Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-30
DAILYSENTINEL
Military Items.


mentseus issues now before the country. eers
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Military Items. -
.-Sineteen newspaper correspondents accom-
pany the Mississippi expedition. Seven OF them
represent the Nes York pres. 3 rs-f -
The splendid gray charger ridden by ZoIli
eossef in the Nill Spring fight was mounted by
Col. Fry. after his horse was shot and disabled
The horse fsiriy belongs TO me Colonel as the
"spos OF war
Gen. SCOTS coachman, whose capture by
the rebels, after The battle of Bull Run, was be
iieved to have been made with his consent
has returned among the exchanged prisoners
lie says that he made every effort to escape, and
did escape once. but Was recaptured.,
--Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, has re-
Gently been visit to the 10Th Ohio regiment.
at Green river.
james r. Murdoch, the great actor, has two
scar in tie Union army
The friends of Colonel Manson are urging
the President to appoint him Brigadier General
for gallant conduct displayed in the recent engage
ment with ZeIlicofer' forces
Lieutenant Colonel Nor.is of the I'd Indiana
cavalry. and Lieutenant Colonel Mahan, of the
l4th Indiana. have resigned The health of the
latter woaId not admit OF his remaining longer in
the service. =
The "loyap Republican who last summer
declared that the Union was "a id humbug and
not worth HI ROOM" is now understood to be
in favor OF emancipating and armng the slaves.
He has no faith in the courage and ability of
white men to fight the battles of the Constitution
and the Union.s Eefes.si-ts
Michael Grady, of Lafayette. a member of
Co. +. 10th regiment, was wounded in the battle
of Mill Spring the 18th inst. musket ball
entered his neck on the left side and he writes to
his mother that in its course through il knocked
out most Of his teeth He is now in the hospital
at Louisville N1ssz ,tsf sa
= Major Sabin. of the 59th Indiana regiment
recruiting nc Gospest. has now 500 men. and the
regiment IS filing uprapidly. The regiment will
probably soon remove to New Albany, and camp
at the Fair Grounds
The accounts of the battle of Somerset con-
cur in stating that t the bayonets Of the bully
Germans from Cincinnat--the 9th Ohio Militia
that materially contributed to the decisive vic
tory. s' tas g. e
"A correspondent writing concerning the
battle of Somerset, Ky, says that the only troops
in the active fight we're woolford's three hun
bred, the Indiana 10th. Kentucky 4th, Minnesota
ID, and Ohio 9th. the Kentucky 18th getting up
in time to give one voey. The 10th Kentucky
and the regulars were not there as represented by
the newspapers. e.- - y
-CoLoxrL srErLr's SPEECH last Tuesday
evening, January 2lst. We had the pleasure of
hearing address from Colonel steele, of the
9th regiment. explaining the reason of his
ignaton, and also describing the situation of that
division of the army, which, he was sorry to say,
was not so favorable as he could desire His res
ignation proceeded from two causes: The expo
sure and arduous duties of camp life brought on an
attack of rheumatism and rendered him unit for
service; and. secondly. his superior officers tyran-
ized over him to degree uncomfortable, and the
inferior officers were disobedent and turbulent,
and continually conspired against him 20 procure
his removal, in order that they might stand a
chance of promotion. And SO, to prevent the
regiment being torn asunder and dsgraced by in
ternal dissenson, he resigned his command, and
thus prevented further disturbance
His speech was mild and conciliatory, forming
quite a contrast with his unreasonable enthusiasm
a few mouths ago. He bew allied the calamity OF
war, and regretted that American citizens were
seeking 70 destroy one another; he said that The
eral engagement because every soldier felt
in his own bosom that he was fighting his own
brethren, and was naturally very reluctant, and
although. then hands were raised 10 strike, vet
they hestated to deal the destructive blow, be
cause they could not feel otherwise than as breth
rem Of the same blood and lineage. IS - $. -
He did not talk this way six months ago. Then
I've called the Southerners traitors tories enemies
70 free Government and secession scoundrels, and
enioined every man to go and fight them till no
rebel should be left tell the tale; but now he
mildly terms them "erring brethren and does
TO be so desperately rantankerous for
war as formerly he is doubt convinced that
war is not the wav To reconstruct the Union; he
hoped that the onEipotent power might avert the
dire calamity Of any further conflicts, and ex-
pressed the earnest desire that the bitter cup may
pass from Us.
He emphatically condemned the wanton and
useless destruction of the property OF Southern
men by the Northern forces. which he said was
making bitter enemies OF those who had been and
who otherwise would be friends. Why could not
Col Steele have carried bis arguments little
farther and made the admission that waging war
upon them. aud killing them u, the thousand is
no way 10 reconstruct the Union, and make
friends OF those who are unig IDLY toward Us in
consequence OF the injury II treatment in
ilieted upon them by the North The Colonel
assured Us however, that his boys "uice
boys, and did not modest private property.
He concluded by predicting that = the war con
tinuei year longer, there would be a powerful
effort 20 transform IL into abolition war. The
wonder With Us is why Col. Steele did not see this
long ago. We said the first that il sbo
liIion war and we saw vet. IL Is an abolition
crusade and was so intended BY Lincoln and other
chiefs of the departments. who steer the machine
and the subatern officers and soldiers who have
no po9er "a object
upou the whole, rather liked Col Steee's
speech Ii vas delivered With ealmness aud EN-
bodied conservative sentiment. But the eesi
evidence that IL good speech ~ that the
Abotionists don't like II because he repudiatet
the idea Of making il emancipation war-they
are as mad a. Observation-Disclosures Dem.
Tux BAsEsr Trick YKr.-The la.est ans
basest trick to deffaud the United States Treas
uFy. i that stated by the " asnngton correspond
ents TO have been resortcd 10 By a Colonel of I
regiment. who had his soR--who knew little more
about music than jackass-appointed to place
IN he regimentaf band, drawing Lieutenant
pay. to carry an instrument on which ne eoai'
not play note. Ii the thing was not so mo'.
strous such solemn farce would provoke hors'
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