The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-12-16

| The gallant Sir Walter Raleigh. in do;,v nv
pectation of being executed, earnestly en5eoxo--
ed to preserve his estate Of Sherburne. 10 hi,
wife and child. To Carl, Earl ofSomcrset. VIII,
had begged il for himself and who was the ri..
ing fayorite of King James I, Sir Walter ad.
dressed letter, beseeching him mot to becia
his first building upon the ruins Of the innocent
I not to cut down the tree with the fruit. and
undergo the curse of them that enter the feldo,
the fatherless." Tie letter produced no effect
upon the parasite; and to the solicitations Of
the Lady Raleigh TO the king, upon her knees
with her children, the vile sovereign, the first
OF the Stuarts, only answered, Il nun have tie
laud-I mum have it for Car" This excellent
lady obtained permission to reside with her nus.
band in the tower, whore, in the first year ofA.J
Imprisonment, she bore him her second son, c..
rev, after lapse Of ten years; and shared his
adversely and SORROWS, during period Of twelve
years, between his trial and his being put 70
death. She WAS very beautiful faithfully at.
tached to her III fated partner, who was eigh.
teen years older than herself: and testified her
affection for his memory byremaining unmarried
until her death, which happened tweuty-uius
years after his ezecutiou.-Sierimg.
Bea- Senator Clemens resolution to confer
the title Of lieutenant general upon Gen. Scott,
meets with very general appreciation, by Dem
ocratic as well as Wing journals, as a compi-
ment. The Boston Post says Democrats can
heartily join in this testimonial to an old yetar-
Of Len.
patriotism and valor. 1t was political opinion
which they conteuded against, and not the mill
tary excellence Of General Scott AMI though
political duty compelled them TO oppose with al
their strength, the unwise attempt to place Lin
in a sphere Tor which, in their Judgment, bis
previous training had untitled him, yet tha'
the contest is over, they viii see with pleasure
Il deserved compliment, bestowed on him with
the united voice of the public.
The Washington correspondent Of the New
York Commercial, writes: 1T is alleged that
there is large and increasing party NJ theSouth,
and in the North West, who are III favor of ac-
qurng Cuba, and bringing it into the Union
think it not impossible that the secessionists
anu aboitonsts may yet combine in a fill
BUSTER party for stealing Cuba. The object, on
the part Of the secessionists, is to produce a.
mother sectional quarrel on the slavery subject.
and then to break up the Union upon it. l have
seen strong Indications here Of this purpose
But the project will dcvelope itself fully in the
course Of a few months"
The Mechanics Institute Of Ohio, at Cinciu-
natl, have awarded their Diploma to Ayers Cher
ry Pectoral, the widely celebrated remedy for
Colds, Coughs and Consumption This honor
WAS richly merited by the Inventor Of that IN
valuable medicine which has secured not only
the above commendatiou, but also that Of the
most eminent Physicians in this, well as tho
highest authority in other countries. And what
is a far creator encomium on its usefulness, IS,
that it has won its way to almost every fresids
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