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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-12

BROADWAY THEATER.-DOOI
Abopeu A. "A, ~ commence Al II ociock-Pnoes II
ko nissul 70 Dress Circle and PSrquel 81 cts FAMILY
c. els snd Third Tisr. % Gallery, ~ ca FdVss
hoIsG g. and fs rHIB EVENING, May y vii he par
toned the admirable Comedy Of The SERIOUS FAM
ILY. 80
Chss Torrsss.... Carie Mrs Delmsne. Mss Anderon
Al THAT GLITTERs IS NOT GOLD.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-12

IBLO'S.-Mansger, Mr. JOHN SEFroN-
L N-Tekets 50 cenisi Private Boxes, g. FsrsWel En.
gHg -n,-nt or r- rn - h hOUSStr
MONDAY EVENING May Il, beneht Of CAROLIFI
ROUsSEr when viii NJ Pert1rm-d Lhe Comic Prelude u
LADIES BEWARE.
To 10 followed by the q 81 sct Of
GlSELLE.
p'tNc MO No o4A-O AN'H-s0'
Duke Albert Of SLesla DIS guissd ~
Nile. Adelaide k)nsse
Prlrtr 81 Neurla'd LN'uF
To conclude Jean Rouss-i new Ballet DYerls-ment
euiiIled LES kOLlES.
New Qusdr'Ue by ali thu Characters.
New Grand Pas de sOies by Caroline, Thereslne Ad'
Glade 6Id CI-nentiD@
O. New Wall. by Miss wsldegrrye and the Corps dc
Bauet
New Grand Pasde Deux, by Nile. Caroline and Ade-
aide.
s. Scene fIOm the Ballet Of the
BARBER OF SEVILLE
Figaro Mons Jean Rousscr Bar.jlD, Delaney; Aims
miys Ystrs; BAIL james Rosne, Madam- Delaney.
IL Gots Arsgo ai-e, Spanish Character Pas de Qua
ire, by Caroline, Tn-resine Adelaide and Clemenne as
repeatedly by them, al Madrdby the request
Queen OF Spain.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-12

YEVlCkE1S for JENNY LIND >
1 GRAND CONCERT, MONDAY EVENING. Nay
oice Seas n Sale 10 all psrls OF the doale az
BARFLETP, WELFORO L CO.'S. AsIor H'u'e, oo2o'
ate the PAX myiV -
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-12
NILE JENNY LIN S
Va FAREWELL CONCERTS IN NETWORK
The Cub c are res p-etfaly lnfo,n-c nat
NILE JENNY LIMO
vi have The hono' ~ giving iped % noer Of
FKIPLER HALL,

previouE her vial 10 HizgNs fAIt. Fs-s-7'u Wv
Yoh tse Lskes Csusds Boston snd her has ior
DENr ON MONDAY EVENING, MAY L.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-12

MINIATURE ALsAsAc......rHIs DAY.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-12

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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-12

n Y LINU unU Iut " VINLD
- FAlR-Tuue's Fpendid Opera Glasses are new sell
g Of rapidg u prices par ilh Inc importers whole
sse fsies The only correct likeness Of Jedny Land
NAV no obefved through these superior glasses aud 40
one shoud attend her without Que Every ray-
eer the Worries Fair should % provided as thsy VIII
he found Of gresl advantage aud superior 10 The spyss
Tor Vie WtR coast scenery shp5 ard Obecu al sea For
sale al TUTrLEs Emporium OF Fancy Goods, Novelties,
etc SO Broadway. mylZ ~
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-12

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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-12
the WORLDS

Z CFRTs Choice sssGs 10 all paris OF tue House may
be hsd Al me regular raise ths 5OOEBGore OF AORi
ANCE sHERmAN Il co, 2Astor House. my9 3''
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-28
Mother.

