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The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-02-20
MIS- ELI a n z o U
THE WOLF-CHASE.
BY c. WHITEHEAD.

During the winter of 1914, being engaged
N the northern part of Maine, had much
leisure 10 devote to the wild sports of
new country. To none of these was L
more passonately addicted than to skating.
The deep and sequestered lakes of this
State, frozen by the intense cold OF
northern winter, present a wide field 10
The lovers of this paslime. Often would
bind on my skates, and glide away up
the glittering river, and wind each may
s!reamlet that flowed beneath its leuers on
towards the parent ocean, forgetting all
The while time and distance in the luXurl-
Gus sense of the gliding Notwithstanding
Of nothing in the easy flight, but rather
dreaming, as l looked through the trans
parent ice at the long weeds and crosses
that nodded in the current beneath, and
seemed wrestling with the waves to let
hem go; or | would follow on the track
OF some fox or otter, and run my skate
along the mark he had left with his drag
glng tail until the trail entered the woods.
Sometimes these excursions were made by
moonlight, and it was on one of these
occasions that | had a rencounter. which
even now, with kind faces around me,
cannot recall without a nervous looking
over my shoulder feeling.
had left my friends house one evening
Just before dusk, with the intention of
skating short distance up the noble
kenebec, which glided directly before the
door. The night was beautifully clear.
peerless moon rolled through an occa-
slonal feecy cloud, and stars twinkIed
from the sky and from every frost covered
wee IN millions. Your mind would wonder
al The light that came glittering from ice,
and snow wreath, and incrusted branches
as The eye followed for miles The broad
geam of the Kenebec, that like jewelled
Zone swept between the mighty forests or
us banks. And yet all was still. The
cold seemed TO have frozen tree and air
and every living thing that moved. Ever
the ringing of my skates on the ice echoed
oack from the Moccasin Hill with start
hng clearness, and the crackle of the icC
as passed it in my course seemed tc
loliow the tide of the river with lightning
speed.
| had gone mp the river nearly two
miles, when coming to a little stream
which empiies into the larger, | turned in
10 explore lis course. Fir and -hemlock
OF century's growth met overhead, and
formed an archway radiant with frost-work
all was dark within. but | was young
and fearless, and as peered into an un
broken forest that reared itself on tho
borders of the stream, laughed with very
!Vyousness my wild hurra rang through
We silent woods, and | stood listening tC
we echo that reverberated again and again
uhti all was hushed. | thought how offer
we Indian hunter had concealed himsel
Oehnd these very trees-how often hi.
arrow had pierced the deer by this very
''ean, and his wild halloo had here runs
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-02-20

