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The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-04-22
LOUIS NAPOLEOE.

y Paris correspondent of the Journal Of Com
merce, writing under date Of the goth ult, says:
sit was reported that the President was to be
named Emperor to-day, being the anniversary of
the event alluded to above. But this has turn
ed to be an error. There is no doubt that he
will take that title, at the suggestion Of the
Senate and Legislative corps, when they meet
sanctioned by the army and the nation, which
viii be appealed to, for without the voice Of the
nation he will not stir step for on the base of
universal suffrage he alone can find Stability
He will them be carried in triumph by the army
to the Tui.eries, and installed as Emperor in the
fashion Of old imperial Rome.
The ceremony of crowning viii probably be
dispensed with. lie viii then Of course marry.
in order TO consolidate his dynasty otherwise
the whole fobric Of the Empire would crumbIe
down again; and On Empress is already report
ed to be selected although it Is not known on
whom the choice is fallen. That is profound
secret; but arranged it is, and one Of these
days a steamer viii take the news to America Of
Republican France being once more raised to
the dignity Of an Empire Continental nations.
1t is said, viii not be sorry for this transition,
as the name Of a Republic is odious to them,
and France is the only country in Europe that
bears that name, AID which is the least adapted
for Republican Government.
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California EmtEratIon.

Some Of the recent letters from Califoruia give
accounts Of that country, which are calculated
10 daupcu the arlgr Of those who look upon it
as q mine Of wealth, which tLcy have only 90
reach % pick up "a fortune. There are, no doubt
some who 10 acquire considerable wealth, but it
is generally those who have some capital 70 start
upon when they reach there, and which thcy cau
invest in some Of the many enterprises which
must necessarily present themselves II q new
country. The great mass Of those who emigrate
however, srC poor young men, having nothing
but their labor 20 work upon, 50 that every oc-
cupation, In which II ere laIor is required, is
overstockci. The Boston Traveller publishes
an account, recently received, which gives the
experience of thousands. Some three months
since, a large company of mechanics, number
ing some twenty-five persons, left Boston for
California to try their luck IL the land Of gold.
By the last mail letters have been received from
nearly all Of the company, and they all concur
in saying, that San Francisco and the other large
cities in that section Of the country are throng-
ed with persons Of every trade, unable to pro-
cure work of any kind. One man writes that
he is fully satisfied with what he has already
seen. and would, if he had the means, gladly
return home. One of the party, most excel
lent machinist, went on 10 take situation,
where he was to receive something ike $180per
month When he arrived he found that the
firm for whom he was to work had failed, and
at last accounts he had been unable 10 obtain
work. With these facts before them, those who
are making preparations to emigrate-and their
number appears to be unusually large-should
weigh we'll the prospect before they start, and
have a certain and definite object in view when
they reach there. Those who go, trusting tc
chance for favorable turn in their fortunes
viii be likely 70 meet with sad disappoint
ment.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-04-22
NUMBER II.
ErOnl HaXnlln

