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Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-06-01
Eroni China.

Byextracts, published in the Grecnsbu7g Dem
ocrat, from private letter, from the American
Consul, at Hong Kong, dated March 9, we learn
the following:-
The great subjects Of discussion here arc The
Turkish and Russian war-the JaPanccs eXueii-
ton, and the Chinese rebellion. The last IS the
only thing we know much about. The Insur-
gents at Shanghai still hold the city, though only
by hard fighting. South of that place, along the
coast and in the interior, the people and the Man
darins are fighting in spots daily.
Nothing has been heard at this place, Of Tai
Peang Wang's arlny, near Pekin, but if he sue
ceeds in taking ,hat city, Canton and all The rest
Of Southern China VIII declare for him at once.
1t is thought by some that Hiens Fung, the old
Emperor, may be joined by the Northern Tartar
hordes. Should such a result take place, it will
put another face on Chinese affairs.
The Emperor Of Siam, who IS tributary to tho
Emperor Of China, lately sent two Of TIE young
Princes, with the usual annual presents, 70 HI
eng Fung. On their return, they were surprised
by Z party Of InsurEcnts-theig escort beaten
one Of the Princes killed, and all the return pre-
sen:s and valuablcs taken. This mag bring old
Siam to the assistance Of uieng Fung, although
these Insurgents wcronot a part thc .acInowl-
edged" rebel army. Neither The rebels at ShaES-
hal, Annoy, nor, indeed, any of those in the in
terror, have been acknowledged by the rebel En-
peror Whether he viii do SO or not, IS theques-
tion.
Annoy is still in Inc hands of the impeTiaHsts ;
bat it will no doubt be re-taken by the Insur-
gents, and certainly if Pekin falls.
Tai Peang Wang signifies " Great Peace, and
uieng Fung Great Abundance" These are
the names of the Einperors or Chicltains. Their
real names, being considered too sacred for pro-
fame lips, are never used. The real name Of tho
rebel Emperor is Hung Soutzcun. Some oi tbs
missionaries Of China are strongly opposed to hin
Though he has forbidden idolatry and opium
smoking, and has declared hilAse.f q christian
on account OF claiming to he son CT God HIM
self, and in dir,cl communication with tie De
. ity.
/ The merchants here only regard tho effect i
may have on trade, and are yet IN q qu2ndary-
don't believe tLey care fig about the merits
! either party-whcther g heads win or tails lose
, -whether Tai Peang waliops Hieng Euag, o.
/ Eieng Fung pummels Tai Pcang, 50 that the silk
/ tea and opium trade suffers no detrimen!.
Nanking, the Southern capital, and Chin hl
ang, an important city at the mouth Of the gran'
canal about sixty miles bslow Marking, are tn
two principal cities now held by the Patriots
and upon The fate of Peliu, believe, entirely de
pends the fate of the revolution.
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Answer to a Health to my Brother

BY VIZ. Il. SMITH. OF WISCONSIN.
Yes, brother, quafT the gen 'rous bowl,
Though tears have mingled with the wine
Our pledge-let each congenial soul
Respond-Thy joys, thy griefs, are mine,
Our suns Of youth rose brightly cleaning,
And promised flowers in every path;
How soon aroused from blissful dreaming,
We struggled with the whirlwinds wrath! !!
Now, in the world alone, my brother,
Two scions ofone parent tree,
Soon shall the earth, our common mother,
Reclaim her own, and set us free
Religion teaches souls immortal
To bear sx bmissive worldly pain,
For soaring up to heavens portal,
The pure in bliss shall live again.
Then let us hear our griefs awhile
No cause exists to shed tear,
When we look backward with smile,
And forward gaze without fear.
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A few years since the steamers On the west
ern rivers were harvest fields that yielded gamb-
Iers golden fruit. Many young man, who had
been entrusted with produce TO dispose Of at New
Orleans, has fallen victim to the willy gambler
on board of western boats. The thirst for wealth.
gold, glittering gold-has hurled hundreds OF
promising young men over the precipce down
the dark abyss Of Vice. They risked not only
their ALL but more than their ali, on the hazard
Of their die, and Fate decided against them
Thus placed, they lacked the moral courage to
retarn to their employer, but choose to float
with tho evilcurrant out into the Sea Of DePrav-
ity.
In the year I84-a party were seated around
a table in the social hall of steamer on the
Mississippi, playing cards. They had played
from about O'Clock in the evening till near mid
night. Tbs party consisted of four persons /;
two of whom were notorious gamblers, the other
two were frank, unsuspecting countrymen who
had been to New Orleans to dispose of produce
and were returning home. At near midnight
one of the countrymen arose from the table, say
ing to his partner:
'sLuck's against US, Bob! Might as well try
to beat the devil himself as these fellows y
''oh, for Gods sake, don't quit yet Give
me some chance te get back my money!"
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VOL. N0.36.
Rebart Enmet and Lig prido.