The maternal affection is beyond all comprc-
hension, and it would almost seem as if God in
his mercy had endowed woman with 4 spirit
little inferior to that possessed by angels, and
too pure for earth. The case of Mrs. Douglass
so beautifully illustrates and exemplifes this
fact that it has made deep impression on the
minds of hundreds. From the day her son was
sent home in chains, until the earth hid from
her sight his cold remains, she was constant
ly at his side, when allowed by those
having charge of him. From the mansion
of the President to the gloomy cell, by
night and by day, through the rain and the
sunshine. she never ceased her efforts in the
cause of her son; and when her last hope faded,
of obtaining the executive clemepcy, she ap-
pealed to subordinates for mercy. No tongue
can describe her agonizing opportunities, no
language her sufTerings. When all was dark
and still, and while the keepers Stunned the
supposed murderer's cell, she could be heard on
her knees by the side of his cot, imploring the
mercy of the Redeemer on her condemned son.
And at last, when his sun was set, and the
eternal night of despair took possession of her
mind, the afflicted mother approached the coffin,
and the instant the lid was removed, she fell on
the body of her boy, exclaiming in inefable
grief, ''Oh, my son, my poor boy, your trials
are all over on this earth; your last trial has
proved a fatal one in this world She knelt
| over the body and kissed him again and again
at the same time cutting off portions Of his hail
as keepsake of her unfortunate son.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-28
A Sad Case OF starvation,

Inc Pledm0ntesc Gazette of q late date con-
tains an account Of the discovery, in Valais, of
the body of young man who disappeared five
years ago, and who perished from famine, in
the woods. He went on a hunting excursion,
it seems, and never returned, and search was
made for him in all directions in vain. Recently,
however, party of hunters, passing place
nearly inaccessible, and where there were no
traces of human feet, were surprised at the dis
covery of mans body, upon the leg of which
an enormous rock had fallen, apparently, so
that it could not be extricated. The body, and
even the clothes, were in such remarkable
state of preservation, that they were without
difficulty recognized
Both the beasts of prey and the insects seemed
to have respected the body of the unfortunate
young man. Near by was his fowling-piece, the
brass plate of which was still wrapped in a
Handkerchief. 1t was evident that the young
man, in passing this place, which is full OF
loose and craggy rocks, had involuntary started
one of the masses from its place, and thatit had
fallen upon his leg, and held it as in vice, 50
that it was beyond his power to Withdraw it. In
this horrible position the poor victim must have
awaited the approach of death, unable to olsen
gage himself from the fatal grasp of the rock,
or to make himself heard in his cries of dis
tress How long he endured this dreadful ag-
ony, cannot of course be known, but it is man
ifest that he must have starved to death.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-28
NEsIrraY,s EseIafiO.lS.

uideon Murray, young sailor, was taking q
stroll through the southern part of the city,
yesterday afternoon, when he happened to get
INTO narrow street or alley which is supposed
to be inhabited by persons of questionable mo-
rallty Murray is harmless young man, un-
mindful Of mischief but plagued with an inor-
dInate amount of curiosity. While he Yves sta
ring about him, an elderly woman in a dirty
calico wrapper of the gaudiest colors, rushed
from small frame house and throwing her
arms around Gidcon's neck, exclaimed. cob
Johnny, have you come back to your poor
mother, who has done nothing but CRY her ewes
out ever since you went to sea?'' Murray judged
that there must be some mistake and informed
the old lady that John was not his name, and
that he had no mother in these parts. BY this
time, an old man with very red eyes and very
ragged pantaloons, who had been standing in
the door Of the house whence the old lady had
emerged, hobbled up to Murray and throwing
has arms around the astonished sailor, cried out.
''Johnny, my boy, it's your father I am; don't
you remember me, dear, and sure it's my own
picther you arc all over, blessings on the mother
that bore you!" Murray answered to this that
his father had been dead two years, and while
he was yet speaking, he perceived the venerable
matron who had mistaken herself for his moth
er, making off with his new Barcelona, which
she had managed to take from his neck while
she was giving him the maternal embrace His
surprise was somewhat increased when he per-
ceived that the old gentleman who laid claim to
his filial tenderness, had extracted all the small
change from his vest pocket, and seemed to be
diving after the wallet which contained his
bank notes. At this moment two young girls
who had been watching the scene from an up
per window, made their way to the street and
clung around the seamen with the ordinations.
<'Oh, brother John brother John! what have
you brought me, brother John % making at the
same time thorough investigation of his pock--
cts and taking possession of the entire contents
Murray broke from the gang and made his es:
and uncles would next make their appearance.
He made report Of his losses and sent police
officer with very aifectionate inquiries after his
new relatives, but it is highly probable that he
will hear nothing morc-of them as he was una
BILE Cbeing q stranger in the city, to give pre-
else reference to their place Of abede.-L0caL
Editor Of the PenRsyleaniaR.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-28
IBElSBVRG, AUGUST 20, 1851.
EAse Eye Sight,

