Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-10-24
BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
From the Madison Papers.l

Fink. wing.
John Johnson independent, is elected in the Holmes
district, Moses Hoagland, democrat. Hunter, in
the Monroe district Townsend has nearly 300 MAORI
tv The other districts are before reported.
LEGIsLATIvE-Darke and Shelby counties elect
whig by 10 majority The wings will have 50 members
of the House, the democrats 49, and the free-solers
who are from Trumbull Geauga, Lake, and Ashtabula
The Senate stands Is wings, and 10 democrats, and
Randall and Sutlif.
CoNGREss.-Nine wings and nine democrats, and
Giddngs, free-soiler, Townshcnd abolition democrat
and Johnson, independent
Hamilton county, oflicial-Wood's majority 4,421.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct IA.
The mail car entered near Grays Ferry about
eleven o'clock Saturday night and the pouches robbed
The mails were made up in New York for Richmond,
Va. Raleigh, N. c.; and Wheeling, Va.-the latter
containing the mails for Ohio Indiana Illinois, T.
see, Kentucky, Arkansas Mississippi, and the South
west generally These usually contain large remittan-
ces OF bank notes. well checks, drafts, &c-the
cash being made up chiefly of Southern and Western
funds bought up by the brokers the Atlantic cities
and sent home for redemption. One letter Alone from
Carpenter & Co., New York, to J w. Maury, Rich
mond Va, covered a remittance of S74O
The number OF letter packages opened in search OF
money and other vauables immense, enough fill
barrel. These had all been carefully inspected.
Checks, drafts, &c, were thrown aside unavailable.
number OF boxes, containing cotton indicated that
considerable quantity of ewelry had been carried off,
Opened letters to the number of about one thousand
together with drafts and checks, returned the
postmaster Mr.. White. No clue yet the robbers
CINCINNATI, Oct. IA, SPIN
learn from our postmaster that the great Western
mail is still forwarded from New York Buffalo, and
of course tie mails for Cincinnati Madison Louisville
&C., were not in the robbed between Philadelphia
and New York on Saturday night.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. Ia, SP. NJ
The river has fallen two inches within the last twen
tyfour hours-three feet four inches in the canal
this evenng-weather pleasant and clear.
CINCINNATI. Oct. ID, SP. NJ
Trade is very dul-river stationary-weather fine
a xxhiSE xyC oba e.
nothing of Importance provisions coffee duh and de.
clined &c; moasses 35c.
PITTsBURG, Oct. H.
River twenty-cight inches and rising slowly. Wealth
er pleasant.
The steamer ]. B. Gordon, Capt Gaskill, collapsed
one of her fiues yesterday Logstown, killing four
persons; three missing, and five or six scalded she
was hound for Wheeling. portion of her cargo was
blown into the river.
WASHINGTON, Oct. H.
The Postmaster General has offered one thousand dol
lars reward for the apprehension of the ma-robbers
Philadelphia on Saturday night.
BosroN, Oct. 15 8 p M.
meeting in opposition to the fugitive slave law was
held last night about four thousand person being present
Charles Francis Adams taking the chair, express.
ed hope that neither violence would be re-
sorted to.
Fred Douglass was introduced He said that the
coorcd population of Boston had resolved suffer death
rather than return to bondage.
Resolutions adopted urging upon the representa-
tives OF the free States to obtain repeal of the law
Morrison, democrat has been elected in the - Con-
gressional district, New Hampshire,
PHILADELPHIA, Oct 10. 8 P NJ
Five men have been arrested and committed on a
charge OF robbing the mail Saturday night One of
the party turned States evidence None of the lost
property has been recovered
LOUISVILLE, Oct 10, 8 p NJ.
There three feet three inches water in the canal
and the river at stand No arrivals from New Oleans
since Saturday The weather is beautiful but business
excessively dull The Mssissippiis falling fast with
SIX ana hall ieet water from ST. Louis to Cairo
Arrival of the Asia.
New YORK Oct 16.
The steamship Asia arrived this morning from Liver
pool. The following is summary Of brought by
her.
ENGLAND-It is stated that the Government has in
contemplation the construction of powerful squadron
of forty steamers the African coast with the view of
employing them to carry monthly mail, and up
OH tine slave prevention service
HE TENANT LEAGUE IN 1RELAND.-The tenant
league is extending its organization throughout every
town and parish Odt OF Ireland the general opinion
among well informed persons is that the cumbersome
machinery of the league will ultimately prove its de-
structon still the movement is regarded by the Govern
ment with considerable apprehension. The subject of
the Irish colleges continues to give rise TO anger.
The Catholic bishops making strenuous efforts to
establish University of their own, but will fail o.
cess.
PAINFUL RUMoRs OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN's ExPE-
DIrIoN-Despatches have been received from Sir John
Ross stating that, the 18th of August, Esquimaux
found in the ice of Cape York and, being ques
toned, stated that in 1916, two ships broken by
ice, in the direction f Cape Dudlegh, and afterwards
burned by fierce tribe of natives that the ships
question not whalers and that epauettes
worn by of the white men: that part of the
drowned and the remainder were for time in
houses tents apart from the natives; that the white
men had guns, but balls and being in exhausted
condition, subsequently killed by the natives with
darts or arrows. The paper from which the above is
copied SAYS that the whole story is gross misconcep
ton; what the stated. The American
Ships Advance and Rescue had penetrated far any
squadron at the departure OF last advices The Advance
had got aground but serious injury apprehended
FRANcE.-The "Corsair" newspaper has been seized
in Paris for publishing article rejecting violently
the President Thirty individuals accused of belonging
to society having Tor Its object the restoration OF the
house of Bourbon, also arrested, OF whom
declared guilty and sentenced six months I'M
prsonmcnt.
A ship-builder at Havrc has contracted to build
steam frigae for the Pope.
ston for lottery of 700 000f raise funds TO send out
5000 distressed persons to California.
1t said that the electors will oppose Louis Napole
the Presidential election and that Prince de
Joinville has fallen into utter nsignifcance.
AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY-There is now a rumor
from Vienna that Lord Palmerson has called upon the
King of Prussia to insist upon the Hosteners laying
down their arms, and that he was offered an English
feet for the blockade.
Three separate battalions Of Hugarians in the Aus
trian army Lombardy have revolted, and the revolt
was only suppressed by force, accompanied by some
bloodshed.
conspiracy Milan said to have been discov
cred.
TURKEy.-The Hungarian refugees have rccevedper
mission leave the Turkish territory when the term Of
location is Kossuth has it is said, applied to
main in Copstantinople.
IrALY-The archbishop Of Sardinia has been treated
like his colleague at Turin Both have been shipped off
to Cvita Vecchia. The powers of the Pope will not, it
seems shield these obnoxious persons the precise nature
of whose crimes is not stated All parties concur in