Twas the evening of lovely day-tho last
day Tor the noble and Inflated Emmet. A young
lady stood at the castle gate and desired admit
tsnce into Tie dungeon. She was closely yciled,
and the keeper could not imagine who she was,
or why one Of such proud bearing should be
supplianl At the prison door. However, he gran
ted The boon-lld her to the dungeon, opened the
massive iron door, then closed il again, and tho
lovers were alone. Tie was leaning against the
prison wall, with downcast head and his arms
were upon his breast. Gently she raised The
veil from her face, and EInmct turned 70 gaze CT
ali the earth contained for hin-thc sirl whose
sunny brow in the days Of fboyhood had been his
polar star, tie maiden who had sometimes
made him think the world was al sunshine"
The clarliug OF heavy chains sounded like a
death loI 10 her ears, and she wcpt like q child.
ErnuCt SAID bs. little, yet he pressed LcT warm
ly to his bosom, and their feelings held silent
mceting-such meeting pecchauce as is held m
heaven, only there we part no more. In low
voice he bcs5urht her not 20 forget him when
the cold grave received his inanimate body-hc
spoke Of by gone days-thc happy days oi child
hood. EL-l his hopes ere bright and glorious
and hc concluded by requesting her sometime
TO visit the places and scenes q those that were
haoWcl in his memory from the days Of his IN
fancy; and should tic world pronounce his
name with scrIn and contempt, he prayed she
would sill cling to him with affection, when all
others should be forgot.
IIar.! the church bell sounded and he re-
membered The hour Of execution. The turnkey
entered. and alcr dasLing the tears from his
eyes, he separated them from their long embrace,
and led the lady from the dungeon. At the en-
trance she turned and their eyes met-they
could not say farewel-the door swung upon
lis hinges, and they parted forever. Mol not
forever. IS thcrcno heaven
At sunrise next morning, he suffered gloriously
"a martyr TO his country and liberty.
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Seleet 4ocrrg.
"L0yEsT THOU ME %
By MARY uOWITT.

By MARY HoWITF.
Mother! bending Ger the cradle
OF thy earliest born,
Watching till the blue eyes open
TO the rosy dawn;
Pouring forth its purest fountain,
Earth's idOlatry:
Listen 10 the voice that marmureth,
Lowest thou me!"
Sister! by the e midnight taper"
Counting labor light,
For thy childhood's best beloved,
IL his manhood might;
Still for him thine eye to Heaven
Lifting tenderly;
Back to thee that whisper stealeth,
Lowest thou Nc 2"
Maiden! with deeper trusting
Than sisters own:
With the silent stars to watch thee,
Dreaming alone;
Dreaming of the star that lighteth
Earth and Heaven to thee
Start not when another osketh,
Lowest thou Mc?''
Watcher! by the fainting night lamp
O'er fainter CLEAN,
Pickering Oh the lips thou lowest
Loves last earthly beam
With that last, convulsive quiycring,
To thine agony,
Comes the comforter's still whisper,
"LoVess thou Ne ?"
Oh! our hearts by earthly loving,
Learn the love Of Heaven;
Not to wean from the Creator,
Was his creature given;
He who tunes our spirits harp-stFinGs
TO such harmony,
Well may breathe upon them swectly
"Loyest thou Die ?''
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a SrElEE.-'I ain. q going to ba ca..ed a
printers devil any longcr-uo more amt, e.,-
claimed our imp Tic other day N terrible puck
er.
We'll what shall we call you7'
s.Ca.l me typographical spirit Of evil il you
please-that's al"
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9" And onc-o'er her the myrtle showers,
Its leaves by soft winds famed
She faded midst italian flowers
The last Of that fair band"

