Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-12-12
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co Counterfeit so n0ses % tie Bank u CO
tysburg are in circulation.
o. Canada has reduced the torm Of naturzli-
zation from seven to three years.
es- It is said that ten thousand copies of Long
fellows new poem have already been sold.
o. Nebraska has a population of 46s5. eleven
Of whom are slaves.
os- It is said. no living animal can exist IN the
Great Salt Lake.
c. The average duration of human life through
out the world is S3 years.
co. One ifth of the whole surface Of Louisiana
is annually overaowed by the Mississippi.
oc- quart of -four weighs just one pound, a
quart Of corn meal one pound and two ounces.
CO. The stock market Of New York has impro-
supply of money is increasing.
CO The late European news says that Sweden
joins the Allies. Her government is borrowing
money.
e5- The Princess Murat, who may possibly be
Queen of Naples, is a native of Charleston, South
Carolina.
Co. The work on the Washington monument,
says the STAR has been suspended for the want OF
funds
CO The Governor of Minnesota has issued his
Proclamation, declaring Henry NJ. Rice as the
Delegate to Congress from that Territory.
G5- We resolved copy Of the STANDARD this
morning, but not in time to answer tie EDITORS
article. We will attend to him in our next issue.
es- The Washington Union gives notice that it
will hereafter be conducted under the firm of o.
P. Nicholson and ]. w. Forney, as joint editors
and proprietors.
o. Clubs are forming in New York the sup
port of Senator Hunter, of Virginia, for President,
and Augustus Schell, Of New York, Hard Shell,)
for Vice President.
Go- It is now said that the late difficulties in
Kansas arose from " border ruf6an" killing
free State man named Dow, at blacksmith shop
The murderer escaped to Missouri.
CO Matilda Winn, who was injured couple
of years ago by collision on the Macon, Ca,
Railroad, has recovered 81 900 damages from the
| company.
CO The American Institute of New York, has
bought the Crystal Palace for $l25,0o0, and tax
en- possession. The debts Of the Palace amount
to $4,000.
Co Col. Walker has court-nartialed and shot
his Secretary of War, for treason, and one of his
soldiers Of the American battalion for the unpro-
voked murder Of Nicarauguan lad.
or 1t is understood that the President is about
to issue Proclamation against the organization
of any expedition in the United States, to aid and
assist Col Walker.
o. Petitions are in course of signature in Lea
yenworth. Doniphan, Lawrence, Oceana and To-
peka, Kansas, requesting President Pierce to re-
move Gov. Wilson Shannon.
| c1- Traugh of the Standard is anxious that the
public should know that he has received the ap-
pointment of CARGO INSPECTOR, at Holidays
burg, worth tioo dollars day, and nothing to Go.
H- The wife of Governor Joseph A. Wright,
of Indiana, died in Frankfort. Kent cky, on
Sunday the I'd inst. The Governor was tele-
graphed at Indianapolis, but did not arrive until
she had breathed her last
! ,3-It should be known that small quantity
of vinegar will generally destroy any insect that
may find its way into the stomach: and a little
salad oil VIII Kill any insect that may enter the
ear.
| Go- According to the quarterly statement Of
the hanks of the State, the entire circulation OF
the banks of Ohio on the first Monday in Novcn-
Der was ss,l64 ,6s5. This is just about the cir
culaticn of the New York city banks.
/ a5- Twenty-Five years ago Iowa was wilder
| Al 1,s
a civilized population estimated at six hundred
| thousand, and constantly increasing. The emf
grafton this year has been very heavy.
es- In some parts of Pennsylvania the corn
crops are said to be greater in the aggregate than
| at any time before in fifteen years. One field
owned by DIR. VIM. Ragon, of Washington coun.
ty, made one hundred and twenty-five bushels
per
/ a- Rev. Henry c. Dean, Methodist Clergy.
man, of Iowa, has been elected Chaplain to the
i Senate. He is said to be Anti-Nebraska ant
Auti-Know- Nothing. Henry Ward Beecher, The
odore Parker and Archbishop Hughes, each recei
| we'd one vote.
/ Co. 1t is rather a curious incident that wher
the Americans sent Dr. Franklin, q printer, a.
minister to France, the court of Versailles sem
/ NJ Grard, book-binder, minister to Con
! gress When DIR. Franklin heard of it-s.We ell, ,
said he, :" III print the Independence of America
and NJ Girard will bind it.''
0s- The president and directors of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad have decided that the 8: soldiers o
the war of 1872" who intend to participate as
delegates in the National Convention, to be helc
at Washington on the sth of January, shall pass