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The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21
From the Union, Feb. IA.
Another attempt 10 Settle the Whole Controversy


We hail the suggestion of Gen. Foote
with great pleasure. He gave notice yes
terday that he would bring forward to-day
a proposition for appointing a committee
of fifteen, to whom should be referred all
the resolutions and matters touching the
subject of slavery. If the resolution is
adopted, the committee will of course at
tempt to strike out some plan for adjusting
at once the whole of this complicated and
dangerous question. Mr.. Foote gave his
notice Immediately after Col. Benton had
proposed 10 refer 10 a select committee the
constitution of California, which was yes
terday communicated by the President in
a sho rt special message.
Mr.. Foote is pursuing a course which
seems best calculated to adjust the ques-
ton. 1t is the same proceeding which was
adopted in the House of Representatives,
at the instance of Clay, on the final settle
ment of the Missouri controversy. Mr..
Clay first obtained a committee of thirteen,
appointed by ballot of the House. Their
report was, however, rejected by small
majority. He next proposed joint COM
mittee of twenty three members of the
House and of about half the number of the
Senate. Their compromise report was
finally confirmed by both Houses, and the
Missouri controversy thus terminated for
ever.
We rejoice that Mr.. Foote is about to
propose select committee of fifteen, for
considering and reporting some mode of
compromise which may calm the agitation,
restore tranquility, and save the Union of
the States. 1t is high time for some eff
cient mothod to be adopted; for profound
alarm has gone forth, about the existence
of the Union, and in every form in which
public opinion is communicated TO Wash
ington, the most serious apprehensions are
entertained of the stability of the confed-
eracy. The most intelligent citizens who
visit Washington, are deeply impressed
with the perils of our situation. We seem
to have almost approached the very brink
of the precipice. 1t requires all our wis
dom and calmness as we'll as frmness to
save the Unionl The work must be ac-
complished by Cancellation and compro-
mise. The unfortunate expressions which
escape from the White House, and the ir-
ritating threats which are hurled at the
heads of some of our citizens, are only
calculated to exacerbate the passions aug
ment the danger. We trust that the pro-
position to refer the whole subject to a
select committee may prevails; and that
they may succeed indivising some scheme
which will settle thet whole question now
and forever.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21
improvements.

The exer,ions made by our Johnstown
friends in favor of new county, do not
appear to have any effect upon the pros
poets or Improvements of our borough
There are but few towns in PENNSYLVANIA
perhaps, which have comparatively i'm
proved more rapidly than Ebensburg.-
During the approaching summer it is sup
posed that from twenty-five to thirty bui J.
dings, some of a very superior kind, will
be erected in this place, large number of
which are already under contract. Du-
ring the last six years, this place ha S more
than doubled itself both in size and popu-
latIon, and to judge from present indica-
ton we would say that it will do more
than this in the six years to come. This
speaks well for the business and growing
importance of our borough.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21
The New County Movement.

II appears that every exertion is being
made by our Johnstown neighbors to pro-
cure the passage of a bill erecting the new
county OF Conemaugh. Money has been
raised and borers employed and sent to
Harrisburg to operate upon the members
OF the Legislature. Private interests and
private feelings of different and particular
sections of the county have been tampered
with, IN order to secure influence in favor
of the measure. We have heard of one
instance of petition being circulated and
signed in the northern par, of this county.
where the citizens have been promised a
turnpike road in exchange for ther sigma
lures. Rash bargains and rasher promi-
ses have been made, and with the aid of
false representations, they have finally
succeeded in getting bill reported.
But notwithstanding all this, we do not
think the people of Cambria county need
he alarmed about the mater. The fact o.
bill being reported is no evidence that il
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21
Mrs. Farnham in California.

