The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-02-06
Sum of News.

Muhl0ach well sustalns her high fame IN
this new historical romance. Indeed. we
hardly know whether we ought not TO
drop the word romance, and call it plain
history at once. It reads like q history;
it is made up OF known facts its herbine
and It's heroes were once flesh aud bIDoI,
and not all the Muhlbach could invent "a
more wonderful series of events than befel
the sweet young creole who shed the only
soft human light that CLEANS across the
pathway Of Napoleon. The book is called
The Empress Josephine" but it far less
| concerns her history and character as the
sharer of throne, than as the sovereign
mistress of one wayward heart, the only
woman whom Napoleon ever loved, and
his cold sacrifice of whom brought down
upon him the terrible penalty of his sub
story of actual life, the most marvellous
perhaps to be found in all the annals of
courts, is told in manner worthy oe the
theme by the famous German novelist
1t is more of love tale than some of her
other books, aud shows her to great advan-
tage as a delicate analyst Of the grand
passion. The pictures, We predict, will
command general admiration. They are
not behind the best of those which IRA
diate the duliness of the English maga-
zines. CASTOR Fay is the artist. He is
an American, We understand, and we hail
| his appearance as promised relief from
the long reign OF artistic mediocrity. For
realization of the dolce far niente, com
memo US to the delicious Josephine at
Martinique, aud for maidenly sweetness,
to HorteDse leaning against the garden
fence.
A FEW days ago a most successful
swindle was perpetrated on Mr. Shaffer,
of Walker township, HuHtingdon county.
| The way il was done is as follows: A
man called at the house of Mr. Shaffer,
and while there two Jew peddlers called,
and offered two gold watches TOR sale
The individual who was there first pro-
posed to buy :ihem, and offered $4,000
for them, which the Jews refused saying
! that they were worth $4,000. Before
they left, they stated to Mr. S. that they
| we're short of funds, and that if he would
loan them $4,000 for day or two they
would leave him the watches as security.
MIR. s gave them two hundred dollars,
and took the watches, but as they did not
return according to promise, he had the
watches examined and found that they
were the meanest kind of bogus watches,
worth not more than FIVE dollars each.
Mr.. S. made efforts to find the swindlers,
but was unsuccessful.
THE Democratic State Convention will
be held N Harrisburg, on Wednesday,
March 4, and the Republican State Con
vention viii assemble in Philadcl phia one
week later, Wednesday, March 11th. The
duty Of the Republican Convention will
be to nominate cand:dates for Surveyor
aud Auditor eneral, choose the State
Electoral ticket and four delegates at
large, to represent Pennsylvania n the
National Convention at Chicago. The
Democratic Convention will nominate
candidates for Auditor and Surveyor
General, and select delegates TO attend
the National Convention tor the nomi-
nation of Presidential ticket.
THE Vicksburg Sentinel of January 22d
says 1t is with feelings Of great pleasure
that we are enabled to announce to our
readers the arrival of Mr.. Jefferson Davis
and family. They came up yesterday
morning on the steamer Magenta, and
are the guests Of his brother, Mr.. Joseph
Davis. After a long and painful absence,
Mr.. Davis is again g!a6dened by view
of bis many loving friends, aud he stands
again au honorcd and adored advocate OF
his conscientious con n7ictions In the midst
of pleasant and familiar scenes in bis
adopted State. His coming was unan-
nouhced.
.n;.cS IEItS is is g wild story going the rounds
of the French press about a man who
Kissed numerically at the incantation
scene of Weber's "Der Fieischutz," on the
night Of the first production of that opera
iE Paris, and who subsequently died IN a
hospital from some strange distortion OF
the skull This skull, after the medical
examination, came into the possession Oi
Eugene Sue, the novelist, and was by him
loaned TO the opera manager for use lu
the same "Der Freischutz" This, the
French writers call "a grand retributlon.
Mr.. DELMAR, Director Of the Bureau
of Statistics, at Washington, has prepared
a summary statement of the length anc
COST Of railroads In the several States, al
the close OF 1867, from which it appear.
that Pennsylvania has more miles o.
railroad than any other State. In the
keystone State, 4,192.0i miles of rail
roads have been completed, at cost o
S22I,947, ,857. New York State is seeonc
on the list, and has 4, lS2 80 miles o.
railroads, which cost Sl69, ,509,17
ANDREW JOHNSON is reported, in /;
recent private conversation for the enlight
eminent of mankind, to have said: eth,
President is elected directly by the people
and is therefore as directly their represen