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Suicide.

Peter s. Nc Closkey. Esq, residing one mile
east of the Summit Cambria county, committed
suicide on Tuesday evening, by cutting his throat
with a razor. AS soon as possible after the
deed was done. physicians were in attendance
md dressed the wound but he tore off the ban
dages and seemed determined to die He expir-
cd yesterday forenoon. The deceased was evil
IDENTIFY laboring under delirium tremens at the
time he committed the rash deed lie was for
merly a Justice ofthe Peace, and the late Cor,
oner of this county
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st. Patrick's Day.

The manner in which this day celebrate
at the Summit, is the theme of universal com
mendation. The immense crowd in attendance.
consisting principally of lahore, from the Cen
trail and New Portage Roads, conducted them
selves in remarkably quiet, and gentlemanly
manner. No quarreling or pickering took
place, but all went ''merry as the marriage
bel,' and when the exercises closed, the crowd
departed for their respective homes in quietness
and peace. Thus should it always be and We
mistake the opinion of the public, if the late
celebration has not fully redeemed the Irish
character from all the petty SANDERS that have
been cast upon it in this county. All the cele-
orators seemed to observe and fulfil to the letter
the sacred command, Peace on earth, and good
will towards all men" May every succeeding
celebration of the above day, produce as favor
able impressions as have resulted from the cele-
bration Of St. Patrck's Day, 1888.
The 'IIighlanders," Capt. Ivory, paraded
and we would not be chronicing one of the best
features of the day, were we to omit noticing
the excellent training of that fine body of cit
izen soldiers. The Junior Highlanders,'' Capt
Mclaughlin, we learn. also paraded, and their
martial bearing elected much praise. COurI
week prevented our Attendance. else we should
have noticed the celebration in all its fullness
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Correspondence cf the Inquirer.
The Inaugural Address and Cuba.
WASH;NGToN. March y

WAsHiNGToN. March 20.
\ paragraph in the Presidents Inaugural has
given rise. to v.lriou~ srIInl;ses and comments
many Suppnsing il referred u Cuba The par
a graph j. - follows -
lit is not To he disguised, that our attitude
as Il nation and out position the globe. Ts7d-
fhe 0ecu.S,fiaH ef cerHn possessions not 1rih,U
or ju~iadirtiyV. euiReHhy i'apar'GHf jDr oUr pro
f.caop If mt p ftc future essential for fhe pres
era oa oj tte ryitS % commerce 9a} me pence ef
tie UcTfd.
have hecn informed from such
10 dem nj confidence Ia its correctness. that
tbs paSSage has 40 reference Whatever 10 Cuba.
,nd indeed its wording is sufficient to show that
tins : the case. when carefully examined. even
W Ut reference T. the proceeding paragraphs
ot the at lr--s which are explicit - any at
item. Ia acqu. 7. Cuba T.e Dlr1yraDi has refer
eace 70 tie p ss,sviH Qf tie rgf az t"oy He
is,iH'ns IF Ietam'qDsc. and when viewed in this
ligHt S perfectly plain ana ntelligihc.
The right of WY across the lsihnVs Of Te-
hu ,uyepcc. wnnii b. -'the acquisition IF certIin
possess ons MT 'ctlh5B oar jstrg7iceop for the
preservation of the rights uf commerce in II
most important aspect. knop that this is the
meaning aTt-rhcd To the paragraph hy The Pres
ident and il relieves the inauY urnl of anything
ike an intention of libu>teriug for more terri
tory
As for the prospect of war, II is all moon
shine England could scarcely he kicked into
war with us and no President would be fool
ish enough iu pluage the U. :. into with
any puwer now, tor amy consideration short of
national honor Let stocks. therefore. flourish
and young ladies keep their nerves undisturh-
ed
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Combinations.
WAstiINGroN. Y

