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Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1857-10-21
EBENsBUTsG, OCTOBER 2l, 1857.
The Englishman's snuf.Box.

! The French papers have not. under the in
fuence of the alliance, ceased to have their
jokes upon Englishmen, and one of the drol-
lest is told as follows. by the Union JBretonne
from which we translate it a:
Lord c., we'll known for his eccen-
tricities, went lately to the establishment of
one of our most celebrated workers in fancy
articles. s
i want you to make me- said he, "a snuff.
box, with view of my chateu on the lid
Tt is very easily done,' was the reply, IF
my lord viii furnish me with the design
~ .sila s<uaszI want aasa4 ai ths eDEanee of
my chateau, niche in which there shall be a
dog
That, too, shall be provided answered the
workman.
: But want also that some means should
be contrived by which, as soon as any one
! looks at the dog. he shall go back into the
niche, and only reappear when he IS no louger
looked at
The workmen looked inquiringly. as if to
ascertain whether his customer was not the
victim Of fsome mystifcation. Re-assured by
his examination, and, like clever man, un-
derstanding how to take advantage of the af-
fair, he said to the EngGshman-
what you ask of me is very hard to com
ply with, such snuf-box viii be very ex-
pensive it viii cost thousand crowns
Very well; 1 will pay you thousand
crowns
Then, my lord, it shall be made according
to your wishes. and in month [ shall have
the honor of delivering it to you
A month later the workman presented him
self to Lord C.
MY lord,' said he, here is your snuf-box.
Lord G. took it, examined it, and
said, there is my chateau, with its turrets
and there is the niche by the doorway Blu
see no dog
Did not your lordship, said the workman
SAY that you wished the dog to disappear
when he was looked at
4 did,' replied his lordship.
And that he should reappear when he wa
no longer looked at ?
That is true. also was the reply.
Well said the workman, you are lookini
at it, and the dog has gone into the niche
Put the box in your pocket and the dog vii
reappear Immediately.
Lord C reflected moment, an
then exclaimed, all right, all right" II
put the box in his pocket. and took out {
his pocket book three bank bills of a thou;
and francs each. and handed them to the ski
; full workman.
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igGisrelIa
aEIT OF ROMANCE.

& len years ago a young Englishman ran
away from London, where he was highly con-
neeted came down. to Liverpool, took a ship
that WIS ID fer New Orleans and in due time
lanGes "a this city, with light heart1in his
breass, and between one and two. hundred
pounds IN Bank OF England notes in his pock-s
ct. 10 liati been a nlaurats Sajet at home
and, wEat between wine and women. had
managed TO squander a large fortune, besides
invess::ssz himself seriously III debt He had
irceas,tFoD % provide hinaess v;tia
letters OF introJuction 20 rssfecssih fI5si ties.
in this city, and by this means he soon formed
the acquaintance of young lady, who. by
the death Of her father, had just been left
sole heiress to a large estate. i warm attach
ment soon sprung up between the two, and
our young Englishman, one fine day, made
the lady formal tender of his hand and
heart The answer he received was the fol-
lowing II love you, and will marry you,
but only on these conditions, and these only :
First-you must stop drinking. Second
you must pay your debts. Third-you have
squandered your fortune you must set to
work and make another" The lover entrea-
ted, but the lady was inexorable. Just then
the gold fever broke out and our hero deter
mined, without loss of time, to try his fortune
on the shores of the Pacific Ocean He sat
down. wrote letter TO his lady in which he
announced his determination, assured her of
his unalterable affection. and begged her to
be faithful to him, and without further adieu.
started for New York, and took ship for San
francisco, via, the Cape La California he
led for some time a wandering dissolute life,
and finally joined the unfortunate expedition
which Raousset de Boulbon fitted out for the
conquest of Sonora. 1t was known that he
was among the few who escaped 10 tell the
| fate OK their heroic leader, but nothing fur
ther was heard cf him or bis whereabouts un-
til last Saturday, when friend of his in this
city received a telegraphic dispatch from him
stating that he was among the fifty persons
saved from the Central America, and brought
| into Norfolk by the Ellen. The dispatch far
ther stated that he had lost $500 in gold
which was in the hands OF the purser, bu
that it was luckily insured for its full value il
a London Office. We learn that the young
lady to whom he was engaged is still unmar
ried. and it would not be strange if, in tax
| course Of human events, we should be called
upon to indite a paragraph with that fashion
able heading. Marriage IL High Life y
| Nclo OgleaaS Bee.
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City Advertisements.
young Americas Target PISTOL.

