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The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-05-10
And O. how thankful ]

their happiness. And o! how thankful
am l never did; that could be with them,
watch over them in their last moments,
and know, feel that had administered to
theirevery wish and wantr
And now,' said ALA, looking up and
smiling through her tears, and now | do
not see as you can have any excuse; and
yet suppose you viii vet have such
strange and romantic notioris about Pride,
and Honor, and Duty. and every thing
else
And Isuppose you guess right. There
are barriers deep and high and strong, that
widen and strengthen with every year.
You think | am alluding to my age, and
that Is a sufficient obstacle to my being
sought. But that is not all. With the
thought and experience have attained |
should shrink from entering into that state
where there are so many high and immu-
table responsibilities, so many incumbent
duties, so much depending on the wife;
and if she fail, the happiness of household
is destroyed. o, how forcibly do | feel
my own ineficieney-my own weakness,
how incompetent for scch tasK-how
inadequate for every trial, and to perform
every part expected, every obligation, eve
ry duty! What wreck the many, all
uniformed and inexperienced as they are,
make of their own felicity and of the hap
piness of those connected with them. The
happiness of those that should be dearer
than self. Domestic happiness is compo
sed of an inumerable number of the finest
and fairest music wires. Touch one with
an impetuous movement, press upon IL too
harshly, bear upon it too heavily, and but
jarring and discordant strains are emitted.
And 1t must be a sKilIful and practised
hand, careful and watchful conaoissieur,
that can bear upon the right ones with pro-
fessional adroiness, correctly and artist
cally. | should so fear for myself-that
my quivering-that my faint and failing
! fingers would surely make discords thai
would fall all harshly on my husbands
heart
| Even if that husband were mechanic,
| ALA said, to hide her saddened feelings.
a mechanics happiness is just as dear
| to him as Prince AIbert's, or the Presi-
dents, though the requirements of the for
mer would be much less'-was advanced
III return.
To vu roNrr<rrn
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A Mrxr FOR CALrroRS1A.-The Massa

"A "1Ni roN OALH OhNiA- iiC -1dSoo-
chusetts and California company, start
from Northampton, Mass, for their desti-
nation soon overland, with all the fxings
for establishing private mint at San Fran
cisco, with the appreciation of the govern
ment. They have in VIM. Ill. Hayden,
q graduate of Yale College, an assayer
well qualified to discharge his duties, and
machinery capable of coming $4,000 a
day. 1t is their intentention 10 purchase
gold dust at the current prices, and trans
form it into coin for circulation.
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By JOHN G. GIVEN.l
Sell ECT II AL E.
From Scott's Weekly Paper.
TWILL NEVER MARRY A MECHANIC.
BY LILLE LILBERNE

By LILLE LILBERNE.
Oh, how within my inmost heart
Springs up music strain,
As strangers strangely sweep the strings,
And Hope its Heaven to 1t brings,
With pleasure and with pain
Oh. how I've loved that one. whose word
Hath every pulse Of my being stirred,
On whose 70 orm and face l may never gaze,
But whose life Is iink'd wiihmy own heart-lays
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Il will never marry meehanic2' was
said with some emphasis, by Ally Emer-
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PROPOSALS ron FUEL.

HEADQUARTERS MARIN. CoRPa,
QUARTBRMAsTKR's OFFICE
Washington, Afuy II, le49
StEPARATE PROPOSALS will be received at this office
~ until II o'clock, on Monday, the ION DAY Of ~
next. Ur tnrnishi such quantities of beet OAK Wood An
Ih,ariic Biminous Coal, may he required on the
the following etaions from lal July, 1919 to 3Nh unc
1850 viz
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Charleston, Massachusetts,
Rrooklyn Long Island, New YORK
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Goapofi, near Norfolk, Virginia
Pensacnll flpridng
'., Washington, District 81 Columbia
Each proposal viii separately the price per rof for
The wood. er for The hest snhrlrile coal and per
hnel,cl fpr The h,i,ninoit eoai
WoDd cod will he furnished ~ he option 81 The 9pv
ernmrn and VIII he delivered, piled and mfasI,rod, nj
eac point e,rh commanding officer may efipnate free
- expense Ia the Halted States -
Persons tsilons OF proposing for the supply oscer
tain the probable quantity thai viii be required by reference
to The several commanding olictra
No hid will bc entertained unless accompanied by The
names o iva snret,es ni known responsibility
AuG A NICHOLSON,
May u 3waw Qnatefmaser Marine Corps
The National ntel,enrer and Union, Washington, ,
North American and Pennayivs0Ian, Philadelphia, Ports
mouth Gazette New iiampshire; Boston Posi- and boston
Times Bouton New York Herald, New York Courier and
Enquirer and New YORK Sin Norfolk beacon and Nor.
folk Herald and Ponblcoll Gazette viii give the above
iree each per week; and SEMI me account,
accompanied by printed copy Of the advertisement, TO
his office for payment
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TO rHg EDITOR or InE NATIONAL wHla.
THE ADMINISTRATIONS NND THE OP-
#fa- POSITION PRESS,

