Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-10-30

alllUlUE lTUu t0Ie1 mI<uueSS. hen sugar ADO
coffee, which were sold by samples % the Com
missary as prime. reach the soldiers too black.
stony and dirty for use, il shows considerable
elasticity Of conscience for grocery houses Of
high standing. The law. perhaps, does not pro
vie any suitable reward for such a Transaction,
although for another form Of stealing, Of DO more
questionable morality. poor vagab0nds are sent
to the penitentiary; but the COmmissary should
pay sufficient regard TO the morality of such
transactions to decline further purchases on any
terms from houses that have been detected in
such frauds-CiR Gaz.
The Washington Star states that the War
Department has allowed Gen. Sickles' thirty
thousand dollars for his battery of steel riaed
cannon.
Col. Hazards 37th Indiana is at the mouth
Of Salt river. Kentucky. erecting Notifications.
Six of the Sisters Of the Holy Cross left the
city Yesterday for jefferson City. Missouri, where.
under the direction of the Provost Marshal of ST.
Louis. they will be located to relieve the wants of
sick and disabled soldiers. On a mission Of mer
cy do these admirable women 20, and through.
out the world is their order formost in deeds of
charity.
Numbers Of our men are sick in Missouri.
and yesterday Col. A. O.. Rose was dispatched by
the Executive Department to look alter their
wants and comforts. Col. Rose will bring all
able to travel to st. Louis, where Medical aid and
the necessary attention can be the better bestowed
upon them.
Lieut.. Slemmer, of Fort Pickens formerly,
has been sent by the Government at Washington
TO investigate the affairs connected with the Com
missary and Quartermaster's departments in
Western Virginia.
Fifty pairs of socks have been already knit
by the inmates of the Indiana Insane Asylum for
our volunteers, and they are still a knitting.
- The OFFIcERs OF THE FOURTEENTH RrGI-
MESr-We have recently read several letters
from members Of the 18th regiment, and have
also conversed with returned volunteers who be
loneed TO that regiment, and they all complain
of the conduct of Col. Kimball. Major Harrow,
and CommisSary Buntin. They say that Kim
ball and Harrow are drunk most of their time,
and that the Colonel and Commissary are in
partnership. Nearly half the time the soldiers
have had to subsist on half ~rations, shank bones
in the place of good beef. and spoiled crackers
instead Of good ones. There is little doubt that
old Cam Buntin is growing more corpulent by
swindling the Government, and dealing out half
rations to the poor soldier.
II III III NuCs ~ IOht u luII DtafGu
them where they are. should take their commits
sions from them, and put sober and honest men
in their places.
The above was handed to us by an officer of
the army in Western Virginia who has served
with the officers named in the above extract. We
are authorized to say that the matters and charg-
es set forth in the same are basely false. gotten
up BY some mean and malicious individual to in
jure two good men like Colonel Kimball and
Major Harrow. Two more efficient officers and
kinder men are not to be found in Western Vir-
ginia. Who is the author of the article? Let
him show his hand.
Major Jonathan W. Gordon, Z. 5. A., has
arrived in the city on the recruiting service. Ma
jor Gordon, we understand, is instructed 10 raise
eight companies for the service TO lie attached to
the regiment with which he is connected. The
numerous friends o. Major Gordon we're happy TO
welcome him home and glad to see him looking
so we'll. Major Gordon is an Indianian who has
entered heart and soul into this war and has al
ready earned for himself a distinguished fame.
= The Lafayette Courier learns from Father
Kilroy that six Sisters of the Holy Cross will
leave South Bend. by order of the Governor to
join the Indiana troops at Paducah.
Captain Gettis's and Captain Graham's
cavalry companies received their equipments yes
terday-Colt's navy r~evolvers ,sabers and Sharpe's
~carbines.
A regiment of cavalry arrived on Saturday
from Michigan, and proceeded after a few hours
halt to Kentucky, over the Jacksonville rail
road. They we're Hospitality received by our citi-
zens.
- Capt. Moreau, of the cavalry, and his no
bic hearted wife, one of the truest and most ac-
complished women in Indiana, who shares tent
life with her heroic husband, like Mrs. Major
General Fremont and Mrs. Major General Banks,
appeared on the street on Saturday last, mounted
upon two steeds recently presented to the Cap
tain by his friends in Shelby county whose name
is legion.
We were called upon by Lieut.. Finch, Quar-
termaster of the SD Indiana, Col. Coburn, who
gave US some interesting particulars with refer
ence to the recent engagement at Wild Cat. Ken
lucky. Lieut.. Finch, who is at home attending
to business connected with his regiment, speaks
in the highest terms of the officers and men in
the battle. Our troops, one and all, behaved
most calamity. The 33d was the most promi-
nent in the action. The Kentuckians, at first,
wavered, but were rallied and stood up firmly.
The 33d was in the thickest of tie fight aud sur
tanned the heaviest loss. We have the following
partial list of the killed and wounded:
WOUNDED.
Captain Hauser, company I. lost a finger.
Edward Sanders, OF Capt. Hauser's company.
wounded in both legs.
William Chandler. Second Sergeant. company
William Toland, company G., wounded in the
temple.
David H. Mcconnell, company D. in the leg
slight.
Warner Brewer. company /. in the breast.
Amos Reese, company j, right arm and neck;
dangerous.
George Miller, company |. in the thigh.
KILLED.
William Vogler, company /.
Lewis McFerren. company ID.
William vogler, when he fell, shouted: "Give
it to 'em, boysl You're fighting in a just cause.
I have spilled my blood and given up my life
for it,"
We understand that DR.. (Colonel) b. r.
Mullen will address the people of yincennes
Wednesday night on the objects and prosecution
of the War.
-Adjutant General Noble, Major Harvey,
Treasurer of State), Major Terrell, Secretary
of the Military Auditing Committee,) Adiutant
SchIater and several other distinguished gentle
men. went to Louisville on Saturday night. and
from thence to Camp Nevins, 50 miles south of