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The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-02-10
Chief of the Indian Bureau

We cheerfully endorse all our neghbor of the
Hollidaysburg Standard says in the following
article, recommendatory of one Of the best and
most steadfast Democrats in the State. Col.
STAMBAUGH is by qualification and experience,
admirably fitted to discharge the duties of Chic,
of the Indian Bureau, and we trust he may be
selected for that position. The Standard saws
Col Samuel C. stambaugh.
In these times of cabinet-making, when almost
everybody trying their hands, it may not be
out of place in us if we too should make simple
suggestion-not in the way of forming Cabinet
for President Pierce, in whose ability to perform
all the functions devOlving upon him as Chief
Magistrate we have the most unlimited conf
dence, but in a sphere of entirely different char
acter. The incoming administration will have
many appointments TO make besides the appoint
nient of those men who shall compose the con-
stitutional advisers of the President Few, if
any, of those appointments possess more interest
TO the nation than that of the appointment of
the right kind of material to take charge of Il;
Bureau of Indian Affairs. First among all the
men of whom we have any knowledge is Col
Samuel c. Stambaugh, as fit. if not the fittest
man to place at the head of the Indian Bureau
Col. s. was first appointed indian Agent in
1928, since which time he has been connected
with the administration of Indian affairs in
some capacity or other. His accurate knowledge
of all the ramfcations of the different Indian
departments is second 10 that of no other man.
We know not whether Col. Stambaugh wishes
the appointment; but this much we will say. /
that if he would accept the appointment at the
hands of the President, and President Pierce
would confer it upon him, the Indian Depart
nent could not fall into better or more compe-
ent hands.
We think, therefore, that in the selection of
,hief of the Indian Bureau, President Pierce
ould not choose "A gentleman better fitted lo I
axe charge of that Office than Col Samuel c. q
tanbaugh, of Lancaster county
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-02-10
Murder i'm Baltimore.

Baltimore, Feb. A colored man namea
Samuel Howard living in the western part u
this city, this afternoon deliberately put a pls'|
TO his wife's head and fired heavy load OF sh''
into her. skull, producing awful and instant!
fatal wound He had been charging her WIN
infidelity short time before the commission o.
the act lie Immediately fed, and has not ys'
been arrested.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-02-10
Terrible Calamity.

On Thursday last Lieut. James W. Shaun.
berg, OF Washington city shot A. H. Fuller. with
feVoiVer' as he was entering the National Ho.
tel, and it is believed the wound will nrova fa
tai. The difficulty arose about a bill of hoard
owing by Shaumberg TO Fuller. The forme,
was immediately arrested and is now in iail
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-02-10

The Senatorial Conferees from Cambria eoun-
ty, are hereby notified to meet at the Exchange
Hotel, in Hollidaysburg, on Saturday, 18th Feb
ruary. The Blair and Huntingdon Conterees
will be present.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-02-10
Sailors Flogging Themselves.

The following is published ina late letter from
Norfolk
1.-The United States frigate Raritan is here, of
which you are aware. | have learned from one
of her officers, that since the abolition of fog
ging IN the navy the men who were disposed to
do their duty, seeing they were compelled to do
more than their own, in consequence of large
portion of the men being confined as punishment
for neglect of duty, and various other Offences
took it into their heads that something must be
done to prevent the continuance of such state
of things They therefore formed themselves
into vigilance committees, and took upon them
selves the punishment of offenders, by tucking
them up and giving them half dozen or a do
zen with the cat, the case required the officer
of the deck being always particularly oblivious
just about the time the operation was perform
ed.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-02-10
Soldiers of 1879,

We publish below the bill offered the Senate.
of the United States, by Senator Brodhead of
this State, for the relief of the Soldiers of 1872
1t was offered in the Senate on the goth ult.,
read twice, and on motion of Mr. Brodhead, re-
ferred to the Committee on Public Lands, and
ordered to be printed. The amount to the Uni
ted States is insignificant, and still it would
brighten many desolate hearth, and cheer ma
ny poverty-stricken veteran or his suffering
relatives. Sufficient reward should be granted
to those brave men who, during the late war a
gainst the tyranny of England, perilled their
lives to defend their countrys rights, and we
hope for the honor of the nation, knowing the
good that this bill will bring with it, that it may
pass and give JOY to the hearts of the recipients;
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-02-10
Resolution Relative to tie Purchase of Nave
rials