~ the arrival yesterday of the brig F. SouIe.
from Havana, we have received our files Of ps-
pers, the Diario De Ia Nartaa and the Gaesls a.
yfc:al to the 24th ult
Strakosch and Parodi were in Havana giving
concerts. The papers speak very highly OF
them.
Two remarkable insiences'of longevity are no
tieed By the DiaTio- On the 18th ult, Jose
Francisco RorigueE, a negro, died in Havana,
IL years, and g few days sfssrvsrds arig
named Isabel Cherita, aged los years On this
the DIaTto makes some sage reflections
when they came into the world nothing wss
said about steamships, railroads OF electric tsls
graphs; no v we are whirled aleng at the rate 0
twenty-five leagues IL three hours, end in ny.
seconds transmit our thoughts :, coo miIes."-
Exactly SO.
4 letter from Yaguay states that q most tern
hc haIistoTm occurred in that part Of the eoun-
Try on the 9th Ult. The crops Of al kinds, which
before were extremely Gourishing, were entirely
destroyed, and the fields presented the sppeAr-
ance, TO use the words of the writer, aaike tha,
OF the SierTas DC NeRcays in AFaxon, IA the
month Of January" One OF the stones "a.
FOUND 10 weigh six ounces, three drscLms and
hYe grams. Many others weighed four and svs
ounces ond the generality weze 81 ounce il
weight
The Belgian Consul in Havana, D. Edmond.
Aeert, has been decorated hy ths King o. Bslzi-
I'm with the cross Of Leopold, il reward for The
benefits he has conferred on the commerce q
his country.
Under the head Of 'sAIrs. BIooner il, Madrid.
the Dtafi0 quotes from 6 Madrid paper, which
says ''Ihe Pantalettes ofthe Seaoras, which
I'll now have been used only fo- neither pFo.ec-
ton, have been introduced into the ball room
ihey are made in the shape Of elegant psnts-
looms a Ia IaTeG, fastened at the ankle With tsI-
icate clasps Of silver The fashion i intended
70 protect the person against the indiscretoa q
Tie waltz and polka. They DO not leck grace.
In harmony with these pantaloons a "a .alfgsJ.
(thls Asiastic name has been given to thero) sra
the bootees, or buskins Of white satin lsced .ith
| two cords down 70 the extremity Of the foot -
| as masculine tendencies are increased snd mo
Pagated, the waistcoat has come into more gen
eral use, 50 that it Is now OF indispensable nee
esslty. The young girls have accustomed them
| selves to It with such facility that should the
fashions change they would be inconsolabIe for
It's loss. The WaistUost is worn q 6iser.s:o,,
either made high uP, half buttoued. entirely but
| toned OF entirely unbuttoaed. The opcr, yzsist-
coat !s over etsmissttc almost: exactly similar
to mans shirt except that it forms two sraal.
points at the throat"
"When," asks the Disrio, "shsll We be s,l,
u head q local item With the words Mrs Bloc
meF II HAVANA ~. o. Pr, 4rrR4A.
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EBBNSBIRG, THTRSDlY, iPRIL p, 1852.

that the yield of gold this season viii excced
that of any former year, much greater mum
Der of persons being at work, anda larger guam
tity of earth having been dug than was ever
known before
Crime continues to increase. Several addition
al murders have been committed by the Indians
in the interior, some OF whom have been ares
ted, tried, and convicted, according to the Lynch
codes of procedure
The Eoentng Pieqyanse has been sold under Q.
deed CT assignment
The amount of duties paid during the months
of January and February, on goods imported
into San Francisco in American and foreign yes
sells, was $285, sol.
The I. S. sloop of war st Mary's had left
San Francisco for the purpose of taking home
the wrecked Japanese, who were rescued about
year since.
There are two bills of considerable Importance
before the Legislature-one Of which provides
for submitting to the people, at the next election
whether or not a convention shall be held for
amending the Constitution. Il is opposed by the
Free Sellers, on the ground that the real object
of the movement is to make division of the
State, so that slavery may be introduced into
the Southern part. 1t was passed by the House
on the ID ult., and is now before the Senate.
The other bill was to enforce u contract made
beyond the State for the performance Of labor
within the limits thereof. Should this bill pass
contracts will be made Immediately with laborer,
in China, and fresh impetus viii be given to
the developement of the mineral resources Of
the State, and the Improvement Of the city, the
growth of which is much retarded by the pre-
sent high price Of labor.
The wealth at the last accounts was as delight
ful as could be expected.
Expeditions were being formed for the gold
mines on Queen Charlotte's Island. Three yes
sells would leave soon well armed, to resist any
attack from the inLospital Indians who inhabit
the Island.
The San Joaquin Republican says that the
miners were never 50 well employed as at pre-
sent Some of them were making from twenty
to fifty dollars per day.
The balance in the California Treasury on the
8th Of March, was S58, ,335, OF which $50, 600
belonged TO the interest fund.
Several lives are reported to have been lost
by the late freshet
The American schooner Clarendon, Capt. Bur
CESS, from New York for San Juan, was wreck
ed off Rancader Reef 200 miles from Chagres.
No lives lost.
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The Future OF ereat nr,,a,,