Twas in the land Of Italy-what a mOgniA-
cent scene! a pale emaciated girl lay upon her
bed Of death. Oh it was hard for her to die,
far from her home in this beautiful land, where
flowers bloom perennial, and the balmy air
comes freshly TO the pining soul. Oh no-her
star had settle brightness Of her dream had
faded and her heart was broken. When ties
have been formed on earth, close, burning ties,
what is more heart -ronding and agonizing TO the
spirit than TO find at last the beloved one snatch
cd away, and all cur love is given 10 . pass
ing flower" Enough; she died, the betrothed Of
Robert EInInet, the lovely Sarah Curran. Italy
contains her last remains; its flowers breathe
their fragrance over her grave and the lulling
tones Of the shepherds 1ute sound requiem to
her memory.
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4 clergyman af.cr having read his text, which
was upon the Sam8ri.an woman, seid-'Do not
wonder my beloved, that the text : 81 Ions. !or
:. Is . woman who sreoke;h
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-06-01

A WISE LANDLoRD.-One night, judge, mil
iary officer, and priest, all applied for lodging
at an inn where there was but one spare bed, and
the landlord was called on to decide which had
the better claim of the three.
Il have lain fifteen years in the garrison at
b." said the officer.
u have sat as Judge twenty years at R."
said the Judge.
:. With your leave gentlemen have stood in
the Ministry twenty-five years at N" said the
priest
8. That settles the dispute, said the landlord.
* You Mr.. Captain, have lain fifteen years; you
Mr.. Judge, have sat twenty years but the aged
pastor has stood five and twenty years SO he
certainly has the best right to the bed p
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gflistellaneous.
From Americas Own.
a NIGHT At q GAIGLTIG TABLE
An Episode o. Real LiGe.

BY WALTER GRAHAM.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-06-01

1.-The sea, the sea, the open sea.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-06-01

ETTr,,IGHT TRADERs.-About Two O'Clock on a
Dec. Der night, when the thermometer stood IN
the neighborhood Of zero, party Of wags hailed
g farm -housein the west in very boisterous
manner. The farmer sPrang cut his warm bed,
drew on 4 few articles Of clothing, and ran out 10
see what was ,galted, when the following dia-
lo,,,r,,o ,ocr,rrcI
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Have you any hay, M-?"
Plenty of it, sir"
Have you plenty Of corn %
Yes"
Plenty of meat and breadstuf!"
Yes"
Well, we are glad to hear it, for they ere rery
useful articles ia q family !"
The party then drove OF, leaving the farmer
to his reflections.
1.-The sea, the sea, the open sea"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-04-26

