Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-19
NEWS BRBvITIES.

of the past winter and will not be rebuilt.
Mr.. BLAIR has purchased the West Pier,
which is new and in excellent condition. 1t
is expected that considerable grain will be
shipped from Michigan City this season, in
consequence of the increased tariff on rail-
roads.
0FImmediately after the October election
in Cincinnati, when the Know Nothings car
ried the city by five thousand majority a
number of Office seekers, who had acted with
the Democratic party, joined the X. Ms.
These men were candidates on the Know
Nothing ticket at the late city election, and
were badly beaten. Their fate should be a
warning to all time-servers.
0TSince the destruction of the ballot
boxes in Cincinnati by the religious fanatics
and political deperadoes, hundreds and thou
sands WHO voted for Pap Taylor" have
cut loose from the oathbound outlaws; and
the Enquirer declares that if the election
was to take place again, FARAN would be re-
elected by at least 5000 majority
Verify, "Satan's kingdom is tumbling
down :"
CLERICAL IMrosToR-The Cincinnati En-
quirer exposes one Rev. JOHN HowABD VIII
son, of Cheviot, Ohio, who was under pro-
mise of marriage to no less than eleven
young ladies of that village, of most of
whom he had borrowed money, with which
he decamped, when his yillany was 6iscov-
cred. Since his departure, it was ascertained
thai he had forged draft on the Methodist
Book Concern.
rThe Fayette county Agricultural soci-
ETY., has thrown open the doors to the whole
world and the rest of mankind, and invite
competition at their Fair this fall, from what
ever source it may come. Their Fair is to be
held on 18th, 26th, 9th and % days of Sep
TENDER Theaggregate amount of premiums
offered is between 1920 and $500.
COMING To THEIR SENsEs.-The late Sc
we're defeats of the Know-Nothing party in
the West has caused the Columbus State Jour
nal to indorse the remark of another sheet
which favored the Know-Nothing organiza-
ton, and which insists that the KnowNothings
"need broader platform and amore enlarged
and' we will add, enlightened policy Certainly
they do.
/ CRIME IN MEMPHIs.-The citizens of Mem
phis, Tennessee, have organized a vigilance
committee to punish thieves, burglars and rob
bers, who infest that vicinity to such degree
that there is no security for life or property
A Memphis paper states that fires in that city
during the past few weeks occasional by in.
cendiaries have destroyed property to the a
mount of $4,000.
GIVE learn from the Greencastle Banner
that KIRTLEY, the demon who, not long since
murdered DAWSON, at Brazil, was on last Sat
uraay sentenced by the Circuit Court to tive
years hard labor in the penitentiary. Thi
case is change Of venue from Clay County
JOHN P. USHER defended the criminal, ant
ID. E. WILLIAMSON prosecuted.
GA drunken fellow named MURPHY fel
into well in Galena, seventy feet deep, OF
Saturday evening, and remained until Sunda,
evening before he was discovered and drawn
out.
He had an opportunity of fully testing tin
efficacy of the ,0ater-c1e
OF The tail end of the BILL POOLE fare,
came off at New York on Sunday. An eulo
gy on the exemplary life and character Of tn
noted rowdy was delivered at the Apoll,
Rooms by one Capt. Turner, to about tw,
hundred persons. Prayer was offered by
Rev. Mr.. HOOP, and then the crowd scat
( tered.
, SHOOTING AFFRAY.-On the steamer Switz
erland, Tuesday, above Rising Sun, diff
Guilty occurred between Joseph McCammack
pilot, and John Homer, engineer when tn
former shot the latter, the ball taking effec
: in the left arm, above the elbow, enterin
and lodging in the breast inficting sever
!, wound.
BOUNTY LAND APPLIcANTs.-The Com
missioner of Pensions has decided that n
, person can be beneficiary under the first sec
ton of the act of March 8, 1855, who hs
not performed fourteen days service at II
seat Of the s5a- IN which he shall claim I
have served.
0TWe are pleased at being able to al
: nounce that the amount necessary to secur
> the permanent location of the State Fair i
this city, has been subscribed. The sun
: required was three thousand dollars. Th
: fair will be held here, therefore, thee OF
! of every fourth year
/, A Coop PRICE FOR HoRsE.-The co
!, Morgan, from the original Black Hawk, owne
= by DAVID Hull, of Bridgeport Vernon
five years, was sold last week in New York b
JAS. M. HILL to B. f. FIELDS, of Califoni
d for $4,000. Height. 151s hands weigh
l. LIPS lbs.
u OF Two mail robbers were recently a
IN rested in Arkansas, engaged in pilfering Il
e mails, and lodgel in Jail. One was mi
S named JONES. in Yell county the other
9 Carroll county. These are the first mail ro
n bers that have been detected in that State {
Is several years.
20 FA gentleman in Portland on lifting I
:" his hat from the table, found young lady
hustle under it, which so astonished him tn
70 he tainted. Fact A hydropathic applicable
\ at the town pump was the only thing tn
;, brought him to. Great triumph for hydr
pathy!
81 AcoUIrTED.--HARDY, the surviving engi
~ eer of the steam .r. kate Kea'ney, charg
:. with manslaughtes by causing the explosi
80 of said boat in February, 1854, has been a
:. quilted by the United States Circuit Court
ST. Louis. Capt. BRUNFR's trial is still pc
ding.
las 0EIna case brought before him, the Coz