MANUFACTURING NEW VEN,
Co. CT.
yEyHIs PIsTCI is INTENDED as THE
Il forerunner Of the ordinary pistol and is
designed for young men and boys who wish to
enjoy the ekeiteing sport of firing at target, at
the most trifng expense, and without any dan
ger OF accident. The cheapest ordinary pistol is
three or four times the price of this besides being
dangerous IN the hands Of boys. This Pistol is
loaded with the common Fire Cracker, which
forms a complete cartridge, and will carry ball
ten or fifteen PAGES with tho same precision the
ert mary pistol bus not with sufficient force TO do
any serious damage. As America is a shooting
nation, the Young Americans must and will learn
the art by which our independence was secured.
Hence this TARGET Pistol is exactly in time, and
must meet with universal sale among our youth
of the South and West. It's operationis perfectly
simple. and IS not liable to get out Of order 4
full description viii accompany every case of Pts
. tolls The Pistols are put ups the Factory in
cases Of 50 EACH ready to send by express to any
part Of the United States OF Canada.
/ retail. PRICE, % CENTS; BY THE CASE
81 so, OR l5 CENTS EACH.
FRENCH, HALL & co,
New York DEPOT, 392 Broome ST., N. Y.
ez- AGENTS WANTED TO SELL THESE
PISTOLS.
Aug. 90. '75-42 Ion.
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VOL. 4. NO. 80.
no Place for Negroes in Indiana.


Say what you please, the people of the Nor
thern States, as general thing, have no idea
of tolerating the free negroes of the South
among them. In Indiana. they have a law
which forbids negroes from emigrating to that
State. and a correspondent of the New Alba
ny Ledger refers to case in which the law
has been fully substantiated by decision of
the Supreme Court of the State, in a single
Instance Of the application of its provisions.
In that case a negro by the name OF Burk-
shire. long resident within the State, hro't
negro from Ohio, in 1851, and married and
her at Rising San. lie was found
gailtyrin the 0einmou Col.rt OF Clio county.
for bringing in and harborings negress,- and
was fined SO. The poor fellow, thinking he
had right te harbor his own wife, took an
appeal to the Supreme Court, but they not
only affirmed the decision, but told hila that
ne had no wife, because. By the sixth section
Of the act in question, all contracts made with
negroes unlawfully in the State. are declared
void. I.
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Eating Of Arsenic.

The remarkable trial of Miss Madeline
Smith, charged with administering arsenic to
another, which, she alleges, she used herself
reminds the public of the extent to which the
poison may be used with apparent safety \
few years ago, says the Ledger, the public
mind was excited by accounts of the use OF
arsenic voluntarily taken, not for the purpose
Of self-destruction, but in minute quantities
to increase the tone of the system. In the
mountain regions Of Syria it was found that
the peasant-y were in the habit Of using it
largely, and that they could climb mountains
afterward with much greater facility, and
without the same painful sensation of loss of
breath. 1t was found that it improved the
complexion, giving fresh and rosy hue TO
the face, often increasing the appetite. and,
in fact, greatly invigorating the whole sys-
ten.
Some men sixty years old were in the hab-
it Of using it daily, aud had bee thirty year:
| and would take enough to kill dozen mer
not accustomed to the dose The great draw
back to its use lay here-tLat there seems Il
be no stopping in the use OF it when Onc'
fairly begun. Like opium, the victim seem
compelled to keep on, and to keep increas
j ing the quantity. If he advances beyond
certain point it is death, and if he leave it o.
it is death-all the symptoms of being pois
oned by arsenic then Immediately appear, ju:
as the cessation of drinking produces ma nia
potu. ] he authorities therefore interfereC
and endeavored to break up the practic
among the peasantry.
Since then, however, physicians have bee
in the habit of using it in minute quautiti
as a tonic, and with great success. 1t vi
often break up chills and fevers in certa
proper preparations. where quinine fails.
, Consumptive patients have even recover'
, through its means. under medical advice.
has long been known that horses to which
is given in minute doses viii grow fat, al
their skin become sleek and shining, SO th
they win bring far higher price. falling {
s however. in proportion SO soon as its admin
.ration is discontinued -New Eorl; Erpre1
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EE The Victory" Nelson's old ship,
was last week pumped high and dry for the
purpose of examining a leak Ter bottom
presented most singular appearance, being
covered from stem to stern with oysters. mus
sells and animalcul@; upwards of SIX bushels
Of the finest oysters were detached from the
copper sheathing. some of which measured
five inches in diameter. and were devoured
with great relish y The dockya-d workmen
The leak was found to have arisen from 8 por
ton of the copper sheathing being worn off
after which, no doubt, the worms had It all
their own way, for they had positively eaten
through the whole space of ten feet by the av-
orage of three feet. The inner part of some
of the planking was found not thicker than an
orange-peel- Any shock given to the ship
would have allowed the pressure Of The tide
to have broken through in body. and down
would have went Nelson's Tiictoyy Ter cop
per is generally in excellent order, and she
appears yet as though she would well last
another century London i'qpsr
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HILA D ELP IIIA.


