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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-01-27
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

. rIday, Jan. ~.
On motion of Mr.. Douglass, the Senate proceed
Cd to the consideration OF the bill to establish the
territorial government of Minnesota.
After some further remarks the bill was read the
third time and passed, without a division.
On motion of Mr.. Miles, The consideration Of
his bill ''to reduce the rates of postage and for 9TH
err purposes" was resumed, and several unimpor-
tant amendments were suggested and agreed to
Mr.. Cameron proposed to amend the bill so as
to allow newspapers to be sent free from the office
Of publication, to within thirty miles ther col.
Mr.. Wescott moved to amend this amendment,
SO as to make il read 'snot sent out of the congress
sional district in which they were published"
A debate ensued, in which Messrs. Cameron,
Wescott, Hamlin, Niles, and Allen, partic ipated
and in the course of which the latter gentleman
expressed, at some length, his view in opposition
to the system Of paying $500 900 per annum for
the transportation Of the mil, twelve times a
year, from New York to Havre. tor the benefit of
a few merchants, and the same time taxing the
country circulation of newspapers the general
diffusion Of information among their constituents.
He wished to bring in competition the internal
with the external circulation-to have it determin
ed which is the most important to the country.
He concluded with moving that the bill be in
formally passed by. with a view to call ON the Post
Office Department for information, and the motion
prevailed.
On motion it was ordered that when the Senate
%adjuurns, it adjourn to Monday. ~
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. Goggin made an unsuccessful effort to have
taken up the Post-ofice bill of the House. ..,i
The House then resumed the consideration of
the motion to reconsider the vote by which the
bill for the relief Of the heirs of Antonio Pacheco
was rejected, and after some remarks from Messrs,
Toombs and Duer, the question was taken by yeas
and nays, and the vote was reconsidered, SO to 80.
The question then recurring on the passage Of the
bill, it was, by yeas and nays, decided in the at
frmstiye-10l TO "a. So the bill was finally pass
On motion, the House, in committee of the
whole on the state Of the Union, Mr.. BUT in the
chair, proceeded to the consideration of the bill to
establish a board Of commissioners for the settle.
ment Of claims against the United States.
Before coming to any conclusion The House ad-
%journed. gla.s4
gisia - TigaaiF aGH ~ ~li- sHf fltah.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-01-27

Persons calling for any Of the above letters vii
please say they are advertised.
Woodsield, Jan. 9, Is49. ~
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-01-27

nALLOf u ElOOSEOr hEphESEN o
Columbus, Jan 10, ls49.
DEAR SIR :-Numerous petitions were present.
cd this morning, among which were a number by
Mr.. Pennington for the new county of Noble.
Quite q number of bills we're introduced, and
notices for a lumber more given.
A resolution was introduced to adjourn sine die
on the 9Th Of February, which was laid on The table
Mr.. Riddle introduced a resolution in relation to
the printing of the House, which occasionsd con.
siAssabls discussion. Mr. Riddle argued that al.
though the House had the power TO order it, own
printing. yeti should be given to Scott & Philips
according to the old arrangement. 8 2ff5g
The House has, to-day, been three times 10 CON-
mittee of the whole on the orders Of the day. In
committee, while the bill to incorporate the town
Of Carlisle was under consideration, it was moved
BY the member from Seneca, thatit be so amended
that the town be subject to the restrictions Of the
law Regulating banking" which was lost,
The committee appointed to examine the votes
for Gsvsrnor, will report all the votes cast. show.
ing about sil majority for Ford.
Had al the votes from that part Of Morrow coun.
n taken from Richlsnd, been legal, and had we
tksn confined ourselves 10 the legal returns. We'll
III would have had I majority. But il makes no
difference 10 Col Weller, because he has received
snssppomtment from President Polk. infinitely
better Than being Governor Of Ohio. ne = We
..AsI have 70 BE- in the House during the busi-
pes partof The day, you must make up the pro.
csedings Of the Senate from The pspers. &C staesi
RNzRA THE EDITOR.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-01-27

{ The Senate spent most of he day in committee
of the whole, o , the consideration of local bills.
Mr.. Blake introduced a resolution, to cut of the
head Of Mr.. Attorney General Stanbnry, by abol.
ihing his office, and substituting therefor, the
Office Of Superintendent Of Common Schools. 1t
would be a good exchange.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-10-18
UntutOrcd ElOQuence.

