Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-03-29
SU M M AIRY of N E W S.

os-A bin appropriating $4,000 fsr the protec.
4 ton of New Orleans from inundation, has passed
the louisiana Legislature. M
Oo-A FIRE occurred in Kittanaing last week by
i which tfe1ron Foundry of Mr. Ephraim Bufing-
ton was entirely destroyed.
Du-Thc annual election in Connecticut, is to
come off Eon the ID day of April State officers,
four members of Congress, and Legislature, are
! to be chosen.
0J-Mrs. Kate Gillespie, Of Brady's Bend Pa,
who drew the Greek Slave, at the late Cosmopoli-
tan Art distribution, II is said, insends having it
exhibited throughout the country, during the CO.
inning season. 'E f3His@ .ssa
e,-The Harrisburg Union says that compa-
ny has been formed, who offer about three quar-
provements than has been offered by the Pcnnsyl-
yania Railroad company." d . as7a err ssif
o5-Hon Linn Boyd has determined Il il & to shake
the political dust from his feet and scttle4iown
on his farm in Kentucky. Hon. John C. Breek-
enridge has also declined nomination. 10 a5
9z-Lieut Henry Hartstenc, of the Navy, late
in command Of one of the Collins steamers. has
been appointed to commend the expedition to the
Arctic seas, in search of Dr. Kane. q: - ....;a
e1-Gov Pollock has apI,eiaatea the Hon. Tllom-
as s Bell, Of Chester county, President Judge Of
| the District composed Of the counties of Monroe
Carbon. Pike and Wayne, in place Of the Hon.
James NJ. Porter, resigned.
eg-Seyeral girls who have been employed in
the Middlesex Mills at Lowell, have been arrested
for stealing yarn, an act which they look upon as
| perfectly Legitimate 'sss saefaa saeisis
% Owing to the excessive number of lawyers
in Hungary, permission to practice win be refused
for one year to every new conner. gass sss.sas
gu-The Anderson Central Texan has a ruIasor
that General Sam Houston ;wouli issue circular
on the 4th of March, announcing himself as am
Independent candidate for the Presidency.
oo-A gold mine has been discovered near Au7
gusta, Georgia 81
eJ-The sixty-second regiment has ceased to be
| a portion Of the British army. All the men have
died or in hospital from hunger, cold and ex-
posure The melancholy remnant of officers and
men were shipped off for home. s. =
WThe Mayor of New Orleans is calling for
funds to protect that city from the great inunda-
tion expected, d the heavy in the west should
go off suddenly 2s a g 7fa5
05- An attempt is being made to apply the pc
cuhar principle Of the Minie rifle tocannon., Its
estimated that they may thus be constructed SO;
as to carry with precision nearly four miles. Is
gLIt is a singular fact that although emery
has been sought for in all parts of the world, it
has been found in only two places-in the island
of Naxos. in Greece, and in few places in Tur-
key. ..
D There are now 507 convicts in the State
Prison at Charlestown, Mass, being the largest
number ever within the walls. There are no
women as prisoners in the Institution.
AsT.-Govenor Gardner has set apart
Thursday, the sth day Of April, as day Of fas-
ting, humiliation and prayer in the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts. sH
eo- 1t is estimated that the three States If Penn
sylvania, New York and Massachusetts,, have at
this moment an aggregate ef nearly 100000 en-
rolled militia, liable to be called out in defence of
the States, exclusive of over $4,000 uniformed and
disciplined militia. as4 8 s5sssaz gs cd
.gT.The first piece of artillery is said to have
been invented by German, soon after the inven-
ton Of gunpowder, and artillery was first used by
the Moors at Algesiras, in Spain, in the seige of
1341.
~: The number Of public schools in California
increased the past year from 81 to 168. 8 go
NJ The Wisconsin House Of Representatives
consists of 81 members. s ~ es
o. The number of lighthouses all our At
lantic and Gulf, Lake and Pacific coast, is four
hundred and sixty three. % @
n5- 4 site for the new Post Office in New York
has been selected. 1t is in Chambers street, and
includes the ground on which Burton's Theatre is
now situated. The theatre must of course be
moved 10
no. Nebster's rrn in franklin, N H., contain
ing about 500 acres, with the buildings. furniture,
stock and tools, was sold for $14. 600.
~ Patrick Taylor, 16 years old. has been ar
rested for robbing the mail which he carried be-
tween Tuscarora and Livingston. N. Y,
UIn Aainesbury, Tioga county, Pa, the
Know Nothings dissolved their council, burned
their charter, books and papers. and voted their
funds to the poor.
NJ Ex-Governor Emory Washburn has been
appointed by the faculty lecturer in the Law.
school at Harvard College, in place of Edward G.
Lorin,. whom the overseers refused to confirm.
RT young man who was married at st. Al
bans, VT, on the 10th, ssiost distinction of his
joys,,' and became maniac the evening Of the
same day, ~ lass
~ II i; sa;1 that the r,rel; bitorv liz, nor law