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Ill premium Boston Jianos--Re allied at whoiesaie
ices for cash fsans fully warranted and guaranteed
20 give satisfao,iyn, or purchase money refunded
large assortment Of music and melodepns.
COOK BROTHER, 3i3 Broadway.
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Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-12-05
The productiveness of England.

The London Times congratulates itself tliat
just now England is in a bright state of pro-
ductiveness-is as prolific as ever. AMI recruits
day by day the losses of epidemic. emigration
and war. The Times gives the following fig
ures.-s' In the last quarter there were regis
tered 154, S34 births and 81 1874 deaths =
At this rate the natural increase. as it nay be
called, of the population of England and
Wales is &C, 900 quarter that is 267 600,
or more than quarter of million year.
As far as can be ascertained, the number of
English emigrants from this part of the king
dom did not exceed $3.50, which is only
62, 120 year Thus. after deducting emf
grafton, our annual increase exceed 200, 600.
The utmost drain of the war, if the worst
comes to the worst, is not likely to be more
than 0,0o0; that is half the number of males
annually added to our population at home.
This is a very safe calculation, for, as war
raises wrges and increases the value of men,
it has a tendency to diminish emigration
Already the number of enigrauts from the
United Kingdom, which was 109, ,236 in the
summer quarter of 1852, has fallesi to A 69S,
which is nearly the same as in the correspond
ing quarter of 1917.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-12-05
Nebraska.

Omaha City is growing rapidly. The Coun-
Gil Bluffs Bugle says:
a. The improvements at this place are 60
ing on rapidly and largely. Some thirty or
forty houses are now in progress of erection.
The brick hotel is now completed, and the
Douglass House is said to be doing good and
satisfactory business.-Stores, groceries and
mechanical shops are crowding in all around
and business is lively, stirring and really look
ing up The only lack seems to be want of
material with which to build"
From the same paper We copy the following ::
"A large bear splang at horse upon which
Mrs. Boyd, of Macedonia Camp, was riding,
week ago Sunday. as she was going home
from neighbor's house. Such game is rare
in our region. and the kick this chap received
from the horse no doubt made him wish he
had remained at more safe distance. We
have not heaad whether he has been captured
or not. but such kind of gentry should not be
allowed to pass through the country without a
genuine passsort. His propensities for hug
gipg would MOI suit cur ustroniy ecmmunity." !"
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-12-05

a prins looking man with long face. short,
gray hair. a slender figure, and suit of
black Put pen behind his ear and he
would look like a 's confidential clerk" Give
his face more character and he would remind
YOU of Henry Clay. He has fine head,
pbrenologically speaking large and round at
the top, with spacious forehead, and scant
allotment of cheek. Prin, is the word.
though. There is nothing in his appearance
which is ever SO remotely suggestive of the
romantic. He is not even pale, and as for a
rolling shirt collar, Byronic tie. be Is ey-
identity not the man to think of such things
Romance, in fact, is the article he lives by,
and, like other men. he chooses to "slnk the
shop at least when he sits for his portrait.
DUMAS.
On the contrary, is burly fellow. His
large red, round cheeks standeut. still they
seem to stretch the very skin that covers
them, and it looks as smooth as a polished
apple His black cripped hair is piled high
above his forehead and stands divided into
two unequal masses, one inclring to the right
and the other to the left. His eyes are dark,
and his mouth sensuous, but not to degree
Of vulgarity His person is large, and his
flowing mantle red. He is gentleman to
Law bare his throat and look romantic. not
Byronio ally SO, but practically. Yet he looks
good humored, and like man whose capacity
for physical enjoyment is boundless.
EUGENE SUE.
Is reither prim nor burly. He is man of
large frame, over which loose black coat is
carelessly buttoned. Complexion light, eyes
blue. hair once black. now pepper and salt
wbiskers voluminous, eyebrows black and
thick. good forehead, and the lower face am
pie. This conveys no better idea of the mans
appearance than French passport But the
truth IS. Sues countenance and figure have
mono of those peculiarities which make de-
scription possible. He looks in his portrait
ike careless, elderly gentleman. taking his
ease in an easy chair and easy coat He does
not look like an authorizations seldom do.
His hair is rather that of prosperous citizen.
Sue is only forty-fye years old, but he has
lived fast. and looks ffty-fye. Lamartine is
sixty-three and would pass easily for fifty
three Dumas is fifty. and could get credit
! for thirty-cight
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-12-05
st. Bernard Dogs.

