The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-06-19
Our Book Table.

The Plttsburg Daily Post came to hanc
last week, dressed in new and splendid cos
tune. AS precious diamond placed in the
midst Of darkness illuminates by its brilliant
rays the objects that surround it, SO, ~,
assured, ever will the Post, in its brightN Issr'
dress, shed abundance of democratic light roand
all the dark corners of the Whig party in the
smoky city. To Messrs. Harper and Layton
the talented, gentlemanly and energetic editors
and proprietors, we desire all manner of sue
cess, and We must say that so long as sach
veteran editors as Harper of the Post, Forney
of the Pennsylvania, Bowman of the Bedford
Gazette, Bratton of the Carlisle Volunteer, and
others, are true to the Democratic party and its
men, there's no such word as fail"
Frederick Gleason, Esq, the proprietor of
the 'Lady's Drawing Room Companion" pub
lished at Boston, has kindly sent us al the
back numbers of his paper, (seven in ALL which
had failed to reach US. Since the first number
of the Companion" was issued, it has attained
circulation of over so, 900 copies and is rapid
ly increasing. He has largely increased the
size of it and it now stands in the front ranks
OF the newspapers of the world The enrra-
wings are beautiful and conceived in good taste.
the reading such as you can find no where else
for the same money, and in fact it is the best
conducted, most admirable, best illustrated.
neatest, sweetest and bewitching paper we have
ever beheld. Only SO, 90 a year, a perfect Ii
brary within itself, and the query is, who won't
take-it5
Godey's Lady's Book for July is magni-
hcent. The engravings of s.Young Loves
Dream" 1.-The Little Family" ''The Church
Porch" and ''The Fair Equestrian" are in
comparable, while the Fashion Plate" designs
of Embroidery, Garden decorations, and Cottage
Furniture are pleasing and useful to the Ladies'.
The real scorth of the book is its literary contri
buttons, which in the present number are all
contributed by American Ladies, thus hsckins
it still more dear to the heart of every Aneri-
can who desires the talents Of the ladies of his
native land to occupy an enviable position be-
fore the eyes of the world. Continued success
to Cooley and the Lady's Book, as the organ OF
the lady writers of our happy country.
1t is gratifying for us to state that the ars,
WIZ SSaoSJ ohVi IACP0UilCdu, since
its republication, has been received. The Office
of this paper was burned down some eight
months since, and all the materials DESTROYED,
which was severe loss to its worthy and ex-
cellent editor, Samuel S. Seely, Esq, formerly
of Cambria county. The Republican is now
printed with new type, and in appearance viii
vie with any paper in the interior of the State.
Its editor under whose tuition we became a
proficient In type setting and devilheat, Ia q
democrat OF the old school, capable, ready, and
willing at all times, to do the party and his pa.
irons good service, and from the very fatterinne
account that he gives of the prospects of hi
new paper, there is no doubt but hs will
receive that support from the democracy Of
Lyconing county that his qualifications entitle
him TO-