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The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-12-26
The BachcIor's SOliIoquy.

To marry, or not to marry' that's the qucs
ton.
Whether tits noblcr in the mind to suffer
The sullcn silence Of these cobweb rooms
Or seek in festive halls some cheerful lass,
And by uniting end it. To live alone
No more and by marrying say We end
The heart-acbe, and those ills and Inake-shifts
Bachelors are heir to-. 'Tis consummation
Deyoutly to be wished
To marry--to live in peace
Perchancc in warl aye, there's the rub;
For in the marriage state what ills may come
When we have shuffied of our liberty,
Must give us peace. There's the respect
That makes us dread the bonds Of wedlock;
For who could bear the noise of scolding wives,
The filS Of spleen, the extravaganza Of dress;
The thirst for plays, for concerts and for balls;
The insolence OF ofservants, and the spurs
That patient husbands from their consorts take,
When he himself might his quietus gain
By living single.
Who would wish TO bear
The odious name Of Bachelor, ~. 5.#
But that the dread Of something after marriage
All the vast expenditure Of income
The tongue can scarcely tell-puzzlcs the viii
And makes US rather choose the single life,
Than craze our heads with debts we know not
rs Of |l--A--t..
Economy thus makes bachelors ofus all,
And thus our rnelanchollv resolution
still increased upon moro various thoughts.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-12-26

The FoNDNEss OF THE PooR FOR PErs.-Fanny
Fern writes: ut is odd as true, that the poor
er our city land-and-alley population are, the
more pets, in the shape Of parrots pappics, cats
and monkeys, they keep. Often have scarcely
known whether to laugh or cry, when, upon
opening the door of some miserable den, scarce
ly large enough to contain rickety bed or
chair, my ears and heels have been at once as
sailed by the paws and lungs Of these creatures.
On the whole, | think have felt more like cry
ing, as thought that even in these miserable
places the great need Of loving something, and
having something to love, can never, by the
lowest surroundings of degradation, be utterly
extinguishcd. They whom the world repudates
the poor dumb creature looks up to- and without
questioning their antecedents. Philosophers
tell ms that the firmest friends are those who are
chosen from our interiors Whether this is
compliment to, or a satire upon human nature,
I leave tothe reader as an open question"
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-12-26

; A STORY is told Of Dick, darkey in Ken
tucky, who was notorious thief-so vicious
in this respect, that all the thefts in the
neighborhood were charged to him. On one
occasion, Mr. Jones, a neighbor of Dicks
master, called and said that Dick must be
sold out of that part of the country, for he
had stolen all his Mr.. Jones) turkeys
Dicks master could not think so. The two,
however, went into the field where Dick was
at work, and accused him Of the theh. "You
stole Mr.. Jones' turkeys" said the master
/" No, / didn't, massa," responded Dick. The
master persisted. "Wef," at length said
Dick, "rll tell You, massa; didn't steal
dem turkeys; but last night when went
across Mr.. Jones pasture, l saw one Of our
rails on de fence, so | brought home dc rail,
and, confound it, when como to look, dare
was nine turkeys on de railr
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-12-26

wHES sy finds himself approaching a spi-
dcr's web he should remember the advice in
washington's farewell address, to "avOid cntan-
Cling alliances"
THE intermarriagcs Of the sons and daughters
Of two respectable families make the best cross
ties uron The railroad Of life.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-12-26

FANNY ELLsLER.-A letter to the New York
Times, from Paris, contains the following:
Fanny Ellsler is now at Berlin, at the bedside
of sick sister, wife of the son of Prince Adel-
bert, of Prussia. The marriage of the young
Baron de Barnim, eldest son of the Prince Adcl-
bert to Mile. Therese Ellsler, sister of the IA
nous dansease, and something of a. danseuse
herself created great sensation at the time !;
but the union has been a happy one, and the
relatives long ago became reconced to the pie
beian intruder From this union was born one
child q son, whose bad health induced his pa
rents to send him, some months ago, to Egypt
to try the effect of the climate on 'hiss slungs.-
But, like Rachel, he received no benefit, an6 has
just died in Nubia- The news threw the moth
er on her bed, and her sister Fanny FASTENED to
her side to console her in the cruel loss.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-12-26
How Canoes are Cut.