The following resolution of the Canal Board
was lately adopted. 1t is highly proper and
Will no doubt lead to a better system of economy
Canal Commissioners Ofce.
Harrisburg, JAM %, 1858.
ResotCed, That hereafter it shall be the DUTY
of the Superintendents on the Philadelphia and
Columbia and Portage railroads. and the Super-
vlsors OF the canals, before contracting for lum-
Der or other materials, for the repairs Of said
railroads and canals, to give ten days public
notice by printed hand-bills, to be put up in the
most public places in the vicinity where such
repairs are 20 be made, that sealed proposals
will be received for furnishing whatever kind of
material may be required and that in all cases
the contracts shall be awarded to the lowest re-
sponsible bidders and it 81 all be the duty of the
SAID Superintendents and Supervisors to furnish
the Board with n full statement, from time TO
time, of such bids Prorided, hoceUer, That in
cases OF great emergency, when the property
OF the State may be destroyed by fire or freshet |
such notice shall not be deemed necessary. !
Extract from the Journal.
Up hin business in this part of the country
to get correct statement of the weather
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-02-10

ssa- The children of Israel once complained
of the hardship of making bricks without straw
a difficulty overcome nowadays by the imbi-
bers of juleps using glass or silver tube
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-02-10
A BILL

Extending the provisions of the several laws
granting bounty lands to the officers and SOL
diers who have been engaged in the military
service of the United States
BE 1t enacted Jy The Senate and House of Rep
resentatices Of the United States Of Aaserica in
Congress assembled, That the provisions Of the
several laws granting bounty lands to the officers
and soldiers who have been engaged in the mil
itary service of the United States, shall be. and
the same are hereby extended so as to grant to
each of the persons described therein quanti-
ty of land which, in addition to that to which
he may be entitled under any other law of Con-
gress, shall not in the whole exceed the uuantitv
OF quarter section, one hundred and sixty
acres ; and each of the officers, musicians. and
prlvates, engaged in the naval marine Gun
boat, or fotilla service, or in defence of the
coast, IN any Of the wars mentioned IN said acts
VINO nave received prize money, shall be entitled
TO the benehts of said laws as thus extended
Sec. :. And 6e 1t further enacted. That after
the passage of this act, all warrants shall be is
sued IN the names of the persons who rendered
the service for which they are granted, whether
living or dead, and shall inure to the benefit of
the warrantee, if living, and IL not, to the heirs
specified In the several laws extended by this act:
and failing these heirs at law of the warrantee
according to the laws of the place in which he
had his domicil at the time of his death and
all patents for lands located with any such war
rants shall, IN like manner issue to the warran-
Tee ana IN case OF his death before the issuing
Oh sald patent, the title thereby conveyed shall
lnure to and vest in his heirs as aforesaid or his
or their asslgnees rdevises. as the case NAV be
ProOtded, however, that no person who has per-
petrated or attempted to perpetrate a fraud on
the united States under either of said laws as
shall be entitled to the benefit of any
of the provisions of this act.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-02-10
The sunburv and Erie Railroad,

Allotment Of Sections Of Sun bury & Eric RAJ
Road, from Snn5ury 10 Wa1iamspOrt-3S miles
made at Hilsamsport- January 14th 1853.
Sections D. 6 and l. II. L. Monger.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-02-10

Up hin business in this part of the country
to get correct statement of the weather.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-02-10
80 centlemnn writinr from Monarho

Sections !, >, 3, T. 8, 10, II, 27 and 80 were
reserved,-LycomiRg Gaz.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

company has been formed in New York, with q
capital of 81 100000 for the purpose of working
the "Dora Coal and Iron Mining and Manufactur
ing Company"-an act Incorporating which was
passed at the last session of our Legislature. The
ton, and about the same distance from Harrison
burg. The company have purchased about 150Ot
acres of land lying mostly in Augusta county, near
Mount Solon. The Spectator says they contem
plate making railways from their lands to connect
with the Central Railroad at Staunton, and the
Manassa at Harrisonburg.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

