Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-07-10

indianapolis, externally, Is the most moral and
most religious town in Indiana, if not in the whole
West. The straitlacedness of Connecticut would be
put to the blush of shame and confusion by the pro-
fessed puritanism of this Capital. Nevertheless, the
maxim that ssextreines always meet" seems to be
verified by the incidents of the last week as well as
the fact, that the moral influence of a dozen church
es is not sufficient to check the vicious propensities
of a population not exceeding FIVE thousand. The
fact is, while the ra~scalities of respectable rascals are
passed over in silence, the developments of vulgar
viIlany will grow proportionately bold. This has
been ~exemplifcd by the incidents of the past week.
s.It never rains but it pours," says the Proverb-
Since the murder of the 4th, we have had q perfect
deluge of past and present iniquity brought to light
A series OF bold and audacious robberies has been
perpetrated during the last year or two, which we
have been long convinced were perpetrated by an or
gained gang. No efforts, however, Of any account,
have been made to effect a discovery, until the robbie
nv of Hedderly's Lard Oil and Candle Factory. He
advertised a reward of ten dollars for the thieves, and
took other measures for their detection, and the result
is the discovery of a gang of young scamps, some of
them not generally suspected of any evil, but who
have probably long been engaged in their thievish vo-
cation. Some particulars win be found under the po-
lice head.
But bad as these developments are, they have led to
incidents still more astonishing. The dark and drea-
fy vaults or cdtdcombS, underneath the State House,
it seems, have been one of the receptacles of the
gang and It's plumber! 1t was here probably, that
the plumber robbed from the State House, two
years ago, Immediately after the adjournment, was
secreted. But these dark and dismal recesses were
not only receptacles of stolen goods, and literally a
den of thieves in searching for the stolen goods on
Monday last, the astounding disclosure was made,
that a female had been kept for three ,reeks in one of
those vaults, where, it is supposed by some, she had
been confined, and had buried the fruit of her shame !
Words are inadequate to describe the sensation pro-
duced by such a discovery The Capitol of the viz
tuous people of Indiana prostituted to such vile uses I!
the Fountain Of the Law corrupted at its very
source! There now lie the Shiny and rotting Vi
ands, upon which these creatures subsisted and cele-
brated their internal orgiesi The stencil was worse
than that Of a charnel house, and it is wonderful that
It had not long since attracted bolts of lightning ''red
with m wrath" as a means Of moral and
physical puri6cation as well as divine vengeance!
Let us hear no more about the mysteries Of Pa.
ms" and the corrupting influences of their detail
Here, in a quiet, interior town, obtrusive in Its pro-
LESSONS of superior sanctity and virtue, we have de.
velopments which the mysteries of Paris cannot ex-
eel.
We speak Of these things to promote a further In
vestigation. Shall it not be had If the police dc
not, will not those who consider themselves the pecu
liar conservators OF the public virtue, move in the
matter, viii they still strain at the gate and s&sal
low the saucmil. We shall see and for the pres
ent, shall here end the first chapter. We have thu
name of the female above alluded to, but retain it Il
await further developments.