WAsuINGroN, March %.
The following confrmations Of appointments
made by the President are in addition TO those
previously published
Joseph Lane Governor Of Oregon Isaac !.
Stevens Of Massachusetts. Governor Of thc
Territory of Washington George l.. Curry "f
Oregon. Sccretlrv of the Territory nf Oregon.
Mar-huls-J W Ncsmuth. Marshal Of Gre
gon : Fernando l. Moreno southern District Of
Florida Jesse +. Clemens, Middle District
Tcunessee RobertJ. Chester. Western District
of Tennessee.
Benz F. Hallett attorner for Massachusetts:
Thomas Evans. Attorney for South Caroline /:
Thomas Ilngucr. attorney f'nr Illinois: George
f. Ham. att rney for Michigan Benjamin F.
Harding of Oregon. attorney for Oregon
Henry NJ. Bishop. assistant treasurer ut Bos-
ton.
Robert 3 Campbell. Of Texrs, Commissioner
Of the American Boundary
Theodor" S, Fay, Of New York, Minister tn
Switzerland. John Randolph Clay Of Pennsyl
vamin. Minister To the Republic of Peru Sam
ucI ID. Heap. Consul T. Iuus
C0llcctor--Eatiaricle ". Fowle, Mt Sacn.
Maine :. IS Phiuner. Birs'ahle, Mass: WI
liam F. Co|c"ck Charleston; Stephen Powers.
Erazos Oliver s. Witrerbv san Diego. Cali
foruia Isaac B. Wall, Monterey.
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Burning OF the Clipper Ship eolden Light
Portion Of her Passengers Saved.
HOsr0N March 90

BOsT0N. March ~.
The British ship Shana. arrived yesterday.
from Calcutta. brought home n portion of the
passengers and crew Of the clipper ship Golden
Light. which sailed hence for San Francisco. on
the 18th Of February. On the NIGHT of the 22d
she was struck by lightning, which set her on
fire. The flames spread very rapidly. AMI oil
hands. numbering with the passengers thirty
FIVE souls, were driven 70 the bouts The ship
burned 10 the waters edge. Three ont nf the
five boats we've picked ~ by the Shana. hut the
others had parted company before ;hat vessel
hove in sight, and afterwards they could not be
found.
Fifteen only are known 10 he saved. The fol-
lowing the names Of the passengers saved {:
Mrs Ford. of Yarmouth. Maine Mrs. Nor
rrll. of Gardiner. Maine MIR. and Mrs Cum
mings. Gardiner. Ne: Mr.. DODGE. of Salem.
Mass and Mr. S;monds. of Lincoln. Mss -
The ship was owned by James HutchiurS Of
this CITY. and i valued II $500. 600. which WIS
fully insured. mostly i'm this city. She i regis
tered ut ] I40 tons and was on her FIRST trip II
is believed that the loss Of life by this disaster
has been not less than fifteen.
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Adjournment of Court,

On Saturday evening. about nine o'clock, the
testimony closed bothifor plaintiffs and defendants
in the great ejectment case IF Barclay et
al Us Mcclure, Ross, ct al. On Monday the
cause was ably argued before the court and jury
by Messrs. Banks and Miles for Plaintiffs, and
White and Foster for Defence. The argument
closed ut 94 P. NJ. when Judge Taylor delivered
his charge to the Jury, closing at II o'clock P
NJ. The jury BY one o'clock in the morning had
decided upon their verdict, and IT was rendered
on Tuesday morning, for the Defendants, before
the Assocate Judges, Judge Taylor having gone
to Hollidaysburg to hold court motion was
made by the counsel for the Plaintiffs for a new
trial. The court then adjourned
This famous cjectment case. brought for the
recovery of fftytwo tracts of land in Clearfeld
and White townships. this county, containing
22.O0O acres of land, was one of the most tedi-
ous cases. and, perhaps the greatest ejectment
suit ever tried in this State 1t has been in lit
isation for yenrs-has been decided in this court
three times, and in the Supreme Court twice
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-03-24
The Neglect Of Postmasters.

