Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1853-12-30
NEWS AND MISCELLANY.


- The President has officially recognized
Gustaro Ciceman as Consul for the Republic Of
Chilli at the port Ct Philadelphia.
u Fourteen thousand and ninety-eight per
sons are now receiving pensions in the several
States from The United States Government under
tho various acts issued sinceI8IS.
u The 1Iddlctown (NId.) Whig says, that
community has been visited by singular dis
ease; which battles the medical faculty. It is
that Of sore eyes, appearing to be contagious,
whole families becoming afflicted with It.
or is said that the skull of Voltaire has
been recently exhumed and examined; andit is
proven, not only that his head was small, but
chat he lad the organ.of veneration developed
to very extraordinary degree
sl-SEcEr AND Er1E R4mEoAD.-It is under
stood that the City Councils have informally
agreed to make subscription Of S2,O00,OO0 to
their stock Of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad
Company. The subject viii probably be dispo-
sed Of by Councils tonight.
~ The report that Gov. Bigler had pardOnod
Capic and EaIaos, convicted Of the murder Of
Christopher SoOhan, is without foundation.-
This can be relied On.
IT The school property Of Ohio Is vslusd e.
5354,C90
u The Oregon Spectator estimates the Popu-
Iation Of the Territory a. 80, 900.
u The Wings Of Pennsylvania are to hold
State Convention at Harrisburg, on the 18th Of
March, to nominate candidate for Governor.
&c.
u President Young, Of Utah, orders men,
women and chldIen to 20 into the field to har-
vest their grain, armed with butcher-kniyes and
firearms lie says that almost every good rife
n tho Territory has been traded away to the In
dians.
Coat y FaAEcE.-The use OF coal has Of late
largely increased IN France. High the duties
have been, the importation last year was nearly
thirty million quintals, an advance of several
millions upon the receipts ofthe year before.
- The nanglad remains ola horse have been
discovered near Carlisle, Pa. As it IS a mystery,
foul piay TO the rider Is suspected.
IL The anniversaries Of the Birth of Wash
ngton, and Of the Battle Of Buena Vista, are 10
be celebrated at Cincinnati. on the 22d Of Febru-
airy.
O. Herr Dricsbach has recovered from the in
jury he received from tiger while performing
in the cage Of the animal. in New Yo-k, last
week.
u The cattle trade Of Texas IS growing into
considerable Importance. During the season,
forty thousand head Of bes7ss crossed the Neuces
at Beaumont, on their way to New Orleans.
IL The Swedish Government has decided on
4 vast system Of railways, the execution of which
VIII be confdod to su English company. The
mons from publicly performing their worship in
Norway.
~ S. P. Townsend, the sarsapariila man, Is
building residence in New York city whichSs
to cost 500, 600, and win be one of the finest IN
the city. He has made sn immense fortune from
the sale Of his sarsaparilla.
o. Kissing pretty girl down SOUTH c
young gentleman asked her what made her SO
sweet % - On, she replied, in utter innocence,
81 my father is sugar planter 2"
u 4 singer who led the psalm tune at a nee
ting short time since, finding that his conclu-
ding word, which was Jacob, had not syllables
enough 10 fill up the music adequately, ended
thus
4" "J-a-a-J-a-a-fol de riddle-eob."
Of nativism we have heard of lately, is thst of q
person in Boston, who was asked to attend the
Pilgrim ball. at Plymouth, a few days since. He
replied that he not &" going forty miles to at
tend celebration in honor Of the arrival Of sat
offoreigners." az-
~ The Democracy of Tioga county met in
tho IIo,--~ xV-~fl.-7-ll ,,u,rI on the 9th
inst. and after passing complimentary resolutions
20 President Pierce instructed the deIegates to
the Sth of March Convention to support the nom
ination Of Wm. Bigler for Governor and Daniel
S. Sherwood for Canal Commissioner
INDIA RUBBER ON RA1LwArs,-On the New
Jersey Central Railroad, they are laying, for the
space of two miles, india rubber sleepers under
the rails, expecting thus to relieve the train oG
those sudden jars which ruin the running gear so
speedily, do away with very much of the noise,
and communicate q springy, elastic motion to
the rider.
~ The Senate of Virginia, by test vote. has
instructed the committee on banks TO report a
bill more efectually to suppress the circulation
ofsmall notes. oat $50
u 1t is said there are at present large num-
Der Of applications for passports at the State De-
partment at Washington, by Italian, Polish and
Hungarian refugees. Numbers Of them antici-
pating ageneral war in Europe, desire to be
where they can take the part of their respective
countries.
~ The Rev, Theodore Parker preached SER
mon, last Sunday, we learn from the Boston
Courier, showing that Notwithstanding the in
crease of the population and the large foreign en-