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TO PLANTERS.

4 lKlN'S Corn and Cotton Cultivator.
IA This truly useful agricultural imple-
ment, has been fully tested by highly res
rectable and practical planters who after full
trial, say that by its use, in the cultivation
Of Corn, Cane, or Cotton, there is saving
of at least one third the labor to man and
horse over the common plow. It S new
invention, Patented March 20 1S40.
Planters are invited to call and examine il
A supply on hand and for sale by
may | | y. w. +. TUNNARD.
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H. r. WADDILL.
AT HIS DRUG STORE NEAR
The Harney House.

Offers for sale, very large and complete
assortment OF DRUGs, MEDICINES, SuRoi-
CAL INSTRUMENTS, CupprNG GLASSES, OTIS,
SOAPS; TooTn and Wits Wash; HAIn,
TooTH, Flesh, Nail, SHAVING, PAIsf and
SHOE brushes together with all the moi
popular patent medicines Of the day.
PENS, INK and PAPER.
Fsh-hooks, Lines, Fioats, and bassds,
Low for cash.
Teas! Teas! Teas!!!
Having been appointed agent for the sale
of TEAS for the PEKIN TEA COMPANY
Of Nw Kak, am enabled to offer to the
L0i,es, splendid ass,.rtme ut of GREEN ara
BACK 1rA's, nuvrdnted 5'nye They are
put up in quarter, half and found packages,
and sold at from so cents to 81 80 per
pound.
= Patent MCdieinr%
This class of remedies, imp. 'operly called
Patent, are simply secret rem ledies, found
by Practical Physicians, after long expert
ence, TO be admirably adapted 70 the cure
oil certain diseases; put up and offered for
pie for the benefit of Mankind.
4 Many persons here will tell you, that,
Smiths Tonic, Rowans Tonic, Speeds
Tonic, Indian Colagogue, Champions Pills,
Jaynes' Louien's. Sapington's HILLS or
the GIafienhourg Pills, will cure you Of any
case OF Chills and Fever, or Ague and Fe-
yer that may occur, and that too, at cost
Of from IS cents to 81 80; whereas it
would ordinarily cost you s. 00--Th ey
would further inform you, that these rem,'
dies, warranted genuine. are for sale by
II. L. WADDlLL
Druggist, neal the Harvey House Baton
ROUGE Louisiana niay2Sy.
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Just Arrived,

NTE HAVE now ia store, besides our
w large stock of Western produce, a,
fine assortment OF Groceries, selected with
special reference to supplying the TRADE
of this city, which we feel confident of be-
ing able to do, at as fair price as can be,
done elsewhere.
OUR STOCK CONSISTS IN PART OF:
Salt, coarse and fine, Coffee,
Candles, Sperm and Star,
Rice, Soap, Sugar crushed and loaf,
Starch, Batter, BE-, &c, &c.
Merchants and Traders will please give US.
call, before going to New Orleans or else
where TO purchase. S. M. HART Il Co.
Corner of Front and Laurel st.
july 90, IF.
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A. M. d. Ga
SAINTS PETER AND PAUL COLLEGE.
Baton Rouge, La

DuVoh AeOuSOy
T1HTS COLLEGE under the direction of
l. the Rev. Fathers Of the Society of
Jesus, derives from its situation in the Ca
pital of Louisiana a most flatterng guar
antee of success.
The Directors follow the same plan of
education at this institution as in all those
intrusted to their care
The day-scholars enjoy the same advan-
tages and frequent the same classes as the
boarders, but have no other communication
with them.
The publictxcrcises Of religion are those
Of the Catholic Church; but pupils of all
denominations are admitted, provided for
the sake ofotder, they conform to the exte
riui.
Terms for Boarders.
For thu scholastic year OF 10 liz
months $3.50 90
Physicians fee md minor infrna-
~ expenses W
Entrance fee (!or the first year only 10 90
Stati ,nary GffurnIshed by the ms
Tuition 90
Washing and mending (it done by
the Institution 20 90
ForDay Scholars.
For the two inferior classes per mo. a. 90
For the others 5 90
Books, Drawing, Music, etc, form extra
changes.
The payments are to be made semi-an-
nually in advance.
The College advances no money: it will
be well therefore, that The parents deposit
certain sum with the treasurer for acciden-
tai expenses and noe krt money
The next Session will commence, list De-
tobrr, 1852; on which day the new brick
building will be ready. Iang 21-3w-lw.
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CHI A R IN RI
OF THE
Baton Rouge & Clinton Flank Road Coz