George NJ Smith, a free negro, was committed to
Jail in Washington county, few days since, for
perpetrating an outrage on the person of Grace, a
female slave, belonging to Mr. Ferguson. The
woman, who is about so years ofage, was on horse.
back whence she was dragged by the ruffian The
Abingdon Democrat thinks the name "Smith" is a
bad one for free negroes. Campbell Smith was hung
in Abingdon about year ago for ravishing white
girl Ben Smith ia now in Jail awaiting execution for
the same offence; and now there is fair prospect
of George M. Smiths meeting similar fate for a
similar crime
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

The Bastrep North Louisianian of the nth ult-
has the following:
1t has never fallen to our lot to record a more
atrocious act of the kind than that committed in
our town on the 14th ult by man named Asahel
Curtis upon an Irish servant girl residing for the
last few days past in his house. Said Curtis is
bachelor, and we are informed that few days
since he employed the girl to fit up his house for the
reception of his mother and sister, whom he al
legged to her were coming out from Vermont to live
with him. On the day above stated, he, living in
the outskirts of our town. and at some considerable
distance from any neighbors, attempted and effect
ed violeuce upon her person. He has been appre-
hended and is TO be examined to-day.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

OPERATIONS OF THE MINT.-The National In
teNigencer has statement of operations of the
Mint for the month of September, compiled from
the Treasurers report from which we learn that
the gold coinage for the month was S4,2 ,59s
less than one-fourth of which was in small coin
S4,32l 490 being in double eagles. The silver coin
age was one and quarter millions, principally in
quarter and half dollars. The copper coinage OF
cents still goes on, 10000 having been coined last
month. that is So 100. There was deposited ofgold
bullion from California s2,975,OOO and from other
sources S5O,oO0, the whole gold deposits reaching
S3,025, 900, and of silver bullion 1926, 500.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

The GALE ON LAKE ERH.-The Gale ON Lake
Erie last Tuesday, continued all night, with much
severity. The schooner lost was the Oneida Iosd.
ed with 5000 bushels of wheat. bound for Toledo
and owned by Captain Alien, who was drowned IN
her. She was ran down by some steamer bound up.
and sunk in Is minutes All hands were lost exccpt
the cook, who clung TO the wreck and wasrescued.
The whole number drowned was four, including
the Captain. The vessel and cargo were insured
for $4,000
Adespatch from Michigan city states that the
u 8. steamer Michigan was ashore near that port
IN critical condition.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

We received yesterday the Natchez Weekly Con-
rier, printed on half sheet We extract from it
the following paragraph:
1t may safely be said that the epidemic in this
City is slowly abating. There are but few indeed
leir, on whom the insatiate monster seize, and
the cessation of its ravages may be attributed al
most solely to the scarcity of prey For the last
few days, the weather has been cool, almost indi-
eating the approach oflight frosts, but we hope
for nothing in the shape of killing frost until No.
vember comes. Until that event takes place, how
ever healthy those among may continue, who
have been here all the summer, still it win be as
unsafe for those to return, who fed frem Natchez
the approach of the pestilence, If it still ragged
IN all its vigor. 4
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

The Gas Company in Petersburg are having their
works extended to double their original size with
the addition of acapacious Office The Express gives
the following statement, showing the increased de-
mand for gas in that city:
G IS consumed by the City, Sept. 80,
per week, $4,000 cubic It.
Sept. SO, per week, l44,Oo0
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07
NEW STORE-NEW GOODS.-W. J

NEW STORE-NEW GOODS.-W. j.
1S BARTHOLOMEW L co. would most respect
fully tender their thanks the ladies and gentlemen
of this city for their liberal patronage since opening
their store en- Governor street.
Having small but well selected assortment of new
and fashionable Goods, they would most earnestly So
ie call from their friends and the public generally
Hsving procured the services of competent and
skiift workmen. they feel confident Of giving entire
satisfaction 10 ali who may favor them with call.
sz,- Repairing of every description done with neat
ness snd dispatch All Watches previously repaired
will AVE strict attention. $3.50
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

