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SEVAST0F0L TAKEN.
The EIrGf aOf the EeaNss1.

ENDWARD ROBERTS has just received from
IA the east, and has now ready for sale full and
complete assortment of
FALL a. WINTER GOODS
including every article of fancy, dress OF plain
goods that can be asked for in a country store,
either for ladies' OF gentlenen's wear. His stock
consists Of general variety Of calcoes. meriEoes,
pacas dcaines, linens, muslirs laces, etc. for the
ladies, together with boots, shoes, hats and full
selection Of winter stuffs for the < ,ntlemen.
For the hOusekeeper he has laid IN stock of
FRESH GROCERIES.
embracing every article under that head, together
with tin ware, carpet:ng, carpet chain, shecting,
slirting, etc, etc.
For the farmer he has fish, salt end other srf
cles required by the public generally.
In short he has bis sto:ero0n filed with articles
in every department If trade, from which the
needy can select to suit their wants
(ys-Country produce taken in exchange for goods
at the market value, and eeois sold cheap 10 caAh
caustorlers. Come and see.
EUels1urg, Nov. Z, 1861.
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1AUR FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO

~ call st HOLMES & fOUSG's 2
store, Main Street, and TX sz[S
anime one Of the finest and lar szsss. .sSzfzeA
gest lots. Of Watches ever (without eXception)
brought 70 this county. They are all Of the new
est styls sa3 superior 70 anything heretofore
made.
Cylinder watches Of beautiful style and size,
suitable for young msn or ladies'. Hunting-cGse
silverdetached Levers, full-jewell.d, and warrar-
ted-sl6, Sl7, and SO. Silver Levine $s,75 70
81. Hunting-cases, $l4 70 SIS. Also, splen
did assortment OF Bard & Wilson's celebrated Is
csret patent angular Nib Pens, each one warrsE-
ted not to break.
An persons that love good sight, would do we'll
to try the Justly celebrated Ferifocal Spectaclee,
Of which we have fun supply for all ages.
We will just say, in conclusion, that we are
thankful for the liberal share of business we have
received, and viii always enieavor to please and
suit our kind customers.
HOLMES & YOUNG.
Persons wanting honest goods and fair ZEAL
ing, will please look for the sign Of the GOLDEN
WATCH.
Johnstown. Dec. 5, 1858.
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Down on the Yankees.

Mr.. Wright Of Luzerne county, is among
the ablest members of the Legislature. Du-
ring the present session, he has distinguished
himself by bis ardent opposition to the re-
straining Liquor Law of last winter He
goes for an immediate and unconditional re-
peal Of that measure In one of his speeches
on this subject in the House, he thus refers to
the Yankee origin of Prohbitory Laws:
g The bill proposed to be repealed is the
product of Iuaitee notion | was early
taughsa healthy irute to some Yankee notions.
The pc; ceful pioneers of our faith, Mr. Spea-
ker, met with martyrdonl i'll the lious and
godly town of Boston, for the simple promul-
cation of their holy and peaceful faith The
banishments of the Baptlsts was another Y au-
kee notion. The execution of witches at Sa-
lem was another. American devotion to the
sable hue, had its Origion there--and being a
most inventive people, the discovery of ma
king men moral by statute, had its origin with
them. The srerlIng worth of New England
[ value as | should. Her early and rugged
morality, stained asi was, with Quaker blood,
the punishment of the Baptists, and execu-
tions for witchcraft, is yet to be commended
Her invention and intelligence have "a world
wide reputation. In the dark hours of the
revolution her patriotism was undoubted.
She is entitled to high praise, though there
be on her escutcheou the dark spots of blood,
of bigotry and tanaticism. | may be permit
ted to speak freely of her faults, since ] am
partly of her lineage. The discovery of reg
uiating palates by statutes, is eminently
Yankee notion. Some other Commonwealth
have felt the cnntaglon. Maine. the first to
try the experiment, is the first TO condemn it.
Pennsylvania. having repudated the principle
by her popular vote had this ill favored imp
forced upon her people by Legislature that
was the unhealthy growth of a fanatlcal
storm Her people, whose avowed wishes
were thus disobeyed, have given a most terri
BILE rebuke to her servants.
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The Ice EMBARGO AT THE NESr.-Ihe
Western newspapers all speak of the serious
effect upon business produced by the susPen-
sion OF Navigation on the Western rivers,
particularly the Ohio The boats are lying
ldle, anu iaborers are out of employment; the
want OF employ ynent effects the retail business
of the cities and Gowns, which, in turn, react
upon commercial transactions. The Hotels
are almost enspty, for now that the river is
closed, travellers only move about because Of
the most urgent nee essity. There is some
apprehension felt of sudden thaw. Steam
boats, coal boats, aud all kinds of river craft,
are frozen III such manner that sudden
thaw and flood might occasion serious loss.
Tins apprehension may, however, be some
what relieved by the fact that a wide portion
OF the country to the south is covered with
snow, and southerly winds which are neces-
sary, as we'll as sun, to sudden
tiaw, get thoroughly cooled before they reach
the more nortaeriy streams, the chief avenues
Of internal cominerce The cold has been
intense along tue section of country embraced
and satered 10y the Mississippi. At st. Louis
river tor weeks, From Cairo to New Orleans
the navigation is impeded by the river being
full of ice. and in the neighborhood of picks-
burgh ami New Orleans the ponds have been
frozen SO hard that ice from six to fourteen
inches has been formed.
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TIA, e,.n stand for Rent.

