Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-08-05
Foreign Items.

GERMANY.-EmigratIon TO America, on a whole
sale SCALE is still going on. The United States get
the maory of the emgrants, and nearly all the best.
Seine villages are entirely depopulated by this emil
grafton mania, and the governments are beginning to
be alarmed at 1t.
PRussIA-The Chamber of the Three Representa-
i've Estates have rejected, by majority Of $780, Herr
Won Beckerath's motion for placing the Jews upon
terms of perfect equality with the Christians. On
the other hand it negatived the government PROPOSE
ton to subject the Jews OF the Duchy OF Posen to
special laws of less liberal nature than the laws
proposed for the members of the Hebrew persuasion
in other parts of the monarchy. The Chamber Of
Peers rather retraced its vote respecting the perma
nent Populations of the Diet, and modified its prcvi
resolution, declaring that those populations should
no. be appointed. The vote, however. regarding the
periodical conyocation of the Diet, remains unaered
The first convention Of the States General has just
closed It's labors and the speech delivered on the
occasion by the minister is deemed Of ungraclous
character.
SMUGGLING EXTRAORDINARY.-About year ago a
cargo of 800 broomsticks arrived in Liverpool from
port in Germany, and, not being claimed by the con-
signee, were conveyed TO the Queens warehouse
attached TO the cusom-house. Last week one Of the
sticks was accidentally broken, when, 10 it was
found 10 be partly hollow, and to contain considera
bic quantity Of manufactured tobacco. The top of
each stick had been perforated, the tobacco pressed
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gave all the appearance of solldlty.
ELECTRIC Clock AT MANcHEsTER.-Th This ingen-
GUS contrlvance has been erected Manchester. and
by the application of the electric fluid formed by a
battery under ground, a pendulum IS set IN motion,
which, slowly vibrating becomes the moving power
of the whole clock. The works construce ed upon
the most simple principle, and by connecting the
works with the neghboring clocks they can be made
to keep the same time and, moreover, by an ngenl-
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anticipated that the true mean time at Greenwich
daily will be communicated to Manchester insanta-
neously, and hereafter other railway termin and
thus preserve one uniform time throughout the whole
line of communication.
KoyINsBERG, (Prussa,) June I0.-Th police has
Just notified the Israeltes of this city that they will
not be allowed to carry out the decision they had
formed TO transfer the celebration of their Sabbath
from Saturday Sunday. This prohibition is founded
on ministerial rescript which expressly forbds any
alteration in the forms of Jewish worship. The
Jewish community of Konigsberg have resolved to
appeal to the government against the restriction
which it is proposed to impose on them. In support
of their claim they aege that at Berlin the exercise
Of the Israelitsh reformed worship differs essentially
from the primitive forms of worship.
! The jewish SABBArH.-The Journal des Debats
publishes letter dated Konngsburg, May 10th,
which states that seven hundred Jews of that city
had agreed to transfer the celebration Of their Sab
bath from Saturday to Sunday. This measure is re-
garded as remarkable proof of the tendency felt by
the Jews to assimilate themselves the Christians
in religious practices.
The King Of Bavaria is making preparations 10 appear
in ballet with Lola Monies! A letter from Munch
that he has composed NEUROLOGICAL fable which is
be represented by the ballet and that founded upon
the loves Of Olympus. His Majesty will appear IN the
character Of Jupiter and the avore dsnseuse, Venus.
These will be memorable theatrcas indeed In reply to
the circumstances of his ministers, his Majesty instances
the preee6snts Of Nero figuring upon the stage when En-
peror of Rome and Louis XIV. Of France, appearing
the boards al Versailles.
I young Ffsnchman Of distinguished family, who has
been detected in extensive cheating cards, announced
to have "embarked for America, that asylum reserved by
for unspPreca,ed accomplishments, and victims to
| European prejudice"