it's a wafer ! J"
A Singular Facination. An English pa
per relates the following unaccountable occur
rence :
" One of the most singular instances in con
nection with material things, exists in the case
of a 3'oung man who, not very long ago, vis
ited a large iron manufactory. He stood op
posite a large hammer and watched with greal
interest its perfectly regular strokes. At first
it was beating immense lumps into thin black
sheets; but the supply becoming exhausted,
at length it only descended on the polished
anvil Still the young man gazed intently
on its motion ; then ho followed its stroke
with a corresponding raoiim of his head ; then
his left arm moved to the same tunc ; and,
finally, he deliberately pl iced his fist upon
the anvil, and in a second it was smitten to
jelly. The only explanation he could afford
was, that ho felt an impulse to do it, that ha
knew he should bo disabled, that he saw all
the consequences in a misty kind of a manner,
but that be still felt the power within above
sense aud reason a morbid impulso in fact,
to which ho succumbed, and by which he lost
a good right hand.
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