T He subscriber will offer his Tavern stand. IN
|! the Borough Of Loretto, for rent. f one or
p IRE years. The house Is large and SPACIOUS,
ooi pump st the door, with cistcTn in ths
kitchen yard, which will hold 1900 gallons of
water, wash hoase with bake oven undor COW
er. stable capable of holding ten TO twelve
horses. with grsnery attached, the garden lots
are good. Possession II the prenses given on
Ire frat day Of ApTii. 1883. For further pariio-
uls-s inquire Of the subscriber residing on ths
premises.
T. SHIELDS.
L-,retto Jan. I6, 1885.
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I ETTERS of administration. have been gran
4 TED 20 rhs subscriber, by the Register Of
Cam lbria county. on the estate Of Eleanor Jon y.
deceased, late of Cambria township, Il Is is e,
notify sli persons indebted 10 the said estate. ~
make immediate payment, and those having b 10
viii present them duly proven for ttIement.
D. II. ROBERTS, Adm.
T.-cs.c---, Yen .. !e5s
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J. PATTON THOMPSON.
Marplc. Mcclure s. Co.
TAKE NOTICE.

A LII persons knowing themselves indebted to
\ a the Undersigned either by Note or Book ac-
count, respectfully requested to call and set
tie their accounts on or before the lst day Of
March. 1856, after which time the Books will be
left in the hands Of proper officer for collection
STEPHEN LLOYD, JR.
Ebensburg, Jan. &c, 1856.
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iioCsE OF DELEGATES,
.,ll ICEc

IL !..s S.ccet.eact TIE Gocsraor IF Maryland: !:
Slr-fhe select committee appointed to
consider that portion of your Exceilency's
message which relates to secret political socie
1ics nave the nouor TO enclose to you copy Of
tue ,es1luti'ns adopted by the House of Dele
g.,es nla respectfully ask from you such in-
-f,..-a,.-a you may posses III reference to
u. ia4ais Instructed to be maio.
have tile honor to be, very respectfully.
your Exceil"ncy's obepient servant.
A. KENNEDY, Chairman
The following is the reply OF the Governor
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Gv The gentleman that caught a cold
by kissing lady's snowy brow" IS re
covering.
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EHG DEMOCRAT & SENTINEL, is publish
- every Wednesday morning, in Ebensburg,
CAMBRIA Co, Pa, at 81 so per annum, IF PAID
- Ty -DEASes. # I.t S2 viii be charged.
F5Z-tI n 5s,ie,E 3 VIII ~ ;1nspicuouSly in
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ExECETIrE DEAARrMENr.