KIDNAPPING.-We learn from the South-Side
Democrat that constable of Wilmington, N. c.,
arrived in Petersburg Tuesday, in pursuit oftwo
men who had kidnapped and sold in Richmond six
slaves belonging to the former place. The men
not being able to give good title to the purchaser
and to explain how they came in possession of the
negroes, took of, leaving the negroes in Richmond.
They have since been secured, butthe whereabouts
of the kidnappers has not been discovered
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

LIABILITY FOR ACCIDENTAL KILLING.-A Ger.
man woman, in Chicago, was recently killed by be-
ing struck on the head by large ball with which
some persons were playing in garden by which
the woman was passing. Her husband sued the
owner OF the garden for $1,000 damages sustained
by the loss of his wife. The case was carried
up the Supreme Court of Illinois, upon the ques
ton whether or not the owner of the garden could
be liable under such circumstances. The opinion
of the Court was in the affirmative The Judge
(Caton) said:
'Ifa party sets in motion inanimate matter or
brute force in such a way that injury to another
is the result no one doubts his liability for injuries
which ensue. And why should he be less liable
when the instruments intelligent beingsl An
infinite variety of cases might be put, and will
readily occur, to show that if the defendant set
people to playing in his garden without reasonably
and properly securing tito protect those who were
lawfully passing the adjoining highway from dan.
ger likely to result from the playing of the game he
is liable for injuries thus produced"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

r,' nAss IN THE Posra raorrrcE DEp.arnrsr
Ae = azn'ngton Star learns fhas the po.su..,er
General striving earnestly to effect such ch.n~..
In the schedule Of time and the mail ssrv;sa -
tween Washington and New Orleans :. Nh, y, :, ~
only do away with the annoying failure. - = -
great line ESQ common for years past !. - .as
come almost the general rule, rather thar ,ss
ception) but also to save twenty.four bour. - :,
time required between the termini above rnen,;o,
ed, and to secure second daily mail bv ~.
coach between Mobile andl Montgomery. Al,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

The extensive car-wheel ard iron foundry of G.
w. Sizer g. Co., in Fulton, Ohio, was totally de
stroyed by FIRE between four and five o'clock on
Sunday morning, 25th ult The loss is estimated al
slOo 900, on which there is an insurance of $4,000
in New York city.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.

ENCOURAGE VIRGINIA IMPORT
AZ ERS. S.-ONE OF THE CHEAPEST STORES IN THE
UNITED STATES FOR GUNS, GOLD WATCHES,
&c, at HENRY HYMAN'S,
No. sc, Main Street, Richmond, Va.
Double barrel English Guns, warranted, for SO 90
- Stub and Twist,
ranted. Is 90
Double barrel English Guns, superior, Stub and
Twist, warranted 25 90
The latest and best improved Patent Gun 40 90
Steel Wad Cutters, each 25
$50 Wads in box, for ~
Powder Flasks, "a
Bowie Knives, from 81 tn / M
500 coo Percussion Caps Warranted $50 in box1 at
40 cents per thousand. -
100 800 Ani-corrosive Percussion Cans. tstsrksy,s
hestl at S74 cents for $50.
Shot Pouches, Belts of every kind at all nr;css
Colts Reyolyers Aliens Pistols and general sss"rt'
Inent of sportng articles too numerous to rnention
Gold Watches which ron on jewels, in good
order, for $50 90
Gold Levers, II Jewels, % 90
10 carat Gold Levers. IS jewels, warranted for
II months, 25 90
Gold English Levers from 235 TO 200 90
Gold Chains, from II TO so 90
Gold Fob CHAINS from 10 to 80 90
Gold Pencil cases. from 20 cts TO 10 90
Silver Watches regulated, at 6 90
And & general variety of Silver Table and Tea
SPOONS, JEWELRY of every description Fancy
Goods. &c. &c. HENRY HYMAN,
Direct Importer of Guns, and the only Importer of
Gold Watches, &c.
Don't forget that ii is at No. 95, Main ST. sc 80
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

