Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-09-03
GENERAL NEWS.

October 18th, continuing four days.
Re" Hon. Reverdy johnson, of Bal
timore, is among the gentlemen spoken
of for the mission to France.
Eg~ Somebody says that Gen. Scott
undergoes a metamorphosis every morn
ing. When he first rises he is General
jes' up.
re- First message sent by the Allan
tic Tclegraph--From America to Dear
Old Punch: punch, my boy, let's.
liquor,
Re" A rumor that Mr.. Rust, member
of Congress elect from Arkansas, had
lately died, is contradicted
Ets- The Marlborough Advocate says
there can be no doubt of the failure of
the tobacco crop in that portion of Ma
ryland.
re- John A. Jones, Esq, formerly
a member of the Maryland Legislature,
from St. Marys county, died on the 18th
ult, in Texas, whittier he emigrated in
1910.
Re-" The homestead law" recently
passed by the Minnesota Legislature, ex
ompts from sale by execution home
stead of eighty acres, and one lot in a
town or city, with the improvements on
the same.
Re The Snow Hill Shield states that
public meeting has been called in that
county, to adopt measures to protect
slave paoperty. Worcester county loses
not less than an average of $15, 900 an
nually in runaway slaves
Ne" Judge Ellis, the Governor elect
of North Carolina, and his bride, are
now sojourning at the White Sulphur
Springs, in Virginia. The Newbern
Era contends that Craven is the banner
county in North Carolina She gave him
t,co hundred majority and a rife.
Ezg- VIM Schley, Esq, of Baltimore
city, has given legal opinion that the
charter of the Western Maryland Rail
road Company is valid, in opposition to
the recent decision of the Circuit Court
for Carroll county.
Rs7" Ex-President Pierce, with Mrs.
Pierce, was sojourning at Villcneuve,
Switzerland, or the 10th ult, after hav-
ing visited Lisbon, Cadiz, Seville, Gil
braltar, Marsoillcs Lyons, and Geneva
: Mrs. Pierce's health had greatly i'm
: proved They are to visit Italy during
! September.
| BLACK ToNGUE.-The "black tongue
| has made its appearance in the vicinity
Of Danville, Va, and the Transcript
learns of several cases of death from
drinking the milk of COWS so diseased.
FRASER RIVER OUTDONE.- At a gold
mine in Montgomery, N. c., a nugget
} of gold weighing eight pounds, together
with a number of smaller ones, weighing
in all twenty-oight pounds, has been
gotten out in few days washing.
THE KANSAS ELEcTIoN.-The board
of election commissioners, constituted by
the English bill, have issued a proclama-
ton, declaring the proposition rejected
by 9,512 majority. The whole vote was
3,088.
DEPTH OF THE ATLANTIC. --Lieutcnant
Bergman, in 1853, made a sounding in
the Atlantic ocean 80, 600 feet In depth
equal to little over J miles and Capt.
Denham, of the British navy, has OBJ
tanned soundings at the vast depth Of
&c, 236 feet, or about 81 English miles
NEW BRANCH OF COMMERCE. The
New Orleans Picoyune notices a hunter
of alligators, who has captured four hun
dred in the swamps near that city since
May. Tie goes at night with a pan of
fire, and shoots them as they crowd
around the light The skins are sold at
=. IS cents each, and make boots. The
oil, tusks and hides of these four hun
dred have Melted the captor $3.50 in three
mouths.
Contracts FOR Hoes AT THE WEsr.-
We learn from the Cincinnati Price Cur
rent that contracts are being made for
hogs in Indiana and Kentucky at 4a$4. %
gross, which is equal to 5.75aS6 net,
delivered there. There is said to be a
very general opinion prevailing among
country dealers, owing to the backward
state of the corn crop, that prices will
rule higher the coming season, though
packers think if prices open as high as
last year the result will be even more
disastrous
The DRoUGHr.-According to the
Centreyille (Md.) Times, the drought is
proving very disastrous in that county,
where, it alleges, large portion of the
corn cannot, under the most favorable
circumstances, yield half crop. There
was, however, fine rain in the county