Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-12-03
GEN ERAL NEWS.

AS ~NA'O wv PN'NNA h"y
it has potato which weighs l2a pounds.
Ess- Count Joseph Mastai. relative
of the Pope, died at Pcsaron on the I'd
of November.
E4g- Hon. Henry Bcdingcr, died sud
denly at his residence, Sheppardstown,
Va, on Friday morning, Goth.
ES" The Chicago Press and Tribune
has failed for 800, 900, but has obtained
an extension for four years.
Es- The Hon. John Forsyth, U. S.
Minister to Mexico, arrived in Washing
ton on Tuesday morning last.
Ey" Hon II, r. jackson, late min
lister to Austria, made an anti-Douglas
speech at Milledgevillc, Ga, last week.
Ez~ On Friday last the dwelling of
Jacob G. Denny, Kent Island, Nd, was
consumed by fire.
Ey- Political meetings in forty coun-
ties of Kentucky have passed resolutions
approving the course of the Administra-
ton.
Eg" The Register of the Treasury,
it is stated, reports that the sale of pub
lie lands this year will amount to three
millions of dollars.
Es~ Judge Douglas has been invited
by the citizens of Memphis, Tenn, to
agree to public reception on his way to
New Orleans.
Eg~ The farmers of Talbot county,
Nd, are said to be engaging their sup
plies of pork at $7a$7 so per cwt. At
Centreville, Md, it is offered at 81.
Ey" A Geographic dispatch from Mo
bile states that much excitement exists
in that city, growing out of the refusal
to grant clearance to the Alice Painter.
ES~ The Governor of Kansas, rec
ommcnds the passage of a law prohibit
ing the circulation of bank notes of a
less denomination than fifty dollars.
Exs- A farmer in Sullivan county,
Ind, was offered $1,000 for ninety fat
hogs, on Monday, and lost the entire lot
by hog cholera, before Wednesday, last
week.
E4s" Mr.. Dancy has introduced in the
North Carolina Legislature bill to dc
away with the provision of the constitu-
ton which excludes Jews from holding
office in the State.
Et" Hiram Powers, the distinguished
American sculptor, has received from
Mcssrs. Peabody and Everett, govern.
ment order for a statute of DR.. Frank.
lin and Thomas Jefferson, at $40, 00(
each.
E1~ The Hebrews of Richmond, Va.
and Boston, have held meetings and de
nounced the abduction of tho Mortar;
boy. Like those of Philadelphia, they
call for the interference of our govern
ment
E13" 1t is stated that information ha,
reached Washington in such form as t.
place the fact beyond question that
large number of Mexicans, residing il
Sonora, have entered into a league t.
rcvolutionize that State with view t.
its annexation to the United States.
En- Ex-President Fillmore announce.
his entire withdrawal from political life
Had his party in the North initiated hi
example instead of tying itself to the tai
of the Black Republican party, it would
have been far more creditablc to it,
LUXURIEs OF TIE SEASON. "A cart
load of watermellons was in market al
Columbus. Ga. on the 23G ult, and the
first shad Of the season was served up Al
Augusta, on Friday last
MISSISSIPPI LEGIsLATURE.-Th Sen.
ate has passed bill prohibiting, after
the lst Of January next, the circulation
in the State Of all bank notes of the de-
nomination of $40 and under.
THE WEATHER On Sunday night,
three inches Of snow fell at Boston. AT
Albany the thermometer was only 13o
above zero on Monday morning, and four
inches of snow fell the previous evening.
At Rochester there was fine sleighing.
The Erie canal is considerably obstructed
by ice.
"THE LAST WING. The Boston
Herald says that the member elect to the
Legislature from the district Of Penn
broke and Mansfield, Peter Salmond
Esq, is straight Wing, and probably
the only living member of that party in
the House Of Representatives.
EXCHANGE OF SEWING MACHINES. -
Peter Nelson, of South Troy, N. Y,
finding that his wife loved another man
better than himself, went to the "des-
troyer of his neace " and recoverod Of