ROME is now the chief scat Of the art Of cam
60 cutting, two kinds Of wi. ch are produced
those cut in hard stone, ana those cut in shell.
The stones most valuable for his purpose are
the oriental onyx, and the sardoayx, provided
they have at least two different coiors in paral-
lei layers. The value Of the stone is greatly in
creased for this purpose, il it has four or five
different colored parallel layers If the layers are
so thin as to assist in marking the device Of the
cameo. For example: specimen of stone
which has four parallel layers may be useful for
cameo of Minerva, where the ground would be
dark grey. the face liPss. the bust and helmet
black, and the crust over the helmet brown or
grey. All such canoes are wrought by lapida-
ry's lathe, with pointed Instruments Of Steel and
by means of diamond dust Shell canreos are
cut from largcsheIls found.on the African and
Brazilian coasts, and generally show two layers,
one white, and the other either pale coffee col
or, or deep reddish orange. The subject is cut
with small steel chisels out Of the white portion
Of the shell. Shells adapted for cameo cutting
are dense. thick, and consist usually Of three
layers Of differently y-colOrcd shell material In
one variety Of these shells each layer is com
posed of very many thin plates, that is, lamins-
ted, the lamine being perpendicular to the plane
Of the main layer, and each lamina consisting
Of elongated prismstic cells adhercut to their
long sides. The lamine Of the outer and inner
layers are parallel to the lines Of growth, while
those Of the middle layer are at right angles to
them. In another variety known as the cowrics,
there is an additional layer which is a duplicate
Of the aurceous layer formed when the animal
h.s att,;rrd its full growth
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-12-26

A. NOVEL PRGrER-We heard lately of
an oil gentleman who Is very regular in hav
ing family prayer, but who has more fun in
his composition than vital religion, and
therefore makes his wife do the praying;
that on recent occasion, after assembling
his family he very seriously announced to
them that the object Of the prayer that
night would be that Miss would get
a good bean" The young ones thinking it
a serious matter, knelt down and went
through the ceremony with the utmost gravi-
g. We dou't believe that prayer will ever
be answered.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-12-26

TuktsIkcrs that talk like books are mere SEN
tenesmakers, syntaetisal machines rhetorically
constructed, that grind out phrases as barrel
organ grinds out tunes, y .t-e,
To the child nature shows herself child-like,
bending benignly down to his infant heart, while
to the god she shows herself god-like, attuning
herself to his high spirits.
THERE is no exception TO the rule Of three.
As your income is TO your expenditure, 50 VIII
the amount Of your debts be 10 your cash in
pocket. .F
LIFE, weare told, is a journcy-and to see the
way in which some people eat, you wonld mag
inc they were taking in provisions to last them
Che Whole length Of the journey
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-12-26
The "E.Ong Ago."

by BENJAMIN p. TAYLOR.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-08-29
General Foster.

The Centre Democrat the Lincoln organ of
Col. Curtin, published at Bellefonte, the res
idence of Col. Curtin, has taken mp the cud-
gels in defence of Gen. Foster against the
malignant ISLANDERS of his own party
We take the subjoined extract from that
paper of the 18th ult:
"A finer gentleman than Gen. Foster can
not be found in the State, and it is an infer
nal outrage for his party to treat him so shah
billy. He is the model of an American gen
tleman and Statesman. He is an upright
consistent man, and such men are always vel
come to our ranks. One thing We will prom
ise him. if he joins Us we will at least, treat
him decently, ana that IS more than the dem
ocrats are doing for him at the present time
We are sorry that We are placed in a hostile
position towards Gen. Foster, for we ike hIm
very much, and come what may, no word Of
abuse shall escape our lips. when speaking OF
him. nor will we stand by and hear him ira
duced by any one. The man that mailing:
him in our presence will be told that he !!
mistaken-if he repeats his abuse be viii b'
told he is liar-e1d if he reiterates ;hlrC
time, what we know TO be false, we wll
smash his teeth down his throat. For Gen.
Foster we have the Warmest feeling Of per
sonal friendship"
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-08-29
The Friends of the Union.

