Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1853-09-16
NEWS AND MISCELLANY.


nea=- a youth asked his fathers saction to his
project o marriage. The old gentleman, request
ing his son 20 pray with him, prayed dat # the
match was against the viii of the Lord he would
throw obstacles in the way and make it impossible.
The son interrupt.ng, cred:-
Oh, Lord, don't you do it; For I must have
her any how.'
80 Yesterday morning, about o'clock, P H.
a small man, named Jones, or Brown, Smith,
with lcel in the hole of his trowsers, committed
arsenic by swallowing dose of suicide. The vir-
dict of the Inquest returned jury that the deeea
sed came to his facts in accordance with his death
He leaves child and six small wives to lament the
end Of his untimely loss Sic maldi gloria traasit
pea- ! New Orleans paper ays:-"On Triton
walk, yesterday, we noticed boy, about eleven
years of age, carrying on his head cofin which,
on inquiry, learned contained the bod yyosi:ffs
little sister who had died Of yellow fever Hewas
accompanied by his elder sister, girl Of some l8
years Of fage-they were slowly and sadly making
their way to the cemetery.
ia Some idea may be formed of the imlor-
tance Of perfumery as article of fcommerce. waen
it is stated that Of the large perumers Of GIus
Sc in France, employs annually $4,000 pounds Of
orange blossoms, GO,0oO pounds of cassia flowers,
600 pounds of rose leaves, 320OO lbs. of violet
flowers, 900 pounds of tube roses It, 900 pounds
of lilac flowers, besides, rosemary mint lavender,
thyme, lemon, orange, and other odoreus plants
in like proportions.
ps3@ The old paper mill in which the paper vas
made that Benjamin Franklin used in his printing
Office is still in operation carried on by the son of
the who made paper for Franklin. It has
been in operation hundred and forty years,
ps2- The rumor than Gen. Cass has been offered
the mission to France is credited. No better Sc
lection could possibly be made, but We doubt its
acceptance by the General He has served his
country long and nobly and there Is, We hope
many years Of life and houors for him yet.
II Hon James burnside has been unanimously
nominated by the Democratic Conference of the
Colum bia judicial district for the office Of President
Judge, which he holds by appointment Of the
| Governor.
II The foundry and machine shops at Mt Saw
! age Iron Works, near Cumberland, Md, were de-
stroycd by fire last night The stock and MACH
merry was mostly saved. The loss is about So
O0O
/ psa- The Cincinnati Enquirer of Sunday, says:
\ man named Taylor, in Dubois county, Ind, last
week, was assaulted in the woods by three meu.
who knocked him down and beat him. He leapcd
to his feet and pulling pistol, shot one Of the
men down. With Il bowie knife he killed the sec
/ ond, and wounded the otter with pistol shot as
he was fleeing
/ BG5@ Lola Montez has quarrelled with her new
husband, because he was jealous Of yolinist from
rlr sIa bgI
/ The husband raised a row, and was kicked out Of
the house.
! IL Over two hundred thousand dollars have
been contributed in aid of the New Orleans suffer
ers. We don't believe the Union will be dissolved
/ for some years yet.
| ezy~ The Scientific American comes to rs in a
new dress. This evidence Of prosperity is CRAFTY
ing to US, and We hope it may ever continue, 40
journal deserves the patronage of the public more
than this It should be in the hands Of every ne
chanic and scientific man in our country.
rza- The Parlor Annual, which has been for a
| long time a welcome visitor to our Sanctum, has
been united with the Ladies Wreath, and
made its appearance looking quite neat. It's enter
prizng publishers deserve abundant success
/ Terms only one dollar year
D-We have received the prospectus of a new irdc-
pendent paper to be published in Altoona, Blair couu
ty, by L, }. JoNEs, Esq. 1Ir. Jones has for uum
Der Of years been connected with the Holliaysblrg
Standard, and is known as man OF fine talent ana in
finite wit paper under his control will, therefore
be rich and racyo
D-Letters have been received al Boston, stating
that the captain and of the brig Rodolph were
nassacred by the natives OF one Of the Kings 1Ii
Group in December, 1851 and the vessel destroyed by
/ iire. The Rodoph was owned by Capt. Alfred r
Fisher, now at San Francisco
/ IL The following toast was given at a railroad
dinner, at Detroit lately:
"EdHoTs-Ladder- on which politicians climb to
power-pioneers in all great enterprises-the only
class whose labor is its own reuard-the hardest
worked, the poorest paid most selfsacriGcing all
best abused of all tue professions
pea From returns of the agricultural crops, il
appears that we raise annually, $l43, 100000 in
wheat 1891 200 600 in Indian corn, $3.50, ,275, coo
in hay, S7O,84O, 600 in oats, S73, 185 900 in Iris
/ potatoes, and $12O, ,0OO, 900 in cotton-the whole
crop being 81, 752, ,583, ,0GO.
| nea-W Woman-as a mother She scolds and spanks
"S' SAo'0-' SS 'SiS o4' an" pcheS US; as q SWEEP
heart she coquets and jilts US; wife hefrowns
frets, pouts, cries and torments US; without her
what would there be to trouble US
B5-According to a statement published by Mrs
Jane Hale, there wero last april, thirty five regu-
arly graduated doctresses Of medicine, eighteen Of
! whom were graduates of Philadelphia. Ia addition
to these there were some thirty bydropatLic s1adu
atcs
gzg- The Card of Drs. HOWE and Jackson viii