Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1866-05-31
NEWS ITEMS.

from the tnlladelpnla DttEy age. L he
Age, by the way, is one of the best papers
in the State, and we take pleasure in rec
ommending it to our readers. See pros
pectus in another column.
OK the Hudson River Railroad, on
Tuesday, a locomotive ran against man
near Poughkeepsie, picking him up and
carrying him ten miles before discovering
the state of affairs. Some of his bones
were broken, but he was pelectly conscious,
and was not unlikely to recover.
THE STATE FAIR-The Pennsylvania
State Agricultural Society will hold the
next State Fair at Easton, northampton
county, on the 25th, 2Gth, 27th, and
2Sth of September next.
eB- \ brutal fight occurred at New
Orleans on Sunday, May l3, between Tom
King and Bill Farrell. Eightythree
rounds were fought in one hour and eight
minutes, and then the hackers of the per-
son last named acknowledged their man
whipped.
A New UNION PAPER. Repub-
hc' is the name of a new daily paper just
started at Pittsburgh, Pa, the first num-
Der of which has been issued ''THe Re-
puJhc' supports President johnson and
the Union, and is ably edited by n. p.
Sawyer, Esq.
ADvICEs from South America report
that the Spanish feet had bombarded Cal
lao, but were repulsed, all the vessels be-
ing more or less damaged. Admiral Nun
ez was badly wounded Little damage
was done to the city. Ten Peruvians
were killed and twenty wounded.
e. A New Orleans paper of the 18th
says: "The corn is tasseling everywhere,
and soon our markets will be flooded with
delicious ears. Figs are swelling finely
under the influence of genial showers,
and cantelopes are being gilded by the
morning SUM-"
e." Lemuel Cook, the revolutionary SOL
der who died in Clarendon, y. Y, Sun
day night, was not the last of the heroes
of the war for independence. There are
two others still living, viz: Samuel Dow
ming, of New Hampshire, and James
Barham, of Missouri.
A YOUNG CLERK at St. Louis, under
took to kill himself by shooting, because
q gentleman would not let him marry his
daughter. He went into a lumber yard,
and commenced a preliminary prayer,
when three of his young friends surprised
him, took away his pistol, and advised
him to elope with the girl.
WE have (says the Boston Journal
been shown a counterfeit gold eagle, so in
geniously made that it is calculated to
defy even experts Apparently it is gen
uine so far as weight and appearance are
concerned, and tested by acids it would be
pronounced genuine, and even a file vigor-
ously applied, would not show the decep-
ton. Upon braking it open, however.
the interior is filled with a small plate of
patina, and instead of being worth ten
dollars i'll gold, its value is only about
one-third Of that amount.
c. A BAND of outlaws went TO the
house of man named Gunter, in Over
ton county, Tenn, one day last week,
and, on some frivolous pretcxt, took him
into the woods, stripped, and numerically
whipping him. His daughter, seized a
hatchet, rushed to the spot and succeeded,
with heroic bravery in killing two of the
ruflians and wounding others. The young
lady and father have since been driven
from the country. The origin of the DIFF
ficulty is not known, but the family was
Southern in sentiment during the rebellion
81 Adam Smyser was arrested few
do IN, R,l+ 81.
ing Mary J. G. Anderson and Ellen j.
jackson, both colored, from the parlor of
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti-
more railroad depot. 1t appears that on
Thursday Of last week, two colored wo-
men appeared at the depot and inquired
for the ladies' parlor, which being show
them, they walked in and deliberately sat
down, stating that they wished to wait
the departure of the train They refused
to leave and were forcibly elected. Smy-
ser was held for trial.
e. a cotton factory in Macon, Georgia.
is turning out ninety thousand yards of
sheeting per month. 1t is also said that
two new cotton factories will be built at
West Point, Georgia, during the coming
summer.
OK Saturday the court at Wilmington,
Delaware, sentenced William Ianluff.
colored, convicted of assault upon Lizzie
Griffith with intent to kill, to be hung on
Friday, the Goth of July.
j. d. Coggswell, United States District
Attorney for the district of Wisconsin,
has been removed, and General S. S.
Bragg, late of the United States armv,
appointed in his place.