The Evening Post of New York has
the following letter from this lady, who
found friends to take her to CALIFORNIA;:
SAN Francisco, Dec. 80, IS49.
have been but two days here, but as
the mail goes day after tomorrow, am
constrained to write to you in the midst Of
a confusion that quite defes the attempt
to say more than that am here; that l
came from from Valparaiso on the Louis
Philippe, found the Angelique here a
fortnight before me, and all things right.
Women are I'M
prisoned here at this season by the horri-
Bile condition of the streets. We have to
wear mems boots and shorten our skirts
as much as possible. have been in the
streets but twice, and each time in that
costume. Women
are more in requisition than gold or any
thing else. Those who came out with me
had Immediately offers of employment at
$75 and 500 per month. If there had
been five hundred instead of five, they
could all been have engaged Immediately
on similar terms. They must be got here
in considerable numbers before society can
take any shape or assume any character.
| hope that while our good brethren at
home are bestirring themselves kindly TO
send out churches and clergymen, they
will not forget that the best of all mission
aries to such population are resolute,
virtuous, intelligent women.
One of the chief difficulties that were
felt by the women who consulted me, was
the fear that they should not be protected
against rudeness, or perhaps something
worse. l reasoned then that it would not
be so, but il was difficult to convince by
argument. Therefore, let the fact be
known to all who care TO know it, that
the utmost possible Difference and care arc
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21
A WaterSpoHt.

The following is description of a wa
terspout, as seen by DR.. r. Stranbury, on
board the ship South Carolina, in Febru-
ary, ls49: "Among the sights and won-
ders of the tropical regions, we have been
favored with an opportunity TO see two
waterspouts; one was very complete, the
other was dIssipated before it reached the
last stage of formation. With the first
there was a phenomenon which | have
not seen noticed in the accounts of such
objects. Around the base there rose a
cylinder of mist, straight and smooth, like
a perpendicular rainstorm, cut off level at
half the height of the spout. 1t looked as
if it had rained upward from the ocean,
and the drops evaporated at the same level.
The cloud sent down a tapering spire of
dense mist, while the ocean boiled from
below; presently stream OF water rose TO
meet the. cloudy spire & the union was COM
Plete; you saw a dark tube, with light
case, as if a pale light resided in a thick
shell of the darkest cloud matter. Pres
emily there was a confused motion in the
mass, the light and dark became mingled,
and then the lighter part seemed TO shoot
upwards outside in spiral strands into the
cloud above. In moment afterwards,
the upper part Of the column vanished and
the lower part fell, and we were happily
too far off to have practical evidence of
the commotion which must have ensued
in the ocean surface round about 1t. Some
coniectured that we were two or three
miles of"
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21
Wheeling Bridge.

A bill has passed both branches of our
Legislature granting $4,000 to aid in pros
ecuting the suit against the Wheeling
Bridge. In this bill, the Governor is au-
thorized TO employ counsel &C., in behalf
of Pennsylvania. 1t will thus be seen tina
the matter will be prosecuted vigorously
and we shall soon see whether the mi.
sance across the Ohio river will be per,
mitted 10 remain.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21
The Annexation Feeling--Ihe Murder Of Miss
Adams.

BesToN, Feb. IA.
The St. Johns New Brunsacicker of
the 9th, contains long and well written
article in favor of the annexation of Cana
da to the United States.
1t contends that for the want Of il their
resources and population are fast dwind.
ling away, and that the free trade policy
of England will give the finishing blow to
the prosperity of the country.
The article contends for the cons;itu-
tional right of the colonisis to agitate the
subject, and calls upon them, in the name
of their children, not to falter in the course.
DIR. M. Clark, of Lawrence, was arrest
ed yesterday for the murder of Miss Ad-
ans upon the verdict of the Coroner's jury.
He has been tax en- to Salem Jail. His
wife is charged with being an accomplice.
1t is supposed the deceased, while under
going the operation, made outcries, and
fearing a discovery, the doctor put folded
cloth over her mo nth, and was finally obli,
ged to kill her.
The young man, Taylor, the lover Of
the deceased, testified for the State, before
the Coroner's Jury. DIR. Clark is SO
lyears old, and has heretofore been ply
sician at Georgetown, Mdah.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21
phnnnmpna OF the Rrain.

