The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-08-26


GEN SCOTT IN 1s44-The following ticl.,
was displayed conspicuously at the heads of q.
Native papers in 1874:
Natice American Ticket, 1874.
i For President,
GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT.
4 For Vice Pre- ident
! HON. JOHN M'LEAN.
) "Fired with Indignation against fore;rro.
Gen. Scott did not decline the leadership % 81
gatives-and received ali their votes
Ok BOTH SIDEs.-The London Time, nj g..
: spoke wei of General Pierce and his marty 7.
subsequent article it says, speaking oftbe -.
parties; ''Our own sympathies and opin;or.
must ever lean to the more moderate and =.
lghtened of these parties, who are puar,;.n.
of Federal tradition, the friends of naaco -,
the opponents of slavery. The Wbios ,von,.
thank the Times for this prf and expression Of
its sympathy.
SCoTT's G ENERsLs-It is said m ba g.
that every General officer. who served MD
Scott in the Mexican war, is opposed to his q,
ecuon to the Presidency-belieying that hedOe,
not possess the civil qualifications to fit him for
that high and responsible station. Woo,
Twiggs, Riley, Butler, Quitman Pillow. LAM
Patterson, Persifer Smith, Cadwallader. Mar
shall, Shields, all are found in the ranks Of III.
opponents of the Wing nominee and if the lam.
ented Worth and Hamor were living, they wouId
be found among the number. Does not the fac,
speak volumes against Gen. Scotts fitness for
the highest civil Office in the world?-MoBz,
Register
nsA-Riche'ieu Robinson, after demoisbinv
General Pierce winds up tribute to General
Scott, with the following, unfortunate Quota
ton =
"HOw shall we rank thee on glory's page,
Thou more than conquerer? ?"
We consider this quotation unfor sunate bs-
cause the line completed runs thus:
Thou more than conqueror, and less than sage.
~ Y. Mirror.
PIERCE ON A NATIONAL BANK-sI believe
such an institution one of deadly hostility to the
best interests of the country, dangerous to our
republican institutions and the liberties of the
people"
COOP EoR MARYLAND.-A friend writing
from Baltimore, says: The cause of Democracy
is coming on gloriously in this city. Our
friends are more sanguin than ever, of carrying
the city by an unprecedented majority-they
also count upon carrying the State by hand
some vote, and if our friends throughout the
State are to be depended upon, we will astonish
The Democracy of the Union
ScoTT ON NATIONAL BANK-sT hare Iona
b zen under concietion that, in peace as in war
something in the nature of bank of the United
States is not only necessary and proper, but tn
dtspensd6te to the successful operations of the
treasury, as to many of the wants of our COM
merce and currency
bS@Gen. Gabriel Were, of Louisiana, died
recently at his plantation below New Orleans.
His fathers house was attacked by the English
during their approach on New Orleans and all
the family put under arrest. Young Vinere,
however managed to escape and making his
way to the city, gave Gen. Jackson the first IN
formation of the approach of the enemy
alt may not be upinteresting to you to learn
that since Tuesday, the Goth inst, the potato
crop of ireland has become seriously affected
with the remarkable disease of the previous
seven years. During the last ten days has been
very great, and while the result csuuot yet be
stated, there eau be no doubt that large po--
ton of the crop viii be LOST
BA.The New Orleans Picayaue says :-"One
of orr young friends, whose wife happens to be
tempororiiy absent from the city, terribly
alarmed yesterday on entering bis room at one
of our large aud fashionable boarding houses
In his absence, lady boarder, in the pursuitOf
cool place and breath of fresh air, had seat
ed herself for few moments ju his room. On
entering, our young friend suddenly stopped,
turned pale, but instantly discovering his mis-
take and recovering himself, he exclaimed, 80,
Lord how scared was-I thought my wife had
come back
THE POTATO CroP IN IRELAND.-The follow
;ng extract of letter from ireland, b airing date
the 30th ult., and received by mercantile
house in Boston, would seem to indicate more
extensive prevalence of the potato disease tran
has hitherto been supposed to exist. The ac-
counts by the Africa sre az discourag ng in res
pect to 'tIie potato crop.
Mai. Moses j. Bernard.
The California mail brought the distressing
+o,1;oo,oo % tba death of Major Raroard who