Who are the friends of the Union at the
present time? The Black Republicans are
not, because they constitute sectional party
which has not the shadow Of an organization
South of Mason & Dixon's line. Through
its leaders, Lincoln & Hamlin, it has pro-
claimed crusade against the institution Of
slavery in the Southern States, which has al
ready been practically illustrated by the John
Brown raid. Its principles ifpractically car
ried out in the administration Of the National
Government. as they doubtless would be in
the event of the election of Lincoln to the
Presidency, would inevitably lead to the dis
solution of the Union.
The friends of Stephen A. Douglas for the
Presidency, have but slight grounds On which
to found their claims TO be recognized as de-
tenders of the Union. Their leader is the fa-
ther of the squatter sovereignty doctrine,
which is but little better than diluted Black
Republcanism, and calculated to deprive the
citizens of the Southern States of their rights
under the Constitution. The Uaion can only
be strengthened and preserved by securing
to the citizens of all the States tLeir constitu-
tional rights. Douglas squatter sovereignty
doctrine if enforced. would accomplish exact
ly the reverse of this as far as the Southern
States are concerned, and would weaken and
probably dissolve the Union.
The friends of Bell d; Everett, although
they claim to be the Union Parry. have rsaIly
no platform; so that We are left in the dark
as to the principles which they would expect
to see enforced in the Administration of the
Government, in the event of the success of
their candidates. We have no means of as
certaining their true principles, and are there
fore left to take their professions of devotion
to the Union just for what it is worth, and no
more Noparty at the present time should
be ashamed to ayow its principles, if it has
any.
The Democratic Party has taken high and
National ground in the present contest. The
great object it has in view, is the preserva-
ton of the Union from dissolution, and its
members can therefore justly claim to be the
true friends of the Union. Breckenridge &
Lane its candidates for the Presidency and
Vice Presidency. are pledged if elected, to re-
pudiate the squatter sovereignty heresy, and
to labor for the preservation of the equality of
the States and those rights to which they are
all equally entitled. The Constitution and
the equality of the States are the rallying
cries of all its members in the contest;
sentiments which must find a response in the
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-08-29
For the Democrat and Sentinel.
The nincnIn HSeeiing.

A meeting of the friends of Lincoln was
held on the Public Square. in the Borough
of Johnstown OF Saturday week, and
addressed by s. S. Blair. GLORY to God"
Covode, & l.. w. Hall of Altoona The turn
out was not half so large was expected,
and the third of the number present, was
either Bell, Breckenridge or Douglas men.
The speeches were really dry and prosy,
Covodes especially. Mr. Blair talked sensibly
while discussing the "cause and effect" of
tariff, but was sadly wrong in the history of
tariff issue. He doubted Douglas tariff
sentiments he hailed from State. that
was notoriously ''free tradei, He forgot that
Lincoln hailed from the same State.
Mr.. Hall made what was sat down for
|. Bell and Everett speech and was listened to
.attentively.
I Mr.. Covode made an eulogistic speech bav-
ing used the pronoun L about one thousand
times. He said he was at Washington, and
he was on the investigating comnittee, &c,
/ &C., He harped on corruption; he said if
he had run out o; money, sundry things Eepld
have been done He referred to his psipted
Report of the Investigation committee. This
Report cost the Government mores than ga
million of dollars, spent all the precious hours
| of Congress, and finally proves nothing only
| that both parties are 10 the habit of circula-
ting Orirdte funds for the purpose of paying
poor printers who print Presidential tickets,
Governors tickets, and other State and COun-
ty tickets, for which they seldom receive any
other pay. 1t was not long since there was a
dispute in the Peoples Republican Wg,0anl
about certain money that was spent in Penn
sylvania. and even in this County, for the
same purpose. The money came from Ohio,
the names of the papers who received the
money were published. and our County loG.
represented. We do not blame them for ia
king money enough to pay them for theiI
labor during the campaign, but we do blame
them for insInuating that the other party eyel
took any pubic money for any such purpose
CovOde referred TO the denominations car
ried on In printing the Public Documents
at Washington. but he forgot to tell the peo
pie that the Report" of his Investigating
committee" was the greatest abOmination 0
5 all, having cost the Government more tim
and money, thar the entire expenses of Blu
chanan's Cabinet, for four years, while it
of no practical benefit to any ybody. The NOR
1 shrewd Republicans laugh at Its ridiculous
: ness and folly.
The truth is the administration spent n
public money that all administration
from Washington down were not in the prac
tice of spending, while Covode was the direC
J cause of getting one hundred thousand copie
: of his nonsense printed at the public ez
e pense.
SONN.N
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-08-29
what ,I,e PeopIe want.