4anapoits. bid, Jan. %, 1856 !
Hon. 4. Aeaaeiy, Chaiyn.an Of the Select
C0al8sittee 10 tcitone s5aS referred So much Of
the Message Of the E.cectatiye, Us related to
Secret PotiticA Societies.
SIr,-I have the honour to acknowledge
tue receipt OF your note Of the I'D instant, en-
closing copy of resolutions of the House of
Delegates, of the 10th instant, and requesting,
III compliance with one of said resolutions
tnat wuato communicate to the committee.
such Iafoi as they may possess, touch
ing the existence of secret political societies
IN this State and of the nature and character
OF tue secrets they preserve. That may oc
c2sl0u you deiay in entering upon the dis
chsrge ot ths duty imposed upon you by the
house OF Delegates, hasten 10 make you
: prompt reply.
l peg leave in the first place to express to
the Committee my sincere qualification. that
t"e popular branch of the Legislature has seen
Ut thus promptly to respond to this portion of
my niessage, and to Institute an investigation
Tei&'lte To the matters therein briefly consider
ed Ihe subject Is one of great magnitude
in every point Of view, affecting most deenlv
the hcuor of the State, as wei as The -,
and good order of society, and unouestinnabIy
demands, a, your hands. the most ricid and
thorough examination.
| sincerely hope that no tine may be lost.
and 40 proper efforts spared, Ia ssieiting the
truth IN relation to the subject matter of the
proposed inquiry.
/ regret To perceive from the language OF
the resolutions of the House, as well as from
she debate TO which they give rise, that come
misapprehension seemed to exist in the minds
" some of the members of the House of Del
egates, as to the particular sosieties intended
20 e. oisbraced by that part of the message
by your Committee. The exis-
eseee OF secret pai.siNaI eouabiasttons is ea-
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tn: g yV-aMCa DE MAGYLAND AND
SECRET POLITICAL, SOCIETIES.

4 asE:i., e 5fIT tn:,i's :,.cssag to the
Legislature directed the attention of that body
to existence uf certain secret political societies
Ia the State as likely to prove subversive of
the =. we'll established and dearly cherished
principles Of oGr Government" In reference
to this matter Mr. Kennedy, (know- -Nothing)
of the Baltimore delegation, offered series of
,S'siutinns calling tor committee upon the
~1a, Fi,e ~cgoiutions were adopted and
gH aymlatsea agpciu:cj. Mr. keunedy. as
ohair,lsI, recently addressed note TO the
Governor. ,nforsnug him what he had done,
and asking for information upon the subject
The following are she esoiutions adopted, the
aota Of Alr Kennedy, and Governor Ligon's
reply
&E EEENaDY7s RESOLUTIONS.
Mr. Keuuedy offered a resolution that the
portion IF he Governors message relating to
secret societies be referred to a select COM
l-littaa of ave, with instructions to inquire and
;sp,.:
- nae.ler aay and what political societies
..ca Ano,yo 10 z!sf IN this State
Wnetner any political society, secret or
open, IS known 10 encourage or produce So pur-
poses Which tend to the subversion OF the we'll
established and deeply cherished principles of
our Government;
Whether any and what society or portion Of
the pe0,le of this State, any of the United
States, have introduced religious issues into
she held of political agitation;
And that tue committee be also instructed to
aseer: .in Us far as may be in their power,
what is the character and import of the secrets
,su.ch supposed to be held or maintained
gy su.h societies. il auy such should be found
80 Exist, anu that tue committee use Its endea-
vocs 30 obtain, if possible, a statement or de
scrip ioa Of the principles, objects and purpo-
szs 0g sucl societies, and report the same to
.a.a ilJusc, with such measures as they may
lse4. urlas>iry for restraining such societies
sreH ypiat!ug the = letter aud spirit" either
VI ~ te,!e.,aI Constitution the Constitution
81 yais o,ale
-.eag eeI, Thai the committee be authorized
IresP -c'tuiiy to request tue Gov-rnor to COM
..-a.o,.,- t.e.n any information he may
i.,---,a - .%gA.d - ouc:l societies alluded to
u - ,aessagg, a4d Jha nature Of the secrets
Ea-, preserve.
.} Thas f,r the purpose of the in
gea.-- .-..4t-tgd 70 rhaig. the coumttee be
r--psa--s.- - s.ne e. persons and papers If
sley s.a., deem :. uece.sary - their invcstiga-
U5l.
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ANDREW J. riley, Esq, Treasurer Dr.
To amount received from Collectors:
County Tax, S9,eSs 69
To amount received on upseated
land County Tax, SO 81
Road '' II l6
School '' So So
Poor " 8 SO
To amount received from miscella-
neous sources, Ill 09
To amount received on redemption
Of lands, 81 40
To amount received on Criminal
Prosecutions, II 90
To amount of Poor tax received from
Collectors. l,469 60
To amount received from August1
Durbin, late Sheriff of Cambria
County, 242 13
1l,G81 OS
Balance due Treasurer, 1923 %
Sl4.304 %
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50 $40 81 1896 IS

Total, 50, $40 81 1896 IS
Poor.
1855 James DovI., Allegheny township, 81 10
- Eaoch Reese, Blscklick az IS SO
sotn G-tSt,1J. Cambria e. 7s
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RECEIPTS s EXPENDITURES

Of Cambria County from the l3dt day Of Ja,,sia-
ry, 4. ID. 1856, to the l9A day Of .InsIary, A.
d. 1856.
RECEIPTS:
ANDREW J. riley, Esq, Treasurer DR..
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POLITICAL MOVEMENTS.

