Indiana State sentinel., 1850-02-14
From The Fort Waune Sentinel.

What the Soldiers think ot Gen. Ldne.-While
acting IN the capacity of Register of the Land
Office in this place (before tie man who had no friends
10 reward nor enemies 10 punish came into power)
large number of volunteers who had served under
Gen. Lane located their land warrants on lands subject
10 entry in tie Office, and EVERY ONE-tciLhoHt SOii
tary erception-was enthusiastic in praise of their
gallant leader No language of ours can express the
strong feelings of regard and admiration these sun
burnt and bronzed warriors eyInced for their daring
aud almost idolized chief. Mr.. Smith, the editor
the Huntington Democratic Age, who fought under
him. thus responds to the proceedings of the Indian
apolis meeting:
From Mr. TrGAR, of Fl Wayne, we learn that
there a meeting held at Indianapolis, at which
time resolution to forward 10 Gen. LANE of Oregon,
a letter inviting him 10 return his duties
will permit and to accept of the Democratic party OF
Indiana, the nomination for President in 1852.
1--WE go in for that nomination, and will hail the
return of the gallant veteran to the bosom of his
friends, from whence he was called by those who
knew and appreciated his merits. From that post he
has been eviced to make for the supple tool of
n weak and corrupt administration, The blow which
the misguided and short-sighed Cabinet advisers have
thus struck, will reco upon their own heads.
''For one, we say II" to the nomination of Gen.
JOSEPH LANE for the next President"
The WATER Gas DIscovERY-An M-ireaied Man.
-Mr. Ill. w. Payne, IL appears, is not to enjoy alone
the reputation Of discovering the method of generat-
ing gas from water. few years since, he kept all
Washington in excitement with his wonderful stories
of being shot with GT-guns, fred without noise,
but the bullet from which invariably left hole in his
beaver. Every one agreed with him that he was ,an
ill-reated young man, and in many u circle the
res gave ife To abundant jokes. He now is out with
a wonderful invention, but hardly is it known to all
the world "at Washington" ''and the of man
kind in the immediate neiga5orhood Of the cap al,
than, like the gun cotton discovery by Schoenbein, d
dozen claimants spring up like mushrooms each with
ms holt bnd han Inc t,fipr
tanning the desideratum The following is a superior
method, discovered by Mr.. Stephen White and pat
ented in England. The apparatus, it will be seen is
cheap aud the gas To be chaper and more brilliant
than that of coal
The apparatus consists Of three retorts placed in
stove. two of which filed with charcoal and
thin pieces Uf iron aud the other with iron chains
hanging from centre bar. The first retorts are
for The decomposition Of water, which is regularly
supplied by means of syphon pipe, passing through
and into the centre of the retort the water pass
ing through the heated material, becomes converted
into pure hydrogen and oxide of carbon. II then
passes into the third retOrt To receive Its dose of bic
arburet of hydrogen, which is prepared from common
tar or melted rosin, similar substance, passing or
dropping on The red hot chain, from syphon tube,
which regulates its supply. This causes the lar or
melted rosin, throw off abundance of bica rburet
or hydrogen Of gas. The easses being mixed this
manner are immeJa aiely conveyed lnlu the gasomeier
for use, without any purifying vessel whatever,
being required"
The abpve apparatas is easily obtained. and the
work of making the gas light, that the plan will
doubtless be brought inu general for the lighting
Of houses, &c. The idea &C generating gas from
water Is by no means new one, Sir Humphrey Davy
having prophesIed many years ago lha The day would
come when water could be reduced gas, surprising
that of coal brillany and pu ify. That prediction
| IS. by these late discoveries, fully real:zrd.
| VALUABLE DIscovEKY.-lf has bs'en discovered in
England, that tbe golden Sui phurei of Aniimony mix.
ed " th Indian Rubber, and submitted The action o
heat a $50 deg. in boiler under pressure from fouI
to SIX hours will produce what is known a. Metallic
Rubber. af;er which tie gods will he act ion a
extremes of heat cold yet retain fer lndeiiaite time
much greater degree Of elasticity than hnss pr.r
4 duced by the melting of sn plur with lead mixed with
rubber. Fabrics prepared according this nven,inr
! can be made tu take all the delicate iin;s af co
quite free from the odor of sulphur so obiceiuna bic
IN oter modes of yucanzing. Mixed with Guiis
Percha. images, the entire features Of the face whcl
are capable of being distorted into innumerable anc
grotesque FORMS have been produced. Oyerccais nav.
been made by this process, to weigh but fweniy-tw,
ounces and capable of being crammed into the pockei
single thread Of the elastic fabric. larger than
knItting-needlc, suspended the weight Of ffteer
pounds, nfer being stretched nine times its quiescen
length, strong the substance after being submit
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