"How poor they that have not patience
Yes. and most patiently, for years, have we
borne the misconduct of several of the Post
masters of this county. expecting of them, some
day, but simple justice to our patrons and our
selves, but have been disappointed Against
the official conduct of several P. Ms in this
county, our patrons have loudly and most just
ly complained, and yet we have been silent.
Forbearance, with us. has ceased to be II virtue.
To a certain Post-ofice in this county we send Il
paper to Mr.. Joel Simmons, and have done So,
every week, for some months, and
yet, he says, that although he has asked for il.
and directed others to ask for him, the invaria-
Bile reply of the P. NJ. is, There is nothing
here" Now. this is foo bad, and we respect
fully request the p. NJ. at that place, TO hand
ouer TO Mr.. Simmons, some dozen or more OF
Mountain Sentine!s," which he has detained
and which must be in that office if they have not
been destroyed. He will confer n favor upon
us by so doing, and thereby properly attend to
the duties incumbent upon him. At several
other offices in this county the p. Ms are i'll
the habit of neglecting their business. and
against them repeated complaints have been
made to US. At one Office the p. NJ. said to a
patron, ''Oh its no business of mine TO bother
myself about the paper, it pays no postage"
If the delivery of county papers is not hereaf-
ter attended TO n good deal better than hereto
fore, we will turn our atteI ton more fully TO
.'bothering'' the Postmnsters SO look out,
gentlemen.
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6ay- Among the curiosities lately added to the
museum, is n musquito's bladder. containing
the souls of "a misers, and the fortunes Of IL
prnters-nearly half full.
Basn Hon John Dickey, United States Marshal
fer the Western District of PENNSYLVANIA, died
ut Beaver on the l4th inst. Mr.. D. was former
ly member of congress from Washington and
Beaver.
COLLECTOR OF PHILADELPHIA.-It is currently
reported and generally belived here, says the
Harrisburg Telegraph. that fellow citizen, eI-
Governor David X. Porter. is or will be appoint
ed Collector of the port of Philadelphia.
CALAFoENIA GoLD.-Privatel letters from Cali
i0rnia the New York Tribune says, speak OF ~
yield of gold very large. and predict that ue
shpmen in march will be six and n half 10
seven millions of dollars. One very remarkable
md important feature we hear of from several
sources by this arrival. The beds of streams
which were worked out and entirely abandoneo
Turing the first year OF two alter the discovery
Of gold in that country. are now being WORKER
over again with equal and in some cases, grsss-
r success than originally.
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Difficulty in the Census odice--Removals.

WASHINGTON, March 81.
The Census Office on 9Th street was the scene
OF considerable excitement to-day. In the first
place 100 clerks were removed which reduced
the force of the office to seven or eight and it
was proposed to dispense with the Sth street
and 9TH street Offices altogether, one office and Il;
few picked clerks being deemed sufficient to
wind up the business. In the next place Mr.
Kennedy, the late superintendent of the census
sued out "A writ of replevn Mr. De Bow. his
successor, by virtue of which he entered the OF
hce with n Deputy marshal and removed = or
cartioads of manuscripts and documents
claimed as private property. but embracing Il
large amount of manuscripts prepared BY clerks
in the otfice-the record of the Census Board
numerous publications received from public So
cietes, &c.
The documents removed were appraised at
$3.50. and Mr. Kennedy has given $1,000 bond
for their safety. Mr.. De Bow consulted the Dis
trict Attorney. and no doubt the most prompt
measures will be taken for the recovery of such
papers as are of public character
1t is understood that Mr.. Kennedy had accu-
mulated large mass of manuscript preparato-
ry to an extended work on the resources of the
country, which he designed pub ishng on his
own account, seeing that Congress declined to
publish the census returns on the extensive
scale proposed.
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Distressing Suicide.

CNTAsArGU. Lehigh County. Pa. March 21.-
samuel Daniels, residing near this place, COM
mitted suicide this morning about O'Clock, by
shooting himself with pistol. When about 10
commit the deei his wife endavored 10 seize the
weapon. hut was unable to wrest ii from him
In the struggle, he succeeded in firing the pis-
tol, the load entering his breast end causing al-
most instant death. The charge. befure enter
ing his body, passel through his wife's hand,
it in serious manner. They had
been married but few months, and IL is sup
posed that pecuniary difficulties induced the un-
fortunate man TO commit the rash act he having
a case pending in the Supreme Court this
week.
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Interesting TO Millers.

In recent case decided by Judge TAY1os !,
! Blair county. where the commo uwesltl spad
miller who had been returned by the Anura;ser
( OF Mercantile Taxes for the county under tho
eleventh section of the act of twenty-s-cond 20
April, 1876, il WAS proved that defendant. DIN.
ring the year that tax WAS claimed. did business
as IA miller ground grain for customers ground
his own grain and sold the flour, in distant mar
kets but ia re Is no proof that he sold anu Other
There Was no proof that he reidileI any -four
that he boUght any grain TO manufacture into
flour, thai lac sold any honr except from grain
hhaf he lad htnseir raised taken as toll. The
Court charged the Jury as follows
Tins case is plainly listing guish Die from that
OF Borks Us. Bartulet. Harris, 522 Bar
toilet raised upon his own farm, and also bought
grain, which he manufactured into -four al his
mill and also hauled it in his wagon to Reading
aud retliied ii there ; and he WAS held 10 be q
ae1ier in '-guuds, wares. and merchandize, the
growth. produce and manufacture of the United
States. within the meaning Of the llth Section
uf the act Of pa Of April, 1916. Here the de-
fendant did nothing more at home than manu-.
tacture into -four grain which he raised himself
lie bought no grain. and retailed no -four from
his mil. Can he be called I'd sr?" Flou-
is sad To be IN :rchaul ze : and so within the
same definition. is wheat. If TO sell the -four
made from his own wheat, wholesale. would
constitute him n dealer, SO would selling lis
wheat, without being ground. Every frrmer who
sells his wheat. gets il ground into -four and
sends the -four To the ity and sells il there
woud be dealer and be liable 10 pay i.
c,use 1t cannot he that the Legislature in
tended any such application Of this section
We hold that tie defendant Is not liable, and the
,rt being und!sputed, we direct verdict in his
favor"
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Riot at Halifar