The NeS 4ork Times sPeculates thus:-.Ir,
Us conceive the general conspiracy e be triurs-
Phanti the sovereignty Of the people 20 be seat
ei where the maiden queen sits now. The true
House Of Peers is understood q he tie Con
mons sinecures are merely historical the.a!-
untaTy system sweeTs away Church presermcut
The Court q Chancery, With the last vestiges
ci life sucked cut q it, is . mummy q uault5su-
tinous wraQUiugs. The people al voting. vote
away titles, Establishments, pensions. stars AaI
garters, and replace them with tie substance q
popular power Gold sticks are sent heyont
the StyT or bound up ike the French stick
Of Sir Francis, II the mortal ohscuritv or I.
book book Of post-datsd Heraldry. Grown.
are converted into coin and the seeptre buys
food for the paupers Of the Tower Hamlsts.-
Ireland is regenerated, and the outflow of pop
ulation stayed BY liberal legislation In short
the people Of England, dispensing With tn. i'm
ported and worn out stock Of Hanover, agree L.
rule themselves with their own British blood
and sinews; AM receive no kings from abroad
save fugitives from foreign revolution. As first
President Of the Republic, which Lord Derby
advocates, and events Predict-the '.Cuited ste-
public Of Great Britain and Ireland, we ven
ture 10 nominate Richard Golden. Perhaps
William Smith O'Brien would serve for Vice
President"
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DR.. Fanc. in one Of his admirable lectures up
On the Grinncu expedition tells the following;
s.The lecturer drew g vivid picture Of the mar
vellous scenery and the wild life Of the polar
regions-the strange noise Of the breaking Of
the ice-now Ike the whining Of puppy, then
like the calls OF distress and then again Ike the
booming cannon. The ice, generally about five
feet thick, and much resembling glass, which
before 6as level, is now piled in ridges, and as
the masses arc forced upon each other, every
variety Of noise increases. Now, low and plain
tive F.; now, shrieking wildly, gradually rising to
a climax of fearful intensity, under which all
languages cease, and then dying away into the
softest cadence-noises so marked and often
times so irregular, that they were regarded and
called the pulses of the ice, and from these vol
ces Of the ice they we're generally capable OF
Judging of its movements. Entering Bafin's
Bay, and stretched upon the ice in their buffalo
robes, an officer calls upon them to hasten up.
The ice voices have been renewed with fearful
intensity and the air is filed with shrieks and
howls. The ice is in great commotion. On
comes the crest The crushed ice, piled high
by the meeting of the flows, gradually nears the
DrIg-t-- IeeL INC IeLnDii-lS AiotiOi' 'iho 'e-0~
trembles from the force Of the continued shock.
On it came, now only six yards from the vessel
no word is uttered-now three yards-now
six feet. Al wait with trembling lips, when
suddenly the noise and motion cease. They
wait for the movement TO be renewed, and no re-
newal came, and five months afterwards that
mense ridge was still there, and the vessel also
there-a monument Of Gods protecting care and
mans weakness"
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-04-22
CoMMODORE STOCKTON.

4 FIGurIHG CANDIDATE.-Mr. Wise, in
speech in the late Democratic Convention IN
Virginia, made the following reference to one
Of their Presidential candidates;
There was young man in the navy, pet
Of Decatur's-the most gallant soul that ever
E7ed-who actually stormed Gibralter. A
Toice-'The Gibralter of Whiggery u No, the
Gibralter at the mouth of the Mediterranean
The Young man referred to, a midshipman in
the navy, went ashore at Gibralter one day. 1t
was at the time when British officers were in the
habit of insulting Americans wherever they
could be found. While this young man was in
Gibralter, two British officers commenced tradu-
eng the American character, and he immedi-
a,ely laid down the gauntlet with the under
sanding that the laws of the garrison were not
be enforced. They met upon the outworks
G, the fort, and the young man plugged his
antagonist The companion of the British Off
Ger Immediately advanced to arrest the midship-
nan as a prisoner. Incensed at the violation
q the promise so solemnly made, he caught the
,Ecer in his arms, and giving him close hug,
threw himself over the parapet, and thus lock
Cd, they rolled over and over to the bottom, in
which effort he broke his leg. A sergeant at
'lchei TO the fort pursued the midshipman on
horseback, but on coming up TO him, the mid
sajIman threw him off, and taking possession Of
rs horse, made his escape 70 the boat. After
wards be vent On board the British flag ship,
-1i challenged the whole feet. He met three
british C6icers, one after anotherer, and the re-
s--t vas, i ! have been correctly informed, a
regulation vas made, that if any British officer
slTl-l hereafter fight a duel, he would be cash
.s'sl the service. This young man was Robert
g. stockton. The promise Of the boy has been
's..elei in the man. You al know what he
-l 70 California, where he carried his sailors on
ere ald made them perform military duty,
----sa i vas said in the Florida war that
'--Ia could comprehend but one military COM
---l7 an that was Plight Indians"
-HE Micro RAcE.-Bayard Taylor, writing
an NIeia, in Upper Egypt says Those
- q the African race, who point TO Egypt
= liooI Of what that race has accomplished.
!, Wholly mistaken. The only Negro features
presented IN Egyptian sculpture are those of
- 'oa 0 and eapuyes taken in the Ethiopian wars
= 1e FAaroahs. The temples and pyramids
1-Yughout Nubia, as far as the Dar-Fur and
r!Salnle, all bear the hieroglyphs of these
- T-4iehs, and there is no evidence in all the
-! oI the Nile that the Negro race ever at
,- --eu higher degree Of civilization than is at
,5L ,S'eLt exhibited in Congo and Ashantee | men
- uns, not from any feeling hostile to that
n.y., w., put simply to controvert an opinion very
''~-sl' N some parts Of the United States,
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Adams Fall.