ReGding.-Make 1t rulc 20 read lit
tie every day, even if il be but single
sentence. a short paragraph, viii afford
you profitable source of reflection for
whole day. For this purpose keep some
valuable book or paper always within yous
reach, SO that you may lay your hand
upon il any moment when you are abou;
the house. We know large family ;ha;
had made itself intimately acquainted with
history, probably more than any other
family in the United States, by the prsc-
tice OF having one Of The children, each
one taking turns, read every morning
while the rest were at breakfast.
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.4boA -hodsstg Modesty, says Ali
son. is not only an ornament, bat guard
of virtue; it is kind of quiet or quick
feeling in the soul; which makes her shrink
from every thing that has danger in it. It
is such an exquisite sensibility as warns
her to shun the appearance of everything
that is hurtfui. In short, if you wish To
Danish modesty from the world, she car
ries away with her one half of the virtue
there is in it-for modesty has great infiu-
ence over our actions, aud in many cases
is an almost sure defence TO virtue.
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Didn't ike the Jug.-A wealthy, pop
ular and gay young gentleman once boas
ted that he could walk home with any one
of The members of certain division of the
Daughters of Temperance, from church,
accordingly he, after services were over
the next Sabbath. sprneed dp to a fair
damsel and with polite bow rendered
his arm. The young lady, as by instinct.
drew back as from a sernant and exclaim-
ed:-"No sir! TH neuer put my arm
through another jag hoadfe as Tong as /
kper'
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Sonny, can you cyPher in two syIla-
bles?"
'Yes sir-and spell in the rule of three
all day long"
'.Smart Boy. Now seeif YOU can tell
wha. pint OF cold siaw viii come to at a
cent yard"
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\ young man at Niagara having
been crossed IN love, walked out 10 the
piecipice. took Off his clothes, gave one
gi.tering look at the gulf beneath him. and
then went home. II body vas found
sftle next morning in he'd.
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Tough &ory.-"You are rather 4
crooked character, Mr.. Jones'"
Rather, Sir; but not quite so crooked as
a tree | once knew. 1t was the tallest
butternut | ever saw. Standing close to
il one day in a thunder storm I saw
SQUIRREL on one of the topmost branches
The lightning struck the same branch
about three feet above him; the squirreil
staried-the lightning had 10 follow the
grain, and the squirrel went straight down:
So confounded crooked was the tree, sir.
that the squirrel, by the watch, &c, 10 the
bottom precisely three minutes before the
lightning.
That's lie,'' exclaimed the landlord
''A lie! true. sir, as any story ever was
afterwards cut the tree down, and made
il into rails for hog pasture. The hogs
would crawl through twenty times in
day, and so laundering crooked were them
rails that every time the hogs got out they
found themselves in the pasture again!''
Well. that's enough, Mr.. Jones" cried
the landlord, 81 never heard that beforer'
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II True -6lue Yankee.-A Quebec cor
respondent OF the Bangor ranger, tells the
following story of a Yankee, who had been
"all around that place.
The Yankee approached group of
English gentlemen in front of the hotel.
and tiourishing red bandana, observed
"Wall, I've been all around, and I've
concluded we don't want ye.'
An Englishman addressed him with
''What do you think of the Citadel"
"0h Scott wouldn't make anything OF
taking that; he'd land fifteen miles down
the river aud starre them OUT $500
But it is stocked with three years pro-
VISIONS replied the other.
.W ell he'd stay five. then
Go it, Anglo Saxon, thought We.
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-07-31

In this paper will be found the resolutions Of
recent Democratic Convention in Vermont. II
will be remembered that Lucius B. Peck was
originally nominated by the Democrats for Gov.
|ernor who declined the nomination on the ground
that he believed the Fugitive Slave Law to be con-
Ptitutional, Notwithstanding he accepted similar
domination last year, from Q convention which
passed the following resolution, viz
RESOLVED, That Congress should leave the
Question Of reclamation Of fugitive slaves where it
left under the Constitution but IL 1t under
axes TO pass an act to aid the stakeholder in the
pursuit OF his victim, We protest sganst any law
that subject whhh does not fully provide for 3
isl by jury for very person claimed - fugi-
We slave, In the State where he may be arrested
The recent convention nominated Hon. Trxo-
pr P. RKpFIKlD By scclsma,ion, who IL spoken
In the highest terms by the press Of Vermont
In tAselectioa Of is4s, the vote wss Taylor,
i22i Van B,ren, 1887; Csss, fO,s%s.
In is4s the pts was Coolidge, WAig, 20 .463
sedham, Dsaocrstic 23,Asai Clarke, N. d,
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THE NATIONAL ERA WASHINGTON, d. c., JULY 81, 1851.