A Catawba warrior, IN 1922, named
Peter Harris, made known his wants to
the Legislature Of South Carolina, in the
following language:
Il am one fthe lingering survivors of
an almost extinguished race. Our graves
will soon be our only habitations. | am
one of the few stocks that still remain in
the field where the tempest of the revo-
luton passed. have fought against the
British for your sake. The British have
disappeared, and you are free; yet from
me toe British have taken nothing, nor
have gained any thing by their defsat.-
have pursued the deer for subsistence
tho deer are disappearing and | must
starve. God ordained me for the forest,
and my ambition is the shade But the
strength of my arm delay, and my feet fail
me in the chase. The hand which fought
for your liberties is now open for your
relief. In my youth bled in battle that
you might be independent-let not nv
heart IN my old age bleed for want of your
commiseration.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-10-18
A9RTgWAPUMAlho
About Orchards.

MANAGEMENT OF YoUNG APPLE Or
cHARDs.-The following mode of treatment
of young apple orchard, transplanted in
the spring of 1913, by which all lived and
made a vigorous growth, has been furnish
ed by J. Talcott, of Rome, n. Y.
Last year the ground was planted with
potatoes; in the fall, after the crop was off
it had heavy top-dressing of horse ma
nure, drawn from the village and plowed
under. The trees were earthed up to pro-
tect them from mice. This spring, the
ground was crossed plowed, and it is now
sown to carrots, parsnips, onions and some
beans planted among them; the ground has
been forked around the trees for a circle
of about five feet. They are making fine
growth. The stems have been washed
with diluted soft soap.
A PROFITABLE ORCHARD.-The finer
lean .4gricaituriSt says: "A gentleman
within our knowledge has small orchard
on the Hudson river, of less than seven
acres, which produces from $500 to $3.50
worth of apples annually. This is not
one year Of plenty, and another or two of
famine, but is regular, steady average
yield. All tn is is secured by the simplest
process, viz: good management.
ANoTEER.-An old orchard offour acres
had not been plowed for nearly thirty
years, and was regarded by the neighbors
as worthless. 1t did not yield more thar
eight barrels year. 1t was well plowed,
and thoroughly manured for three success
sive years, and cultivated with crops. 1t
then produced t'cO hundred and eighty
barrels of apples.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-10-18
The HannY Valley.

The prosecuted Mormons have found a
refuge in an isolated valley on the western
slope of the rocky Mountains, III which we
rather hope than expect that they will be
permitted to remain unmolested. If the
following description, said to have been
communicated by a Mormon resident IN
the new settlement at the opening of the
valley, near the shore of the Great Salt
Lake, to a friend in Ohio, is correct, this
singular people have at length found an
abode rivallng in its attractions Mr.. Mel
ville's Vale of Typee:
"There is an extensive gold mine here,
from which many of my neighbors are en-
gagged in digging gold. Those who work
the mines make from $40 to $3.50 per day,
each. If man wants gold, all he has to
do is to 60 and dig it. In fact, Miles, mon
ey is as plenty here as pine slabs used to
be at Schroou, VT. We have gold dust,
gold and silver coin, and paper currency
for our own convenience, paper being bet
ter to handle than gold dust.
''Pure salt abounds here to any extent.
| can shovel up a wagon load of salt here
as soon as you can load of sand on your
lake shore. There are hot springs here
that are very useful. Within four miles
of the city there is hot spring, the water
of which is sufficiently hot to scald hog
in. There is another spring within one
mile of the city, the water of which is
about blood warm-there we battle for
health; also, an oil spring, soda spring,
and an alkali spring near the lake, at which
place it requires but few minutes to load
a wagon with as good saleratus as ever we
used-in fact, we use no other. There is
not much timber in this country. Game
is very plenty, such as bufialoes, antelopes,
deer, bear, &c. Fowls and fishes of all
kinds in abundance.
"Cattle can live hear the whole year
without either hay or corn, and be fat
enough for beef at any time. There has
been one crop raised in the valley, and
there is a large crop of wheat in the
ground. There is canal being construct
ed here, for the purpose of watering our
fields, as there is very little or no rain in
the summer season. ."-Uis.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-10-18
Something 10 Think Of.