We the undersigned agree to form our
.slves into corporation. under the lawsfof
the State ofLopisiaus, as particularly set
forth ia an act entitled an .4ct for the organ-
isasion Of corporations for works Of pnoAe
improvement and nttay'--a copy OF which
is hereinto annexed. for the purpose Of con-
s'ructing Plank Road from the city of
Baton Rougc, in the Parish of East Baton
Rouge, to The town Of Clinton. in the Parish
of East Felciana, and from thence along
the most elisable ront to point that will
connect the town OF Liberty in Amite Co,
State of Mississippi, and for that purpose
We have itrned the annexed charter, and
have signed the same, and have added to
or signature statement of the number OF
shares and the amount of our subscriptions
70 said ComnanY.
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PIANO TUNING

IT COATES most respectfully inform
IL. the public OF Baton Rouge and vi
ity 'hat he will tune and repair Paino Forts
Viclins, Guitars. and all other musical in
Struments on reasonable terms
OFders4left at the Comet Office or Jacob
Fipcrs on Church Street will meet with
prompt attention maj q ly
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II. b. VIBBERT,
Druggist and ApOthecary,

X EEPS constantly on hand large and
II well selected stock Of fresh Drugs and
Medicines. All his preparations are pre-
pared by Northern manufactures, and put
up in the very best manner to preserve their
medicinal virtues. In climate like this
persons should not overlook this important
consideration
u Prescriptions filled with care at any
time Of night or day. Jan
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For Sale at any Price.

A LOT Of ytoyes----various kinds, which,
N. being offered ont Of season, IS evidence
of our anxiety to sell, and that bargains can
be had Give US CALI families and dealers
aud buy us out, as we are ANXIOUS TO anlt the
Stove trade. y. M. HAkl 70.
Corner Of Front aud Laurel SITS,
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HALL, JACOB PIPKE,
HALL & PIPER.

HOUSE FURNISHING STORE ON
CHURCH STREET.
PIPER NEW BRICK BUILDING AM NEXT
DOOR TO HIS FURNITURE WARE ROOMS.
A RE OPENING and offer for sale gen-
II eral assortment of Crockery, China,
and Glass ware together with house keep
ing articles in general.
Persons in want of any article in our line
would do well to give US call.
maylJy.
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Timothy Fay, NJ. D.

ESiDENT Dentist, tor fourteen years
IL pasi) Office second floor, Ist door over
the store of Mr.. Qmggins, Lafayette street.
Refvences-Hon. Geo. C. McWborter.
Col J. +. Layet, Hon. Nj. G. Penn, Rev. J
Woodbridge. DR.. +. N. Hereford. Rev. Bis
hop Polk, Professor J. L. Riddel.
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NEW ORLEANS, June, 1s47.
~Dr. Fay, studied Dentistry in the city
Of New York, and subsequently graduated
in the Medical College Of Louisiana. He is
a gentleman of integrity and have no hes
itatiou in recommending him as an accom-
plished practical Dentist. ~
WARREN STONE, MD.
June ID. If. Professor OF Surgery.
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NJ uatArd.

"a GROSS Ohio Mustard put up M
~ poun,., talf and quarter pod1d tin
eanisters by Dixon, Shoemaker 4 CO., Gin
cinnaii. Also 90 gross Thornton anu 1un-
steads Kentucky Musta-d for r, sale e ~ ;,s.
July s y. Ii. a. "hDA1al
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ticn Fl his stock before purchasing in New
OlleaDe, as he guarantees his prices as low
rs any III the south.
Nareroom corner Of Third and Flosidn-
Streets. Manufacturing and repairing il,
superior style at the old established stand
ccrner of Main and Church Staeets.
Jan 2Sih. II w. +. TUNNARD.
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CARRIAGES, MESS, W.

VNIIE Subscri6efS as
i sortment Of Carria-
ges, Harness, whips, &c.
are now complete, and
h. inpitps an examina.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-05-27
Land for the LandIess.

