Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-04-22
GENERAL NEWS,
Ess- The President has recognized Mr..
Albertier as vice-consul of France for
Raltimore

E=s- The President has recognized Mr..
Albertier as vice-consul of France for
Baltimore
Es' Late advices from Rio de Janeiro
confirm the intelligence of the settlement
of the Paraguay difficulty.
By- The population of the United
States increases one million a year, or
two thousand every day.
Ef~ james Maher, we'll known as the
public gardener appointed by Gen. Jack
son, died on Friday last. at Washington,
aged 67 years
EE" Attorney General BLACK, after
an absence of two weeks, returned tc
Washington on Saturday last, much i'm.
proved in health.
re-" The Rev, GEORGE w. SAMPSON
D. d., pastor of Il street Baptist church,
Washington, who was recently elected tc
the presidency of the Columbian College,
has signified his acceptance Of the same.
E.y" Hon. G.. NJ. Bib died in George
town, on Thursday last, aged 50; he
was long United States Senator from
Kentucky, and Secretary of the Treas
ury under President Tyler
Gxg- The Mothodists of Delaware have
refused the aid which the Legislature
granted them of $1,000 towards the
building of church, because that mo-
ncy was to be raised by lottery.
Es- In Texas, Ford's Rangers (forty-
seven men) were lately surprised and
surrounded by 800 Indians; desperate
fight ensued, and Ford with four others,
cut their way through and escaped.
Bfr In Mexico, everybody is suppos-
cd to be an ex-President who wears a
clean shirt and keeps his hands washed,
And in this country, every politician cx-
poets to be President, whether he has a
shirt or not.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS DECLINING. = At
the election held in Hagerstown on the
18th instant, for corporation officers, the
average majority of the Know nothngs
was five. Last year it was one hundred
and thirty-two.
BRANDED FoR BIGAMY A man by
the name of Robbins, indicted for biga-
my, was tried at Raleigh, n c., on Fri
day last, and convicted On Saturday
he was branded with the letter b on the
right cheek, in open court-the brand
leaving a mark that he will carry to his
grave.
E<7- In Alexandria, owing to the I'M
fayorableness of the weather, the sup
ply of fish has failed to meet the demand
and prices have advanced-shad to S17a
20 per hundred, and herring to S1la12
per thousand.
Exs" The Hon. Caleb Cushing, in n
speech in the stephens poisoning case, -
used this language in reference to the
Sicklcs case Go to your national cap
ital, and see there one of your most RI
sing statesmen immurcd and solitary
And why ? The serpent entered his gar
den and whispered in the ear of his Eve,
and he slew the serpent"
THE TREATY WITH NICARAGUA. The
Washington correspondent of the Balti-
more 4" Sun, of Wednesday last says:
1.-The Cass- Yrizarri treaty, so called, is
no longer in existence. 1t is superseded
by the Lamar treaty, which embraces
the substantial provisions of the former
treaty. As a whole. it is acceptable to
this government, though an exception
has been taken to one clause, and one
which is not very important. The Pre-
sident hesltates to agree TO this provis-
ion, and probably will send the treaty
back but it is believed that the Nicara-
guam government will yield this point
also"