A correspondent Of the Providence Journal
gives an inter esting account of his ascent OF
the St. Bernard He was shown the portroit
Of noble dog that ad saved fifteen human
lives. The breed is in danger of becoming
extinct The writer adds :--'s The pictures
that we see OF st. Bernard dogs g0in (, Gu.
with bottles tied around their necks and pick
ing up little children prom iscuously in the
snow, are all very pretty, but like too many
other pretty things. not at alltrue The dogs
never 60 out alone; but their wonderful saga
city. and their strong scent, which, it is said,
viii detect man three miles off, their power
of following the path with unerring gertrude,
however deep it may be covered with snow.
their endurance. fidelity aud courage. more
than double the efficiency of the men who
they accompany Their natural gifts are
greatly improved by education, and as much
is due to the careful and laborious training
which they receive US. to the singular power
with which they are originally endowed. In
the training of the young dogs, the old ones
are most efficient instructors, and it is this
which mainly excites the apprehensi at the
danger of the extinction of the race. 1t would
be work Of I'm nense labor. and perhaps of
doubtful success, to attempt, without the aid
of the dogs already taught, to bring up tn
young ones to be their equals. The same
monk told me that the breed was believed to
be a cross between the dogs of the Pyrenees
and the Newfoundland, but that LOW it might
be called distinct breed"
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-12-05
Crime in California.

ED The California papers abound with ac-
counts of crime. Murders appear to be of
almost daily occurrence. Lynch Law. too.
is carried out freely and frequently. We
have before US several accounts In one case.
six Spaniards were arrested, on suspicion of
having murdered several Chinese on Slate
Greek fhcy were taken to St. Louis, when a
committee of twelve men was appointed. with
authority to investigate the testimony. After
three days they returned a verdict that the
evidence was insufficient Fortunately, this
decision Tailed with the opinion of the outsi-
dcrs, and the accused we're saved. In another
case, however. man named Barclay was
hung by the mob at Columbia He was char
ged with having murdered female. After
his execution, a reaction took place in his ia
vor, his body was exhumed, and buried in due
form in cemetary. Before his arrest, he
enjoyed an estimable character, and had many
friends. A meeting was also held at Chinese
Camp, Columbia, when the following resolu-
tons were adopted
Resolved. That we, the citizens of Chinese
Camp. in speaking plainly our sentiments and
feelings, upon this OCCASION do SO irrespective
of party issues, believing that no party is re-
sponsibe for the private wrongs of any one
Of its members, and that any political party
that would attempt to make capital out of the
afiair that occurred at Columbia, the 18th
inst, is unworthy of an existence.
Resolved, That it is with much satisfaction
that we learn that the largcs. portion of the
citizens of Columbia are in favor of law and
order, and that they regard the shocking affair
that occurred on the 1th. in its true light
Resolved, That we do pledge ourselves to
do all in our power to cause justice to be. exc
cuted upon those who participated in the mur-
der of John S. Barclay, at Columbia, on the
18th inst.
Resolved, That we call upon all of the cit
liens of this county and State, to discounten-
ance the act of carrying about their persons
deadly weapons, such as pistols aud bowie
knives, believing that any community can do
without them, provided that the public senti-
ment should be arrayed against the use oi
said weapons.
1t would appear from the foregoing. that
ofter the execution, by Lynch Law, of the
wretchcd Barclay, the act was denounced as
murderl The following is from the San
Francisco Herald -
REPORTED MURDER NEAR SAN JosE.-A re.
port reached this city yesterday to the effec,
that man had been found murdered at 8
short distance from the old Mission of Sar
Jose on she road leading to Stockton; anc
that two Mexicans had been seen riding has
tily from the spot, some minutes previous tx
the discovery of the body. According to the
report, the murdered man was shot twice
through the body. and was stabbed in The
breast.
Various other outrages are detailed, bu
the above are quite sufficient to show tha
there is wide field for improvement and re-
| form in California.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-12-05

