Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-12-11

idea Of the reckIesspess Of exnendture Yea more
the wicked wastefulness of the servants Of the
Government ! will give YOU one Of many in
stances which bad come under nv observation
The Sd and 6flI Ohio when ordere5 frou, here
to Covineton. not being able 70 take their
tents with them at the time hid them con.
deemed bv a commission. and left standing where
they now are and, although great many are
trampled in the mud aud utterly ruined. many. of
them are entirely new and "a an average are n
better lot of tents than those of this regiment
They could have been easily packed no and
stored But il is lamenfablr true of TOO many
officers aud employees, that their chief care seems
to be TO know when the Paymaster viii be here
While the brave sons of Indiana have so gal
lantIy upheld and given additional luster TO the
reputation of their State ON the battlefield her
beautiful and heroic daughters have not been
unmindful of theirduty. 40
One incident which occurred in this region /
can not refrain from relating. as the heroine is
resident of our own capital. She Is indeed
townswoman Of whom we may we'll feel proud
One whose commanding presence. dignihed bear
ing, yet modest demeanor, only equaled BY
the rare virtues of he's warm generous heart
With spirit bold and adventurous, Mrs. DR.. G.
w New. determined to accompany her husband
who is surgeon of the 7th regiment Indiana
volunteers to the wids Of this uncivilized region
At the terminus OF railroad travel she came horse
back as far as Beverly, where she remained for
several weeks During her stay there she ex-
pressed desire TO visit Rich Mountain, the
scene Of the battle of that name and which was
distant from there some four or FIVE miles A
scout by the name of Menken furnished her and
another lady with horses and revolvers and they
gaily set out for visit to the mountain Ar
irving on the ground they dismounted, secured
their horses and proceeded 10 reconnoiter On
the side of the mountain is a cave in which during
the battle some sixty rebels had sought refuge,
and never believe were captured by our forces.
this of course our adventures desired 10 see and
explore.
Mrs. New, with revolver in hand, advanced to
the entrance of the cave, where to her surprise
she discovered footprints of four men in the
sand, all of which seemed to have been recently
made, and she could discover no trace of return
ing footsteps. Nothing daunted she entered
the cave, and with pistol cooked demauded II
there we're any rebels present, to come out from
their hiding place and let her see them. saying il
was only an Indiana woman, they certainly were
not towards enough TO fear her. But the chiy-
airy made no appearance, and she and her com
panion remounted, rapidly made their way back
and informed the scout, who had so kindly fitted
them out, Of what they had seen He in COM
pany with Others Immediately FASTENED back and
sure enough found and arrested the -four, one of
whom was a Tennessee officer. A few DAYS af
forwards, when returning home, she was pointed
out on the cars by this officer, who with his com
panions we're being taken to Columbus, Ohio, as
prisoners of war; as the same woman who had
first discovered their retreat
You will see by this daring exploit that while
the women of our noble State can not compete
with the brazen faced impudence of the South
Coordination who regard labor as so disgraceful,
they are equal to any emergency, being as firm
and unfinching in danger, as they are kind and
gentle TO the suffering o. tlH st
Since writing nv last have disbanded nv
Sunday School by kicking the Niger out of the
tent, for not cutting back logs, and discharging
the Dutchman for profanity. Ny Temperance
Society is doing admirably we'll, in fact it so far