The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-02-03
FROM OUR EXCHANGES
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BA%General Scott, at the late eleetior
: ceived IL, 500 more votes than Gen Ta e-
81, 9O9 more than Mr.. Polk, and 9s. .6l9 .D"" '
: than Gen. Harrison. ''s
BGE~The entire family bearing tbs r.u.
HYDE, in the United States, or so many Of - '. VI
as may please to attend, are invited To mae =.
the United States Hotel, in Boston ON tha Ie.t
Of February next, to make arrangement 20
securing an unclaimed inheritance in Epglsni
, Bsa+The cholera is still raging at St ps,o,,
burg and also across the Ural mountains ,;
Persia. There are 27 people dying a day T.
the capital of Russia. At Riga the disease : -
the increase, and at Tauris, in Persia on the IOt
; of November last, the number of deaths ~.
I 1000 people in one day. ~
i CRITIcIsM.-The New York National Deuo-
crat remarks of the last number of Harnsr'.
Magazine, that the engraver has renrasan.as
Mount Sinai, while Moses is giving the law %
the lsraelites, as enclosed by a most onJ Il
fence and IN the cut Of the Angels fead;p,
Elijah, the cakes are represented as baking oo
a modern gridiron!
i BSA9The foreign mails by the steamer Furo-
| pa, which reached Boston on Saturday evening
were sent to New York by an Express train. via
Wooster, Springfield and New Haven The train
left Boston at 4 P. NJ. on Sunday, and arrived
at New York at o'clock and As minutes. NAL
ing the whole distance of 236 miles in hour,
40 minutes, including 9 stops.
g1y~We have ascertained from Mexico tb,,
the Castle of San Juan d Ulloa is in the hand,
of the insurgents, and that the citizens of Vera
Cruz have ''pronounced'-th only people in
any of the towns who have done So The mill.
tary at Jalapa have done the same The Gov
ernor of the State has resigned, unwilling to
take part in the revolution.
gZy@The sister Of Gen. Pierce, widow of tbs
late Gen. John McNeill,) for whose relief Con-
gress has just passed special pension bill BY
an overwhelming majority, had been In vain
pressing her claim on Congress for years past
ever since the death of her distinguished hus
band. The good fortune of the brother how
ever, has happily influenced her fortunes also
and she gets her pension.
WHAT IN A NAME ?-It is stated that Ioco.
motive for the Rochester and Syracuse Railroad
has been adorned with title of inscription al
still live"-the last words of Daniel Webster.
A correspondent Of an eastern paper suggest,
in view of the frequent accidents occurring, one
would be more appropriate bearing the last
words OF John U Adams-''This is the end OF
Earth
ssa-V -Vieux Temps, the renowned yioluist
whose talent met with so many admirers in the
United States, is on the of leaving Europe
to begin a tour in the East Indies where. no
doubt, he will enchant the Indians and the En-
glishmen, not TO forget the Nalays, Chinese.
Cochin Chinese; and other barbarians The
idea is new one, and may prove very success
full.
BS@Miss haywood, of Philadelphia, who has
been dancing in Florence, Italy created such
flToTe that on the occasion of her benefit it took
three carriages to carry off the boquets thrown
on the stage to her One account saws many OF
the boquets, beautifully done up in ribbons
were as large -four barrels The shower Of
flowers from the Duke of Talleyrand's box.
nephew of the late prince, it is stated, was par
ticularly heavy.
A CARGO OF LADIES FOR CALHoRNIA.-Ths
French ship Sonsonatte arrived at Valparaiso
recently, with n cargo of 200 ladies' for Cali
fornia. The young ladies quite enlivened the
streets OF that city for few days, and one or
two soft hearted estrat1eroS tried hard 10 induce
some of them to remain, but it was no 90. The
ladies said that having come so far, they were
determined to see the elephant.
B3g-We are indebted for the following inter
esting paragraph, to the Nelo York Times -
''The sad bereavement in the family of the
President elect, reported the other day brings
to recollection a similar painful incident which
occurred, with almost equal suddenness. amidst
the congratulations that surrounded General
jackson, as President elect, in the winter Of
1873. Mrs Jackson was taken suddenly Ill
about the close Of December on the eve of her
preparations for removing to Washington, and
in very few days was numbered among the
dead
FoRTY-SEvEN.-We find the following in
English newewspaper, and submit it to the curl
Gus inspection of those who are inclined to be
superstitious on the subject of numbers:
1t is now AZ years since Nelson fought the
battle of Trafalgar; A years was the age Of
Nelson at the time; AZ years of age was yelling
ton at Waterloo; Al years ofage was Bonaparte
whom he defeated; AZ years completed last year
since Napoleon the First was crowned Emperor;
~ years is the age of Napoleon the Third, who
this year is made Emperor
We may add to the above-we hope without
frightening anybody into an apprehension Of
''coup de- etat"-that Franklin Pierce was AZ
on the day of the last Presidential Election.
sea- Hon. Robert J. Walker, we are sorry to
learn, is still confined to his room and bed al
Washington He is suffering from sore Leg
which wholly disables him; and some of his
friends fear that, under his other ailments,
amputation may become necessary, or what IS
worse, that he may be carried off by that general
debility of his system.
Retiring Party of Hrs. FTzImOre.-It is stated, in
letters from Washington, that the fashionableclr-
cles of the Metropolis are excited now by the ru-
mol that the distinguished ladyof the Presdential
mansion is preparing to give grand retiring
party. 1t is expected to exceed in brilliancy
those given by any of her predecessors. II IS
also stated that the most pleasant soirees by inc
cabinet ministers, are the Monday evening s'
homes of Mrs. Secretary Kennedy.
Telegraph between Europe and America
The idea of connecting Great Britain ana
the United States by telegraph, is revived ID