DR.. Wagan, in treatise on the DUAL
ity of the Mind" makes the followig re-
marks:
"One of the most inconceivable things
in the nature of the brain is, that the or
gan of sensation should Itself be insensi
Die. To cut the BRAIN gives no pain, yet
in the brain alone resides the power oi
feeling pain in any other part of the body.
If the nerve which leads from it to the in
jured part be divided, it becomes instant
ly unconscio US of suffering. Ii is only by
communication with the brain that any
kind ofsensation is produced, yet the or
gan itself is insensible. But there is a
circumstance more wond still. The
brain itself may be removed, may be cut
away down to the corpus colassum with
out des;roing life. The animal lives aud
performs all the functions which are ne
Icessary to simple vitality, but no longer
has mind; t cannot think or feel-It re-
quires that the food should be pushed into
lis stomach; once there, it is digested, and
the animal will even thrive and grow fat.
We infer. therefore, that the part of the
brain, the convolution, is simply intended
for the exercise of the intellectual facul
ties whether of the low degree, called
instinct, or of the exalted bestowed or
man, the gift of reason"
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21
Americans Murdered and Made Prisoners by the
Patag0nians.
Boston, Feb. Is.

BOSTON, Feb Is.
The .4flas this morning, publishes two
letters from the Straits of Magellan; one
from Captain Brown, of the schooner John
Allyne, of New Bedford, who was taken
prisoner by the Patagonians. He says
he was close prisoner for .ninety-seven
days, when he jumped into the water, and
succeeded ir swimming to an English
boat. He afterwards went on board of a
whaler, and finally reached the schooner
Hopewell, from Boston, bound to San
Francisco.
The other letter is signed by Captain
Bourne, who gives an account of the MUIR
der of Capt. Eaton, while trading with
the Patagonians. Two men, named Sims
and Douglass, were taken prisoners at the
same time.
The schooner Francis Mayo, from New
Y FORK, for San Francisco, was at Boorga,
Bar on the 18th of November detained
by bad winds.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21
Death of Pena Y Pena.

In the Mexican papers received lately,
the death of Pena Pena is announced.
The New Orleans Delta says:
He was one of the most eminent law
yers his country ever produced. Pena y
Pena became President ofthe Republic al
the close of the war with the U S. 1t was
under his auspices the treaty ofpeace was
made, and it was by him 1t was ratified al
ter Herrea, the President elect, fearing
popular indignation and the cabals of the
Santanists, Stunned the responsibility ol
advocating or signing it, and ob tanned the
election Of Pena y Pena as President, ad
i,,terun., by Congress.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21

TNotwithstanding the positive inslruc-
tions received by Lord Elgin relative to
Canadian affairs, the annexation movement
is still boldly and freely discussed both by
the people and the journals throughout the
country. Strong efforts are being made
TO carry the measure by the force of public
opinion.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21

DThe slavery question is still the
principal topic of discussion in the Halls of
Congress. The excitement created by the
fanatics relative to the dissolution of the
Union appears to be subsiding, but until
the slavery question is finally disposed of,
we cannot expect that much business will
be transacted
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21

VA tremendous fire occurred in New
Orleans the morning of the 9th instant,
which destroyed some thirty or forty hou-
ses, and property to the amount of near
two millions of dollars. At the latest in
telligence, the fire was still raging.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21

pTHE SENTINEL, has much the largest cir.
eaIatisn of any paper published in this county
--and as an adrertising sheet ofers superior
Inducements to merchants and business men
generally. Those desirous of making uss Of
fIis nedi um for extending their business can
do 80 by either sending their notices direct, or
through the follo,oing agents:
John Grouse, Esq, Johnsto,on.
E. W. Carr, Eoans' Buildings, Third ST.
Philadelphia.
v. B. Palmer. Esq, Nelr York, Philadelphia
pnd Baltimore.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21

shown TO females; and that any woman,
to experience rudeness or insult here,
must expose herself much more impru-
DENLY than she would to incur the same
risk in your cities. No woman need fear
to come here who has the sense and ener-
gy to take care-of herself elsewhere
Every thing is scarcer here than gold. !
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21

The first locomotive did not average FIVE
miles an hour-in 1915 European wri-
ter placed the maximum velocity at six
and ridculed the promu lgation of such
nonsense as that we shall see locomotive
engines go at the rate of twelve, sixteen
eighteen, and twenty miles an hour. Some
Of our river steamboats, now can run 20
miles an hour.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21

SThe APportionment and AppIopria.
ton bills are the important matters now
before our Legislature. The session is
already half spent, and all the business
transacted, with the exception of few
bills perhaps, has been purely ofa local
character.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21

1We are indebted to our friend DIR.
SMITH, for a copy of the School Laws of
Pennsylvania, with explanatory instruc-
tions and forms prepared by the Superln-
tendant.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21