Scarcely had General TAYLOR entered the
presidential mansion, before the press which
sustained the election of General Cass, his
opponent for the office Of Chief Magistrate,
reopened hostilites. Without any assigna-
bic cause, having already, ior the most part,
declared, at the termination Of the battle Of
November, that, the People having decided
the question Of the Presidency by an omn-
potent voice, they would not enter upon q
lactious opposition, but await the unfolding
Of measures under the new "regime, with
this declaration on their lips, before any Of
the views Of the President, on the leading
questions Of the day, were promulgated lin
entire ignorance Of his future policy while
yet his course, even on the subject Of remov-
ais and appointments, was unascertained, and
without a shadow Of prctext in justification
Of the act, they concoclcd against him COM
bined attack, and endeavored 10 overwhelm
him in the charge His plain and. concise
inaugural, which gave no room fol anmad-
version Of Misrepresentation, was assalled as
6 ambiguous and mysterious" His intel
leetus traits were denounced as 9 inbc-
Gle y His qualifications and requirements
were proclaimed as being unfit and neon
petent" 10 the discharge Of the high duties Of
The station to which he had been called, and
the displacement Of one OF two immoral and
dishonest office holders, was represented as
ligh-banded act Of tyranny" never Il
be sufficiently condemned. The conlnu-
Gus and important services which he had rem
derel to tie conntry, during period Of forty
year.--the ha,dships he had endured, the
dangers he had encountered, the pe,'ls he
bad risked in the " imminent deadly breach
in the war Of 1912, the Blaekhswk war
the Florida campaign and the ensanguined
fields d Mexieo--by night and BY day
through sunshine and storm, whether pierce
BY northern cold, or southern beat--th'
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In the Jamaica despatch of the 9th ult we find
proclamation that may give The reader some idea
Of the character OF The Haytien rresdenl
PROCLAMATION
FAvsris SouLoVauE, PREsiDEsT or lAyrr
Z FELLow- clrizEvG OF riE EAST como In person
toeNhoft yon1o reconciliation AMI peace with the
legal government Of the Republic. Pulan end 70 our
dsscnslons aud rejon yoslr breen and your itllow-
counlTymrn; we cannot be enemies because we are
Of The same race, and, above all, we are unified by
| the fraternity OF blood. We cannot have but ont
and the same country, and form but one and the
same people except under the penalty Of abdicaiinq
| at-ndependence nationality, the future. The mo
ment has arrived for You 10 decide; and dread lest
when too late, and when your eyes become opened,
your rreparable loss will have left you only vain
aud impptent repentance. 4sH Et Il
| You have suffered |; know IL But since you have
detached yourselves from the Republic, have your
| sufierings diminished2 Have they mol, on the con
lrary, filled the measuIei Since you have divided
our common country, are you quite sure OF having
founded another more happy, more fico md more
independent In breaking mp the national unity, 10
dividing the territory Is II that disunltng heart and
soul IN this divided soil, we shall afterwards be
stronger against foreigners who might wish TO en-
slave MS. | adlure you, fellow citizens, open your
eyes to the abyns 10 which your imprudence is lead
ing You. Retrace your steps, there Is still time
should esteem as the most glorious event Of my
administration, your reconciliation with the Eopnb-
ic--your return TO the bosom 81 our common coun
Try, whose dcslinies are coniided 10 me. promise
world promise You that your property your man
ners your usages your religion, (which Is also onrs
shall be scrupulousiy respected, ron shall hence
forth have laws more comfortable to the manners
usaGes and interest Of yonr locality Non win there
operate more freely and more eilicaciously Than
You ever could under any other form If govern
menI. You win have the magistrates and function
aries Of your choice bnt for The love Of Godand
country, save the national unity. Unite our forces
rather than weaken Them rather than endangeT our
future with frairicidal struggles,
The army that accompanies me is not an army Of
enemies; il is support, snccor for the true Hay
ians OF the east, with whom they come 10 fraernze
Your enemies are those who remain deaf TO my mp
peal and Try 10 oppose our reconciliation, by arming
yon against against yonr brethren. II there are
any snch among you, they conspre against The lib
erty and nationality Of the Hayden people Do You
not, then, see that they are bcraying YOU and thai
il is time 10 deal ont Justice 10 them 7
Live the Constitution, Live Liberty Equality [
1.-Two tho Unon Live the individuality OF the Ter
fitory,
Given at Head Quarters. Lascaobas, 9Th March
1919
BY the President, SouLOUQuE.
l.. DuFREsE, Secretary 0anornl.
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TO rnE EDITOR OF 7Hr NATIONAL VINO