No great public want can long remain III
answered When a condition of things has
become developed so that great public want
is realized, either III theology, civil govern
ment or physics. that very want or demand
Is sure to create ! supply. The hour viii
create the maB, and the need the thing Wit
ness the sewing machine, the reaper, the tel
egraph. There may be several abOrtions-
Many may run before they are sent, but ul-
timately humanity will triumph and the want
be supplied
1t cannot be that Medicine will long re-
main what 1t has been-a mass Of intrieacies,
Of which they who know most know Et.ie,
while the confident pretender is sure to be a
knaYe- Nor will 1t be always system so ln-
tricate and obscure that only priests OF the
temple speak Its language or interpret Its
sym oOls; or oracle 50 eqUIvOcal that be
who consults the priest fares as Ill or worse
than he who abjures the temple altogether.
There must ere long be a system that comes
down to the wants of humanity IN everyday
life-that meets the wants of the mother at
her cradle, the nurse at the bedside, the faith
er on his journey, or the sailor On the sea.
Some thing or some system that everybody
can have, aud everybody can use, to arrest
the first invasion OF disease, aud 10 restore
the ruddy current Of life ere Its fountains are
/ vitinted and Its forces undermined.
/ Old school medicine. with Its crude drugs
and poisons, can never meet this want That
/ is game f0ng since played out, thing well
understood. Equally futile the vaunted pan
aceas and elixirs which Ignorance has begot-
ton and folly sustained. The water cure can
never be more than a doubtful expedient or
useful palliative IN the hands OF the people.
4 Nor can the usual form of Homeopathy, how
ever large Its domestic manual, or complete It's
assortments of tinctures and pellets, be ever
anything more than an amusing pasJime in
the hands of the people. The system was
never designed for such use, and can never
fill such place.
But it is contented that HUMPHRBY 5 system
Of Specific Homeopathy does meet ihIs want
In a small neat case are comprised some
twenty Specific remedies for ali the More
common complaints to which family are
subject, and the whole so arranged and
simplifed that any person of ordinary intelli
gence can successfully apply them. They
are free from danger or lntrlcacy, AID, ae
c0rding TO the testimony of thousands Of ii,
most reputable persoUs who use them, en-
tirely successful. Why then, may lot thu
great problem be considered as solved, anC
that here Is a system that does meet the want.
OF our common humanity, lC every day-lii
the great popular system OF medication 70
the relief of the people aud adapted to theI
wants. Surely nothing can DC more harm
less than those Sugar Pills, nothing NOR
convenient or successful than those SPECI
PICS
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-08-29
Democratic County Convention.

We this week raise to our mast head the
ticket placed in nomination by the County
Convention yesterday We have not room
to publish the proceedings this week, but will
do so In our next issue. The ticket is coT
posed of as good men and as good Democrats
as the County produce; men of undoubted
ability, who, have never bowed the knee to
the foul spirit of Abolitionism- Next week
we will speak of them in detail" At pres
ent we have not time to do So
A series of able resolutions were adopted
| by the Convention, recognizing John C..
Breckenridge as the Democratic candidate for
| the office of President, and Joseph Lane for
the Office of Vice President of the United
| States. and Henry ID. Foster for the Office of
Governor of Pennsylvania. The plar for
uniting the party adopted by the State Exc
cutive Committee at Cresson was unanimous
ly endorsed. We never attended Conven-
tion whose proceedings were SO harmonious
The only object the Delegates seemed to have
in view was the sustaining of the men and
principles of the Democratic Party.
We have been asked if we think the
ticket placed in nomination yesterday can b.
elected. We entertain no doubt dhatsit can
if the frien Is of the nominees are active, en-
ergetic and vigilant from now until the elec
ton Such men as Michael Dan Magellan
Alexander NJ. Gregg, Joseph Gill, Henr,
Hopple and Jacob B. Stab must and vii
command the support of the Democracy Q
; Cambria. tits only necessary to name then
in order TO convince Democrat, that the
= are worthy of his support. Augustin Durbi
j Esq. was appointed Chairman of the Count
Committee, and George Walters, q. d. Mur
ray and s. B. Mccormick Congressional Cor
d ierees.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-08-29
LATER FROM lURoIr
Arrival OF IuE CIrT Oh B,,--,'

