Washington sentinel., 1856-03-25

FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

The average quantity of meat of all
kinds, consumed in France, is about one-sixth
OF pound per diem TO each person.
$3.50. Miss Martha Burwell, of Bottetourt
county, Va, recently deceased, emancipated
thirteen slaves, and made provision for their
removal to Liberia.
...... fellow up in Mississippi, who does
not have much confidence in the honesty of
Postmasters, wrote the following warning on
the back Of one of his letters, directed to post
office in Kentucky "Now look here, all you
postmasters want you to be devilish particu-
lar with this document; it is cash letter.
Now look here, see you don't break the seal.',
...... The Missourians deny that they have
ever contemplated invading Kansas, as stated
by Robinson and Lane, and denounces the
accusation as an unmitigated falsehood.' Il
...... The San Antonio Teran says that lad
named Jones, living on the Salado, who was
bit by a rattlesanke, was cured by administer
ing to him Immediately quart of pure whisky.
...... We cannot conquer fate and necessity,
yet we can yield to them in such manner as
to be greater than if we could.
...... The physicians of Atlanta, Ga, have
come to the determination that their bills are
due as soon as their services are rendered
...... The spirit of the English Court is
thoroughly German. The Duches of Kent
the Queens mother-the Duches Of Cambridge,
her aunt; Prince George, her cousin; the King
ofBelgium, her uncle; the Duke of SAKE Gotha,
her very esteemed friend and brother in-law are
all Germans, as well as her consort Prince
Albert
800. Mr.. w. H. Webb, of New York, on the
9th instant, laid the keel of ship for w. I.
Frost of the following colossal proportions
Length. 24O feet; breadth of beam, 46 feet:
$500 tons burthen. She will be able to stow
and carry over seven thousand bales of cotton.
We doubt whether vessel Of equal capacity
now or ever has existed.
...... A gentleman in steamboat asked the
man who came to collect the passage money,
if there was any danger of being blown up as
the steam made such noise. "Not the least,n
said the sharp collector, "unless you refuse to
pay your fare"
...... The Chattanooga Advertiser congratu-
lates the world upon the rapid increase of the
population of that place-tsoenty-thre babies
born in that city in the same number of days,
and the "cryis still they comeI'
...... man, ten years ago, obtained by fraud
from the Etna Insurance Company at Hart.
ford Connecticut, the sum of $2,750, lately re.
turned from California SO deeply penitent that
he has refunded the whole amount
...... In the Westminster Court, at London,
q gentleman obtained verdict against the
manager of Drury Lane Theatre for the amount
of four tickets to the dress circle and cab fares
from and to the theatre, the house being over
crowded.
...... If the young lady at No. 10 does not
within four and twenty hours from the publica.
ton of this notice remove her piano from the
wall it now stands against, the old bachelor at
No. will have an extra sized brass knocker
fixed on his side of the partition, and will
engage retired postman to perform regular
accompaniment to the music.
...... DR.. William P. Richardson, of New
Kent county, Va, charges vaccine agent in
in that State with having furnished genuine
vaccine matter to him, in consequence Of
which eighty persons who had been vaccinated
in that county with it, are now sick with the
small pox, and some of the cases very critical.
The subject is now before the Legislature.
..... Gone upi Gone doaonu Gone oper IN
Gone underi!i!-Gone out of sight-gone to
the -, has the great Shangh ghai-fusion--
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and salt-satnet party
Of Chicago. The Democrats carried everything
last Tuesday. They met with the combined
force Of the enemies Of the Democracy, and
with one well directed blow annihilated the
whole mongrel crew.
...... The Odd Fellows of Cincinnati pro-
pose having a celebration on magnificent
scale, in that city, on the Oath of April, in
honor Of the anniversary Of the institution of
the Order in the United States. The Gazette
says that it promises to be one Of the most i'm.
posing celebrations Of the kind that has ever
taken place in the Western country. Invita-
tions have been sent to Lodges in different sec.
tons Of the Union, that the representatives
from each may participate in the festivities.
49,. At the last meeting of the New York
Farmers Club, resolution was adopted re-
commencing all the agricultural societies in
the United States to unite in petition to our
government to take possession of all guano
islands which have been or may be discovered
by Americans, for the benefit of the United
States and the discoverers-the taking of such
possession TO occur only on islands uninhabited
and entirely out of jurisdiction of other ma
tions.
...... Some Of the citizens of Albany, where
the next annual session Of the American Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Science is to
be held, have entered into correspondence with
the various packet ship owners hence to Europe,