Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-11-24

day, passed resolution postponlng the election Of
United States senator for two years, notwithstand-
ing Joint resolution of both houses had previously
set the 18th as the day for the election, and the
said resolution was approved by the governor,
and thus became law. The vote on the post
ponement was AZ to AS, four Of the Union demo-
dratic senators and friends of Governor Cobb hav.
ing Joined the wings in the act. These four were
Singleton, of Lumpkin, Delamar, of Pulaski, Moon,
of Jackson, and Dunnegan, Of Hall.
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A Model Dun..-A Pennsylvania Yankee pub
fishes the following advertisement in the Doyles-
town I.teHigsneer. We copy it without change
To Money Lenders and Specnlators.-I want to
pay my debts, and as the only means can devise
to get money without suing, have resolved TO ex-
pose at public SALE at the court-houee on Tues
day, the second week Of court, (when there will
be good many politicians about,) large number
Of unsettled book accounts, and the like number
Of notes of various dates and amounts. Many of
them against nice young men who wear good
clothes drive fast horses and pay particular atten
ton 10 the ladies-and are, Of course, A..No. |.
Some against men who think they do you favor
if they buy your goods and never pay for them
they are No. 2. Some against men who promise
to pay tomorrow. They are not quite so good.
But full and complete printed catalogue of the
names, dates and amounts, will be distributed on
the day of sale. Conditions cash.
r. THORNTON
N. B-The above accounts will be open for set
Element until the day of sale
Partisan Exhibition of Industry.-The Pa
risian Palace Of Industry in the Champs .Elysees,
which, with its contents is TO be opened for exhi-
prfon,. III Pubic in 1850, is rapidly advancing
towards completion, the external walls being
nearly completed to the second range Of windows
The building will be CONSTRUCTED entirely of pale,
bufcolored stone, and will be lighted by upwards
of seven hundred large windows; portion OF the
roofing will also be of glass. The outside walls
are to be decorated with profusion of ornamen-
tai carving, distributed among innumerable cor
nices freezes, modillions, embems, capitals, and
pilasters. The building n about two-thirds as
large as was the Crystal Palace at Hyde Park
Ii is proposed also to erect distinct building
for the exhibition of fine arts in the same year, TO
which all nations have been invited to contribute.
This, If erected, will probably be united with the
Palace ofIndustry by corridor.
London Thieves on their way to the United
States.-The London correspondent OF the Con
rter and Enquirer announces the coming OF twen-
ty-two thieves, the first detachment oil the corps
sent out by the reformed society of London Let
them land quietly, and we shall have 1000 more in
three months This is an experiment 10 try the
patience Of Brother Jonathan How would John
Bull like It il we were 10 iberate l,OOO robbers
out of our prisons and send them to Liverpool or
London These % thieves on their way, and
will land here in few days. What will our peo-
pie do! Mons verrons propose we send them
back. They did 30 in Boston; why not in New
York.-Miyror
Ship Maine Ashorc.--A tclegraphic dispatch
dated Bath November 2lst, says the ship Maine,
Freeman, from Liverpool, October 2lst, for Bath,
went ashore on Saturday morning on Pond Island
Bar, during heavy gale and fok She now lies
on her broadside, and nothing can be done TO save
any portion Of her cargo, as heavy sea is run.
ming. If the ship holds together, and the wind
changes to northwest, part Of the cargo may he
saved.
The weather here is very disagreeable. II has
been raining since last evening, and a thick fog
prevails.