A treaty is now before the U. S. Senate for
its ratification, by which the Sioux tribe of In
streams propose to sell to our Governments 49,
900 square miles of fine lands, which will en-
large our territory TO the extent of 30,000,OO0
acres. We are to pay for it what Is equivalent
to ten cents per acre for this purchase HaKa
million of dollars viii be paid down IN money
and goods, and S5O,ese q year for fifty years
thereafter.
Here, of itself, is room for half q million Of
those frightened croakers, who affect so much
alarm at the extensive incoming of the surplus
population Of Ireland and Germany.-CineiEsa'
ii Eng.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-05-27
The Aztec Children.

These two diminutive specimens of the hu-
man race, says the Philadelphia Argus, that are
now on exhibition at the Musical Fund Hall are
without doubt, the most wonderful beings, when
their size and history are taken into view, that
were ever presented to the attention of the pub
lie. They are chiefly remarkable for their ex-
tremely small size, their general intelligence,
and the fact of their being pure specimens of
that race, once powerful, but now degenerate,
which centuries ago ruled in the country of the
Montezumas. 1t is stated that these children
belong to an order dedicated to sacerdotal ser
vice, and that they were procured from a seclu-
ded and hitherto unknown Aztec city in Central
America at great expense and even peril of life,
to their adventurous protector, and many cir
eumstances related by antiquarians and travel
lers in Central America, tend to corroborate the
story Almost all the inhabitants of that cOun-
try agree in declaring the existence Of a large
city situated among almost inaccessible noun
tains, isolated from communication with the
outer world, and which not more than one or
two white men have ever succeeded in reaching
Stephens, in bis valuable work on Yucatan, We
believe, alludes to this subject, and seems to
place reliance in the statement. The present
specimens are male and female, the former
weighing % pounds and measuring 334 inches
in height, and the latter weighing II pounds,
and being % inches in height. They are per-
feet in symmetry, lively and amiable in dispo-
sition and partaking of none of those offensive
peculiarities that are the usual attendants on
the dwarf race AS relic of past and gone
age they are certainly worth the attention of
all, and we arc glad to see that they are attrac-
ting in our city the same degree of observation
that has followed their exhibition in every city
VI bare thew have appeared
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-05-27
A Word to the Wise, &c.

We are in receipt of aletter from Loretto, this
County, containing the proceedings of turn
pike road meeting held at that place some days
ago. Among the names of the officers, speak
ers and committee on resolutions, we do not no.
tice even one as subscriber to the Sentinel, and
considering it rather q ''hard case" that sub
scribers in other sections should sustain this
journal for the benefit of those who appear to
care little about it, we concluded to postpone
the proceedings, indefinitely. If the citizens OF
that locality deem it not to their interest to af
ford laid and comfort to one county paper,
certainly it is net our interest to afford them
gratuitous publication of matters pertaining to
their welfare. The list on our books for ALE
gheny township, is becoming smaller, and
smaller and more beautifully less" When the
right spirit is evinced to sustain US there shall
be no backwardness on our part to sustain, graf
ify and oblige others.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-05-27
Reform i'm Congress-.

The proposition to change the mode of remu-
nerating our Representatives in Congress- says
the Phila. Inquirer, by substituting salary of
two thousand dollars per annum, instead of
eight dollars per day, is evidently gaining
ground. We trust, therefore, that the measure
will be pressed. Congress has now been in ses-
sion about six months and little or nothing has
been done. The prospect, too, is quite unfa-
vorable for the balance of the session. The
great business of President-making engrosses
the attention of four-ffths of the members and
thus the real interests Of the nation are shame
lessly neglected. Not half dozen laws of the
far-while several measures that possess the
deepest interest to the nation at large, have been
acted upon in the Senate, but command little or
no attention in the House. This condition of
affairs is truly disgraceful, but nothing better
can be hoped while members continue to receive
eight dollars per day whether they work or
play. a reform is needed, and the sooner that
it is consummated the better. In the language
of the New York Courier, s'the present per diem
mode of compensation is the main cause of the
inordinate length and ineficiency of our Con-
gressional sessions. Itpresents direct premi-
um for procrastination. Itpostpones publicin
terests for private interests. 1t makes a ses-
sion of eight months twice as profitable to the
Congressman as a session of four months, and
therefore is sure to produce it. 1t takes away
every stimulus, destroys all motive for applica-
ton. Public business is not dispatched, but ra-
ther kept in reserve, so that there may be de-
cent pretext for not adjourning. Public busi-
ness, in fact, is deemed the goose that lays the
golden egg; but our Congressman improve upon
the old fable, and instead of making way with
it, nurse it very tenderly, and do every thing to
protract its existence. The effect would be pre-
cisely the reverse, if the remuneration consisted
in fixed salary
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-05-27
Senatorial Terms Expired,

