The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-05-26
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

There are now in California about twenty-five
thousand Cinnamon. The capital invested and
owned by the Chinese in the State, is one million
of dollars.
The President has determined, it is said, to
appoint commissioner to the Sandwich Islands,
of sufficient ability and wisdom, to- effect the
nexation of the country to the United States,
should such measure be requisite to prevent
it from falling into the hands of France
THE Pacific Railroad, from st. Louis to Kirk
wood distance of thirteen and half miles, was
opened on the 1lth inst, and it is expected that
in few weeks more, it will be completed to the
length, thirty nine miles.
HER Majesty, Queen Victoria upon receiving
the news of the melancholy accident which re-
suited in the loss of President Perce's only son,
personally wrote letter to Mr.. Ingersoll, in
coincidence for the sad affiiction the President
had sustained.
We hear that the Lowell Railroad, which had
been in operation about sixteen years, has car
ried ten million of passengers, or two hundred
and sixty million of persons one mile, without
having lost a life during that period
Why are six ring g-tailed monkeys, suspending
themselves from palm-tree picking cocoa nuts,
more truthful than James, the novelist? Be
cause they depend for support not upon works
of fiction, but upon tales Of real life.
A private in one of the Irish regiments, en-
gagged in the dreadful battle of Salamanca cried
out, during the hottest part of the action: '@Oh,
murder, murder, I'm kilt entirely! ~ care you
wounded?" inquired an officer near him.
Wounded is it, your honor ?" replied the gal
liant Emeralder, ''by jabers, Pm worse than
killed out and out; wasn't | waiting for the last
quarter of an hour for pull at Jim Murphy's
pipe, and there now it is shot out of his MOUTH
TALKING of false pretences, a gentleman of
Albany, recently married young lady reputed
to be rich, who not only turned out to be poor,
but some seven hundred dollars in debt, which
he had to liquidate! She assured him, howev-
er, that the debt con tracted for dIy goods,
which she bought to captivate him. Generous
creature! Only think of fish paying for the
hook with which it was caught.-ADany Tran
script.
Mr.. WEBsTER's DEBTs.-A Boston correspond
ent of the New York Evening Post, says the at
tempt to raise by subscription fund to pay off
the membranes Mr.. Webster's estate, which
has been feebly languishing along for some time,
has at length been totally extinguished by the
presentation of claim for ten thousand dollars,
by Caleb Gushing, on account of money loaned
to Mr. Webster. The writer adds that as there
is an indefinite amount outstanding of similar
obligations incurred by Mr.. Webster, ii is hard
ly likely that the committee on the fund will re-
sumo their labors
THE FLORIDA INDIANs-A Washington letter
says: The government has determined not to
attempt to force in the subjection of the
Florida Indians, but to proceed with the surveys
of the land there, believing that all that is ne
cessary is to convince the Indians that the pro-
cess of settlement is to 60 quietly, in order
to induce them to give up their hostile demon
strations and accept of terms to peaceably join
their friends west of Arkansas.
| SPEED ON RAILROAD BRIDGEs.-The Superin-
| tondont of the Philadelphia and Columbia rail-
road has given orders that no trains shall cross
| any brid ge at greater speed than six miles an
hour. This is a salutary regulation, and we be-
/ lieve the same has been adopted by the Central
the Harrisburg and Lancaster, and the Balti-
more and Susquehannah roads. If rigidly en-
forced, it will make railroad travelling more
safe. as well as prol0ng the duration of bridges.
As yet, we are informed that engineers and con-
I uuctors do not strictly observe it. This may be
owing to It's recent adoption 1t is probable that
q sense of duty will induce rigid enforcement
on the part of the superintendent of the sever
al roads. Public opinion, well as the corpo-
rate interests of the roads, demand it.
/ SOME idea of the vigor infused into the differ
ent branches of the public service at Washing
ton, by the administration, may be gained
from the fact stated by the Republic (whig) that
there 'has been in the Pension Bureau, an in
crease of full one third in the cunt of business
consummated during the month of April with
considerably diminished force, over the amount
accomplished in the previous month. So, also
in the Land Office and Indian Office, back bust
ness is being rapidly brought up" So it seems
that under the new administration, full one third
more business is accomplished in the same time
with a smaller number of clerks, than was un-
der the federal rule This is fact worthy of
note, and indicates pretty plainly that the expec
tatons of the people in this behalf are not to be
disappointed by the administration of General
Pierce.
%" The following appeared as an advertise
ment in late publication of the London Times:
Good Christians 1t grieves me to expose my
self and family before you this morning. | am
poor Curate of the Church of England una
bic to obtain sufficient by my employment to
provide my wife and children If any kind rer-
son will bestow an old coat old pair of boots,
an old hat, or frock or even a broken umbrella
[ will return him my most graceful thanks!3-
THE Price OF a CHAIR.ESeVera1 weeks ago.
at the sale Of the persopal effects of the late
Daniel Webster, the chair usual ", occupied by
that statesman in his hbrary-a .eemmon cane
seat, with castors, the original of which was
not probably more than dollar and fifty cents
was ''knocked down" at sixteen dollars and a
half to a gentleman from Boston, who was offer
ed, but refused, ten dollars advance for his
bargain" But not coming forward to pay for
the property, 1T was on Saturday morning resold
by McGuire in front of his auction rooms, and
an intimate acquaintance and friend of Mr. Web |
ster, connected with the State Department be-
came the purchaser of the chair at four dollars
and hfty cents, about sixth of the value
which was attached to it on the previous occa-
sion WaSh. republic.
Several sad accidents have recently occu,red |