the Fugitive Slave Law But to the proceed
ings:
FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN GEORGIA.
The following proceedings appear in the An-
guaG (Gs) Republic:
WARRESros, GAL Thursday, July 10.
This day the citizens of the town and county
met in the court house at 8 o'clock, A. M. On
motion, Thomas F. Parsons ESQ was called to
the chair, and MIR. WIN. II. Pitcher requested to
act as Secretary.
The object of the meeting was stated by the
Chairman, as follows:
Whereas our community has been thrown into
confusion by the presence among us Of one Nathan
Bird Watson, who halls from New Haven, Conn
aud who has been promulgating abolition senti-
ments, publicly and privately, among our people
sentiments at war with our institutions, and intol-
cradle in slave community-and also been detect
ed in visiting suspicious negro houses, as we sup
pose, for the purpose of melting our slave and
free negro population to insurrecton and insubor-
dination.
The meeting having been organized, VIM. Glib
son, ESQ.,, offered the following resolution, which,
after various expressions Of opinion, was unani-
mously adopted, to wit
ResolUsd, That committee Of ten be appointed
by the Chairman for the purpose Of making ar
rangements to expel Nathan Bird Watson, an
ayowed Abolit:onst, who has been in our village
for three or four weeks, by 10 o'clock this day,
by the Georgia Railroad cars and that it shall
he the duty of said committee to escort the said
Watson to Csmak, for the purpose of shipment to
his native land
The following gentlemen were named as that
committee
William Gibson, Z Cody, J. M Roberts, } b.
Huff, Z IL Pottle, f A Brinkley, John c. Jen-
nngs, George w. Dickson, A. B. Rogers, and
Dr. r. W. Hubert.
On motion, the Chairman was added to that
Committee.
IL was on motion,
Resolu.d. That the proceedings Of this meeting,
with minute description of the said Watson, be
forwarded to the publishers Of the Augusta papers,
with the request that they, and all other publish
ers of papers in the slsveholding States, publish
the same for a sufficient length of time.
DEscRirTIoN-The said Nathan Bird Watson
is a man Of dark complexion haze eye, black hair,
and wears heavy beard--measures five feet
eleven and three. quarter inches-has quick step,
and walks with his toes inclined inward and lit
tie stopped shouldered-now wears q checked coat
and white pants-ssys he is twenty-three years Of
age. but will pass for twenty five or thirty.
On motion, the meeting was adjourned
Thomas F. PERSONS, Chairman.
WILLIAM H. PiLcHER, Secretary.
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confidence in the Government, caused by Mr..
Baldwin's retaining the situation Of Attorney
General, even temporarily, when he Is no longer
member Of the Government 1.-THE Provincial Tea
ture in what is called responsible Government
b ing that it shall be conducted by heads OF de-
partments.
Certain resolutions were introduced explanato-
ry Of the system, and censuriDg the course thus
pursued but as no notice had been given OF
these, they we're declared out OF order oy the
Speaker, and the subject will come up again.
SENEX.
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THE NATIONAL ERA.
WASHINGTON, JULY 81, 1851.
NATIONAL FREE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

We rejoice to record that the journals devoted
to the cause Of Freedom are waking up to the
Importance of holding National Convention, to
devise means for perfecting an organization to
check the designs of the slave power. Ii is pro-
posed to hold such a Convention at Cleveland,
Ohio, on the 24;h Of September next. We hope
our friends will see it that delegates are prompt
ly appointed, SO that the Convention may be as
influential and imposing as possible. The infu-
ences in operation to extend slavery are Of such
a character as to demand the prompt and decisive
opposition of every friend Of the cause, and we
hope no timid or dilatOry policy will prevent a
full attendance.
The danger is not fanciful, but real; and our
efforts should be of such character as to indi-
cate that we are thoroughly in earnest in our OPP
position TO slavery -ex tension. The Free PTeSby-
terion, journal published in the Keystone State,
thus approves of the call for a National Conyen-
ton at Cleveland
! "This we regard as very important step, and
a measure that we earnestly hope will be followed
with much good IL is Of the first Importance
that the opponents OF the slave power come to-
Rether, interchange sentiments and perfect their
organic alton, in advance of the nominating Con-
ventions of the two old parties and there should
be full representation at Cleveland from all the
States, where belief in the great truths uttered
! in the Declaration Of Independence has not ut
terly died out"
Let the Free Democratic press urge the mat
ter in their separate communities and take prompt
and decisive steps to secure full attendance.
Our cause is good, noble, holy cause. Let
va she~ Oor~s'y"-, ~NStAS eli by our actions
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For the National Era.
A RETROSPECT.
BY MISS ALICE oAREY.