At West Point, our government long
ago established a. military school. Young
men a re selected from different States ev-
cry year, sent there, costs the United States
government from four to five thousand
dollars.
More than S4,OOO,OOO have been bes-
towed by the U. States upon that institu-
ton; and all for what!
Well, what then! Before Washington
left the Presidency, he earnestly recon-
mended Congress to establish a Board OF
Agriculture, or to take some other meas
ures to foster that peaceful but leading and
important interest. They have been since
repeatedly urged to lend the strong arm OF
government 10 the elevation and encour-
agement of that neglected calling. What
have they done! Nothing. Millions and
millions have been expended to learn
young men how to fight; not the first red
cent to teach the noble, bread-giving, world
sustaining service and art of agricultural
Maine Farmer.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-10-18
Printers Ink.

Printers ink, Wonderful conpound!-
Now basam, and now a poison; now
conveying, sustaining comfort, sweetest
health, and sympathetic love to outraged
man-and now devouring with the hun
ger OF flame the heart oftyrannous wrong.
Prceless ungucnt! The salVe of suffer
ing aud the bane of crime. Beautiful is
review-very glorious are thousands of
bayonets, the impartial sun kissing the
murderous steel. Inspiriting the trumpet
hearts pulsating to its brassy BREATH
Terrible the cannon! their silent homici-
daI mouths gaping, stupidity cruel. New
ertheIess all dull all dumb-all dust when
touched and touched by John Gulten.
ourghS olntment-Prnter's Ink. Lay it
on well, and wisely, and in good time the
bayonets shall break like autumn reeds
the trumpet De choked to slence-and
the cannon crack and crumble like sun
split clay.-Punch.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-10-18
Genuine Modern Miracle.

One Srang, professor of the Mormon
church, promised to endow his followers
with the Holy Ghost, if they would build
house for the purpose. He took three
or four of them at time to a room above,
and performed the Mormon rite of wash
ing their feet. He then anointed the
crown of each head with a mixture of oil
and phosphorus, and conducted them to a
dark hall. All being there assembled, each
saw on the heads of all the rest the phos-
phoric illumination, which some fools took
for the Holy Ghost, while others smelling
a rat, TO wit, the phosphorus, took it for an
impudent imposition. The meeting then
dispersed, one half believing Strang to be a
Phrophet, and the rest an imposter.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-10-18
MOses's NinepenCe.
BY CNMON.

We'll Noses interrogated the mother
of country youth, just returned from a
short visit to the metropolis, did yon have
good time down to Bosting; and how
did you spend your money" Cute,
ma am, cute time, tell you,' replied the
stripling-'and as to the money, didn't |
tell you I'd blow it right eout straight,
ma 'am!' Il hope Moses, you didn't get
into any dissipation retorted the good la
dy little alarmed. Wal, no-not ex-
actly dissipation as you might call it; but
| treated up the gals some, can tell ye.
well, let me hear all about it, asked the
mother anxiously.
You see,' continued the son, Il stopped
in little shop at the North End, to get
me drink of spruce beer, and whilst |
was drinking ont couple of gals comes
up and axes me to,,:reat.' And you wern't
fool enough to treat them ere strange wo-
men, hope, exclaimed the matron, you
have to work too plaguy hard for your
money, Nose, TO fool it away upon slch
folks Wal did tho any how retort-
ed the sprig: Il was on time, and didn't
care a darn whether school kept or not, as
the boys say Hush don't swear Noses,
AS | was saying continued Nose, 'the
gals asked me TO treat, and | did that ere
thing, and don't care who knows it. l
paid for their two glasses of spruce beer,
which with mine cost four pence; then |
bought two cents worth of raisins for
them; and by golly!' exclaimed our hero,
bringing his hard fist down upon the kitch-
en- table with a sledge hammer force, I'D
have spent the whole ninepence, rather
than have gone off sneaking!'-Boston
.3ur0ra B0reGiS.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-10-18
Just Seventeen.

just seventeen! the sweetest ago
That's entered on fair beauty's page.
Lips like the rose bud cleft in twain,
With pearIy gems the cleftto staini
Eyes like twin stars ben cath some cloud,
That comes their sparkling light to shroud
Rich tresses of the auburn glow,
Free waving o'er brow of snow;
Aud then the bosom, heeving, swelling,
OF woman's life, no year L ween,
Like soft, sweet, pouting-seyenteen!
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-10-18
Weeds.