There is danger that IN the glory OF
tie Russian campaign, the true character
of Louis Napoleon will be overlooked
Our regular correspondent las some
times been accused of under severity
toward this uncrowned and unhangei
usurper, and much has been said of the
contentmcnt of France in proof Of the
popularity Of the Emperor.
The following extracts from the pthy
letters of the T'iBuae'S correspondent in
Paris disclose the real facts in the case
The Cars reply to the letter of Ma
poleon, and Drouyn de Lhuyss reply to
the Car, in the form of circular to
French diplomatic agents, you will doubt.
less print in full. That is what has been
done in the columns of all French jour
mails You will comment upon them,
you American journalists, That is what
no French journalist Jares do. SO far
as government documents are concerned.
the French press can be only n simple
chronicle, Opinions are transplanted
from foreign journals, The only criti
cism or appreciation of Napoleou's speech,
for instance, that has appeared in French
print has been translated from English
or from German. The ministerial pa
pers only venture upon paraphrases, and
very weak paraphrases at that of the
documents they publish for freedom is
not permitted even to fattery. Your
readers can hardly have correct notion
of the strictness of surveillance with
which government guards against print
ed expression Of opinion. At least !
constantly meet with Americans here
who seem to have no notion of it, Be
cause they see newspapers, and see
nothing in them opposed to government,
and because they see people and hear
nothing from them opposed to govern
ment, and because, in their minds, pens
and tongues (Ly a fallacious association
OF ideas) pass for organs of opinion, they
argue that the people are content with
government. When on the oath of some
month, in some future year, the next
French revolution-which is always
brewiug-shall break out, it will take
such Observers by surprise and they will
be seeking the origin Of its causes IN the
evening of the 23d
There is my friend Green. He
Judges of the condition of France by
what he sees on the Boulevard des tall
ans. Now, on the Boulevard des Itali-
ans-as all the world knows-one sees
well-dressed people, two or three COM
Portable, licensed mendieants, pretty
shop windows, and, in the brilliant cafes
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dation has ceascd, or that new inter-
est, perhaps of one, or perhaps of many,
in tho rights of the public may not arise
Why should they debar the lawful priv
ilege Of another, or even contingent
gain to which he has a right Nor is
the common consent any better authori.
ty, for the illegal and indecent act refer
red to. The Indifference Of n communi-
ty may offer tempting advantage to
the cupidity of few. Their shame may
be relieved on this account, but the evil
resulting is the worse. They arc contrib
uting, without danger perhaps to them.
selves, to make the looscness and corrup-
ton of society fatal to all interests, aud
intolcrablo. What can they expect for
their own rights, whore tho sentiment
of the community is dead to its own p
But condition of things even more do
plorablc may exist ono analogous to the
case before us, that Of tho Illicit nrpro-
priation by authority of benefits design
ed for the public, to private or individu-
al benefit. And this shall be the rule Of
this cour.-thc design of the bcncfac;or,
in the FIRST place, as to the pcrpctuty Of
his gift, aud, second, the durable charoc
ter of the provision itself. As these
qualities shall appcrtain, the right shall
be RENTED in Difference only to the STU
preme law. Otherwise, the design of
the beneIactor and the benefit of tho
community are subjected to mere selfish
designs, and partial or corrupt executory
influences. Against this Equity firmly
protests, and will extend those forms Of
protection confded to her, animated by
the spirit of justice with the force of
law 1t will exercise the power of right
against wrong, for the sake of that which
is the security of all good, the public
good, the violation of which, in this form,
Is dcreliction of that official integrity,
of which courts of Equity have an ov-
crsight, and will promptly be corrected
here. We cannot invoke to the aid of
those, who have provided the means Of
ornament or convenience kindred spirit
of enterprise and libcrality in their sue
cessors, but We will protect their gift
Before the adjournment, the Chancel-
lor requested the Sheriff to hold up and
exhibit the cloak, remarking, it was a
beautiful one, and the town would know
how to value it. c.
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urer. Mr.. Lee denied this statement.
and alluded to the policy during Mr..
Bradloy's administration Of carrying
freight at the rate Of ono cent md one
mill per ton per milo, while the actual
cost was one cent and nine mills per
ton.
Mr.. lee said that no charge Of i'm.
proper proceedings can be made against
the late Treasurer.
Mr.. Thachcr the President testified
to the good condition Of Tho road IT,
self, otherwise hc know little Of ils
affairs.
In view Of tho above state Of things
VIC presume That few will quarrel with
u remark Of Mr. Smnlloy a. that II wns
n great error 10 attempt on n carilni
Of two millions to- construct u tond cos
ting five millions.
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of that street, the newspapers Of that day.
if one overhcars any thing Of the convers'
alton of the loungers there, It is 6ffy-
some safe remark on the fashions stocks;
the weather, on print in window,
And so Green says to me, walking there
with him yesterday, ! do not see but that
the French are well enough off and con.
tent enough under Louis Napoleon. Ny
dear Green, do you know that within less
than fortnight-that is, during the
last days OF February and the first day
or two OF March-about eight hundred
contcnted Frenchmen have been shut nm
IN prison here i'll Paris Do YOU know
that an agent Of government went to tho
office of every newspaper in Paris. to
warn the editors against saying word
about the arrests, even as an item of
news. and that consequently you havo
not seen n word about them in the daily
prints, where you look for information 2
Do you know that a largo force of soldi.
crs and policemen were busy last week
IN preventing six thousand conteuted
Freuchmcn from following the dead body
of republican to his grave, and that no
sign is suffered to mark that erave-thas
the sign Of the cross placed over it was
instantly removed, and that the guard
ians and grave-diggers Of Pere la Chaiso
arc strictly forbidden. by government au.
thorlty. to tell you where the body lies,
Ii the people are content. what need of
sixty thousand soldiers posted within an
h0rfT.IC ~ 10 Of tf-
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-Four DAYS Later from r,.o,,o


