Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-05-30
S SUMMARIZE NEWS.

G-A correspondent of the Harrisburg Patrio.
recommends j b. Baker, Esq, Superintendent of
the Columbia Railroad, as the next Democratic
candidate for Canal Commissioner.
] O5-In the three European steamers which sailed
from New York last week there were over five
hundred cabin passengers. mostly tourists to Eu-
repe for the Summer
The Louisville Democrat of Tuesday says tha.
the Hon. James Guthrie. Secretary Of the Treasurv
of the United States, now home on a visit, IL con-
fined to his house on account Of sickness.
uMr. Cough, the Temperance lecturer. IL
about TO return from Europe on account Of N
health.
curln Lancaster county recently one man was
killed and fourteen injured by the falling Of barn
they were raising.
| oo-An editor out West says that he felt called
upon TO publish Father. Waiworth's sermon on
the " Location, of Hell,D as it was question in
which nearly all his readers were deeply interes-
ted.
| eoLast Tuesday week, as DIR. s. ID. Beloate
was smoking at his residence. Florence, Alabama
rufian fired gun at him, the ball from which
cut OF his pipe within two inches Of his mouth.
e5Mr- George Holt, an attacbee of the Post Or
4rIGSLEG.
charged with abstracting $500, st different
times, frsan letters IN that Office
tyr1he Governor has advertised the Main Line.
including Railroads and Canals, from Philadelphia
TO Pittsburgh, and the appurtenances, fog sale by
public outcrv at the Philadelphia Exchange, Tues
day the 24th of July next, at half past seven o.
clock in'the evening.
es-It is rumnred that Judge Huntington, Of
Connecticut, has been appointed Clerk of the
Court of Claims. The salary is $1,000.
e5-Fiye negro slaves who were attempting 70
escape from louisville Sunday night were
caught just as they were about to cross to the In
diana shore. ~
b5-An odd report comes from Washington, TO
the effect that the Administration has appointed
the three Ex- Presidents, Fillmore, Van Buren and
Tyler, to be a commission of mediation in the
great European quarrel Doubtful. SF
c3-Thc Rev. John Chambers, Of Philadelphia.
in a review Of his pastoral life, Sunday, stated
that his frst sermon was preached on the third
Sunday on May, ISIS, thirty years since. In that
time he has preached GAO sermons, and married
l457 ccap!es-
esrae California Legislature IS about fixing
the, fee for tying the nuptial knot al s. This
viii bring tbe luxury of legal marriage down
within eseFy one's means.
gS-President SPARKS, the tiogrspher Of Wash
Of the phrase often attributed to the Chief
-. Put none but Americans on guard to-nisht"---
replies that he has never met with any such ex-
preston IN Wasilington's writings.
es-On Thursday. the 2eth ut, dispatch from,
Sebastopol was posted at Odessa, stating that the
French and English guns were silent. that not a
single Russian battery was demolished, and that
tie greater part of reinforcement OF SO 900 Rus
sialls had arrived in the neigLb'rhood Of Setas-
topo.
The i've members Of Congress, whose departure
for Europe on board the steamship Atlantic has
been noticed, are, it seems, all going straight to
Coastantinople and from thence to Eupatoria and
the other POINTS Of war in the Crinea- They viii
bs back in time to take their seats in Congress
gs-Rev. Mr.. Mathews, nominated BY the Dem
ocrats Of Kentucky, for the Office OF Superinten-
dent Of Public instruction, joined the Know-No-
things. The fact having been established. the
Democratic papers took his name from the ticket,
and ars drumming the traitor out OF the camp
Serves him right. -c-
tsMr. Longsworth says MS grapes ere uninjur-
ed by the late frosts IN the vicinity of Cincinnati
and that he shall make full as much, if not more
wine than he has any previous year. ics.
eS-on Friday night, 18th inst, three prisoners
escaped from Jail at Wikesbsrre, Pa, two of HON
fell into a hogshead sunk in the yard Of the gas
works, and full of coal tar and had TO leave their
cioihing behind. eas -
gr,-No more money will be paid by government
on the salaries Of the officers and seamen of the
lost ship Albany, except balance due up to Juno.
81, 1854 Congress at the next session will doubt
less make $. me provision for the heirs Of those
lost on the ship
e5-Ihe Toronto Leader says that the GeFerno-
General cannot give hi consent to the prohilitory
iiqu,r bill His instructions are " TO reserve for
the sgnifcation Of the Queens pleasure every bill
Of an extraordinary or unusual nature. sss
Gy- DR.. Crisp, Of London, has been dissecting,
singing mice, and has found that they all, without
have a large worm in the upper part
Of the liver, and he supposes Their curious music
10 be an indication of pain. ~
e5-A late California paper mentions duel which
was fought between Yankee and an Englishman
in dark room. The Yankee, not wishing 70 have
blood on his hands, fred his pistol up the chim-
ney, and to his horror, down came the English
man. gFo hze salorc15 - sgie1i o1t 57ssl 81
et-Several important amendments to the State
Constitution have recently passed the Connecticut
Senate. One of these allows negroes toyote, but
requires them well as whites TO be able to reads
another allowing onerepresentative TO each town;
and a third, fixing the capitol in one place nsteaa
of two as heretofore All these amendments have
to be submitted tc the people .s.-... -, =
nrTHE MASSACHUSETTS LEGIsLATVRr. on
Monday last closed session OF one hundred and
thirty nine DAYS 1t has been one hich willlong
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