Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-02-22
SU M MARY OF NE w S.

postponed the election of q. S. Senator.
. oo-The Empezor Of Russia. IS forning about
Moscow second grand army of reserve. He is
in earnestl
eurRubinstein. a Russian pianist and composer,
is making some noise in Germany he is said to
be an extraordinary musician.
g5-Wcrk has been commenced upon the Stcu-
benville Railroad.
eo-Presitlent Pierce has signed the 4ieatenant
General Bill saa ssa az ssasi44 ssss-
8tThe Sunday mail over the Central Ohio Rail
road has been discontinued 1stF 50 as'N
1.-THE North Carolina Legislature has wisely
rejected proposition to make railroad stock. the
basis, in part, of the capital bank vssr siT
G1-Each of the ten inch shells thrown by the
allies in the siegeof Scvastopo, costs, it is said
ss5-about $50. 5A 1851
e5-H- Bresyoort, the missing treasurer Of the
Glendon Rolling Mills, at Boston, has turned
up'' in California. ia - f rss5
oo-The French academy of Science offer aprize
Of 10000. for history OF 2 Tho Origin of the
Phnnician Alphabet" ~
oa-Thc Wings of Kentucky have resolved not
to hold State Convention to nominate candi-
date for Governor. IS m ssl s
etThe United States Government pays over
million Of dollars year in pensions. isis
&. o5-The Republicans Of Ohio talk of making the
Hon. S. p. Chase, Governor of that State
Hoo-The Governor of Michigan signed the Maine
Liquor Law the lst, to go into effect in ninety
days. ss e Es
eo-wc learn from New Orleans, that the suit
Of Daniel Webster against that city, claiming
$50 900 for professional services in the Gaines
the jury were unable to agree. -
81 DJ7-The banking house of William Brewster g.
Co., of st. Paul, Minnesota, broken into On
the 2lst ultimo, and robbed of s., 200 in CASH
oo-The. ladies Of Corpus Christi have held a
men who patronize Mexican fandangos-
) BL7-The bill which has passed the House, in
creasing the saariesef u. s. District Court Judges
puts up the aggregate from So, 900 to SI02, ,250
year-the annual increase being $27,25o.
a5-TLe recall of Gen. Gadsden, the American
Minister, it is said, has been suggested by the
Mexican Government. s
eo-Another post office clerk has been caught in
robbing the mails. He had stolen several hundred
dollars at Milwaukee.
rrWilliam ShcmhiIl, soldier of the RevoIu-
ton, died in Breckenridge county, Kentucky, on
the 9th of January, in the lo3d year Of his age
eo-AIr. Joseph Wood, a wealthy citizen OF Tren-
ton. Nj, has given $500 to the poor this win
ter-$5 per day since the 1st November.
G~Ihe official majority for Henry C. Pratt.
ESD State Senator from. Philadelphia, is 1888
Oo-The New Orleans Delta says that the drought
throughout Louisiana is very severe
OrDuring the last six weeks, no less than 15s
deaths by scarlet fever occurred in New York. s.
Or Commanders Charles III. Bell and Abraham
Bigelow have become captains sin the navy, in
place of Capt. John Downs deceased and Capt
Downing eashicred. @ ~
burg. Friday last, the bill to prevent the sale
Of Intoxicating liquors on Sunday, was passed by
a vote Of % to G. sssss 6as
s ec5-Gov. Clarke. of New York, has offered a re-
ward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of the
person or persons who murdered Gideon Wcstcott,
at Antwerp, Jefferson county, on the sth inst.
0S-The police of New York recently MAIDEN
descent upon a lottery establishment, and seized
large number of tickets and circulars The
dealers, however, eontrived to effect their escape.
o5-Both houses of the Assembly of Nebraska
passed bill locating the capital at OMAHA The
Governor has signed the bill. s
m-At Bytown, Canada, the mercury stood at
SO degrees below zero on the 18th of February at
Calais, in Maine, at "a at Woodstock. in Yer
mont, at 30 at Boston, 10, and at New York,
at O.
e5-Ex-Governor Bisler has been unanimously
elected President Of the Sunbury and Erie Rail
road, rice Hon James Cooper resigned. If this
Office be not so honorable, it is at least more prof
table than that of Governor, with perhaps fewer
cares aud pcrplexitics. -.
e5-The question is often asked, what is the pre-
per age to be married2 Adam took. Eve to his
bosom before he year old, and old Parr
married at the age of 100, conclude, therefore,
that anywhere between these two points win an
swer-
EI-In Sacramento, recently, colored man en-
ployed to clear sidewalks, picked up a pair of old
inexpressibles in the street, and thinking them
heavier than they ought 10 be, ripped opensthe
lining, and found there one hundred and fifty dol
lars in gold dust. es @ss' sss sessh
GA letter from Santa Fe mentions report
that thei Mcxcans in the Mesilla Valley have haul
ed down the United States flag, and raised the
Mexican national tri-color. Troops from Fort
Fillmore. however, it is added, have gone over