Arrival v+ 1AE O4fF OF BALTI,4,.-
St. JoHNs, \ =. August u
ship City of Balumore. from Live u5 "a;
18th, for New York. passed Fl -, 80 q {
yesterday afternoon Her adrieas 4 fLsS
four days later, were obrsineG h. i -'t I
yacht. The steamers Jura aud No-.I \ -
had arrived out u
The following political intellipz...
nished- Eighteen hundred more af ii { Il
dis force have landed IN Calabris T.-I
ported that Garibaldi has been :, ~ 4
confer with the revolutionary les3s-.i.s
point Naples has been proclaip,e5 :
of siege
Ii Is reported that Austria WI -.
JEe treaty of Villa France. and -,
pose the operations OF GGaribsldi n ".
threatening her interests in Eepe,is
Fifteen hundred English troops han.
ed in SYRIA.
The Nespolitans claim 70 have rs---
/ attempted landing Of the Ga-fh-l r.
Reggie and at Candritel
1t Is reported that if Gariballl lar7..
Piles. Geu. Lamorieicre VIII cross IN. b
frontier under promise Of Austrian -
/ Austria assumes Threatening --ff,-,.
Piedmont. demanding explauatje7s -
Ing Garibaldis letter 10 Victor FrBs,--
nouuciDg an expected attack II "
There Is AZ activity IL the Austrian
corpse
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-08-29
APatriotIc sentiment.

Stephen A. Douglas who is now engaged
in stumping the United States. recently de-
livered speech in the Abolition State of
Rhode Island, in which he said he cared
more for the baked CLANS of Rhode Is
land, than he did for the Niggers of Southern
Shareholders This if wit at all. is certainly
of lowest kind, and borders closely on. the
vulgar. We presume that he wishes blythe
remark, to convey the idea that he cares no
more about protecting the rights of Slavehol-
ders, than he does about heap of inanimate
clans. What National and patriotic SEN
timent?
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-08-29
Money! nzoneyM HIoney!M

We are again compelled to call on our sub
scribers to pay US the subscription now DUE
We do not like to be dunning them all the
time, but we must have money now, and we
request those persons indebted to US for sub
scription, job work or advertising to call and
settle up their accounts. The coming court
will be good time for those coming from
the country to call and see US and square up.
By so doing they will confer a favor on US
which will long be remembered
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-08-29

ES- Mrs Mary Durbiu, died at her resi-
dence in Loretto on last Saturday, aged 73
years The deceased was universally below
ed by large circle of friends and relatives,
who mourn her death with sincere and heart
felt sorrow. She was one of those who loved
the 'cool sequestered vale of life" and there
fore her only acquaintances were her kindred
and those among whom she had been raised
Her pure and blameless life gives US every
assurance that mortal beings can have, that
her eternal happiness is secure. May she rest
in Peace.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-08-29

Pic Nic.-There will be a Picnic at
grove in tie vicinity Of Jefferson on next
Saturday, and we advise all of onr friends
who desire little relaxation from the bust
ness and cares of life to attend. Refresh
ments will be furnished in abundance, and
we are certain all present will enjoy them
selves. Those who love to behold,
''The gay dance of bounding beauty's train,
Link grace and harmony in happiest chain"
will be gratifed. All work and no play
makes Jack dull boy, and therefore we ad-
wise all our politicians who have during the
campaign exhausted their mental and ply
steal energies in their efforts to save the coun-
try, to go to Jefferson on next Saturday.
But for heavens sake don't talk politics while
at the Picnic. BY SO doing you would drive
all the ladies from the ground.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-08-29
The Great Holland Rem edy.

BERHAVES HOLLAND BITTERS.-
Persons subject to nervous or sick headache,
will find in Berhaves Holland Bitters, sure,
safe and pleasant remedy. 1t soothes the
throbbing head, oorreets acidity of the stom-
ach. assists digestion; and creates healthy
appetite. tits, without doubt, most de-
lightful preparation, and an effectual remedy.
The fact that it is now very popular medi-
cine throughout all the Holland settlements
in Wisconsin, New York, Michigan, Illinois
and Indiana, speaks much IN its favor. See
advertisement In another column.