NeU TOrk-The State Central Republican"
Committee, at their meeting last week in the
city of New York, resolved that two delegates
from each Congressional district of the State
and four delegates at large should be appointed
to attend the Republican Convention at Pitts
burgh, on the 22d of February, and forthwith
proceeded to nominate such delegation. The del
egates at large are Messrs. Preston King, Abb
jah Mann, Edwin ID. Morgan, and Simeon ORA
per, and the sixty-six others comprise about an
equal number from each of the old parties, in.
GLIDING many influential men. They are I'M
trammelled as to their action at Pittsburgh.
Kentucky-The kentucky State Council
the American Order met at Frankfort on tn
23d and 24th ultimo, and adopted resolutio
instructing the State delegates to the 22d of
February National Convention at Philadelpbia
to urge and vote for postponement of nomi
nations for President and Vice President of the
United States until the 4th of July. A resolu.
ton was adopted, presenting the Hon. Garrett
Davis, of Kentucky, to the American party of
the Union, as a suitable candidate for the Pres
idency; but during the latter part of the session
the resolution was, at the request of Mr.. Davis,
reconsldered and withdrawn,
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For the National Era.
! NY WILL BE DONE,
BY RUTH HARPER.

ID NJ LII HARPER.
was weary with my watching fan, and worn with sore
disease ''" ''''
Ana SAID prayer TO Heaven-said IT, weeping ON my
knees: pms vi my
" God thou knowes, how
me death o.
Zen long months-hou hast behed mel have drawn no
painless breath
Dy OF night sleep coneih never; fiery anguish wrines
my brain;
Every nerve within Inc vibra,as % . s.n.. oe ,.
pain;
Mountain weights lie eaden on me- ercest flames con.
sumo my breast;
Ihou who cans call Thou my spirit heavenvarI from
This wild unrest"
linen voice rang sweet and slvcry through the twilight
ofmy room.
Like the low tones of an ORGAN ,brouoh = hr,o, ,,,.
rant at hrst and sad the accents swelling soon o Chi
m.ngs clear.
grew mute with sudden wonder; all my soul was hushed
Thus spake Years thrice eleven the bliss OF Heaven
forebore
Fathers love and angels worshp shared the lot OF earth
ly poor;
Bore with and derision faithess friends and
q. maddened foes;
bore 1t all without murmur bore meekly to the close
knowes thou for whom enduring? knovest wherefore
laid aside
All mine ancient heavenly glory, the felons cross
died
Such as ho" loved yet athless that when freed from
stain of sin,
they on earth with me who suffer- bliss of Heaven with
may VIM
Ceased the voice, but still | knelt there; storms grew
hushcd within my breast
As OF old the stormy waters words Of Christ assuaged to
rest;
And the peace of God flowed through me- while PRAYED
there, kneeling still.
AMER as is IN Heaven earth he done Thy will
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DEATH.