Mr. White, the temperance lecturer, during his
visit 10 Mobile, last spring told the following an
ecdotc in one Of Lis addresses, to illustrate the
influence Of bad example in the formation Of
habits ruinous in their effect:
Adam and Mary his wife, who lived in one Of
the old States, were very good members Of the
church, good sort of folks any way, and Mary
thought great deal Of the minister, and the
minister thought good deal Of glass OF good
teddy.
Whenever the minister called to make Mary g
visit, which was pretty often, she contrived to
have him glass Of toddy made, and the minis
ter never refused the toddy. After while Adam
got TO following the example of the minister 70
such an extent that he became @ drunkard-
drank up every thing he had and all he could
get. Mary and he became very poor in conse-
quence Of his following the minister's example
SO closely, but the good minister continued his
visits, and poor Mary continued still to give the
glass Of toddy One day he called in and told
Mary that hew going away fer a week-should
return on Friday-and handed her book con
taiRing the catechism, and told her when he re
turned he should expect she would be able TO
answer some Of the questions. Mary said yes,
and laid the book away very carefully But
Mary, ike good many other church members,
thought no more Of her book until the very Fri
day that the good minister was to return.
What shall DO" says she, "the minister
is to be here to-day, and have not looked IN
the book he gave me. How can answer the
questious?"
- can tell you" said Adam, "give me e
quarter and let me 60 over 10 Smiths and get
some good rum, and you can answer his ques-
tons with t0ddy."
Mary took the advice-gave Adam the quar-
ter and a jug, and of he started. After getting
his jug filed and on his way back, Adam eonclu-
ded to taste the rum. One taste brought or an
other, until he stumbled over pile Of rocks and
broke the jug, lost all the rum. But Adam man
aged TO stagger home
As soon as he got in the house, Mary inquired
anziously for the bottle Of rum where is the
bottle of rum, Adam ~ Poor Adam managed
10 stammer cut - that he had stumbled over q
pile cf rocks and broke the bottle and lost the
rum?'' Mary was in fx-Adam drunk-the
minister coming-tAe rum gone-and the ques-
tious unIearned: "But here comes the minis
ter! It wouldn't do for the man Of God to see
Adam drunk, - SO she, for want Of a better place
to hide him, sent him under the bed. By the
time he was fairly under, in came the minister.
After sitting few moments, he asked Mary i
she thought she could answer the question:
=. How diI Adam falI?"
Mary turned her head, first one way, then AL
other, finally she stammered ont.
- II FL opsr q pile Of r0-Fs"'
1t was now the minister's turn to look blank,
but he ventured another question:
.'Where did he hide himself after his falI:"
d" Under ne BED, s.r %
There, Adam, you may come out, he knows
al about it."
The good minister retired-not even waiting
for @ glass Of t5ddy.
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sIarrIage orthe ,Tonnrch OF siam.