INT ORTANT ANN0 65@C.ElNENTtif !
70 all persons afflicted viii Sexual Diseases,
such as Sperfnatorrhoea. Seminal Weakness,
Impotence, Gu1orrhCa. Gleet, Syphilis, the Vice
Of Onauism or Self Abuse, &c. &c,
The HOWARD ASSOCIATION, in view of
the awful destruction af human life, caused by
Sexual disease, and the deceptions practised up
ON the unfortunate victims Of such diseases by
-Ouacks. have directed their Consulting Surgeon,
As a CHARITABLE ACT worthy Of their name,
to give MEDICAL ADVICE GRATIS, TO all
necsons thus afflicted. who apply by letter, with
a descrip pton Of ihcr condition, Gage, occupation
habits Of life Be- and in cases of extreme pow
erty and suffering, 10 FURNISH MEDICINES
FREE. OF CHARGE.
The Howard Association is q benevolent lnsti-
tuition, established by special endowment, for the
relief of the SICK and distressed, afflicted with
-.Virulent and Epidemic Diseases" IL las now
n surplus Of means. which the Directors have vo~
ted to expcnd il advertising the above notice. 1t
is peedless to add that the Association commands
the lIa2hest Medical skill Of the age, and will fur
Irsh the most approved modern treatment.
Just Published. by the Association, a Report
on SperJnatoIrtHa. or Seminal Weakness, the
vice Of Onanistn, Masturbation or Self Abuse, and
other Diseases Of the Sexual Organs, by the Con
sulting Surgeon, hich will be sent by mail, Gu
a sealed envelope,) FREE OF CHARGE, on the
receipt Of TWO STAMPS for postage.
Address DIR. GEO. II. CABHOUH, Consulting
Surgeon Howard Association, No. South NINTH
Street, Philadelphia. Pa. BY order of the Dircc-
tors. EZRA ID. HEARIWELL,
GEO. FAIRCHILD. Sec'y. Pres't.
Sept 80, 1857.-47-ly.
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Dr. .pupoHco's g oEden PisEs for
EcNEGEGG.

ENFALLIBLE II REMOVING STOrPAGES
Il or Irregularities Of the menses. These Pills
are nothing new, but have been used by the doc
tors for many years, both in France and America,
with unparalleled success in every case, and he is
urged by many thousand ladies who have used
thcln to make the Pills public for the alteration
Of those suffering from any Irregularities wlsatey
or, as wGI to prevent an increase of family by
those whose health will not permit it. Females
peculiarly situated or those considering themselves
so, are cautioned against using these pills while
IL that condition, as the proprietor assumes no
responsibility after tie above admonition. altho'
Their nldness would prevent any mischief to
heulth otherwise these pills are recommended
Fuli and xplicit directions accompany each box.
Price 81.
GOLD WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. BY
y ROBERT DAVIS, General Agent for Ebens-
burg and vicinity. He viii supply dealers at
Proprictor's prices and send the Pills to Ladies
(conGdentialy) by return mail, on receipt of 81,
sent him through the Ebensburg Post Office.
G5- Each box has my signatuFe--foI particu-
lars get circular Of Agent
j. DUPONCO, New York
Broadway Post Office.
Ebensburg. Aug. 5, 185T-6m,
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: A KGG FoUND CONTAINING SIxTREH HUS-
DRED FRENCH Cons An extraordinary
story reaches US which we give as we received
it. The report is that tive men named Ward
and Hall were at work down the lake shore.
some mile from this city. getting out hoop
stuff, when they discovered small keg buried
in the sard This they dug out, and
opening it. found it contained GOO silver
pieces. The coins were Of an ancient French
cast and of the denomination of seven franc
pieces, valued at 81 % each The two men
with their treasure have left for Philadelphia.
where they intend to exchange their coin at
the mint. 1t is probable that the money was
! secreted in the place where it was discovered,
by some French officer during the old French
war, and afterwards the officer may have been
killed, leaving no trace where the treasure
was concealed. Thus it has fallen, at last,
into the hands OF couple of Yankees
Os1cego Times, Monday.
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ciftg I! Gifts !! Gifts
a Prize so EyeFy Purchaser.

