Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1849-12-06
New YoRK. NOVEMBER Is.


great deal of excitement caused here yes
terday by the announcement that the man who sent
the Internal machine to the house of Thomas War
ner, Esq, in tie month of May last. was in durance
vile, having been logged and traced by Mr.. Wilkes,
of the National Police Gazette. until proof
brought against him, and then arrested aud locked
in the Tombs The individual turned out to be man
with arm, president and owner Of bank 10 Can
andagua in this State, and owner of furm worth
thirty forty thousand dollars at Astoria L. l., and
suspected fur many years of being expert burglar.
counterfeer bank note changer, and every thing ese
Afer he was secured and lodged in the Tombs, his
house at Astoria searched and four wagon loads
of plumber were removed and brought to the city.
Among other things there were secured two large
boxes Of gold watches. two boxes containing valuable
watch works. box containing jewellers OIL a box OF
watch crystals. small box of diamonds and emerads
trunk of silver plate, box of watch springs, and
variety of other things in the matchmaking line
evidently the result of several depredatiOns. In
ufice0r oubuilding found large press for coin
ing, number Of steel dies for doubloons. dollars and
Haytien money, squares of glass, for altering bank
notes, fancy type for inserting letters chemical stuff
for erasing ink. punches for making dies, and other
articles of similar character.
Too much praise cannot be awarded to Mr.. Wilkes
for the manner which he laid his plans, the way in
which he carried them out, and the and skill by
which he succeeded in bringing this notorious man
before court and jury TO answer for his crimes.
Mr.. Wilkes has in has possession testimony that will
convict the prisoner three different charges; first,
attempting to take Mr.. Wkess life; secondly, coun-
terfeitng gold coin; and thirdly, altering two
dollar bank bills to ves and ens-tbe aggregate pun
ishment of which will extend about thirty years in
the State prison. Mr.. Wilkes believe, will not re-
ceive any of the thousand dollars reward offered for
the arrest of the torpedo man, for his purposes.
He will distribute il among those who assisted him in
carrying his well-matured plans into effect.
| LONG PULPIT SERvIcE.-Rev. William Turner, OF
Gateshead, England, preached his first sermon in
| 1882, while Napoleon yet in his teens and the
Independence of the United States yet unacknow
lodged The Gateshead Observer says:
Napoleon has begun and ended his career-ihe
American Republic has long ago celebrated its jubi-
lee-the mail coach has been superseded by the rail-
| way rain-penby postage and the electric telegraph
have come into operatiOn-and on Sunday, the 18th
day of August, 1649, after a lapse Of sxty-sevcn
years. he assembled the pulpit, which he had occupied
upwards of sixty years, and opening the sacred vol
ume, rend without spectacles the ODD chapter Of
Luke's Gospel. in firm and audible voice. He then
took for his text the 4lst and AID verses and preach
ed to congregation, one of whom had heard his
fret discourse from that pulpit. At the close he gave
out the hymn of his friend and tutor, DIR. Enfield
concluding with the aspiration
| "Be Christ patron and our guide,
His image may we BEAR
| Oh. may tread his holy steps,
| His ioy and glory sharew