Down In the west the sunset gold
10 fading from the sombre cloud,
And a fred sorrow, hushed and cold,
Is closing round me like shrond-
Closing with thoughts Of twilight hours,
When gsily, on the homestead hill,
Two children played among the nowers-
would that they were children still.
For as scan with tear dimmed eyes
The future, till lifs's sun hangs low,
No white hand reaches from the skies,
With chrisms Of healing for our woe.
And though 1t may be either mind
Has grown with toll and years and strife,
Experience, like q b lighting wind,
Has made b ,rren waste Of life
A barren waste, whose reach Of sands
Lies glowi' z In the nOontide heat,
Where no bright tree Of blossoms stands,
Dropping cool shadows round our feet
Only one good Is ours we feel
The promise written in the word,
The might Of the bsptismsl seal
To make us children Of the Lord
Iew York, June %, 1851.
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* -2S., -.-9sCS4S S51zs5 is i&z,SS, his
character praised, his sentiments commended by
the National Era, of which John G. Whittier, the
famous abolition poet and journalist is the editor
the Era being now the central organ Of the Dis
unionists Of the North Among its chosen con-
tributors are men who believe it would be bless
ing if the Union could be destroyed, and who
seek to accomplish this by the most embittered
attacks upon the Constitution"
The above paragraph we find in the Philadel-
phia Pennsylvania of Saturday, and it may be re-
garded as sample of the honesty and fair dealing
Of that print. We are not aware that the Era is
the organ of the Disunionists, North or South !;
but the Pennsylvania having made reckless as
sertion will doubtless stick to it, Ii is true, we
do not embrace every opportunity to glorify the
friends of the Compromise, and have no very
high opinion Of the PennSylr0ni0n's favorite, Mr..
Buchanan but we believe our devotion to the
Union is as ardent as that Of many who buster
so much about it, AS the Pennsylvania is the
recognised organ of Mr. Buchanan, will it answer
us one question Is it true, as reported, that
MIR Buchanan has affiliated with the Southern
Disunionists, for the purpose of procuring their
support for the next Presidency We pause for
reply.
Some months since q convention of Ssoessionisfs
met at Milledgeville, Georgia, and recommended
Mr.. Buchanan for President; and the SaUannah
Georgian, IA paper which maintains the right of
secession, and is at the head of the Dsunion party
in Georgis,l dominates MIR. Buchanan, "subject
seeihs e SHOW that there is some foundation 70,
the rumor
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VOL. V.

and scattering, 1888. Clarke was the Candida,
Of what Is now called the 9 National Democr..1
or Hunker party" which party seems 70 nrSr
Z" small by degrees and beautifully lesss ''
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The time appointed for the execution Of the
three convicted murdsrsrs Of the Cosden family
is the ensuing sth Of August, on which day 1t is
expected that Chestsst0vn will be filled to over
flowing with people With view to secure
order on the occasion, the sheriff OF Kent county
has already summoned TO his cid oil its available
military force, consisting Of four volunteer COM
panss
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-03-13

MARALs sALEBy virtue OF three writ. Of fsr' laets,
III issued the clerks ONCE OF OF the District
Columbia for the coapiy Of Wshnwon, and to dectrd
shal public SALE for cash Saturday the 18th day OF
March ~ O'clock the courthouse door Of
.ad the following described properly na and beng N .hs
Washington designated te map OF said
Of Lon lin 0os Of lot IN SQUARE H lot
in a lot W $40 tots = and ~ IN square Ss
and Oip 81 ofot IN square
i6l Of los 21 Iotg 1885, hall OF ot IN
asa lot in 1875 lot In sqsae 1885, lot " IN
squs 49, and ot eised Ind levied npon and viii
be sold 10 satisfy iudcai- Nos g. u and 20 March, ISL
RICHARD WALLACH, =.
Marshal Of the District OF Columbia.
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NOMINATIONS COMBINATIONS Henry w, Hllisrd o.
hlnb una, ha. been nominated for foreign MISSION.
Joseph X. lDgerso, esq, of Philadelphia, declines u'
office OF land comm sioner for California.
The Hon Nc Ashmun declines any Office. IT is said h''
he was rendered the coIlcctorsbp Of Boston.
IL is not true that MI Msrkoo, of the State Department
has been non mated charge to Copenhagen. .
The following nominations have been conhr ned by 'p'
Senate John znan Kerr, OF Maryland, charge to NICE
ragua - King, OF Georgia. charge to New Granada
Clark, secretary OF l.ga ion to Brazil Charles Ras'eu CO..
ector AT Ssna Bsrbsca, Csliiorna Jacob u. Moore ~"
ssef AT San Ftsncsco.-N,n York Mirror, Mari ~
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Chocolates, Cocoa, Broma, Cocoa Paste sticks, &c.

