Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-29
dler himself Vas instantly strung up for traitor
De Noinfs Toira1 CaHxfuufion


-Dos MOines foira) CoHstufioH.
DR. Alexander ". Gilmore. Of Laporte. has
been appointed Assistant Surgeon Of tie 9th In
diana, in the place OF Blackstone. resigned.
4 correspondent Of the Lafayette Journal
writing from Nashville, Tennessee March 18th
has the following: The exploits OF certain
Capt. Morgan, a kind Of guerrilla chief IN the
rebel army, is the principal topic of conversation
in military circles NJ present.. IL j. said he visits
Nashville and the different military encamp
ments ut pleasure, his DISCUSSES and shrewdness
rendering detection thus far. entirely unsuceess
ful. / am informed that on Saturday last he
passed pickets. entered the city. and alter
satisfactory reconnaissance, crossed the river, or
gained force. who. in the guise OF citizens.
captured the train coming from Bowling Green,
took the engineer and conductor prisoners. burn
ell the cars. and then fired up the engine and cut
il loose. After running few miles, misplaced
switch threw il from the track. making com
plete wreck. Morgan and his forces then dis
persed and nothing has been heard of them since.
Hi object in capturing the train 10 get pos
sesron of Paymaster's chest which il was sup
posed would be on board, but in this he was dis
appointed
= The Norfolk Day Book complains bitterly
that drunkenness is trghtfully on the increase in
Virginia among officers, soldiers and civilians.
Here is portion OF its remarks:
Whisky whisky Z whisky =. In the cars,
at the shanties, at the groceries, at the grog-
gerles, in village tayerns and in city hotels
whisky.
Officers with gold lace wound in astonishing
involutions upon their arms, private soldiers in
simple homespun. and civilians in broadeloth, all
seem TO drink whisky with most persistent en-
ergy and perseverance They drink it, too i'm
quantities which would astonish the nerves
OF cast-iron lamp post. and OF quality
which would destroy the digestive organs of the
ostrich.
Truth is often unpleasant to tell, bat the pub
lie safety demands that the vice in question should
be rebuked and reformed For il is fact that
the press should neither paate nor conceal that
whisky which Is no more akin TO rye than rye is
to coflee-which is of the unadulterated tange
foot chain-lightning dstillation. is guzzled down
in a manner alike revolving TO public decency and
the general good
= Assistant Adjutant General Wilson, now in
Kentucky, writes to the Executive Department
that he has succeeded in making arrangements
for the furlough of our sick and wounded brave
boys in the hospitals OF that State. in order that
they may come home and be nursed and recuper-
at-d by ther friends.
From a letter published in the Lafayette
Courier. written by DR.. Fry, Surgeon of the llth
Indiana, and dated West Tennessee March 90
We extract the following:
Our ayny is nearing the picket lines of the
enemy. A few hours may commence the might
lest battle of the war; The crisis is upon Us.
Upon each passing moment seems to hang the
veal or woe OF our country. The troops are
girding themselves for the conflict. There is no
retreat. We came 10 conquer, and doubt not
our proudest anticipatioEs will be realized There
is fearful future for the South Starvation
stareS them in the tace, and there seems no pos
sbihty of avoiding It, but it is the result of their
acts. Heaven pity them.
"A Wisconsin editor saws "babies are an I'M
common crop in that State" So they used
to be in this State, but il is suggested at our
elbow that in consequence OF the absence of sixty
thousand fighting men the crop will be near
so large this year. What effect will short crop
have on the market value of the article? Who
tell?
COMPANY OFFICERS OF THE 60TH IypIAyA-
Company A-Captan. Theodore Plesch; lst
Lieutenant, Nicholas Stinaur; ID Lieutenant
Ernst kipp.
Company B-Captain, Wolfgang Hvne: lst
Lieutenant, Alfred Dale Owen; 2d Lieutenant,
VIM. Mason Holten.
Company C-Captain, Jesse Nash; LIST Leuten-
ant, Richard A. Wilsey; 81 Lieutenant, John
O'Neal
Company D-Captain. John Burns; lst Lieu
tenant, Samuel l.. Young; ID Lieutenant. John
Savage.
company iI-Odptaln, Harry ltOn; ISt Lieu
tenant, Walter Ed. Thrall; 81 Lieutenant, p
Louis Cox
Company F-Captan, Joseph Burnside Cox;
lst Lieutenant, George W. Terrill; % Lieuten-
ant. = GRACE p. Owen.
Company G-Csptain. Augustus Geogler; Ist
Lieutenant, Fred. G.. Rogers ID Lieutenant,
Fred Merg.
Lieutenant, VIM. Cameron; ID Lieutenant, II. p
Downing.
Company Captain, Walters: LIST Lieutenant
o. p H. Ewing; ID Lieutenant. John NJ. Denny
Company K-Captain, William b. Owens; LIST
Lieutenant, Michael B. Craven; ID Lieutenant
Charles NJ. Murray.
George p Deweese has been commissioned
Captain in the 2cth regiment, vice LYMAN W
Brown, resigned.
James B. Talbot has been commissioned Isl
Lieutenant. vice Devices, promoted.
George W Brown has been commissioned %
Lieutenant, vice Talbot promoted.
The Lafayette Journal discourseth in thi:
wise: The rebels have no navy we say, and YET
our ships have been chasing the Sumter up anC
down the earth tor months. They have no navy
vet with all their poverty they have demonstrates
that nobody else has. What would have become
of Burnsde's eighty wooden vessels if wher
they were at Fortress Monroe, that nondescript
the Merrimac, had crept out from Norfolk? Sec
into port, keep them closely moored under the
guns of our forts and compel them to remain
there until we have built iron clad fleet of 81,
hundred and fifty vessels and that fleet has caught
cornered. captured and sunk the Sumter and tn,
Nashville We make the suggestion gratuitous
/ ly, but have no idea that the old iogy will give
I it the slightest attention. Let him be Spragued
DEATHS OF INDIANA SOLDIERS DURING TIL
PAST WEEK IN INDIANAPoLis--
March OF. NJ. Kerns. CO. F. SD.
&" Isaiah Jones, CO. b Goth
William Jordan CO. A, 60th.
% John Cook, Goth.
" John Weir. CO. C. SD.
% - Jonas Cook co. c, 18th.
Elijah g. Jones, co. L, 6Oth.
-LIsr OF DEATHS or REBEL PRISONERS IN lN
DtASAPoLIs DURING THE PAsr WEEK:
March II O. e.. Green, Goth Miss
" c. b Edwards. co +. sth Ky.
g" A X Feety. \, Doth Miss.
" " X. Edwards. CO B, Goth Mis-.
" y. f. Ray, co h, 4th Miss
% Thomas Buiord. co c. 2d XIV,
:" A. NJ. Mooney, co. X, 10Th Miss.
" Charles Congart. co + 18th Mis-.
L" Stephen Little. co. H. 4lst Tenn.
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