The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-08-04
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
OF one hundred aud ninety conyicts in Il
Western Penitentiary, only one is a female


OF one hundred aud ninety conycts ia the
Western Penitentiary, only one is a female
Gen. RosEET AisisTaoxa has heeu seriously
II aS Washington but is reaayering
Hon, A. GiLLgior ., Of Pe,ila., has positiy,lg
declined the Cohsu'ship al Bordeaux
DAyIrL z. sIe1Gns OF New York. Is appoint
cd SecretaIy. O legation VI The United States at
London.
RE-NoMINATrD.-John Bigler has been re-
nominated as the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor in California.
Hon. f. j WALKER has recovered from his
late severe illness, and is making active
preparations for his departure to China.
The Russian Minister at Washington, ANNOYED
at the tone of the Washington Union on the
Russio-Turkish question. has ssstopped his pa
per-"
Ba~ The Harrisburg Telegraph urges the
nomination of John P. Pearson, Judge Of the
Dauphin and Lebanon judicial district as the
Wing Candidate for the Supreme Bench.
WAC suggests that the stationer who fur
nished the post Office enveops, with his card on
the gummed flap, anxious for notoriety and
desirous Of having ''his name upon everybo l. s
tongue ~
Somebody has gone to the trouble Of ascer-
tanning that there seventeen persons now
under sentence of death in the States of New
They are to be hung during the next 81 X weeks
A SMAsH.-On Monday, as Mr. Stevens, a
jeWeler, of New York, leaving town, his
horses became frightened and jumped IF the
bridge into the tail-race of the Hun ntingdon mill
taking with them the carriage and Mr.. Stevens.
The carriage was broken to pieces, but neither
Mr.. Stevens or his horses were the least injur-
ed.-Huntingaon Globe.
The Japanese porcelain is remarkable A late
writer on Japan says :-.s1he tea cups are es-
pecially worthy of attention. | have seen tea
cups, a dozen of which, with the saucers, would
not weigh three ounces. They are really trans
parent and thin and delicate that one woul d
believe the dropping of piece of sugar woul d
break them: nevertheless this very thinness gives
them an extraordinary elasticity"
DIoNYsrUs put a man to death for dreaming
he had killed him. That looks harsh but the
King was phiosophically just to the law Of dream
which always follows the tenor of our walking
thoughts, however wildly and inperfectly-
When young lady, a Neapolitan princess, was
told by courtier that he had kissed her in a
dream, she ordered him smart bastinado, and
she acted very properly. The rebuke was cal
culated to be sole felt one, and must have done
him good.
E5y@ Marshall Swartzwelder well known
Pittsburgh lawyer, formerly member of the Lee
gslature has been missing for some time, and
fears are entertained that he has been drowned
He q visit to st. Paul, Minnesota, and
left his baggage at the hotel the Sd july since
which he had not been heard Of
A later date says he went out the river
in canoe, anI the was afterwards found
upset.
Gsg- The Scientific 4msrieaq says that teeth,
in the form of purified white India Rubber, have
been patented in England. 1t adds 1.-THE al
hesion is complete it can be moulded with per
fection to suit every inequality of the ganns and
and teeth, and supplies an artificial periostum,
it were, to the teeth, when they become pain
ful by the wasting away of the gum. Added to
these is the elasticity of the material, which
completely obviates the Inconvenience that arises
from any motion with artificial teeth made by
other means