Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-03-22
SU M MARY OF NE W S.

9th, without electing Senator.
ez-The York river MAJ railroad is under con
tract, and the work progressing.
ou-The Iowa papers record the murder of Maj.
Hamilton, an old Indian trader, by the Indians
ez-Gen. VIM. Trousdale, of Tenn, is put up by
the Summer Flag for the Office Of President of the
United States
Spain, will sail from New York in about two
weeks.
eo-The Richmond {va.) Dispatch notices
Irish potatoes large cherries, raised in gar
den in that city.
o5-About 200 bogus half dollars and $1lo in
notes were found four miles from Columbia, Pa,
few days ago.
0o-George w. Williams, Esq, declines being
the candidate of the temperance party for Cover
nor of Kentucky.
0o-The bill repealing Tavern licenses passed
the House Of Representatives in the Pennsylvania
Legislature on Friday, by vote of Al to so.
oS-Wm. S Thompson, a tax collector at Pitts
defaulter for $4, ,s27.
Uz-The Russian Minister at Washington pro-
nounces the sc Death of the Czar' an annaiigated
hunlbug,
G5-The Sheriff of Holmes county, Ohio, is on
his way to the city of Balse, in Switzerland, to
bring back shrock, the defaulting treasurer.
ou-on the Sd INST, 20 .2s1 bales of cotton were
cleared at New Orleans, chiefly for Liverpool and
Havre.
0u-Congress. at its last session appropriated
81, ,4s4, ,l7s to be expended for the benefit of the
District of Columbia.
eo-on Wednesday of last week, 750 applica-
tons were received at Washington, for lands un-
der the new bounty land law.
05-During the last five months. 81 1888 bis. of
-four have been imported, and $4,000 bis. expor
ted st Pittsburg
0s-The slave family lately purchased in Virgin
ia by Senator Sumner, have arrived in Boston,
and are the lions of the town.
oo-Twelve Pucbla Indians from New Mexico,
en- route for Washinton, are at st. Louis out Of
money, and intend to return home.
oo-At an election in Reading. Pa, ON Friday,
w N. Baird Know Nothing was elected Mayor
over S. L. Young (Fusion) by 4o4 majority
There :, 2,4S4 votes po'l-d
Gy-Tlle steamship Canada sailed from Boston at
10 O'Clock on Saturday morning, with seventy
passengers for Liverpool and sixteen for Halifax
She took out 81 ,267 900 in specie.
e5-To the life of Wikoff and Barnum is now to
be added the life of VIM. Poole. Already pub
fishing house in New York, it is said, is preparing
The material
es-Baring Brothers & Co., of London, have been
appointed by the Board of Public Works, agents
for the State of Virginia for the sale of State
rites
gz-Rev. B. II. OVERLY, of Atlanta, was nonai-
mated for Governor of Georgia, by the Temper
ance Convention, which met at Atlanta on the
22d ultimo.
eo-The Rev. NJ. Graves, editor of the Nash
vile Babtist, who was upon collecting tower in
Missouri, nearly opposite Hickman. Kentucky,
was found a few days ago, murdered, on the road
side.
@-Mr. L. B. Washington, of Virginia, a near
relative of the eldest brother of Gen. Geo. WASH
ington is said to be among the applicants for mil
itary office under the recent provision for the in
crease of the regular army.
e5-The Carroll county (va.) mines have deliy-
ered in Lynchhurg, since December 1st, $50 tons
of copper ore. The yirginian says that before
long the copper tonnage of the Virginia and Ten
nessee road will reach thousand tons month.
U-Ezra Meach, of Charlotte, besides weighing
400 pounds, has the largest farm in Vermont,
keeps 400 head of cattle and 1000 sheep, culti-
of ,,,f,o 0ofrx of
of potatoes 25 of beans and so of oats $50 acres
are ploughed, and 600 acres are used as meadow
ez-The number of deaths in Philadelphia last
week were 194; in New York SIS.
m- Real estate in Memphis which sold for 81,
600 in 1852, sold for $4,000 in 1854. Cause,
Railroads!
oo-The bill for the sale OF the Main Line of our
Public improvements is now under discussion in
| the Legislature.
es-The Degree of LII. D. conferred upon
Chief Justice Lewis, of the Supreme Court of this
State, by jefferson College, ON Saturday week.
D-The Legislature of Indiana have adjourned
sine de- without being able to elects q S. Senator,
or any of the State officers usually chosen by that
body.
0t-In the State Legislature, on Wednesday, the
Senate took up and passed finally, by the consti-
tutiona majority of thirds, the bill chartering
the Honesdale Bank, which was vetoed By Cover
nor Bigler.
! n5-Lord Palmcrston, the British Premier, is now
II wears of age but is said to be as hale and Wig
orous as man of fifty. He first entered Office in
1907, and has, since that time, played an impor-