Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-04-24
upon some Of the various roads, checking the

upon some Of the various roads, checking the
wonderfully progressing States of Illinois, Wis
consin, and Iowa. During forty-eight hours
ending Sunday morning, the trains on the
Michigan Southern road, brought eighty-one
cars, containing 4,05O passengers, and in the
same time the six trains on the Michigan Cen.
trial brought sixty-three cars, containing 4,662
passengers, nearly 5000 in ALL arriving in Two
days over these two of the fifteen roads termi.
mating at Chicago, and nearly equal to the
whole population Of your lovely city,
Farming IN the Mountains of Califor-
nia.-The Nevada Democrat says that Mr.. s.
s. Fem, at his ranch, in Eureka township in
Nevada county, (about two and half miles
from the village Of Washington has raised
the past season $4,000 pounds Of potatoes.
lie has now over 20 mules employed in pack
ing them to the various mining settlements in
the vicinity, where they sell readily at ten cents
per pound. In quality they are said to be de-
cidedly superior to those brought up from the
valley. Besides potatoes, Mr.. Fem has raised
and sold enough other vegetables to pay all
expenses Of carrying on his ranch. His profits
for the past year will exceed $4,000 An in
teligent merchant, who resides in the upper
portion of Nevada county, informs US that
the potatoes grown in the mountains, where
the SHOWS lie, as in Eureka several months in
the year, are far more hardy, and less subject
tn hon hao 1
The hills Of the Sierra Nevada may yet become
as famous as the Green Mountains of Vermont,
for the production of this staple escuent.
Kansas Emigration from the South.-
Colonel Buford, of Alabama, one Of the lead.
ing champions Of Southern colonization in
Kansas, and one of the most chivalrous de.
tenders OF Southern institutions, we understand
is now in Mobile, and will arrive here to-mor
row. at the head of 275 men, en- route for
Kansas. We hope that the gentlemen in this
city, composing the Kansas Emigration Fund
Committee, and our citizens generally, will ex
tend to him and his gallant men, a hearty well
come in our midst, and furnish them with what
ever material assistance their wants may re-
+
quire. 1t is the intention of Colonel Buford to
sojourn in this city for few days-N. o.
Delta, llh.
$500. In scarlet fever, great benefit is expert
enced, in its earlier stages, by rubbingg the
entire body of the sick with lubricating
substance piece, Of fat pork has been used
for this purpose. 1t is stated that it softens the
skin, opens its pores, and produces q soothing
influence on the patient Another plan is to
dissolve some saleratus in warm water, (about
oneiourth OF an ounce to the quartz and battle
the patients body with this, and a milk heat.
Others use vinegar for the purpose A soft
sponge is employed in bathing the body, and
soft towel used for drying. This operation
should be done rapidly in comfortably warm
apartment and the patient placed in bed as
soon as possible afterwards. ~
$3.50. General Concha gave a magnificent
ball at Havana, on the I'd instant, in honor of
British Rear Admiral Fanshawe. Several
Americans attended.
$3.50. Rev. X. A. Fisher, pastor of the Ger |
man Reformed Church, at Sunbury, Pennsyl.
yania, for over 20 years, has resigned on &C. |
count of ill-health.
,..... Late accounts from Florida state that
a party of seven Indians, who lately attacked |
Captain Braden's residence, had been overtaken |
by several volunteers, and four of them killed,
the other three escaping badly wounded. Pri |
waite Winierling, Of Company E, United States |
troops was the person killed by the Indians at
the same lime that Corporal O'Rourke fell.
...... The theatrical wardrobes of the Tong
Hook Tong Dramatic Company of Cinnamon
was sold in New York at auction last week for
about $500. The wardrobe originally cost
about $4,000, and is gotten up in the richest
style, large portion of it being silk and tinsel
work. Among the articles sold were elegant
embroidered and satin robes, embroidered
scarfs and mirrors, aprons, vests, pantaloons,
&c.
The medical fee of the Empress E
genie's accoucher, it is said, will be 100000
francs. His father received 10000 for his
tendance upon the Empress Ma. Louise, at
at the birth Of the King of Rome.
49,. The four babies who t. k the leading
prizes in the Boston baby show have all since
died. Killed doubtless by prec ocity foolisbly
stimulated by foud parents.
500. The Democrats swept the ield in Ind.
annapolis on the 9th instant, by $50 majority, |
over combination Of all shades Of opposition. |
The Steamship Pacifc.-Tbe statement in |
the English papers that vessel had reported |
seeing the light Of steamer in the ice on the
banks, is considered by the New York papers
as affording but very slight hope for the
ssfety Of the Pacific. The light, if seen at all.
It is argued must have been seen after night.
when it was not very probable It could be ascer.
tanned whether the steamer was actually in the.
ice or beyond its reach. The vessel making
The report mentions neither date latitude nor
longitude. She sailed, however, from St. Johns