The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-04-28

AS Il curiosity OF parngraphing, we copy the
following from an Ednburg paper:-"A para
graph from our respected contemporary, the
| Glasgow Citizen, has been going the round of
all stiTe southern papers stating that the person
10 whom the nursing of the next young member
| of her NJ jssty IS family isto beintrusted has al
ready been selected from among the comey
mothegso of Inverness. The announcement is at
least premature. Several applications have
been forwarded from the Highlands, as well as
from Wales and English rural Districts but no
decision has yet been made. We may state, how
ever, that there is very strong probability that
the successful competitor will be ploughman's
pleasant-looking. healthy wife,
Emanuel, the richest Jew in England is dead
They have discovered pure gold in Mayo, at
Castebar, Ireland.
Lamartine is dying his physicians have no
hopes Of him. E H ~
E1s- The Germanians have been giving con
certs in Pittsburg.
Bes> Ole Bull has been giving concerts at st.
Louis.
Chinese ingenuity is said to have succeeded n
teaching monkeys TO gather tea on those spots
which not accessible to man but ut the hazard
of life.
a correspondent who is given to sporting, wants
to know wten the anglo Saxon race" much
talked about, is to come off
4 Protestant Church in which the services are
all conducted in Chinese, has been established in
San Francisco.
seg- The Chinese do everything different from
other people. We have .:aek' for pulling the
boot from the foot the '.Flowery Land people.
on the contrary, have Instrument for pulling
the man from the boot.
gsg@ Father Balm. the first Roman Catholic
priest ordained in the United States died mt Gin
cinnnti the other day, aged ninety-eight Ill
had been priest over sixty years.
.'One hour in the bath Napoleon used to say
'retreshes more than four hours of sleep
\ saying worth quoting 1T this season.
The Washington Union denies the reported iii
health of the President md say that his health
has decidedly improved. and that he has ganed
both IN weight and strength since the inaugura-
ton.
A B. Reed, Gov Biger's father in law, died
at Clearheld on Thursday
REESE EVANS was last week found guilty of
numbering Reese, jew Merchant in Luzerne
couAty, AMI was sentenced to be hung.
On the 18th inst. 175 chickens, of the CO.
chin China. Shanghai, and other rare foreign
breeds. sold at auction ut New Orleans, for
Sl.i7l 81. Two Hong Kong geese sold at $50,
ana two white Bremen geese for Sl2.
The Queen of Engani gave birth to a son at
Bnckns ham l'al;cc the nh inst, ii IA quarter
past O'Clock. The mother and child were
doing ; wei could be expected.
Bs2- A number of Wing clerks were removed
froEi the Sixth Auditors office. at Washington,
Ha.i,,. II. ,I..;S
their stead Let the good work go
y TelegrnpIlic despatch, bearing date of Ca
hawbn, 10Th inst, states that the funeral of the
Wee Pr, sident took place that day ut 1lo'-
clock IN the morning, according to the rites of
the Episcopal hurch, Mr.. Platf Of Selma. Off !
cIating. whose sermon was eloquent and benuti- /.
iul. lie lies among his kindred near his man J
Sion in the country lie died calmly and COM
posedIy.
We learn that Arthur Spring. the murderer,
has attempted to commit suicide by sleeping
with quantity of tobacco under each arm. The
doctors tel Us tlIat the use of the weed in this
IN lnncr Is likely to cause death in short time
Phi. San.
The Crystal Palace, says the Home Journal,
is pnrtly glazed. aud begins to look as ifit might
be finished by the | st of June 10 accomplish
which the most strenuous efforts put forth Ly
all parties concerued in its construction.
RUMoR says, we don't know how truly. that the
new Institution OF having car specially devoted
to materials for the efreshment of the inner .
man, will shortly be introduced On the Pennsyl-
v,,nia Railroa-. n!tcr the fashion of the Balti-
more and Ohio Company.
asa- The City of Philadelphia. by recent de
ciSiun III the U. :. District Court. Justice Grier
will he obliged to pay to the heirs Of Stephen
Glrard about 81 100000 The matter in dis
pute was large coal tracts in Schuylkin coun-
ty.
OF the one thousand mon who formed the New
York regiment in the Mexican war; only sixty
are now alive. and but about forty are able to
earn their living. ..s
sH- Canal Commissioner.