At the IlUaEeT CITY TdoIIsIIls iIOuse oI
DUANE RULIS0N, PHILADELPHIA.
Eg Y buying book for 81, Or more, you are at
I'D once presented with prize. worth from IS
cents to 500, consisting Of Fine Gold JewelTy,
Watches, &c. All orders by mail viii be promp-
tIy filled, and the prize prizes viii accompany
the books. Our list contains all of the most pop
ular books of the day, and viii be sold at the
usual retail prices, many of them for less. Per-
sons wishing any particular book can order at
once, and it will be forwarded with gift. A
catalogue giving full information, with list OF
books and gifts, wip be sent post paid, by ad-
dressing
DUANE RUIISON.
10 So South Third ST., Philadelphia
G1-Agents Wanted,
Sep l857.-3m.
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THE SECRET INFTpMITIl.S OF
gTEs 4 ED III T'gE EEETy


.Jast PoLIisac4, Gratis. the 10Th Thousand
eyFyzsz A FEW WORDS on THE RA-
5-5Ssss = gioral treatment without mesiciue of
SAzzz2z-ay Spermaturrlea or I1eal Weakness.
Nocturnal Emissions Genital AID Nervous De
Illity, Premature Deray Of The System, Impo-
tcncy, and IEPclimcnts to Marriage generally,
by B. DEJlANEI, N. D..
TIE important fact that the many alarming
complaints. originating in the iraprudence aud
solitude Of YOUTH may lie easily removed WITH
OUT MEDICINE IS, IL lis small tract, clearly
demonstrated and the entirely new and highly
successful treatment. as adopted by the Author,
fully explained, by means Of which every one is
enaIled to cure HIMSELF perfectly and at the
least possible cost thereby avoiding all the adj
vertisal nostruu7s Of the day.
Sent TO any address, gratis and'post free in a
sealed envelope. hy rcuitting two postage stamps
to Dr DE LfNEY, Il Lisrcnard -, New York
Sept. 30, I85I-ly.
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Qloice 1Joetrll.
70 nv OLD COAT.


Though hardly worth one i,altry groat,
Thou'rt dear to me, my poor old coat;
For full ten years. my friend thou'st been-
For full ten years I've brushed thee clean
And now, ike me thou'rt old and wan;
With both the glow of youth is gone;
But worn and shabby as thou art,
Thou and the poet shall not part,
Poor coat.
I've not frgot the birthday eve
When first I donn'd thy glossy sleeve,
When jovial friends in mautling wine,
Drank joy and health to me and mine.
Our indigence let some despise,
We're dear as ever in their eyes;
And for their sakes, old as thou art,
Thou and the poet shall not part,
Poor coat.
One evening, remember yet,
/, rompiag, feigned to fly Lisette;
She strove her lover TO retain,
And thy ,frail skirt was rent in twain.
Dear girl. she did hor best eudcavor,
And patched thee up as well as ever,
For her sweet sake, old as thou art.
Thou and the poet shall not part,
Poor coat.
Never my coat, hast thou been found,
Bcndinggthy shoulders to the ground,
From any upstart : Lord" or g Grace
To beg pension or a place.
Wild forest fowers-no Monarch's dole
Adorn thy modest button-hole;
If but for that, old as thou art,
Thou and the poet shall not part,
Poor coat.
Poor though we be, my good old friend,
No gold shall bribe our backs to bend;
Honest amid temptations past,
We will be honest to the last;
Far-more prize thy virtuous rags
Than all the lace eourtier brags;
And while live and have heart,
Though and the poet shall not part,
My coat.
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Nor so BAD.-Ihe Georgia papers tell the
following, with characteristic JUNCTION. and
we are sure our readers viii understand and
enjoy the old lady's exalted idea of Georgia.
A lady, formerly resident Of Georgia
very much disoontented with Mississippi LIE
ana longing to return to her native land. was
shouting at camp-meeting last year, aud be-
came so excessively happy that she exclaimed.
Glory be to God feel lilc J 'rcrs an Georgs'"
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HERE is A DELICIOUS little rain-song, a.
musical as the rain itself. We know not wht
wrote it, but is it not beautiful?
Millions of massive rain drops
Have fallen on all around;
They have danced on the house tops,
They've hidden in the ground.
They were liquid-lke Musicians,
With anything for keys;
Beating tunes upon the windows,
Keeping time upon the trees.
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MATERNAL INFLUENCE.

