Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-12-24
GENERAL NEWS.

journed over yesterday, to meet on the
4th proximo.
E9y~ John i. Mcconnell is candidate
for Congress in Illinois, vice Thomas l..
Harris, deceased.
R4g~ Hon. J Clancy Jones and family
will sail for Havre, from New York, on
the Sth of January.
Gs- At St. Paul, Minnesota, on the
9th and 10th instant, the thermometer
stood at % degrees below zero.
Ey- The Georgia Legislature has ad-
iourned sine die. The bill to prohibit
the marriage of first cousins was lost.
ESy- At Fayetteville, Tenn, last week
twenty slaves were sold for $50, 900
cash.
Rg" Several of the Africans brought
to this country by the Wanderer, are
said to be now on plantation in South
Carolina.
Es" Mr.. Montgomery Blair has been
appointed executor of the will of Thos.
II. Benton and given bonds in the sum
of $40, 900.
Ey- Hon. James b. Clay has not ex-
changed Ashland, the home of Henry
Clay, for land in Texas, and does not in
tend to part with it,
EE~ A public meeting has been called
in Albany, to be held on Sunday next,
to protest against the decision Of the
Pope in the Mortara case.
Ho, FOR ARIzoyA.-An extensive
plan is being organized in New York to
send emigrants to Arizona. So we are
to have another BLEEDING Kansas"
ExpUNGED. The North Carolina con-
ference has, by unanimous vote, ex-
plunged from the general rules the one
forbidding the buying and selling of
slaves.
A New BASIS FOR BANKING. We see
it stated in an exchange paper that a
banking firm in Indiana has issued $50, =
600 of promissory notes, based upon live
stock-l0, 600 head of hogs and 200
head of cattle, deposited in thei: own
pens.
"DEAD HEADS" IN LIMBO. Two men
from Martinsburg, Va, named ponno-
van and OKeef, have been arrested at
Wheeling, charged with refusing to pay
their fare on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, and resisting and assaulting
conductor Gather and baggage-inaster
Hooper
TIE WILD AFRICANS The Augusta
GA Sentinel learns from reliable au-
thority that about two hundred and sew
enty of the wild Africans, a portion OF
the cargo Of the "Wanderer," are now
on plantation in South Carolina, on the
Savannah river, having been brought
there two days ago on board steamboat,
from some point near Savannah, and will
soon be offered for sale. Sales have al
ready been made of some of the cargo.
TIE Pork TRADE At THE WEST Tho
western papers do not give very encour
aging accounts Of the seasons business
Last year there were shipped from Gin
, cinnati to Baltimore 1000 tons; th
year they will not reach 200, 600 pounds
In Missouri the packers are sending for
ward less than one-half the amount the,
did last year.
t CONGRESSIONAL DISBURSEMENTS TIL
t Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Rep
resentatives has disbursed since the Gil
inst, on account of mileage and arrear
and salary 1927 408. His total dis
bursements for the present Congress, u
to Wednesday, amounted to 81 ,435, 292
The Truth WELL SPOKEN The plac
to buy goods is thus properly defined b,
"a contemporary: Where to buy goods
is the question. The answer is, buy o
those who advertise. We appeal to al
experience and philosophy in demonstra
ton of the truth that the best goods ant
the best bargains are to be had of thos'
who advertise. Buy of those who thu
publicly pledge their word TO the quality
and chcapness Of their merchandise, anC
who thus publicly solicit your patronage
Buy Of those who have selected their as
sentiments with such care and judgment
that they challenge an examination o.
their stocks, and confidently appeal &
the public to call and test their promises
their goods and their prices"
AFRAIRs IN PRINCE GEORGES County.
We copy the following from the MARI
boro' Advocate:
The sale of the personal estate Of the
late Captain John Brookcs was closed al
Mount Calvert on Wednesday last. W.
learn that the sales amounted to near