Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-07-31

What singular medley a newspaper must be +! In
one column you find labored and swelling enogy of
departed greatness, apparently written with tears and
inspired by sorrow; In the next appears the history
of the crops; another occurs a meagre witticism !;
next comes circus puff, recommendation of Ice
Cream and then follow the deaths and marriages,
All tastes (and no taste alp must =, consulted
Sorrow and fun business and nonsense, must all find
place in the " folio Of four pages, or people will
stop the paper
SHocKtNG, OccURREME.-A man and his wife, re-
siding in the neghborhood of Buttonwood and Chat
ham Streets Philadelphia, got into quarrel and fight
on Sunday week, and during their struggles knocked
pot of polling coffee over upon of their children,
girl about eight nine years DID, scalding her face
and neck in q shocking The child is hardly
expected to recover. and if she does llve WILL In all
probability, be much disfgured
EFFECT OF IRAscIBILITY.-A few days ago, in Bos-
ton father, in a peuait moment, struck his child
and knocked it off chair upon its head. The child
died the next day in consequence of the injury.
Daniel B. Powers, of Rochester, N Y, has been
sentenced to two years in the State Prison, upon a
conviction of perjury in obtaining his bankrupt pa
pers
At Stettin, Prussia, IS hotel on whose. sign is
painted stork standing on one leg, with the other
projected horizontally and underneath the inscription
l-''Zur Fanny Elssler''-'Fanny Elssler Hotel"
SMUGGIiNG.-fhe Surveyor Of St. Louis has seized
about $500 worth of books, prints and stationery,
Struggled into that port by way of New Orleans The
owner is Scotchman named McLegan.
"a Prophet" has been arrested and imprisoned in
Quebec for having foreold the destruction of that
portion of the city recently destroyed by FIRE. He is
probably more of an ''incendiary than prophet al
though he claims to be the latter.
The New York Canal tolls show decline of $15,-
ITO, as compared with last year. The Erie tolls de-
c1ined So, 3Sl, and the Oswego $9,7l6. The Che
mug and other lateral canal tolls 3d. 274, which
speaks well for the southern tier of counties and fol
the Erie Railroad.
The Vermont Central Railroad win be built. ST.,
200 900 has been subscribed in Boston; S600,00
along the line oc the road and Mr.. Belknap, the
builder of the Fitchburg railroad, has sigDi6ed his
intention of subscribing $4,000 If be can obtair
the building of this one.
A TcuGH SroRY.-A man and his wife having
bitter quarrel in order to appease their fury, the]
threw all their portable furniture of the window
The wife had ripped up the tick of the bed ant
set the feathers aoat in the air, and then rushing
the bansters of the stairs and breaking her arm up
on them, she exclaimed with insane energy, Now
4 you .scoundrel, you must pay for surgeon
HumANIrY.-Some humane and Christian indivi
: dual, (says the Boston Bee,) the owner of hors
that was sick beyond recovery, and consequently use
less to him. last evening, Sunday drove the poor
animal on to Russia. wharf, and then pushed him ov
erboard to die by drowning 1t is useless, perhaps
to add that the took The shoes of the horse be
fore consigning him to watery grave. The wonde
is that he did not skin him.
q ,"REb Doc."-The Smiths at Newark have at las
given statement of Ihe ST. Clair Bank operations
! which, if their own words true, shows them to
Just One hundred forty,four thousand snd.eigh
dollars worse than nothing. As paper money is a
o why's made for the welfare of community, howevel
: probably the holders of this amount of WORTHLESS
$ promises will not complain.-Cin Eng.
), CoNrRrBUrIoN.-One pretty good joke connecte
with the Fellowship meeting at the Hall Il
other night is that Mr.. Witherel the keeper of Il
Town Hall, not being. able to find any one who wou
paw the fly cents, due for the use of the Hall, Il
two Independent Orders of Odd Fellows and MasoI
s have concluded 10 raise twenty-five cents EACH for tn
purpose Hampshire Herald.
al WoMAN.-Judge Lewis says -" God bless Il
sexi Ever foremost in. the work of charity-alwa
=. ministering to the sick-lingering at the cross
In speeding earliest to the sepulchre They never
hut once. and if that error had been committed al
IN later period Of the worldafer 1000 years OF brig
as and lovely Deeds the Accusing Spirit bad carried
lolIence to Heavens Chancery in vaan y