It is quite amusing to look back TO the
time when the Locoioco party first came into
power, and observe the grounds on which
the leading members Of that party in Con
gress sustained the most sweeping political
prescription which has ever been known in
this country. In the debate on the Post
Office investigation on the 9Th February,
1881, Mr. GRUNDY thus justified, in the
Senate, the removal Of more than five hun
bred postmasters at that time" Let US now
see,' said he, 4" whether there be not un-
questionable causes Of removal which may
properly have produced as great result as
this II postmaster should commit any
depreciation on the mail, he sirely ought TO
be removed Should postmaster violate
the secrecy Of correspondence, which some
men have done, the Postmaster General
ought not to be deferred from removing him
by the cry Of prescription The same fate
should await all delnquents in paying their
dues likewise those who fail TO render their
accounts, or who abuse the ranking privi-
lege. Fraudulent exactions Of postage, con-
cealing or OBTAINING letters, newspapers OF
pamphlets constitute just causes Of removal
habits Of intemperance, disquaGfyng man
for the office Of postmaster; insulting OF
unaccommodating department. to persons hav-
ing business at the office habtual careless
ness or mattention TO the duties Of the sta
ton, constitute Just causes Of removal; in
competency refusing 10 comply with the
standing regulations Of the Department,
employing assistants Of bad character, the
commission Of crimes, dissolute course Of
life, such conduct as is calculated to destroy
public confidence in the olice--these are
Just causes Of removal The remote resi-
dence OF the postmaster from the Office,
the refusal to give bonds when required
being engaged in pursuits Of disqual'iyine
character, such as will cause long periods Of
absence from the Office, hdping loo CON.
siderable correspondence for The posiag.
10 be miihdrawH from The rerenne, being
concerned in mail contract, the neon.
yenient location Of the office, all these ren
der removals proper, and yet the Postmaste
General cannot act upon such cases as thes'
without hearing the political clamorof Pro
scnpton y and men should, IN some IN
stances, be removed, 10 obtain ne serpicei
Of those better qualified 10 discharge N.
duties 81 The appointment II has happened
under every Administration il has hap.
pened under his; and will occur under
every succeeding one, that from lnisrepresen.
tation some improper removals aud appoint
ments viii take place - (See Congress
sional Debates, 1901, vol 2, p lI3
Could the present Postmaster General pos
sibly desire a better defender than Mr.
GRurDr, the jackson Democratic Chair
man Of the Post Office Committee OF th,
Senate
In the debate on FooTE's resolution
March 10, 1890, Mr.. LIVINGSTON, anothel
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DAILY NATIONAL WIG.

letters ordering he paper containing ay bss
menis must be directed 10 G. W. FENroN, Pal,ltlt
Of the National Whgn
D-oners ior papers mus be accompanied by the mon
ey, or they win not be attended to-
Hs-All money viii be credited al the par value il
Washington Ciy.
b-Ai communications lnr insertion IN The paper al
Intelligence Of every description, all confidential eoni
neaons must be addressed "To W q SNEIliEN, Edhol
OF the National Whign and mns be post paid, or they vii
not he taken ont.
nrS See Prospectus on Isl page.
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PROPOSALS FOR co Al AND WOOD.

orrIcs OF TIE SEcRErAhr the SENATE Y. s.
May a. 1919
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this Office
~ until 3 oeloGk ~. Saturday, the 1911 inst, for
fsng and delivering the vaults u the Capitol on on
before he a day Of September next 20 TONS best Ania.
cite coal properly broken and screened orthe oI The
also, for ihl cords Of bert Hickory W"od, 10 be
measured IN The yard Of tie Capitol saved aud packed
away in the yDis the whole 10 be fnbect 10 the nspec
ton and sppruva, IL the Secretary.
Security Tor The ,ii performance OF the contractvor
furnishing HE above articles, Tie satisfaction OF the So
er.iaiy, will be required.
Proposals ehouti be endorsed Proposals for Coal and
Wood and be directed % The Secretary Of the Senate at
Wellington. May ll--eo3t
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NOTICE.
siuspcnsiOn or Land Sales.

