Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-12-23


Bomb and mortsr RATS are being built AT Bal
timore for Gen Burnsides use in clearing the Po
tomac.
= There is no truth in the bold assertion by
IsnHy Far. that deaf man was recently cured
by the judicious use of dumb bells
Letters from Port Royal say there is much
sickness among our troops there. One Of the
Name regiments was losing man daily by the
measles.
There is Gaelic proverb: IF the best mans
faults were written on bis forehead, would make
him pull his bat over his ewes"
Col. Mulligan has not very high opinion
of Home Guards. He think. them like the
Wide Awakes, "invincibe'' in peace and ''invisi-
BILE in war. tr
The Commercial Bulletin hopes s'there viii
be no trouble with England; il would % aqainsf
our grain to have any difficulty occur between the
two countries" W
An old sailor, at the theater. said he sup
posed that the dancing girls wore their dresses
ball mast as mark Of respect TO departed
modesty.
TO MAKE LEMON PIE OCT or TURxIrs.-
Pare and boil the turnip, add teaspoonful Of
tartaric acid and cup of sugar; season and bake
as an apple pie.
The inte Tor Of Australia, heretofore regard
ed as a mere desert, has been discovered 10 con-
sist largely of fertile regions. with some like
lhood OF good region existing in its northern
coast. as = -
The Legislature Of Alabama has appropria-
ted $4,000 for the purpose of arming the 4sth
regiment of Alabama militia, at Mobile, with
pixies and bowie knives. The pattern is said to
be formidable and destructive.
"A Washington letter announces another
grand military wedding. with twelve bridesmaids
and
de Paris. The ladies consider that a "mOve-
ment" worthy of attention, and hope that other
martial wooers viii soon make an advance"
Speaking of frauds in army contracts. the
Louisville Journal says:-"There is no pIanta-
ton in our State where the slaves are as poorly
clad as were many of the companies, and indeed
regiments, of Gen. Nelson's division, when they
passed though our city"
MIR. Charles Ellet, the well known civil en-
| gineer-a graduate OF West Point-has written
and caused TO be distributed among the members
of Congress, pamphlet on the war, in which he
criticizes, pretty severely, Gen. McClellans
policy Of conducting affairs so far"
WARS IN a NAME Trinity Episcopal
Church, Trenton, N. j., has lost two rectors
since the commencement of the war; both having
gone as Chaplains. 1t is a singular fact that
they both bear martial names, the one being Rev.
Mr.. Camp, and the other Rev. Mr. Drumin.
-ABoUT AS BAD AS THEY MAKE.-"Can any
OF you, asked the Botanist blandly, 'can any
of you tell me why Uncle Sam, after the Mexi-
can War, was ike the King of Bavaria when en-
amored- of the late Countess of Landsfeldtf'
Not one was impolite enough to guess il, of
course. "Then. let me tell you," resumed the
Botanist "that il was because he had 70 pay
dearly for the Haus of the Montez humOrs. =
Vanity Fair.
/ = Q
General, and last Secretary of State under the
Buchanan administration has been elected By the
judges reporter for the United States Supreme
1 Court, in the place OF Benjamin B. Howard, who
resigned on account Of his secession prOcliVties.
The Washington dispatches TO the Cincin-
matt Gazette say that Carlile's speech creates gem
eral dissatisfaction and disgust His remark that
If the should be waged TO overthrow slavery,
our army would melt away by desertiOns, is deem
ed hardly less than reasonable.
A New York merchant recently returned
from Richmond, makes an Interesting statement,
in which he saws that business is generally sus-
pended at the South and the people Of the con-
federacy are a unit for secession generalcwish
is expressed there that this country may become
involved in a war with England, growing out O f
the Mason and Slidell seizure.
"A SHARP CoNTRAcTOR.-Th Investigating
Committee have recently had their attention
called to the case of Pennsylvania who con-
tracted to furnish the trans Potomac camps with
frewood at 81 cord. 1t said he prOcures the
whole supply from trees already felled by Gov
ernment which he pays fifty cents a cord for cut
ting. 1t is then transported to the camps by
| Government wagons The inventor of this little
plan thus clears, if our information be correct,
50 80 per cord.
BE PRLPARED.-The New York Herald
says:
1t is the part of wisdom for our Government
to be prepared for any emergency that nav arise