MoRE'S You'LL KEEp.-Some years ago
an old sign-paintor. who was very cross, very
gruff. and little deaf. was engaged to paint
the Ten Commandments on some tablets in a
church not FIVE miles from Buffalo. lie work
ed two days at it, and at the close Of the sec
ond day. the pastor of the church came in TO
see how the work progressed. The old man
stood by. smoking short pipe. as the rever-
end gentleman ran his eye over the tablets
- Eh said the pastor, as his familiar eye
detected something wrong in the wording Of
the holy precepts Way, you careless old per
son, you left part of one of the commAnd-
ments entirely out; don't you see r
No; no such thing" said the old man put
ting on his spcctacles; no, nothing left out;
xheref"
why there" persisted the pastor; '' here,
look at them in the bible; you hayo left some
of the commandments out"
"Well, what if haveT' said old obstinacy.
as he ran his eye complacently over his work
what if have i? There's more there now than
you'll keep.
Another aud morn correct artist was en-
ployed uc1t dag.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-12-05
VOL. 3. NO. Z,
The Farmers Future.

An English correspondent Of the New York
Tribune, expatiates on the prospective intro
duotlon OF steam power as an aid IN agricuItu-
raj operations as follows The Farmers Pu-
ture will be found IN the application Of steam.
to the cssltisatioa Of the sotlf We are rapidly
coming to the conclusion here that the good
old plow is q hunbug We begin to think
that spade-husbsndry applied by steam ia tho
right thing indeed there are some among Us
of the opinion that machine maybe invented
which would, in effect. plow. SOW, harrow and
roll altogether-a machine. in fact, which
should make seed-bed and sow the seed all
at one operation. n.-There has already been
one steam engine exhibited in this country
which viii walk anywhere aud do anything
that it Is required to do. 1t has feet aboQt
the size of yours sir and It puts them down
upon the ground one after the other. very
much in the fashion of q dandy going up
Broadway. only the feet of the machine ars
fixed on wheels, and revclve regularly, instead
of moving up and down awkwardly ike his
This machine viii go through plowed feld
very comfortably. and rather quicker than q
good hunter viii get over it; and as it viii
drag dozen plows after it, l do not see, for
my part, why it should not be made to carry.
as part and parcel of itself, mechanism that
viii readily convert the untitled ground into
seed-bed. Well then. as to drainage / saw .
machine. the other day, that would dig. drain.
and lay down sixteen and a half feet of pi-
ping per minute the pipes being rather moro
regularly and satisfactorily laid than any
skilled workman can lay them. The machine
labored under the disadvantage of being cum
brous. and Of being made to be worked by =
stationary engine. But having got thus far.
it seems to be only one step further to give ua
steam application to the soil. SO as to enable
twenty times the quantity Of land to be put
under cultivation by the same amount of labor.
and at no greater cost than now. Then We
may hope for produce Of cheap corn. the
great desideratun in this land of sweat and
toll. where it depends upon shilling or two.
more or less. in the price of food. not only
whether man can reap the advantages Of bis
labor. but abSolutely too often, whether he
can continue to exist"
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-12-05

gTHE Philadelphia Sunday Mercury
tells good story of fellow in that city, who.
q few DAYS since, stole firkin of butter from
a grocery store, and ran off with it on his
shoulder. When the butter was missed, the
thief was of course pursued by the owner and
a crowd of men and boys crying stop thief!'
Being strong and feet of foot the rogue had
every prospect of escaping, but in an unucky
moment, Ae attempted to shift his load from
one shoulder to the other, and IN so doing, ne
passed it under his nose, when, as he himself
declared in the Mayors Office, the scent of the
butter was so powerful that it Immediately
knocked him down! This. of course enabled
tho crowd to oyertake and capture him.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-12-05
Important Discovery.

