Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-24
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1t is estimated that there are two hundred
millions of dollars in the Swings Banks of the
MIR. Van Wyck's bill for the reduction Of sal
aries, if passed, will make saving Of from S30,-
They say the quantity of female rebels in
Washington is enormous. Emissaries, too, in pet
ticOats are plenty.
The n. Y Tribune wades through nearly
two columns Of dry matter 10 prove that "war
stimulates invention" No person who has read
the Tribune since the commencement Of the pres
ent difficulties, can fora moment question the
proposition. ~- 1-s ~ raaf ns saF
"A good story is going the rounds charged to
the account of Gov Wright, the American Mn
lister at Berlin, who is from Indiana. Two Euro
pean diplomats were talking about the Governor.
and one of them who knew him, and who had
lust told the other that the Governor soke neither
French nor German, and English but indifferent
ly, was asked by the other what language be did
speak? "Why, Indiana, / suppose" was the
reply.
= Intelligence arrives from Connecticut that a
couple was, lately married at the Wooster House
in Danbury, and stopped there until the next day.
The unhappy twain sat up AL night in the parlOr
on account of the modesty Of the bashful bridge
groom. Cause for divorce.
- The Charleston Courier in consideration of
the mastering of such large numbers Of Union
forces, armed with the best weapons and under
the instruction OF the most competent officers, is
of opinion that the South should prepare for de.
feat" That opinion just now is very popular az
the North. - t-
"A country newspaper, descsnting ON the
times as they affect business, says farmers will
have no hard times. This pcasai.t prospect
ought % induce all who know ANYTHING about
n
Ot,er branchea of business certainly do not Tre-
sent ANYTHING 50 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for in
stance, is "cussed."
Pieces of ordnance are manufactured in Tai
ledega, Alabama, by coilng iron wire around a
cylinder of wrought iron until the required size
and shape are obtained, and then immersing the
whole in melted brass.
=. The wellth of the country has more than
dOubledin ten years-in 1850 it was about seven
billions; nov it Is sixteen. That makes us-each
white man, woman and child-worth over $500
apiece Let rs divide! 81 srf asfi...
The late Sultan, of Turkey was hard boy,
according TO general report, and over fond Of the
ladies. They led him such life of expense and
suspense that he had 10 drink to drown his cares.
So 'women and wine-the toast is divine" final
ly brought him down, shattered his nerves, and at
last turned his toes gracefully up for him.
"A New York paper thinks the Southern
States are not vet too late to obtain peace. They
have the game in their own hands, and by their
return TO their allegiance and 20 the Union they
will overthrow eboItionism forever and secure
guarantees for their domestic institutions which
will render them stable and permanent as the
Federal Government ITSELF while, as an integral
part of the greatest of maritime nations, they
would be safe against every combination of for
eign invaders.
-Quilp says il is very suggestive-the way
old ex- members OF legislative assemblies are ac-
customed TO hang about the lob'ies and push into
the halls. where nobody wants 60 see them. IL
reminds him. he SAYS of wlsat Popc wrote about
certain ladies Of quality (exact quality not men
tioned) who used 20 visit the KINGS court long
after their charms had faded; OH returning 10 visit
the old familiar scenes, --i
"And haunt the places schers their hoaordie5r'
Col. Herman Haupt, Assistant Secretary 70
War, is protege of General jackson, by whom
he was placed at West Point at the early age Of
fourteen lin lS35.) He graduated with all the
honors of his class in 1889. soldier and eTsin.
eer. He has distinguished himself as an cngin-
eer has devoted much of his attention to harbor
defences, is the inventor Of revolving fort alsU
of a asteam gun, which can be aimed with rs much
precisidn as a rife, and discharge fifty 10 sixty
balls to a minute.
ABRAHAM VERSUS MosTs.-"So large anarmy
as the Government has now on foot was never
before known "-Presidenf's Message
From twenty years old and upward, the Israel
ties numbered six hundred and thre thousand
five hundred and fifty in their army, all able
bodied men, capable of bearing arms. They
were organized, had standards, implements of
war encampments, &c., &c., and were volunteers.
-Erodus and Numbers.
However, when the four hundred thousand adj
ditional soldiers mustered 10 Join the quarter
of a million already in the fieid, Abraham viii
rather excel Moses in numbers, IL he does not
generaship. He will almost equal Xerxes. But
The latter two headed their forces. Abram the
patriarch, was one of the coniederates. See Gen
esis xiv, l3.--BOsf0R Post. rrrr