RroT Acr READ AND MILITARY C.,,p,o-
The ST. John News, received yesterday vC1'
the particulars of riot which occurred, =, S"es :,
fax on Thursday last. The cause Of the Ja.-si' J-si'
stration was in consequence Of the ot-oa4 a!on'
outrage committed on the female passen,..I'
the American ship Winchester, at that re-. "a
the part Of the crew. They were yiolate5 %
manner too shocking to relate The na,.iL
were put under arrest, aud while in the Caae'
House the mob surrounded the building MI ;u'
most threatening mien. So tumuituous vros.,
multitude, and 50 apprehensive were the ofioa-s
that violence might be used that the SIoSis
read the riot act, hut which had no effec, u
Plcntion was then made for the militarv P
after dark force of about so men from II ~ ~
"'th, marched into the Marker SQUARE bo',ai
fixed biyonets, formed around the Court H.
doors, received the prisoners. eleven In pun,bo,s
and escorted them to Jail. \ strong guorI 50 s,
placed on the premises for the night after VII
the rioters and spectators dispersed
A Dr. }. j. Hertfard, a passenger in che sb;.
was hrutaly attacked by the mob. in the s,r,a, ,.'
and, IN order TO defend himself IN par, discba.'
ged pistol among the disturbers Tho Doo,--
came near losing his life after this. The eysr.
was producing an immense excitement,-PJ,I,.
deLphia Sun,
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THE WEATHER.-Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday were bright, beautiful days---tne first
indication. of approaching Spring. Tho birds
delighted US, on this, their first appearance, and
brought "the olden time" over fellow by the
sweetness of their song. Wednesday, there
came chilling frost. snow, rain, sunshine and
the adage variety is the
spice of life" The song of the bird is no Ion
ger heard, grim-visagPd winter has supplanted
it. Bring out the sleighs, robes and bells from
their hiding places.
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The United State and Havana Mails--ImPor-
tant oder from Capt. Gen. CansdO.
MAsmiNGTnN. M1rch q

" NASIiNETUN, NlrrN u
The CAPTAIN General of Cuba has given uo-
tice to the american consul. ut Havana. of ;lu
or,ier which lac luS received from the Spanish
Government stating that no transmission VIII
he given tn rQughnut the island. iu the mails. t.
any American newspapers. unless they n s1;u
re with a single string ar band, to admit
Of their b ,ing examined by the aatlI,r ties. If
necessary. without tearing the said hund or CO.
yer and should any lett + or l.tters he found
within the papers. the same will he taken out.
properly directed. and the tull posta@e charged
frnm the place whence said letter or letters shall
come. All kinds of printed matter viii be in
cuded under the head of newspapers. The or
der. it is stated, went into effect on the lst OF
March.
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Sentences,

James Wright, convicted at our late court for
m assault and batterry with intent to kill, on
VIM. Hall. of jefferson, was sentenced by the
court to undergo an imprisonment of two and n
half years, at hard labor in the western Peni-
tentiary.
Peter Seringhaus, convicted of the larceny of
S57 from Christian Riking. of Johnstown, was
sentenced to undergo an imprisonment of two
years, at hard labor, in the Western Penitenti-
sry.
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Col Benton and the Pacific Railroad.

Col. Benton has addressed another inug letter
TO the people of Missouri. i'm rclation to n great
national highway from the Mississippi to the
Pacific lie advocates the central route ami
is in favor of making this highway on n grand
scale reserviug tract - mile wide for all sorts
of roads rail and mac;ulamizea. and plain old
English road. ami two margins one hundred feet
wide for independent and rival telegraphie lines
He is opposed Ia making this highway by an,
mixture of public and private means, or hy Civ
ing i;tni to companies but holds that the Uni
ted States should build the road aud the fl xtures
and let out the use of il for terms of seven ~.
ten wears to the lowest bidder. The present
system of railwas frnm the Mississippi to tn
Atlantic he regards expanded fan. tn.
smokes Of which converge to ST. Louis the han
die extending thence to San Francisco.
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Another Veto-.The Girard Insurance o.,


