Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1849-11-29

OErThe capital Of California has been fixed at the
Pueba of San Jose by the Constitutional Convention.
O|rThe Mehodists in England have determined to
erect college in Of the most vicious and desti-
tue portions Of London for the grauitous education
of the poor.
CAUTioN.-The 81. Louis Union of the 17h inst.
cautions the public against taking any paper purport-
ing TO be bills of the Bank of 81. Croix. ST. Paul."
there is not only such bank ST. Paul, but no
Bank at all in the Territory of Minnesota.
The CALIFORNIA Msus-There had been no reg
uar mail received San Francisco up the 18th Of
September since the hrtieh Of June last and one uni
versal voice of condemnation is heard in the country
the bad management which causes this delay.
PoLyeAMY AMONG THE DEsERET MoRMoNs.-A
correspondent writing from the city of Salt Lake,
states that the laws OF the community permit the
to have many wives as they support, and that
some of the elder have twenty, but that young
men content themselves with FIVE.
SINGULAR CAsE.-The Cumberland IMd.) ARega-
nian states, that Wednesday last, Irishman.
who resides near Homecoming threw from his stomach
living snake FIVE six inches In length. For
eral years past he has been in delicate health, and
literally subsisted almost wholly upon milk On
Wednesday, the earnest persuasion of several Of
his counirymen, he was induced 10 drink with them.
Directly after swallowing the liquor, he seized
with vomiting and threw up the snake.
SHIP BUILDING IN THE UNITED S1ATEs.-One of
the immediate aoVentaEeS, IL ~ predicted. which The
United States will gain by the reciprocity between
England and this country, the carrying trade will
be the impetus which il will give ship building.
New York contemporary thinks that Detroit, Chica-
go. ST. Louis. Cleveland Buffalo-in fact oil of our
cities and towns bordering great lakes and rv-
ers, will go at into the business. The specta-
Gle will frequently be presented of Ships barques and
briggs built of materials from the fores, within mile
of the ship yards. and laden with western produce
clearing for England direct. This has been the
to certain extent already, and must needs he great
ly increased.
RoUsING DAYS Work on THE WESTERN RAIL-
RoaD.-The agent of the Western Railroad has fur
nished with the following statement of the amount
of freight started from their depot at East Albany:
| l0,053A barrels Of -four;
/ 942 barrels of apples;
! ,4U5 boxes Of cheese;
rs bales of wool;
/ l,159 frkins of butter;
955 barrels Of beef.
/ Eight trains, with Sol cars, were East. The
receipts for freight s. 423 This is the largest
of any day since the road was but--Albany EUe.
Journal Oct 80.
The END OF THE WoRLD.-To-day, tomorrow. eye-
ny day. to thousands the end Of the world close at
hand And why should we fear it We walk here
as it in the crypts of life; at times, from the
great cathedral above us, hear the organ and
the choir; see the lights stream through the
open door where friend goes mp before us; and
grave that leads of this uncertain twilight in
to the mansions Of life eternal
SIeHr SEErSe.-An individual of melancholy lem
permanent whose wife had left him year two since
came ino Office the other day, and in eply TO
inquiry said she had not returned but he had seen her
he wanted to-
"fIow is that"
by looking through bottle can see her any
time, and tell what she is doing!"
"What she doing when you saw her!"
"Once she nursing haby-twant my baby
3 neher-and the last time noticed she was little
too socinble with young man | used to know!''
We expressed our surprise at his Wonderful faculty,
but he assured us it was positively true.
We advise all jealous husbands to procure them
bute-and if they dont want to see too many sights
be careful not to put ANYTHING in it!-GOsLen DEM
I Before us lies real Californian newspaper, with
oil its politics. paragraphs and advertisements print
ed aud published San Francisco the l4b of last
June. In literary professional point of view,
there is nothing very remarkable IN this prodnciion
Journalism is a science ntultively comprehended
BY American citizens, that their most Tudemeniary
efforts in this line are sure 10 be successful. News
papers are them what theatres and cafes are to
, Frenchmen. In the Mexican the occupation OF
each successive town by the invading army was sig
I nazed by the immediate establishment OF weekly
journal and of "bar for retailing those spritoous
compounds known by the generic denomination Of
I "American drinks" The same fashions have been
adopted in California and the opinions of the Ameri-
can portion of that strange population are already
represented by journals Of mnre than average ability
!. and integence.-London Times.
a A HEROINE FOR CALIFORNIA Tie brig Ark sailed
: from Newburyport the 3ls uli.. for Cii4f'rnn,
with III passengers. among whom were three young
c ladies' One of them is a sing gle woman without
friends (unless of acqua inance relatives
b board. She goes out on her own hook
This young woman had need of going away to
California if she wanted catch anything with her
shook, worth having. II she had come here, we
would guarantee that she would have been married
to first rate husband at sight It takes those spir-
tied yankee girls TO do mp business promptly ours
\ are too backward
: TslFGRapHrc IMPRoyEMENT.-A Mr.. Speed has in
vented Switch" he calls It, which consists In
ma king one gavanic circuit and break, cose second
circuit both WAYS the second Circuit third, and so on
for an unlimited distance the operator at The extreme
! end being able to break and close the different cir
cuits and consequently write all the registers con-
- neced with the through wire without any attention
of any one of those stations not receiving the message
= He adds:
: s.Lnes of Telegraph cannot be worked advanta-
geously even with new insustors, Tor more than
400 or 500 miles in circuit. To work iine Tor
800 1000 miles in circuit, would reqlre SO Po"
erful battery and of such high intensity, tnat
much of the electric current would be lost IN conse-
quence of imperfect insulation. our best conductors
I being only poor conductors. My improvement WIN
enable us to divide the lines into such circuits as can
q be worked with certainty in bad weather, and sun
send a message from ST. Louis to New York without
rewriting"
Mr.. R. T. St. John, who took the overland route to
rvas I'm one of his letters the Marion