Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-04-04
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Calcraft, the British hengman, gets i IL piece,
say $50 for executions. competitor offered to turn
of criminal for nothing. and in full ..ss tidy
manner the great cxecuioner could do ii but ii
was to no purpose Calcraft was retained.
An Irishman, after expaiating very warmly ON the
temper and beauty Of Lola Monies, asked If she
didn't smoke Eyes, sir, she does," be exclaimed;
"and so does every voIcano-perhaps you'll show me
The lovely crater that doesn't smoke !"
NEcRoLocY FOR THE YEAR 1s49-The Annual
Report Of the City Inspector last evening tram
mitted to the Common Council We gather from il
the subjoined Of Mortality in the City for
the past year. The number and variety Of diseases
we are as yet unable to obtain. The total number Of
Deaths is %. 773. In l64S it 15,9l9-showing
increase for the past year Of nearly Eight Thou
sand.-N Y. Tribune.
o. We understand that the officers attached to the
United States surveying service have determined to
erect a monument to the memory Of r. II. Fauntle-
roy, Esq, who died at Galveston. Texas. in Deem
Der last, while in the discharge of his duties In the
service. This is a high and deserved compliment.
Mr.. F. most faithful officer, nmable gen.
temaD and passionatey devoted 10 the OF sci
ence.--Nelo Albany DeHoc' al.
THE BENEFITS OF ADvERTIsING.-When has
a good article which can be afforded cheaper than
others afford it, it is object for him to adver
tise, and the extensively he advertises, the
larger business he will do. As illustration,
would refer to Geo. w. Simmons. Esq, of Boston,
tensve advertising. has built up the largest clothing
establishment in the country, and has caused OAK
HALL to be known throughout the civilized world.
PUBLIC DocUMENrs.-Thc Philadelphia Inquirer.
commenting upon the delays which attend the issuing
of the congressional documents which looked for
with great anxiety oil over the country, observes
alt is in the last degree scandalous, that the great
business interests of the country should be irfed
with, in order to get the public printing executed IN
der cost. Interests involving millions give way to
the policy of saving housa nds-and while the spigot
is watched, the cask is emptyng at the buughole.
There is no class of Legislators so expensive to a
country those who always moving about 10
save penny at the cost of pound"
Our REPREsENTATIvE.-It is with no ordinary de-
gree of pride and satisfaction, that commend the
Of our Representative in Congress, Graham
N. Fitch TO the strict scrutiny of his constituents.
To him belongs the honor Of making the first North
speech after the organization OF Congress- in OPP
position to the wild. extravagant demands of the
South. Ii Is good 10 reflect, that Indiana has one
voice in Congress that will not be hushed by the
threats and menaces Of the Slavery propagandiss.
Mr.. Fitch is the for the station, and the for
the times. He has the intelligence to understand,
and The heart TO appreciate the wishes of his consti
tuens, and the nerve to carry them out. He rnnks
among first and abest GOSHEN
Democrat. March %.
ADVANTAGES OF THE PLANK RoAD.-Mr. Seth
Way hauled with four horses at load 1O6 bushels
Of corn from this place to Michigan City, on the
plank road. one day this week. Fifty bushels would
have been pretty good load for the same team to
haul from this to the City before the road made.
So, by paying 10 cents or ST. toll, he enabled to
perform with four-horse team the same labor that
without the plank road would have required two days
with the team. So it will be seen that Mr.. W
and every other who has produce to haul from
this place vicinity, actually makes more than
twice much each trip as the plank road mt kcs
off of him in tolls, although stock in the road it il
said pays a very handsome profit the amount
pended-LGPOrte Wing.
HoRsE's OPINION OF PLANK RoADs.-The North
Caronan tells the following anecdote Of an old
farmer who had tried the plank road
He was at first much opposed to the plank road
and thought it would be waste of money to build
1t. But be came to Fayetteville with his wagon and
produce, and drove on II some miles. When he got
back to Chatham, our merchant friend asked him II
he had seen the plank road! Yes he eaid. enc
had seen it," "Well, don't you think you cai ~
four times as much weight on it with four-hoss
team as on a common road "Oh yes" says he
sits first rate; and it's fact that when the Wagon
got to the end of the panks and struck the heavy
dirt road every horse stopped and looked round
A LARGE HoTEL-The Burnett House at Cncin
nn, the Gazette says, is the largest hotel built ex
pressly as hotel, in America, or perhaps IN the
world. 1t will cost 5225, 900 for ground and build
ing; II is 2l2 feet lde; runs back 2O9 feet; n i've
stories high, and surncunled by dune 42 fret IL
diameter with q cupao. A continuous promenade o.
$50 feet extends around the building. The 'entrancs
hal' is reached by Ionic portico of great beauty
is 81 by 40 feet There is dining room express
ly for chdren-a idea and capital arrange
ment. The whole number Of rooms is 342. About
$50 persons can be lodged comfortably in the house
Every story in the whole house has two hydra
The bar room is 70 feet each way has 30 cast iron
dorc columns and is reached from the interior Of h,
house several ways, by elegant iron steps.
A SILVER cURRY-coMB FOR OH Whitley. - II il
not generally known. that the day that gold me
dal furnished by citizens of New York was present
ed 10 Colonel Bliss at the White House, surer cur
ry-comb, furnished by citizens of the grea
State presented TO General Taylor, for the bene
ST of "Old Whitley" the Presidents war-hUrse
Governor Seward the orator the occasion o.
all the absurdes that have been transacted in Wash
ington during great many years. this strikes US a
the most absurd. The donors of the curry coml
must have been badly off for vent for their enthusi
asm. when they expended it in a bit of plate for
horse. We should think, too, that Colonel Bis
must have felt fattered at having himself associated
with the old steed ia the affections and honors of New
York Gifts and honors from the Empire State will
have new value, now that the world knows thu
they are extended alike to and beast.
The NORTH RS THE SoUTH.AA general hgh
took place in Purchase, between Atkinson and Pear
streets, Yesterday, after school hours. The combat
ants were boys--who reside at the North and SOut
parts Of the ciiy--and the difficulty between theI
arose out of some dispute concerning the superorlt
Of the Inhabitants Of those localities. Many effort
had been made to "compromise," but TO no purpose
The Southerners would concede nothng--tbey mus
6Cht--"war was inevitable" The lads OF the North
End after much deliberations finally took up the cha
lenee, met their adversares ut the point designated
end fought them bravely The contest, while 1t las
ed was very fierce. and one Southern chap av
fully whipped. He was the Senator Foo,e Of b
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