Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-02-18
GENERAL NEWS.

BS MI. marcy, inc morse tanner, Is
now in Russia, on special invitation
from the Emperor and the Imperial Court
Etg~ Capt. John Dyer, one of the de-
tenders of Baltimore in 1914, died at
Hagerstown, Nd, on Saturday
E.s" A Southern member Of Congress
has applied for patent to an invention
Of one of his slaves.
Eg- a lot of Africans, brought by the
" Wanderer," were recently offered for
sale in Charleston, S. c. TIE price
asked was only $3.50 apiece, and yet the
owners found no purchasers
Exs' Members of the late Richmond
Convention presented Mr.. Ridgway, edi-
tor of the Wing, with Il service of plate
valued at $500 for his services in getting
together the Convention.
E-g" Deputy sherigs Pointer and Wool
len reached Baltimore, on Tuesday morn
ing last, from New Orleans, having IN
charge Thomas Connery indicted for the
homicide of his brother John, on the
first day Of December last.
l.'" The aggregate number Of passen-
gers who arrived in the United States
from foreign countries by sea, from the
30th Of September, 1913 to the 3lst of
December, 1858, is 4,052 ,000, Of which
nearly two and alfmillious were males.
SLAVERY IL kansas. A bill abolish
ing and prohibiting slavery in Kansas
has been passed by the Legislature Of
that Territory It's supposed, however,
that Gov. Medary will veto it.
TYPHOID FEVER. Mr.. w. s. Weedon,
Of Anne Arundel county, Nd, has lost
two slaves by this yirulent fever, and the
Annapolis Republican states that he has
at the present time fourteen more sick
with it.
SEDUcr1oN-A bill has passed the
House of Representatives of Ohio, max
ing seduction penitentiary ofense. As
the law now is, the only penalty on CON
yiction Of this crime is the payment of
such peeuniary recompense as may be
awarded by the jury.
INTERESTING TO SHAREHOLDERS. A
bill passed the Michigan House Of Rep
resentatives on the 9th instant amending
section % of chapter 1873 of the revised
statutes so as to punish any person bring
ing a colored person into the State, claim
ing him as a slave, by imprisonment not
exceeding ten years, Or by fine not ex-
ceeding 81 900
LAY-DELEGArEs,- The Methodist Pro-
tcstant Church Of Queen AIMS circuit
Nd, has elected Daniel G. Hopper del
cgate, and John NcFcely alternate, to
represent the circuit in the annual con
ference Of the Maryland district, to as
semLle in Georgetown, u G., on the
OH Of March next The delegates from
Talbot are VIM. II. IIuglctt, Jos Gra-
ham and james Harrison aternates-
John Small, j. Il. Bennett and James
p. Rigby.
Az On TINE EpIroR There is an
aEecdote Of an editor Of old times who.
when he was short Of matter, or erudeed
the labor or type requisite to put in
! print, used TO send out his paper with
one side OF page entirely blank, merely
drawing his subscribers attention to the
fact by a note This space will be very
useful for the children to write upon.
THE HiGuEsr YET. The Huntsville
. (Ala.) Advocate says: SIX negroes,
belonging to the estate Of VIM. Rogers.
deceased, were sold on Saturday last in
Maysville, on twelve months credit. A
boy q years old sold for s G27, one 10
years old for Sl,G59 one 30 years old
for 81 3Gj, one 81 years for S. $50,
one IS years (unsound) for 81 600, an
old woman for SlGO Total 81, 3Gf-
an average Of near 81 ,227
FrGnr ~ THE IsDMNA SESArg.-A
collision occurred in the Senate Of In.
diana on the 18th instant, between Sen
ators Gooding and HciTron, in consc-
qucncc Of some personal remarks made
by both in the Senate some days ago
During the fight a brother Of Goodine's
interfored and struck Hebron on the
head with cane, woundiug him severe
ly; otherwise, little damage was done to
either party Both were armed, but had
no opportunity TO use their Weapons
The excitement in the Senate during the
difficulty WIS intense.
FMGHT on SoLouQUE The fastest news
from HaYti records the fight Of the En-
peror Solouquc, from IIayti to Jamaica,
in a British vessel Of war. Soiouquo
was born slave and belonged to French
planter Joining the army at the time
Of the negro instructions, near the end
Of the last century, he gradually rose,
until the tide or fortune made him prcsi-
dent Of Hayti in 1877. Two years pre-
sidcncy bad scarcely expired, when, by
a coup detaf that foreshadowcd the more
important one of Louis Napoleon, he
made himself emperor. Gen. GeiFard is
now the ruler Of the new republic
CONVENIENT RECEIPTS AND ExpENDl-
TUREs The receipts Of the United States
Treasury for the quarter ending with
December, exclusive Of trust funds and
treasury notes, amounted to $40, 1874 ,619, |
including 50 0jl 22S from customs, and
81 ,l22, 900 in treasury notes reissued. |
The expenditures for the same time
amounted to $l795G, 347, Of which
So, 68l 983 was for civil, foreign inter
course and miscellaneous IS, 1853, G48 |
for the War, and S3,378, 507 for the
Navy Donartment. and q .G03 800 for