a correspondent Of the Portsmouth IN. II
journal furnishes these hints
/ "Tho direction in which the light is admitted
10 very important. 1t should not come directly
i,lh 'front.' or on line with the eyes. nor below
iFhen; for in these positions the direct rave fIl
,sslto the eyes, and so fl them with LIGHT that
they cannot receive the reflected rays from the
9tJect at which we are looking, while it is from
thesc reflected rays alone that We must ncrceivo
inc objects viewed. Any one may prove this bv
laying sheet of paper upon which he is wri-
tng, directly before him, with the Iamp in front
upon q level or below his eyes; after LOOKING ot
ule writing IN this position for few moments
let INN remove the lamp so as to cause the LIGHT
to come a little from the rear and above the line
OF his eyes; he will at once perceive the relief
afforded, and the greater distinctness rivcn n
the writing. Or let him, when the lamp is in
the former position, shade his ewes with his
hand so as to shut off the light but what is re-
hected from the paper, and the same effect will
be noticed
The best direction for the light to come in
reading is little from the rear of the left
shoulder. In the evening the lamp should be
placed just so that it cannot be seen from the
corner of the eye. But in writing or WORKING
at family table in the evening it may be ne
oessary to have the light come in front. In this
case the astral lamp with the ground glass shade
is a good light, provided it be high enough and
sufficiently open below the shade to permit the
rays to fall upon the table all round. The
modern solar lamp with the shade wholly closed
at the bottom, is excellent for lighting rooms.
but is not suitable for the centre of a working
table. The cutting of figures in plain glass on
the ground glass shades destroys their value
as shades, and indeed makes them more painful
and injurious to the eyes than to have them
wholly Of plain glass. But the best of all lamps
for the eyes is the old fashioned bonnet lannns
or such as are now sometimes sold under the
name of the study lamp. The interior of the
bonnet should not, however, be pure white or
h+Sist, - =. ts,st Vase ii onerates tea much as n
reflector, casting the rays too strongly down
upon the objects on the table, especially if these
be white paper or work. y cream color for the
inner surface of the shade or bonnet will be
found sufficient if the lamp be tolerably
powerful
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-28
Additional Foreign News.
ENGLAND.

! The ecclesiastical titles assumption act has
received the royal assent The bill is said 10
have been the joint production of her Maiesty'.,
ministers, Mr.. WaIpole Sir Frederick Thesirer.
and Mr.. Keogh
The acceptance of the challenge of the New
ork yacht America devoIves on Joseph Weld
Esq, in right of his championship of the royal
yacht squadron. His champion yacht, the
Alarm, is 198 tons old measurement Itisex-
pected that the grand match of the season will
be contest for $4,000 or e1 900 sterling, be-
tween these vessels. The America will have an
opportunity offorded for trying her rate of sail
ing IN the race Of yachts of all nations. to take
place at the Isle of Wight regatta during the
ensuing month This will be preliminary to
the great match with the Alarm.
IRELAND.
a Mr.. D. Ruttledgc horsewhipped the high
sheriff of Mayo, in front of the courthouse. last
week, for neglecting to summon him upon the
grand jury.
THE CRoPs, &c.-The Potato Crop-In the
neighborhood of Bandcn the general feeling
amongst the farmers is, that the disease which
had during the last five years deteriorated this
will be an exceedingly plentiful year. a large
breadth having been grown.-Cork Constitution.
The board of health of Gibraltar has imposed
quarantine of Is days upon all vessels arriving
from Oran, in consequence of the cholera having
broken out in that place.
Two Jews were christened on the 22d ult in
the Church of the Cross in Warsaw-one II.
and the other 5S years of age Field Marshal
Prince Paskiewitch was sponsor in both cases
The Jesuit missions arc making extraordinary
progress IN Baden. FOrty-two persons in one
day announced their conversion to the Roman
Catholic faith in Ettliugen
Three distinguished Hungarian exiles have
lately arrived at Paris:-M Messaros, formerly
Minister at War; the artillery Colonel Makk,
who fn,1-bt +l, Pay, IallaaI,;aI..
sed; and Colonel katona, aide-dc-camp to Gene
raj Dembinsky.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-28
The Bounty Land Act.