HARRrSBURG. March l9.-In the Senate to-
day another veto message was received from
the Governor. There had been attached 10 the
bill Incorporating the Waynesburg and Washing
ton Plank Road Company, a section relating 10
certain school dstrictin Greene county. and it is
upon this matter of special Legislation in refer
ence to school districts that the veto is passed
The Governor for the same reasons, vetoed
iii yesterday. After the reading of the veto,
Inc question was again taken on the bill, and
stood-Yeas o, nays "a
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ssyg~ VIM B Musser. through who's negligence
several lives were lost near Newton Hamilton. on
the Central Railroad. few weeks ago, was ar
+. sted ION com plaint of Gen. A. l.. Romforf
ssistant Superintendent at Harrisburg. and
iell 10 bail before Judge Pearson in 81 900 on
a charge ofinvoluntary msnsiaughter.
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Another Murder Charged upon arthur Spring.

The Journal learns from highly respectable
resilient OF South Boston. who knew \. Spring,
supposed 10 he connected with the recent dou
he murder in Philadelphia when in New Found
land ia the year 1913 and that he there. in con-
nection with woman, caused the death ot
person nnmed Snow. Spring and the woman
were arrested. the latter executed, and Spring,
after being repricved for time. finally ba-
nished to the United States. The woman prov
ed to be the wife of the murdered man, Snow.
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e@A man was caught between the humping
beams of two cars last evening, at the head of
Plane No. 4, and had his body considerably in
jured. He was brought TO the Summit. where
medical mid was obtained and he is likely to re-
cover. We could not learn his name
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Allegheny Valley Railroad.

PITTsBuRG March IL
The breaking Of ground on the Allegheny, Valley
Raiiroai took place TO day at lawrencevlie near
i'itshurg. The Mayer and City Councils and =
,iryc numh,r nf citizens were present. Mayor
Riddle performed the ceremony of ''breakiug the
GROUND" and made some appropriate remarks
TX Governor Johnston, followed in an elaborate
AMI interesting speech.
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REMOVALS FROM OErIcE-The Cincinnati Com

KEMovALs FROM OFFICE.-The Cincinnati Com
meyeia!. in article rotation in Office, says
General Pierce has pretty clearly intimated
in his Inaugural, that he viii not retain in office
any who did not concur with him in his views
of policy. OF course we take this TO mean that
there Will he a general removal of officers.
whose position partake of political character.
In this think the President is right. Unity
is one of the most essential attributes ofGovern-
meut"
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Report Contradicted

BosToN. Mareh 2l.-rhe Journal this morn
ing contradicts. on responsible authority, the
report that Arthur Spring who is now on trial
for murder in Phia. committed the murder
in Newfoundland. The Spring who was guilty
of that act was executed at st. John, Newfound-
land, during the year l843.
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Murder in Boston.

BosTuN. March g.
About haf-past 10 o'clock last night. AN Irish
man. named Michael Noble. tweutv-une years
of age, WAS killed i'm Il cc,iar on the corner Of
Richmond and Ann streets by being stab
bed by comrade. aud subsequently ass ,ultod
hv others Three men x two women nave been
arr, sted and awai; the +, suit of the coroner's
inquest
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Sale orsrr. yvebster,. Property.

WAsHiNGToN, March . The property Of the
iate Daniel Webster in this city. was sold yester-
day by his executors. There was great anxiety
To purchase relies Of the deceased statesman,
and nearly everything Of that class brought dou-
hc its value. An ordinary looking cane seat
chair brought SO, and an old common clock
$50.
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EF A german cnrmnn, name unknown, from
Johnstown. had his head smashed between the
humping beams of two cars. at the head of Plane
No g., last evening. The blood oozed out Of his
mouth. nose. and ears and yet he will in all
probability recover.
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nSr Those of our subscribers who intend
changing their residence on the lst of April,
will please notify US that their papers may
be sent to the proper place.
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ERExsnrRn noscrGu.

Burgess-Wesley Bateman.-Tnwn Council
r. L. Johnston. Edward Roberts Jnn n Hugh
David Davis and r. j. Tnhott t-Corstah1e-
Milton Roberts-School Directors-RicharC
Jones, S. NJ. Chas. Albright-Assnssor-W
es-Audtor-Evan GrifFiths-Oversrprs-
Jno. Williams. D. ]. .James-Town C'erl-T,o
]. Davis-Judre-Sam. n Prvce--Inspectors-
Messck Thomas, VIM. B. Lutz