IF fales directed by the Proclamation ol the President
Of The United States dated 27h February, 1919, 10 be
held the land Office ut Suit Ste Marie, Michigan on
the fourth and erleenth day Jnne and ihird day
September next will he suspended until the United States
Geologisa shall have fully closed up their operations and
surveys and designated the mineral from the agricultural
lands, OF Which due nuiice viii he gwen.
RICHARD NJ. YOUNG, +
may Ia Commissioner OF the General Land Office,
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wOoD AND COAL.

CLgRk'a OrEicE OF HOUSE, or RRpR " ..
Arm 10, lSi9
PROPOSALS viii D. received at this office mill one
i ko'cirk " on Silnri ay. the 18Th day OF MAY next
for h,nains aud ,iei,vtrna the vaulfe OF the Capitol,
before the at,iay OF September nrki-- K
2Tal tnns Of Anihrlr,fe Gosh S34
go cords best Hickory Wood,
The coal must be oil the best q,aiy rlrnf 81 Hst and
broken into humps about The size ri a W lib weight
The wood be- well seasoned 2io cora 10 be sawed
once and the balance go conls) 10 he sawed three times
ap 2l-lawiw THO !, Campbell, Clerk.
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WHAT Is LIFE
nv IMAM II IupAN

To discharge our duty to our fellow
creatures and to act proper part with frm-
ness and constancy, TO be true TO the God
whom we worship, and to mankind faith
full to friends; generous TO enemies, warm
with compassion 10 the distressed, and zeal
Gus lor public interest and private happi-
ness, is to be magnanimous without beng
proud, and humble without being mean
il is to prepare for death, and muimur not at
its mandate; to daily acknowledge gratitude
to an Almighty Power, and nightly on
Bonded knees, and with uplifted hands, 10
offer up heartfelt thanks TO the great Creator
Of the world, for the innumerable iavors we
have received, and for the boon OF freedom
that we all enjoy and ever to bear in mind
that
There is calm for those who weep,
rest for weary pilgrims found;
And while the Wondering ashes sleep
Low in the ground
The soul, Of origin divine
Gods glorious image, freed from clay,
In heavens eternal sphere shall shine
star Of day.
The sun is bit.a spark of fire
A transient meteor in the sky
The soul Immortal as its sire,
Shall never die,
Behold yon aged man bending meath The
weight Of years! Mark how he still clings
to earth, but ere long must sink into the
grave, and relin9uish his wealth to expect
ing heirs, who perhaps will quarrel over a
division Of his substance And how hath he
hvedi Though three-score and ten, his
heart has never throbhed at the tale of wo,
and no tear Of pity hath fallen from his
eye! Look, how he bends beneath the
infrm,ties Of age, as he grasps his bags Of
gold Poor, lettering man thy grave will
soon open to claim its pound Of flesh, and
thy memory, unhonored, glide away from
the recollection of every human being.
The soul shall neper die Think, purse
proud opposer of the industrious, persevernl
poor man, whose only capital was his indus
try and indefatigability; think, will the jim
gle Of your gold-your heaps Of money
bags--your rolls Of notes--your rows o
three-story brick houses-wll Mey afford
you consolation and hope, when the film o.
death shuts from your view these objects o.
your idolatry What signify professions
against lifetime of practice. You never
pas an erforiioner, say you You never
charged poor man two prices for the nc
cessaries Of life Perhaps not, directly
Did you never lay stumbling block in the
way Of one who never wronged you' Did
you never, from purely selfish motives
from the fear Of honorable compettion--en-
deavor to crush the industrious poor man,
in order that you might obtain his portion Of
the public patronage you never inter
iered to take away from, or prevent, such
an ones obtaining work You never reaped
the proceeds Of the poor mans labor'-never
put in your own over-burthened purse the
profits which should have enured 10 the pool
man did youl-think--" What shall il
profit a man if he gain the whole world ana
lose his own soul"
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HIIN bUUDs
"a VlRGINIAN.o
TO rHG sDiroR OF THE NATIONAL WIG
rho linton ana Rotation In once.