I'm .4bsconding Minister.-The Rich
mond Times states, that on Saturday last,
Rev. Joel w. Jones, who officiated at a
Methodist Chapel on Oregon Hill in this
city, in consequence of certain disclosures,
suddenly took his departure, leaving his
board and other bills unpaid. Rumors
from Syracuse, n. Y, where he formerly
resided, led to call for his credentials, but
he could show none. He was engaged to
be married to lady of his congregation,
and it is said he already has two wives in
the State of New York.
The Baltimore Sna states that a "wolf
in sleeps clothing" of the same name,
"Joel w. Jones" figured in that city about
ten wears since. He married wife there
and afterwards deserted her and went to
Kentucky, where he married another
His Baltimore wife 1t is believed. followed
him to his western retreat and had him ar
rested on charge of bigamy; and on con-
viction he was sentenced to ten years inn
prisonment He was afterwards made the
subject of Executive clenency, and was
seen in Baltimore about year since
Whether this is the same Joel W. Jones,
the Sn, is unable to say.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21
The Present H7nter L.. Europe,-Mr

The Present Uinter is Europe,-Mr.
Walsh, under date of January 10Th, writes
from Paris as follows:
Throughout France the snow has been
heavier than any the present. century has
furni shed; the case appears to be the same
in the middle and northern parts of the
continent. The cold has been intense in
Italy and Spain. An American relative
who set out for Lyons on the,1st instant
has written to me that he suffered more
freezing..ln the diligence than be had done
in the open American stages, in the days
of yore, in the depth in winter
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21

A fashionable lady (not Mrs. Parting
ton.) eing inquired of how she liked the
dinner at distinguished party. her reply
was-"The dinner was explendid, but
my seat was so promote from the nick
nacks. that could not ratify my appetite,
and the picked ch erries has such de-
feet on my head tha had motion to
leave the table; but Mr.. gave me some
hartshorn resolved in water, which berea'
we'd me-"
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21

CORD WOOD.
JohnetoaUa Station
No. of Cords.
Richard Sanderson 100
III. Cauheld 100
John Murray 500
Jacob Steinman $50
Geo. Murray 600
M. Finnegan 100
M. Stewart 200
r. Stewart 100
NJ. Bracken 100
John Egan 200
Half Way.
Anthony Long 100
Neal Dugan 200
Robert Trotter 200
Richard Trotter 800
Geo. Murray 500
Foot Of Plane ,.
A. Durbin & Co. 200
Samuel M'Gough 900
]. b. Brookbank 200
B. M'Colgan 300
VIM. Palmer 800
Between Planes 8 e. 4.
Stephen Meyer 500
BetUeen Planes 4 e. 5.
Thomas Carroll 100
NJ. NJ. Adams 900
John Ivory 200
Thomas Ii. Porter 400
A. Durbin e. Co. 300
VIM. Bradley 300
Rifle & Humphreys 200
David Sharp 200
Summit
Peter Dougherty 200
Rifle & Humphreys 200
John Ivory 200
Foot Of Plane 8.
Samuel Wier l25
SAVING 81 SPLITTING WOOD.
Johnsto,cra-John O'Rourk.
IManel-Peter Kinney.
Half Way-A. & J. Angish.
Foot of Plane 2.-Patrick Kelley.
Bet,oeen Planes e. 4.-John Peters.
4 e. 5.-Wm. M'Dowell
Foot O. Plane 9.-John Keach.
% lO.-Valentine Hahng.
~ Persons to whom a llotments have
been made, are requested to repair to the
Office of the Superintendent at the Summit.
without delay, for the purpose of entering
into contract.
Wnl. S. CAMPBELL,
Sup't 4 P. r. r.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21