Jean Blanc of New Orleans, represented
to be an agriculturist of considerable scientific
attainments, has secured letters patent from
the T. States, for the discovery of a process of
converting thirty different variety of plants,
which grow wild in enormous quantities in
various sections of the Union, into fax of great
strength and beautiful texture. Specimens of
the fax and of the plants from which it is
made, are on exhibition at the Office of Walter
E. Harding. No l Hanover Square. where
they may be examined by all interested. Mr
Blanc viii be present during bus ness hours,
to explain the points of the invention. -
Among the most interesting of thA specimens
are the fax made from the stalks of the cotton
plant, large quantities of which are burned
on the Southern plantations, to get them out
of the way the centaury tree or wild Manila.
which grows in abundance in Florida; the
wild holly-hock, with fibre ten to fifteen feet
long the gold naukeen. of natural nankeen
color; the vegetable silk, and the vegetable
wool The process Of preparation We under
stand is simple and effectual, preserving all
the strength of the staple, and so economical
that the fax can be sold at prices far below
those at winch the article is now sold.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-12-05

A SLIGHT MIsrAKE.-A few days since.
German was riding along Sansom street. in
Sacramento, when he heard the whizzing OF
ball near him, and felt his hat shaken He
turned about and saw a man with q revolver
in his hand. and took off bis hat. and found
a fresh bullet-hole in it.
Did you shoot at me 2" asked the Ger
man
Yes" replied the other party that's my
horse It was stolen from me recently"
a. You must be mistaken" says the Ger
man II have owned the horse for three
years"
"Well, says the other. when / come b.
look at him. / believe am mistaken Ex-
cuse me, sir; won't you take drink p
The rider dismounted and tied his horse
The two found drinking saloon; they drank
together, and parted friends. That is ths
California way of making acquaintance.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-12-05

RKwARD OF MEEIr.-A late number Of tks
Monitenr contains eight columns of names Of
soldiers. in every class of public service, who
had the legion of honor conferred upon them
for bravery in the Crimea. This is heroic
catalogue, and viii be read with pride in hun
dreds and thousands of families. 1t is not .
barren list of names. The special merit ia
often named. Thus, sergeant in the frst
foreign legion received the cross for having
lost both bis hands in pushing away q shell
that fell near his captain. X captain is de-
scribed as :" always in the post Of danger
another as :" wounded in planting 'he stand
ard on the rampant" as always in
front" A corporal - carried away his COM
panions by his example; lieutenant was
1.-The first 10 throw himself on the enemy"
This is the way in France. each hamlet catches
some beams Of glory; while to England
merit tights in the cold shade of aristocrscy.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-12-05

SINGULAR CmcUMsrANcE.-Notl long since
Mrs. Kendrick, wife Of James . Kendrick
of Taxwell county, Ia. after an illness of some
dence of DEATH and preparations were made
for her ipterment. About ten hours after
her apparent decease. some friends, who were
employed in making shourd, were amazed
to hear her ask in a faint voice, for food. IL
seems that she had csteleptic fl which for
tunately passed Of iu seaseh 20 prevent ths
horrors Of premature burial. Sne was.
however. very low AZ the last sccorss.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-12-05
TIE PORT GALLRRy--PERS0EA
TTIB OF IITEEATL
-



