Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1860-01-21
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Sevcnty-two persons Of the sgc OF
seventy years and upwards, died in
the city Of Providence, r. l., during
the year 1859.
A very heart-rcnding affair recently
occurred at Mount Vernon. n lady
was found weeping bitterly a: the ice
house, mistaking it for the tomb OF
Washington.
Franklin, on hearing the remark
that what was lost on the earth wen,
to the moon, observed that there must
be deal Of good advice accumulated
there.
George Washington May, late lieu.
tenant in the U. S. army, died in the
city Of New York on the 9Th inst
Mr.. May distinguished himself at the
battles Of Palo Alto, Resaca Dc l.:
Palma, the taking Of Monterey, the
siege of Vera Cruz, and the battle OF
Ccrro Gordo.
The LoHdon Times contains pow
erfnl leader advocating grant Of
41O,OOO,O0O sterling for the defense
Of England. 1t isn't ~, all apprehen
6ve about Louis Napoleon, but thinks
the works arc necessary for future a.
we'll as present generations.
A gentleman who writes to us from
Paris, under the date of December Z
informs us that he dined with Mr.. Ter
Brock, in Paris, on the Sd, and learned
from him that he stood to win $500,
900 upon his American horse Umpire
for the next Derby, at an outlay o.
$4,000. BY this it appears that Mr.
Ten Brock was shrewd enough to gel
all his bets toni early, when his un
Known colt stood discreditcl ut tho
rate Of 100 to H. Wilkes SPIRIT.
The bill abolishing slavery IL Nc
braska, passed the Territorial Legisla
ture on the Sd inst. 1t was expected
that Gov. Black would veto it. TIL,
BILL providing for constitutional con
vention passed the House on the SAM
day.
In the Missouri legislature on tin
18th, bill banishing free ncgroe
under the alternative of becolnin!
slaves, which had already passed tn
Senate, was passed by the House.
On board the steamer Milwaukee
there is All Australian curiosity-noth
ing less than an Australian laughin!
jackass. The animal belongs to til,
feathered tribe, has feathers, wings
and long beak, is about the size O
an sagle-hnawk, and is found nowher,
else but on the Australian continent
1t laughs like an old woman, and il
the Australian forests at night, it ha
led many wayfarer in search of a,
old lady in such lonely condition.
This animal and the flying squire
have many conflicts together, in which
the jackass is generally victorious
On the same ship there are some O.
the peculiar ring tailed doves of tn.
country.-.-San Francisco Herald.
A brigand has been captured i,
Sardinia, who is known to have per
petrated sixty murders. He was fol
lowed ut all times by three enormous
mastiffs, fed, according to the trali
ton Of the peasantry, upon human
flesh.
Joseph G. Baldwin, one of the Chic
Justices OF the Supreme Court of Cal
ifornia, and now prominent candi
date for the United States Senat,
from that State, is the author of tn,
well-knOwn book called Simon Suors
The New Haven Register says t'a
the valuable library of the late poet
DR.. James G. Percival, of that city
has been sent to Messrs. Leonard 4
Co., of Boston, by whom it will b.
disposed of, for account of the mort
Cages, at public auction. 1t contains
upward OF ten thousand volumes, ant
is variously appraised at from $1,000
to $4,000.
The officers Of the steamboat Ceres
arrived last evening from the Attaka
pas, via Bayou Plaquemines, and re
port that on Wednesday last, Old rive
had ice half an inch thick in it, al
along the shore, and in several place.
the stream was iced over completely
This is a novelty in our section of til,
world.--.N o. Fcoyune, 3oth ult.
An exchange thus computes tn
value of cotton seed as a source O
oil, and cattle feed: A crop OF 5000,
600 bales of cotton as 500 pounds t.
the bale IS 1900, 10000 lbs of fibre
the cotton seed of which would b.
5000, 900 pounds or 1880, 900 tuns
$3.50, 900 pounds is equal to 1880,
600, 900. pounds Of kernel, which vii
give 81, 100000 gallons of oil, or 1852,
500 tuns Of oil cake. Value S7,12O,
600, gallons. Of oil at one dollar pei
gallon, $s7, 100000; 762,soo tuns o
oil cake at $25 per tun, $l9,O57 900
Total, $1O6, l77,O 900:
The total amount of gold and silver
yielded by all the mines in the world
dom the birth of Christ down to thu
year 1856, has been estimated at sir
:t,,l thousand too hundred and nin<