The terms of the following Pennsylvania Sen.
ators, being eight Democrats and three Wings
have expired and their places must be filed by
Election -
DemocratS-Charles Fraily, Sehuylkill county,
Thomas S. Fernon, Philadelphia Co.; Henry
Fulton, York John w. Guernsey, Tioga, Pot
ter, Mexican, Elk, Clearfeld and jefferson j
Y. Jones, Montgomery Henry A. Muhlenberg
Berks VIM. F. Packer, Centre, Lycoming, Sui
livan and Clinton; Conrad Sinner, Northamp-
ton and Lehigh.
INig-William Haslett, Butler, Beaver and
Lawrence Benjamin Malone, Bucks John II.
Walker, Erie and Crawford.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-05-27
Hon. George w. Thompson.

We perceive that this gentleman, at present
the eloquent Democratic representative in Con-
gress from the Wheeling, Va. District, has been
unanimously nominated for President Judge by
the Democracy of his Judicial district and it is
stated that his election is generally conceded
We are net astonished that Col. Thompson
should agree to leave the National Councils to
accept post of SO mneh distinction as that for
which he has been named: but we regret, for
the sake of Virginia and the Democratic party,
that he could not remain few years longer in
Congress. His high character, classical educa-
ton, elegant attainments, and orthodox poll
tics, have made, we know, deep impression in
the House, and render him one of the most in
fucntial members in that body. He will make
O dignifed, impartial, and upright Judge.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-05-27
Nomination for the Supreme Bench.

The Beaver Star suggests the propriety of the
State Central Committee naming the candidate
for the Democratic party so as to avoid the ne
cessity of having State Convention. We can
not favor this suggestion, as We prefer that the
nomination of our candidate be made according
TO a precedent established when Gov. Skunk died
convention of delegates. This would be salts
factory to the whole party and in this manner
the nomination would be heartily responded to.
Let new election of delegates take place, or
let the 4th of March Convention re-assemble,
make the nomination, and endorse the action of
the Baltimore Convention.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-05-27
Burglary with attempt to XIII.

BY the Mail Agents and Car Conductors, saws
the HOllidaysburg Standard, we learn that Johns
town thrown into great excitement last
week, in consequence of a most outrageous bur-
glary committed near that place. The reports
are contra iictory, but the following may be re-
lied upon as being as near the full particulars
as they can be ascertained under present cir
cumstances: On Saturday night, the 18th inst
five men with faces blackened, and otherwise
disguised, entered the house of an old gentle
man named Johns, residing some three or four
miles south of JOhnstown, and demanded his
money. The old man and his two sons made
resistance, when n desperate fight ensued but
the family was finally overcome. One of the
young men tied outside of the house, and
the remainder of the family secured in the en-
try, while two of the burglars ransacked the
house. They had succeeded in finding about
$500, when 1t was discovered that the young
man outside had got loose, and was raising an
alarm, which caused the burglars to make a
precipitate retreat. Next morning one of them
was tracked, by peculiar shaped foot, to his
house IN JOhnstown, and Immediately on dis
covering that he was detected, he went to the
Justices office and voluntarily offered to turn
States evidence. His name is Zook, and he is
very well known in this place. On his arrival
at the magistrates Office he met another of the
party, named Ewing, who also offered to turn
States evidence. They were separately exam
ined, and each made full confession, though
II appears thelr statements differed materially.
Zook implicated three other men, named Shaft
er, Paxon and Miller, while Ewing entirely ex-
onerated Miller. Paxon was arrested early in
the week, concealed in coal mine, and Miller
was arrested in Pittsburg on Friday, and was
taken to Johnstown on Saturday. Shaffer, who
it is said has all the money that was stolen, is
still at large.
Mr.. Johns is descendant of the original set
tier of Johnstown, and belongs to the Omish
persuasion. He is very wealthy man, and
the burglars confidently calculated on getting
five thousand dollars, sum that he was known
to possess. We are told that he is still danger
ously i'll from the cuts and bruises received in
the encounter.
AS the offence was committed in Somerset
county, the prisoners will be taken there for
trial.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-05-27