'One years seeding makes seven years
wedding. .'-OLd .adage.
The farmer, and indeed every one who
cultivates the soil, should wage an unceas-
ing warfare against weeds. They should
never be tolerated, and never permitted to
mature their seeds, even in uncultivated
soils. A single thistle will often be the
means of fouling whole field and of rem
dering its cultivation difficult for years.
1t is not unfrequentIy that we see the cor
ners of lots and unoccupied by the fences
overgrown with thistles, mullens, net:les
and the like; and very often the soil around
stone steps, that cannot be got at convent
emily by the plough, is abandoned TO their
usurpation. This, however, is bad policy
and should never be countenanced on any
farm, no matter what may be the dimen-
sions, or the uses to which it is applied.
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year. All advertisements handed in must have
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u All letters and communications, to insure
attention must be post paid.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-10-18
Dickens.

He is very gay dresser-eschews col
lars-rejoiceth in bright scarlet iaclngs 10
his waistcoat-iS as fond OF rings and
Igold chains as a Mosaic Jew. Indeed he
Idresses in manner which, If INDUCED IN
by another would inevitably call forth
some of his genial banter. He is fond OF
lcountry dances and similar amusements.
BY his own fireside he is as pleasant and
jcompanionable as his warmest admirer
tcould wish: his conversation, however, is
not what might be expected from man
so Justly celebrated: he tells a story we'll,
and with every fresh variations and nu-
morous exagerations. He Is strong adj
nirer Of Tennyson and Browning; we
have heard him declare that he would
rather written the Blot in the Scutcheon'
than any work of modern times. We
heard similar high admiration expressed
on the other side of the Atlantic. Ia
king this for what it is worth, it still
shows how highly that unpoplar poet, is
esteemed by some Of the leading intellects
of England and America.
Mr.. Dickens lives in good style in the
Regents Park, and is reported TO live mot
too wisely, but too wen' Men Of quick
feelings and ardant sympathies are not
! Iexpected to be Cookers Arithmetic in
| the flesh. or to have the calculating mind
of London or a New York merchant.
| He abomInates arguments; delights IN
walking the crowded thoroughfares of life
and noting the humors of his fellow-crea
lures. He has strong sympathy with
all the oppressed classes, and has no toll
GRAFTON for the misanthrope or the cold
hearted aristocrat. He now and then ad-
ministers little gentle rebuke to afecta-
ton, in q pleasant, but unmistakeable
manner. We remember an instance
where he silenced bilious young writer
who was inveighing against the world in
a very 'forciable feeble manner During
a pause in this philippe against the hu
man race, Dickens said across the table
IN the most self congratulatory of tones; Il
say, --, what lucky thing it is you
and | don't belong to 1t. 1t reminds me
continued the author of PIckwick, 'of two
men, who raised scaffold were awaiting
the final delicate attention of the hangman
the notice Of one was aroused by OBJ
serving that bull had got into the crowd
OF spectators, and was busily engaged in
tossing one here and another there;
whereupon he SAID to the other: Il say
Bill, how lucky it is for as ,0e are up
here
In general however, his remarks are
not happy. Notwithstanding his theoret-
ical sympathy with the lower classes, he
pays an absurd difference to men of rank
and thinks no dinner table complete with
out lord, or very rich merchant or
banker. This has been decidedly in
jurlous to his writings: it has cramped
his hand and checked the thunder in mid
volley.'
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-10-18
San Francisco Post Office.

