Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1866-02-07
NEWS ITEMS,

Out of 5000 0 marriages in England in
1868, only 49,, 40S were able to sign their
names.
Edward D.. Ketchum, lately convicted of
forgery. is treated the same as the other prs-
oners, marches into his dinner with them, and
like them ne is locked il his solitary cell
every night.
A new hotel has recently been opened in
New Orleans, which, boasts that it neither
seeks nor desires the patronage of Northern
gentlemen. An army officer who found that
he could not secure the attendance of wal
tiers, complained at the office, and was blunt
ly tod that the servants had orders not to
wait ON such rs he.
The wealthiest congregation in New York,
per haps in the whole country, is that of the
church of the Ascension episcopal in the
Fifth avenue. Their aggregate income last
year are shown, by the official return, to have
been nearly eighteen millions Of dollars.
The Secretary of the Treasury received a
letter postmarked washington, February
;st, the author saying ''the i%nclosed money,
five thousand dollars. rightfully belongs to
the United States, though the world would
say | came honestly by it. | count a clear
conscience of more value than money can
represent or excuse"
Lieutenant General Grant has summoned
the leading generals of the army to Washing
ton for the purpose of holding a council
In addition to hearing from them verbal ac-
counts of affairs in their several departments,
it is said the Lieutenant General is DESTROYS
of consulting them in reference TO the differ
ent features of the new army hill now before
Congress.
There are about two thousand United States
troops now quartered in and around Salt Lake
City, and the Tidete GENTLE and military
newspaper ofiice,) has been removed from
Camp Douglas into the very heart of the New
Jerusalem. The assaults of the spirited lit
tie daily grow more furious as it approaches
the Tabernacle, and Brigham grinds his
teeth in impotent rage at the disaffeotion
created among his followers by the exposition
of Mormon rascality and treason continually
APPEARING in the columns of the Iilete.
Hon. W. W. Boyce, of South Carolina, in
addressing a farewell letter to his constitu-
ents says: Looking to the great future, !
should say the first thing for the South is
white immigration; the second thing is white
immigration; the third thing is white
immigration. You should do everything in
your power to invite a white population,
bo:h by your legislation and favorable public
sentiments Receive immigrants from Eu-
rope and the United States with open arms.
The danger IN the future is in a collision of
races: your safety is in the closest sympathy
with your owa race in the United States
You need the friendship of the American
take every step to obtain it.
Three boys at New Haven, Conn, under
twelve years of ages have been detected in
quite extensive mail robbie ries and forgeries.
One of the boys had in his pocket, when ar
rested, a check for $4,000. They are said
to be the sons Of respectable and worthy pa
rents.
About one thousand tons of shot and shell, !
thrown into the forts at the mouth of Care
Fear river below Wilmingtony by the navy,
Turing the DO mbardment under Admiral Por.
have been collected, and will be sold at
auction, February 10, for the benefit of the
government.