On Death, my sterious intruder where.
Where dost thou gain thy power inviucih,r,
No ties too sacred are no Joys too pure.
For thy Implying claim We live and love.
In tendris OF afiection heart with heart
i bound, and kindred spirits realize
The blessedness of living for each other
The present is most sweet the past most dear,
Hope paints the future in her choicest hues;
But fleeing Us the rainbow is our bliss,
For thou, ofterrors King. with noiseless tread,
Like remorseless hardened robber come,
To ravish from our hearth the household God;
Thou TOUGHEST with thy icy hand his brow.
And fast his eyes scaled; one cold embrace.
In thy unyielding arms, steals all his strength
And one cold kiss, from thy resisIless lips.
Drinks all his breath, and stills his heart forever
The last adeu is spoken. and the tongue
That knew but loving words can speak no more /;
The last warm pressure OF the hand is gwen.
Its pulses are congealcd the last foud look
Has ended, with the fading light OF life
And for that bourne whence no one can return
The spirit freed has left mourncr here.
A stricken wife and mother; hear her cry.
Father in Heaven. it cannot cannot be-
That he, the treasured of my heart is gone
Life ofmy life, how can still exist,
DE pdutlll, L amer, Tor my spirit blccds-
UnloOked-for was the blow, my senS,s reel
Fen now methlnks hear him at the door:
His voice. like sweetest music. in my >oul
Nlbrates on chords responsive 10 the sound.
Deuslve memory. fondiy cherished dream
No more his form will bless these achluc,cyc,,
Nor voice, nor footsteps ever greet my ear,
Each weary hour as OF IN times gone by.
I'M the curtain from the window pane
To watch his coming yet know lis vain;
Despairingly. turn To meet tho gaze
OF childish faces, sadly fixed on mine
As from their little hearts the query sprngs
Why will our father never never come p
Thou knowest, oh God, how bitter is my lot
To live, yet wish to die; To almost feel
All other ties. that bind me to tho earth
Only as-feters 10 n hHpless lite.
Yet teach me, Father, If IL is thy will
To say, Thy will be done : teach me for these
His little ones, and mine, 10 wish 10 live.
Teach me to mould their minds for usefulness,
With noble aspirations fill their souls;
Nourish the good implanted in their hearts
BY thy creating hand; aud for their sakes
That may scatter flowers along their path.
Teach me 10 cherish all OF happiness
A life So desoatcd. yet may bring
NeW Brighton, Pa. r. w.
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that Jealousy had driven her mad but it was
not true-Heaven knows that it was not true,
any more than it was true that she had Just
cause for her jealousy. For if ever l saw in
sanity in any creature, l saw it in her great
staring eyes the first and only time l ever set
mine upon her face. No. jealousy did not
cause her madness, but her madness caused
her ealousy!"
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Alas, that granite-born Democrat" should
babble of subject races in the worlds ear
But such is cutaneous Democracy! Shame
forever shame-that Northern man should
unblushingly attempt to sanctify 4" the safm Of
all ctUdRisS; - and more than all, and most
atrocious of all, should stamp the abomination
with the Presidential seal Really. the Presi-
dents mighty flourish, in his message, to rea-
son down and quell agitation" to curb the
invincible spirit of the People, has not been
matched since Dame Partington," according
to Sidney Smith, undertook to mop back and
quell the enraged Atlantic! GRANITE.
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WASHINGTON, d. C, THURSDAY FEBRUARY ID 1876

.nat al unpleasant feelings should be forgot
zen, SINCE they were too happy to feel capable
OF remembering anything except the friendship
pu. we are forgetting, in our long digres-
SION, that Professor Ling is still standing on
. ul;s, steps, and it is time to accompany him,
den family. - 'Ne "
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NOTES FROM A GRANITE" HILL TOP.
Ne'o Brighton, Pa.

DEAR FRIEND: Shall | /" drop in" now and
then, from my Mountain House, and spend a
cosy moment with the readers of the Era
Dost retain some recollectons of our White
Mountain land? Verify, old Winter has made
sad wreck Of some Of those scenes that bewitch-
ed thy eye in the SUMMER days of Summer.
The storm-god has visited us harshy We are
cup to our elbows in snow piles. Old father
Washington looks like the very Monarch of
Winter, with his storm-smtten crest lifted might
lily up to heaven, as though he were utterng
his frowning edicts to the subaltern peaks about
him. Nay, "every mountain now has found q
tongue" bidding the POSTSCRIPT bind us in
fetters-the only Slavery to which New Hamp-
shire nor submits. Dough is doomed. And
woe to all the Vaccinations of Despotism that
seek to make US other than we are,
Brave man, art thou! Brave, to stand up so
steadily against the combined "fire" of enemies
and friends-a fire in front, and " fire in
the rear" Poor General Scott, with the insa.
tate Secretary laundering upon his track, was
hardly worse beset-certainly, not by such a
host of hunters. l suppose the SCARED old
hero would shake his mighty epauetts, were
to insinuate that the game in the present in
stance is quite as respectable, and of quite as
much Importance TO the cause of Freedom, as
that in his case. Should | beg pardon for this
lack of reverence?
Glorious PENi Be it mine to honor that.
Truly said Hewitt, of noble old Milton, when
he
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ARCADE OF THE SLAVE POWER.

.rIrr PRESERVATION. PROPAGATION, AND PER-
pr.rIrATION OF SLAVERY, THE VITAL AND
ANINATING SPIRIT OF TIE NATIONAL GOV
rRN,lENT~-JoHS QUINcY ADAMS
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tween non-slaveholding and slaveholding voters
in the United States was as twenty or thirty to
one. In the following year, that of the admis
sion of Texas, the high offices of the Govern
ment had, since the foundation of the Govern
ment been distributed among the two classes
of citizens, in proportions of which the follow
ing list presents specimen:
Observation-Disclosures SHAREHOLDERS
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