Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-01-06
NEWS AND MISCELLANY.

Consul OF Havana.
GJMr yolz is the Wing candidate for Mayor
of Pttsburg.
~ The public debt of the city efParis rs g.
100000 francs
u At a late election in California, - ,537
votes were polled.
~ The Washington National Monument is
nearly $50 feet high.
o. IT is said the receipts of the Pennsylvania
Canal this year are S35 900 more than last year.
u Another attempt has been made upon the
life of Louis Napoleon. lie was hunting at the
time.
GI- George Montgomery is under arrest in
Washington city, charged with passing altered
Bank notes.
~ 1t is rumored at Washington that the Har-
risburg Democrtic Union, has been sold to the
friends of Simon Cameron.
" The Turkish Envoy has not yet advanced
a hairs breadth in his mission to raise loan in
Europe of 100, ,OOO, 900 francs.
o. The name of Mr.. Wright, of Philadelphia
county, has been presented for the Speakership
of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
GJ-The Democracy of Armstrong county have
appointed delegates to the next State Convention
and unanimously instructed them to support
Bigler for Governor, Black for Supreme Juds',
and Mott for Canal Commissioner.
GC-The pay of soldier in the Russian army
is less than six cents month.
G5-A correspondent of the Harrisburg Key.
stone recommends ex-senator Sherwood, of Tio-
ga county, as candidate for the Office OF Canal
Commissioner. II
DT-Mr. Seth Fern, late book-keeper at the st
Charles Hotel, Pittsburg, is now in the same cs-
pacity at the Burnet House, Cincinnati. Seth
will draw custom wherever he goes.
C~Recipc for the Dyspepsia-Eat two pounds
Of pondhorse" for breakfast, two yards OF sauf-
age for dinner, and equal parts of both for sup
per.
PERFECTLY IN KEEPING-The cowardly uny-
cndoes of a Journal up Street, against gentle
man who is absent from this community;
just what was to be expected from The vel
known msnliness of the heads Of that establish
pent.
" In Trenton. y. j., some days since, a
drunken father, in fit of rage, actually took his
son and set him upon heated stove, and there
held the defcnceless child till it was seriously
burned.
JTThe very last ruInor is, that the two Cam
adas are to be consolidated into an independent
monarchy, and that Prince George of Cambridge
is to be sent over to be crowned its king.
CAST IRoS CANAL Locks.-A Sunbury paper
says, the cast iron outlet lock in the Philadel-
phia and Sunbury Railroad Companys basin, at
this place, is nearly completed. 1t is the only
lock Of this kind that has been built, and is
quite novelty. If this experiment is successful.
it will be new mode of consumption for the
great staple of Pennsylvania.
SENATORIAL MINCEaEAT.-The Washington
correspondent of the New York Times has the
following alusion to Colonel Benton-A gentle
man said to Col. Benton to-day. Colonel, there
are some who think Senator Gwin rather got the
best of you" Col. Benton replied 'I1l cut
Gwin to pieces, Sir. Yes, Sir, III cut him to
pieces-to pieces, Sir; yes, Sir, III cut him TO
pieces, Sir
PRoNoTED.-It is rumored that the 'Alleghe-
nan" man has received the appointment fSfabe
Boss from . certain citizen - rumor does not
state whether the honor is intended as reward
for the heroic defence, by the % Alleghenian of
" a certain citizens" stable and appurtenances.
or whether q a certain citizen" designs it as a
mark of his grateful appreciation and admiration
for the ungovernable propensity for filth and dir
ty work so perseveringly manifested by that
Journal.
citizen of Utica, now in Paris, writes to
friend in the former city. under date of the 7th
inst as follows, in relation to the alleged attempt
to assassinate Louis Napoleon:
Napoleon wounded slightly last week at
fontaIneblau. L do not know whether you will
see an account oft in our papers, as 1t has not
been published here. He was fired at three
times, one ball passing within few inches of his
head, another grazed his side. The perpetrator
was Instantly killed and the affair is hushed up
TIoGA CoUNTY-The Democracy of Tiopa
county, held mass meeting on Tuesday, the
lit instant, and appointed r. G. White their del
egate to the next State Convention, with unani
nous instructions in faver Of the denomination
of Gov. bigger.
IL The New Yorlers ;---->-'iiS 10 bniII
a new theatre the coming spring. which will cost
S150,000, having front of White marble, and
the ground dimensions being 200 by 100 feet
1t will have five galleries twenty-five private
boxes ana seat 5000 persons.
3--Paddy's description ola fiddle cannot he
beat; 9 1t was as big as turkey and muckle as
a goose-he turned it over on its back. took \
crooked stick and drawed it across its belly. and
Oh, St Patrick, how it did squall. ~
CTThe California papers state that no less
than $500, 900 pounds of butter are now on hand
in the San Francisco market, and that it is con-