The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-03-03
FROM OUR EXCHANGES


cording TO Mr.. NJ. Grattan was indebted fo, ne
eioquence to long nights Of study and pers,rs"
ance lie practised in barns fields and -
ows. and frequently with other listener. ,LS-
a surprised porker n lost -helve. psss;-a a
by gallows one night, he commenced an ~
dress to the chains. and with so much natn,.i
ness ana pathos, that person passing nv. o,
claimed, ''how the devil did you get down ~"
1t is unnecessary to add that the mnpne, -.
which Mengher told the Joke brought the bors.
down" like pile of bricks.
ES1@ Mary Benton, the oldest woman. IN q.
world, died Mt Elton. England on the lstL ~.
! If she had survived until the 18th F.h-rs"-
next she would have attained the unprecads.'
/ ted age of p years. This interesting ner.o-
age was native of Cockield Durham. and ro.-
ided for some time at Long Newton
THE ISAUGrRATIoN BALI.-The Washipoto,
Union of Thursday morning SAYS:
| 1t having been ascertained tha, tho p.o.;a.-.
elect, under the oppressed state Of feelino -
duced by the fatal accident on the railroad 80
from which he and others were so great srf.''
ers. could not enjoy the festivities of an inane,
ration ball, the managers have Determined j.,
Difference to him, to give up the enioynent wbics.
mas on former occasions closed tie cerer,onies
of the day.
| VICE president KING I'm view Of the obsoncs
| of Mr.. KING in Cuba, and the probab;li,v ,bo,
he VIII not return 10 Washington before Con.
gress adjourns, bill has passed the Senate su.
thorising the American consul at Havana. or
any Judge of the L. S. Courts, or maRisirate-to
administer the oath of Office TO him as yies
President of the United States.
STOCK FOR THE HIppoDRomE. pacte,
ship Ocean Qu' en-, Capt in William b. Smith.
arrived here this morning from London, brough,
out seven African ostriches, trained for the ner
formances of the hippodrome about TO be estab
llshed in this city by the famous Frnnconi Of
Paris.
One of these birds is of colossal dimepsion,
and beautiful sable plumage. 1t was purchased
originally from the London Geological Gardens,
and has been trained 10 run against race horses
II will, with Il 10y mounted upon its back our.
strip the feetest Arabian English coursers
The entire stock is in the finest cOudition,
Notwithstanding very tempestuous Passage g.
cross the Atlantic.--N. y. paper.
RAILROAD BREAKFAsTs.-By an arrangemen,
just completed, passengers before leaving Bufa.
10 for New York. while purchasing their tickets
at the Office, handed a bill of fare. from
which they select such articles as they desire
The orders are Immediately forwarded By tel.
egraphlc communication 10 the refreshment room
at Warsaw, and numbered tickets are handed
to the different passengers. Upon arriving at
Warsaw. each finds upon the table whose mum:
ber corresponds with the card, the breakfast he
ordered III Buffalo, and the train waits twenty
minutes for him TO eat it. -
"A Woman with mustache and beard, is al.
vertised in the New York papers, as on exhibi-
ton in that city, great curiosity. We hope
to see the day when "A man acithout them will at
tract at least us much attention.
On Thursday morning, Feb. L. seven priso-
ners escaped from the Jail of Westmoreland
county, by cutting a hole through the floor OF
their cell, and disging under to the outer wall
and breaking hole through it. Three of the
prisoners were captured that day and brought
back to Jail. Four still at large They
must have lnbored hard to get out, as they had
TO force two stone walls.
Billy Bowlegs. at last dates, was drumming
up his forces for regular Indian war. Sam
Jones and Assinwab were also busy organizing
their bands. Gen. Blake, who arrived a. jack
sonville "a few days since, on his way to Wash
ington, intends to urge on the Government an
Immediate military movement.
The members of the State Legislature are
likely to be abundantly fea sted during the pres
ent Session. They have accepted the invitation
Of Philadelphia to visit that city, and they have
also been invited by the Councils of Pittsburg
TO visit that city. They will thus have an op-
portunity of mingling with their fellow citizens
at both ends of the State.
According to the latest advces another change
has taken pace in the Presi .ency Mexico
President CevailOs has resig ied the high Office.
and been succeeded temporarily by Gen. Lom-
bardni. Thus there have been three Pr sdents
IN Mexico III many months-Arista, Cevallos
and Lombardini. What next? Santa Anna
w"s hourl, expected and until his arrival and
restoration to power all other arrangements may
he regarded as merely temporary. Mexico IS
evidently in n lamentable condition.
1t will be seen by the advices from Europe,
that AN iusurrection occurred Mt Milan ion the
9th and Sth of February when a number OF
lives were lost. The Patriots attacked the bar
racks, and massacred the garrison. Proclama
tions by Kossuth and Mazzini, had been posted
in Mian and the latter had gone to Switzerland
to watch events. The accounts are vague ard
but her risings were looked for
This may prove but the beginning of a new and
formidable outbreak.
A Yankee editor says-''The marc of civil
zation is onward-onward-like the slow but
intrepid tread of jackass towards a peck Of
oats"
6sIS- 1t is said that Professor Anderson at
present in Charleston, has received n letter from
Louis Napoleon Emperor of the French, inclosing
a check for ESQ, which he borrowed some years
since from the Professor in London, accompan-
led with present of a diamond ring and an in
vitltion To visit Paris. This viii be cheering
news to all who were the Emperor's creditors IN
the times that tried his soul.
BSs- A young lady with n cash capital OF
$40. 900, alvertises in the New York Tribune
FOR presbyterian Dutch Reformed hus-
band. who, in addition to pety, must possess
a comfy appearance WhereupOn good look