Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-12-28
S U M MARY OF NE w S.


:. oo4Both branches of Congress have passed a
the District of Columbia.
G5-During the month of November, $50 men
were enlisted in the United States army.
e5eThe last month has probably been more dis
astrous to steamboats, ON the Mississippi, than has
ever been recorded for the same length Of time
since their introduction. The losses of the Pacific,
Grand Tower, Hindoo, Chancellor, and Grand
Prairie, and the damages to other boats, full
| freighted with produce going from St. Louis, or
| approaching it with valuable merchandise, viii
foot UP nearly quarter of million of dollars.
es-During the season for navigation just closed,
four thousand five hundred vessels arrived at
Chicago,
! gtColonc Steptoe, the new Governor of the
Mormons, is said to be q conscientious, mild dis
postioned man, of the Episcopal faith, and a
member of that. church. The government expects
no difficulty.
/ CrThe President has nominated Mark Il.
lard as Governor of Nebraska.
! e5-A fire in Memphis, December 9Th, destroyed
$4,000 worth of paintings in the store of Mr. j.
| w. Garret, portrait painter.
| eo-A young man, of Geneva, n Y, has in
vented perpetual light house. bell is attach
ed, which is constantly rung by the action of the
sea.
eoMr. William Winter, the editor Of the
/ Ladies' Examiner, at Worcester, Mass. while
standing in Broadway, n. T., on Tuesday after
noon, 1ast week). looking at a military company
pass, had the breast pocket of his coat cut open
/ a,,,i <e0n .J,c+ractaS
therefrom by some dexterous thief, who escaped.
F. G5-The ship William Nelson recently arrived
at New Orleans with FIVE hundred and sixty-eight
emigrants from Havre. There were sixty deaths
during the passage.
Cyan "Anthracite" locomotive has been run
ming successfully upon the Boston and Providence
Railroad during the past week, and has received
the appreciation of the corporation. The steam
is generated entirely by Anthracite coal, and the
train is run at az economical and rapid rate as
with any other kind of coal.
ETFowls or chickens may be attened in four
or five days by feeding three times daily with rice
boiled in milk. always fresh, as sourness prevents
| them from fattening. Give them clear water to
drink. BY this method the 6esh is made partic-
ularly white.
GJrMore copper mines have been discovered in
Fannin county, Ga. The metal is the yellow sui
phuret Of copper. One of the veins is twelve feet
thick.
'-The Jail in Union county, Ca, was lately
destroyed by fire, and James Graham. prisoner,
perished in the flames.
| GIVE regret to announce the death Of Hon.
John Hastings, formerly member of Congress
from the Columbia district, Ohio. He died at his
residence ON the 9th inst.
4 es-Martin Koszta, the Austrian refugee, who
now resides in Chicago, was married to Mrs.
Lucinda McFall. of that tity,, on the 18th inst.
o5-Wm. II. Martin, clerk in the Baltimore
Post Office, was convicted on Friday. of purlon-
ing letters from the mail.
O-Since the lst of October, IL ,446 passengers
have arrived at New Orleans; 1922 were Ameri-
cans and 544l Germans
lS-.No man can do anything against his will !"
said metaphysician "Faix," said Pat, 81 had
brother who went to Botany Bay, against his
will, sure"
0u-Counterfeit quarters, made of type eta, !,
looking ike genuine, but which will break by a
hard blow from hammer or stone, are in circu-
lation.
G-Since ls47 the population of Ireland has
decreased nearly two millions.
G5-Dr. VIM. Humbnldt, son of the famous
traveller, is at Havanna gaining converts to the
theory that the ravages of yellow fever can be
arrested by nnocculation. The operation is un-
usually successful.
CYAN Irish woman applied at the Webster
Bank, Boston, for gold for a few small bills on
that institution, which she had drawn from the
Savings Bank. When she was retiring, gentle
man who had seen her exchange the paper for
gold, inquired why she did So ssOh." was her
reply, 81 read in the newspapers that Mr.. Webster
died very poor, and, of course cannot trust his
! bank"
Gs-Warren Winslow, of Fayetteville, N c., ha.
within the past twelve months been special bearer
of dispatches to Spain, State Senator, Speaker o
the Senate, and is now acting Governor of Nortl
Carolina.
eJ-George OFT has been convicted in New Yorl
of attempting to vote Illegally, and sentenced by
the Recorder to six months Imprisonment in tn,
penitentiary, and fined two hundred dollars
e5-At the baby show recently held in the Soutl
7 there were only seven babies put up for inspec
t ton.
GLrIt is said, that Sir Charles Napier, the eng
!, lish bragadocio, is about to return to England
: eo-The resignation of Lieut.. Col. R. L. Baker
e of the Ordinance Corps, U. S. Army, has beer
rendered and accepted, to take effect on the S1s
a December.
r John Baird, a convict in the Eastern Peni
] Tertiary at Philadelphia, committed suicide OF