Doe3las 3arrol3, vc.l known contributor
d, Punch, and editor OF various publications,
is man about City years of age. and in per-
son is remarkably spare and diuinutive. Ills
faos is sharp, angular. and his eye of grey
ISL hus. lie Is probably one of the most
oaustic writers of the age, and, with keen
sensibility, ne often writes under the impulse
Of tho moment articles which his cooler judg-
rsnt condemns. His CaR.le Lectures have
been road BY every one. In conversation he
ID quick al retort-not always reaued. He
~ husband aud grandfather
NAcAULgY.
Tia Hon. I. 3 Macauley is short in sta
surs. round. and with growing tendency to
sidermanic disproportions. His head has the
same roiundity as his body. and stuck on as
firmly pin head- This is nearly the sum
-oi bis eersousi defects, all else, except the
voice (Which is monotonous aud disagreeable) ],
is certainly in his favor His face seems lit
orally instinct with expression: his eyes,
above all. full Of deep thought and meaning
As hs walks, or rather straggles. along the
street. he seems in q state of total abstraction,
anmiEdful Of all that is going on around him,
and solely occupied with his own working
raiud.-fou cannot help thinking that litera-
tuEo with him IS not mere profession or pur-
suit. but thst II has almost grown part or
himself. although historical problems or an
siyticsl criticisms were part Of his daily
food
BAILEY
A correspondent of the Tribune, writing
from Nottingham, England, says: :" have
seen Bailey, the author of Eestus.' His
father is proprietor of the Nottingham Mer-
curry. and the editorial department. rests with
IL so ,oi~
sure below the middle size complexion dark
and in years about eight-and thirty. His
physiognomy would be clownish in expires.
sion. if his eyes did not redeem his other fea.
lures. He spoke of Festus, and of its fame
in America, of which be seems very proud
In England it has only reached its third edi
ton. whilst eight or nine have been publishet
in the United States"
DE QUIScxy.
:. he is one of the smallest legged, snalles
bodied. and most sttenuated efhgies of ths
human form divine that one could find in {
crowded city during days walk And i
one adds to this figure clothes that are neither
iasnionably cut nor fastidionsly adjusted, hs
Wiil have tolerably rough idea of De Quin-
oey. But then his brow, that pushes his ob-
nusise hat to the back part of his head, and
ah night grey eyes, that do not seem to look
ous, but to be turned inward, sounding the
uepths OF his imagination, and searching out
ue mysteries of the most abtruse logic, are
something that you would search q week to
Auu Tue mates to. and then you would be dis.
ppo'hsea. DE Quincy now resides at Lass
ss aue romantic rural village. once the resi-
s suce Q, Sr Walter Scott, about seven miles
-. Edinourg, Scotland, where an affection.
IA ~. husugntsr watches over him, and where he
srossa S0noer OF the country people for miles
's---yes. young ladies'. positively,
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-12-05

WuAr Is MORMON "A Mormon is 9
living paradox he says grace before cotill-
ion, swears in his sermons. selects his text
indiferently from the Bible. the books Of
Mormon. AN almanac. or tho Presidents mes
sage. and is perpetually quarrelling for ths
sake of peace. His religion is joke. and he
makes the best storyteller chief of the quo
rum He assumes dignities, but has not the
slightest respect for them; and the effect Of
his piety is apparently to put him on level
with the greatest reprobates of the time. In
short he is a Latter Day Saint. or in other
words. the last one you would think Of calling
a saint.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-12-05
a HUSBAND AND FATHER TURNED up AFTER

4 HUSBAND AND FATHER TURNED Up AFTER
THIRTY YEARS ABsENcE.-We heard the par
ticulars yesterday of ono of those strange cpl
sodes in life in which the old adage of truth
is stranger than fiction, was fully illustrated.
About six years since. a lady named Mrs.
Martha Wood, accompanied by her son, his
wife, and a couple of children, arrived in this
city from New Bedford, Mass. She stated
that she was a widow of twenty-four years
standing, her husband having been master of
a whaler, which had been lost at sea. The
family have resided for the greater part of the
time on Liberty street, Mr.. Wood, the son,
working at his trade, which is that of cooper.
Yesterday morning gray-headed and toll
worn man called at the residence of the fami-
", and, seeing Mr. Wood. inquired for the
| widow. who, being called into the room, while
gazing intently upon the stranger, whose eyes
were fixed mournfully upon her. requested to
know his business
Do you not know me. Martha y said he,
and as the sound of his voice. like the memo
ry of an olden melody, met her ear, she gave
vent to an bysterical cry, and tainted In the
arms which were opened TO receive her.
The tale is soon told; the ship in which he
had made his last voyage from New Bedford
was cast away in the South Sea Islands, and
he was one of the few who escaped watery
grave. After enduring almost unheard OF
privations, he succeeded. after thirty years
absence, in reaching his native city From a
brother of his wife he learned their present
location. and arrived here to find her whom
he had left a young and blooming bride. far
advanced in tile evening of life. while the in
fant, upon whose lips when last he saw him he
had imprinted fathers kiss, and who could
then scarcely lisp his name, was now stall
wart man, and the head of family. How
many hops and fears must have agitated the
old mariner as he again set foot. after his long
pilgrimage. upon his native soil - Cincinidsl
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