The Philadelphia Sun states that Judge Suth-
erland hascommenced moving in support of his
patriotic proposition to give to each of the par
ties interested, under the recent bounty act, ut
least 160 acres. He contends, and we think
with great justice, that as Congress has given
recruits, who enlisted to go to Mexico, and who
were not in actual service more than a moath,
160 acres that those who served in the war OF
1872, on land and water, and in the Indian
wars for many months, should also receive leo
acres. Our soldiers, our tars, their widows and
children, arc deeply indebted to Judge Suther-
land for his services thus far in their behalf
Should his proposition succeed, and we think IL
very probable that it will, in his hands, each of
the parties interested will receive so acres more
than is aolo allowed. About 20, 600 troops left
the State of Pennsylvania and marched either
to the defence of Baltimore or were stationed
in the vicinity of the river Delaware, for the
defence of Philadelphia. Allowing each 50
acres additional, according to Judge Suther-
lands proposition to 20, 600 soldiers, they would
receive one million sac thousand acres Of land; n
very large proportion of which would be distri-
5utea among families IN tie city and county Of
| PhiladelpAia; many of whom, especially widows
and children, now stand in great need of this
| grant from the government
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-28
Rain without Clouds.

The phenomenon of rain without clouds, which
the Philadelphia North American notices as
having occurred in that city on Wednesday OF
last week, was noticed at Norristown by the
editor of the Free Press, who says:-
s'Preciscly the same phenomenon was observed
at this place about quarter past ten o'clock ON
the same evening. On the north and northwest
horizon dark clouds were resting, from when
lightning issued at repeated intervals. These
clouds did not rise from the horizon more than
thirty degrees. Overhead it was perfectly clear,
and the stars shonc forth with remarkable bright
ness In this state of the heavens the ram
commenced falling quite smartly, increasing II
volume as it fell, and lasting some four or five
minutes
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-28
Charlotte CuShIliaIl.

We noticed, says the New York Express, a
paragraph going the round of the papers, having
started on its tour somewhere out West, that
Miss Cushman, the eminent actress has donned
the BloOmers, during portion of her late Wes-
tern trip. We now see that it is authoritatively
contradicted by those who know, and pronounced
unmitigated libel; and n friend of the lady's
requests to notice the contradiction. The
foundation of the story seems to have been sim
ply this: On the arrival of the steamboat at
Sault st. Marie, there happened to be heavy
shower falling, during which all the passengers,
excepting Miss Cushman and her party went
ashore to the hotel. Somebody suggested it
would be just the time to ''go a fishing" The
idea was Immediately adopted, the small boat
was lowered, and brought alongside, and party
went out the lake. in the frail craft, including
Miss Cushman, who was indebted to the captain
for an India rubber sat adapted to ''the time
and the OCCASION Far from displaying the
graceful figure, and freedom of motion so warm
ly alluded to by the author of the story in the
papers, it was the most unpoetical costume that
could well have been assumed.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-28
&c Careful Of Cuc,,mbers.

On Sunday evening, says Wilmington paper,
VIC learn that young lady and gentleman at
tended divine service at one of our churches in
this city, after which they returned to the resi-
dence Of the lady in Brandywinc Village, and
as is customary on such occasions with young
people, talked over love matters until a late
hour, when all of sudden the lady complained
of the cholic, caused, as she said, by taking Gu
cumbcrs at tea, and fastened the young man
with all the speed of a locomotive for a physi-
clan. The young man ran and knocked up the
physician, and related to him the Importance
OF his being present as soon as possible. The
physician on approaching the house heard the
screams of the females and Immediately inquired
into the symptoms of the case, when 10, and be-
hold! instead Of the cholic it turned out to. be
little infant, whose birth had allied her instead
of the cucumbers, as she supposed Ladies
should be careful how they cat cucumbers of a
Sunday afternoon, if such is the result.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-28
Freak OF Nature.

