Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-29
n.rLetter from St. Petersburg state that .

regiment of Baskins had just passed through |
the capital. These troops have not been seen
in st. Petetsburgh since 1872, when the car
ried bows and arrows. They are true Cal |
mucks, with little eyes and fiat noses, and
eat horse flesh. They are now armed with
muskets
OF The Board of Trustees Of Indiana
University as reorganized by the Legislature,
consists of the following gentlemen: JOSEPH
J. JENcKs of Vige, JOEL. B. McFARLAND of
Hppecanoe, GEo. EVANS of Henry, VIM. NJ.
FRENCH of Clark, RANSOM w. AKIN of Mon
roe, JOHNSON McCULLoUGHo of Monroe JAMES
NJ. r. BRYANT of Warran, JOHN |. MORRISON
Of Washington.
A correspondent of the Missouri Re
publican, states that the city of Chicago de-
rives its name from a small river flowing
through It, which was called by the Indians
"She-kaw-ko," which means a pole cat or
skunk. The Chicago-ans, therefore, should
call the place by its original name SKUNK
TOWN, or PoLEcATIANA.
o. The Cincinnati papers say that the
Know Nothings of that city have nominated
a full ticket. The candidate for Mayor is
JAS. d. TAYLOR, editor of the Times; for
Marshal, DAVID T. HoKE, and for Police
Judge, j. j. DENNIS. The election comes
off in about two weeks.
OF The prospects for the future wheat
crop seem to be everywhere favorable. The
Detroit Free Press SAYS that in all parts of
Michigan the winter wheat is looking exceed |
ingly well. the quantity upon the ground
is greater than in any former year-and with
no intervening calamity, the crop will be
unprecedented.
0YJAMEs TRADER, who was convicted last
week at Terre Haute, to the Penitentiary for
two years, for stealing had his wife and child
in Court for dramatic effect They were
much affected and yet we were informed
that he once snapped her off to niger for
stallion. Striking example of woman's de-
votion in adversely
GA witness in the Police Court, during
trial for liquor selling, was asked how he
knew that it was gin that he drank. " Be-
cause" said the witness, al had taken IA or
10 drinks of gin during the afternoon, and |
think ought to know how it tasted" Sell
Ter committed.
OF The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun states that the land bounty bill
of the last session gives but about twenty-four
millions of acres, instead of two hundred mil
lions, as estimated. The warrants will not
average more than eighty acres, and the num-
Der cannot exceed three hundred thousand.
6TThe coffee-houses and drinking places
in st. Louis were closed on Sunday last TN
der the operation of new law. The Repub-
Eean says, as natural consequence there
were no fights or disturbances in the city, and
hardly an arrest was made by the police.
(eTSome Cincinnati abolitionists attempted
to steal colored girl from Natchez gentle
man while passing through that city on Fri
day last The girl expressing wish to re
main with her master, the court remanded
her to his custody.
~ The Washington Ark Telegraph, of
the 9TH inst, says 1--WE regret to learn that
the illness of Ex-Gov. James S. Conway re-
suited fatally. He died at his residence, in
Lafayette county, on Saturday, the Sd inst,
in the 59th year of his age.
tT The Union Democratic Association of
the 81 and 4th Wards will meet this evening
at A. III. BRowN's Office, over w. II. BUFoRD's
grocery Store. Democrats wishing to become
members are invited to attend.
/ Sons OF TFMPERANcE.-The next semi
annual session of the Grand Division of the
s. of T. of Indiana will be held in Crawfords-
vile, Montgomery county, to commence on
Tuesday, the oath of April next, at O'Clock
P. NJ
/ QUEBEC, March %. = The second reading
of the Militia bill was carried in Assembly
this morning, after debate lasting all together
fourteen hours by avote, IA against %. The
minority seems to be composed in part of
avowed annexationists.
TLieutenant HENRY j. HERsTEINE of
the Navy, lately commanding the California
mail steamer Illinois, has been appointed to
the command of the Arctic Expedition for
search of DIR. KANE.
GrKnowNothingism is below par in Ar
kansas. The Legislature of that State had
passed resolutions denOuncing the order by
vote of 81 to 6.
crit was old JEDEDIAH MORSE, d. d.,
who described Albany as " city with 500
houses. and 5000 inhabitants, all with their
gable ends to the Streets"
OF Mrs BLACK, a widow lady of Cincin-
natl, on avisit to her father ISAAC II. WALES,
committed suicide in Washington city some
days since.
CT The postmaster at Brookville, Mr..
, KING, is dead He died after lingering i'll
, ness, ON the 18th inst. His disease was the
dropsy.
e " There are 123 banks in Indiana. Out
of these, fifteen are at par in Cincinnati, the
balance varying between five and twenty-five
per cent. discount.
: 0ETCol. KING is at present in N. Y. City,
e and it is said intends carrying out his Central
:, American plans, on his own shoulders.
= eFNorfork, Va, was visited by a most ter
n rife snow storm on the 22l inst 1t fell to the
e depth Of over six inches.
CAvED INA house of novel construction
e Just erected with gravel walls, by S s. Lyons