BeA-our thanks are due Hon. JOHN L. koB-
1SseN, NJ. c., from Indiana, and our esteemed
friend, Col. F. NJ. WYNKooP, for pamphlet
copies of well written Biography of Gen. Jc
LANE, 1.-The Marion of the Mexican War =
Gen Lane is a man fresh from the people and
it is well that the country should become ac-
quainted with his history, exhibiting a rare
combination of military and civil qualifications.
His remarks at the close of the war deserve a
record in the heart of every one. 81 left my
plo,c 10 take the ssrord Nth thrill Of pleasure
for my country called me nO'o go h0nlsto re-
sune the ploar tgih as sincere Joy"
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-05-27
Commodore Stockton.

We are indebted to Commodore ROBERT F.
STOCKTON, U. S. Senator from New Jersey, for
copy Of his excellent speech on the defeneeless
condition of our coasts, from which We take the
following extract
''In the present improved condition of naval
tactics and steam superiority of Great Britain
there can be no doubt that sce must take near o6ser-
UotionS-a latitude and departsre-if ace e1-
pect to protect oar oaDn shores We must build o
sufficient number of war-steamers, which she
may have built-frst, in celebrity second in
their invulnerability and third, in their supe-
rior destructive qualities
We must build vessels which, in speed and
power, will enable one of ours to cope with half
dozen of hers-vesseis any one of which would
be sufficient TO enter any of her harbors,
and sail through or around any of her fleets :"
The subject is an important one, and deserves
due consideration.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-05-27
Virginia Erect,

Every Congressional district in the Old Do
minion sends up Buchanan delegates to the Ma
tional Convention.
North Carolina has taken the same position.
So has Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi-and
so will South Carolina, if she is represented in
the Convention at all. These with Pennsylva-
nia and Tennessee, and the scattering votes
that he will get from Florida, Arkansas, Cali
fornia, and other States, will give Mr.. Bucha-
nan at least 100 votes to start with in the Ma
tienal Convention.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-05-27
New Advertisements.

mss. Mess Davis s Lloyd are RECEIVING and
will have opened out tomorrow a large stock OF
new goods which they offer for sale at the lowest
kind of prices.
nea., Mess floyd Hill, Hollidaysburg, are
extensively in the Powder business, and we
take advantage of their advertisement to elbow
them up as the men from whom to buy cheap.
r~y@ A large sale takes place at the house of
Andrew Mcguire, Chess Springs, on Saturday,,
the 5th day OF June.
Other advertisements-please read.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-05-27

LEASING THE CoLvMBIA RAILBoAD.-The Phi
ladelphia Argus states that the Canal Commits
sioners have leased to Messrs. Dock s. Bingham
the exclusive right of transporting passengers
over the Columbia Railroad for the period Of
foar years from the first of July next
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-05-27
More whig Testimony.

The following article, from the New York
Mirror, shows how the whig party manages its
preliminary organization:
ssCHEATING PoLIT1CIANs.-The election OF del
egates to the National Convention in this State
has been ridiculous farce from beginning to
end Men, or rather bulIies, hired by the wire
pnllers, have thrown in votes by the handful,
and voted dozen times over at that. The del
egates elect will not represent the people; and
the nomination at Baltimore will only be anoth-
er act in the farce. The movements in this ci-
ty, so far as we have observed them, are.simply
disgusting The national wings would be justi-
fed, under the circumstances, in calling State
convention, appointing thirty-six delegates to
Baltimore, demanding their admission; and in
case of refusal, adjourning to meet in national
convention, without distinction ofparty, to nom-
mate Union ticket
The above is proof conclusive that the Mirror
and those wings for whom it speaks are sick OF
the whig party. 1t comes in aid of the ''Gal-
phin'' predictions of the New York Express, tc
complete the picture of whiggery as painted by
ITSELF
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-05-27

BSS~The following article from the Pennsyl-
vanian is nothing more than just tribute to
one of the best men in Congress, and so well ex-
presses our own feelings ofthe gentleman allu-