Chocolates, Cocoa, Broma Cocoa Paste, sticks, &c.
NO MERCHANTS AND CONSUMERS would purchase the
best products of Coco free from aduteahon, more nutritious
ARTICLES by hso
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delicate paasble, and drinks invnds
Children travellers and others, pronounced by the
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Paris and hnif thei
prices. IN consequence
and Chocolate preparations offered TO the puhc
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LARer nrrr-Rev T. Il Parish, of Ssnuam, elt at lhn
office beet measuring thirty inch ccumIeenoe'
and weighing twenty-five pounds and two ounces WV
can beat that beet l-Orsgo~ Spectator, JAN 2,
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We lay before our readers the following interesting
proceedings Of the late democratic convention OF Tennes
see they place The question substantially upon The Geo-
yia Am I'VE have seen few resolutions which are
xpressel in a more elegant, dignihed, and becoming
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vVO THE PUBLIC.-The evidence Of


Il the case Of Harman jenkins, making ~ strong
an impression upon the public mnd osly ilstf atos the az
terence between positive and negative cures IL ms eas
the evidence positive palpabs and rsaly ,no's al
YacglOus stoppage Of terrible aiicAn, Peihaps tne
worst case of ST yl.us Dance Known tnat ha as
ed with unabailng violence and ncessant Jerking OF ths
who asd a half years. stopped and eifeo
perfectly IN than three hours But 70 myself ts' w,
d,nce nothing equal 70 the thousand of cases of
non that have seen and restored from the w
avs of death 20 perfect and robust health, 10 ~
The evidence Of ihe weekly returns VI deaths non ..
s,nuuflon. falling IN few months from W " ~ is 20 y,
ne j. as positive that four hundred ps'soir Jsn
Ma, last received much greater Denen, .nar 81 tpa,
Lns Ir his disease didn't touch utsiity O"t .o
80 b,rving on u death and would nave ~. p, w
,h r.te What has induced the strons 4ho .shihed
i's and y1ilainy. the expenditure of large
a"I1 IS,,ss .mDy 70 distribute Il ~ the poor, who
sul @ ~ ce,vsd thoasaSds OF bottles gratis; what say,
S bsTe nducsd such proceedings but full and psltIye
lsgee of rs miraculous power over disease Forthyee
@ sSe m, no with ta1nts jibes and abusive
me contempt Of the or, appealed TO Reverend
Sls.v Medical Faculty" and the Gentlemen Of the
Press investigate tbls great discovery and
us., IL known At my eIp@ase but higher hand u en-
sg,d IN dissemination that work without the assist
sce snch precious tho am preparing more full
b. direction for h proper application in yaroas dises-
Sea Tor am AZ always have boen. confident can never
fal in any disease Iso applied In the above case It
would probably have three weeks BY the ordi-
nsry administration, the usual way but under my 0wn
eye HIN the strength of about sir bottes fun az
once producing almost cataepsy, from which. when be
aroused. he free from his disease am the Ruhrs
faithful servant TALBOT WATTS, Eleetncal Servir.
and cOmpou nder Of the Nervous ARdote, ~ Creenwch-
=; Der, lo2 Nas.au-s. Jyi;n'