Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-01-14
GENERAL NEWS.

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has since died
RE- A bill has passed the North Caro-,
lima House of Commons to enable Emily,
now in Liberia, who wishes to return
"home" to live with her former mistress,
to do so.
KENTUCKY. The Democratic State
Convention met at Frankfort on Satur-
day, and nominated Hon. B. Magofin
as the candidate for Governor, and Hon.
Lynn Boyd for Lieutenant Governor,
RAILROADS. IN THE UNITED STATES. =
The cost of construction and equipment
of the railroads in the United States
amount to $1,000, 655, $40, or enough
money to break down any other country
in the world.
SALE OF THE Echo. The brig Echo,
registered Putnam, which vessel was for
feited to the United States for engaging
in the slave trade, was sold at Charles
ton, South Carolina, on Thursday last,
by the United States Marshal, for So, 300.
THE kansas BANDIrTI. The Legisa-
ture of Missouri are considering a bill to
authorize the Governor to call out vol
nnteers to protect persons and property
and repel the invasion of the Kansas
banditti. The bill appropriates $50, 900
and will probably pass.
Re- The correspondent of the New
York Herald says that "Senator Jones
has received anonymous letters from New
York, warning him not to interfere or
injure hair of Judge Douglass head
unless he wants to be assassinated."
Bz'- 1t is said that the Republicans in
Congress held caucus on Friday eve
ming, at which it was generally agreed
to oppose the admission of Oregon, until
the English bill restricting the admission
of Kansas was repealed. Thayer, OF
Mass, is stated to have disapprovcd OF
this policy.
SENSIBLE AT LAsT.-Gov Chase, Of
Ohio, dcvotes only eight lines of his
message to slavery The Governor seems
to have adopted the idea that as there is
no danger of the introduction of slavery
into Ohio, he will let the States in which
il exists take care of it in their own bor-
ders, and Congress take care of it in the
Territories.
Gt9- The funeral of a little orphan
girl in the care of the Sisters of Charity
at Wheeling, Va, was delayed for day
in consequence of the weather. In the
meantime, while one of the Sisters was
arranging something about the coffin the
little girl raised up and asked for a drink
of water 1t is supposed that she was
in trance, and nothing but the heavy
rain averted her from the horrible fate of
being buried alive.
SAILED FOR EUROPE. The steamship
Fulton sailed from New York on Satur-
day for Havre and Southampton, and
took out Hon. j. Clancy Jones, United
States minister to Austria; Charles II
Jones, attachc of the Austrian legation
Hon. VIM. G. Preston, United States
minister to Spain; Mr.. Wooley, secre-
tary: and Maj. p. de HavilanI, attache
of the Spanish legation; Robert v Nc
Kim and Ii. w. A. Marberg, of Balti-
more. She also took out 1882 $50 in
specie.
e. The New York Times says =
"The year opens bloodily in the metro
polls Within the present week, our
local columns have recorded the shooting
of Mrs. Brown, the stabbing of Patrick
Cosgrove, the murder Of Jeremiah L.
Looney, the murder Of Matthew dc San
tez, the stabbing Of Francis j. Reynolds,
the shooting Of Edward Helm, and the
murder of Harmon Curnon. Besides
these, we have given a number of slight
ARRAYS, which, although of a grave char
,ctcr, are insignificant in the presence Of
the sanguinary horrors here alluded to.
IMPORTANT II TRUE.-Dr. Beck, Of
Dautzic, has Just made curious disco
very. He has found an antidote, or "a
Their counter-poisor for ardent spirits
It is a mineral paste which he incloses in
an olive, and which at once absorbed
destroys not only the rising effect, but
likewise the disastrous consequences of
drunkenness He tried several expert
mcnts upon a Pole, an irreclaimable
drunkard. The individual, named Rade-
vii, swallowed three bottles of brandy in
succession, and after each bottle ate an
olive prepared by the doctor. lie oxpe-
Iienccd neither the effect Of drunkenness
nor the slightest sickness.
ES- The jet from the Aqueduct wa
ter, says the Intelligencer, which was
displayed on Friday in the basin on the
,rnet elnnn nf il1n Cnr,itnl 200 ~. :. ~ .