The steamship Asia, Capt. Lott. from
Liverpool April sth, arrived at New
York last week
The Arabia arrived out on tho morn.
ing Of tho sth, aud the Washington at
Southampton, on tho Same day.
ENCLAED.-In the House Of Com.
mons, on Friday, Lord John Russell
confirmed the statement that Austria
was concentrating troops on the frontier
OF Servia but as negotiation were still
pending, be could not state what course
Austria would pursue
The Goth Of April is appointed ma
tlonal fast day throughout Great Brit
ain.
Lccrpoo(, eth, Q A W--Thc London
Gazette contains an order in council.
dated April 1th, stating that Russian
merchant vessels which. at this date
shall be in any Of her Maicsty's ports in
the Indian territories. under the govern.
ment Of the East India Company or with.
IN any Of her Majestys foreign or coloni.
al possessions, shall be allowed so DAYS
from the time Equalization Of This order
for loading and departing. and if met a,
sea by any other Majcstys ships. shall
be permitted to proceed, if upon examn-
alton 1t shall appear that their careoes
were taken en- board before the cxpira.
tion Of the above term, providing they
have not on board any officer in the nav.
q 6 81.
any article prohibited or contraband of
war or DISPATCHES to the Russian GOV.
eminent also, that any Russian vessel
which, prior to the goth of March shall
have sailed from any foreign port for any
OF her MajcSty's Indian territories or
colonial possessions, shall be permitted
to enter such port or place and discharge
Their cargoes, and afterwards depart
without molestation, and that any vessel
II met at sea by any of her Majesty's
ships, shall be permitted to continue
her voyage to any port not blockudcd.
HE WAR.-A despatch from Berlin
says that TIE negotiations between Aus.
trla and Prussia were not then closed
but that Prussia had joined in the proto.
cal signed at Vienna on the Sd of April.
between Great Britain. France and Aus.
tria.
Sir Charles Napiqr's feet was still at
kioge Bay. Navigation was open to
st. Petersburg.
The allied fleet has entered the Black
Sea, to effect movement in conjunction
with Omar Pasha, and has steered for
Narna.
No battle has yet taken place in the
Baltic.
As soon as hostilities commence in the
Baltic, the Empress of Russia, with the
Court, VIII remove to Moscow.
The Russians have dismantled their
tortresses on the Island of Alamo.
The Russians are razing all the fort
resses in the Dobrudscha. Their posi-
ton is considered critical, and reinforce
ments are called for,
MustapLa Pasha is advancing lis
troops in three lines in the direction of
the Trajan Wall.
On the 27th the fleets were between
Batchik aud Varna
The Turks have beaten Gen. Gort-
schakoti in Bessarabia, and forced him
back. They have also crossed the Da-
nubc at Nicopolis and Rustchuk.
The Turks were falling back in good
order on the Trajan Wall.
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100000 Dollar Fund.
CAsrLEToN, April 10, 1854.

Those engaged in procuring subscrp-
tions to the 25o,000 dollar fnnd to aid
the cause of Temperance in this State,
although they have not completed their
labors, are rosIectlully requested
to report to me, without further
delay, the names of subscribers, their
place of residence, and the amount sub
scribed by each, that it may be ascertain
ed what progress is making to procure
the amount required. 1t is very desira-
bic that this fund should be Immediately
raised The State Executive Commit.
tee have no means at their command,
and | sm not aware that they will have
any, to enable them to execute the work
entrusted to their care by the State So
ciety, until this fund is completed. The
temperance men of the State will, there
fore, see the necessity of prompt action
in this matter Those engaged in pro-
curing subscribers will please continue
their efforts, and from time to time,
make returns to me of the sums SUBJ
scribed. ZIMRI HOWE,
Treasurer State Temperance Society.
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The WALKER ExpBDIrIoN.-I.
seems, by a letter to the Boston Times,
that Purser Levi d. Slamm and Lieut..
Parker, arrested Major Emery, Walk.
er's Secretary, and Cordova, his in
terpreter, at old San Diego, where they
were purchasing provisions and took
them prisoners on board of the U. S.
ship Portsmouth. Three deserters
were also taken. These men bring bad
accounts from the Republic of Lower
California, and its chiyalrous Chief
Magistrate. They state that Walker
is about Sc miles from Enscnada, and
that he marches from ranch to ranch,
robbing everything worth taking. They
say that ten days ago they, with two
others (sergeants) attempted to desert,
and that Walker sent a party of his
officers in pursuit and took them back;
that they were all tried by court ma
tial, Of which Major Emery was Pres
ident, and that the two sergcants we're
charged with deserving and with at
tempting to blow up the magazine.
They were convicted and sentenced to
be shot, (which sentence was carried into
effect the same day. The prisoners
were tried for descrtion, convicted and
sentenced by the men composing this
court NATAL to receive fifty lashes,
which was carried into effect, and they
were allowed to leave. They state
that his Walker's)men are in state
of revolt and that general break up
will now take place.