Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-06-15
NEWS AND MISCELLANY.

! Tor the suitable celebration OF the 4ln OF July.
DTThe people OF Connecticut are not all fools
While the abolitonists tolIed the bells in Hart
ford on account of the passage Of the Nebraska
bill, the patriots fired on hundred guns.
1I-Col. Walker, the famous leader Of the Lower
California fillibusters who had returned to San
Francisco. has given bail in the sum Of ten thou
sand dollars for hls appearance before L. s. Com
missioner Papy.
CTAt the recent Connecticut Editorial Con
yention it resolved TO advance the rates of ad-
vertising twenty-five percent.
UJ-The Crystal Palace at Sydenham will be
opened on Saturday next. Queen Victoria will
be present, and the Emperor and Empress Of
France have been invited
CJ-A new counterfeit $50 bill on the Northern
Bank of Kentucky, has made its appearance in
Cincinna II.
0C-Green Hendrick has been chosen Speaker
of the Legislature of Connecticut, in place ofAIr
Foster, elected L. S. Senator.
ia Mexican, named De Mngoe, died in the
Louisville jail Mouday morning, Of intemper-
ance and starvation.
GC-The Ohio and Indiana Railroad, and ex-
tension of the Ohio and Pennsylvania road, has
been opened to Delphos, on the Miami canal.
GT-Daniel Turner, of North Carolina, brother
in-law of Senator Badger declines, it is said the
appointment of Naval Storekeepcr for California.
1.-THE citizens Of st. Louis have determined
! to erect a monument to the memory of A B.
Chambers, Esq, late editor Of the St. Louis Re-
publican.
CLTA1argaret, a slave, has been convicted Of
murder in the second degree in Worcester coun-
ty, Md, and sentenced to the penitentiary till
1871.
1-TIn list Of premiums awarded at country
fair, reporter gave under the head Of .'DOmes-
tic Artices-Best Bed Comforter Miss Mary
Hail.
C-rAlr. Noble Butler, the brother of Matt,
Wards victim, it is said viii be obliged to sell
his house to pay the expenses of the late trial.
lie is a schoolmastcr, his brother, and
conducts one of the best ladies day schools in
Louisville. a correspondent of the Y. Y. Times
suggests raising thousanddoIlars for him in that
city.
CC~NIr. William Robinson, of Writ county.
Virginia died of cholera, in Cincinnati, last week.
It is also stated that two fatal cases occurred at
GUY andotte, Va, two of Kanawha Salines, and
cases appeared at Gallatin, Tenn, on the 3lst
ult.
CJ~The Missouri papers report Nebraska
emigration brisk. Hundreds ofcIaims already
taken up opposite ST. Joseph. Not day passed
bat few additions are made to the number. A
train of ten wagons from Illinois, bound for
Nebraska passed through ST. Louis the
18th ult
GA capital portrait has been published alb
road of the King ofPrussa. lie is represented
standing between a bottle of champagne and =
big sword, uncertain as TO which Of the two he
should draw. 1t is called Meditation on the
Eastern Question"
CTAccording to the statement Of the U. s.
Treasurer, the Government had, on the lst inst,
80 95S, ,O2O Dollars on deposit and subject to draft
in the treasury and the various repositories IL
the country.
GC-Washington, June 9.-The Union this
morning says, that the difficulties with Spain
have not yet been adjusted, and that the policy
of the Administration regarding them is un-
changed.
1.-The organization of the order of KnowNo-
things is said to be under the special auspices
and management Of Wings, who hope by that
means to seduce some Democrats from the ranks
Of the party. We hope the Democrat will be
caught by this device of her old enemy.
DL5-It is said, that in the Fisheries Treaty
which Lord Elgin has negotiated with Mr.. Mar
cy it is stipulated that Nova Scotia Coal is to be
admitted into the United States free Of duty.
IA son Of Senator Wright, of New Jersey,
who has been Secretary of Legislation abroad,
will be appointed Charge d'AfIairs to Sardinia.
vice Mr.. Daniel, who returns home.
1L-Mr. Noble Butler, brother ofthe schoolmas-
ter murdered by Matt. F. Ward, writes that his
thing to him about it, paid note Of his in bank,
for expenses incurred in Wards trial. and be
needs no assistance from other places.
GTDuring the year 1858, one hundred and
nineteen foreigners were naturalized in the Sand
wich-Islands, fifty three of whom were Ameri-
cans. The King in his speech says AS for the
adoption OF the Main law in this Kingdom in the
present state Of revenue, which | shall show here
after, no man of practical sound sense would re
commend it.
eesl. Mr.. James Wickham, his wife, negro
lad, were brutally murdered in their beds on Fri
day night last at Southold. L. l. Mr.. Wickham
was farmer but formerly did business in
this city as a merchant Nicholas Dane, an
Irishman, who had but short time previously
left the employ of Mr.. Wickham. is suspected OF
being the perpetrator of the horid butchery. The
efforts TO arrest him have not proved successful.