By a. C JUDsON.
Gently, mother, gently,
Glide thy little one,
'Tis toilsome journey,
1t hath just begun:
Many vale Of sorrow,
Many a rugged steep,
Lieth in its pathway,
And full oft will weep
OH then gcntIy-gently.
Kindly, mother-kindly,
Speak in tender tone;
That dear child remember,
Echoes back thine own;
Teach in gentle accents,
Teach it words of love,
Let the softest breezcs
Its young heart-strings move
Kindly, mother-kindly.
Would'st thou have the setting
OF gem most fair,
In a crown of beauty
1t were thine to wear?
Mother! train with caution
That dear little one:
Guide, reproye, and ever
Let the work be done,
Gently, mother-kindly.
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IMPORTANT 70 SNAKE FANcIE gs.-Dr Al
fred II. White, writing from Lynnyille, Tenn.
says;
In 1885 dissccted the head of a large rat
tlesnake, and to keep from being wounded by
accident, I extracted the two fangs, and pro-
cecded to examine every tissue, wfea found
another fang as large as the oneI had extract
ed closely by It's side I found another. vary
ing in size when I was surprised again by
finding others, amounting to fourteen-all
getting smaller and smaller, and all possessing
the sane Characteristics as the original fang.
The opposite side correspOnded ip.every partic-
ular, excepting there were fifteen
Most persons in petting the rattlosnake
generally extract the fangs that are visible
and do not seem to be aware Of The ultimate
danger Of so horrible a serpeut.
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TIE PILLow UAsE.-Ex- President Tyler
writes to the Richmond South that his admin
istration did not expend S50o, GOO, as alleged
by Gen. Pillow, for the purchase (bribery) of
newspapers in Maine, to bring about the ac-
ceptance of the settlement Of the Northeast
ern boundary question, nor any ether amount.
He reminds the public that $4,000 is the
highest sum ever yet appropriated in ses-
sion of Congress for the secret service fund
This knocks the last feather cut OF the :. Pill
low case"
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City Advert 5lselllealts.
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LIO UTI) GL Il g

THE REAT AD II sIvE.
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Always z2ezGy fer a -hzsslszcaeses,.
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e it has losuberi0r, ,Iloto y possessing greater
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- within The last three years upwards Of 25O,00o
bottles Of this Justly celebrated LIQUID GLUE
have been sold, and tie great cenTenieDce which
has proved in eyerv case, has dosarvely secured
for il a demand which the manufactures has found
IT. ~ times, dIiialllt to meet; Acknowledged by
all who have used it. that It's merits arc far above
any similar article or imitation ever offered =
tho public.
~ This GEJF IS e1tsas-os7g con'tsTf5ite7 o5
a6rre-fKg Itl{e . lcBeu's Celebrated Liqh1d
(aEIsc tie Great 1.a1seSioe. . Iase no other.
TJFENTK KEIEIE CENI'S i BOTTLE
Manufactured and Sold Wholesale and Retail, by
Wa. c. McREA, SfGtIoRer,
No. 9O7 Chestnut Street. Phiiadelphia
ns- Liberal inducements offered to persons dc
sirous Of selling the above article.
Sep. % 165T-45-1y.
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a'gAUEFER s. FFs8EEY.

WETHOLFSALE and Retail, at M
w the philadelphia watch and f3f IN
Jew elrv Store" No. l48 Gold No.,5gsss n
96) North Second Street, Corner of<szs,ss s-,zlA
n,,,r-x, pbiFo.jal nhia
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Advertising Rates.

nz- Al advertisements must be marked with
,be number Of Insertions desired, or they will De
continued until forbid. and charged accordingly.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-02
VOLCANO ITEMS.

THE BAIL.-The Firemens' Ball was not
as well attended as it should have been, for
"No. Ones boys are glorious set of fellows;'
but we understand that the party was very
pleasant and agreeable one.
PHELPS DRAMATIC CoMPANY.-This COM
pany played to large, appreciative, and de-
lighted audiences four nights of the present
week. They had crowded houses on every
occasion. On the last night, Thursday we
learn that large numbers were unable to gain
admission. We are glad to know that Mr..
Phelps and his company are reaping the re-
ward which their merit richly deserves.
INDIAN GULcH.-In this locality, vast
amount of gold is taken out weekly. There
is no claim that does not pay well, aud many
of them enormously. Indian Gulch and
Union Flat make up as rich locality as can
be found in the State.
MoHALA FLAr.-Ths famous locality holds
out as we'll as ever. There is bountlful sup
ply of water, and all the companies at work
are doing well.
The circuriousp was in Volcano last
niUht