~We have lately, says the Charleston
Register, heard of a witty remark made
paper. Speaking .oe cotemporary he
said, 'sHe was formerly member of Con-
gress, but rapidly rose till he obtained a
respectable position as an editor-a noble
example of perseverance under depressing
circumstances.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21

gTwenty years ago, the whole guam
tity of anthracite coal mined in Pennsyl-
vania, was 365 tons. In 1910, eight hun
dred sixty-seven thousand and forty-five
tons. In IS49, three million two hundred
eighty-two thousand four hudred and nine
two, and for the present year it may be es-
timated at four million of tons. The bus
iness is in its infancy.
"Down East" (says the Boston Post, J
pious old woman was summoned as
witness III an important case. Having
lived in the backwoods all her days, she
was wholly unacquainted with the rules
of court of justice. Being told that she
must ''swear," the poor woman was filed
with horror at the thought. After much
persuasion she yielded, and being told to
'hold up her right hand," she did so, ex-
claiming, "Well, if must, must-Dan!"
The court Immediately adjourned.
a sharp juke.-The Rochester Ameri-
can says that the "mysterious knockings"
at Rochester, are at length ascertained TO
be caused by the departed spirits of the
Free Soilcrs rapping on the Buffalo Plat
form.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-02-21
Allotments for furnishing Materi-
ais, HORSEPOWER, Coal, &c,
on Portage Rail : Road for
HORSEPOWER.

Johnstown Boat Slip, Rob't VI UoweII.
HollidaysS'g .' - Thomas Wallace
Between Planes & 8, Walter Graham.
80 7& 8, Joseph Barr.
L" 8 & 9, James Laughery.
COAL.
Plane No. l, John Murray.
1" 2, Peter Dougherty.
d" 8, Ditto.
&" 4, Ditto.
), Ditto.
"A q e, IN C,r1rol o,,n,
Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-10-15
NEW YORK MARKETS Oct "a p M

FLoUR-A good export and home demand exists for
Western and State Flour, with sales of Michigan at
81 56* 81 6S4, and of pure Genesee at S. So Pa
In Southern Flour there is not much doing, the mar
ket being rather heavy at S. 12a for old brands
GRAIN-A moderate demand exists for Wheat with
sales OF white Michigan at 81 10, and of Genesee at
81 TO- In Corn there is not great deal doing. Dis
tillers are pretty well supplied and the demand for the
East has fallen off. Prices are trle lower mixed
64a IS cts. and yellow 65s a 66 cents
CorToN-For this staple there is moderate demand
and holders still continue to insist upon full prices
Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-10-15
BY WELLINGTON GODDIN.

VERY VALUABLE COTTAGE RESI-
v DENCE ON THE DEEP RUN TURNPIKE
ROAD ABOUT ONE MILE WEST OF RICH
MOND, FOR SALE, AT AUCTION.-The sub
situated on the Deep Run Turnpike Road, about one
mile West of the city of Richmond, containing ten
acres of highly cultivated land The improvements
are nearly new and sufficient for the gentee ac-
ceommodation of large family. The location and
health OF the place is remarkably good 1t will be sold
at public auction, upon the premises, en- TUESDAY
afternoon, the 18th Otober, 1850, at o'clock Also
at the same time and place. all of the Household and
Kitchen Furniture. Terms made accommodating
Apply to w. G.. GWATHMEY,
Sc IL 2awtds Orto w GODDJN Amer
Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-10-15
BY LAST EVENINGS MAILS.
UNION MEETING.
Transmitted for the Baltimore American.
M ALL RORRFRY

Three OF the pouches belonging to the United States
Mail, made up in New York Yesterday afternoon for
Richmond and Wheeling, Va and Whining on,
Delaware, and supposed to contain letters for all points
between Wheeling and ST. Louis were taken from The
mail car last night while it was going between the
Depot and Greys Ferry. Ith has not yet been ascer-
tanned by what means the bags could have been stolen
The Postmaster has recovered about bushe of OPEN
ed letters, some drafts checks, &c All the letters
containing money have been carried off 1t is yet i'm
possible to tell how much money has been distracted:
out supposed the amourtmay vary ftom TWEEN thou.
sand to one hundred thousand dollars 1t consider
ed strange how this robbery could have been perpeaed
without being Immediately detected by the mail agent
NO clue has yet been had to the robbers the man ner
IN which the robbery was effected
Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-10-15
BALTIMORE MARKET, Oct ZAP. NJ

BALTIMORE MARKET, Oct. H. P. NJ.
FLoUR-Prices have suffered decline to-day We
note sales of70O bbls Howard at 81 62a 81 6S8,
and OF 5000 bbls City Mills Flour at 81 68a per Dbl.
WHEAT-We quote red at 81 and white at 81 10 per
bushel.
CoRN-White sells at 81 cents, and yellow at 63 cts
per bushel.