FROM PoRr Au PRINcE.-A despatch dated Bos 9
ton, Oct 5, says:
me scnr. GORDON from Port au Prince, brings
dates TO the 10Th INST She reports the fever after
most terrible ravages, to have disappeared
The Emperor and army had returned from Aux
Cayes, and the country was quiet and prosperous
Gomez was very scarce, and had advanced to $l05,
Haytien currency.
Yancing - -
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

A correspondent of the Petersburg Express
writing from Raleigh, Oct. 4, says: samuel Par.
ker Perry, convicted last spring of murder-kil-
ing and throwing his wife into well-will be SEN
fenced by His Honor, Judge Manly. tomorrow. 1t
is thought his execution will not be more than two
or three weeks off. Hei hard case; the clergy of
our city have visited him often, talked with him,
and urged him to make ready for death, without
making any impression visible"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

THE CoINAGE.-A correspondent of the Nationar
Inteuigencer, dating New York. Sept. 80. complains
bitterly of the commercial suffering resulting from
a scarcity of small COIN The new quarters, he
says, arebought up at premium for expectation
daily and in quantities that viii create dsstitution
by the month of May
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

CLIPPER RAcE.-The American clipper Chal-
lenge sailed from Canton on the 18th July last and
the English clipper on the 14th, both for London
The English ship Patna followed them. The Lon.
don News says great many bets have been book
ed ON the result Of this race
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

NPHrLADELPHIA, Oct. 5--The Secretary of the
Navy rev visited the navy yard this morning, and
inspected every department. He was received by
salute of seventeen guns. He went ON board the.
Cyane and st. Mary's, and was received with sa-
iutes, and the yards were manned in honor Of his
ARRIVAL and departure He also visited the receiy-
ing ship Union, and the steamer Fulton, accompa-
nied by members of Congress, Florence, White and
Robbins.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

On the 18th of August, Gays the Virginia Bulle.
tin.) Frederick Shelton killed Rice Duncan in Pa
trick county. Duncan is said TO have been row
dying bully, and was imposing upon relative q
Sheltons. Shelton struck him on the head with ,
stone, inaicting wound that proved fatal
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

AccIDENr.-A sailor was knocked down and run
over by one of the Norfolk engines they arrived
at the fire Sunday morning, and very seriously If
not fatally injured. He was Immediately taken On.
board the ship, and his wounds attended to-Ports-
mouth Tr0ascript
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

NEW ESTABLISHMENT-SHIP
scriber thankful to his many friends and the public
for the very liberal support he has received fr.
them hopes that they will continue in his New Es-
tabshment, directly opposite the old stand of Has
kins Libby, where may be found almost every arti-
Gle in the Ship Chandlery and Grocery Line, as he
Rope of all sizes, Blocks of all sizes and general
assortment of Groceries
Sc eff r. o. HASKlNS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

A SCENE IN CINcINNATI.-An officer recently
visited house in Lodge Alley, Cincinnati, and
found therein a widow woman, dead drunk, a
child two or three years old lying dead beside her,
and another child crying for something to eat-
There was bottle of whiskey on the table, batnot
particle of food in the house.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

Incendiaries are troublesome at Portsmouth. An
old warehouse beloneingto John Tablet, was con.
suned on Sunday, and on Monday morning an un-
successful attempt was made to fire the store Of
Geo. Murray, on Market square.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

In another part of this paper, will be found no.
tice of the efforts ofthe Postmaster General to pre-
vent mail failures between Washington and New
Orleans We see it further stated that he proposes
to avoid the oceanwise portion of this route for the
great mall and resorts to the Wilmington and
Manchester Railroad for connexion with the
South Carolina Railroad, as soon a completed
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

We learn from the Washington Star, of wednes
osy' 'naf the AFakir of silva" was on the day pre-
'ioas arrested on two charges one for the larceny
ihe Trunk of Al Ling, the other for assault and
sa',y on Dor Ming. After prolonged trial be
'oie 'adge Donn, the magistrate dismissed the
enA'seo OF larceny. but held him to bail for court
iof Ine assault There appears to have been an
entire rupture in he company but who is to blame
we cannot say
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07

Patrick Doyle, aged Is, stabbed Patrick Denni
son, boy of about the same age, in New York, las
Monday evening" and go injured him that his siiua
,ion was thought TO be very critical