The Californians are loud in their de.
nunciations of the present management OF
the Post Office of San Francisco. The
following is an extract from letter dated
Francisco, July l9, received by gentle
man in Boston:
Il am satisfied there is no honesty in
the Post Office here, and shall not prepay
any more letters. [ heard man at the
Post office window this afternoon ask fol
letters-the address being handed into the
window on slip of paper, and was an.
swered, I'VE cannot attend to it, Can you
let me know tomorrow! No! We can
not promise Il will satisfy you for youl
trouble The answer was. 'How much
will you give!' He replied, Il will give
SIO,' and was answered, 'call in the morn
ing and you shall have them.'
Il am also credibly informed by men |
hnow, that they have called for letters re-
peatedly, and were answered there were
none, and by making another call they
succeeded in getting them
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-10-18
Fl Love G Laugh.
BY A YOUNG LADY.

| love laugh-a wild, gay laugh,
Fresh from the fount of feeling
That speaks heart enshrined within
Its joys revealing.
love laugh-a wild, gay laugh!
o, who would always sorrow
And wear a sad and mournful face,
And fear the morrow7
/ love laugh-it cheers the heart
OF age how'd down by sadness
To hear the music in the tones
chlldhood's g'adness,
love laugh-this world would be
At best dreary dwelling,
If heart could never speak to heart,
Its pleasures telling.
] hen frown not at gay, wild laugh,
Nor chide the merry hearted
A cheerful heart and merry face
Can ne'er be parted.
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Do You really think he did!


waited till the twilight,
And yet he did not come:
Istrayed along the brook-side,
And slowly wandered home;
When who should come behind me,
But him would have chid;
He said he came to find me
Do you really ,hink he did'
lie said, since last we parted
He'd thought of nuught SO sweet,
As of this very moment
The moment we should meet.
He showed me where, half shaded,
A cottage home lay hid;
He said for me he made it
Do you really think he did7
He said when first he saw ms
Life seemed at once divine;
Each night he dreamt of angels
And every face was mine;
Sometimes 4 voice, in sleeping,
Would all his hopes forbid;
And then he wakened weeping
Do you really think he did'
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-10-18

BEING SURE.-'Look out Patrick, and
if you see any rocks ahead of the boat let
us know. Keep sharp eye
Yes, your honor
The next moment bang goes the boat
on a reef.
You blunderhead--didn't tell you to
sing out when you saw a rock
Och plase sir, wasn'tquite sure it was
a rock saw-so | waited till it struck be-
fore | tole yc.'
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-10-18

PANTALooNs, THEIR GENDER AND BE-
CoMINGNEss.-Mrs. Swisshelm, the edi-
tress of the PatSbmg Saturday Usitor,
thinks that the wide skirts Of women are
impediments in rural exercises, as she has
often felt in walking through wet grass,
getting over fences, and clambering round
rocks. She does not, however, approve
of her sex wearing the pantaloons, and
says, very emphatieally, sit wauld be too
humiliating to be met and mistaken for a
man! We should great deal rather be
arrested as a sheep-thief We shall use
all our influence to preserve mans rights
to his pantaloons inviolate. They ought
to be his. and his only; for they are too
ugly for anybody else to wear
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-10-18

SET Your FENCE PosTs RIGHT.-A
practical farmer informs the Hartford
Times, that in taking up fence that had
been set fourteen years, he noticed that
some of the posts remained nearly sound
while others were rotted off at the bottom.
On looking for the cause, he found that
those posts that were set limb part down,
or inverted from the way they grew, were
sound. Those that were set as they grew,
were rotted off. The fact is worthy of the
notice of farmers.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-10-18
Boots and Shoes

of every description, molesk - fur, pear Ia.
horn and braid Hats; Ladies and Misses pes,i
braid siik' and pearl gimp Bonnets. A splea.
DID assortment of Quecntware, (new stglsl
Hardware. Drugs, Umbrellas, Parasols, BOOK.
and Stationary, Groceries, Fish, Salt Nails
&c. &c.
All of which they are determined to sell ss los
for cash or country produce as any other es,sb.
Iishment west Of the Allegheny mountains.
Ladies VIII find it to their advantage 10 call
and examine this sPieudd stock OF goods befors
purchasing elsewhere.
May 3, l649.-30-tf
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CAUTION TO TRAvELLERs.-The follow
ing notice in country. paper migh be use
fully applied on board some of the hurry
ing steamboats:-'Travellers should be
careful to deliver their choice articles to
proper persons, as gentleman, a few days
since, on alighting from stage coach, en-
trusted his acJe to a stranger, and he has
not heard of her since