Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-08-02
NEWS SELECTIONS, &C.

tl1ul IN NASHVILLE.
OrrThe Wabash is on regular high caused
by the late heavy rains.
Il 6TBishop Andrews, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, has arrived at New
Orleans from California.
hArKingwood Tunnel, on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, has been entirely repaired
and the trains are now passing as usual.
n-rThe house of Rev. Thos. D. Clanton,
in Sullivan county, Mo-, was struck by light
ming and destroyed on the 18th.
az The Dark Lantern plotters have been
handsomely thrashed out in the Lowell
(Mass.) city election.
az The wife and daughter of the Ameri-
can artist and poet, Buchanan Read, died of
cholera at Florence, early in this month.
OF Miss Fanny WISHING and E. L. Daven-
port. have commenced an engagement, in
Buffalo, New York.
} 6TLate dispatches from the South state
the yellow fever is increasing in New Orleans
and all along the coast.
NJ There were some fine large water
melons in the Louisville market yesterday
They were grown in Indiana, $50 miles be-
low Louisville.
, bFA young man named Hare has been
arrested for being concerned in the robbery of
Farant & Co., at Norfolk Va, of $1,000
worth of goods
Crr Hon. j. c. Breckenridge is expected
to reach his home in KY, this week, when
he will take the stump in favor of the Demo-
cratic ticket.
Know NoTHINGs DIsBANDED.-Itis stated
on good authority that the Know Nothing
Council of Chelsea has voted to give up its
l charter.
: (tTA new theatre is in the course of erec-
ton at Troy and will be completed by the
1st November next Mr.. Geo. @. Howard Is
\ expected to be the first manager.
THE PRICE OLA KIss-A Jewish pedlar was
made to pay S25 for forcibly kissing mar
RED lady at Plymouth, Chenango county, N.
g Y, the other day. Pretty dear kiss, that.
OTMr. Vassar, the brewer, has presented
4 deed of church and land, valued at $4,000
+ to the trustees of the Babtist church, at Pough
keepsie, New York.
:. 0FAt recent pro-slavery meeting in st.
i Joseph's, Missouri, although in stones's
t threw of Kansas, the fire-eaters together with
S their ultra fre-eating resolutions, were voted
e down.
g ObTThe Western division of the Ohio Il
g Mississippi Railroad is to be sold at auction
. at the Court House door in st. Louis on the
y 9Th of August next.
= 0rSliter, Wells & Birch's Minstrels are
{, performing to large houses in Pittsburgh
IT The Journals of that city speak of them as
!. being very talented troupe.
BEEF "CoMING DowN."-Beefis said to be
''coming down" in New York. The laugh
IL comes in when it is understood that it is only
y coming down the Hudson river.
e 0e-The New York Express thinks the pith
h and marrow of the Fusion movement is, "that
n as negro man is more important than white
Whg Wing must die off and negro man take
" his place."
=" GA letter from Lexington, Ky, says
le "the cholera has been on the increase fol-
a several days; but so far, believe that every
ut fatal case can be clearly traced to senseles'
~ neglect or careless imprudence Darrhea il
very prevalent but easily checked"
OF The Sea Serpent has turned up in Sill
L. yer Lake, a sheet of water near Wyoming, N
IN Y, and having place in it where sounding
7 have never been obtained, and supposed t.
be connected with Lake Erie, or Ontario, o
the Atlantic Ocean!
y. EXTENSIVE RoBBERY.-The house of MI
:, ALEXANDER DUNsPAUGH, in the town o
" Client, Columbia county, N. Y, was entered
r, on Thursday morning and $4,000 taken from
trunk belonging to Mr.. DIS son, DR.. j. Il
. DUNsPAUGH.
A FAT OFFICE-The fees of the corone
" of st. Louis for the month of June amounte,
to over $500. This is much more, however
" than the usual average, the Office being worth
~ between $1,000 and $1,000 per snnum.
n. GFThe Washington Union states that tn,
Secretary of State and Hon. VIM. l.. LEE, hi
n Hawaiian Maj0sty's Minister 10 our Govern
ment, on Friday signed treaty of CONNER
,s- cial reciprocity between the United State
J.. and the Sandwich Islands.
e OtYThe New York Times learns by privat
Vi letters from its Paris correspondent that tn
wife and youngest daughter of BUCHANAN
RS READ the American artist and poet, died @
nd cholera in Florence during the early part O
nc the present month.
0rBlackberries are so abundant in Lou
oe isville that they are not only sold in the mar
VI ket and on the streets at Ii cents per gallon
=. but are shipped to Cincinnati. The mai
~ boats take up every day from 100 to IN
g bushels.
OtrIt is said that more than ZOO person
of took dinner at the Bates House in Indian
apolis, on the 18th inst Near 100 of thi
of number were from Wayne county. The Bates
is the House of the West.-Richnlond Pilla
s. dunn.
4. 6TAt the celebration of the Fourth at GA
W. lena, John Smith (rather an uncommon nam
that gave the following pthy toast:
Tn "1he t,oo Declarations-The Declaration O
of Independence, whereby we gained our liber
no ty, and the Declaration of Love- whereby W
IA lost it."
nc 0TMiss Eliza Logan and her two sister
ty were still at Chicago on the 21st, on whic
IL evening she appeard as "Lucretia Borgia
1t AMI they as "Charles' and the duchess Il
or Faint Heart. The Journal of that date says
es Miss Logan, despite the very unfavorabl
IL weather, had an excellent benefit last evening
"a and her presentations were enthusiasticall.
en- applauded."
er FLEAs, BED-BUGs, &c-A writer in tn
yn Gardeners Chronicle recommends the us
l. of the oil of NORWOOD to keep off the insect
n above named Put few drops on a hand
as kerchief or piece of folded muslin, and pu
in in the bed haunted by the enemy. Ncithe
of these tribes can bear NORWOOD, and tn
hint is especially recommended to traveller
Ii who are liable to fall among the topers O
m blood.
Ia HANOVER. CoLLEGE.-The Annual Com
~ mencement of Hanover College will tax
III place on Wednesday, August 1st The Tues
=; day preceding will be occupied with the annua
vi addresses before the literary societies of tn
VI, = College and the Society of the Alumni. o.
'n1t Commencement day, oratioss from the mem
dr bers of the graduating class, the inauguratio
OF of Rev. Jonathan Edwards, the President elec
a. the inaugural address, &c.-Madison Couriz
Die VERY UNGALLANT.-An old fashioned ma
he val captain stood up to go through countr
70 dance, with a very fine lady, who was shock
rs. ed to observe that his huge and warm hand