tits with great reluctance iha, address you this
letter. in relation TO the Union and rotation in Office.
am Democrat, and have always participated in
their victories and deieaa, since The election OF MI
Van Buren, and during the whole course Of my po-
lrcal observation am unable TO put my finger upon
single newspaper containing 20 many worthless,
whining editorials on the subject Of removals, az
have lately cn,nnatcd from the editor Of that paper
They are In direct conflict with the opinionse expressed
by majority Of The Democratic party, nj the aces
sion of Mr.. Polk TO the Presidcncy--ihe cry was
them rotation in Office il is still eniefanelsti all
vocated by onr party With this fact before u.s. foi
Heavens sake Mr.. Richie, rather for sake Of
consistency, and dignity Of party, let US have no
more tears implorng attitudes, iigmafolea about
g,ilotincs, axes, &c. But lie, Wing Administration
exercise legitimate iighi, in quiet and peace IL is
exactly what we asked when In power, hut ] am
sorry 10 say asked in manner, in vain. The ref,I-
sal OF this request, on the part OF Mr.. Polk AMI his
talented and corrupt Cabinet resulted In the pfosiri
lion Of HIS party and IN years aiter his election
he was met by IA Wing House Of Representatives al
the Capitol
wish 10 be briei, Mr.. Editor, and to learn from,
you how gentleman, obtaining office through po
iical services, conscieDi,0usly retain that Uic,
through nm opposing Administration. His claim Is
certainly weaker Than he who has enjoyed place ioi
a moderate hfe imc-in the latter case the iDcu1.
heni may p ad that he holds His office by the ido o.
cDston iht former has nothing stand upon but hi:
homo, 10 resipnlBp. 70 say that ihcrr IL no person
IN either party, AZ he may be- able TO I'LL ,hcs,
offices IL pross insult u this opinion Ia en-
Ierianed, iesl thai il 10 partially prompted BY
The msepsrabfe and elegant cuncomitanis of office
10 vii liberal pay and leisure houra, wine drink
inga and oyster supports, mint lnleps aud brandy
| smaahca, &c. II am wrong, MIR, Printer, pleast
correct inc, Yours &c.
AN uEcnAaGrNa pEnocnAT..
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A l,eauiiiul tea and coffee service in silver, TO ho
presented by the State Of South Carolina 70 Mrs
Dickinson The widow Of tho llle Colonel Dckinson
who IN gallanty Gghiing in Mexico has lately been
finished In New York. 5.ats
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Msz6arANri'-rht Rome has died Cardinal Moz-
Ioianli the celebrated Merchant, known through
out Europe ipr his extraordinary power IN the &C
ghisfion Of laneuages, down even 10 the mnuest
differences OF dialect and shades OF pdiois, which pro
cured ior him from Byron The name Of The " Poly
plot" HE power Of assimilation IN this respect was
lsomcihin" like diylnaiion; and he 10 likencd TO
those mental plodipiea known M calculating chil
dren," who 10 the asloniahment Of consImm,tc
mhtbrmaticiAna leap IA II were AZ bound, without
education 10 CONCLUSIONS implying the intricate pro
cosses Of the particular science. Al Rome, where
the Propaganda cnierains and trains missionaries
for and from all parts 81 the world, and where all
living languages arc currently spoken Cardinal
Mezfoilnti convrfsed with each man in his own
tongue and idiom Curious thlngs spoken Of
this reW1ikilln YET scennply mechanical riff Of his
IT, u 10 said, he We're addressed for the first time
N language dialeci 10 him, he listened with
a won ierIu power Of attention, decompnsed the
sounds in HE mind, searched for the analoges md
soushl out the roots. In short time all was clear
20 HIN he WINS master Of the lexicon and the gram
maj VI the Hitherto unknown tongue"
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raorosALs ron paIsTING.

C,TAiEn PROPOSALS wi h6 received ~ Tie Pension
y uncc nntil cisHh Of TIC enGnf month oi p,mt,ng
sA tl,o,ianj copies 81 The Pension Laws now w force. 10
roth with HE constructions placed hpnn such by the War
III pirmsti Attorney General, and the forms necessary
b. followed by applicants Tor pensions nher the several
lave and the bounty land laws together with The
~ or application therefor fr the use OF the Pension
Office The work 10 be executed an good paper, OF which
sample viii be furnished on apple alton u the Penson
Dni,e Tile book WIN not exceed one hundred and fifty
pages Dc printed Long primer type and each page
eontn two hoi,aan, AMI eighty ems The proposal ms
state The price per printed raee e include composition,
The bids % be euyeoPel and endorssd Proposals. for
prining p l. EDWARDS,
an 1t--wtwS9icp Commissioner OF Pensions.