Two physicians of Georgia, Doctors Cohen
and Durr, have published statement to the ef-
feet that there was born upon the premises of
DavidJ. Williams, in Tclfair county, anegro child
weighing twelve pounds, with two well formed
and separate heads and necks, two arms and
two spinal columns, three legs with feet at
tachcd, two in their naturafSposition and the
other coming out on the back in the region OF
the hips, with two hearts partially joined TO-
gcther, two lungs, and othar anomalies
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-28
An Accomplished Mormon.

\ Paris letter to the New y ork Observer, gives
the following notice of the Mormon missionary
at that place.
''In the house where live is gentleman by
the name of B--n, an American, q Mormon,
and prophet. He is one of the most polite
and pleasant men that l have met since l left
home-a graduate of the New York University,
and familiar with several modern languages.
He has family in the Great Valley, (Deseret, J
and has been connected with the Mormon fra
ternity ten years. He is one of the twelve
prophets who conduct the affairs and guard the
interests of the whole community. He is now
engaged in the laborious occupation of transla-
ting the Mormon Bible into French and when
tell you he has been occupied four months al
ready from eleven to five each day, with pros
pect OF four more before the work is completed
you must acknowledge that it is no small task.
la Mrs. Amelia Bloomer publishes n care
in one of the Boston papers, denying that sh,
has returned to long skirts"
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-28
Col. Bigier and the state Debt.
FACTS WHICH CANNOT BE CoNTRovERTED

The following communication comes to US,
ssys the Pittsburg Post from the highest source.
The writer is gentleman who commands alike
the respect and confidence of both Wings and
Democrats. He states facts i'll regard to the
State Debt and the career of Col. BIGLER in the
Legislature, which cannot be controvertcd by
the friends of Gov. JOHNSTON:
An article which appeared in the Pittsburg
Gazette, of the 18th inst, on the subject of the
State debt, and which is taken from the Reading
Journal, is calculated, if not designed to make
an erroneous impression upon the public mind,
and to do injustice to the late Gov. Skunk. 1t
IN substance asserts that during his administra-
ton, the debt was increased 81, ,7S6, 523 Co.
The author of this article must have been igno-
rant of the facts, or must have wilfully pcryer-
ted them. To correct his errors and TO present
the truth of the matter, is my cbject in appear
ing before the public.
The State first failed TO pay the interest on
the debt, on the first day of August 1S42, and
continued delinquent till the first day of Fcbrua-
ny, 1s45. During that period, the Legislature
authorized the issuing of certificates to the hol-
ders of the State stock, for the interest, as it
became payable scmi-annually. On the 10th
April, 1915, provision was made in the annual
appropriation BILL authorizing the Governor,
upon the surrender of those certificates to the
Auditor General, to cause certificates of State
STOCK to be issued in lieu thereof, at an interest
Oh hve per cent per annum, redeemable on and
alter the first day of August, 1855 The holders
oi tne certificates for the interest, availed them
1
been issued for five semi-annual payments
amounting to about SSOO,O 90 each, the az
sregate of them amounted, of course, to the sum
ot S4,OOO,OO0 90. The law further provided.
that interest ON those certificates should be COM
Puted from the time they were issued at the rate
VI a per cent. This interest, added to the
principal, made the amount of S4 555. .1S2 15
'le same which is charged in the article in oues-
'1e mead OF (''Stock Loan, April 16, 1916, ~ as
VI 1he debt created during Gov. Skunk S
for the act cited, see Pamphlet Laws of
Io45, page SD.
~, comment ON this subject deem unnecessary.
iniS SIMPLE statement of the facts is sufficient
~ escape the falsity of the charge, and to show
na' 'his Item of the debt had occurred before
"huhk was inducted into Office, and that
e4uehtiy he had nothing to do with its Gre
a''oh. The effect of the enactment of the 10th
npfii, lS45, was simply TO change the form Of
the idebtedness.
huch ado is made by certain presses, in tho
es' oil eov- Johnston, about the credit which
- uae 10 him, for the payment of the interest o.
e state debt.| One would suppose, that to him
- MN alone, belongs all the credit, and al