The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-09-23
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! H<n- The New York Express states that tisr.
has been quite an advance in wines and brand.
les within the last week or ten days. owing n
/ the reported short grape crops in France Ma.
derla, Spain, &c, and further material rise il
/ predicted soon. All through the Island Of Ne.
deira il is said that the vine has suffered severe
/ ly, and in some parts, has been wholly destroy.
ed, so that there will be little II any wine r.
export next year. This will be a severe Hov
to the inhabitants, as tie grape is to them vhsi
potatoes are 90 a large part Of lreland-ths
principal support
say- Jimmy Tite and his wife had lived To-
gether in peace for fifty years Probable IN TIE
whole county Of Suffolk there was not moFs
attached and cOncOrdant couple. One day. a.
the old lady was stumbling along az the head
Of the stairs, she made miss-step and fel some
fifteen feet 90 the bottom. Her loving husband
dropped the seine-needle from his hand AMI
rushed, breathess, 20 her aid, exclaiming, .-Oh
dear oh dear ! I'm afraid you've broke the
spectacles. Amt you hurt YOURSELF Oh dear.
| wouldn't a'had it happened for dollar -
bay-A student Of theology at Bonn, il is said
recently went, IN a ft of religious insanity % =
neighbOring wood with a hammer and nails,
and finding tree in the form Of a cross, actual
ly crncifed himself lie was found in a state
of insensibility by some peasants, who, not
having tools for drawing tho nails, felled the
tree, and carried him with it TO the next village.
The young man is now in the hospital at Bonn,
and out of danger.
Mount Etna, in the Island of Sicily, be-
came suddenly convulsed on the night of the
3Oth August, and magnificent eruption took
place, wqich has not been surpassed by any
within the last forty years. 1t was feared seye-
raj villages would be destroyed by the streams
Of lava.
s3~The grape disease which had done so
much mischief to the vineyards in the Island Of
Madeira, is not confined TO that region alone
An article in the German papers, dated Turin,
August 9th, says, that it is very common inSar-
dinia. 1t has been known in that kingdom for
several years past, but now it is said there is
not n corner in the whole land which is free
from il. All the methods taken to check its
progress have proved Intellectual, or at best are
mere palliatives.
Bas-In the recent calamity on the Hudson,
husband admits that he told his wife TO let 60
her hold, or he should be drowned She gener-
ously obeyed, and sank to rise no more.
Esa. The New York Mirror recommends that
some of the steamboat men of that city get upa
mammoth steamer 10 run on the Hudson, paint
ed black, to be called the ''Hearse."
pea@ Mr.. Newton Peters, an old and highly
respectable citizen of Cooper county, Missouri
recently made a handsome speculation. He
started from home with 2500 head of sheep,
driving them over the Plains and through the
Mormon country to California. At Salt Lake
he sheared them and sold the wool for S25OO
and on reaching California with 1000 Of them
in good condition, was offered SlS per head for
the lot, which he refused, Icing sure Of higher
prices.
Esy~A correspondent of the Nueces (Texas)
valley, writing, from Brownsville, says Prep
arations are being made in the State of Tamau-
lipas for a coup az et0t. The Governor elect,
Ramon Prieto, is entitled TO his seat on the 18th
inst, but it is understood that Jesus Cardenas
does not intend to surrender the reins of gov
ernment without being compelled to. do so by
force. Both parties are arming for war
think Cardenas will be overthrown: if he is not,
this frontiers is lost to business.
VINO KILLED TEcUMsEH?-We know not how
many individuals have claimed the honor of this
deed. But, like many other mysteries, the
cloud of applicants only increases the darkness.
Col. Skinner, down in Texas, has recently put
in a claim. Hear him:
Gentlemen" said he II was at that battle
where Teeumsy were killed. was l comman-
ded a regiment there-I did, Tn not gwine
to say WHO did kill Tecumsy-I won't. but this
much will say: Tecumsy was killed with one
Of my pistols; and, gentlemen, wouldn't
be very apt to lend out his pistol on a'casion OF
that sort'
HGs~In 1923 and 1882 the Federalists opposed
Cen. Jackson because he was military man.
In lS4S, they supported Gen. Taylor because be
was military man. In 1852, they sustain
Scott because he is ''the biggest sort of mill
airy man" They supported Adams and Clay
because they were statesmen. They took up
Taylor because he was not statesman. And
low they are actively supporting Scott because
lie is no statesman-the true test of merit III
presidential candidate, according to the tats''
edition Of whiggery. Richmond ExaHtner.
There were thirteen deaths by yellow fe-
'er in Charleston during the week ending on
he 4th instant. The disease is said to be thus
ar confined to one section of the city,. and to
immigrants recently arrived from Europe In
New Orleans during the week ending on the 4tn
Instant there were two deaths from yellow re-
,er and eighteen from cholera