The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-07-03
Our New York Correspondence.
NEW YORK, June 25, 1850
EDITOR OF THE MOUNTAIN SENTINEL:

K,
EDITOR OF THE MOUNTAIN SENTINEL:
The Europa arrived at Halifax from Liverpool
at a quarter before nine O'Clock, yesterday
morning, with 90 passengers.
The Great Exhibition continued to attract
immense numbers of visitors; but the attend
ance of the working classes has not been as
large as was generally anticipated. The weather
in England, during the week preceding the
Europa's departure, was warm and genial; and
the hay and grain crops were in the most heal
thy state. Affairs in France were tranquil
Trade and commerce continued to improve
The war in Algiers had been brought to a con-
clusion by the suppression of the rebellion.
The disastrous confagrations in San Francis
co and Stockton, have not produced as much
effect in this city as was expected There is
every reason to believe, however, they will have
a powerful influence on the standing and posi-
ton of those who are connected with the Cali
fornia trade. Two-thirds of the losses in San
Francisco and Stockton will, undoubtedly, fall
on New York. 1t viii be some time, however,
before they begin to operate in such manner
as will be palpable to the public eye. The great
fire in this city, in December, 1885, although it
Millions of Dollars, and ruined half of the
commercial men of that day, did not show its
effects till the following May, when the revul-
sion commenced; and, even then, the frs.
breakdown in consequence of it, took place in
New Orleans This was succeeded here by a
movement that smashed, in less than ten days,
five hundred of the principal houses in the city
multitude of causes combined to produce that
terrible revulsion in commerce and trade Un-
fortunately, the recent calamities in California
are accompanied by revulsion in the cotton
trade, which has been felt in New Orleans, and
elsewhere in the Southern States, to some con-
siderable extent; and it may be still further
felt, if the price of that staple continues to
diminish in the great marts on the other side of
the Atlantic
"Bloomerism" is bound to be triumphant in |
New York. Bifurcated garments are on the !
rise, and long skirts are dropping. The more
enthusiastic daughters of Eve are holding pub |
lie meetings, and taking other steps, to hasten
the speedy adoption of style of dress that
shall approximate that worn by their revered |
ancestors, much more nearly than the present
female costume.
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Mrs. E. Oakes Smith, and another lady, whose !
name 1 cannot now remember, has been ap-
pointed to ''put the thing through in the
speediest manner possible. These ladies have
enlisted the potential aid of Knox, the pet hat
ter of Uppertendom, who has set about bringing
out new style of '' Bloomer hats which shall
prove so irresistably attractive, that no woman
can refrain from wearing one. Knox is a lucky
fellow. His store in Fulton street is already
beginning to be besieged by young, gay, and
beautiful girls, all anxious to know when those
Gloves of hats will be ready. Hats off to the
blooming Boomers.
An American gentleman is negotiating with
the English patentee of the Fire Annihilator,
for its exclusive use in this country The sum
required by the inventor for patent-right for
the United States is $3.50, 900. writer in the
Boston Transcript thus describes an experiment
which he witnessed.
81 went with the gentlemen to the open lots
in the upper part of the city, taking with us
one of the hand machines. Here we purchased
a lard barrel with one head out-the slaves well
soaked with grease. We filled the barrel half
full of pine shavings and sticks, and poured
over the whole, pint of spirits of turpentine.
This was set fire to, the wind blowing briskly
at the time. After it had burned ten or fifteen
minutes, so as to become living coal and flame
inside, took the 'Annihilator," gave it rap
upon the top with my fist, Thereby breaking
the phial Containing the Sulphuric Acid and
Chlorate of Potash, and igniting the whole mass
of chemicals,) when, instantly, an immense
volume of white vapor rushed out of the aper-
ture in the cover This 1 turned upon the
ames and, in less than four seconds, erery Uestge
Of fame and fire eztinguished.''
The Count Villaneuva, Intendente or Treasurer
of Cuba, arrived at this port, on Friday, in the
war-steamer Pizarro, en- route for Spain. The
Count, noble specimen of Spanish Hidalgo
of the old school, is seventy-fve years of age,
and has resigned his office, on the plea of ad-
vanced age, and his wifes declining health 1t
is whispered, however, that the expense of the
large military reinforcements lately sent to the
island, and the heavy pecuniary demands of the
government at Madrid, were drain upon the
revenue which he found it impossible to meet,
without the imposition of new taxes-a measure
which he feared might drive the creole popula-
ton to rebellion. The Queen hopes, it is said
to induce her old and faithful servant to return
Yours truly, FITZROY
The Slave Trade I'm Brazil.
The Emperor of Brazil, in his speech to the