Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-21
GEN ERAL NEWS.

versity of Virginia yielded 1924. so for
the Mount Vernon fund.
re- The damage to the sugar crop of
Louisiana, by the Bell crevasse alone, is
estimated at not less than $4,000, 900.
ES- Col. I. G. Hindman has been
nominated for Congress by the Demo-
Gratis of the first district of Arkansas.
EE~ 0. Jennings Wise and Nathaniel
Tyler have become co-proprietors and CO.
editors of the Richmond Enquirer.
Gy~ The army worm is said to be COM
hitting great havoc in the wheat and
other fields near Norfolk, Va.
E=S" The editor of the Savannah Geor-
gian acknowledges the receipt of ripe
water-mellons.
EE- The new Touring mill now in
progress Of erection at Richmond, Va, ,
it is said, will be the largest in the world.
Gg- The Kent (Md.) News says there
is considerable complaint in that County
Of the appearance of the fly in the wheat
Ey- Hon. Rufus Choate is to deliver
a Fourth of July Grafton, before the
Young Mems Democratic Association Of
Boston.
Eg~ The Pine Bluff (Ark Democrat
says that the murrain is prevailing to an
alarming extent in portions of that
county.
TIE DAMAGE By THE LATE STORM. -
The Rural Southerner says that the da-
mage by the late storm in Howard coun-
ty, Nd, will exceed $50, 600.
Ea1- A hogshead of tobacco was sold
at Petersburg, Va, on Friday, at the
extraordinary price of fifty dollars and a
half per cwt.
B-S- The Presbyterian Church 60. 5. J
is the only one, except the Episcopal and
Catholic, that has not split on the slave
ry question.
Ez~ The death of the Rev. Ansor
Tucker removes the last but one of 6
remarkable family of five brothers, al
celebrated as Baptist preachers.
Hg- The number of Warrants ISSUED
in April, under the bounty act Of Marcel
1855, is 200, and to satisfy the tota
number Of warrants issued, twenty -eigh
millions of acres of land will be required
TELEGRAPH FROM CuBA TO THE u. S
A firm in HAVANA have obtained per
mission to lay down a submarine tele
graph from Cuba to Key West, Florida
The work will be speedily proceeded
with.
DAcoTAH TgRRIToRY Minnesota pa
pers state that this Territory is receiving
a fair share of immigration. Number
are pouring in by way of the Missouri
bound for the valley of the Big Sioux
River
HEAVY RoBBERY A few days age
Adams & Co.'S express was robbed o.
so, 900 between Charleston, S. c., anC
Columbus, Ga. The Company prompt
ly paid over the amount to the parties
who entrusted it to their care
HANDSOME PRESENT The residents o.
Minnesota now in Washington have pre-.
scented Mrs. Senator Rice pair of valu-
able carriage horses, costing 81, 200
They took the first premium at the recent
Agricultural State Fair of Kentucky.
BILLY BowLEGs AT New ORLEANS. -
Billy Bowlegs, the renowned Seminole
chief, accompanied by one hundred and
sixty-fve other chiefs and followers and
] Col. Rector, arrived in New Orleans on
the 18th instant. A further representa-
ton from the war grounds in Florida is
shortly expected there
The OUTLAWS IN Kansas Kansas
correspondent of the St. Louis Kepubli
can writes that Montgomery, the leader
of the outlaws who arc committing dep
relations near Fort Scott, has driven
every pro-slavery and conservative free
State man out Of Lynn and Bourbon
counties. The writer says:
lie irst gave notice to all those who
were pro-slavery, Or who voted on the
Lecompton constitution---for or against
ito leave; and if they did not, he
proceeded to destroy their property, and
otherwise harrass and prosecute them. --
Montgomery and his "army" had sue
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