The reiguing monarch Of Siam, who is in his
4sth year, at the pressing solicitation Of his
council and Of the heads of the nobility, has en-
tered into the marriage state, with the view Of
continuing the succession, in the royal line
The princess chosen is the adopted daughter Of
the late king, and is in her eighteenth year
She rejoices in the high, and, to European ears
singular sounding names, Chanta Somonass
Wadduanawaddi. The nuptials were celebra-
ted with grear splendor on the ID of January
when her name was changed to Phraong Chow
Somanat Wathanawasi, and she was elevated to
the rank of queen consort, or barthaparieharik,
which being interpreted means ''a fayorite wife,
taking care Of the royal feet" The event is
duly chronicled, and the particular ceremonies
used on the occasion are narrated, by the kings
direction in the shape of a royal proclamation
printed in English at the royal press, under the
direction of Prince Amarity, one of the sons of
the late king.
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Eg"A law has passed both Houses Of the
Louisiana Legislature, which gives the exclusive
power TO Police Judges and to the Mayors snd
Alderman Of cities, to make such laws and reg
ulations for the sale Of intoxicating liquors as
they may deem advisable, and to grant or with
hold licenses from drinking houses or shops, "a
majority of the citizens and voters Of any ward
parish, town and city may determine by ballot
This act takes effect from the date Of its pas
sage
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Notwithstanding the immense power he
wields, and the high situation he IS raised to,
Louis Napoleon has been heard to say that he
would prefer being private gentleman in Eng
land, with $40, 600 year, to that of ruler over
France; las taste and habits being so decidedly
English.
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TuE OLD TURNPIKE.

Y. boor no more of the changing hoot,
And the stage rafting by; II,
- +ba sta,mlking rules the travelled wofld'
And the old pixies left TO dle.
Tho grass creeps Ger the tlnty path,
And the stealthy daises steal
W. ~, once the stage-horse, day by day,
Lifted his iron heel.
vorore the weary stager breads
The toll of the coming morn;
Y, ,1ore the bustling landlord runs
A. the sound of the echoing horn;
For the dust lies still upon the road,
And bright eyed children play
Where once the gathering hoo1 Whee1
Ratified along the way
yomore we hear the cracking whip,
Or the strong wheels rumbllng SOUND
And ali the water drives us on,
And an iron horse is found
Tze coach stands rusting in the yard,
And the horse has sought the plough:
We have sranned the world with an iron rail,
And the steam-king rules Us now
The old turnpike is pike no more,
Wide open stands the gate;
We have made us u road for our horse TO STRIDE
Which we ride at flying rate,
We have filed the valleys and levelled the hills.
And tunnelled the mountain side:
And round the rough crag's dizzy verge,
Fearlessly now We ride
On-on-on-with naughty front!
a puff, O shrek, and bound;
While the tardy echoes wake too Iete,
To babble back the sound;
And the old pike road is left alone,
And the stagers seek the plough:
We have circIcd the earth with an iron rail,
And the steam-king rules US now
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2sg~What ought to be done to-day, do it, 70
tomorrow it may rain.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-08
PHILADELPHIA.
sncs OF The N. Y. Tribuns.

Corsspondenos OF The n. Y Tnbuns
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, o It. 6, le52.
As the lU5 O'Clock train OF cars tor Bal
tnore was leaving the depot, corner Of Broad and
Prmests Mr. James Warren, collector, met his death
Ia sudden and shocking While Ia the ss az
Is supposed Of tying the berope he joted OF the
bsggsge car at the moment gae train crOssDg toe
svitcnes a, the turn of the rails from Bfosdst Into
Prime and being rawn under the wheels, was awfuly
man gled al instantly killed.
Be had In bis hand piece OF the rope, which must
have broken One Of his srms was entirely segsred,
and bis breast fighuly crushed Toe recasss OF he
decessed were tai to the place Of Mr. hn Go,d tae
undertaken In Spruce At Fifth where the C)roaer
held Inquest at - oclOck odsythe Jury rendering
q verdict OF accidental dea'h
The corpse af erward conveyed TO his residence
In II viei ity of Ninth ard Greenst, Spring Garasn
Mr. Warren WA 50 years old He leaves vile ana
children.
Mr.. Thomas ]. Herring, Salt Measurer
IN the Custom House did suddenly Last night IN con-
sequence OF bursting blood vessel the deees'ed gu,
RIG the past lew esrs has flied many PuoIc ocss Oh
zpn az honor -
Madame Sontsg, having been informed
that preparations were on foot give her grand scr.
epsde IN his city, and that Police force would be gu.
saed 70 der on occasion, Wa understand
inat Cd. hes written her SCENT requesting hin - dc
cline Cd her behalf respectfully ss possible any de-
noLstrs.op Of the kind Her visit 10 tbs country 10
purely profesAona one and, with the highcE. scrse
o tie hndpes Of the American people, she pre!eTs TO