The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-04-21
LOCAL AND EDITORIAL ITEMS.

gthe horse shoers, seams tresses BARRIERS, coal
shoisters and pussers.
Bsg- The old gentemen who spent a fortune
Jim endcavoring to hatch colts from horse-ches-
snuts is now cultivating the egg plant, with
Sview Of raising chickens from them.
nE~A correspondent of. the Apalachicola
sFlorida Adcertiser, advocates the planting of
Evineyards in that State for the production of
awine, for which the soil and the climate are
Eboth favorable. He says wine, dried figs, and
Eraisins, can all be produced in abundance there
B0@A Washington despatch says :-'.Robt
~. Walker, Esq, has refused the French Mis-
Esion. He is confirmed invalid, and cannot
sundertake any office. His ailing is the gout''
I Bg~A marriage took place in Williamsburg,
slast week, with the following pecuarities-the
Egroom measured six feet four, and the bride
flour feet six. If this is not 'he long and short
sof matrimony,' we don't know what is, that's
& aan
h Bag@A new corruption on the part of the
New York Aldermen has just leaked out Among
Ethe items in bill they have recently sent in to
Hthe Comptroller, was So, l26 for the public re-
Hcepton of THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER The
E''swindle" is suggested il the fact that MEAGHER
6never received aay corporation reception at ALL
gag@ The Baltimore Sun says that WILLIAM
EB. MEssER, the conductor who had charge of
! the train at the time of the accident on the
Pennsylvania Central Railroad, near Newton
aHamilton, was tried in Lewistown last week for
smanslaughter. The jury returned verdict of
mot guilty" but that he pay the costs,
MIKE WALSH, memberof Congress elect,
lis seriously indisposed-so much so, indeed,
/ that his friends are doubtful of his recovery
He returned from Washington city to New York
much debilitated, few days ago.
Ng~ Mrs. Perry a young .'bloomer," has
.eloped from MOnson, Mass, with Levins Clough.
when her husband found she was determined to
!go he gave her one hundred dollars to start
with. \
rea- THOMAS F. MEAGHER.-This eloquent
gentleman has been lecturing in New Orleans
with unbounded applause. He has been invited
|by the Governor and Legislature of louisiana
Ito proceed to Baton Rouge
Bea-Arthur Spring was sentenced to death
on Saturday, by Judge Kelley The unhappy
led in charging the murder of Mrs Lynch and
Mrs. Shaw upon his His time in this
world is short.
BgA-On the assembling of the extra session
of the Legislature of New York, on Thursday
ast, the most disgracefu scenes were enacted
by its members. Several were arrested and
carried out by the Sergeant alarms.
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the South Pass across the different ranges of
mountains to the Pacific slope of the continent
is said by the st. Louis Republican to be under
taken by parties independent of all governmen-
tai connection. 1t will be in the hands of civil
engineers of undoubted merit and capacity, ac-
companied by geologist, who will institute a
thorough examination Of the country.
aea-Accounts from Mobile show that Mr..
Kings condition is becoming more and more
precarious daily. Wednesday evening of last
week it was feared that he would not be able to
leave the city, but on Friday morning he had
rallied and it was hoped he might be able on {
Saturday, to go up the river to his plantation.
BsaeA day or two since, Arthur Spring, Jr., C
paid visit to his wretched father in his cell at {
prison. Inc son onered 10 snake V
he hand Of his father, and expressed desire to II
pc reconciled with him. The parent charged o
lis offspring with having committed the crime
If which he (the father) had been convicted. I
The boy argued with the father upon the impos-
ability OF his having done it when every mo-
nent of his time was accounted for during the
'vening upon which the murder was committed u ~
The elder Spring insisted doggedly upon his own D.
innocence, and upon the guilt of the son, and
he parties finally separated without the slight h
st manifestation of forgiveness or reconcilia- d
ion on the part of the wretched cnlprit Ia
ngaeNEw JUDICIAL DIsTR1cr. An act has hi,
assed the Legislature erecting a new judicial
lstrict to be composed of the counties of Clear be
eld, Centre and Elk. The act annexes Mercer &C
ounty to the district composed of Venango,
larion and Jefferson counties. Hon. j. c.. is
nox, present President Judge of this district, al
Ill hereafter preside in the Courts of Mercer
ounty. VI
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gSsAThey have new title out west which for he
'lgInaty, and the force of the character it in an
cates entirely ecpses the old pig-tail quirl of f
Esq. A mans name with the new title 90
ands thus: Obadiah Comstock, p b.; and ho
Id z. b. signifies Perfect Brick-Ee
We would suggest amendment to the above, Sa
substituting S. p for p. b. thus ..J. Lazy int
mes, S. P, the S. p. signifying Some Pump